1952-07-26 — Page 6

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FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

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PROGRESS IN FIFTY!

The Rolex Factory was the first to manufacture exclusivoly wrist-watchos with LEVER oscapament in sorias.

It was the first to develop a truly WATERPROOF wrist-watch-→→ now Famous as the Rolex "Oystor”.

It was the first to perfect a waterproof and SELF-WINDING chronometer-—— the Rolex "Oyster Perpetual".

It was the first to propound, the fore- most to pursua, the policy of having the whole of their chronometer pro- duction OFFICIALLY cortified by the Swiss Government Tosting Stations- and today Rolox can boast of no less than 175 000 Officia! Timing Certi- ficatos issued by an impartial and stringent authority.

For hundreds of yours watch-makere had strug gled to hit upon the secret of a waterproof watch. All attempts kulind, until

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THE CHINA MAIL,

SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1952.

Ninston-forty-liva saw the Introductise of the Rolex Oyster Perpetual”Dak«just”, tho first chrono. motor that la at once waterproof, self-winding and an automatic calender. That was sin years ago. What will be six yours hence?

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The fabulous Jap who planned it all says:

MALAYA'S CONQUEST WAS

B

A SERIES OF SURPRISES

fall

By RALPH. WALLING

Tokyo. million dollar earnings from

Writes Tsuji to his Japanerd EST-SELLING holiday stories of his escape and of the

readers (the English version of reading for millions planned in Formosa six mantlis of Singapore, which ho

his book has not yot been of Japanese is a war beforehand. The

published): "Next day our planes story of this

dropped wreaths over the cos's book in which Japan's con- planning, as recounted by Taufi,

high waves at the spot where quest of Malaya eleven is interestingly new.

Second World War Memoirs, The military attache was even they went down. Our pilots Tsuji disputes that Japan had in- years ago is presented as a

worse. He thought the war be- prayed for the courageous British He says his staff of 30, in- explicably stronger forces other gan on the ninth. He series

had sailors. Sleep peacefully," of surprises to the cluding himself, "didn't even than spiritual Hence her mistranslated a secrot codo conquerors.

know what the Jungle mean:" Malayan surprises. Tru was message and hind not bribed off Last surprise of all in a com- before starting their studies. there with now-dead Gegeral the Siamese, and his blunder cost paign in which the Japanese Im- They had only £1,000 to spend. "Tiger" Yamashita, Malaya's the invades a half day's fight perial Guards Division taking They were prewer Formosen

obstructed by the chief conqueror from the Singora ing when the Siamese Army and part did

not always do their Government's landing to the Singapore sur- their English advisers woke up imperial duty was Singapore's Southern Association," which render, and lists them as follows. to what was going on.

surrender. had been keeping a semi-military eye on Southeast Asia for more shita's 20th

Surprise number one: Yama-

The landing at Keta Bahru, on

Three hours cariler Tsuji was Army was out the northeast

edge of Malaya, visiting his fighting 5th and 18th the than a decade.

numbered two to one In men, was opposed-hotly enough for Divisions. He writes: "They guns, tanks. His biggest card 858 Japanese to be killed and were then still being pinned was two to one air superiority. wounded and Truji to welle, down by heavy shellfire. Some

"This one Singora's pert light was on engagements of the Malayan were 200

of the largest positio

were buried. Tanks rooted to the road.. The when part of the invasion flect

campaign." anchored offshore at 2 am. On

regiment attacking Keppel Bar- racks could fire only one mortar Dezember 8, 1941. So werd

shell every ten minutes. Did the Singora's street lights. The city

from chany intend to resist slept. Tsuji pulled the Japanese

hause Cottsul-General out of bed after an unopposed and unseen land-

The ex-Imperial General Staff Officer who wrote it sums UP: "Perhaps the reason why the British lost in 70 days was Beenuse there were not enough

people matching young great leadership of Churchill."

is the

The author

fabulous Colonel Masanobu Tsuji, who earned the reputation us Japan's Japan hastily prepared, and "God of Strategy" and, in biding nearly bungled, the war against from the British for four post- Malaya, according to Tsuji, who war years.

her "Scarlet expresses a "deep respect for the Pimpernel."

passion, fighting spirit and stamina of Mr Churchill."

This bespectacled student of war is at present living in pro- But after reading the fourth ing. His breath smelt. He was fessional retirement

his volume of the Prime Minister's drunk.

on

YOUR SLIP IS SHOWING, SONIA

You know about cats?

-well, let's see

By Ernest Dudley, the Armchair Detective

66/MATS!" Sonia, "We'd on one who

"CATS snorted Sony particularly partial too was

pose

EXI

Lady

fellne

underworld. "Don't ever cats and kind to kittens, speak to me about those "I would frightful felines!" Deftly Scratching, of Purring-on-the- she gave herself a shot-in- Hearth, the famous the-arm of sodium bicarb, fancier. Accompanied by Harry. the now narcotic Sonia's I would call on the prospective sonp-traffickers were cir- victim, with a pedigree puss for culating among their addict sale. clientele.

Returning her jowel-encrusted hypodermic to tho violin-case

wero

house

* *

*

Surprise number two: Elements of the Japanese 5th-

and 18th

arc

to house? We must do

bullets something. Our nearly running out.

"The commander of the 18th

Divisions, hotfooling it across Division wants so much to shake the Malayan border and opposed his two regimental commanders by three bombers, three tanks by the hand before they die, and very little else, went with Everybody started to 'ery, only a few days' supplies of

food-and petrol.

Tsuji had flown over the Bri-' 4ish Indlang'. 11th Division's posi- ilons in a TESTE plano-aй its

It was too much. Then the

marks painted out twice from tension was broken, Tsuji got a Salgon, French Indo-China's

capital, shortly before the car that Yamashita had capturad telephone call from headquarters paign started. He noted the

But neither

the 500-streng Salka Mobile

division was largely readbound. Britain's General Percival. The he nor anyone in Japanese were about to cut off the island'a reservoir ·water. Group, which spearheaded the supply and laying siege to the and Its million elvillan altack on the strong Jitra Inc near Alor Star, expected to re- population.

duce it so easily.

Indeed, Colonel Salka about to commit

+

The enemy had put up the white flog. he was told. Yama- was shita and the commander of the hara-kiri for Imperial Guard Division (which attacking it on an incomplete had carnos a name for wanting patrol reconnaissance, thinking all the glory, but did litio fight- he, too, had seriously blundered. mg) stopped their douding.

voice

Tsuji: "Was this a dream? I pinch myself. No, it was not a árcam. could hear our soldiers "singing the pational anthem. It spread all over the battlefeld." "Posing as usual," Sonla sald, i

He was stunned by the Bri- He winds up: "What surprised In which she always carried it, Harry; left behind in the "as Lady Scratching, I set tish retreat after 10 hours and us all most was that the British Sonia

anything. continued her sordid hail, would whip through the boul perunding Austle M. to by the defences

he afterwards had not destroyed story.

off every valuable in vlow, "We kittens 1 had taken to cell.

like a flash and krick buy the three male tortoiseshell everran and thought might have asked one lower-ranking British delayed the Japanese Army for officer why. Because, he said, some smashing hauls," As she spoke, her earrings, made

weeks. The biscuit-enting troops we are coming back. That was "Of course," Sonia explained, were overjoyed which

of the Anglo- by what they the true minlature Bow Sonia enthused,

"they were really just dyed-in- cynically dubbed "Churchill's Saxon world." Bells, tinkled "Ono Enchanted But suddenly a tear ran down the-fur tabbies I'd picked up gift of three months' supply of Facinote: Evening." Her perfume called her beautifully

by "Singapore" chiselled nose. in a pub in Palmers GreenL canned foods and cigarettes, Colonel

Tsull, "Delilah," was so strong Sam- "And then,"

Masanobu she sobbed, Hwe

So was Yamashita. In the Tozainanbaku Publishing Com- Fon could have leaned against went and picked on a possible "And that was the mistake I

booty captured he got much- named Aunilo Macassar. Little made,"

sho

moaned.

pany, Tokyo, price 280 yen or "I

Sald Publisher Ds.

Harvey did we suspect she was really coped, but

poor Harry Hart needed petrol.

Surprise number three wat, Fakuda: "Colonel Tsuji har not We were talking in Sonia's sister to Inspector Sid Soup, was nabbed, and now he writes inevitably, the December 10 favourite Soho hide-out, "It of the CI.D."

me from Wandsworth," And of sinking of the battleships Prince made up his mind yet about an was when, Harry Hari, Mata'a

couse YOU have spotted Sonia's of Wales and Repulse, which

translation." English wayward son, and I were team-

silly slip right away. If you tried do'cut off the invasion and

Tuji's

best-seller, haven't yet, a glance at the sailed into a hornet's rest of "Underground Escape," pleture may help you to spot a Japanese.torpedo-bombing planes published In Japanese and clue. (Solution on Page 16). without air cover,

English

It.

Sonia

shudderad Ike

ed up," Sonia fold me, "We table-jely in a typhoon as she had a wonderful racket robbing relived the horror of that rich old spinsters.

episodo,

JOHNNY HAZARD

WELL, NOW, IF POOR, HARRIS

AND THIS FLOWER WOMAN WERG WORKING TOGETHER, MY MISSION

IS ACCOMPLISHED!

I'LL JUST GIVE HER THIS BRIEFCASE AND

BLOW... BEFORE I GET

INTO ANY OTHER

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READY OR NOT... HERE I COME!

HI, JOHN-BOY!. 'WHAT'S THE GOOD")

WORD?

By Frank Robbins

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