1940-05-06 — Page 6

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CHINA MAIL" FEATURE

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 6, 1940

The most famous political cartoonist of all times, LOW, makes his first contribution to the "China Mail" below. His cartoons will be a re-

· ̋gular feature of the "China Mail" in future.

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SNIFE SNIKA

WATCH THAT RAT !

EXPERIENCE OF ROYAL AIR FORCE IN NORWAY

London, To-day.

NORTHERN

CENTRE OF

INTEREST

ROBINSON RD. BURGLARY

WHY DOES ITALY HOLD BACK?

The position of Italy in the war remains uncertain and because of that Mussolini is able to say that he is im- mobilising a great part of the Allied Fleet and Air Force - and in this way assisting his fellow dictator. Why, asks "St. John's Review," publish- ed to-day, does Italy hold back?

And the answer is because he can- not join with Hitler so long as Ger- many is allied with Russia. The price of Church's support for Mussolini is relentless opposition to the arch-enemy of the Christian. faith,-Stalin.

But the Nazis are only less guilty of oppression, and their victory, judging by their record in Austria and Ger- many would certainly put the clock back to the time of Woden, the Swas-

of tika and the other impedimenta paganism.

Does Mussolini, really represent the Italian people? Have the King, the Crown Prince no following and would the Church give its blessing to a campaign the aim of which was to destroy those states in which the Christian faith still flourishes without any kind of restriction?

There is a school of thought especially in France which would welcome an Italian declaration of war, since first it would open a new accessible field in Lombardy. The French have no great respect for Italian arms, and secondly a source of supply to Germany would be im- mediately cut off. It is true that much damage could be inflicted on the Allies in the Mediterranean, but it is equally

Mr. A. W. Salter, of No. 125, Robin-true that Italy's colonies would be cut son Road, has informed the Police off, and much more damage would be that during the night on Sunday some done to her forces, seeing that her

coasts are so exposed. the person removed an iron grill on window of his residence, and stole a camera, a watch and money, to the total value of $394.

NAZI A.R.P. DRIVE IN COPENHAGEN (SPECIAL TO “CHINA: MAIL") Copenhagen, To-day.

Air raid shelters are being hastily

THE EXPERIENCE OF THE Allied air force in Nor- way has pointed to one clear conclusion, that you cannot get local air superiority when you have to operate from distant bases against a constructed and trenches are being dug formidable enemy with aerodromes on the scene of action, comments in Air Correspondent. You must have strength in the air for a successful land operation, especially if you have to dis-

embark troops and equipment from ships. In-

land, your infantry is subject to constant obser-

vation and bombing if you cannot keep the

enemy away by fighters.

That has been the problem in Nor- doubt that the R.A.F. has proved once. way. The R.A.F. had to carry out again in its raids in the Norwegian their work with fighters and bombers campaign the daring of the pilots and far from the home base some hundreds the efficiency of the 'planes.-Reuter. of miles across the sea.

Our fighters are designed primarily INCIDENT ON

for home defence and were not in-

tended to operate at that distance,

while our bombers were opposed by YUGOSLAV

fighters operating at a short range from bases on the spotTM

Under Nose Of Enemy

BORDER

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Paris, To-day.

We got some of our fighters there. All the same, one could appreciate the great difficulty of Installing them with

An incident has occurred their equipment on an improvised runway on a frozen lake under the on the Yugoslav/Italian fron- very nose of the enemy. Under the tier, involving some smug circumstances, the way in which our glers trying to get a drove of horses into Italy, reports It was possible for the Al-reaching here state. lles, to gain superior air strength to The smugglers were spotted by an give more support to the movemente Italian patrol and some shots were planned for the

exchanged. At the same

fighters did get into action was a re- markable achievementio

SASHIROSATon our land 1

It is reported that the Yugoslav forces are now out of Central Norway, frontier guards came to the assistance the Germans have long lines of com- of the Italians and the smugglers munications still open to attack. fled. The incident seems to have no

There can be no doubt, there is no political significance, Havas,

in all parks, public squares and gar- the dens. Nobody is allowed near trenches and shelters during construc- tion-Havas.

The trouble with Mussolini is that his power does not correspond with his soaring ambition and it is reasonable to suppose that most of the people in Italy know it, but in any case a large number do not wish to see that power exerted in a wrong direction.

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N. Z. EXHIBITION

Wellington, Yesterday.

The New Zealand Centennial Ex- hibition closed to-day; in six months over 2,500,000' had visited it. →→ Reu- ter.

SIR PERCY LORAINE RETURNS TO ROME

London, To-day.

THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR in Rome who has been, for some time, home on leave is returning to his post. Sir Percy Loraine was present at the discussions which Lord Halifax had a few weeks ago with the British diplomatic representatives in South-Eastern Europe, who had been specially summoned back to London for the purpose.

He will, therefore, be able to give the Italian Government, should it re- quire it, a fuller and more intimate account of the proceedings, the purport of which must be already known to them through Sir Noe! Charles, and the essence of which lies in the settled policy of Britain defined in the official statement issued after the consultation at the the promotion of Foreign Office as "the preservation of peace and security in the Balkan and Danubian countries." As Prof. E. H Carr points out in attack if the tortuous developments of an article in the "Sunday Times' yes- Nazl policy require its subjugation. terday, that is an Italian interest no less than a British. Since the return to South-East European capitals of the in the last fortnight that in the face British diplomats who took part in the of this renewed warning, the nations discussions with Lord Halifax, events situated wherever Germany can dis- in other directions have increased turb the peace are increasing their rather than diminished the anxieties vigilance and their precautions. which beset these States.

It has been again demonstrated that neither strict neutrality nor non-pro- vocation verging on compliance, nor guarantees nor promises nor, pledges, will save any country from German

There has been plenty of evidence

British polley, which stands in op- position to any extension of the hostill- ties at their expense, must be to them one of the few reassuring factors in an anxious situation. British-Wire- less, -