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Kis my bath ready, Hawkins'?" -

*Not quite,Sir:They're just dusting it.”

"A gesture of old world courtesy, no doubt, but was it really necessary

* Very necessary indeed, Sir, as it hap- pens to be a hip-bath which has lain 'some years 'in the coach-house, Hüt Lordship rarely entertains,”

His Lordship's notions of hospital- fty are not of this century. He seemed to think he had a sacred duty to lay me low beneath the table. I marvel· 'that I'm here to fell the tale.”

** Yas in some ways His Lordship' la

|; well abreast of modern thought. This bottle of Ross's Linne Juice, Sir, in your

room..

*Placed there by His Lordship's own hand, Hawkins. And a very refresh ing drink following upon s'one-sided battle with his Lordship's decanters." "Yes, Sir, and Rose's has still further virtues. Is is justly renowned for anni- hilating the after-effects of alcohol;

· vulgarly known as mornings after"

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^ So that's why I'm still alive and kicking? Well, well, ane lives and lesena. Go and boil the kettle for my. bath. I don't want "to" mles 'my' breakfast."

REUTER WAS informed in London yester- day afternoon that the operations between British naval forces and General de Gaulle's Free French forces against land batteries and French warships at Dakar are still in progress.

General de Gaulle decided to invade Dakar following German and Italian infiltra- tion and assumption of control there, states a communique issued by General Headquarters of the Free French forces in London.

CITY READY FOR SIEGE

Londonderry's famous gates have been closed again in preparation for a pos- sible siege.

The gates were last closed when King James II's army be- sieged the city in 1689 and Londonderry earned the title of the "Maiden City" in tri- bute to its epic de- fence, which is famous in history.

SHIPPING COMPANY FINED

The attacking force was .com- {posed of military, naval and aer- ial units. The French troops were escorted by battleships of the Free French Navy.

British, naval forces were pre- sent only to assure supplemen-j tary protection against any at-) tack carried out with German] participation.

The Dakar authorities were the first to assume responsibility fori

against the 'opening hostilities French.

when a peaceful landing French troops was attempted the Dakar authorities opened fire on the French ships. Several mem-: bers of the crew were killed and

a large number wounded.

Not Ceased

TO BE DEGRADED

A SECOND TIME?

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First move of the Vichy Government in connection with the

Dakar incident was

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setting up yesterday of a special court- martial to try General de Gaulle and his "accomplices" - pre- sumably in their ab- sence. Havas.

BOMBING OF INVASION

PORT BASES

Desiring to avoid a fight between Frenchmen, General de Gaulle re- Further British bomb- moved his forces to a distance.

The Dakar authorities have not ing operations of the ceased firing on the French forces French-Belgian coast and the British ships since the

start of the operations.--Reuter. were announced by the Air Ministry news service last evening.

Vichy's Garblings

Vichy has been putting out # At the naval station at Brest highly coloured account of a sup-yesterday morning, long lines of posed British landing which Vichy bombs were dropped on the tor- naturally says was repulsed. pedo boat station, oil tanks and

The truth is that no British stores. landing attempt has yet been made either at or near Dakar.

General de Gaulle set out forj Dakar in response to the clear) desires of the majority of the population of Dakar to join Free France.

Heavy explosions occurred .followed by four fires. A pil- lar of dense black smoke en- veloped the harbour. and the flames were visible -more than 30 miles from, the French coast. Other aircraft of the Coastal There has been abundant evi-Command laid sticks of bombs WAS SUMMONED BEFORE dence that the Germans were across the canal, mouth at Zee- MR. H. G. SHELDON, K.C., making persistent efforts to bring brugge. Unusually large flashes THIS MORNING, FOR FAILING Dakar under their control. Dakar followed the explosions of their TO SUPPLY A LIST OF NON- is a well equipped naval base and salvoes. Reuter. CHINESE PASSENGERS TO THE important strategic centre, besides

THE MANAGER . OF THE MESSAGERIES

MARITIMES

POLICE, AS AGENT FOR THE being the terminus for the air line S.S. LOAS. WHICH ARRIVED across the South Atlantic. |IN THE CÔLONY ON SEPTEM-|ter.

[BER 12..

Mr. P. Wynter Blyth, pleading guilty on behalf of the company,

said that a clerk whose duty it! AXIS 'IFS'

was to prepare the list for the!· |authorities was on Volunteer! duty on the day when the 9.5. Loas arrived.

Det. Sergeant. J Headridge told the Court that ́after. the

was

SETTLED

Reu-

ANOTHER A.E.F. DIVISION

ANOTHER DIVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IS TO BE FORMED, MR.

arrival of the s.s. Loas, no list ASL HINT OF THE PART MENZIES, PREMIER, AN-

sent to the Registration AFRICA MAY HAVE PLAYED NOUNCED YESTERDAY. Office. A French gentleman visit-IN THE RECENT RIBBENTROP/ The nucleus of this division, the ed the office and reported his MUSSOLINI TALKS WAS Ninth Division, will be certain arrival, and the Police found GIVEN. YESTERDAY BY THE units already overseas; the rest that there were' three other ITALIAN COLONIAL MINISTER, will leave soon. Frenchmen on board the s.s. Loas. Who Has been ENGAGED IN : Major-General Henry, Gordont

A fine of $100 was imposed.

THOSE DEFENCE REGULATIONS FORGOTTEN

Miss Kathleen Oh, of No. 19, Gage Street, was fined $25 by Mr.

H. G. Sheldon, K.C., this

DISCUSSIONS IN GERMANY......... Bennett has been made Command- Future collaboration between ing Officer of the Eighth Division, Germany and Italy was complete-¡which is still in Australia, - Reu- ly settled, he said yesterday. ter.

Ribbentrop has now reported

to Hitler about the talks..

No statement has yet been Is- sued as to what was achieved, but It is believed that the Germans demanded a hand in Syria by the addition of German advisors to the Italian armistice commission.. Reuter..

morning, for having in her posses- THOUGHT

sion a camera in Repulse Bay on September. 1...

Sergeant Mackenzie sald he saw defendant using the camera at Repulse Bay.

THEY KNEW

ATTACK ON NAZI MINESWEEPERS

A formation of British bomb- ers escorted by fighters attacked enemy minesweepers in the Eng- lish Channel yesterday afternoon, states: an Air Ministry communi- que. ..

was

Hits were obtained on two ves→ sels and another

was damaged by bombs which burst close to it. During this operation an attack A Chinese student, Chan

was made by enemy fighters in Miss Ida Grigorievna Mirkin, of which one of our bombers Cheuk-kin, of No. 46, Bonham Road, was fined $25 for a similar No. 15, Babbington Path, was shot down and one enemy des-

cautioned by Mr. H. G. Sheldon, troyed. Reuter, Detective Sergeant R. Mcvey K.C., this morning, for failing to said defendant was using the report her departure from the PREFERENCE FOR"

Colony on May 31 [camera in Pokfulam Road near

the University playground.

LONDON'S USUAL

offence.

NIGHT RAID

London's, 122nd air, rald of the war began just before 8 o'clock last evening, when the capital's A.A. guns opened up “with ́n „thunderous“ roar, med

Miss Mirkin' said she went to the Passport Office for a visa for

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her passport, and thought it was (SPECIAL TO "GHINA, MAIL"). not necessary to report again, Japanese ship-builders are to since the Authorities, already be given preferential treatment in knew that she was leaving the the Government's distribution of Colony.

steel material, it was announced,

Det. Sergeant J. Hendridge said in Tokyo to-day. Ship-builders it was not until defendant re-this year will got 20 per cent more ported her return on September metals than in 1939; to · enable 10, that the Police found she them to increase production as had not reported her departure, much as possible-Havas.

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 25, 1940

NO RETREAT IN BATTLE OF

BRITAIN

SENTRIES AND look-outs stand guard along the British coast at dawn ready to sound the call

•

for the sternest battle of the beaches in history.

Should an invading German force come out of the morning North Sea mist and, cutting through the protective screen of the British Navy and R.A.F.,

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succeed in making landings, they will come face to After flying for hun- face with regiments of an Army ordered to fight to the last man. Some of them were toughened for such a battle by Dunkirk.

A major in a famous Scots unit which saw service in the Battle of' France, said .at a brigade head- quarters, tucked away in quiet countryside where they await the threatened Battle Britain

the

of

"There is no question of our retiring to a second line of de- fence.'

#

For this reason these men have only an academic interest in what goes on in readiness for the Nazi hordes beyond the beaches. What the rest of the 2,500,000-strong Army and Home Guard are doing is not their concern. They are

SHANGHAI

TRANSPORT

STRIKE

The transportation pro-

dreds of miles 100ft. above the sea, through the thickest mist yet experi- enced this summer, a Sun- derland flying-boat spot- ted a convoy, saved it from destruction and guided it to safety.

The long search ended when the Sunderland's captain saw a masthead piercing the mist.

Having counted the masts and funnels to make sure that the whole of the convoy was in

there for one purpose-to door blem in Shanghai was fur- position he took charge.

die."

Modern Martello Tower ther

aggravated this French trams and

Here are other features of the morning when story of how all the Services of Concession the Crown-Navy, Army, Air

Force, L.D.V. and the unknown buses failed to appear. warriors will help to repel any land, sea and air invasion.

The weather became worse. Several times the convoy scattered and had to be reformed by the flying boat.

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one point the Sunderland captain, flying at less than 100 feet above the sea, saw that with It is reported the French Con- the strong tide some of the ships]

LAND. Flotillas of speedboats, followed by waves of flat-bottom-cession workers struck in sympa-were in extreme danger of run- ed craft from which Hitler may thy with the International Settle-ning ashore.

attempt to land his hordes will get ment tram and bus employees.

a hot reception.

With the city's ́entire cheap transportation system at a standstill. ricksha coolies are doing a thriving business:

The present transportation tie-

They will have to cut through| a thick curtain of heavy and light| gunfire. The system of pill-boxes, and other strong points from which this fire will be directed has turned the whole coastline Into a modernised version of the Mar- tello tower of defence adopted to meet the threat of invasion by up is the greatest in recent years another dictator-Napoleon. as it is the first time in Shanghai

Behind the grim lines of khaki history that the entire bus and beach defenders, "stops," strate-

tram the two foreign areas have been paralysed.-Reu-

Hs flashed to the ships the lamp message, "Turn to port." They obeyed immediately and were saved.

So, with the flying.bont, circling overhead in the mist, the ships were brought to port.

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the refusal of the surface craft in harbour await! Following eagerly the order to turn from the Shanghai General Omnibus Com- comply with demands work of convoy, on which they pany to are engaged' chlefty at, the mo- presented a few days ago, the en-

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R.A.F. Is Confident. As a result the International AIR: Pilots of the Fighter Com- Settlement was deprived of mand await all comers in the air means of public transportation with a tremendous optimism about since Tramway workers walked the outcome of any major clash out a few days ago. Pending ne- with the German Air Force. This gotiations between the strikers. opinion of their record of succes-and company officials the build- ses is justified.

ings of the Bus Company are be- Supreme confidence

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the ing guarded by 100 police of the superior quality of their aircraft, S.M.C. and 30 Ta Tao police. and a growing belief that the Ger-

mans are beginning to feel the Four hundred mechanics re- strain of the loss of so many ofjmained in the buildings, staging a

The strikers! their best-trained pilots and crews sit-down strike.. sustains the faith of the R.A.F.. presented 23 demands which are!

Preparations have been made now being discussed. Havas. for the protection of airfields] which Hitler may expect to seize]

with droves of parachutists..

One

does hot envy Hitler's

French Trams Run“

•Later.

The French tramways have army If it ever does attempt to march through this Land of begun running, each car carrying Nowhere which is Britain to-two police as a precaution. It is the French‘- tram day-mara especially if the wea. understood.

workers were forced to walk out ther is bad. : Steps taken to defend "every by the Settlement.strikers. village, every town and every Reuter.

city," in accordance with the Prime Minister's assurance, repre- sent an impressive record of high- speed endeavour,

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