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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 2, 1940.

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NAZI GERMANY BY THE BACK DOOR WANG'S

WHY DID MUSSOLINI attack Greece, FINAL

and what made him choose that particular moment for an adventure as ill-prepared as it was criminal? asked Mr. Amery, Secretary for India, in a speech yesterday.

Could it be that things were not lovely and rosy in the gangsters' garden as we have been told?

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APPEAL"

It is impossible yet to ascertain whether the al- leged telegram from Wang Ching-wei address- ed to General Chiang Kai-

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Although working on munitions for twelve hours a day, six days a week, 125 boys between the ages

peal for peace before the signing of the treaty with Japan," was actually dis- patched or, if dispatched, has reached Chungking.

Well-informed quarters in Chungking 'believe that even if the telegram was actually dispatched by Wang Ching-wei it is almost a foregone conclusion that Chung- king will ignore the message, since

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Where was the miscalculation? Mr. Amery did not believe that it

ians as fighting men, but he ed at one of the biggest munition the Nanking regime merely as a thought it lay in their unwilling factories in the Midlands, have Japanese puppet administration. ness to sacrifice their lives in a formed their own air defence cadet Furthermore, the terms of the war they knew to be unnecessary.orps.

treaty between Japan and Nan- king were not yet known in Chungking, while even Wang's only statement did not give á -specific date and details of the alleged Japanese agreement to withdraw their troops from Chinese territory.

and unjust and in which victory They meet for drill on Sunday could only result in Italy's per- afternoons the only time they get nanent subjection to Germany. off.

The Greeks, on the other hand, fought like heroes because they believed passionately in their cause and resented the outrage done to them and to their beauti- ful country.

Grecian Misadventure

Mr. Amery thought that the Grecian miaadventure might give Britain and her growing Allies a chance to get at Ger- many by the back door.

We might eventually deal a mortal thrust at the German ¦ Dragon, not against the scaly armour of the Siegfried Line but against the soft under-side.

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new possibilities of the situation have cheered our friends: and given pause to those who might be tempted to side with our enemies.-Reuter,

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"The firm supply the boys with their uniforms," the com- manding officer told a reporter. "They leave off work at 1. p.m. on Sundays, have their dinner, į. and are all back on parade on the recreation ground by three

o'clock.

"They do two hours drill. At night, after work, we have lec- ures on aircraft, and the boys even find time to do homework.

It is therefore firmly believed Chinese in Chungking that the roops will continue resistance as usual. Reuter.

CONGRATULATIONS

TO INDIAN ARMY

"We have formed No. 191 Squadron of the Air Defence Lea- gue, and have become so famous temporarily rejected by an R.A.F. General Sir Robert Cassels, Com- that last week a boy who had been

The War Minister in a message to recruiting depot in the south was mander-in-Chief told to come here and get some that the congratulation of the War in India, asks.

preliminary training.

'Cabinet be conveyed to all units Three big munitions factories in, of the Indian Army which took the Midlands now have air des part in the recapture of Gallabat. fence cadet corps of boys.

Mr: Eden says the conduct of the operations and the tenacity displayed by both officers and men are in keeping with the high reputation and traditional fighting qualities of the British and Indian Armies. British Wireless.

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in the field compared with 170,000 With a view to increasing food soldiers a year ago, it was an-production, the Kwangsi Prov'n- nounced in Washington. yesterday cial Government has circularised by the Army' Chief of Staff.

various district administrations The Salvation Army Home for

Simultaneously President Roose- instructing them to prohibit the Women and Girls and the Homevelt announced that the construc-cultivation of tobacco by farmers for the Blind (Ebeneza House)tion of 166 new destroyers would who are to plant cereals instead. will hold a United Sale of Work all be speeded up. — Reuter,

The Women's `International Ciub on Wednesday and Thursday this weck from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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GENERAL HSU GOES IO CHUNGKIME

General

Hsu Chung Ching, State Councillor of the National Government of China, and one time Commander-in-Chief of the National Révolutionary Almy, departed for Chungking by air on Saturday..

This is General's Hsu's first trip to Chungking having arriv- ed in the Colony from Shanghai three years ago following the "occupation" of Shanghai by the Japanese,

General Isu was accompanied by

General Chan Chá-long.

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