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CHINA MAIL

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No. 32,177

THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1941

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IMMIGRATION OFFICE REPORT

Mr. Forrest At Fault In Two

Unconfirmed

Report Of

HITLER

ATTACK ON

RUSSIA

Major Matters Government Itself Criticised

A RECOMMENDATION THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD APPOINT AN OFFICER TO FOLLOW UP ITS INSTRUCTIONS AND TO SEE THAT THEY ARE OBEYED BY THE DEPARTMENTS, CRITICISM OF THE UNHELPFUL ATTITUDE OF THE TREASURY AND COLONIAL SECRETARIAT TOWARDS MR. FORREST'S NEEDS AND THE COMMENT THAT MR. FORREST, “IN OUR OPINION, HAS reports PROVED HIMSELF UNFIT FOR THE POSITION OF HEAD OF THIS, reaching Manila quote OR ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT.” ARE THE OUTSTANDING FEA- Ankara press reports to TURES OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION TO INQUIRE INTO- the effect that "German THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. LAID ON

Unconfirmed

sia at 15 points along the AFTERNOON.

an ultimatum to the So-

bia.

—

Reuter.

(SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL"1

THE

BATTLE OF THE TANKS

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Military circles in Lon- don declared last night the Battle of the Tanks in the Western Desert has developed into a major action, but added: "It should not be regarded as Armageddon.”

No decisive result has yet been reported. International News Service.

Official Communique

A communique issued by G.H.Q in Cairo states: "Libya yesterday, after we had repulsed several attacks, the enemy brought up fresh forces withTM which he attempted an encircling movement against our forward troops.

our

troops have attacked Rus- ATIVE COUNCIL THIS THE TABLE IN LEGISL JAPANESE eastern frontier and also The report covers seventeen pages and ARMY AND that Rumania has issued finds Mr. R. A. D. Forrest, Immigration Offi- THAILAND viet Government demand-cer at the time, at fault in two major matters

JAPANESE ARMY

"KOKUMIN ing the return of Bessara- and one minor matter, that of discourtesy ORGAN

SHIM- BUN," IN AN EDITORIAL THIS

As we had accomplished and lack of fact. The two major matters

MORNING IN TOKYO, URGES objects of forcing him to disclose THE GOVERNMENT TO CON- his strength, and inflicting heavy were "His failure to institute a proper finan-

CLUDE A MILITARY ALLI-casualties on him, we withdrew cial system" and "His disobedience to the in- ANCE WITH. THAILAND AS slowly to our forward positions,

THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS We brought back

several structions of the Governor-in-Council.”

FURTHER STRENGTHENING | hundred German prisoners and The main features of the re- that the lack of such officers is THE PROSPERITY OF EAST destroyed a large number of that port are appended: ----

any excuse for the failure to pro- | ASIA."

enemy tanks and guns, British vide for the new Department at Citing the importance of Thai-Wireless. least a proper system of account- land's geographical position in ing and records. If such a sys-southern East Asia, the paper The War Minister stated in a "It must have been manifest tem had existed, and the staff asserts: "The fate of Thailand parliamentary reply yesterday to anyone that the application of through overwork or lack of ex-would seriously affect the that according to latest informa-

system of control on immigra-perience had failed to keep the security of Indo-China as well as tion by means of the issue to books up to date, there would the security of the whole of and other ranks now in our hands approved applicants of permits have been much force in this South China and its adjacent is 177,937, in addition to 66,010- against payment of fees must argument. In the circumstances waters." Reuter.

native troops, British Wireless. involve at least a simple system which Mr. Forrest permitted to

It was unconfirmably reported yesterday that Russia and Ger- many have signed a trade agrec- ment.

A Geneva report stated another agreement was imminent by which Russia would permit the transit of German arms

through Russian territory to Iran.

International News Service.

NO EASY PEACE

[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"]

The need for control of

the

Financial System

of book-keeping and the Co-exist it is beside the point." ordination or accounts. It must It is understandable that the have been equally obvious to officer who on 29th November anyone with experience of the made so full a confession as to Government system of account- the absence of any accounting ing that, inasmuch as the De- system in his new office should WARNING THAT THE WORLD partment handled large numbers on 4th December seek a month's of audit-numbered documents, postponement of the commence- WILL BE DISTURBED FOR A

to ment of the Ordinance. That LONG TIME TO COME, THE U.S. registers would be required

movements of SECRETARY OF NAVY, COL: ensure that the

any officer having got that fur- "FRANK KNOX.

recorded ther period of grace should dur- TOLD CON- these documents were

thereby ing it neither arrange

for an GRESS YESTERDAY THAT THE and their safe custody

ensured. There is nothing in UNITED STATES IS BUILDING

adequate system of book-keeping the requirements of the approved | nor assign an accounting officer A FLEET TWICE AS BIG AS ANY OTHER IN HISTORY AND system of Immigration control in his department to supervise In- ONE, WHICH WILL COMMAND that calls for any involved sys- the work of the shroffs is.

tem of ALL WATERS IN THE WEST-

accounting. In these telligible only on the assumption at-that the officer regarded his re- ERN HEMISPHERE AND BOTH circumstances Mr." Forrest's

thi most essential OCEANS AT ONCE IF NECES- titude to

sponsibility for large sums of SARY

form of financial control is to us public moneys as comparát vely. the same incomprehensible. On 31st Octo- | unimportant. That seas will exist for a long time,” ber Mr. A. J. C. Taylor of the officer having still taken no steps

Accountant General's he declared.

office to Institute any accounting / dys- Meanwhile the Navy Departminuted to Mr. Forrest giving tem should oppore the suggestion various simple for further postponement suggests ment revealed that the recruiting: details of the

hean attitude of mind which we goals have been stepped up 50 to books and registers which 100 per cent., resulting in 16,000 recommended should be kept in are quite unable to comprehend. new men a month, in view of the the new office. Mr. Forrest made Much has been said during, our national emergency Internation- no effort to have the books print public inquiry about the deposit al News Service..

ed, being convinced, he has told system and the inadequacy of the us, that they could not be got imprest account. The arrival in NEL WILL FIGHT

ready in time. At a later date, the Colony of large numbers of Mr. Forrest devised a system of Chinese who were without -- any IF ATTACKED

accounting for the Macau branch immigration papers the para office which is based on Mr. | mount necessity, to clear, ships. SPECIAL" TO "CHINA, MAILSY Taylor's recommendation, yet at without avoidable, delay, and the The Japanese will not move no time did he make any effort natural reluctance to saddle the against the Netherlands East In to Institute any adequate system shipping company with the re

all dies, declared Herr Van Der in his own office at least sponsibility, for repatria

such passengers. ade: itro- Shrieck, attache to the Nether early February, 1941.

duction: inevitable

Hands Legation in Washington, We concede that Mr. Forrest

yesterday. If they should, he had desperate deed of addition added, the

will fight to shroffs and

the lasts mari, International perienc

come

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