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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 30, 1940

..............................................THE SERFS

ANGLO-TURKISH

AIRPORT AT FRIENDSHIP

ALEXANDRIA

Construction of what is expect- ed to be one of the world's lar- gest airports has been proceeding apace near Alexandria, junction point of the British services to Africa and the Far East.

The cost of construction is ex- pected to be recovered to some extent from profits to be derived *rem the reclamation of land from Lake Mariout for agricultural

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Anglo-Turkish friendship was accen- tuated by a gram sent yesterday. by the King to the President of Turkey on the occasion of the celebration of the foundation of the Turkish Republic, ex- pressing cordial greet- ings and heartfelt

FREER THAN GERMANS

Labour regimentation in the Third Reich has now reached a point where the German worker of to-day has less freedom than the serfs of the Mid- dle Ages and there is little likelihood of a substantial restoration of his freedom, according to a survey un- dertaken for the Brook-

wishes for the pro-ings Institution by Dr. L. sperity of the great Turkish Reuter.

nation.

Hamburger, formerly pro- fessor of labour legislation at the University of Geneva.

Alexandria "Is situated on "u narrow strip of land about one mile wide separating the Medi- terranean Sea from Lake Mariout or "Mareotis" of the Ancient Greeks. The lake level is main- tained by powerful pumps near its western end at about ten lett 0000000000000000001

The German worker to-day is below sea level, thereby benentt- ing large areas of low lying has been made for surfacing it to employed entirely at the will of lands which drain into it.

make it utilisable after the heavy the State, according to Dr. Ham- burger. He is attached by law rain that frequently falls in the

not only to a particular industry, but to a particular job, and in sceing that its present salty con practice changes of jobs are per- tent makes the soil a quagmiremitted only when it is to the in- when wet.

No Provision For Rain months of December to February,

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From its bed a block of about 700 acres in area, or about one

terest of the State... mile square, situated close to the If, as the States Domains Do-

The survey points out that this suburb of Nouzha and about three partinent which is carrying out regimentation was a gradual de- miles to the east of the centre of the work proposes, the salt is to velopment in which the Nazi Party Alexandria, has been embanked, be washed out, it will probably slowly but surely extended its pumped dry, and supplied with an be more than a year before the now all-powerful control. It' intensive system of under-drain-coil is sufficiently sweet to grow began in an effort to end unem- age by means of concrete pipes grass. The alternative of mak-ployment, then passed into the The site is greatly preferable to ing special runways would be phase of armybuilding and then that of the former airport of costly.

into the stage where it was ne- Dekheila situated about miles to the west of the city and land-planes, provision has been agriculture.

While the above area is for cessary, to conscript. workers for

eight

now taken over by the Air Force.

The new airport might be used almost immediately during the dry season, but so far no provision

NORWAY'S. AIR FORCE IN CANADA

Regimented. Nation

made for constructing a basin covering 1.050 acres close to the east side of the aerodrome for the landing of seaplanes. Here the The labour programme effected embankments would be made for a wholesale closing down of small the purpose of containing water independent businesses and the at about sea level instead of ex-transfer of such business men to cluding it tu level of about the rank and file of workers, the 18 feet below sea level as is the survey continues. This programme case at the aerodrome.

began with reducing, the number of peddlers and Itinerant sales- men, and was broadened to in- clude: shopkeepers: and indepen- dent artisans.

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The airport will have a depth of about 12 feet of water and, shaped somewhat like a balloon with its truncated base on the south side, is to have a maximum length of about two miles,

Reclamation Of Soil

Many independent - artisans operating small establishments found their employees order- ed to other work, and as. ho substitute employees were provided, they were impelled to close up shop and take em- ployment offered by the Gov- errment office. By July of 1939, 100,000 independent artisans had been made industrial workers and the transfer of altogether 500,000 was officially forecast,

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Far from their native land, Nor- wegian airmen are building a new. Air Force in Canada.. Uniforms The project also comprises re- of naval and army pilots as well clamation work whereby approxi- as Norwegian sailors are no longer mately. 3,000 acres adjoining the strange sights on the streets of airport on all sides except the Toronto, where hundreds of north are to be drained, washed Norsemen have started training and rendered cultivable. The new units of the Royal Norwegian pumps which are to drain these | Army Air Force and the Royal 3.000 acres and the 700 acres of Norwegian Naval Air Force.. aerodrome.are to discharge into the About a thousand men are ex-airport, the area of which is just pected to be in training this win-about sufficient to evaporate off ter in the camp which has been the quantity pumped in. built near Toronto's Island airport. In normal circumstances the the rigors of the system will be They have come from England whole project is expected to be modified, but says the suppres- after escapng from Norway. Some completed within five years,sion of this freedom of the na- had their small ships sunk under though the airports could be used tion as a whole. resting on a them and shipped on smaller res- in a year's time if the necessary | fundamental philosophy in which cue vessels to Great Britain. Somende ara ávallahis,

war itself is but a mere incident, swam to Sweden after escaping from Norway.

One group even stole, a.Ger. man 'plane, painted out the Ge-r man markings and made. Great Britain, Others, have joined the Norse fliers. from -Canada and the United States,

The Norwegians will train in 'planes which their Government ordered from the United States prior to Norway's capture by Ger- many. These are being delivered now, and include träiners as well- as modern fast fighters, bombers, and 'seaplane patrol bombers. In all about 100 'planes are being brought to Canada from United States factories for the training of the Norse fliers.

Norwegiaris formerly used. Bri- tish, German, and Italian-made aeroplanes. They will learn in Canada how to handle American- built machines, will build ground force thoroughly acquaint- ed with servicing American-made engines, aeroplanes, and acces- sories.

They will also train their own radio operators, gunners, observers and navigators basing the train- ing on that of their allied alr forces In Canada and Great Bri- tain,

Heading all Norwegian fight- Ing forces in Canada-a Nor- wegian, naval force is also be- ing trained on the Atlantic coast -is. Gen. William, Steffens, who

·was in charge of the 'Norwegian west coast defence.

He is also liaison oficer, be- tween the Norwegian government- in-exile in Great Britain and the government at Ottawa..

Eventually when fully trained the Norwegian airmen will take their place on the war front along with Czech,

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