1940-08-17 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 17, 1940

· MUTT AND JEFF

MA SAYS 'I'LL NEVER GROW UP TO BE A GREAT MAN IF I DON'T STUDY. 'BUT I CAN'T DO THESE

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Page 5 By BUD FISHER

GOSH, I WONDER

WHAT. THIS WORLD'S

COMIN' TO!

£8

CATTLE CURED WITH DYE DRUG

LESSONS OF HISTORY

Sir,-Numerous are they inter) could have happened all the France who deem it deplorable same (anything may occur in that General Weygand was not open warfare) but this risky on-

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formed by him into a German de- With the authority conferred to feat. [him by his brilliant past (and What could these "Mechanised

which Gamelin could not have as Units" have done, if cut After 693 experiments, chemists

yet), he would have insisted for their supplies? for such would have triumphed in their search obtaining and would have suc-have been their fate, had we been for a drug to mitigate the diseases cceded in getting the reinforceable to close the gap behind them; men and equipment the reply is an easy, one: either caused by streptococcal infection.ments in

needed.

falling back to join their main To commemorate the number

This would have allowed him, forces if able to do so, or running of experiments, the drug is now not only to hold on (or at least madly until their fuel was

CX- known officially as M and B 693, to make the German advance hausted, in which case they were the initials referring to the firm more costly and slower), but also made prisoners or in whose laboratories near Lon-to prepare one of those lightning ed. don the drug was perfected.

counter-strokes which were his

destroy-

WIZAR

Metro.. Godwyn

Matr

PICTURE

this TO-MORROW

You may ask me why Weygand It is based on a scientifle foun-[wont.

was only called up at the last mo- dation laid as long ago as 1782 For Weygand, though able to ment and when it was too fate? by Lord Dundonald, the first pa-put up at a time an obstinate re-It is the same old story. tentée of tar extracted from coal sistance, is before all a believer In spite of his worth, by distillation, and the resultant in offensive; he is from the school General had been pensioned off discovery of the germicidal pow-which produced men like Mangin. a few years ago, openly because ers of dyes made from coal tar. Byng and Von Hutier.

he had reached the age limit, but From this the chemists have now But he knows it is the soldier's obviously for the following rea- succeeded in securing a sulphon-job to size up the difficulty, to sons; like Lyautey before him, amide drug with dramatic. cura-overcome obstacles and estimate Weygand displeased many “poli- tive properties for medicine, hu-the

cost.

ticals" of the French Left Party. man and also animal.

He knows that to attempt to at- Like Lyautey, Weygand, a gen- For centuries cattle raisers the tack without adequate reserves tleman and a soldier to his finger world over have borne the curse is probably the tactic of despera- tips, as straight as a sword, one of such devastating diseases

and astation,

that successful of the best horsemen and, sports- bovine mastitis, equine pneumonia manoeuvres cannot be accom-men of the French Army and a and other diseases due to strep- plished unless the number's are scholar with all that, is fond of tococcal infection. Now the Jae sufficient, both to provoke diver-the peasant, of the decent work- boratory work has made it plain sions and to make the main as-man and law-abiding citizen; but that the new British drug may sault.

he dislikes equally the turbulent

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1 Armour

5 To box

9 Folding bed

12 English

queen

13 To sharpen

14 Constella-

tlon

15 Burmese

demon

16 Efficacy

17 To leave nut

18 To come in-

to, operation

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compositions

21 Screech

23 Drawing- .room

24 Bards

4

23 Hindų dėlty

20 Toward

28 Handle

20 -Walking-

30 Equality

31 Period 16

32 To confine.

33 Ship's officer

· 34 Teutonic

deity

35 Rabbit

30 Tiresome

persona 37 To make

sultable 39-To strike

46

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.40 Over 41 To regret 42 Babylonian war god

45 A helping

idea

40 Beatle

47 Flesh of a

calf

40 Gull-like

bird.

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VERTICAL

1 Male

2 Literary scraps

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3. To entertain

✦ French

article,

5 To' neglect

6 Cornmeal

bread

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8 Note of scale 0 Stricted stone

ID Faces the

east

11 Makes Ince 18 Obligatory

payments 17 Spanish

cooking. vessels

19 Girl's name

20 Donated 21 Digging

Implement

22 Illustrious 23 Trigonomet-

rical 'ratio 25 Wise man 37:Crude

metals

*29 Wagon

30-Secta

33 Garment

33.Extinct bird

33, Harbour

36 Insect.

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39 To singe.

'40.Deed

44 Beverage

40 Nole of scalo

47 Brother of

Odin

This man, though much alive, is cold of expression and. rather fond of solitude in private life; he likes the soldier and is popu- lar with him without seeking po- pularity; moreover, he is all in for order.

Had he been in charge, he would never have tolerated the revolutionary riots and strikes in- |i.iated from abroad, which mark- ed the years 1936-37 in France; he has not concealed his opinion about it, and this is what our "po- liticals" of the Left have forgotten or forgiven.

never

So, it is only compelled by events that they have recalled him, but too late. Weygand tried this best; at one time one even believed that he was going to straighten up the situation; un- fortunately he was deprived in a few days of nearly one million men and huge equipment (Flan- ders disaster) on which he relying; his plan, so fine on paper. and conceived in a short time, was thus doomed to failure,

He immediately realised facts; with his customary frankness, he exposed a situation already bad (and made every hour worse by the influx of refugees) to those concerned.

was

To conclude, it seems hardly conceivable that the same politi- cians who, have done their ut- most to eliminate such a man from public. life while he was still in full. mental and -physical vigour, should now criticise facts jof which they are the responsible

authors.

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