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THE CHINA MAIL,

AIR BOMBING IN NEXT WAR Italian Plans For A Lightning Blow

GOLD BATHA

FOR DUKE OF WINDSOR

Cannes, April 23.

The Duke and Duchess of Wind- sor left Cannes to-night for Paris. A.though they have not yet signed

"A WAR OF

SWIFT DECISION"

Two documents just issued reveal the convic- tion of the Italian General Staff that the next war will be won by a lightning blow delivered at the joutset.

General Pariani, under-secretary for War, in the deeds, they have takea Sir his introduction to the army estimates, says: "The Pomeroy Burton's house, the Villa fundamental principle of our military training is,

'a war of swift decision.'

Lacroe, at Antibes, for their Riviera home.

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I understand the Duke has rented the villa for two years, with an op- tion for a third, at £3,125 a year.

The best bedroom has a gold bath adjoining, standing in the middle of of a large room. Its exterior is carved wood with an Egyptian de sign; the inside is of gold.

The report accompanying the air force estimates boldly asserts the theory that overwhelming air at tack will crush the enemy's resis- tance..

'AVIATION

"That side will win,” it says, "which can defend its own soil by Recently a visitor who used the a lightning air offensive which will bath scraped off a piece of the gold crush the resistance of the enemy one of in the vital points of his own terri- with a penknife. It was

Such an offensive must from the most talked-of thefts on the tory.

the very outset of the war carry in Riviera for many years,

the shadow of its wings the hall- The "thief" was never discover-mark of a power which no defence ed; at any rate. Sir Pomeroy never can stop. prosecuted.

"In a future European war,

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and that inevitably means .a world war, aviation will play directing the principal part, and dominating the course of the war and the course of history."

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The report sweeps aside view of British military critics that air. power has been below ex- pectations in Spain.

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The war in Spain is a civil war, it says, in which General Franco's side is trying to obtain victory with a minimum of bloodshed and destruction of property.

HE BEAT CHESS MASTER

London, April 26, · Sensation of the Margate chess congress yesterday was the defeat of Dr. Alekhine, chess champion of

the world, by the young Latvian champion, V. Petrov.

And then only a short time after-

wards Petrov himself was beaten Alexander.

by the British player, C. H. O'D.

"I am very pleased to have de- feated the world champion at last," Petrov told a reporter.

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"We have met on three occasions and this is the first time that I have won. Dr. Alekhine played some risky moves and left his post- tion exposed."

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Commenting on his own defeat by Alexander, Petrov said, "I was The strain of playing too tired. Dr. Alekhine was too much.”

CHINESE Y.W.C.A.

The 18th Annual Meeting of the Chi nese Y.W.C.A. will be held this after- un-noon at 38,C Bonham Road at 7.30 p.m. when Mrs. Siu-feng Huang, Vice President of the World's 1.W.C.A., will deliver an address. The meeting will be followed by a concert and a!. friends and members are welcome.

VERY DIFFERENT

"It is very different from the restricted war with gloves off which would inevitably result from the clash of people in a general con flict on which the life and death of nations, the domination or the of whole peoples,

HITLER AUTOGRAPH AUCTIONED AT HIGHER enslavement PRICE THAN DUCE'S

The respective importance in belonging to the well-known singer went France of Herr Hitler and Signor, Mile: Yvetee Guilbert, which

illustrated Mussolini may be judged in a hu- for Frs. 3,950; and an morous light by the sale of their first edition of the "History autographs at a recent auction in Marie-Antoinette published in 1878, Paris.

which fetched Ers. 8,000.

The Fuehrer's autograph fetched The latter was a rare Frs. 18,000, while Il Duce's

of

would depend.

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At 5 p.m., a thanksgiving servic

Finance for the conclusion of the Campaign will be held at the Asso- ciation headquarters. All finance workers are cordially invited to attend. Seven teams took part in the Campaign

has and a sum of $10,763.98

been raised. of Mrs. Wong Pak Chau (Captain) and Mrs. Wong Wa Lum (Vice-Chaptain,), collected $2,600.80. Mrs. Li Tse Fong's team came a close second with a sum of $2,496.70, while Mrs: Lambert Kwok'sten:: came third with a total of $1,871:00. Of individual efforts, Mrs. Wong Lum

came

"When the air attack breaks free, even for a moment, from its restrictions, as it did reçent- ly at Barcelona, its action is felt right through the enemy camp. The terror which is creat- ed, at the point where is strikes spreads and echoes even beyond the limits of the conflict. "In China, too, the alleged limi- Hing topped, the list with a sum of volume, tations of air attack do not apply. $1,161.00, Mrs. Wong Wa Lum was richly illustrated and bound. It! The great cities have not been second with $857.00, and Mrs. Li Tse a poor second with a mere Frs. contained original autographs and razed to the ground only because Fong third, with $710.00. 4,500.

engravings;-all-referring-to-the-life-the-invader-is-so-sure-of-his-final. victory that he can afford to inflict the minimum of destruction. · force the latest ideas of aeroplane "In a world conflagration whole building, having adopted light me- peoples, and not only opposing tal construction and streamlining on a large scale. She is taking armed forces, will be broken."

serious measures to equip the country against the eventuality of Referring to the progress of war. Where she lags behind is foreign air forces the report re-not in material but in men, and in peats the commonly heard Italian the spirit of readiness to volunteer. gibe that Britain cannot get enough | which is essential in so individulis-

tic recruits for her armed forces,

an arm as the Air Force."---- "Britain has rapidly put into 'Reuter.

The discrepancy between the two of the famous Queen. prices may lay in the fact that Herr Another article which fetched a Hitler's autograph consisted of a high price at the sale was a rare letter written to Captain Rohm edition of the French translation of (who was executed during the 1934 Jack London's "Call of the Wild." purge), appointing him leader of The book was translated by Coun- the Storm-Troopers.

tess Galard, with a preface by Paul

Other interesting articles which Bourget. The volume was sold for figured in the sale were an album Frs. 6,000.

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