1939-02-16 — Page 21

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 16, 1939

MARCH OF A DICTATOR

(Continued from Page 2) others fatally wounded. Forty-four pieces of metal were extracted from Corporal Mussolin's wounds. He had 27 operatis in a mouth many with- out anaesthetic. The King of Italy whom he had once so vitriolically abus.. ed. visited him in hospital.

For many months Mussolini walked on crutches. Then he returned to his newspaper

office "to take up mv station there as a fighter on that

front."

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There was work to be done.. In 1917 the allied arms rolled back on four fronts in confusion and defcat.

On the Western Front in June 50 French divisions had mutinied:

the British were bogged in the mud of Paeschendaele. Russia's great sporadic effort dribbled out in the complete collapse of the revolutionary armies The end of the summer saw the end of Rumania. In October, Jialy's Caporetto!

The Italians tumbled back 60 miles in fearful disorder. The Austro-Gec- man legions prepared to make a new triumphal narch on Rome. In Milan and Rome defeatism was elevated al- most to a policy. Deserters were crowned with leaves and heroes were spat on in Italian cities.

In this terrible hour for his country Mussolini sprang up like a tiger. "Never have I felt sorrow equal to that which I endured at the news of Caporetto!" With D'Annunzio and Rafaele Rosetti, the engineer, who had ridden a torpedo into an Austrian harbour and sunk the enemy flagship, he fought the vital battle of the rear. In these days Mussolini "created the first Fascist groups, sworn to resist to the end.

Il Popolo d'Italia howled defiance. It hounded the slackers, demanded the proscription of the Socialist leaders, martial law for all Italy, and the raising of a volunteer army for a last stand.

Rallied by such forces, Italy got up from the floor again and went back to war. On the Piave River the bat- tered army stood and fought magni-. ficently. In England we have re- membered Caporetto as a jibe in these later days. We should not have forgotten Piave.

It was Italy's Marne. A year later the army of Vittorio Veneto dictated truce on Austrian soil. But Italy had lost 850,000 dead, 450,000 mutilated; she numbered 1,000,000 wounded,

Wthin a year the country faced re- volution.

TO-MORROW: THE MARCH ON

ROME.

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SINGAPORE STOCKS

·

Malay Estate

Quotation of 12 leading Singapore stocks received by Messrs. Ellis and Edgar from Messrs. J. M. Sassoon and Co., Singapore, dated 10th February, 1939.

Middle Price Rubber Shares Amalgamated

Limited Kempas Limited Kuala Sidim Rubber Co., Ltd. Pajam Limited Sungei Bagan Rubber Estate -

Limited Tapah Rubber Estate Ltd. Tin Shares Petaling Tin Limited

Sungei Luas. Tin Dredging

Litimed Industrials

$ 1.45 1.70

2.00

1.65

1.221⁄2

1.65

6.60

1,42%

Straits Trading Co., Ltd. United Engineers Ltd. (Or-

dinary)

25.50

8.20

Wearne Brothers Ltd. Gold

13.25

Raub Australia Gold Mining

Co., Ltd.

4.25 The above quotations are in Straits dollars.

The P. and O. "Ranchi” from Shanghai is due here this evening at about 6 p.m.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Authorised Capital

Paid-up Capital

Reserve and Undivided

Profits

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LOCAL SHARES

Following is the list of changes and enquiries in local share quotations this · morning:-

BANKS

Hong Kong Bank $1400 b., c.d.

INSURANCES

Union Ins, $4621⁄4 b.

H. K. Fire Ins. $175 b.

SHIPPING

Douglases $65 b.

DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS, .

ETC.

Providents (Old) $6.40 b.

Raubs $8 b

MINING*

Antamoks, Ps. 46%. 80. Atoks Ps. 86%1⁄2 sa.

Bagui Gold Ps. .27 ss.

Benguet Consol. Pa, 18.80 8. Coco-Grove Ps. 46 an,

Consolidated Mines Pa. .003 sa. Demonstrations Pa. .17

I. X. L. Ps. :64 sa.

88.

Paracale Gumaus Ps. .181⁄2 sa San Mauricio Ps. 1.82 88. Suyoc Consol. Ps. .22 sa. United Paracales Ps. .68 sa.

LANDS, HOTELS & BLDGS:

H, K. and S. Hotels $6% sa. H. K. Realties $5

b,

Chinese Estates $100 b

PUBLIC UTILITIES

Yaumati Ferries (Old) $22% b. Sandakan Lights $9.85 b.

INDUSTRIALS

Canton Ices $1 b.

H. K. Ropes $4 b.

STORES, &C.

Wing On (H.K.) $38% b.

MISCELLANEOUS

Entertainments $7 b

Maramans Inv. (H.K.) s/- 2/9 b.

NEW

SIR HUGHE AT THE ADVERTISEMENTS

PALACE

London, To-day. Prince Mohamed Abdul Moneim, one of the Egyptian delegates to the 'alestine Conference, was received in audience by the King at Bucking- ham Palace yesterday morning.

HONGKONG CRICKET

CLUB

TENNIS TOURNAMENT 1939

Entries close on SATURDAY,

Later, Sir Hughe Knatchbull- 18th February, 1939. at 6 p.m.. Hugessen was received in audience

on his appointment as British Am- bassador in Turkey, and with Lady Knatchbull-Hugessen remained to lunch with the King and Queen,

The Prime Minister had an au- dience last evening at Buckingham Palace.British Wireless:

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£3,000,000 .£3,000,000

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Exchange and Ganaral Banking business

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The Bank's Head, 'Offos "in®London - undertakes Executor

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