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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER, 14, 1940.

THE THIRTY-SECOND INSTALMENT

CRUSADE IN EUROPE

The development of this inter- national and Interservice spirit had begun with the establishment of a headquarters in London in July of the previous year. By the end of the Sicilian campaign it was so firmly established and so much a part of the daily lives of commanders and staffs that it was scarcely necessary longer to treat it as a problem,

It was during this campaign that tho

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Eisenhower's

Gen. Dwight D.

Own Story Of The War In Europe

three

different Individuals in hospital present at the time of whose judgment, tact, and In the incident Finally, I required tegrity I placed great confidence, that he appear before the officers One of these I sent to see General and representative groups of on Patton. Another went to visit listed men of each of his divisions the hospital in which the trouble to assure them that he had given occurred. Stil a third was sent way to Impulse and respected to visit the divisions of Patton's their positions as fighting soldiers army to determine for himself the of a domocratic nation, extent to which the story had

unfortunate "slapping incident involving General Pat

on took place. Patton, on ILK.$18.00 visit to base hospital to see the wounded, encountered In quick IL.K.$30.00 Succossion, two men who had no apparent physical hurts. Of the H.K.$72.00 first one he met, Patton inquired

why he was 1 patient in the spread among the troops and to All this Patton Instantly did hospital. To this the man replied, determine their reaction. I not and I kept in touch with results "Generul, I guess it's my nerves,

only wanted independent reports gain through a series of observers Patton flew into a rage. He had, from several sources, but 1 and inspectors. himself, been under terrific wanted to accomplish in whole! strain for a period of many days. Investigation as rapidly as possi- Moreover, lie sincerely belleved ble. that there was no such thing as **battle true "battle fatigue" or nettrogis." He always maintained

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

As a result

I determined

reprimand

In

that re- and the reasons for

it.

was the assumption that conser- ship was applied. On the

con.

That

trary, my staff and General Patton were told that under no circum- stances Was there to be any effort to suppress the story These speciile instructions, which I issued personally a group of nowspapermen, covered "Indirect premure" as well as direct cen- sorship. They were flatly told to use their own judgment! they voluntarily refused to write or speak about the matter is proved by the fact that two of the press representatives who of made a detailed report to me the affair returned to the United States within a few doys after the occurrence. They were then no longer under the direct ог indirect influence of Allied Hend- quarters. They were Danareenil of whom were ready Bess and Quentin Reynolds.

E

to

pounce upon the first sign of do- However, the aftermath con. fection and to take over the Ital- In the meantime, as soon as nected with this episode tempor-ian nation in name as well as in I had determined

But th splte of German upon any arily strained our usually splen-fuel.

watchfulness the Italian Govern- course of netion, I called in to see did relations with the press.

ment attempted to reach us by the me the group of reporters who When, months Inter,

story

to Lisbe. 'I had brought me the story of the finally reached Washington via sending an agent that any man who began to show sheer ft wrote him a occurrence. I explained to them the gossip route, a great publie sent there two of my most trust. signs of breaking under battle which I informed him

Ielter shurp

in detail the action I had taken uproar Immediately followed its ed staff officers, my chief of staff, conditions could by

shock be

I read broadcast by a commentator. To General Smith, and my intellig- offeer. Brigadier, later restored to a acase of responsi-petition of such an offence would them the letter I had written to play fair with the pressmen In ence

be cause for his instant relict. bility and to adequate perform-

Patton and extracts from the our own headquarters, my chief Major, General Kenneth Strong, niso, thats letter Informed anee of duty. At the

he

In to net as emissaries in arranging monent,

wrole me In reply. of stalt decided to hold an ao, Patton WAR in a highly retention as a commander in my This, so far as I was then con- formal press conference to supply for the unconditional surrender

of the theatre would be contingent upon cerned, closed the incident. any details of information that of the Italian forces. emotional state because

is offering an apology La thr their sights he had seen and the suf-two men whom he had insulted.

they might Inck. My only in- On one point connected with structions to him were, "Tell the fering he had sensed among the

I demanded also that he apologise the matter there has been wounded of the hospital, He

con- tull truth." mli the personnel of broke out into a torrent of abuse

the siderable misapprehension. This against the soldier. His Urode drew protests from doctors and

Much has been said about the "heartlessness" and lack of public spirit of the people of Hong Kong. One critic- ism, however, cannot be levelled at those whose ori- gin is in the British Isles: well fed they may be, but they do not forget

friends and relatives in the homeland, austerity ridden hundreds of whom are now looking forward to a bright

nurses, but 50 violent was

hia

er Christmas because of par-outbreak that they hesitated to

cels sent from here.

Apart from known indivi- chials, large numbers ol lonely, poor and aged people in Britain are this month re- turning thanks for the kind- ness of unknown benefactors in Hong Kong. During the the local past 12 months, Food Parcels to Britain Fund has sent 361,404 lbs of parcels containing such dainties as the recipients have not known for When the ss. Canton left for home six weeks ago, she was packed with eatables from both public organisations and private persons.

powers.

many

a year,

ΩΓΕ,

intervene.

Within a cnntiler of

be met second soldier

moments

unda

somewhat similar circumstances.

This time his emotions were sa unevniroffable that he swung a Ho hand at the soldier's head.

struck the man's helmet, which

doctors

and

nurses,

rolled along the ground, and by this me overcoming their natural timidity in the presence of the command- ing general, intervened between Patton and the soldler.

1:Is

men

to

CANTONESE BY RADIO

Vocabulary:-

BY S.K LEE

Losson 4

24. (pin) been' 25(shuc)-shuel

Side, edge. Which?

A place

01

26,

(ni) nee

This.

27.

(koh) gaw

That.

28.

(ti) devi

Lie same

The story spread throughout the hospital and among neighbour. Ing units with lightning speed, I

Both enlisted

were, course, badly upset, One of thon really ill. The doctors later testified that he had a tempera- ture of 102. Patton soon gained suflicient control of himself continue Inspection and left the hospital. But throughout his This is not a great food-

visit he continued to talks in o producing area, but the parts loud voleo about the cowardler

of people who claimed they were. of the Empire which

Buffering from have, since the war, increas- and exclaimed that they should psychoneuroses ed their shipments to the not be allowed in Motherland-now a soft cur-hospital with the brave wounded rency centre which can sup- men. ply only a fraction of its friends' needs in the way of manufactures. And this in an age of loosening (legal) soon received an unoMeial report commanding from the surgeon ties in the Empire and pres-

Lew the hospital and only sure by the newly-important hours thereafter was visited by A report by the a group of newspaper correspon- Commonwealth

had beca 10 the Economic dents who

hospital

the to secure

detalls. Committee released over the Their report substantially

cor- week-end disclosed that Bri- roborated the one I had already tain-is-leaning - more heavily-received from-the-doctor. than ever on the Dominions question became, what to do? In forward areas it is frequently and Colonies for her meat

necessary, as every battle veteran imports. They furnished one

knows, to use alen mensures to half of the United Kingdom's insure prompt performance of reduced quota of all meat in duty by every man of the organ-

isation. In a platoon or in 1047, compared with two-

battalion, if there Is any sign Afths before the war.

of hesitation or shirking on the Such figures are hearlen- part of any individual, it must ing, especially to the fanatics be quickly and sternly repressed. follow any who say the home country Soldiers will not

jeader battle

with confidence should depend entirely on

unless they know that he will the Empire an unworkable require full performance of duty suggestion, however much from every member of the team. others of us agree with it in

When bullets are flying and principle. Argentina last every man's safely and welfare depends' upon every other man year was at Britain's larg-In the team doing his job, men est supplier of beef, and looks will not accept a weakling as their leader. Patton's offence, like being so far ut least an-

committed on And it been

the other decade. Not that the actual front, within an assaulting proud but independent Bri-platoon, would not have been an merely have

The

a

of battle-no

tish have much love for the offence. It would iron dictatorship of Senor been an incident Peron or his entrenched land- one would have even noted it, except with the passing though ed barons, who only last year that here was a leader who would were able to wrest from the not tolerate shirking. unpractised "ownership" of

But because of the time and the Labour Party the Argen-place of his action Patton's offence tine state railways, built by was a serious one, more so be- British capital and engineer cause of his rank, and standing. ing skill, for another few Thus to assault

enlisted man in a hospital was months' supply of beef.

nothing less than brutal, except w it was explained by the highly emotional state in which Patton himself then existed. His

An official comment from Buenos Aires before these negotiations were completed Was reported round the world: "Let them starve for

and abuse

td

emo- tional teuseness and his knpul-

29.

(a) ah1

Phrases: -

(A)

Been' shue"? Nee1 shue"

Gaw2 shue*

Shue shue

Ngaw shue

Nay shue

Kui shue?

(B) Been' gaw1?

Nec1 gaw

Gaw2.gawa

Gaw3 gaw*

(C) Been dee1?

Neel dee1?

Gaw" dee1

Sentences:-.

A.1 Nay hul been' shue" ah"?

2. Ngaw huis gaw* shue", 3. Kui lai nec1 shue3. B.1. Nay liukui shui

huis?

hui kui shue"? or Nay hui 2 Ngaw huis kui shue”.

3. Ngaw,m hui kui shue".

C.1. Been' gaw3 ah"?

2 Nay hal been' gaw3 ah1? 3. Kui hai been1 gaw" ah3? - 4. Nee' gawhai been1 gaw3 ah3?

5. Gaw2 gaw* had been' gaw3 ah1?

alveness were the very qualities that made him, in open situations, DO YOU a bit, and they will soon such a remarkable leader of an come to terms." In Febru- army. In pursuit and exploitatiozi ary the hard-won meat con- who sees nothing but the necea-

there is need for a commander KNOW tract expires, and it is again sity of getting ahead; the more ke rumoured that blackmail the- | delves his men the more he will #les are to be used by the

Fave their lives. He must be in- South American

different to fatigue and ruthless republic.

in demanding the last atom of physical energy.

Sir Stafford Cripps sald at the week-end that Britain will not have its hand forced again; let us hope that it will not be. Peron and company are already feeling the draught of falling maize prices, and his vast surplus

All this I well understood, and could explain the matter to my- self in spite of my Indignation

YOUR HONG

KONG?

your.

at the act. I felt that Patton Can should be saved for service in the cognize where great battles still facing us in this picture was Europo, yet I had to devise ways taken? The an

And

of fresh beef could not be means to minimise the harm wer is in Page

transported without Britain's fleet of refrigerator ships, the largest in the world. Let Cripps say to Peron: we will do business with you, but this time, not as beggars,

that would certainly come from Nina. his impulsive notion and to assure myself that it would not be re- peated, I was then working in= tensively on plans for the inva on of Italy, and could not go immediately to Bielly. In there circumstances. I aunt to Bicily

or

Some.

Sign of plural for "this and tha.” Sign

comparative tlegree. An ending sound mak- ing a sentence nlee or natural.

Where?

Herc.

There.

Everywhere.

My place.

Your place.

His (her) pince.

Who? (referring to a

person).

Which? (referring to

an object).

This (one).

That (one).

Every..

Which? (plural form).

These.

Those,

Where are you going?

I am going there.

He is coming here.

Are you going to his

place? or

Will you place?

to

to his

I am going to his place,

or

I will go to his place.

I am not going to his

place. or

1 wil net go

place.

Who is it?

Who are you? ·

to his

Who is he (or she)?

Who is this?

Who is that?

Then began a series of negoʊ- tlations, secret communications,.

SCCTEL clandestine journeys by During this later conference agents, and frequcist meetings in question was posed concerning hidden places that. If encountered Pat- the Actional world, would have disciplinary action against ton, and the chief of staff replied been scorned as heredible melo- that no reprimand had been ad- drums, Plots of various kinds ministered, which WAS correct were hatched only in be abandon- technically, since the reprimanded because of changing circum-

nt One recorded In the stances,

these had not been

plots in official files. But it was factually volved the landing of a large air- wrong, and immediately the con- borne force in the vicinity of ference was over a reporter called Rome. At the last moment either me on the phone to protest what the fright of the Italian Gover- he called "the shabby treatment, ment or the movement of Ger- of the press." Instantly I issued man reserves as alleged by the But the Italions orders for correction,

never

known have damage was done and the story which--forced the cancellation already in America and this only of the project. But in the mean- ten minutes later! The chief of time Brigadier General Maxwell staff ruefully regretted his error: D. Taylor, later the gallant com- his self-blame was so great that mander of the 191st Atiborne- It was clear he'd never again be Division, had been hurried secret- guilty of that kind of error. ly to Rome, where his personal Moreover, it emphasised to both adventures and those of his com- of us the speed with which news-panion added another adventur- papermen incted. In dealing with ous chapter to the whole thrill- them we plainly had to be right)

The risks he Ing story.

TAR the first time.

I were greater than asked any other agent or emissary to under- take during the war he carried weighty responsibilities and dis- charged them with unerring judg- ment, and every minute was in imminent danger of discovery and death.

After the incident was all over my old friend George sent me a long letter in which the follow ing appeared: "I am at a loss to find words with which to express my chagrin and grief at having given you, a man to whom I owe everything and for whom I would

The Italians wanted frantically siadły lay down my life, cause to to surrender. However, they be displeased with me."

wanted to do so only with the The results of the Sietlian cam- Allied forco would land

assurance that such a powerful on the paign were more far-reaching a

mainland simultaneously mere capture of the their surrender that the Govern- garrison. As already noted, the bombastic Mussolint ment itself and their cities would SIMI enjoy

protection from complote was thrown out. Evidence of un- the German forces.

Consequent reat and dissatisfaction through-ly they tried to obtain ev

every de became tall of our plans, These wo more and more pronounced and would not reveal

thun enemy

tho

out the Italian nation

མ་་

with

because the

it was obvious that Italy was possibility of treachery could seeking the easiest way out of the never be excluded. Morever-lo-

war.

Mussolini's place as Pre- Invade Italy with the strength that mler was taken by old Field Mar- the Italians themselves belleved shal Pietro Budoglio. The initial

pronouncements of the latter in-cessary was a complete impos-

albility for the very simple reaso dicated his Government's pur-

pose to continue in the war, but that we did not have the troops It was clear that this statement the area nor the ships to tran- there. sport them had was made merely in the hope of Italian military authorities could

they been placating the Germans and giving not conceive of the Allies under- the Italians a chance to escape taking this venture with less than

punishment from their arrogant teen divisions in the assault

ally.

Waves.

We were planning to use

The Hallan hope of Indepen-only three with some reinforcing the two that dently

a surrender units, aside from was silm Indeed, because through were to dash across the Messina

negotiating

out the Italian Governmental strait. structure Mussolini had permitted

or had been forced to accept the

Infiltration of countless Germans,

To Be Continued

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