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Marjorie Anderson, announcer in the BBC's Overseas Service, and
canteen between pro R. N. Dougall, news-reader, visit the
Frammes. Milk is apparently their staple diet.
Piccadilly Tube As Air Raid Shelter
LONDON, Sept. 21 (Reuter)- The "possibility that the Piccadil- ly Tube--between Aldwych and Holborn might be closed to"traf- fle and used as an air-raid shelter is now being discussed.
Sir John Reith, Minister of Transport, went yesterday with Lord Ashfield, chairman of the! Lordon "Passenger Transpert Board. to see for himself traffic conditions In the Underground when it is used for shelters.
They arrived at the rush hour. when many people had already booked their tickets for space dur- ing the night.
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IN TOKYO. TOKYO, Sept. 21 (Reuter) It was disclosed in Tokyo yes- terday that V. Peters, a Bri- tish subject, has been sen- tenced to eight years penal servitude on a charge of es- pionage.
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Peters is a Briton residing in Kobe and was arrested on January 17. Sentence was passed on Friday by the local court in Kobe.
JAPAN-N.E.I. TALK POSTPONED
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Inspiring Confidence Of Mr. Attlee
LONDON, Sept. 22 (Reuter)- Mr. C. R. Attlee, in a broadcast
GENERAL
S'HAI INTERNMENT CAMP CALLED "HELL ON EARTH".
SHANGHAI, Sept. 21 (Reuter) The internment camp of the ternational Settlement in Shanghai, was described yesterday as a "bell on earth" by General Haloh Ching-yuan, commander of the Chinese troops, in a letter addressed to the Evening Post and Mercury,
Lone Battalion" at Singapore and Biaochow Roads. In the In-
In his letter General Hsleh last night on the Battle of Bri-charged that the camp had been tain, told his listeners that be completely cut off from the out- spoke with a "deep sense of enn-side world and that the electricity fidence in the suoceSS our had been cut off in order to pre- vent them from obtaining radio news from outside
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The long-expected invasion Britain was still delayed, he said.
The Lone Battalion commander It might yet come but Hitler was also alleged that wounded inter- behind
cara his t'metable and every nees were without medical week's delay added to the diffi-and the dead without a burial culties of his task.
ground.
The enemy's present air attack Meanwhile the Shanghal Muci- was not directed primarily oncipal Council has issued a state Britain's factories or docks or ment refuting the allegation that public services. but on the spirit no medical aid was given the in- of the people.
jured internees.
VITAL OUTPUT
"It is here that Hitler Is sustaining his heaviest defeat I have just been visiting some of the great works whose out- put is vital to our war'effort,
The Council's statement report ed that eight foreign and Chinese
camp was
R.A.F. ACTIVE
IN AFRICA Italians Extremely
Cautious
CAIRO, Sept. 21 (Reuter)—The Royal Air Force is very active on all fronts In Africa, reports a war correspondent in Cairo, and have carried out successful attacks on Ben Ghazi and other points.
The Italians, he says, seem to have adopted for their columns a formation described by one of our Army officers 113 "hedgehog"
troop-
fortnation.
docters and assistants treated in-
their They assemble jured soldiers on Friday.
The SME. also reported that carrying-letries together and s the situation at the
round them with vehicles fitted "If Hitler, by his attacks, could "satisfactory" and that it seemed out with anti-aircraft and anti- likely that a peaceful, settlement cut that output by half he would would be reached in the
have an important success but future
he will not succeed. The workers refuse to be intimidated."
He said he was also visiting, when- ever possible, people whose rela- tives. were being killed, whose home were being destroyed and being subjected whose lives were
to constant danger.
SAME ANSWER
The answer is always the same. Hitler has not got us down.
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TOKYO, Sept. 21 (Reuter-The I believe the Battle for Britain is slight ihness of Mr. Ichizo Koda-the turning point of the war. The yashi, chief Japanese delegate to defeat of this attack means the the Netherlands East Indies cun- turning of the tide.
the cancella- We might have to endure worse versations, caused tion of
the
scheduled meeting things yet. There was yesterday "between Mr. Kobayashi for optimism: but there was cause and Jonkheer A. W, L. Tjarda Van for confidence," he concluded, Startenborgh Stacchouwer, GoV-
ernor-General of the N.E.I.
The proposed meeting is under-
stood to have followed the need
nu Boom
POSTAGE INCREASE
CHUNGKING, Sept. 22
yesterday
(Cen-
tor direct conversations between tral)-The Chinese Post Office in "announced Mr Kobayashi and the Governor-Shanghai General, although meetings are that there will be an increase of taking place between the Japanese postage beginning from Sept. 23. and Dutch delegations daily. according to a Shanghai report,
ANZACS IN PALESTINE "ITCHING TO FIGHT"
Flying from Cairo to Sydney, Mr. H. E. Gullet, the only son of Sir Henry Gullett, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Federation of Australia, who was one of these involved in the Canberra air crash in. which some of Australia's leading men were killed. has passed through Singapore.
Mr. Gullett is a sergeant in the Australian Expeditionary "Force in Palestine, and is on his way home on forty days' leave. He heard of his father's death while in camp in the desert, and started at once for Australia to meet his sister.
thousand went
addition over 2 Mr. Gullett, before he enlisted.') in was working as a journalist on a Frenchmen, mostly airmen,
and was an over the frontier on the fall of Sole Agents:-TRATMANN & Co. Ltd. Melbourne paper.
associate of a former Singapore France. They were all now on ac- Journalist, Mr. Lockwood. "I have tive servicee.
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had enough of newspaper work T "The equipment of these men think I will go back on the land led us to believe that the French after the war, Mr. Gullett said to in Syrla had actually
over." come me in an Interview, writes a them to
Tribune staff reporter,
allowed said Mr.
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THIS SPIRIT WILL
WIN THE WAR
LONDON, Sept. 21 (Reuter) -In sending a gift of balf a crown towards the purchase of a Spitfire to Lord Beaver brook, the Minister of craft Production, Edmonson, of East
Air- Mrs. E.
London
tone of the most heavily
a raided areas) writes:-
of
"Knowing the quality your Spitfires, I feel with some confidence I can safely celebrating look forward to my 87th birthday on October 17 next."
EGYPT AND INVASION
TWO SCHOOLS OF
THOUGHT
tank guns.
Progress is slow, however, and the formation provides an excel- lent' target for our artillery which." generally speaking is better and
more quickly handled than the
Italian artillery.
LARGE CALIBRE GUNS The Italians. he continues, show a somewhat peculiar combination of resolve and extreme caution. They use large quantitles of mechanised units to protect their infantry, and specialise in carry- ing field-guns of quite large call- bre in open lorries.
At times, the guns even open fire from the lorries.
Si
corres- He was among the war pondents who talked to the three Italian war correspondents cap- tured by an armoured car on Sun-- day near Sidl-el-Barani,
They refused to discuss politics, and when asked questions of a military nature gave a concerted reply: "You must ask Marshal Grazian! that one!"
He pointed out: "We have_not captured him-yet!"
LONDON. Sept. 22 (Reuter)- Mr. T. H. Hewelett (Con.) was re- turned unopposed for the Exchange CAIRO, Sept. 21 (Reuter)-NO
Dvision. Manchester, in succession decision regarding the Egyptian to the late Mr. P. T. Eckersley who Cabinet's attitude towards the
was killed, on active Italian invasion is expected for the Fleet Air Arm. some days, it was stated here yea- terday.
The newspaper Al Ralagh stated yesterday: "There are two schools of thought in Egypt, the first considering the incursion cannot be regarded as a serious invasion and preferring to wait until Italy's intentions are clearer, and the second holding that the occupa- tion of Sidi Barrani by large forces has undoubtedly demonstrated Italy's intentions and urging im mediate action."
In the meantime measures of internal security are being rein- forced in Egypt,
Five hundred Territorials have been added to the Cairo police, Gullett. ANZACS IN PALESTINE He expressed the opinion that accommodation in hospitals for Talking of what the Australian it was only a matter of time be-emergency cases is being increased troops are doing in" Palestine, Mr. fore Syria, too, came over to Gene- and more air raid shelters are be-
ing built. Gullett said: "We have dug upiral de Gaulle.
half of Palestine. We do nothing Speaking of conditions in Egypt, but dig, march and dig again. We Mr. Gullett said that they were 'all have had a lot of training, and impressed by the Egyptian army. our chaps are just itching to get They were well-trained and well- going. They expect something to equipped. happen soon."
He has been with the A.F. for
three months.
Should Italy threaten Egypt Britain could be sure of having the help of an excellent army
Mr. Gullett described Tel-A=Vlv | in the Egyptians.
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as a very new and "oud", town.
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NAZIS CANNOT EMULATE DUNKIRK EPIC
LONDON, Sept. 21
(Reuter)~~
The standard of living of most of trend of events, but the famous "An eighteenth of Hitler's invaders the Jews there was not. Condi-Sheppard's Hotel had been closed might land but they would never get home again," declared Mr. A. tions were hard now, because the owing to lack of tourists,
were
The Admiralty, he said, had had.
"
to stand up to what twelve
citrus creps could not be exported. Britain's offer to buy up the W. Alexander, First Lord of the There was no trouble between whole of the Egyptian cotton crop Admiralty, speaking at Newcastle the Jews and the Arabs. The one had created a tremendous im-yesterday.”“ alm of the Arabs now was to see pression. The Egyptians were glad, that Hitler and Mussolini were particularly the peasants. routed.
On the Libyan border, the Ita-months ago would have been re-. crushing blow-the by garded as a getting Ilcked The Australians found Jerusalem liang
defection of the French fleet-but an interesting place. Most of the mechanised units of the British. men had gone round the battle- The Italians were supposed to we were still alive.
with in- Today we were faced dads of the last war. In these have a large array in Libya, mostly
was the Navy Very battlefields, the fathers of native troops. The Libyans were vasion. Not only some of them, had fought and good soldiers, but were said to be increasing in strength hourly but "it was ever increasing its deter- died."
"bady treated." Mr. Gullett's father. Sir Henry, He expressed the opinion that mination to deal with any event himself, had been in Palestine in Italy, would have great dificulty in that came along...
"As long as that endures so long the last war as a war correspond-launching an attack on Egypt be- ent after serving in France. cause of the desert, and if they will it be impossible for Hitler's attacked along the coast they hordes to do what our people did would fall easy victims to naval at Dunkirk. They may land here bombardment.
but they will never get home again."
VERY FORMIDABLE
Mr. Gullett said that the British forces in Palestine were Very formidable. There were troops of all nationalities. There were Poles, Czechs, French, Australian, New Zea- land and British troops...
NEW NEWSPAPER IN SHANGHAI
CHUNGKING, Sept. 22 (Cen-its debut in Shanghai yesterday, A crack regiment of the Polish
had
marched tral)About 60 hoodlums, alleged-according to a Shanghai despatch. Cavalry, who
The publisher of the newspaper through from Poland, were with ly hired by the puppet regime,
them now. They were a fine body forcibly took away several thou- is said to be Mr. C. 8. Franklin, of men, well trained, and fully sand coples of the Cheng Yen former Chairman of the Shang-
Pao, a Chinese paper, which made hai Municipal Council..> equipped
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