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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 10, 1941.
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Slowing Down Of Tempo In Japan If Not Temperature
MR. DUFF PLANNED COOPER ON WAR IN THE FAR EAST ABYSSINIA
**THERE WOULD APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN A SLOWING DOWN OF THE TEMPO IN JAPAN, IF NOT IN THE TEMPERATURE- DECLARED MR. A. DUFF-COOPER, IN A PRESS INTERVIEW IN SINGAPORE YESTER. DAY, "WHICH IS SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL FOR.”
IT CAN NOW BE REVEALED THAT ONE OF THE BRITISH OFFICERS RESPONSIBLE FOR RECENT OPERATIONS IN ABYSSINIA IS ORDE CHAR-
LES WINGATE, WHO WHEN LAST OFFICIALLY MENTION- ACAPTAIN IN THE ED WAS ROYAL ARTILLERY, BUT 18 NOW BELIEVED TO HOLD THE RANK OF BRIGADIER. IN SEP- TEMBER, 1938, HE WAS AWARDED THE D18.0. "FOR AND DISTIN- GUISHED SERVICES IN PAL-
GALLANTRY ESTINE."
Mr. Duff-Cooper arrived in Singapore from Manila. He left London on August 6 on a mission which he described as to report direct to the War Cabinet regarding the pos- sibilities of establishing a decentralised unit of the War Cabinet in Singapore which would co-ordinate British policy throughout the Farpaigns.
references of East and eliminate constant problems to various departments in London.
ENEMY MAY CHANGE TACTICS
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At the outbreak of the war he was in charge of anti-aircraft units in Kent. Later, however, it was decided to make use of his special abilities, and he was sent out to chgineer the Abyssinian cam-
In 1936 he received a special appointment in Palestine and [Transjordan because of his wide
knowledge of the Arab world.
Mr. Duff-Cooper said he had little to add to this previous statements. regarding Japan, which could be summarised ai He then decided to use a force that Japan had missed the bus of Jewish soldiers and super- since Britain's defences in the numerary police - some in uni- Far East were now immeasurably form, some in any sort of civilian stronger than a year ago.
dress to deal with marauding Questioned regarding Britain's bands of Arabs and disaffected reaction to possible further Japan- Syrians who were being encour- ese encroachments, for example aged by the Mufti of Jerusalem to into Thailand, Mr. Duff-Cooper stir
trouble in northern said:
up
Palestine.
KA VERY SERIOUS VIEW WILL BE TAKEN OF ANY FUR- Hurrying small forces of 30 to
men drastic THER JAPANESE AGGRESSION 80 of these
about the oil ACTION THOUGH THE
WE pipeline area and northern fron- IN SUCH A tier at night, he repeatedly sur- WOULD TAKE
1 NA-prised the rebel gangs and stamp- HYPOTHETICAL CASE TURALLY CANNOT FORECAST. [ed out the insurrection completely.
"I have no doubt the House will approve the somewhat measures we thought it right to take to achieve those Important objects (cheers) and further mea- sures we may have to take.
Important Objects
"The occupation of Persia en... ables us to join hands with the southern flanks of the Russian!
action and to bring into urmy there both military and air forces.
"We are working in close co- operation with the United States, and this cooperation is of the utmost importance.
Ready For It
powers as
SPITZBERGEN
FORCE BACK IN BRITAIN
It is officially an- nounced in London
that the Allied forces which landed at Spitz- bergen are safely back in Britain.
Nothing of any use to the enemy remains in Spitzbergen.-Reu
ter.
FRANK TALKS
The new U.S. Minister to Thai-
HE SOLD PARDONSTO CONVICTS
Activities of ex-Gover- nor Rivers, of Georgia, are being investigated be- cause of the suspicion that he has been selling pardons to hundreds of dangerous convicts in his state for from £5 to £20 apiece.
are
Among his salesmen who alleged to have toured prisons usi ing high-pressure methods in sell- ing pardons is his former negro chauffeur, Albert Chandler who was arrested.
và
1
of
Chandler, with a.bundle land, Mr. Willys R. Peck, arrived blank pardons said to be signed at Singapore in the same Clip-by the Governor would wave the
sheaves before the convicts. per as Mr. A. Duff-Cooper.
Mr. Peck and Mr. Duff-Cooper Twenty-two murderers were travelled all the way 'from the among those immediately released United States together and took after, it is alleged, paying Chand- the opportunity to have a num-, ler for pardon. ber of frank talks which both During his term of office Gov- state will probably be most use- ernor Rivers pardoned 2,000 con- ful in the future. Reuter.
victs.
UNRELENTING
BEHIND
ATTACKS
GERMAN LINES
THERE WAS NO CONFIRMATION IN THE GERMAN
YESTERDAY UNDED LENING-
He became and has remained a LONDON believer in the Jews'
the CLAIM TO HAVE fighters. Disagreeing with Government's view on a matter of RAD AND CAPTURED SCHLUSSELBURG. - policy, however, he resigned his special appointment and returned The capture of Yelnya, announced by the "I think I can fairly state that neither Britain nor the United
Soviets, is regarded as proof of the strength "It also serves important
In looks, Capt, Wingate, who British objects in presenting a States desire to see the war spread
the to the Pacific but if it does we belongs to a well-known military of the counter-attacks of the Russians in the shield which should bar
resem- whatever family, bears a marked eastward advance of the Ger-
blance to Lawrence of Arabia, His central region. man Invader.
work is comparable with that of
are ready to face comes."
to England.
described by AIR ACE
"In this, the armics of India,¦ Mr. Duff-Cooper said that in Glubb Pasha, leader of the Arab whose military quality becomes his investigation of the Far East-Legion, which, as
a special de shiningly apparent, will play ai en situation he would almost cer- Arthur Merton in increasing part and in so doing tainly visit Burma, Australia and spatch to "The Daily Telegraph"
has done such good work in Irak. will keep the youred of war a, the N.E.I. thousand miles or more from the homes of the peoples of India.
S
The possibility of his going to Chungking was not excluded though there was no immediate likelihood of his going to Japan.000, men by which those regions
were deferitled. ・・・
"One must therefore expect that very considerable deployments of British and Indian forces and Reuter. Australian forces, arid, probably the Dominion forces will gra- dually manifest themselves in this enormous and desolate and -ill-developed region.
"We have defended the fron tiers of Egypt against German and Italian attacks. We have opuspli- and equipment, which had been dated our position in Palestine and sent to the French front always Iraq. first to claim the best we had:
TO WED ACTRESS
Yelna is a few miles south-east of cSmolensk......
to
The German radio is still re-
-the:" ferring
Soviet counter- attacks as launched with minor forces and being repulsed--with severe Josseg.””
Behind the German lines unre- lenting
warfare continues and Moscow radio says that in many districts. the masters of the situ
Flight-Lieutenant Geof-tion are the guerillas rather than
the Nazis. SAPRAS
The town of Porkhov, scene of severo fighting..some week ago when the Germans were making a,thrust from, Pakay to the region south of Lake limen,
frey Cheshire, 24, D.S.Othe D.FC, as an Oxford undergraduate he won a 10s. bet by going to Paris
came engaged to an actress aged forty-one,
"THE ALLIED FRONT NOW "We had lost our. means of safe Wc -have taken-effective, con- RUNS IN AN IMMENSE CRE communication through the Medi-wol of Syria and provided for the and back on 155-be-has just bgen vielted by gu SCENT FROM SPITZBERGEN térranean and almost all the main security of Cyprus.
IN THE ARCTIC TO TOBRUK bases on which we, relied.
IN THE WESTERN DESERT, AND OUR SECTION OF THIS
Anxious Concern
"Finally, by the swift and vigor- ous campaign in Persia, we have joined hands with our Russion;al- FRONT WILL BE HELD BY BRI-
We were anxiously' concerned designd-stand in line, to: bar-the TISH AND EMPIRE ARMIES, WITH THEIR GROWING for our defences of Nairobi, further eastward progress of the
Somaliland enemy. STRENGTH FED AND EQUIP Khartoum, British PED BY OCEAN-BORNE SUP and, above all; of the Nile Valley PLIES FROM BRITAIN, THE and Palestine, including thợ fa- U.S. INDIA AND AUSTRADALmpus cities of Cairo and Jerusa SIA..
Naval Power
lem:
They destroyed German am- munition and fuel dumps and set Are, to
Nazis, hay atores. Decoy Party!
(She la Constance Binney, re whom he met some time ago.
At an engagement party re.The alarm Wis sounded and the cently Cheshire said. the wad Germans ran to the spot where ding would take place very they saw a fld and heard shots soon because he is to pilot a but none was there. The gueril- bomber back, to Britain, las had entered the town from the Travelled Far
Miss Binney, who was well other, end, in force and this was "Whatever the future may con-known on the American stage and only a decoy, party, tain, these are achievements which screen in the early 1920's, has been while the Nazis, were dealing
married twice,
with he fire, the main party was will earn the respect of history.
German guards, and fterwards there was
None was safe, but neverther Tess, after little more than a year,
travelled "Thus far have we "I am glad to say that adequate we have managed to gather very naval power will be at hand both large and well-equipped armies along the terrible road we chose in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans which already begin to approach at the call of duty. The mood of to secure the sun Polites against 750,000, supplied with masses, of Britain is rightly and wisely averse
attack
equipment of all kinds.
Air Power
If we now look back for a mo- ment we can measures the sollu Improvement In our position in
"We have developed an air force the Middle East or the East which has been achieved since the there.almost as large as we had in French suddenly fell out of the Britain when war began, and it is war and the Italians made haste rapidly expanding.
CHIEFS DETAINED IN ABYSSINIA
Ababa.
hey are Ras
as petrol dumps.
bres blew up-
Halle Selassie the Emperor's son-in-law,
from every form of prematuré exultation. This is not the time
The Emperor, of "Abys" for boasts or glowing propticcies but there is this year ago our sinia has ordered the de Has Seyoum, and Ras Hull position looked forlorn and well nigh desperate to all eyes but our tention of three of the Ran Gugio who retreated north most prominent chiefs in with the Duite of Aosta a forces from Addis Ababa before the E-
so eagerly to come in against us. “We Have conquered the Who
Today wonhay say before on the country, according to peror's return, had been hiding at
Italian roblbtance collapsed "At that dute all we had in Italian Empire in Abyssinia and awestruble World We are stir the reliable information his home at Makale since the those parts was about 60,000 to Eritrea and killed ors taken prizmusters of our fate. We. movstijl 100,000 men, starved of munitions soner Italian armies of over 400, en cupthin our coulRouter, reaching Cairo from Addis Amba Alogl
own.