Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
May 27, 1941.
Ilbrery Supreme Court
ITALIAN WAR EFFORT COLLAPSE DESCRIBED
Italy was on the verge of collapse from "Army vs. Party" conflict and mili- tary "dry rot" even before she attacked Greece, according to Saville R. Daviš, former Rome correspondent of the "Christian Science Monitor."
They fought
The army, led by "anti-German" Marshal Pietro Budoglio, chief of the general staff, was "betrayed from the rear" by the pro-German Fascist party, Davis wrote. Bad generalship of Gen. Rodolfo Graziani In Libyn was demonstrated, he said, when. Italian troops frequently were found in trenches "so deep that they couldn't look out to see the enemy coming,"
Davis also wrote that: |of aiding another. Badoglio was opposed to the as isolated units Instead of as a
united urmy." entire war. He tried to per- suade Mussolini to delay the Mussolini Greek expedition. demanded. immediate action, saying, "I have spent $7,500,- 000 bribing the Greeks
HITLER'S
TOTAL SOLDIER
Hitler's latest invention is
They Sent the Total soldier." He
The Dean
in key The
positions. They will not re- sist."
While Bedoglio was waging a wor that he had opposed, the pro-German Fascists led by Roberto Forinucci of the Fascist Grund Council, SAW
100 Fakes
training thousands of then in the snows of the Bavarian Alps and the Harz and Silesian
Mountains.
It is believed that the idea of the "Total soldier" was given to
The Very Rev. Edgar Rogers, Hitler by General Dietl, who
chance to smash the "old guard" Dean of Bocking, Essex, has was the Nazi commander at. lenders, Farinneci firal waged a quiet campaign accusing Badoglio of being
side.
the love of old coins in his blood Narvik.
—
This new type can be used as a ancestor of his was a a traitor who wouldn't fight on Ger- Master of the Mint in Queen knows how to handle anti-aircraft parachutist, pioneer or ski-patroller, mahen the bribery 1n Greece Elizabeth's reign.
guns and heavy artillery, is able to falled and the army Wan In Fifteen months ago, the dean repair engines and can be used as shambles, Farinacel saw his chance went to a meeting of the Duke an air gunner.
enemy.
Д
their old coins?" he suggested,
When the full began last autumn
Hothouse Training
so pin the blame on his arch of Gloucester's Red Cross and the German Iligh Command decided
Ile prepared an article for his newspaper denouncing the St John Fund, "Why not raise to use the time to organise an "ariny chief of staff for incompetence." money by asking people to give of specialists," When Badeglio read the article he went to 3lussolini and said, "I am resigning." Mussolini replied that "you are already out, your resigna- tion was accepted some time ago." Davis told of a soldier he inter- viewed. The soldier had been in Albania 16 months before the attack on Greece and he was quoted 019 follows:
More than a million coins and medals-three tons of them, fifl- ing 120 mallbags-liave been the ailswer.
When his appeal was made coins began to roll into the deanery.
Found Gold
A sorting depot was opened in | London, and the dean went up to Soldier's Story
Town every few days, took off his the "That rst day (of
Greek chat and sorted hundredweight after Campaign) we went up into the hundredweight of dusty coins, Pindus mountains, into a world of ice and snow. I shall never forget the appalling cold as long as 1. live. The snow was three, four, five feet deep. They sent us into that with Bummer clothes.
He has detected 100 elever for- ceries of ancient coins. A
A parcel
of Sunday-school medals, worth- less except as scrap, contained a valuable Spanish gold coin,
While Colonel Tschirmer began training troops for colonial warfare In his famous hothouses, General Guderian reorganised the notorised units, which form two-thirds of the German Army at present.
The remaining troops were sent to the mountains for "total training."",
They were given some time to get accustomed to the heights.
UFS
OFF FOR ENGLAND Major General Honry H. Arnold, U.S. Army Air Corps chief, bids good-bye to Mrs Arnold as he leaves New York on occan-hopping clipper for England. Ho's to sorve for four weeks as special observer of war.
BLIND V.C.
AIDS CIVILIANS
FIVE war-blinded civilians are learning to conquer despair and to make a fresh start in life under the care of Captain Sir Beachcroft Towse, the blind V.C. Sir Beachcroft, now 76, has opened the greater part of his home, Long Meadow, Goring-on- Thames, as a civilian St Dunstan's.
It will be eventually a train- Afterwards they were trained in ing centre for between 15 and mountain warfare-ski-ing, ploneer 20 people who have been blinded work, etc.
in air-raids.
During manoeuvres with this new- ly organised force, three new inven- tions were tested.
New Inventions ·
The first is a funk which can move
!
His present charges are four women and one man.
"In one of the curly bombings 'at Portsmouth, the man completely lost the sight of one eye, and has been glimmer of sight in
A rare Persian gold coin was con- ccaled in boxful of Belgian cen- with considerable speed in the deep-left with only
A
"Next day, we were ambushed by the Greeks, I had a gun.tines worth only a few pence.
But a plece of the mechanism was The gems of the collection were lacking.
They hadn't any spare to be sold under
parts in stock. The gun wouldn't Sotheby's, *hool.
"There were about 500 men in my unit. Only 30 of us survived.
We had no food for five days, no. assistance while struggling back. AL the base.
I saw docks loaded moun- tain high with cases of ammunition, food and supplies, But no one was distributing it. It wasn't that we lacked things. It was just that no one got them out to us."
Davis said he heard many similar versions of the war.
Bewildered Peasants "The army In Albanin was bewildered mass of peasants. Lucking in those essentials of supply Hnes, staff work, co-ordination and
est snow.
The second in a small sledge which
the other," said Sir Beachcroft.
"Then he was in a second bomb-
deafened.
Poem Gift
To His War Bride
Ronald Howard, 23-year-old
the hammer, al a soldier can carry on his back. It ing, and was alsabllilles, ho. Is Son of film star Leslie Howard,
Carry Grant To.
Wed Barbara Hutton
Cary Grunt, British-born film actor, looks like being the third husband of Barbara Hutton, the Woolworth heiress.
Their romance has been brew-
can be folded and unfolded with one movement of the hands.
The third is a new type of tent heated with special instruments that do not cause any smoke.
AMERY'S GIFTS
ing for about nine months, and Many Languages
they have been seen appearing at Hollywood's night spots to- gether.
conimon sense emciency." he wrote. Cary Grant's real name is Archi-
excuse bald Leach.
Spoken
Mr L. S. Amery's linguistic "The military had some
He was born in Bristol powers were put to a new use for the Albanian flasco, It was and lived there until he was 15. He recently when he broadcast to enmpaign which the high command was formerly married to Virgil the Serbo-Croat people in the neither prepared nor wanted, But Cherrill, the actress.
Borbara Hutton has been married B.B.C. programme. The num-
"Despite these remarkably cheerful and is making and a "Sunday Chronicle" re- an excellent job of sawing wood. porter before he joined the "From my own experiences I have Navy, was recently married to learned that the best possible thing Miss Patricia Horsman in Lon- for blind people is to Kivo them don. something to do."
Reunion Soon
Mr Howard wrote a poem to
There will soon be a reunion at his bride. The poem is the Long Meadow of wife and hus- "introduction" to a brief two- band, both blinded in an air raid. day honeymoon, after which "The wife, who is a mother of two Sub-Lieutenant Howard went
บ
children, is already, with us," said
Sir Benchcroft, and her husband, who is still in hospital, will join her
as soon us he is convalescent."
Sir Benchcroft, who was blinded in the South African War, has since learned to play golf, to become an handiwork. expert typist, and to do all kinds of
Here was a clear military defent," twice before--to Count Hauswitz ber of languages the Secretary INVASION
was no such In Libya.
Davis sald Graziana "sent his
Revention and Prince Alexis for India speaks is commonly like medieval garrisons into towns Mdivani.
believed to be beyond computa» where--Bey-locked themselves -The heiress who inherited about.
"Lion. and tried to fortify their positions. £10,000,000 from the Woolworth The desert areas between the towns estate married Count Reventlow the were left tunguarded. There were day after she had divorced Prince no defended lines of communica-Mdivani in 1935 and renounced her Hons. One camp was incapable'United States citizenship.
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There was an occasion at an inter- national conference when he had to meet a large number of journalists from many countries. The gathering was informal, and he spoke to each in his own language, to the growing wonderment of those present,
The last to meet him was a Serb. It was supposed that at last we would be beaten.
Mr Amery, however, not only spoke to the man in his own language but quoted some of his own folk-lore to him.
One Man To Direct All Railways
COMEDY
IN FLAT
Crossed 'phone lines, a mys- tery message, a patriot and the police were involved in an Inva- sion drama in London the other night.
In a Tottenham Court-road flat a 'phone bell tinkled.
"All ready for the invasion?" asked a hoarse voice. "The' parachutists are coming with the stuff
"Click. Somewhere near, a patriótle Bri- ton, also making a 'phone call, heard this un
crossed line. Promptly he warned the police.
Police Called Squads of strong-arm police swooped on the Hat. They beat the
A supreme directing chief | "paratroops" to it by seconds.
all
will be appointed to run
The "invaders carried open um- British railways, writes the brellas with beer-enses of it-under their arms. They were late-comers "Daily Herald's" Political Cor-to a party, and their phone call was respondent.
Just a joke.
Although railway spokesmen say that they know nothing about plans for the central con- trol of the four main lines, they are going forward.
HOOVER PROBLEM
back on duty on a naval trawler.
attend the wedding as he was work- Mr Leslie Howard was unable tuļ
ing hard at Denham, in the Alm "40th Parallel." Mr Richard Greene, the film star, who is al present un- dergoing an O.T.C. course, was a guest.
This is Nonald's poem to his bride:-
The Bridge That Spans Your lips and eyes, your honey
hair,
Your idealistic hands;
These and your heart you have
given
To tie with marriage bands.
Such beauty, love, is therein
held
That I am grown afraid; For I could never equal, dear,
The love in you God made
My heart shall be a chalice
strong
With salt sea water round, And you will take that chalico
up
That it may not be drowned; For I shall drink your love in It When I am seaward bound.、
That drink will guard me from
the snares
The enemy ling set; And when I triumph over him
I shall repay the debt.
·
For though 11 woman's love.
always
Is greater than a man's, I'll know that your bellef in me Has proved the bridge that
spans.
NEW STRAWBERRY
BLONDES
After the "platinum blondes" and the "oomph girls," Hollywood is now cultivating "strawberry blondes." Haldeman - Julius publications. The "strawberry blonde" is girl advertising "Little Blue Books," 1st with hair, that is something between 1 learn that they do not pro- "Herbert Hoover, The Man" under that of the blonde and the redhead: vide for nationalisation or any "Social Problems,"
form of public ownership.
· Rented To The State
A new holding company may take over a financial Interest of the four
"hire
the
Independent companies, and the Government may then rallways for wartline use.
Operational direction will then be put in the hands of a "railway com- mander-in-chiet," Government to responsible, to the
through
a newly con“. stituted railway executive,
There is no indication that rail- way employees are to have repre- sentatives on this executive.
Speed Up
Minor
George
In fact, a "redblande."
Alteration To Medal Design
Though 32 George Crosses and over 350 George Medals have been awarded, it has not yet been found possible to distribute any of them.
No information is forthcoming as to the reason for the de- lay, but it is understood that a minor alteration in design is being Big economies in operation costs considered before the King gives his full approval. When that and the speed up of transport will is done the Royal Mint will be able immediately to prepare the bo achloved by a far-reaching pool-dics and carry out its task.
ing of railway personnel, routes, rolling stock and equipment,
The first awards were made coins for the Royal Mint, designed Hotioning of transport, both for six months ago, and since then the Cross, which is of silver, bear- goods and passengers, may be intro-lists of fresh recipients have in a central, medallion representa- duced. Essential war supplies will be given priority and then cont and appeared at frequent intervals. Mr George Kruger Gray modelled foodfa many quarters the view is King announced his decision to 19-plate designed
on Sept. 23, last that the and adapted the Medal after a book.
It was
tive of St George and the Dragon,
by Mr Slephon held that the Government, should cognise deeds of clvillan gallantry Goodon for the Royal Library at Introduce a comprehensive scheme by creating the George Cross, rank- Windsor Castle. fornational publicly-owned Ing next to the Victoria Cross, and
The Medal, of silver, bours the transport service, linking the rail- the George Medal for wider distri- crowned emgy of the King. On the "ways with ~ Jong-distance – road bullon.
"reveras sido” St George, is depicted haulage re
Mr. Percy Metcalfe, designer of slaying the dragon,
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