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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 22, 1941.

THE EMPEROR

SELASSIE REVIEWS NEW ARMY

(From Reuter's Special Correspondent with "AMERICAN

the Ethiopian Army Somewhere in the Sudan)

THERE IS A RATTLE OF MUSKETRY AND HUNDREDS OF SMALL DARK MEN CEAD IN WHITE JIBBAS AND KHAKI SHORTS LEAP FROM THE COVER OF THORN' BUSHES AND ADVAŃCE IN OPEN ORDER ACROSS THE DESERT TO WHERE, IN THE MIDST OF A GROUP OF HIS STAFF, STANDS A SMALL, BEARDED KHAKI-CLAD FIGURE WEARING A TOPEE AND WITH THE CROSSED SWORDS OF A GENERAL ON HIS EPAULETTES.

The Emperor Haile Selassie is watching exercises by the new Free Army of Ethiopia, which is being trained in the Sudan by Bri- tish, South African and Rhodesian ófficers.

SHA YU CHUNG RUMOURS

RUMOURS IN CHINESE CIR- LES YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT THE JAPANESE HAVE OCCUPIED SHA-YU-CHUNG, MIRS BAY TERMINUS OF THE TAIPO-SHA-YU-CHUNG FERRY SERVICE, ARE OFFICIALLY DENIED.

After the exercises, the Emperor drives to the parade ground in the middle of the encampincht composed of low matting huts, and stands at the salute while the cream of his troops; shoulder- ing Britain's most modern rifles, march past in long lines, throwing up great clouds of dust.

At their head rides the Crown Prince of Ethiopia, mounted on a magnificent white charger. The Emperor smiles as his son salutes, for once again the an-

the head of a fighting ready for battle.

SITUATION" DISCUSSED

A telegram from Rome received in New York yesterday indi- cated that Hitler and Mussolini discussed the "American situa- tion" at their confer- ence.-Reuter.

ROBERT

BOOTHBY

PROTESTS

That his decision was cient House of Judah stands at not dictated by the find- army ings of the Select Com- mittee was stated by Mr. Robert Boothby in a letter to the Prime Minister yes- terday tendering his re- signation as Parliamen-

Well Pleased Although there are four Japan- The Emperor told me to-day he ese warships in Bias Bay nois well pleased with the progress landing has been attempted and and bearing of the troops, which the Japanese troops aleng the border have also not started an offensive.

The ferry service between Kow- loon and Sha-yu-chung was functioning smoothly the whole day yesterday.

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and BANISH PAIN and NERVINESS

Bola, Agenta:

he attributed to the British offl-- cers.

These officers, some of them tary Secretary to the Min- well over six feet in height, istry of Food.

were formerly graziers and white hunters in Kenya, min- ing engineers In Rhodesia, schoolmasters and so on, hav- ing knowledge of Abyssinia.

by conduct

Mr. Boothby was censured the Committee for his

in connection with the payment out of Czech assets in Britain of

One former Sudan District Com-claims against the Czech Govern missioner is among them..

All commands are given In English, and one burly Ethiopian sergeant was heard to say: "Pick 'em up there, you`sons of Africa." All The Arts

The troops are trained in all the arts of war and include men from distant parts of and former refugees from the Italian invasion.

Abyssinia

In Kenya

During long journeys in twos and threes or in large bands they stole rifles and machine-guns and attacked where possible,

ment and institutions.

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Mr. Boothby, In his letter yesterday, adds "I have felt for some time that it would be my duty to resign even if the Com- mittee axonerated me, for

the considered that

way which the case was prepared and presented is without parallel or precedent in parliamentary history.

that the

Reserving Comment "My only regret is way in which I have been treat- ed prevented me from rendering service to the cause for which son, I have fought as long as you have now yourself. under training with the British and will shortly take a com- mand.

The Emperor's second the Duke of Harrar, is

"I reserve all further comment on these matters for my consti- Com- He was formerly In tuents and the House of Wellington College. O.T.C.

mons.

und

A constant stream of Abyssinian "I profoundly deplore this in- troops and camel convoys of terruption to an association with armis is finding a way into the you which I have deeply Abyssinian interior where British sincerely valued."Reuter. artillery, manned by Abyssinians, is already in position.-Reuter.

NAZIS SPARING IN BOASTS

TASS REPORT (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

A Tass report from Chungking quotes diplomatic - quarters in Washington as source for a report that England has sent to Singapore some 200 of the newest American Brewster fighters. - Internation- al News,

The Swedish newspaper "Gothenburg Handelstid- KWANGSI GOVERNOR ning" yesterday declared: IN CHUNGKING "Germany is much more

sparing in the overflowing man of the Kwangsi Provincial General Hwang Hsu-chu, Chair- promises which the press Government, arrived in Chung and propaganda spread terday. He will see Generalissimo king from Kweilin by plane yes-

after last summer's suc- Chiang Kai-shek.--Central News.

cesses,

the newspaper is daturallels certain""that" duspartant:"changes: In the conduct of the war must. coms in the: Bpring,/15

"When the "Frankfurtër Zeitung“. writes that the world, shall sec Adolf Hitler: próft" by: the initia- tiye he has never lost, the state-The Turks still belleve abso ment is given as a form of belleflutely that Russia is the most diffi- and is nothing other than a mese- cult. • obstacle-between Germany, age that something? will one?

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