1941-08-20 — Page 25

-THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 20, 1941.

Many Officers And Men In Middle East Decorated

NEARLY 80 officers and men are named in last night's "London Gazette" for gallant and distinguished service in the Middle East. Col. (temporary Brigadier) James King- stone, late cavalry, who already holds the D.S.O., and M.C., receives a Bar to his Dis- tinguished Service Order. He was in 1932 appointed to the command of the Ninth Queen's Royal Lancers when he was only 38

an exceptionally early age for an officer to command a regiment in peace time.

ary

"A BUSY NIGHT"

The Distinguished Service Or- der is awarded, to Capt. (tempor-k

Major) Robert Archibald Eden, Royal Horse Artillery; Capt. (acting Major) Robert Brian. James, Essex Regiment; and Major (acting Lieut. Col.) Fre- derick Arthur Montague Bertram Jenkins, M.C., 2nd Punjab Regt.. Indian Army.

The Military Cross is award-

ed to 21 officers including two of the Indian Army, and six of the Aus ralian military forces. The list also includes the award f the Distinguished Conduct

Medal to Sergi Richard Samuel

Shields; Sergt. George Cairns

(Extract from a booklet

"PORTUGAL NEXT"

Colonel Donovan, who recently toured Europe as President Roosevelt's special envoy, speaking at Princeton, New Jersey, expressed the view that Germany may soon seize Portugal, and move through French North Africa towards Dakar, thus seeking to control the South Atlantic.

consisting of the diary- FIRE-WATCHERS IN

entry of Mr. Jack Read of the Caxton Magazine," а member of London's Auxiliary Fire Service,|

DAY-TIME

The Regional Commissioner for

written in hospital after the north-west (Sir Harry Haig) Head, Royal Artillery, of South an experience which very announced that fire-watching at few people have been per-daytime is to be relaxed Immed- business premises during the mitted to survive and des- iately. cribe in detail).

Wightmen, Ritte Brigade, Prince Consort's Own (Maidstone) and two Australian sergeants.

Indian Awards

At the hospital I leave my Four Indians receive the Indian crew at the main gates and go off Order of Merit (Second Class). to find the officer in charge of the Thirty Military Medals and 10 fire. I am told that he is up on Indian Distinguished Service me- the roof so I walk up three flights dals are awarded.

of stairs and then up an outside Iron ladder to reach him. He is Captain (acting Major) R. E. standing in

the iniddle of the James, Essex Regiment, and Ma-small bridge that connec's the two Jor (Acting Lieut. Col.) F. A. M. top floors of opposite wings of the Jenkins, are mentioned in recog hospital. I recognise him by his nition of "gallant and distinguish-two brass epaulettes. His face is ed services in the Middle East."

black with wood ash. Reuter.

NAZI-BANNED BOOKS SHOWN IN-AMERICA

1 report the presence of my

crew, but we are not wanted as the fire is well under control. Be- fore I am dismissed I am told to assist the officer 10 pay out Al little more hose so that the men of the roof can get closer to the re- maining fire. The hose comics up from a heavy pump that is work- ,ing from a water dam on the

thirty feet ground about where we are standing. It i charged with water and three of us have to pull hard to get the of extra foot or so that the roof men

[POL]

can see a number of fires burning.

ting dull. Then without any war-

An exhibition French books banned in need. Occupied France by the I can hear Jerry flying around German Propaganda till and from my high position Ministry has been opened It certainly is a stinker to-night, in the library of Prince-but the glow from the fires is get- ton University as a de-ning, without any whistle or high explosive bomb monstration of the met- swish, a

drops on the ground underneath hods employed by the our bridge. I am hurled upwards Nazis to uproot the na- through the air at a terrifying speed. At the top of my flight I tional cultures of lands seem to be stationary for a second. under their domination. I am conscious of a brilliant light Two lists which reached Am-this instant I see the bridge break- from the exploding bomb and in erica in a roundabout way form-

ing up underneath me. ed the basis for the collection.

The first, issued by a committee Kirby, the officer-in-charge, is of the German Propaganda Minis-Aying through the air and the try, named books which were to light is playing on his polished be banned "in the hope of foster- brass epaulettes. There is Ing more sensible appreciation of roar of the explosion and the the problems facing the New rumble of falling bricks and Europe."

masonry. Then it is dark. I begin

the

The other, bearing the imprint to turn over and over as I fall. I of an organisation of Paris pub-know that I have a long way lishers, was for circulation to to drop and I imagine that I shall French book-sellers and ordered be killed when I reach the ground. that all books named by the Nazis I let my body go limp because I be returned or destroyed, or face think that by doing this I will the risk of confiscation."

possibly avoid violent fractures: I Many of the banned books wonder how much it is going to were school textbooks and pr hurt. There is still a loud rumbl mers. Some were banned being of falling debris and I feel cause they contained remarks my forehead become moist against about: Germany held to be the wind as something grazes the derogatory, others because they skin. It seems that. „taught the children that France

was a great and Independent country,

Not only are the Germans de

Zweig, Vicki Baum, Einstein, and

termined to destroy what remains HG Wells.

of the culture of France. They

are apparently unwilling to let

Also banned are many appar

France borrow from the culture ently harmless works on travel,

of New Germany French trans- lations of "Mein Kampf," are be ing seized and destroyedélye

and studies of primitive, peoples and their cultures.

Many of the books on the for- The Emil Ludwig biography of bidden list were published be Benjamin Franklin has been fore the last war some of them beavily censored, as have the a considerable time earlier and works of Thomas Mann, Stefan Jare probably now out of print.

Fire-watchers and fire parties need be on duty only during alerts in day ime working hours, and from half-an-hour before the black-out to the end of the black-out period.

It is stipulated that at all times there must be someone respon- sible for seeing tha: buildings can be opened during an alert. Firms should not make any change un- they have consulted the local authority.

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