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CHOLERA

OF A STRATEGY

KEEP YOUR EYE ON FAMAGUSTA

The British Empire is in ought to have a quiet Engilshi search of & now defence cathedral closo" round it, le n strategy. It has, as it were, Moslem mosque. taken off the corsets that guard There is a wall with,ram- ito

and wasp-wiat

and thrown parto,

duli, modern them away.

suburb where the red British pillar-boxes look, strangely out of place.

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In other words, we have agreed to remove our troops from Egypt and the Suez Canal, From it a lttle railway-you and we need a new method of used to be able to hire a special keeping our imperial figure, train for 128.-takes you to the So the Navy in winding it-circular, walled, monted city of self up at Alexandria, the Nicosin, which is the capital, R.A.F. is abandoning its desert and on the way you pass across its colossal dumpa in Egypt.. bhacs, the Army is liquidating the great plain which has al- rendy been partly turned into airticlds.

been studying maps and draw And the Service chiefs have

By ALEXANDER CLIFFORD

The sudden butbreak of cholera

a severe epidemic scale in Wanchai, and the increasing quotas of cases from other, dis- tricts in the Colony, are disturb ing without justifying anything in the nature of panic. The figures | Ishow 109 cases in Wanchai in thei last fortnight, but energetic mea- sures have been taken to combat the outbreak at its source, which ing up reports and holding proved to be, once again, polluted ferences and deciding where to wells, and there is every expecta-Ko_next. tion that the situation can be kept) The Middle East, obviously, under control. The wells must uplit north and south in being rendered umikeable and

order to defend the two ends of grand clean-up of the infected area is proceeding fourteer hours

arc

There can be no question f Funigusta ousting Malta for many years.

The harbour at Malts is too good, the naval installations are too extensive, the stores

and condoned overnight.

store-places too vast to be aban-

the canal and the Red Sea. Suez you came on the saucepan. Two hundred miles north of

malta must remain a step- ping-stone in the Mediterranean and a great naval base and re- pair depot.

But some of Malta's strategic value has been transferred to Cyprus by curent events.

The epicentre of work trouble has shifted eastwards. We no longer think of Italy as

tine, India. Persia, Syria,

CARNIVAL

By Dick Turnor

COPR. 1245 BY NIA SERVICK, ING TIM. BEAT

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EDWARD WARD: GIVE ME AIR

There are usually two kinds of books written by war correspondents after a great war: one is invariably a tale of battles, of strategy and tactics; the other; a much more personal ac- count, of the adventures, pleasures and pains of the writer himself.

In day. Most of the victims have shaped island of Cyprus,

been squatters, living in the rubble | It is beautiful, convenient, and ruins of bombed-out premises, and thoroughly neglected Bri-a danger. But Egypt, Palea- and guilty of insanitary habits tish colony." which were certain at some time It Will Become Famous Russia, the Balkans, Greece- rother to produce just such an You can thank Disraeli that all the places that have been outbreak. Fortunately, a severe we have got it, just as you can making news in the past year- attack of this nature concentrated thank him for seeing the point ille in a cirete round Cyprus. in a small area is more readily the Suez Canal before any-

And Cyprus is a far better brought under control than when one else.

nir stepping-stone than th the incidence of the disease chief part of Cyprus, is on the

And ΠΟΥ Famagusta, the could ever be.

The southern bulf of the spread over big districts, and it is point of becoming a household Middle East has vast spaces to probable that, assuming all neces word.

move into.

The first dies soon, since itstyle in which to record it, be sary measures are being taken, Cyprus, you may remember, Aden, at the southern end of is too early for the perspective may achieve an account which Wanchai may be regarded as was where Venus came ashore the Red Sen, is still British, A view of the historian to emerge, will be rend and re-read when less of a general menace than the when she rose from the foam.little farther down is British and the interest lies mainly in the events themselves huve rise in the number of cases occur

It was the original home of Somaliland, as arid and un- the tales which could not be told passed into history. ring sporadically in different parts of England was married there

cauliflowers. Queen Berengariá, attractive ก colony DA we while the campaign was being Here is a book (Give me Air. of the Colony. The best proto Richard Coeur de Lion (who)

розвеза.

fought. But the second kind By Edward Ward. London: tection against more serious man afterwards.

Its climate and resources has a chance of longer life. If John Lane and Co., Bodley sold festations of the spread of choleta Othello murdered

the place). make it hardly worth develop the writer's intelligence and Head, Ltd. 108. 6d.) of this Desdemona ing to any extent, though it will feelings have reacted sharply sort. He was captured during is individual action. Those who there.

undoubtedly have air base3. to experience, and if he has a the battle of Sidi Rezegh in Were inoculated in the early But when it came back to Further south still is Kenya- Spring would be well advised to British lands

last century it large, accessible, and with abun-out on a long era of peace, we mediately resumed work 3 a November, 1941, and liberated in March, 1945, when he Im- visit a clinic or a doctor for an- settled down quiet neglect.

dant fabour-power. other injection. For those who We only had it in trust-in

must begin building an enor-war correspondent. It is tho it still belonged to have not

theory bothered

about it

mous system of military, naval, most illuminating account of Turkey,

and air force hitherto, the figures released on

establishments. the daily life of a prisoner of On the plea of not interfering Tuesday should be enough warn with

But having abandoned our war that I have read. Jocul customs we did It is not quite the paradise original world strategy by quit- ing that they are a danger to nothing at all. The less than that its propagandists have! ting Egypt, we must either prisoner-of-war camp would themselves as well as to the rest half IL million inhabitants, made it out to be, and in many | fashion a new one or clne dis- scem infertile of material for a of the community. This is, of under-nourished, under-educat- respects it is a masterpiece of arm and trust in the continued course, merely the beginning of ed, grew potatoes and grapes in colonial, maladministration.

The manufacture of false industry. teeth was their most thriving

action. The elementary rules for obscurity. self-protection have been widely publicised and should require no repetition. What is required is that they should-be-heeded:

POLISH DEBT

-Has-Never-Been- Developed

Likely To Be A Big Air Centre

millions

honesty and good will of the rest of the world.

Our new

In neither of the two world wars was Cyprus prominent. It was very lightly bombed, whatever we like to call it, it

a Commonwealth of Nations or old lines.

lightly fed this war, and it sup-pared to defend it. very lightly dofended, and pretty is obvious that we must be pre- plied some mulo teams for the! Eighth Army:

It is depressing that today, when we ought to be starting

The signature in London yes terday of the agreement between the British Government and the Polish Provisional Government No one seemed specially in- for settlement of outstanding terested in it. No one has ever Polish war debts in the United developed it.

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Kingdom is the outcome of pro- Now, however, its moment longed negotiations. By the agree-eeems to have offer us Government

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namely, £3,000,000 of Polish gold reserves to be transferred imme- diately and the balance of £10,000,000 to be repaid in equal annual instalments over a period

defence.)

3. Plenty of space for troops.

for

The terrible monotony of a

BOOK REVIEW

more

But it is indisputably capable of development, and it is likely And I don't believe wo are to be a very big air centre. yet prepared to do the latter.

It may become our head-

So we shall spend and build. good story, but Ward's quarters for the whole western But we must remember that we narrative compels one to rend half of the Indian Ocean, shall be doing so under the on.

All this is going to cost us shadow of a new world influence essential characteristic of every It has the simple but long as we have an Empire or defence scheme conceived on the What happens next? Yet. for and millions, but as that may make nonsense of any good tale-one keeps on asking,

three-quarters of the book, there must be shaped to allow for the escapes,

imperial outline are no excitements, no daring atomic bomb-and we don't yet How does he succeed?

no auspense, no plot. fully, know the strategy and

First, his style. He is lucid, tactics of that.

from spontaneous, and, free affection, but nevar degenerates into the colloquial. He can set a scene or tell a tale with econ- and clarity. Then, his dry, salty humour; I like par- ticularly the Italian warrants.. officer who kept patting a. British colonel on the knee and telling him he must be brave'; camp play which was des- cribed as being performed with

the Italian guards who never

A POT OF WHITE PAINT

More thrilling than any works of fiction are the true stories of escapes from wartime prison camps, now being told in books published in London.

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The present First Sea Lord was the man who carried out the survey of It, so he knows. It is going to cost the tax- One such book is "Escape and aide the wire, a road led direct-much gusto and some "vino" ";" payer a pretty penny to de-Liberation 1940-45 (Hodder to the main gate, velop it, but it should turn and Stoughton), by A. J, Evans, Starting from the office, the found anything incriminating A huge, out a fine port

famous after World War 1 for fatigue duty, proceeded to paint never searched love than one two Boldiers, as though on on their searches because 'thoy flat plain in the his "Escaping Club." cantern part of the island

a white line down the centre of hut at which can be turned into one escape methods in the two wars,

Evans fascinatingly compares the road.

time, and always an- nounced the night before which vast airfield if necessary,

They took thefr time about particular hut they were going (And this is vital. because comments:

It, and the guarda got used to to search next day.' the defence of Empire must

"In this war, both the prison-seeing them on this work.

Thirdly, his shrewd psycholo now tend to become an airers and their guards had far At Inat they reached the gate, gical observations. One of the greater knowledge than in War; and aceming in no hurry, stood most interesting is the contrast 1. and much of it was gained there chatting of 15 years beginning five years 4. It is an island, which is good books which were published be- for them and told them to ge time the italians refused to con and smoking between the officers' and the from the after the ratification of the agree

numerous escaping until someone opened the gates troops' compound. For some accurity and good for ment. In addition, the British

defence.

tween the two wars,

on with the job. Government will present to Fab. With not very much trouble translated into German and Ita-the outer double gate. Outside and Ward and others were sent

"Some of these books were

tinue recognition of the officer The same thing happened at status of war correspondents, land as a free gift surplus stocks and expense it could be made lan and even became compul- the camp they to the value of £6,000,000. These practically self-supporting in

continued to to the troops' compound. | Aftor :: are semi-military stocks such as

food. Irrigation is the main sory reading for the camp com- paint a line down the centre of a bad beginning incessant

mandants and prison guarda in the road till, seizing the op-noise, and considerable discom problem. (Barren over-popu- trucks, tractors and other articles required for reconstruction. Thus Iated Malta could never ford those countries.

portunity of a convenient corn-fort=they found" q vitality, a itself:) out of the total Polish debt of 6. It guards, better than any known, daring men could still appeared.

But if the methods were er, they unobtrusively dis-eas of comradeship, landness and an unselfish sharing of all £152,500,000, the British Govern-

other British possession, the pull off almost incredible eB- ment is only securing repayment exits from the AEgnan Sea, capes. of £13,000,000, which sum is in turn reduced to £7,000,000 if ac-7. count is taken of the gift of sur plus stocks. Landon commenta

тап whu became a flight-of describing the resilient spirit WHITE ANT EXTERMINATORS

"The Germans tors point out that this agreement

8. It is within easy air range of

have not lieutenant in the RA.A.F. For and courage of his fellows Int takes into consideration the finan-

the Suez Canal-oven within changed their mentality-if two years he was a prisoner of adversity, and their ingenuity Queen's Building, Room 320. Phone 30722

cial difficulties facing the Polish

fighter range,

anything, I believe they are war in Stalag Luft 8.

in finding creative employment Agents: JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD. Phone 22010 Government which, like all Allied all. This dusty, crumbing town that they were 25 years ago." digging of the underground, ea ponter, tallor, artist, or writer:

Famagusta is the hub of it more stupid and easier to bluff | His book is the story of time for every one, whether a car governments, is compelled to with Its undeveloped harbour Evans tells this story of bluff cape. tunnels out of the camp His roward the highest a cor": build up the national economy on must do duty, for Alexandria by two British soldiers in" an In Brickhill's book are 18 respondent can ask - is the the ruins left by the war." "The and partly for Malta

"other ranks prison camp illustrations, the only oxisting chance in the last two months generous terms granted should m-. Today, as you arrive there); By chance these two men authentle pictures of the tune of two scoops. He takes it with gist the Polish Provisional Guy by pen the place seems to con- founa pot of white paint antr neis:

sist of rained churches and two brushes,MA ernident in its task of organising cathedrals, dating from Cruand-Thon was only one exit frum, 140,000 words, is booked forward to give him his full tits..

MA" Escape, to' Danger""" runs to Ward the Hon. Edward recovery and at the same time Ing days.

the camp, and that was through English sales of 14,000, a bigi-is well known in ho Far Easti pave the way to a resumption of One of them, a grava Gothic the main double gates. From run under the present paper where he was formerly a Reu- normal trade relations.

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In another book to be publish- that one had among the men, ed by Faber next month, Austra that the more individualistic and and thus from the Black Sea. "Pure bluff in this war, as in lien Paul Brickhill tells his independent offcors seldom It covers the end of the vital the last, paid by far the best story in "Escape to Dangor, "" pipeline which brings the escaping dividends," anys Brickhill is the Sydney "Sun", · Equally hp, takes opportunittos Iraq oll to Halfa.

Evans.

achieved.