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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 22, 1989

By BUD FISHER

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MODERN FOOD MACHINES.

'MOULI' FOOD MILL

is the famous French "Moulin-Legume," millions of which are

in daily use on the Continent. The conical sieves are inter- changeable and enable food to be mashed or strained according

FRENCH LEAD IN GUNS

AND TANKS

Interesting estimates of the armed strength of

to- consistency required. The whole machine is absolutely most of the great Powers, apart from Germany, are

Rust Proof.

From 3.50 each.

· EXCELLENT RECIPES ARE GIVEN WITH EACH MILL.

published in the "Deutsche Wehr," an authoritative military periodical.

The relative potential strengths given for 1939 WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & CO., LTD. of the air forces and armies may be tabulated as

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follows:

modern technical warfare,

'Planes.

Britain

France

Russia

United States

6,000 5,000 9,000 ́3,700

Men.

Ladds the article, France's coloured 2,000,000 6,100,000 | armies would lose their value, for a 11,000,000 | coloured soldier could not replace 2,500,000| a white,man at the control of an

Italy

4,000

-

Japan

2,700

2,000,000 || aeroplane or in the infantry fight- 1,500,000 | ing of to-day. The democracies also As an indication of the power of lack the ideals to inspire their peo- expansion attribution by German ples with the necessary courage for military circles to various coun- the supreme sacrifice, it is declared. tries, it is noteworthy that the esti mates of British aeroplanes for 1939 are 2,000 above 1988, while the in- crease in the case of Italy is only '200. France is given 300 fewer

'planes in 1939 than in 1988.

TANKS AND GUNS

ANTI-BRITISH

CAMPAIGN BEGUN

Figures are also given for tanks, BY JAP. PAPERS

artillery and machine-guns, but the writer states that these can be only very rough estimates. The esti mates for Britain, France and Italy are given as follows:

Shanghai, To-day. Japanese papers and journals sponsored by the "puppet" adminis- Britain. France. Italy.tration, have embarked on an anti-

Light ma-

chine-guns 10,000 16,000 Heavy ma-

chine-guns 4,200 18,500

Light artil-

lery Heavy artil-

1,900

lery Tanks

British campaign and are agitat- 14,000 ing for the International Settle-

ment to be taken over by the Ja- 5,000panese. Our Own Coirespondent.

1,900

1,000

1,300

800 600 4,500 1,100

NANKING PUPPET MINISTER ASSASSINATED

The figures for Britain do not in- clude the Dominions and Colonies. "A reliable estimate of the armed strength of the British Empire is hardly possible states the writer. That the rulers of Germany are

Shanghai, To-day. not entirely impressed by the ap- Private messages received here parent predominance of the, demo-from Nanking state that Mr. cracles is shown, by an article which Chen Ni-chin, Finance Minister appears to-day in the "Boersen of the Nanking "Reformed Gov- Zeitung," This declares that the ernment," was assassinated on democracies lack one thing the Monday.Our Own Correspon- men to use their gigantic arma dent.

ments.

USE OF COLOURED TROOPS After dismissing Russia and the United States for various reasons, the paper anka what, | mains, The answer is given:

"An England that has to content herself, with a mercenary arm cause her

regard tion with

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