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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY,' FEBRUARY 4, 1949.
THE SEVENTY-FOURTH INSTALMENT
CRUSADE IN EUROPE
Editor-in-Chief: -W. J. Keates Simultaneously with all these
Asst. Editor: fan Mackenzie, declalto movements requally Gen.
decisive
wore pro-
Business Manager:-W. H. Nollothgressing in the South. The prin
cipat lino of advance was South East down the Danube Valley to ward Linz, with the purpose of 24354 Jaining up with the Russians in Austria, Since Bradley's offensive
Editor
3 months
6 months
One year
Telephones:
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gave its
gained
widi
1. Dwight D. Eisenhower's Own Story Of The War In Europe
rehabilitation
condition
and
the
recovered
the British sido we men who had been captured at Dunkirk in 1940,
Good Morning
That strange. sound you heard was just the flop of a bird's eye.
The Observatory report refers to an "excess of sunshine." Some- one up there can't take the early
newspaper article alleged the Since
properly
im- wero
lived under
un-
exposing and attacking the lactiveance of the Third Army |nanco units brought back pictures/feeding. The weaker ones were very definite failure
Truman, won't leave and Stalin won't
A Hong Kong court is seeking 2.
loser: dəfinition of undecency Have they never sampled the local version of the finnan had- dock?
One day I had an appointment to meet Ave. United States senp tors. As they walked Into my office I received a telegram from inornbig glare? а staff officer, stating that a Reporters & General Ofice 32812 | In the centre had already hird portant bombing ralds, One was for
its objectives wo, had the
early existence at the Lucky Strike Washington Army available to conduct this|by| British Bomber Command transfer to the homelands. Near comp of Intolerable conditions, leave Europe, perhaps an exchange drive while the Sixth Army Group against the fortress island of Le Havre, in one camp alone, The story sold that men were of photographs would do the trick. Subscription Rates;
entire attention to over-Heligoland, which was attacked in called Lucky Strike, we had at crowded
together, Coperly
fed, HK$10.00 running the Redoubt area farther order to help Montgomery in case one time 47,000 recovered Amer-
Wives"-after "Murdered Two to the South and West. IT order he
conditions, to assault can prisoners. The British had sanitary
And were serving a long term of imprison- found thecounty, the other similar camps at various places treated with an entire Inck make certain of Devers rapid across the Kiel
of inent for the drst slaying. The H.K.$30.00
advance we assigned to him the one was by the U.S. Eighth Air in North West France and Bel-sympathy and understanding. The courage of his conviction, evident- H.K.$72.00 US. 13th Airborne Division, to Force against Borchtesgaden. That gium. The recovery
the opposite. ly. of so many policy was exactly use whenever he deemed advis-
and stronghold
of Nazi prisoners in such a short space of Automatic
to furloughs
the Table Sa canid however W
delicate problems States had licen approved-for all time, presented kround udvances that
to nieTM Medical Corps, to the liberated Americans und we had IRRITATING
borne Division was not needed took place when we
Transport Service, and indeed to assigned specially selected officers and, да
of it turned out, this was the the Nazis might attempt to est
physical When we feel the neces-only American division to enter abitah themselves in their National 78. In many instances the to core for them. sity, as frequently we do, of Europe that never
Even if the report should prove | erigoged In Redoubt with Berchtesgaden as prisoners was so peor that great
it represented a No visne for Germans, decrees the capital. The photo reconnais care had to be exercised in their partially true
carry out Washington, Passportes Inutiles, The anomalies and the stupidities
somewhere along down the Danube began on April that showed our bombers haded and for a period our strict orders of the operation in Hong 22. The enemy made an attempt reduced the place to a shambles;
crowded with the line, I determined to go to see. Kong of the Colony's im at defence at Regensburg but both from them we derived a gleeful men whose Joy at returning to for myself and told my pilot to for Instant their Corp migration laws, we should the
quickly and understandable shitsfaction.
own people
almost get my plane ready Wos XX
pathetic, but who at the anme departure. I turned to the five perhaps pause occasionally established bridgeheads across the
On each return trip from the time were suffering
apoingised and be grateful that at least Danube East and West of the city
transports and and advanced rapidly down, the front our
con- from nialnutrition that only ex-
my appoint- to keep the executive officer in river.
The XII Corps'n Iith verted bombers brought back pert care could save them. Some
and explained why it was charge is not Mr. Calwell, Armoured Division plunged head ploneloads of recaptured Allled of the Americans had been necessary for me to depart in- Australia's Minister of State on May 4 to receive the surrender prisoners, These men were con- prisoners since the early battles stantly for Lucky Strike. I told for
Some of the German garrison at Linzcentrated
camps in Tunista in December 1942. On them, however, that if they de- Immigration.
sired to talk with me they could times, our local authorities in Austria,
With his main forces pushing are prepared to cut through down the Danube, Patton's Third red tape; sometimes they are Army was now reinforced by the Hodges' army. prepared to stretch a point y Corps from
V to push in favour of the would-be Patten directed the
Eastward into Czechoslovakia. The immigrant; sometimes they corps captured Pilsen on May set themselves out to please in this area the Russian forces rather than give offence. were rupidly advancing from the our Mr. Calwell! East and careful co-ordination was By agreement Undismayed by the gusts of again necessary.
the American troops criticism which have buffet-we directed
the line Pilsen-Karis. to occupy
Not so
an
In
III and
Dayers' army
at convenient
were
badly
CANTONESE BY RADIO
ed him from every side since bad, while Seats of Czechoslovakia Vocabulary: his assumption of office the agreed line of junction ran similar to the storm of pro- down the Budojovice-Linz rafl 113. (Sin) seen!
there along the test created by his decision road and from
114. (tai),dai to deport
Indonesian valley of the Enns River,
The final major move of Patch's 115. (lai) lai woman and eight children, the offspring of an Austra-Seventh Army in lian father he has now per group began on April 22. On the 110. (paai) baai' petrated an order governing the entry into Australia on a temporary residence basis of amahs and servants of non-European race, which is
so extraordinary as to make
right fanit the XV Corps moved down the Danube and turned Combinations: Southward to strike at Munich,
BY SK LEE
Lesson 19
Before. First.
Order. Number.
Ceremony. Rites. Propriety.
politeness.
To worship.
You go first,
At first,
Juet.
the place of origin of the Nazi 1. Nay hul secn'.
That *great elty was the 3rd Division of the same
on April 30. On May 2 Seen' scent.
same 3. Seen' gawa corps captured
Berchtesgaden.
so much nonsense. if it is Other troops occupled Salzburg: 4. Daiyee. not to be regarded as an in-The defences of the entire sector sult. In effect, it prohibits disintegrated.
5. Dai yee gaw" yuet. 6. Dai
yee deel Dai yee shue3.
8.
Yau lai.
2
Moh lai
2
such entry unless the em- The XXI and VI Corps of the ployer is an ambassador or Seventh Army crossed the Danube otherwise attached to an April 22 and advanced steadily7. Embassy or Legation, unless toward the National Redoubt. On the employer is a British or May 3, Innsbruck was taken and foreign government official the 103rd Division of the VI Corps 9.
pushed on into the Brenner Pass. visiting Australia on official There, on the Italian side of the 10. business, or unless the em- international boundary, this Amer- ployer is an Indian or Pakis-icon division of the Ailled con- 11. tan tourist or business man! mand met the American 88th Divi-
Fifth Army, 12. The last clause is, of course, advancing from Italy,
sion of the U.S.
My pro- the contentious and irritat-letion of a year and a half be 13. ing justification for umbrage. fore that I would meet the soldier Mr. Calwell has the right to of the Mediterranean command make any order he likes. It In the heart of the enemy home.
land" was fulfilled. seems too much, apparently,
to ask that when so doing,
2
Yut gaw3 ̧lai
Last month.
Second. Next, Another. Other.
Next month.
This week.
yun.
Other peopic.
Elsewhere.
To be polite.
baai.
To be impolite.
One week.
Nee' gaw, lai baai3. Seen gaw, lai baai. Dai,yee gaw, lai baai.
14.
Lal baai yut.
15.
Lai baai1 yut1.
Throughout the front principal
16.
Lai baai
,yee.
he should think its possible jobjectives in all sectors were at 17. Lai baai gay? consequences through to tained by the end of April or their final stage. In this their early capture was a car
tainty. The great advances had the
particular instance, the net effect is astounding in the administrative, maintenance, and
effect of multiplying many of the A. extreme. The fetish of the organisational problems
with
уда
Last week.
Next week.
Sunday.
Monday,
"Tuesday.
for
to
me on the trip. out that at Lucky Strike hy would have a chance visit with thousands of recovered prisoners of war and that at no other place could they find such 趄 .concentration of American citizens. They all accepted with alacrity.
مع الله
In less than two hours
Strike and arrived at Lucky started our inspection. We roam- ed around the camp and found
basis for the startling stote-} in the disturbing
по
"And kindly remembar that if my mum chaoses to dress mo like a little boy she caw conducting a band, It's none of your business."
Five bables an hour were born, ments made
twa in Hong Kong last year, we are am. There were only two tolt. Wonderful! And probably points concerning whi
which our men
exhibited any impatience. first of these
The if you laid them end to end was the food. It three ranks, it still would not stop them yelling at four o'clock in the and well quality
vemorning. ΠΟΙ but the doctors would
of
Food
cout salt, pepper, or any other i
kind of seasoning to be used be
"Sudden Disappearance
cause they were considered | HK310
of
Value." Sudden? We've
damaging to men who had under-been here since 1945 and thought gone virtual starvation gone
over it had been a dignified and steady
perlods ranging from weeks to progression.
years. The senators and I had dinner with the men and agreed
We
Communists Warned Not To
that A completely un- seasoned diet was lacking in Advance Any Further," says 2.
You would! You would! Smacki
taste appeal. However, it was a headline. technical point on which I did not feel capable of challenging the doctors.
The other understandable com-
plaint was the length of time
"Well, I said you would!"
Heard on the deck of an incom-
that men were compelled to stay ing APL liner:
Jin
the camp
before securing
"Mummy, there's a Chinaman,
transportation to Amerien, This but where's his pigtail."
was owing to lack of
Khips.
Freighters, which constituted the
vast proportion of our overseas transport service at that stage of
"Silly, he's a Hong Kong man."
Bicycle-saddles are now made of
the war, were not suited for compressed fibre. Experiments
transportation of passengers. continue with a view to producing These ships lacked facilities for a machine with moustache handle- providing drinking water, while bars.
toilet and other sanitary pro-
visions were
normally adequate
only for the crew. The men did
A 22-months-old baby is said to Д day. One not know these things and it make two cigars angered them to see ships: wonders whether a child of that Pagɑ should be trusted with mat. harbour virtually ches.
до were
leaving, the
What day (of the week)?
What day of the week is to-
day?
empty when they anxious to go home.
Conversation:
Gumyut hallai baai3 gayz neh1? Gumi yuthai lai baai Today is Friday. ,ng.
White Australia policy takes which Wo constantly had to wreatle. B. on a peculiar hue when the Again a tremendous strain
១៥
placed upon our supply ¡ines. only individuals permitted Distance alone would have to travel to Australia as tour-enough to stop our spearheads had A. ists, with a servant of non-we been dependent solely upon European race, should be surface transport, efficient #
Distant and fast-moving B. themselves non-Europeans was.
were sometimes almost Indians and Pakistanis.
If solely dependent upon air supply, Australia is keen on cultivat- and during April we kopt 1500 A. ing trade relations
transport
work- India, let that be, but where ing in our supply
with
columns
plones constant. They
day,
Which Sunday?
Next Sunday. This Sunday.
I shall go elsewhere, (and)
shall not be at home.
Nay,lai baai3 yut hai Will you be at home on Sun- Dok' kay mah1? Been' gaw (lal baai3)
lai baai,yut neh1? Neel gaw (let baai1) Jai baai1
yut. is the possible logic in pro- became known as "ying boxcars"
and were never
more essential B. Ngay hui,dai,yee hibiting an Australian resl- dent of Hong Kong whenan in these concluding stages of
shue,,m hai1 ook! kay2. the
Besides these planes we proceeding home on short stripped and converted many heavy A. Dal yee, gawai furlough from taking his bombers to the same purpose. amah with his family.
baa!") lai bani „yut OrDuring the month of April the air for that matter, any British forces delivered to the front lines
nek'? 00,000 tons of freight, in which resident of Hong Kong and was included 10,000,000 gallons of B. Singapore, who is planning | gasoline.
a holiday in Australia. It
ΠΑΣ
,
Ngaw may jee1 doh
A.
Ngaw lai wun3 „nay, hoh mah"?
wah
Our troops makes neither rhyme nor watering over Western Germany were everywhere reason: merely, as so many and there were few remaining B. Ngaw ting yut more of Mr. Calwell's out-targets against which the air force breaks of restrictive activity, could be directed without danger
for bad feeling.
•
Sand Storm
Between motive and per-
of dropping their bombs on either our own or the Russian troops, In the late days of the war, however, the air fores carried out two Im-
nay jeel lah'
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formance great_gults can solves, and provide serious easily appear. Government cause for grievance among DO YOU may not be too severely builders, particularly those criticised, therefore, for de- engaged in large-scale pro- KNOW ciding upon the setting up of jects which are important to a sand monopoly rather than the sound development of permit more or less: hap-the Colony. Building_costs hazard collection with little are increased not only be- guarantee that collection cause sand is unnecessarily would be always restricted expensive but, too often, be to authorised beaches. The cause work is brought to a vigorous protests that have standstill by the absence of beon lodged against the sand. (unless this is bought manner in which the system in the black market at pro- works do however present. = {hibitive prices). The mere definite picture, and warrant, existence of the black market if nothing more, a searching justifies close investigation departmental enquiry, Basf into the manner of its | cally, the methods of the growth. Unless the contrary. Monopoly are wasteful and is proved; the existence of a badly organised in them- racket must be inferred.
Can you:{ "mogħlae --whế ri this picture 'wha „takany "The an- ®whe in In Page
Saven
(What about) next Sunday
wook?
I don't know yet.
Will it be all right (if) I come
to visit you?
I'll tell you tomorrow.
So pleased did the
RAF officers, asked what Kal soldiers Tak aerodrome is like, describe it seem to be by our visit that they as a ploce of cake. followed us around the camp by
the hundreds. When we finally
returned to
to the plane we found Dr. Molon does not smoke or that an enterprising group had drink. He will be the first South installed a
a loud-speaker
African Premier to have an en- system with the microphone at the door tirely Afrikaans-speaking Cabinet. of my plano. A committen of He is also the first Premier who sergeants came up
and rather did not fight in the Boer War. He difidently said that the
men has never taken an active part in
Mall. How would like to see and hear the sport-Madras commanding general. There were he fill in his time? some Biteen to twenty thousand in the crowd around the plane.
To Be Continued
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