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THE GRAPES OF WRATH

Tom Jond Ma Joad

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Cazy Grampa Rosasharn

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HENRY FONDA JANE DARWELL JOHN CARRADINE CHARLEY GRAFEWIN DORRIS BOWDON RUSSELL SIMPSON |

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· THE CHINA MAIL, JULY, 16, 1940.

Admiralty's Reply to French Statement On Battle Of Oran

French bitterness over the action Britain, was compelled to take against the French Fleet to prevent it from falling into the hands of Herr Hitler survives in quarters associated with Marshal Petain long after the melan- choly'event.

On Sunday night, the French Legation in Dublin issued a statement alleging, among other things, that after the signature of the Armistice with Germany and Italy, the French Government was never approached by the Bri- tish Foreign Office or the Admiralty in regard to the future fate of the French Fleet.

The statement further alleged longer to be attacked, had not that no explanation was asked reached one submarine. WANGHAI concerning the

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JOSEPH M. SCHENCK

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WALACE

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Two Days Only-To-morrow And Thursday They Fought With The Fury Of Demons !

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interpretation of the armistice clause relating to the future of the fleet, and also that when attacked none of the French ships at Oran was in a position to manoeuvre or fire.

Admiralty Reply

Last Action

wys on

The last action against the ships at Mer-el-Kebir

July 6 and at no time did any 'British aircraft fire on any sailors or ci- vilians leaving the disabled ships. Following the refusal of the French Admiral at Dakar to ac- cept any of the four alternatives This statement is the subject of offered to him on July 7, action] an Admiralty communique issued was taken on July 8 to prevent last night in London, which says the Richelieu from falling into that parts of this statement are so the hands of the enemy. mischievous that it is considered Assurances that instructions desirable to make the following were, being given to stop all at- comment:-

tacks on French ships were

not One, by the terms of the armis-given until July 12, the communi-| tice, the French fleet was to be que concludes, describing the Du- assembled at ports under German blin statement as inaccurate and! or Italian control and demilitar-misleading-Reuter. ised, except, in the German terms, "those ships necessary for watching the coast and mine- sweeping." and, in the Italian terms, "except those units which, the Italian or German Govern-| ments design for the protection of French colonial interests."

Whatever interpretation the French Government may have

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EAST INDIA FLIGHT OF SPITFIRES

A cheque for £50,- 000 from the East India Fund for British War Services was handed over in the hangar of an R.A.F. fighter squadron near London yesterday, as "the first payment to- wards an East India Fund flight of Spit- fires.

Sir Alexander Mur- ray, who presented: the cheque to Captain Balfour, the Under-Se- cretary of State for Air, said the money had been collected from all classes of the community in Cal- and cutta, Bengal, elsewhere in East In- dia.-Reuter.

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to the British Government tha! the German and Italians had thereby provided themselves with excuses for keeping the whole of the French Fleet in a state of readiness. for action against us when they wished.

The Action At Oran

Two, referring to the action at Oran, it is pointed out that shortly after the arrival of the ships carrying the British propo- sals, the French warships began to prepare for, sea and for battle. Lengthy negotiations ensued and it was not until eight and half hours after the French had bcgun their preparations the British opened fire. The French ships replied within! ve minutes and not long after French ships began moving out of the harbour.

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During the afternoon, our air- craft were attacked by a total of 21 French aeroplanes,

Three, reference the Dublir statement regarding the torpedo-

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facts are that Admiralty represen- New Universal tatives interviewed the head of the French naval mission on the night of July 5 expressed the Ad- miralty's deep regret that 7 French light-cruiser had beer sunk owing to the fact that in- structions issued to submarines or

the completion of the operation o' July 3, that French ships were no

WOMAN RECEIVER CONVICTED

Arresterl two days after a snatching incident in Petho Street. two men and a woman were charged before Mr. Q). A. A. Mac- fadyen at Kowloon this morning. with stealing, or receiving a hand-

bag, containing $303; one gold chain; one pair of gold ear-rings. and two pieces of jade.

Accused Lam Wah-sang, -21. and-Choung-Shi,-20, charged with stealing, were given six months' hurd labour each, and Pun Ting, 54, the woman," charged with re- ceiving, was fined $100, or six

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The police recovered all the property, except $100,

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