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to the people of Hongkong such unique reading as the serialised versions of the war memoirs of Sir Winston Churchill and General Elsenhower, has now
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London pleted arrangements Sunday Express for exclusive publication In the Colony of what is, unquestionably, one of the outstanding literary contribu tions of this year-personal reminiscences and historical background associated with the Coronation by His Royal Highness thie Duke of Windsor.
does not of Windsor The
Duke attempt to recount the ceremonial détails But he of the Coronation acrvice itself. vividly record his recollections of two earlier Coronations which he attended- those of King Edward VII and his father, And he also sets forth King George V. some compelling observations on the func tions and influence of the British Crown In the 20th century.
Interesting anecdotes help to make thip an absorbing as well as an authorita- tive document.
This topical enrles by the Duke of Windsor is in four instalments.
The first will appear in the China the 23; May TO-MORROW, Mail second on Saturday, May 30; the third on Baturday, June 6, and the fourth and last on Saturday, June 13.
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Prisoner In A Chinese Camp
Pte GEORGE CHAMBERS continues his tale of two years' captivity (in an interview with Robin Pagol
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TARIFF WALL
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YOU SEE OVER THERE? THAT'S THE KIND OF THING I MEAN...
World Copyright by arrangement with the Manchester Guardian.
THROUGH THE SOUND
BARRIER... IN A WATER TANK
Cranfield, Beds..
By James
Stuart
from Edin-
GROUP of long, low It is just what the Chinose you huts lies at the foot of have, and let me assure
that
It isn't too' bad- ́at'nil, the hills which over- certainly we get used to it, pod look the Yalu River on the there is chough of it to keep borders of North Korea and A1 and well, China. It is the Chung by the British cooks, cellosledn
The food has been prepared Sung Prisoner-of-War Camp, by the hut orderly, and we run by the Chinese Com- eat it where we want to, out in
the open it wo wish. munist Army.
I have spent the last two years there, but when I was freed under the recent ex-
behind change I left
me
Our mornings are free, and we do what we like to pass the time away.
going, a whist "school" a ganie A contrust bridge drive gels
of Chinese chequers. For me it is generally football or practis- ing for the camp concert. No Barrier
1,200 British and American lads who still wake up every morning with but one thought: "Will we hear TT *25 Just one the news today 7"
of these mornings a few weeks ago; when I got the news. I was
unrds, trying out a song when our
Chinese Instructor arrived and ;
"Pack your kit, and go. along to HQ. You're going home..
The fair treatment handed
Chinese out by our while it helped to prevent acute boredom, could not end our Bald: yearning for home and free- dom.
บาง Imagine morning in those mud-built huta.
Eight to ten men are lying on the floor on blankets and a type of quilt.
sceno
every
The room is very Warm,
event in the winter, for the Chinese have incorporated in to the huts a system of primi tive central heating which works extremely well.
You notice something strange about the heating arranike- ments. The fire is at one end of the but-and at the other,
the chimney
Kept Warm THEY are connected by under- ground channels which heat floor and keep the whole
room warm.
mir
eme to Cranfield buryth University to study the HAVE just seen what
problems of supersonic speeds applied to guided missiles. Glen happens when a faster-
cenes from the Doc, ho than-sound jet fighter like the Hunter or the course students, that the caller future into hoverplanes. Rhondda Valley, is sponsored at
the of the Bristol the college by the Percival Air- on appprentice docs valuable research work; it Swift breaks through the maintains in geod, usable-order Aeroplane Company, and for a craft Company. lle is studying sound barrier and makes the feaner RAF airfield and all year before going to Cranfield, aerodynamics.
its installations on which the worked under Raou! Hafner,
The college's flight section is the so-called "sonic bangs." He is based. And that the Bristol's heverplane designes. He
Commander The demonstration took college does "outside" contract regards Hefner as the man on headed by Wing
worth £50,000 a year; hoverplanes, and hopes to return C. G. B. McClure, 37-year-old place, not in the air, but in work
former chief test pilot at Forn- and Lon of Judge a little tank no bigger than that British European Airways to work under him.
their pilot training at Twenty-two-year-old John barough, do all
Weddc-spoon,
Edinburgh, McClure. #table-top. You could re-
Cranfield, peat it at home in the bath. The shallow tank Was covered with about an inch of water, which was made to look like quicksilver by, sprinkling aluminium pow- der on it.
Through this water a tiny inch-long "aeroplane" (with- out wings) was drawn, akimming the slivery sur- About one foot a face. second through the water of represents the speed sound through the air. At this speed-the-waves-more- visible because of the aluminium powder, can be studied as they build up in front of the "aeroplane."
As the model was moved quickly, burst more
It through the ripples; as it slowed down they shot ahead again.
Sonic Bangs
designers
of
IN THE TABLE-SIZED TANK, with an inck of water. selen!lsts study what happens when an aeroplane breaks the sound barrier. Professor Alec Young, aerodynamics expert, demonstrates to students Gene Austin (top), John Wedderspoon (centre) and Glen Dac (below) at the College of Aeronautica.
RADFORD WANTS
This simple analogy has been devised by Professor Alec David Young, 39-year- old
hend of the aero- dynamics department at the College of Aeronautics.
"If we were not maintaining "We can get the whole the airfield somebody ele picture in this tank," Pro- would have to," Sir Victor said. "But the cost is charged to us." fessor Young told me,
The college is working to lead in ensure that Britain's aircraft design will 50 on; that
and
scientists IN the air the "sonic bangs" new
are produced when will be ready to take the place na aeroplane overtakes the of those who have given us to-
day's jets and delta-wings, waves it has itself created "Acronautics Includes guided and when, on slowing down, missiles, rockets and the Sun-
the day-supplement looking waves overtake
lets. "Rocketry
is not taught. aeroplane.
in the world," anywhere else Professor Young showed Sir Victor Goddard claimed,
wind
Students specialising in engines tunnel photo-
Washington. December before his Inaugura- graphs of the waves set up might be asked to design a jet
DMIRAL Arthur Rad- tion of President. or a rocket motor by a missile going through twice as powerful as to-
ford's appointment as
Eisenhower 100, was impressed'
the by
Admiral who, it 13 the air at twice the speed that would take a quick, chort-
at endurance interceptor to 00,000ft. Chairman of the United believed, was largely responsible of Hound-1,620 m.p.h.
President issuing States' Joint Chiefs of Staff for the Besides sea level.
UBURI in 24 minutes. supersonic waves,
the
me
day's- best,
Jet Work
ram-
A
A SHOWDOWN
From Henry Lowrie
his
fleet fron
further.
in place of General Omar controversial order to withdraw
Amerlean Bradley may now accentuate the air disturbances called vor-
Formosa,
sn, And his influence on "We THESE are the kind of problems foreign policy differences be- American polley, is expected, to tices could be seen. don't know very much about set by Professor Alexander tween Britain and America, be considerable.
Washington Ho the first naval men to those; we want to learn a Baxter, head of the propulsion according to lot more" commented the department. Baxter has been circles. For 67-year-old become Chairman of the Joint
wositing an Jetz since their professor.
cariest days in the mid-1930s Admiral Radford, a man of Chiefs. His views are in liroct opposition to the present Joint In another wind-tunnel, ex- when he was a research engineer the strongest determination Chiefs. Caution has, been their
and with a compolling per- watchword. peris from British Railways at Fernbo:cugh. were carrying out tests in how And in the aircraft design see-Bonality, la no believer in
carry away the smoke in den, the deputy head, Me A, F. the present containment to blockade China, and n sug- new engine sheds they are Novell, showed me a problem one policy in the cold war. bullding.
group of students were working
They treated coldly his plan #cation by General James Van Fleet for un- Intensified, groună!. offensive in Korea.
The college, opened in 1940, o It was a design for a pilot- He has consistently favoured Moreover, the US. Air Force
may not be pleased by
is run by a board of governors less expendable bomber. One blockading, Communist. China responsible to the Ministry of which could be launched frem a and is anxious to end existing Admiral's appointment. Education. It was criticised in rakno, fly at, 00,000N. and
be
the
Air Force chiefs did not want the Commens recently when it guided to its target 1,000 miles ions with a showdown.
him to get the job because they was said that it cost more than away." Otha" - studends Иста At prezent Commander-in-have never forgiven him for £2,000 a year to keep each of working on more conventional Chief in the Pacife, Admiral leading the "Admirals" revolt the 120 students there for their ae glands
Radford will start his new job against the use
of their big two-year diploma course.
Students ocene from the air on August 10. His appointment 3.36 bombers in 1040. But that was "an over-simpl!- craft factories, freen universities,
They are afraid his loyalty is Marshal Sir Victor Goddard, Ministry of Supply establishe
Defence Secretary Charles that the air force will be over 80-year-old former member of monks They ecme, too, from
In fact Wilson has looked in defence planning.
Ocation," says the principal, Air tran the RAF and the Navy, and was no surpriss, because he had
the influential backing of devoted mainly to the navy and
Wilson
the Air Council. He is the man ebread-officers of the USAF and who commanded the airship United States navy, Canadians wanted Admiral: Radford R.30 after the 1014-18 war. emi Australians.
Jus Whatever changes are effected Chief rice he met him on the in UB. polley, however, deve-
Sir Victor points out that Tall, 24-year-old Gene Austin, way back from that famous trip topments are expected to be there are many, more short of Northampton, is putting his Eisenhower made to Korea last significant,
At 5.30 am. during the sum
months u. whistle blows lor revelle, and shortly after- wards our Chinese platoon leaders pay us a visit to make sure we are up and doing.
There is a Chinese leader to cach
as well as platoon, Chinese instructor whe speaks English and who acts as Enter- preter.
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1
There is ten minutes before PT in which to get into our Cetaceand what clothes! When 1 first arrived at the camp did not realise that the people
British tarre wcre Amarion until they spoke.
The reason was their uniform blus celton caps, white shirts, bille estton trousers and laced
SW
sarvdels.
The
Cr
uniform also winter similar to that of the Chinese but a different colour, keeps us wonderfully warm even in the terribly cold Korean winters. It evis'sts of thickly padded cot- ten suits and hats. We certainly Icok strange in 1.
Steamed Rice
Then there is lunch at 12:30, It consists of rice, with beans
"monkeynuts."
L'T
This is followed by two hours compulsory sleep, after which we spend the rest of the out in the summer afternoons
hills where we cut down wood and bring it back to camp in preparation for the winter fires
We collect it every day for three and a half months, during. V which we are each supposed to bring back just over 3,000 lbs
While going to and from this amazing camp you will so that there is no barbod wire. Its borders are marked by a road on one side and latrines at the other.
Of course, there are amex guards at each paint, and aimed.
woodcutting expeditions gourds are with us during our
Escape? Quite a number try, There but none is successful, are the hills to be reckoned with, and when you are caught--- you are in for the only severe form of punishment the Chinese mete out-hard labour.
It is hard labour. In every..... sense of the word, with the sale consolation that you get extra food.
Good Cooks:
it is steamed
beef, and bread.
We
THE malh meal of the tlay is from 6 om. to 5.30. Probably
beans, porkoris
with a 'set of good cooks who dry to vary the menu by presenting the food: in different forms.
They
are blessed
may make pork pics, dish up the beef in a new way, or fry the bread. Anyway, the
ys welcome. food is etways
After Radio Peking at 5.90' (1 shall tell you more about that tomorrow) there is the nightly roll-call and we ar: free until 0 p.m., which is "lights out."
The evenings consist of singa zong
etop concerts, lee-skating
WHEN we start our PT-ve Whave a choice between that on
d walk--we leave behind in in the winter (skates provided by the Chines); basketball (an the hut one man whose job it American favourite which fa-
Ls to fold the blankets
Into
some sort of order, and to clean trested a lot of the British ads,
The exercise period lasts for
too); rugby, god, of course, soccer.
Diepte
In the winter, wi do net ret 20 to 30 minutes, atter which
until 7.40 we are given
of bean up a cup
no woodcutting. milk to "ilven us up."
Until breakfast time we do
a.m., and there is These Korean, winters cre
just what we like bathe or bitter, and we go to sleep wash in the river near by; read thanking
heaven for the
or write letters; or just gossip, ingenious native who Invented Breakfast is at 9 a.m. Cerealst this central heating system.my
Tomorrow I will deal with " Grapefruit? Bacon? No. Steam-
with Chiites: contacts. soya politics and how we reacted to
ed rice. Always steamed rlee, our Sometimes beans too.
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