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ONE OF MOST AMAZING EPISODES IN HISTORY OF WAR

London, To-day.' LAST WEEK, WE WITNESSED one of the most amazing episodes in the history of war, said Captain Cyril Falls, military correspondent of "The Times,” in a broadcast yesterday. When he learned that the Belgians had laid down their arms, his heart sank, he said, for this meant huge gaps through which the Germans could go without opposi- tion.

He asked a naval opinion of the possibility of retreat, and the answer he got was not encouraging. The Navy will never say a thing is impos- sible, but he was told in guarded terms that it would be very difficult to get them away and almost certainly very costly for both troops and ships.

During the last war, It was cóm- paratively easy to break off an ac- tion and retire, without the enemy penetrating the lines. It was done again and again.

But it was never done in circum-

stances as apparently impossible as these.

The line was already broken by the defection of the Belgians, while Ger-

man mechanised columns had reach- ed the neighbourhood of Calais to the

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(From Our Own Correspondent)

Shanghai, Yesterday.

The rehabilitation section of the Japanese Naval Land- ing Party here appears to be hard up for metal since at least two cases of illegal pro cedure came to my notice. yesterday.

Six Japanese soldiers with two was trifling compared with this war's trucks, practically emptied a Ger- in Liaoyang and it was to be expected that the man-owned factory Germans would make exceptional ef-Road of all iron and steel and furni- forts to destroy the ships being used ture yesterday, claiming that prior to the 1937 hostilities this plant was for embarking.

Chinese-owned.

He defied anyone to have anticipat- ed what has actually happened.. It was brought about by perfect co-or- dination of all arms.

Night Operations

The manner in which a fighting re- treat is conducted is nearly always the same. While the rear-guards hold the enemy off, the others take up fresh positions behind them. At dusk the rear-guard is thinned out to the smallest possible number and then it follows back, probably to erect fresh defences behind the other line.

We had one thing in our favour. The German is a great soldier but night operations are not his strong point. When the British were retreat- ing from Mons in 1914, they more than once heard the bugles sound and knew that they were safe for a while.

The second case occurred when coolles under the supervision of a Japanese civilian who later turn- ed out to be a scrap metal con. tractor for the rehabilitation sec- tion, busled themselves with the destruction of the concrete foun- dation of a steel defence gate in North Thibet Road owned by the S.M.C.

Police pointed out the gate was within the Settlement and belonged to the S.M.C. and after nearly two hours of negotiations the party left without worrying about the damage done to the concrete foundations. Our Own Correspondent.

AMERICAN

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or those troops of GeneralTMTMTMTM Prioux would never have made their way to Dunkirk-Reuter.

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SIGNS NEW strengthening Brazil's na-

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Bucharest, Yesterday. King Carol to-day signed a decree mobilising Ru- mania's economic activities and granting full powers to the Economics Minister.

The latter is empowered to take all measures for coordinating and con- trolling goods necessary for army and civilian life.

·Officials atress the decision was taken without pressure from abroad and is not connected with German demands for bigger" oil deliveries.

It is declared the decree will prob- ably restrict the freedom of foreign oil producing concerns but will not favour any foreign power-Havas.

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tional defence, important consultations are proceed- ing between the State De- partment and the Brazilian Ambassador, Senor Martins." The parleys mainly aim at des. patching an American air mission to American air and naval missions already there;

Brazil to assist the work of the

To admit a larger number of Bra- zilian pilots in American training schools, and

To extend the commercial air lines of Pan-American Airways..

The War Department has re- quested air companies to provide detailed Information of their equipment and faollitios in Latih- :America.

The War and Navy Departments are holding joint consultations as re- gards the national defence require- ments of the entire American Hemi- sphere and not only Brazil-Havas.

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