THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 15, 1940
KWANGTUNG ARMY WINS $190,000 ACTION
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In the Supreme Court this morning before the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl, MacGre gor, the Fourth Route Army of China, now known as the 12th Group Army, obtained judgment with costs in an ac- tion against Henri Krebs for return of $190,000 in respect of a contract for the purchase of 10,000 gas masks.
Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., instructed by Mr. S. N. Quinn, was for plaintiff, and defendant, not represented, was absent.
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Mr. Potter said the claim was connection with a gas mask contract which had not been filled. The sum of $190,000 had been paid by the Chinese Army against the Contract to a certain bank.
The defence admitted the claim but denied that the Fourth Route army was a department of the Chinese Gov- ernment and had no right to sue.
Mr. J. Watson, first clerk at the Colonial secretariat, produced docu- ments from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to the British Embassy in Chungking, on the status of the Fourth Route Army".
KING HAAKON HAS NARROW ESCAPE
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Stockholm, To-day.
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"It was a miracle the King was not hit by four bombs which ex- ploded nearby, compelling him to throw Himself Hat
the ground," declared the Norwegian Minister of Justice to the corres- pondent of the "Svenska Dagbla- det.".
The Minister, who has accom- panied King Haakon since his departure from Oslo, added that the Norwegian monarch was also exposed to machinegun . fire............ Havas.
MAN FOUND
WITH FOUR GRENADES
A man who threatened to blow up a store if he was not given the money he demanded on Saturday, was before Mr. T. J. Houston this morning, charged with robbery, and possession
of arms.
Hung Kau, 26, was alleged to have entered the Hoi Cheung Eating House at Water Street and demanded money. He threatened to blow up the store with a hand grenade. He was armed with a bayonet. The store keeper, Hiu Sál-hoi, gave him
Colonel S. T. Wong said the Fourth Route army was established in Au- gust, 1936. He produced four docu- ments from the Chungking Govern- ment appointing General Yui Hon-$8 and he left. mau commander in chief of the fourth route army and ordering him to re- organise it and another appointing him commander-in-chief of the new 12th Group Army.
He was later arrested in Centre. Street with four hand grenades and the bayonet in his possession.
Defendant was remanded for fur- ther enquiries. Det. Sub-Inspector
There were many departments, cov- | O'Donovan is in charge of the case.. ering the whole of Kwangtung.
Mr. T. F. Lo, a barrister, qualified
in Chinese law, said the Fourth Route
Army was the highest military organ DUKE
functioning in Kwangtung before the fall of Canton. As a department of the Chinese Government, it was en- titled to take any civil action.
NAZI NAVAL CLAIMS
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Berlin, Yesterday. The Germans now claim to have hit a British aircraft carrier and a heavy cruiser.
The attack, according to an official Nazi communique, was carried out in the North Sea 120 miles north-west
of Trondheim.
One bomb, they say, made a direct hit on the carrier and two on. heavier cruiser.
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The aircraft carrier, reported the Nazi airmen, was unmanoeuvrable and caught fire, sending up a lot of smoke, while the cruiser listed bad- ly and remained stationary after the attack.-Havas.
EGYPTIAN DEFENCES
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Cairo, To-day. The Council of Ministers have de cided to submit a Bill providing for £1,500,000 supplementary · · national defence credits.--Havas.
WANTED TO HUNT MINE
The Duke of Kent had a disappoint- ment recently he was to have gone magnetic mine, hunting, but candi- tions made the trip impracticable.
When the naval authorities in charge of an East Coast port were: told that the Duke was to visit them and inspect the small craft that work out of the port under naval orders," they received also a quiet hint that he wanted to see "the real thing."
"All right,” replied the senior naval. officer of the port. "Would his Royal Highness like to go magnetic mine
hunting?"
Promptly the suggestion was ap- proved, and a small super-speed boat of the R.A.F. lying ready to take the Duke out to join minesweepers; sear ching a spot where a magnetic mine is belleved to be floating.
BAW MINE HANDLED
But conditions proved impractic- able. Reluctantly the Duke had to forgo the experience.
Instead, he watched a party demon- strating how they handle mines.
They worked before him on an actual German mine of the non-mag- netic variety.
"A really worth-while visit." com- mented the Duke as he drove from the port.
But he cast a last regretful glance at the small R.A.F. speed-boat, still
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