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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 18, 1941.
GERMAN THREAT TO RUSSIA: LONDON CAUTION
CONFLICTING TALES OF GERMAN IN- TENTIONS REGARDING RUSSIA ARE RE- CEIVED IN LONDON WITH RESERVE.
Reports of German troop concentrations on the Russian frontiers, which are not specifically denied by official Moscow state- ments, may be accounted for in various ways.
Hitler may be following hist well-known technique of trying concessions to enforce economic
by a show of armed might with- out the need of fighting at all.
Alternatively he may be carrying to a logical conclusion the plan lald down in "Mein Kampf" for the shattering Russian military power.
of
There may be other entirely! valid reasons in the Nazi mind, One of them might conceivably he an effort to confuse not only British and American leaders but
Irish
Channel
Heroism
also their proples by g'gantic Survivors from the s.S.
successes in the East and thus
battle in the west.
Such a
manoeuvre is doomed
to fallure, as it is well under stood by the Democracies that
NURSES AID
BOMBED SISTERS
Nurses at
Saska-
toon, Saskatchewan, are raising money to send to nurses in Britain who have either been left home- less or have lost all they possessed through German bombing.
VILLA FOR AIR
MARSHAL BOYD
weaken their resolution in the Saint Patrick, bombed and sunk by a German aircraft, have told of the heroism and bravery of the wireless operator and T. Boyd's life as a stewardess.
their task is the destruction of Nazism-nothing less.
war
The wireless room was wreck-
News of Air Marshal O. a pri- soner-of-war in Italy has been received from à Bri- tish airman, who is act- ing as his servant.
by the
ap-
The Main Task Tinposing feats by Hitler ined but the wireless operator, R. other fields, even if followed by N. Campbell, groping his way in spectacular results, leave that complete darkness to the wireless task unchanged and unimpaired. emergency set, stood amongst the
Relentlessly, in the Premier's debris and sent off two messages The Marshal was captured the Italians when flying to words, Britain will fight the Ger- for assistance.
Directly the ship was attack- Middle East to take up an mans wherever she finds them.
Whatever the result of the pre-
ed a stewardess, Miss Owen, at pointment last winter.
His 'plane once collected the women and made a forced descent in Sicily. sent situation in German and
children while
and from the cabins Russian relations, Britain,
In a letter home from a camp led them to the boatdeck. interested to see whether Hitler
at Sulmona, about 80 miles east When a boat had been launched of Rome, Leading Aircraftman succeeds in а fresh "double-
she took charge of the boatload of Arnold McWhinnie, whose mother cross, will not permit her effort to be affected in the slight children and looked after them lives in the Isle of Man, states:
until they were picked up
"Air Marshal Boyd arrived est degree.-British Wireless.
taken to port.--British Wireless,
Sulmona on Christmas Eve and, being the equivalent of a General in the army, is well looked after.
"They gave him a posh villa, formerly owned by a nobleman, and
sent two Air Force sergeants to look after him. One sergeant is the cook, the other а kind
butler-cum- butler, and I am a valet to the Marshal and his his A.D.C As we were bearded and wearing Italian clothes, the Marshal and his A.D.C. believed
SOUND
IN INVASION
NERVES IN BRITAIN
Surprisingly good health and
wonderful nerves is the sum-
marised verdict
in
to
on Britain war-time brought back Washington by Dr. Thomas Par-
Surgeon-General of
United States Public Health Ser-
TEST HORROR
and
also
at
of
From the town of Mou-,we were Italian soldiers.
"It was very amusing when the lins in occupied France they found out we
were British. ac. It happened when I was serving vice after spending a month and I have received an
count of a remarkable and dinner on the first night.
Perfect English fatal experiment carried
a half there.
Not only had there not been any epidemics England, he
in
valent than in the United States.
said, but influenza was less pre-out by the Germans dur- "I had not previously spoken The British character, he con- ing one of their frequent to them, and when I eventually sidered, was the chief factor practices for the invasion did say something to the A.D.C., to pull through repeated air raids of Britain, writes, a cor-'amazement and said: 'Doesn't the
enabling the nation's inhabitants
without
appreciable effect On
their nerves. There were very few cases of shellshock.
respondent.
The Nazis sprayed petrol on a Dr. Parran pra sed highly health lonely reach of the River Allier and sanitary measures adopted outside the town. Then they set in air-raid shel'ers, correcting the it alight. Troops in supposedly | impression prevalent in the fireproof overalls were ordered to
he turned to the Marshal in
(man speak perfect English, Sir?' I told them I was a British air- man, and didn't they laugh!"
WEIGHT
United States that they were bad, plunge into the resulting sea of OF TAXES
There was not any shortage of name. hospital beds. but the hospitals "could use some of our American doctors," Dr. Parran declared.
NAZIS FEAR
BRITISH
The test ended in disaster, The
in
An illustration of the weight garments proved no protection, of direct taxation was given Some men were burned to death the Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer moving the and others severely scarred.
resolution to enable obligations to pay sums of money such as annuities free of income tax to be modified.
Secret Experiment
It is impossible to discover the
Sir Kingsley Wood pointed out exact number of casualties or the scope of the experiment, since it that the obligation to pay 14/80 was carried out secretly. But my free of tax required information comes from a French before the, war of £1 whereas doctor who was called to attend with existing taxation 29/- would --British Wire- the victims. A number of cases now be required.
FIRE BOMBS information comes
Hungarians returning to he saw were beyond aid. Budapest from the Leipzig| It is firmly believed in France, Fair say the new British among the occupation troops as incendiary bombs are well as the civilian population, greatly feared in Ger. that a German expedition set out
many.
less.
a gross
CONFERENCE ON NAUGHTY CHILDREN.
across the Channel last. autumn, but was destroyed through British [naval units spraying petrol on Police chiefs, magistrates, Films are being shown to teach the sea and igniting it by incen- education directors and welfare people how to deal with the fire diary bullets,
workers recently met at the bombs, but the methods depicted This story has never been con- Home Office to discuss ways of are said to be useless.
firmed nor denied by official: Brit- keeping naughty children out of The current joke in Germany lah quarters, but it had and still mischier. ls: "Have you read the new book has a powe German troops been steep rise in the number effect on the Since war began there has by Keitel, Seven Years Bitzkrieg morale of t against England?" "
They believe they are going to of child: offenders, which has Throughout the country Italy be sent on a suicidal expedition put a great strain on accommo-
face the dation In remand homes. is now referred to as occupied jagainst Britain, and territory, and the greeting".Hellprospect with unconcealed dread: The provision of more b Hitler is now generally dispensed Invasion drill still forms part ings will be one subject under
discussion. with, say the Hungariana lor their routing training.