THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 2, 1940
OIL
HOW SECRETS OF BURMA'S MAGNETIC MINE WERE EXPOSED
LONDON, TO-DAY.
HOW THE SECRETS OF THE GERMAN MAGNETIC
PALESTINE
MINE WERE LAID BARE BY NAVAL EXPERTS, JEWS STAGE
IS AN ASTONISHING STORY OF PLUCK PLUS A
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LUCK, REUTER'S COR-
RESPONDENT LEARNS.
The British authorities suspected the existence of a new type of mine in the early days of the war, but it was only on Sept. 21 that German
PROTEST
Jerusalem, To-day."
SUPPLIES
London, To-day.
Mr. R. de la Bere (Conserva. tive, Evesham) will ask the Min- Ister of Economic Warfare on Tuesday next week whether, in connection with the supply of oil by the Burma'OI! Corporation, he can state what supplies of oil, after meeting the priorities го. quired by India and Burma, are available for shipment to the Chinese theatre of war, and whe- ther additional supplies that are being purchased from American Bources are beneficial to our for- eign exchange position.-Router.
Palestinian Jews demon- GRAF SPEE strated on Thursday against
govern-
aircraft considerately dropped two specimens the new regulations over LAUNDRY
ing the of land in
on the sand-flats off Shoeburyness, where Palestine. they lay exposed at low tide.
In Jerusalem, Zionist leaders led
demonstrators in a parade through the streets, during which the crowds
They were first carefully photographed and then intrepid experts took bubbings of the outsides so as to enable special tools to be made for the delicate work of dis- mantling the vicious cone-shaped objects, to which ed them Palestine as their national parachutes were attached.
The following day the task of dis- mantling was begun.
Lt-Comm. Ouvrey, who has since been decorated with four companions by the King, explained to the work- ing party how he proposed to pro- ceed, So
"went that if anything wrong," the others could begin another part of another mine.
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Lt-Comm. Ourvey than took his "toy" into the wilderness operate. alone. He succeeded detaching the magnetic detonator. Thinking the mine harmless, the rest of the party then gathered round and proceeded to remove the other parts.
TWO DETONATORS
To their surprise and horror, how- ever, a second detonator was cunningly concealed inside the mine.
seen
This detonator was of the contact variety and was apparently intended to detonate the mine if it dropped onto a ship's deck.
After a few more delicate mechani- cal operations, performed with bated breath, the second detonator was ex- tracted and the rest was a compara- tively simle matter to the experts, and one of the most tricky menaces to shipping ever invented was put where the authorities wanted it. Reuter.
TWO FRENCH BOATS SUNK
PARIS, TO-DAY.
TWO FRENCH BOATS, THE P.L.M. 25, 5,400 TONS, AND THE P.L.M. 15, 3,500 TONS, HAVE BEEN SUNK, IT WAS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY.
The P.L.M. 25 was sunk in the North Sea, where she hit a mine on Tuesday evening. Four of the crew were lost but the remaining 39 were picked up by a British warship.
The PL.M. 18 was lost with all landa. She was torpedoed during the last fortnight in February, Reuter.
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*** Both ships are registered at Rouen and were owned by the S Nationale d'Affretements; both fitted with cantilever framed top- tanks. The P.L.M. 15 was built at *Middlesborough in 1921 and was of 3,754 tons, while the P.L.M. 25, built at the same port a year later, was of 5,891 tons.
HARPIST RECITAL
Madame:
GERMAN
PROPAGANDA MIX-UP
The failure to coordinate lying has several times involved German propa- A striking ex- ganda in difficulties.
ample is to be found in two articles,
Krakauer Zei- one published in the tung of January 21 and 22, the other in the Danziger Vorposten of January 23. Both newspapers are the official Nazi organs for the districts they
serve.
The Danzig newspaper, in an arti- cle headed "Tendentious reports about Warsaw; invented foreign Press reports about distress and epidemics," states that Warsaw is not in the least overcrowded with refugees. Likewise there is no foundation for the num-
mass mortality and epidemics and pestilence in Warsaw." On the previous two days a leading article in the Cracow newspaper stated:-
ours of
of
It is foreign that only four months ago a part of this city (Warsaw), which had been turned into a fortress by the Poles, had to be reduced to dust and ashes. It is forgotten that this city necessarily had to face dif- ficulties owing to its being cut off from its sources of supply by the destruction of means of communica-
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shouted extracts from the "Balfour Declaration," which, they say, promis-
home.
In Tel-Aviv, members of the muni- elpal council took part in a parade from the synagogue to the Maccabean stadium. In Haifa, the Jewish com- munity stayed indoors.
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At Jaffa, however, Arabs demon- strated to express their pleasure the new regulations.-Reuter.
QUEEN IN DUNDEE SURPRISE VISIT
LONDON, TO-DAY. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN PAID A SURPRISE YESTERDAY VISIT TO DUNDEE, STOPPING FOR HALF AN HOUR IN THE LORD ROBERTS MEMORIAL WORK- SHOPS, WHERE SHE MADE SOME PURCHASES.
Later she visited a First Aid Post
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SHANGHAI, TO-DAY.
SIX CHINESE LAUNDRYMEN, FORMER MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF THE GRAF SPEE, APPEARED TO BE QUITE HAPPY WHEN THEY SOIL LANDED ON THEIR NATIVE FROM · THE "CONTE BIANCA- MANO."
Describing the battle off Montevideo they stated that the roar of the Graf Spee's guns was terrific. They could see but little of the actual battle since they were ordered to the laundry as soon as the battle started.
Towards the end of the engagement a British shell hit the laundry, com- the pelling them to seek shelter in store-rooms.
They knew of no Chinese casual- ties among the pocket-battleship's crew.Havas.
manned by women A.R.P. volunteers. a private visit to the headquarters of
In London, the Duchess of Kent paid' the Polish Relief Fund. — Reuter.
ANTI-BRITISH MANIFESTATIONS IN KAIFENG AREA
Peiping, To-day.
tion. It is no small matter if a city ACCORDING TO JAPANESE press reports from
which once contained 1,400,000 in- habitants suddenly has 1,800,000. People mutter about epidemics. They were taken for granted in Warsaw in the most prosperous timse of peace. It is truly a miracle that the Germans succeeded, by rapidly restoring the ruimed water supplies and by im- mediate reconstruction of the roads and railways, in rescuing the popu- lation of Warsaw from complete ruin.
GERMANY ALONE
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London, To-day. Semi-official circles in London point but that although the Scandinavian appeal to the belligerents in connec- tion with mine-laying will be sent to Rente (Mme.all, the charge of illegal mine war- M*known' French. Jare, les solely against Germany. tarpist will give a recital at the Rose The Germans have sown mines in- bom of the Peninsula Hotel on discriminately from aeroplanes, for Thursday, March 28, 1940, in aid of instance, whereas every British mine- the Foreign Auxillary to the National field and its limits have been public Red Cross Society of China. She will be accompanied by a string orches Furthermore, nat one neutral ship ter under the direction of Mr. L. B. has been sunk by Allled action.
Router. M. Smith:
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Kaifeng (Honan) the arrival of four British na- tionals (whose names are unknown) at the China Inland Mission hospital there caused a recrudescence of the anti-British movement, which had subsided after the total evacuation of British residents from the province.
A threatened attack on the hos-posters instructing the populace to pital is alleged to have been nipped treat foreigners with courtesy, though In the bud by the authorities, but the few, if any, foreigners were living Anti-British Committee advised the there. Britons in question to leave the pro- vince as soon as possible.
The British Embassy is without confirmation of these happenings.
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The anti-British movement is operating with most hostility In North China, being dormant Pelping, and very active at Tsinanfu (Shantung), and now is apparently flaring up in Kalfeng.
Reuter.
CONGRESS CRITICISED
New Delhi, To-day, Commenting on the resolution pass- ed by the Congress Working | Com- A party of Britons who recently mittes in which it was asserted that made a train trip to Jehol-reported the complete Independence of India they were well treated throughout should be the goal and in which mea- the journey, Japanese army officers. aures for achieving that aim were encountered en route behaving with briefly outlined, Mr. Jinnah, the Mus frie as and courtesy,
lim leader, said: In Paotow, which forms the wester- "It is an essay completely devoid
Router. tnost Japanese base In this area, were | statesmanship."
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