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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 30, 1940,

MUTT AND JEFF

I DONT (LIKE YOU!

You WORM! HOW DARE YOU SAY A THING LIKE THAT TO

YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW!

WHY NOT?

LOH,NO? YOU BOOB,

I GAVE YOU YOUR WIFE!

THAT'S WHY I DON'T

LIKE YOU!

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DID ANYTHING FOR ME!

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By BUD FISHER

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CUSTER'S LAST STAND!

CZECH SABOTAGE FOUND

Czechs working to sabo-| tage German food and petrol rationing systems in the Protectorate are

M.P. CALLS AIRMAN PRINCE A "SCOUNDREL"

PRINCE VON STARHEMBERG, former Vice- reported to have been dis- Chancellor of Austria, now a lieutenant in the Free

covered.

Czech

newspapers refer

to

a big organisation sabotaging food rationing in Bohemia and Moravia. It is stated that Mr. John Spacil, mayor of the important Bohemian industrial town of Caslav,

administrative functionaries

are

ration cards.

has

who

French Air Force, was called “a scoundrel” in the House of Commons by Mr. Wedgwood (Soc., New-` castle-under-Lyme).

Captain Balfour, Under-Secretary for Air, said that Prince von Starhemberg received £1 11s. 4d. a been arrested together with two day the pay and allowances appropriate to his accused of-sabotage acts rank. All expenditure on the Free French Air against the institution of food Force is met in the first instance from funds ad-

vanced from the Government.

Mr. Wedgwood. Is it,not rather Indecent that this man, who as- Faked petrol ration cards aimed ...at, upsetting the distribution syssassinated democracy in Austria tem are reported to have been should now be allowed to fight on- found by the Gestapo inca coun-our side, and should be paid by try printing office..

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in the war for democracy, and against all that Prince von Star- hemberg: has stood: for?

Captain Balfour: I reject that suggestion. whole heartedly. To any one who is willing to risk his

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life in the air and fight in our cause, we own a debt of gratitude,

Cries Of Order.

Mr. Woodburn (Soc., Clackman- we are going to. impose him on nan): Is there any suggestion that Austria at the end of the war?

Mr. Silverman (Soc., Nelson and Colne): Does the Under-Secretary suggest that Prince von Stachem- berg is more worthy to fight for democracy than many of our in- ternees in this country?

That is Captain Balfour: different question from the one on the paper. If this man is willing to fight in our cause and risk his life, he deserves our gratitude.

Mr. Wedgwood, speaking with come warmth, asked, "Why will you not allow other aliens from Austria to fight?"

Above loud cries of

"Order,"

Mr.. Wedgwood continued: "You keep them in prison, but allow a scoundrel like that to fight for democracy. I want

an

answer

from: the Government." No reply was given. ***Prince von Starhemberg was one of the early disciples of Hit- ler, and took part in the abortive beer cellar putsch of Munich. Soon afterwards he and Hitler became estranged; and the prince forined his own Fascist-like Heimwehr Fin Austria. He fled from Austria before Hitler matched in, and an- nounced that he had consecrated his life to wiping out Hitlerism and restoring the freedom of Aus- tria.

DAMAGES FOR SPITFIRE FUND

More and more, property own-. ers are giving to the national cause the sums awarded them as, compensation for damage due to forced landings by RAF aircrafty In the Isle of Wight a bomber came down in the grounds of a Preparatory School. near Ryde, damaging the turf near the cricket pitch.

Mr. K. S. Mitcheson, the owner, has generously suggested that the. su awarded to cover the dam age should be paid. the Spl fire Fund,

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