THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 15, 1940
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INDIAN DESERTERS REPORT BACK FOR "THE BIG WAR"
FROM BENEATH THE turbans shone eyes of soft velvet. All of them wore the long moustaches of all the Mon- gols, and sat cross-legged, preparing the old, old foods of the Orient.
One scooped the moist flour from its bowl, rolled it into little
balls that he flattened like pancakes on a large stone. Several of them squatted round the bleeding carcase of a
sheep and divided it with deft strokes of their knives.
It was an exotic scene, picturesque The Indian troops had arrived at and violent. One might have been in the Front.
one of Kipling's villages, beside Kim's It was a transport column we were Great Road: yet it was freezing hard visiting. The Quartermaster-General and all taking place in some French had said, a few weeks previously: farmyard.
"When the thaw comes, lorries will be too heavy. I'm going to get some mules."
DESERTERS RETURNED
And he had been as good as his word, for here were mules in hun- dreds, straight from the Himalayas with their own sepoys.
"Two months ago,"
," the British of- ficer said, "we were in the heart of the mountain tribes that wage their interminable vendettas on the Afghan- istan frontier-the vendettas which the Indian Government settles as best it can..
"Then suddenly we got our march- ing orders. The men were delighted. It's quite true, strange as it may seem.
"Even Deserters came back to make the journey.
"Of course, our destination was secret, but everyone knew We were coming to France and the big
war.
"Our Colonel went so far as to insist
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"Hark. That's a gun. It must be midday."
4 Seamen Dead On Raft
The bodies of four Belgian seamen were landed from a neutral ship at Gravesend,
The bodies were found on a raft off Cromer. Death was due to exposure, The ship's papers were found on one. of the men,
that when the mules kicked out, they Schuschnigg In Munich
apologised with: "Pardon, monsieur,”.
by way of practice.
Dr. Schuschnigg has been moved to, "Did they stand up to the journey Munich, states Paris Radio, according pretty well?"
to a message from Berne.
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"Mules," the major said, “are beasts His left side is reported to be para- that have to be known. They are the lysed and he is nearly blind in the left offspring of the donkey and the mare: eye,
they've all the stubbornness of the one and the courage of the other,
"Everything “new they hate. "The first time you put them on a train you
Why It's Contraband
need four drivers to overcome the Hamburg Prize Court has decided prejudices of offe mule. But once that paper pulp is contraband because
Heraldu
London.
Swastik and Siegfried “What-dile could the Fuehrer.
do for the Fatherland?".
and scuttle himself."
they've adopted the train, they never England imports large quantities of it Italy Calls Up Officers I
want to leave It..
from Scandinavia and this import
"To start with, they starved rather forms the basis of Britain's air leaflet Italian reserve officers have been Mrs. W. Stanton's Robbie, which than eat these unfamiliar oats. Now, war against Germany," says a Berlin called up for long training periods, the received first prize in the English however, all that's been straightened message to the Copenhagen "National Beromunster radio reports. and Welsh Springer spaniels class out, and everything's going well.” at the Dog Show.
Break With U.S.S.R. Plea
"A decision whether or not to break off relations with the Soviet Govern=" ment is one which would require most careful consideration in all its aspects." The Premier gave this reply in the Commons to Sir Alfred Knox.
Norway Told "Prepare".
Women's organisations in Norway ate arranging courses in men's work “of all kind. The Crown Princess said in a speech: "It is now our duty to prepare ourselves for war work,” says Copenhagen Radio.
Sentries Will Shoot
If They Are Ignored
Another warning that sentries guard
ing vulnerable paints. Have orders
challenge anyone approach
posts and to fire if their challenge is
ignored is given by the
Anyone suffering from
dvised to avoid any millit
adntry is Klown te
Tidende."
FOR HAVING
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Marianne, Parim
No Debs. This Year
There will be no Royál Courts at Buckingham Palace this summer, be- cause of the war.
The decision not to hold the Courts was reached by the King home time ago,
Oldest V.C. Dies At 87
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the oldest vd, Mr. Pat Dbogan, aged eighty
ven, has died at Folkestone. a
As Trooper Doogan, of the King's Dragoon Guards;; he won Hg V.C. in January, 1881, during the first South African War,
Flotsam And Butter!
Residents of a South-East, Scottish town obtained plentiful supplies of butter without using their ration
Tons of it, washed up on the beach, carried sway in baskets and Bar-
horse and cart were used t
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