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RETREAT FROM MONS Foreign Correspondent's Picture Of Tehan

FAR EAST

BATTLE FLEET

STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION

Poor Visibility Averts Danger Of Disorder

(From Reuter's Special Correspondent with the Chinese Forces on

the South Yangtse Front.) it

Nanchang, To-day.

SINISTER BLOW AT CZECH SETTLEMENT

London, To-day.

"The Times" suggestion of the The formation of a battle fleet I have just returned to Nanchang from a hurried districts in Czecho-Slovakia is con- secession of the Sudeten German

visit to Tehan where I witnessed the Chinese demned by the other morning retreat from Mahweiling.

for the Far East, is still under con- sideration at the Admiralty, writes Hector C. Bywater in the "Daily It

Telegraph."

Should such a fleet be deemed necessary its components will be

| papers.

blow at the chances of a settle-

was an unforgettable sight, reminiscent of what The "Daily Express, says that must have been witnessed during the retreat ample, describes it as a sinister from Mons at the beginning of the Great War. ment, which will encourage the provided for in the 1939 Estimates, I found the main road leading to Tehan from the intransigence of the Sudetens, north packed with troops carrying all their enbarrass the Czech Government, make more difficult the delicate equipment. Officers were mounted on ponies task of Lord Runciman and en- and mules and the wounded were either walk-courage German resistance to ing or being borne on stretchers.

every effort at settlement.

Re-entering Tehan, which I had

which are expected to include not fewer than three battleships of 40,000 tons.

left only three days previous, I over Czecho-Slovakia. found the city even more hopeless-

On the other hand, the concentra- tion of the United States battle fleet the most powerful and homogeneous naval force in exist- ence under one command.- is con- sidered in some quarters to be an adequate guarantee for the main tenance of the balance of power in the Far East, particularly as the United States is steadily develop-ploding of bombs. ing its overseas. bases în. the Pacific.

The Daily Express" says that secession is not likely to appeal to the Germans since the Sude-

Moreover, Sudeten territory is tens are useful in keeping the ly wrecked than before. The a distressed area and to absorb balance in Czecho-Slovakia in streets were blocked with masses the Sudeten problem would be an Germany's favour and their dis- of debris brought down by the ex- economic task bigger than the appearance might lead to the Germans could undertake. complete suzerainty of Russia Continued at foot of Preceding Col.

I was forced to search out a Reuter. devious route through the wreck- age in order to reach the English

Lutheran Mission, where I was to spend the night. there

MISSION WRÈCKED

Meanwhile the opening of the new giant graving dock at Singa- pore and the impending completion of the new fortified base have made it feasible to despatch British battleships to the Far East

I found the Mission House de- should their presence be required. serted and partly wrecked. The When the current building pro- doors had all been blown off their gramme is finished a large number hinges, window-frames blown in of cruisers and destroyers and and ceilings caved in, while the perhaps several battleships now only living thing in sight was a In commission will be placed in re- Scotch terrier in its kennel in the serve. Their places will be taken yard. by vessels of the most modern construction.

RAIN PROBABLE

Throughout the night shouting | troops marched past, while the rattling of overloaded trucks and cars added to the din.

CONTINUOUS STREAM In the morning, the stream of The Royal Observatory reports en was still undiminished and that a weak anticyclone remains Japanese planes overhead, which over China and an area of relative the approach of dawn brought, ly low pressure is situated over the Pacific to the east of North Luzon, A typhoon may develop in this area and move northwestward. fore- cast:- E. and S. E. winds, mode- rate, cloudy, rain probable.

OHOLERA

however, did not attack owing to low-lying clouds, otherwise the the packed slaughter among masses of humanity may have been terrific.

The Chinese hope that if the cloudy weather and poor visibility continue a little longer, they may be able to reorganise their armies and, aided by reinforcements from Nanchang, reform their lines to Three cholera desen, two in Vic-|the north of Tehan, where picked districts, troops are fighting a gallant rear-

guard action.Reuter.

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