1939-11-07 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 7, 1939

EPIC OF FRENCH SAAR WITHDRAWAL: LIEUTENANT'S HEROISM AGAINST ODDS

Paris, To-day. FILIPINO

DAVIS CUP

AN EPIC OF THE French strategical withdrawal on

October 16 has just been disclosed. When the Germans attacked at 4 o'clock in the TEAM

morning a section commanded by a young sub- lieutenant fresh from St. Cyr (the French Sand-

Shanghai, To-day.

The Philippines Davis Cup team,

Amado Sanchez, are giving an ex- hibition here to-day.

hurst) was holding an advanced post in the consisting of Felicisimo Ampon and salient.

They were instructed to delay the enemy progress to

the utmost and permit the withdrawal of the champion, Lewis Carson, while San-

other French forces. They fought till nightfall and then withdrew a mile and a half to avoid encirclement in the darkness.

The Germans at dawn renewed the attack with stronger forces, and the flanking sections fell back, leaving the post again isolated but firmly holding on and using every inch of cover.

Orders were signalled to advance. The sub-lieutenant did not hesitate but raised his arm and gave the order to advance to the 12 men who were all that was left of his decimated section.

SIX TO ONE

The Germans were six times as numerous but were surprised by the sudden attack, which they probably believed heralded a general offensive.

The enemy scattered and fell back in disorder with the French close at their heels.

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They clambered through two belts of barbed wire and then fell under the

fire of a group of machine-guns which wiped out three-quarters of their ef- fectives.

Ampon is meeting the Shanghai

chez is playing V. T. Wang, runner- up in the Shanghai championship this year. Wang

was formerly champion marker.

The stay of the Philippines team in Shanghai will be very brief. They arrived at 10 o'clock this morning leave for Manila to-morrow morning.

The attack was smashed.-Reuter. Reuter.

GOEBBELS GOES OFF THE DEEPEND: SINKS SHORE POST!

London, To-day.

THE INTRODUCTION of a rationing scheme for butter and bacon does not denote a permanent shortage of either commodity.

The normal percentages of total imports obtained from Denmark are: bacon 50 per cent. and but- ter 25 per cent.

of sup- cam-

A temporary dislocation plies, due to the submarine paign, occurred in a brief period at

SWEEP DRAW

the end of September, but the con- Following is the result of the St. voy system now enables the resump- | Vincent de Paul Bazaar. C.C.Y.L.A. tion of shipments on a satisfactory Shamshuipo, Raffle:-

EMPIRE SOLIDARITY

London, To-day.

Mr. R. G. Casey, Australian re- presentative at the Empire talks in London, said yesterday: "This war is ours as much as yours.

"Empire solidarity in the war is not only a battle for high ideals but the only real and successful attempt at what the diplomats call collective security."-Router.

JAPAN'S PLACE IN THE SUN!

It is certain. says "St. John's Review," that there is a marked change in the Jap- anese attitude towards the war in China.

The efforts of the Japanese army to create a new disorder in the Far East have been entirely successful.

Japan is burdened with a debt of

Yen twenty thousand million

and many cities in China have been turn- ed into a shambles.

It was obvious to ordinary people that the task of conquering and administering the whole of China was beyond the power of any na- tion, but the Japanese army did not think so.

delivery They promised

within six months. It is now two and a half years since the war be-

gan and Japan's army is further off than ever from achieving its object.

STANDS ALONE

Japan's merchants and industria- lists would like to take advantage of the world situation and proft as they did in the last war by sending munitions and goods to the Allies.

They cannot do this so long as they are bogged in China, and in- stead of increasing their trade they scale and ample supplies of butter 1st Prize, No. 435, A. Radio; Nai from New Zealand and bacon from Pui Chu.

are in danger of losing the United States as their best customer, because Canada are assured, the United King- 2nd Prize, No. 1529, A Blanket; of the latter's denunciation of the dom having first claim on all sup- H. D. E. Figuerio. plies of the former.

H.M.8. KESTREL COMEDY False claims of the sinkings of British naval ships made by the Nazi Ministry of Propaganda have attained grotesque limits In the German broadcast announcements that H.M.8. Kestrel has been sunk by a U-boat by clever tactica. It is the practice of the British Admiralty to give their shore stations the names of ships, and Kestrel is the Royal Naval Air Station situated many 'miles from the sea.

made

NAKED IS CORRECT The value of the statement by Dr. Goebbels (the Nazi Pro- paganda Minister) on November 5 in a speech to the Hitler Youth, that German propaganda contains "no- thing but the naked truth"

may be gauged from the above..

There are no new reasons to sup pose that a German attack on the western front is more likely now than 10 days ago, and weather conditions are not suitable for offensive action. --Rauter,

***This Kestrel business is some- thing profoundly disturbing though we cannot say that Hitler #did not warn us. His famous threat of a mysterious secret weapon against which we could have no defence will be readily recalled. Obviously, it is going to be difficult, on the spur of the moment, to devise a defence against a submarine which, by clever tactics, suddenly creeps up on us several miles inland and violently" torpedoes a coastal command BoroTM drome. Even the Arsenal football will soon be unsafe. Or perhaps Goebbels will` prefer as his next H.M.6. Osprey!

3rd Prize, No. 1176, A Fountain 'pen; R. A. Chu.

STOPPING OF

CANTON SHIPPING

Trade Pact.

Japan stands alone deserted by her erstwhile guide and teacher Ger- many and instead of a full and un- fettered trade with friendly foreign countries, she has roused such gen- eral resentment that it will require It is learned that the $.S, Shing long diplomatic effort to get back to Chong, which was due to leave normal conditions and still longer to Macao for Canton, has had to post-adjust her relations with China. pone sailing, as has the Kinshan

Japan has discovered to her cost owing to the Japanese announcement that the river above Bocca Tigris the danger of allowing the nation to

be controlled by militarists. needs sweeping for mines.

The

`first "casualty" that this party of, stretcher bearera have had were a colleague Mr. E. G. Hall, and his bride, Misa Freda Day, Hera they are being carried from the church at Hornasy where, they were married. (Copyright. By Air Mall),