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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 6, 1941.

Fleet's Night Attack In Sardinia

DESCRIBING THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET'S NIGHT ATTACK ON SARDINIAN PORTS AN AGENCY CORRESPONDENT ON

Axis

BOARD H.M.S. ARK ROYAL STATES: “BE- Shows

LOW ME THE FLIGHT DECK, WIDER THAN AN ARTERIAL ROAD, IS SCARCELY DIS-

CERNIBLE.

"It is 3 a.m. and the night air is resound- ing with the hum of aeroplane engines. Their bomb racks are full, for the Gibraltar force of Admiral Somerville is on the offensive.

"In fact the offensive has al- ready begun for three quarters of an hour ago there was a luminous reflection in the sky far away over the coast of north Sardinin. 11 came from star shells by destroy- ers sent in to bombard the sea- plane base at Algehero and ship- ping in harbour there.

"Now our bombers are to fol- Tow and four tons of bombs be- reath theic wings are destined for Algehero aerodrome.

is near and

the

"Zero hour crews are already in the aircraft. A few minutes ago, wearing fly Ing suits and lifebelts, pilots and

LOSS ON

RADIO

REVIEW"

Lack of public support

the for

"Hong Kong Radio Review" has involv- Government in expen-

observers under carefully shaded ed lights in the Air Intelligence diture of $15,341. Department were receiving final instructions for the raid.

The hum

In a minute attached to a vote

for this of engines increases

with a shattering crescendo and suddenly the flight deck is picked out in tiny pin points of light They match the stars in the dark

sky.

"Cunningly devised they cast no

radiance to

the sky to advertise

Concern

The Axis press shows marked concern over the alleged Anglo - Russian collaboration regarding Iran and Afghanistan,

Considerable discrepancies ap- pear in figures reported in the German press of Germany resi-

dent in Iran.

The "Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" for instance says they number only 600 whereas the "Voelkischer Beobachter" adınits 2,500.

According to the Berlin corres- pondent of the "Basler Nachrich- ten" another symptom of Anglo- Russian collaboration was the

fact that pamphlets were dropped by the R.A.F. over Berlin last

Saturday night saying: "The Rus-

sians are still capable of long re- sistance and will later Jaunch effective counter-offensives,”

sum, it is stated that Reuter.

when the Review was started in

October, 1939, it was hoped that

it might be

self-supporting and 'EXCHANGE DEALING

that there would be no charge on public funds, Income and CX-

It is reported that the four penditure were therefore caused on a suspense account. Unfor- Chinese "National"

In banks have been granted our presence to a possible lurkingtunately, owing to lack of public Shanghai U-boat but give a bare minimum support, a loss has been incurred, special permits by the American of guiding light for a safe take off.

the net deficit for the whole | Consul to deal with Sing-Amer- "The deck vibrates as the first period up to 31st March, 1941, ican exchanges.

The bomber thunders

being $15.340.08. forward. Its shadowy outline seems terribly menacing.

Flurry Of Sparks

"As it passed the bridge the orange glow of the exhaust illuminates # few feet ot the fuselage and a flurry of sparks swirl madly in the wind before they vanish.

red

"The centre row of safety lights disappear for an instant. We know the bomber is in the air. Within a few minutes all art away." British Wireless.

A supplementary vote of banks $15.341 is requested to clear the assets. suspense account.

dent.

limit the four permits to dealings in unfrozen Our Own Correspon-

TURKISH TROOPS

GREET BRITISH AT

CHOLERA OUTBREAK SYRIAN FRONTIER

IN SHANGHAI

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

past week.

enforced a strict inspection of

cholera passes before allowing

AT THE SYRIAN-TURKISH border last

Cholera has struck Shanghai, month, British and Turkish troops greet- five deaths being reported in the ed each other in a symbolic gesture as The Japanese authorities have the Allied occupation of Syria's strate- persons to cross Garden Bridge gic points was completed by a British motor- into Hongkew. Internationalised column from the Aleppo region.

Following the armoured cars, I drove here ATTACK ON with several British officers and correspon-

News Service.

PREMIER

MR. ANEURIN BEVAN. THE

dents, writes Russell Hill. A milestone on the Aleppo-Antioch road, within sight of a medie- (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") val castle, states that Aleppo is twenty-five M.P.. MADE Amiles away in one direction and Alexandretta CHURCHILL IN THE COAL sixty miles in almost the opposite direction. COMMONS YESTERDAY. A few yards from the first stone is another, Mr. Bevan accused Mr. Chut which marks the boundary line between Tur-

LABOUR SLASHING ATTACK ON MR.

DEBATE

IN THE HOUSE OF

chill of being responsible for

what he termed the "dangerous key and Syria.

coal shortage" in Britain.-Inter-

national News Service.

CHINA SILK OUTPUT

The British armoured cars After strolling down a road

through winds

barren passed the Syrian customs house, which the functions of which are being mountain country toward the Tur- carried on by the same officials kish frontler, we observed from who were in charge before the one of the heights Turkish advan- capitulation of the Vichy adminis- ced posts, where troops manned tration. The armoured cars con-machine-guns and field pieces. FOLLOWING THE UNITED tinued on four miles, through a Later we came in sight of the,

Ain-Dilfe, STATES ACTION IN FREEZING kind of no-man's land, until they frontier village · of JAPANESE ASSETS, INCLUDING|reached a marker which shows where the crimson Turkish flag. A captain SILK STOCKS. CHINESE SILK the end of Syrian territory and waved in the breese. EXPERTS ARE URGING THE the beginning of Turkish. From of the Turkish Army greeted the GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE the customs house on the other party cordially and expressed SILK PRODUCTION IN CHINA, side of the line. Turkish soldiers pleasure that Great Britain and They aim at a yearly export to marched up the road. At the bor- Turkey were now neighbours. A the U.S. of 500.000 plculs of silkder they came to attention, saluted British officer responded in simi- valued at U.S.$200,000,000... and then shook hands, smilingly, lar vein.. After drinking a cup of

The amount exported to the with the men who had clambered Turkish coffee the invariable sign U.S. annually at present is less down from the armoured vehicles, of hospitality in the Near East, we than 180 piculs,Reuter.

WAR POWERS

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL'S Wartime powers for the Presi

"England

— Turkey Very Good"

“་་ །། ྃ་སྟ*་

returned to the Syrian outpost.

Of interest here is the fact that the British. at least for the time being, are leaving the frontier In Cigarettes were exchanged but control of those who were in dent to seize property, needed in language difficulties Interfered charge while Gen. Henri Dentz "national' defence were voted by with a free flow of conversation, ruled as High Commissioner. A the U.S. House of Representatives The Turkish troops, however, similarly anomalous situation pre- yesterday. The measure has been managed English, well enough to vails in Aleppo.. Although the passed back to the Senate for say: "England Turkey-very town has been occupied by the final action. International News good." At. that they smiled, and British, Vichy officers and men

Service,

the British answered with smiles, continue to move about freely,

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