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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 12, 1941.
MUTT AND JEFF
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOUR LEG?
I DUNNO! WHEN I SIT STILL AND THEN GET UP MY LEG CAVES IN UNDER ME!.
HAVE YOU NO FEELING IN IT?
Ulrary, Sineme Court
NO! WHEN T GET UP IT FEELS LIKE I HAVEN'T A LEG TO STAND ON! IT FEELS LIKE
PINS AND
NEEDLES!
OH; YOU MEAN YOUR FOOT FALLS ASLEEP!
YEH! THAT'S
IT-
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BUT I FIXED IT!
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PRESS AS WEAPON
Mr. J. A. Spender, charter pre- dent of the Institute of Jour- alists, in an address, rend in his absence, at the annual meeting of the institute at Leicester, warned the Government of the dangers of Excessive caution in the use of Censorship.
"Safety first, safety above all for those who are in the firing-line how can anyone object?" he said. "Yet if from an excess of caution the Censor lets the enen y get a ong start with false news, he may Lave done something which in the Conger view will be uf serious
litary disadvantage.
"We have to ask our military tensors to real se that the Prest is
of a tiresome survival from peace which should be effaced in war but a most potent military wed- Jon.
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Sir. The Committee of the B.W.O.F would like in express its gratitude to all those who were in any way concerned in making the Dance held at the Peninsula Hotel on January 31 so outstand- ing a success.
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The Greek victory over Through the generosity and
the Italians is now so sen- hard work of so many people a sum of approximately $12.000 wassational that it is doubt- added to the Fund, more than enough to pay for the whole of ful whether Germany can
the Brst consignment of comforts and hospital necessities asked for by the Red Cross for the Middle East. a part of the world which is just now urgently in need of all the help the War Organisations can give.
Calls on the purse here have been particularly heavy this month, and the Committee cels that such a very generous res- ponse is especially gratifying.
In particular, thanks are due to
the Management of the Peninsula Hotel for their very efficient or
ganisation,
Yours very truly. (Sgd.) (Mrs.) K. K. Edmondston.
Chairman, Entertainment Committee,
B.W.O.F."
abstain from some inter-
vention to save the Axis
from ridicule, says Mr. Vernan Bartlett in the "News Chronicle.”
Very probably Mussolini acted without that careful sapping and mining which precedes every attack by Hitler. Having hoped for an easy political victory, the Fascists sent their ultimatum to General Metaxas and they are now sacking Italian officers Passenger Drove Tram-A pas- right and left because the during an air raid in a West Mid-Army was not adequately land town, after the rest of the prepared for a political
senger who tried to drive a tram
passengers had taken shelter, was
TONY'S DANCE STUDIO
(Opp. King's Theatre) Ained £2, and 25s, costs for inter-failure.
fering with the controls. His ex- 816, China Bldg., 8th Fir..
cuse was that he wanted to get ___ home.
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This will naturally deepen the mutual distrust between the Fas- cist Party and the Italian Army, and will weaken the Italian desire to fight Hitler's war.
But Hitler himself will lose pre- stige if the Italian defeat becomes a rout. Therefore his troop move- ments are watched with increas- ing interest,
Bulgaria's Choice
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country
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men than are necessary to keep that More can easily be sent now that Hungary has surrendered to the Nazis.
In Bulgaria there are German "tourists" who are believed to have shown great interest in aviation, There may also be Ger- man aeroplanes.
Despite the manifest desire of King Boris to keep his country neutral, strong Nazi pressure on him is to be expected.
But it is taken for granted that Turkey will declare war, not only if the Bulgars fight, but also if German troops cross Bulgarian territory. Otherwise she would invaluable be endangering her strip of territory on the European side of the Sea of Marmara.
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Germany might be wiser wait until the spring before making military moves in diffi- culty territory, and in the mean- time to carry on. Fifth Column work in those territories she covets.. But the Italian Nasco leaves little time. Some specta- cular action is needed.
To avoid conflict with Turkey it might take place on Yugo-Slav territory. From the heights of Belgrade one looks over the Danube to be a flat plain which is inhabited by‘a large number of Hungarians.
For months past the Germanis have been demanding special con- cessions for the German minority. in Yugo-Slavia. Since Hungary signed the Axis. pact there is also | the Hungarian minority for the Teuton knights to defend. And, by now, all Europe has learnt to fear Hitler's chivalry in defending those whose political interests can possibly be made to tally with his
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