KAIFENG BRITONS DEPORTED
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PEIPING, TO-DAY.
FOUR BRITISH CHURCH WORK- ERS WHO HAD RECENTLY LEFT KAIFENG FOR KANSU ·UTA LOYANG AS A RESULT OF THE PRESSURE EXERTED BY THE HONAN ANTI-BRITISH COMMIT- TEE HAVE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO KAIFENG, BUT WERE VIRTUALLY DEPORTED FROM THE TOWN 'IMMEDIATELY ON THEIR ARRIVAL.
€19, 1940
FIVE LEAP AS BOMBS WRECK PLANE
Library, Supreme Cour
'Five RAF, men tesped to safety from a bomber as it bumped along the ground at 80 m.p.h.
The bomber electrical transformer in a wood--and careered on, hit an was blown to pieces by its own bombs
"The blast shook houses:pix "Inítés] /.. miles around in-a-moor in north-east Fife.
Taking off, the÷pliòt saw his plane. was"nôt rising" properly."Hoʻshouted | to his crew of four: "Jump' for your fives."
The four airmen struggled to the door. Within a few seconds they were rolling over and over on the rough moorland.
As soon as their 'presence in Kai- feng became known, the Anti-British Committee demanded their prompt evacuation and placed a carriage and horses at their disposal. The four Britons were ́then "escorted to
the The pilot leaped just in time. De- west bank of the Yellow River by bris of the bomber, loaded for patrol several members of the Committee.work, landed as far away as a quarter Havas.
of a mile,
SOVIET CONSULATE AT KALGAN TO CLOSE (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Peiping, To-day. Due to the decrease the number of Soviet nationals residing in the Kalgan district, the Soviet Consulate, opened in Kalgan in 1934, will be closed shortly:
The staff of the consulate and their families will shortly leave for "Pèl- ping. Havas,
MR. WELLES ‘KEEPS TO THE FACTS
Washington, To-day, The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, denied in a press interview yes- terday that Mr. Suntrer Welles was an intermediary between the European
powers.
Mr. Hull emphasised Mr. Welles' 'trip was purely to ascertain the facts and he had strictly kept to this. Reuter.
'RATIONING SYSTEM 'IN MANCHUKUO (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Hsinking, To-day.
The Manchukuo. Government has decreed a rationing system for rice, wheat, coal and other necessities in sixteen cities including Mukden, Har- bin, and Hsinking for the purpose' of ensuring a more equitable distribu- tion of staple commodities-Havas.
"A BIG SIGHT" The two engines were hurled-200ft. apart.
"Põrbsters ran from a hut 800 ・yards "away as the deiling fell zón
them and windows cracked.
They found bits of aeroplane drop- ping around thém and five airmen walking about calmly picking up per- sonal possessions.
A man who lives nearby said:-
"It was a terrific`explosion. The bomber went'sky high in plecês that you can pick up hundreds of yards away in all directions."
An eye-witness said: "I was over a mile away, crossing a field, when the bombs went up. It was a big sight,"
ISLAND OF
-2 JOBS
The storm-battered island of Sark was in the grip of tension....and the local: parliament house buzzed with importance. Solemn-faced legislators wartime problems. were face to face with one of Sark's
The fiercely-fought debate, was on would Sark join the neighbouring Channel Island, Guernsey and Eng- land-in adopting the system of re- served occupations for military ser- vice.
The population-all the 800 souls- waited tensely for "parliament's" de- cision....
A roar went up... yes, Sark had decided to adopt the British way..........
While the opposition were "roar- Ing ""why," "a cbid douche from "prime minister" "William Córre washed nearly "all "the "glint öff "parliament's decision.' He Frald; icily: "People do only two" things in Sark-they farm, and they fish.” Just two occupations to reserve.
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