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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 1, 1940

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THE AXIS ACHILLES HEEL

Violent Blows At Italy

Lord Chatfield Urges Violent British Naval Might In Mediterranean

A BROADCAST IN THE BBC'S SERVICES .000000000000 OF "WAR COMMENTARIES" WHICH WAS SPOKEN WITH PECULIAR AUTHORITY WAS GIVEN LAST NIGHT BY LORD CHATFIELD.

Listeners heard with special interest the form- er First Sea Lord's answer to his own ques- tion, which came towards the end of his address, "What will be the effect on our Fleet's responsibili- ties on implementing our guarantee to Greece?"

Lord. Chatfield said: "Obviously they will be considerable. The Greek navy consists of a cruis- er, 23. torpedo craft and six submarinės. They are well trained and will play their part by the side of

our own.

Italy, by · invading Greece through Albania, can maintain her route

armies by the short sea BRUTAL

across the Adriatic a not easy -sea for our fleet to operate in-

but always there are possibilities of night actions.

If Italy plans to extend opera- tions by sea to the Greek islands our fleet may be given that ope,

CRIME IN

ABERDEEN

portunity to strike it has waited The life of a nine-year-

for.

The laws of strategy teach you

wasi

to strike at your enemy's weak, brutally sacrificed for a

spot with your utmost force.

ánd those sea and air we

these

old Chinese girl

fowl and a cheap cotton-

EARL BROWDER'S

WIFE TO BE DEPORTED

The U.S. Depart- ment of Justice yes- terday ordered the de- portation to Russia of Mrs. Raissa Berkman Browder, wife, of Earl Browder, the com- munist leader, on the ground she entered the United States ille- gally.

The Browders were married in Moscow in 1926. Reuter.

A feature of a Fete, arranged by Air Cadets at Bedfont, was a baby show. Photo shows one of the young lads in blue with two of the competitors. (Copyright, Fox).

POLISH-CZECH COOPERATION

URGED

and things do not come out as beautifully finished as. they did."

M. Masaryk added. they were much as

CLOSE COOPERATION. BE-fighting Laval just as TWEEEN THE POLISH AND Hitler, and it was a terrible idea CZECHOSLOVAK PEOPLES. that the soul of France was going "WHO ARE IN THE SAME to be. chained to Hitler's apple-

Reuter, ARENA FIGHTING FOR GOD cart.. AGAINST THE DEVIL;" WAS

CZECHOSLOVAK MINISTER IN

those the enem ni forces we wool quilt by unknown CONSULAR OFFICIAL THE NEW EUROPE CIRCLE IN ing, has informed the police that

can spare from the defence of robbers in Aberdeen yes-

terday..

islands against Germany should enable us to strike some violent blows against Italy now.

Italy's Object Italy's object may be to divide our military forces and so weaken our resistance in Egypt. But sea and air power will be of more value, to help Greece than a large army sent to Salonika with all that: means in transport and supply.

The waters of Greece are no new battleground for us. Thanka to Greek hospitality, our navy has for years exercised; there. Her, harbours islands, have valu- able strategic points: well known to sailors, which we shall doubt

·less user,

But one must remember that bases cannot be improvised so simply, or so rapidly as before. for they have to be, defended against air, and submarine, attack. It is too carly, in Italy's new adventure, however, to discuss such matters.

Taking Measure. Earlier. Lord Chatfield had spoken of the Mediterranean.

He said: "I obviously cannot

give you, a comparative statement

4.

The lather of the girl, return ing home from the Kennedy Town market at. 9 a.m.; was confronted with the lifeless body of. his daughter lying on the bed.

He had left the house at 6: a.m. while the motherless girl was still sleeping.

The girl's legs and hands were tied with a rope which was alsc tightly twisted' round her neck. It is believed that the girl was suffocated:

apparently

LEAVES

00000 URGED BY M. JAN MASARYK, LOST OR STOLEN

LONDON, IN A SPEECH TO Mr. J. Marcal, of King's Build-

LONDON YESTERDAY.

he lost, or had stolen from his

an envelope containing*** M. Masaryk said: "We are not pocket, (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Mr. Richard Butrick, former doing any sabotage, for the sim-Hong Kong and American money reason that we would be to the value of $204 between the acting American Consul-General ple in Shanghai, left for Washington massacred but tife wheels of Hong Kong Hotel and the China not revolves quite as Emporium on Wednesday even- In the President Pierce with his Skoda do wife. Mr. Butrick had acted as quickly as they did two years ago ing. Consul-General since the depar-TENNEURICULATURANT ANN ture of Mr. Clarence Gauss, who went to Australia. Havas.

CAPTURE OF GREEK

·SHIP CLAIMED ·

The Greak, steamer Attica (1,400 tons) has been captured:by German the Italians stated; the

The house was ransacked, drawers being opened and the contents.strewn over the floor, but after an inspection, the father reported that only a fowl radio-yesterday! The steamer was and a cheap cotton-wool, quilt en route from America to Greece with a mixed cargo, of oil, copper, were missing.

types andi glycerine Router:

The police are investigating..

COAL WILL SOLVE

OUR OIL PROBLEM

·

While RAE bombers are smashing up Ger- many's synthetic oil plants, Britain is getting down to the job of increasing the yield of home-produced fuel from coal.

cars

of the forces in the Mediterranean Recommendations made by the each vehicle saves nearly 2,000 but we have concentrated there, a Ridley Committee are now in the gallons of petrol a year..

More than- a thousand- fleet. under Admiral Cunningham hands of the Secretary for Mines, able by its efficiency to contain Mr. D. R. Grenfell, himself un carry their own gas-bags for fuel, the Italian fleet and to hold the untiring advocate of plans for and they will become a more com- Straits. of Gibraltar and to protect extracting oil from coal;

mon sight in the near future,

In addition to the Ridley Com- the Suez Canal

As an immediate war measure, "Fighting in the narrow waters he has addressed an appeal to the mittee,, five other committees are of the Mediterranean the fleet has gas, and coke industry to increase at work studying various technical had gradually to take measure of its recovery of benzole from coke methods by which home-produced its Italian opponent; his navy, his by making existing recovery fuels can be made, to take the air force and submarines,, testing, equipment more efficient; by ex-place, of Imported oils.

pedting the installation of equip

Report Soon their, fighting capacity."

ment: already on order and by

Laws Of Sea, Power

putting in such equipment, where They are to report soon to an none now exists;

advisory board set up by the

There Lord Chetfeld left it.

- Gasworks and, coko ovona Mines Department, since the war Minister for the Co-ordination

are already expected to recover and consisting of representatives of Defence during many, arduous 15,000,000 gallons more crude of: industry, finance and selence.

An authoritative survey shows months of present work before

benzale In: 1840 as compared. Mr Chamberlain's resignation, it

with 1938, and by voluntary that the home production, of tar, is significant that the Admiral be-

affart alana. Mr. Grenfell, be creosote and pitch, all coal. by- gan with the considered assertion

leves that this quantity can be products from which motor spirit that the laws of sea power have.

Increased agalm by another and oil can be extracted, can take the place of imported fuel oil and not so far been vitally modified by 10,000,000 gallone derial or even by submarine war

Tuoleno,, used for high expla- bitumen to the extent of 300,000 fare though it was true that sives such as TNT, it another by ions in the current year. having lost the Channel ports, product of coal made by process enabling the enemy to mounting coke, whose production will constal batteries, at the narrows, be increased: the passage of convoys there, Plans are in hand;, too, for in- from being a routine treffe procreasing: the number of vehicles blem, becomes a naval opera-using producer-gas and, gas-bags, tion.

But Lord Chatfield added: im- mediately: "Nevertheless our

/ trade continues to flow along this route which the enemy has done his utmost to deny us," Wireless.

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