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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 18, 1940-
DORTMUND-EMS CANAL PUT OUT OF ACTION
IT IS NOW possible to reveal how R.A,F. bom- bers have raided and severely damaged one of the most important links in Germany's internal trans- port system the Dotmund-Ems canal, states the Air Ministry news service in a release yesterday.
Following damage caused to German trains and railway junctions by R.A.F. raids, enemy communi- cations were becoming considerably disorganised.
To relieve the congestion on German transport, the authori-; ties began to make increasing use canal system,
of the
elaborate
which was already, heavily OC- cupied carrying iron ore and other essential commoditics to Ruhr factories.
Large barges, big enough to of goods, carry two trainloads were being used in conveying munitions.
Reconnaissance aircraft flew over Dortmund-Ema Canal In the particular double aqueduct where the canal СГОББСБ the
River Eme, and photographed its various stretches. Models of the aqueduct
were
PEACE
OFFER
COMING
Likelihood of a peace
to b
constructed and picked crews. given special instructions as to offer by Herr Hitler this the method of attack.
Bombs were duly dropped and week-end, addressed subsequent photographic recon Britain, is referred to in naissances revealed the success
despatches reaching Ma- of the attack.
Barges could be seen high and drid from Spanish corres- dry in the mud and the aqueduct was unusable and the canal empty pondents in Berlin. where a few days earlier photo- Their reports coincide with the graphs had shown 20 large views earlier" expressed that the barge on one short stretch of the offer will. be made and that its canal-Reuter.
DISTANCE WOULD LEND ENCHANTMENT
rejection will be followed imme diately by the ordering of the jattack on Britain.
SPANISH NOTE TO CHILE
The breaking of diplomatic relations between Spain and Chile is explained in an official note which says that the "Chilean Popular Front Gov- ernment has not ceas, ed to protect and aid the "Reds" who fled. from Spain.
This attitude has reached, says the. Note, intolerable .limits, culminating in a large public meet- ing on June 17 when speakers insulted. Spain and General Franco, their speeches being broadcast by" the official radio. Reuter.
DEEPER INTO THE MIRE
7
The French Foreign
Talk of the peace offensive was apparently started in an article by Signor Gayda, "mouthpiece of la mouthpiece," in Rome, but the idea has evidently been fostered: (in Germany where the authorities
"neither confirm nor deny" the Minister, M. Baudoin, in rumours.-Reuter.
a statement to Swiss newspapers on French po-
According to reliable information reaching] :'
there are signs every-
It is suggested in German circles in Bucharest that a
meeting of the Reichstag to licy, said that the national hear à statement by Herr Hitler may be announced in Berlin to-day.-Reuter.
Gibraltar from Spain, GERMAN where that now the Ger- BOGEY OF
mans are at their very
doors, the Spaniards INVASION
are becoming thoroughly frightened.
revolution had been free- ly made..
"We are not copying our con- querers and do not aim at pleas- ing them. We shall adopt French solutions suited to our tempera- ment and traditions.
"As soon as new relations can be instituted between capital.and labour, there will be new concep tions of life based on authority,
the belief order and obedience. Expressing
Our foreign policy will be con-
It appears than when the Ger-that preparations are be- ducted along the lines of this re- nians arrived at Hendaye, the ing made to send German gime. Different States have need
Spanish, authorities on the fron-
of each other.
tier received them with consider- troops from Norway to We must exchange goods with able ceremony and German sold- England if the much talk-Germany and Italy as we shall wonder duty' or less at will about ed of German invasion turned to a more just understand- iers, off-duty, were allowed to north Spain, but a parade of agets under way, the Stock-ing of France.”—Reuter.
German motorised column
ranged to take place at San Se-holm correspondent of the bastian was suddenly cancelled New York Times reports that, according to several of information,
without reason.
Air.
American
Another significant fact was the replacement of General Sources Yague, a rabid pro-German, by these troops are, being General Vigon, who is noted for his moderation, as Minister for moved to the coast!
Only small German forces, he It is believed that the Germans states, are now stationed near the have about 40,000 men at the fron- Swedish frontier, tier. This does not represent а Many
observers force strong enough for any vio- incline to the opinion that lation of Spanish territory but German invasion of England is al there are doubtless bigger" forces|bugbear invented by Nazi propa-i behind them.--Reuter.
ndists to create fear on the Allled side. While the possibility of such an expedition is keenly discussed everywhere in the United States, there are
"HARDY" HERO'S DEATH
with Britain when she has re-
ITALIAN LOSSES
The first official list of Italian casualties was' issued in Rome yesterday. It contained the names of 322 dead, 283 missing and 149 wounded. Reuter.
*
FOR THE 1 MAN
IN 7 WHO SHAVES
EVERY DAY
many A Special Shave Cream—It's experts who point out its dangers Not a Soap, Needs No Brush!
and suggest that the threat may
prove a boomerang because it has Dailyshaving leaves many men'sfacer Jabviously aroused the
people.
British
the
In an article written for United Press, Rear-Adml.
raw and sensitive. Yet, because of his business and social status, one out of
Yates every 7 men must shave every day. Lieut.-Comdr. Russell Gordon-Stirling, retired, says "Such To meet this condition, Williams Smith, who a fortnight ago. re-an invasion of England would has now developed GLIDER-a spo ceived the Distinguished
Service seem. fantastic and would bel Cress from the hands of
day.
the fraught with the gravest peril. It cial cream for daily shavers. With no King, died following an operation would seem wise for Germany to soap base, it's a complete departure in a south coast hospital yester-keep her soldiers' feet on land. from ordinary shave creams. No The final result of such an attempt brush. Nolather. Notsticky or greasy. Lieut.-Comdr. Gordon-Smith might be catastrophic for Ger- was navigating officer in H. M. many and should be welcomed by S. Hardy and was badly wounded the British Navy.". while standing beside Čapt. War- awarded burton Lee, who was posthumously, the Victoria Cross. -Reuter.
CEYLON'S GIFTS TO WAR EFFORT
contained in this rich croam. It A superabundance of moisture in
won't dry on your faco. Applied with the fingers, it quickly softens each whisker. A protective layer is formed :- over which your razor glides. Of.
INCREASE IN THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY The strength of the army to comes each hair at the base without guard Australia is being raised to scraping. Like a cold cream, Glider 250,000 men, announces Brigadier helps keep your skin smooth all day. Street, Minister for the Army. Glider is, the result of nearly 100. The people of Ceylon have sent This will be done by calling up years' experience in making fing a fourth sum of 100,000 rupees to four more age groups ant the fur- having preparations. Britain for the purchase of an-ther voluntary enlistment of 30,- |other.fighter. Three similar, sums 000 men,'
Sole Agentr
|of 100,000 rupees have been sent The total addition will be 120,-W. R. Loxley & Co., (China) "Ltd"" within the last month.Reuter. |000-men.-Reuter.
THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 18,-1940
Women To
To Enter Industry In Much Greater Numbers
AS THE WAR PROGRAMME develops, women must enter into industry in far greater numbers. Mr. Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour, told a London audience of women yesterday.
. His great problem, he said, was to find skilled men and women for key-posts and he could put an- other 250,000 women into work soon after receiving them.
the
"Our first great objective is to It was therefore intended to re- win this war, and we are going store the Factory Acts regulating to win it," he continued. He hours in order to get maximum could not reveal what is going on, production without injuring but he was amazed at the achieve-health of the workers, ments of the last five or síx The Minister concluded: weeks. It was most encouraging. first great object is to win
He revealed that he is now war and we are going to win it.") considering n scheme, which has -Reuter.
yet to be sanctioned, for provid-
ing scholarships for people in
factories to go to Universities for
a period of training and then re- turn to their factories. Under the scheme, people would be trained Jor welfare work in industry.
The Factory Act covering hours. of work for young people will| come back into operation again on August 1, he said. Tremen- flous enthusiasm had led to many cases where young people worked 70 to 80 hours a week, and he felt it was his duty to stop that. Reuter.
"Our
the
NO MONKEY BUSINESS
An organ grinder of Italian descent posted this sign on his hurdy- gurdy in Leeds :-
1
"I'm British and the monkey is from India."
FRANCE HIDING BEHIND HER OWN SHADOW
IN A LEADING article entitled "Scapegoats" the Stockholm paper "Dɛgens Nyheter" stresses the fact that the French people have every reason to re- Lack Of Skilled Labour gard MM. Bonnet and I aval as fully responsible The Minister of Labour, Mr. scapegoats for the anti German policy hitherto Bevin, in a speech in London maintained, and points cut the weakness of a Ha- loss to the nation during the war vas telegram refuting German and Italian allega- caused by the continual neglect tions of a French attempt to obtain milder terms in past years of skilled men and women..
by a new regime.
yesterday, deplored the serious
skilled workers had been, avail- able, he could have another quarter of a women into the work quickly.
He estimated that if sufficient The paper comments: "As a reply to re- placed proaches from the enemy, this declaration is not million only extremely weakly worded but passes over two very most important factors which have caused Ger- the many and Italy to doubt the honesty of the revo- utilise lution begun in Vichy.
·
He added, however, that Government intended to
the services of both men and wo- men to the utmost extent.
Working Too Long
2007 7
"This revolution is carried out "Both have had the opportunity by politicians who supported the to disassociate themselves from
old order and these men now hunt traditional French policy, but have for scapegoats for the policy not only not used it but, on the Mr. Bevin sald that his ap- which they, in the long series of contrary, clearly maintained this peal to the 'workers had a re-years, represented. markable response and young, people were now working from 70 to 80 hours a week.
It was now evident that they -were-working--too-long-and-pro- duction was consequently declin- Ing.
FEEL TIRED
¡policy in situations when its dur- "All utterances after the ability was put to the test." Armistice from France are
stamped with deep bitterness Bonnet At Munich against England and after the English action against the
The_paper_instances Bonnet's refusal to allow Germany to drive French Fleet, France has even undertaken direct acts of war France after
a wedge between England and against England.
Munich, 1938, his "In Germany and Italy the peo-Polish-German crisis as instanced solidarity with England during the ple could not be otherwise than greatly delighted by this sudden Ambassador to London on June by the telegram to the. French volte face and when England attacked the French warm proland in the last phase before the 29, and his agreement with Eng- French tones were heard in the outbreak of the war-not least in
hour peace proposal. the matter of Mussolini's eleventh
IN THE MORNINGS? German and Italian press.
Feel weary when you wake up? Shaky on your feet when you strug gle out of bed?
Eyes heavy, limbs heavy, mind heavy ?
It's probably constipation.
You may be "regular," yet expel incompletely. Poisons are left. Con- taminate the blood. Slow you down. Sap your vigour.
For this condition there is a simple prescription. Doctors have been repeating it for years. It is Krus elien Salts. Food fads come and go. Fashions in diet have their day and are forgotten. But Kruschen Salts remain - unquestioned. They don't drug you. They don't, scour you. There is nothing secret about them. The analysis is on every battle. And doctors recognise this analysis as a basic prescription for n buglo dis
order.
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APBI
"But this Government in France was speculating on the enmity for England in order to procure cheaper peace and turned sud- denly to a tone of profound scorn for everything French."
In Good Company
The paper compares the French volte face with that of Luden- {dorff; Erzberger and Stresemann
after the last war, and comments) that conversions of this. kind occur, therefore, even in the best families. What gives the French case its peculiar character is certain circumstances.
Laval also represents the tra- ditional Frerich foreign policy with and his rapprochement Italy was an attempt at the co-operation of Italy, England and France against German re- armament' and for the mainten- ance of the independence of Austria, while his italian sym- pathies, did not prevent him from maintaining solidarity with England in the sanctions policy against Italy during the Abys- sinlan' War.
His alliance with the Soviet Union was also serving French interests against Germany.
"In a trial of responsibility for and omis-
"Here, a country, in the course of war, breaks with Allies whose sins of commission friendship it has sought for 40sion, he cannot well come for- years with an intensity for which ward as a prosecutor."--Reuter. co-operation could never be sum- ciently intimate.
"This breach 'is "brought about| by persons who, in official posi- tions in recent years and since the outbreak of the war, repre- sented the policy now scorned and under circumstances which give the recent common increased op- |portunities to crush an old com-
rade-in-arms in the lone struggle] for life and death.
"It
HONG KONG NEARLY
UNIQUE
Asked in the Commons yester- day if there was any Government- Halls Of Mirrors - controlled school in Ceylon or else- where in the colonies authorised would be strange if the to give degrees of university stand- French people when, one day ing, the Under-Secretary for Co- (one does not know when) it is lonles, Mr. Hall replied: "Degrees able to express itself about its are conferred by the Universitled leaders will ask a question about at Malta, and Hong Kong, both |responsibility' ^^öf quite anotherlof which receive financial "as- kind than that which occupies sistance from, the Government. those busy hunting for scapegoats. No other State-aided institution When politicians like Lavat in the Colonial Empire: was.com- And Bonnat try to clear up the petent to confer University de part, they enter one of those grees."Reuter, Ingeniously constructed hafle
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