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NEW

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

GENERAL WEYGAND who

was G. in C. in the Middle East before he became Allied Supreme Commander was ado- quately-oven genorously--sup- plied with troops by his Govern-

VAUXHALL ment; and so disposed them

TWELVE-FOUR.

THIS SUPER TWELVE-FOUR

We shall be glad.

to demonstrate.

throughout Syria that they could rapidly deal with any surprise move by, the enemy or by a potential enemy. They aro here, as are the British and Dominion Near Dast troops under the command of General Wavell, purely for defensivo ⚫ purposes, and will be used only'. to maintain the integrity of this part of the world or that of the territory of our Allies should they bo threatened

with

June 3, 1940.

THE FRENCH IN SYRIA ARE

WEYGAND

RUMANIA

ING LERVA

EGYPT

TURKEY

READY FOR ANYTHING

CAR INVITES YOUR INSPEC-aggression.

Once British soldiers TION.

It is not, of course, possible is enough to give some idea of fundamental necessities: Victory leave.

his strength.

and then enduring peace. get out here their hope of home to say exactly how many soldiers

And when to these are added. Because the French soldier leave is.not so rosy as that and that brilliant young man of 78 all the British and Dominion receives less money per day than there are men out here who have has under his command. Ever forces who are under the in- does his British colleague, it has not been home for more than since the war began the Ger- dependent but co-operative com- been supposed that he is not so three years, and mans have been publicly estimat. mand of General Wavell, it will well looked after. Nothing children already able to walk ing the Allied forces in the Near, be realised that there are in the could be further from the truth, and talk whom they have never East at anything from 100,000 Middle East armies sufficiently

In some ways, indeed, the seen.

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to 1,500,000 men; and have prob. strong to deter anyone but aj ably done so in the hope of madman from making an un- French soldier out here is luckier eliciting a sufficient number of provoked attack upon any part than his British counterpart. Botween-tho-British-and the į denials and admissions to enable of it or upon any neighbouring Every man hero is entitled to French canteens for men there them to arrive at the correct country to whom the Allies have 30 days every year in his own is little to choose. The Fronch

home. His leave does not begin here have до such central. figure. It is better to leave given their guarantee. them to their fantasies.

Here in these rich and water, the day he embarks for home, institution as NAAFI, but they ed valleys and on the slopes of but only on the day he first sets lack for very little. Each unit these great mountains that split foot across his own threshold:

What can be said, however, is that General Wavell has an im- mense variety of troops under" his command, all of them ex- tremely mobile, all of them ready to take the field at the shortest notice, and, what is more important still, capable of

By Philip Jordan

Special Correspondent in the Middle East

indicate news which is strictly copyright undertaking any or all of the the country into three distinct and for 30 days thereafter he is

under the provisions of the Telecommuni- cations Ordinance, 1910. Such, news bears the indication "UP" is received in Hongkong on the dafs of publication by the United Press Astociations, who re- servo all rights and forbid republication, either wholly or in part without previous strangemen

Italy On The Brink

ITALY has still not made up her mind to take the fatal plunge into war. But after weeks of threats and abuse directed at the Allies, Britain has properly determined to take no risks and all precautions are being taken In the Mediterraneun and Middle East. Egypt has also taken precautions.

Italy is unquestionably in difficult position. Though she uses brave words, she is not really in control of her own destiny. If Hitler wants to force-her-into-war, he can.do.90. All-he-has-to-say to the Duce is "I am going to attack in the Balkans. If you don't take Yugo-Slavia, I shall." Musso- lini dare not let the Nazis estab- lish themselves on the Adriatic. It is true that if Hitler won

the war Italy would be complete- ly at the Nazis' mercy, but! Mussolini may feel he has gone

different types of warfare that this part of the world might parts, you will find the same free to do what he likes.

spirit as that which moves the

require.

This means that in every year

French armies at home. For he gets something like 48 days the time being politics have been In the course of a long tour locked away; and from top to round various units of the bottom you will hear the same French army in this country I

have seen some of the latest and passionate certainty: # faut en. most powerful tanks that the fir. That is all that matters. Allies possess, cavalry of all to these men, torn suddenly from kinds, European and Colonial their homes and sent to this dia- troops, units of the Foreign tant place to keep unceasing

Being

Legion, whose bravery, skill, Many of them are reservists endurance and rapidity of move who, when the last war was ment have made it a legend in military history. Spahis, nearly over, imagined that they could all of whose men are drawn from spend what remained to them of the finest warrior people in the life doing constructive work equipped raising families and living at world, artillerymen with the most modern transport peace with all the world.

than the average Englishmen, methods, and capable of taking more interested in world affairs up positions in any type of they will discuss more freely country, and Chasseurs.

what they think of past conduct; Although this short list by no but whatever their opinions may means exhausts either the be, whatever they may think of formations-or-the-potentialities this politician or of that, they of General Weygand's forces it are united in a belief in the

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STRATEGY

TEST No. 2-

1. Is Gibraltar an island? 2. How large is Gibraltar? 3. When did Britain take

Gibraltar?

has its own theatre, and its own cafe, and when there are Colonial troops mixed with French there is always a Cafe Maure as well, in which drinks and meals are served, in the way that Moslems like to have them served.

No visitor to this country could go away unimpressed by the willingness with which the cfficers and men accept this exile. I have dined in remote messes, and have lunched with officers who have not seen a town for months, but I have heard no complaints, and have met with nothing but pride in the job.

Men who are famous in other walks of life have laid asido their fame and have accepted their new job with something like gratitude. Not that it is. really new. France is a nation

4. How is Gibraltar of professional soldiers; and.

governed?

G. How wide is the Strait

of Gibraltar?

6. Which is the Spanish

Moroccan

base from

which Gibraltar might be shelled?

(See Answers below.)

Veins

Aberdeenshire dialect contains a very great number of words and phrases)

of Norse origin.

when war comes, however much they may dislike and hate it, Frenchmen return to the job that they know best; and are at home.

General Wavell has compared his forces here with a body of firemen, ready at all times to dash out and extinguish the flames wherever firebugs may choose to raise them. No. ¡description could be more apt. than that. When you are with these men you feel that they aro sleeping in their clothes and are ready-yes, and anxious-to- slide down the pole-and be away on the job before the alarm has stopped ringing,

More than six months of com- Of cause, what happened was thatparative boredom, more than six · the Celtle Inhabitants were pushed months of one of the worst- up into the mountains by Scandina-winters Syria has ever known,

and France, it will be the worst Norse invasions of Scotland, or im- day's work-on a short view-migration into Scotland, continued, on isles had not yet been abandoned. vian invaders who, however, probably have done nothing to dim that and off, for 465 years, from about the Sutherland (so-called because it was mixed with them to some extent end keenness. On the contrary, the that anyone ever did for Italy...

year 808 to the Battle of Largs in south of Norway) and even more nearly always adopted the place French-- Aruny here.. like the In the Mediterranean the1205, when King Allies hold many powerful cards. Scotland finally repelled King Haakon Italy is dependent. for nearly all of Norway, her vital materials on importa from abroad. Once Gibraltar, Suez and the Dardanelles were

Caithness had a very considerate

Allied Armies everywhere, has Norse element, and the. Orkneys and names that they found there. Shetlanda remained Norwegian for the Finally, to show that Scotland has done much to prepared itself, time, only passing to Scotland when, a connection with Norway which island has not wasted a moment of after the union between Denmark

If Hitler thinks he All through the western isles of and Norway, they were handed over not solely wartke, it is sufficient to its time. Scotland there were Norse chieftains, to Scotland as security for a Danish mention that the great Norwegian can bere it into a state of in- ruling over Celtle vassals. They be princess who married the Scottish musician, Grieg, was a Scotsman, efficiency he is as much mistaken. came very rapidly assimilated, forgot King, James III. That dowry was whose real name was Gregor. Perhaps as he has ever been. And that. Norse, learnt Gaelic, and had a curl-never paid, so they are Scot to-day. clm MacGregor would like to claim is saying a lot.

ous habit of prefixing Mac to their Norweglan name.

sealed against her she would soon fight herself to a standstill. From the moment war started all her overseas posscasions would be lost to her.

It would, of course, be foolish the added to under-estimate embarrassment for the Allies, already fighting for their lives a mighty and ruthless foe. If Spain were to offer the Italiana the use of her harbours and air- folds the mentes to our com- munications by submarine and bomber would, for time at ho

น lenst, be formidable.

But for Italy the prospects would be far worse.

Apart from her material difficulties, she.

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This, however, was not the Arst marriage between the royal familles of the two countries. We must re- member the Uttle "Maid of Norway," daughter of the King of Norway and the Scottish princess, who died at sea when she was on her way to be Queen of Scotland.

Thus Macaulay is simply son of Olaf le. in Norwegian Olafson Mac Cleod is the son of Ljot and Mac- Queen lá the son of Sweyn. One!

Later, James VI. df Scotland and could quote many more, though, of 1st of England married his wife, course, Norse families were often so completely absorbed that they lost all Anno of Denmaric, at Oslo, where the traces of their Norwegian name, Court of the King who ruled both)

Denmark and Norway Was then Just about the time when the situated. Norwegian influence in Scotland was weaking, there came up into Scotland from the south another set of families,

Owing to Scotland's close connee- also of Norwelgn origin, who had, tion with Sweden, which was often nt] however, gone round through France war with the Norwegian-Danish and England and loat almost all trace union, there were good relations be of the original Scandinavian in the tween the countries, In fact, a bat- talion of Sinclairs from Caithness, marching through Norway without asking anyone's leave on their way to A tow families, such as the Bruces Join the Swedish Army, were exter- (Brusi is an old Norse name) retained || minated in the Norwegian mountains some trace of their origin but nearly by the local peasants. all the Normans took their names

process.

aympathies. The Vatican has taken its stand against Nazism and the royal house is believed to be friendly to the Allies. Large sections of the Italian- peoplo detest the. Germans. If Mussolini takes his country into Norway, and Beotland settled down war on the Nazl side, his own to be friends, Vague” Norwegian The population, however, le of aj days as a dictator are numbered...claims to sovereignty over the western! Scandinavian type, and the broad

from the various estates that they There is another link not gonerally acquired in Franco, England or known. In the north-east of Scotland Scotland. Here, however, is another-1.0. Aberdeenshire and the neith- source of Norwegian blood in Scot-bouring counties-the place names land,

are nearly all Celtic.

Having fought it out. at Largs,

him.

STRATEGY TEST: Answers

narrow

1. Gibraltar is A

peninsula running

southwards south-west

long

from the

coast of

Spain. It consists of a high mauniain (1,396ft.) called tho "Rock," with Ast sandy plain joining the mountain to the main- land.

2. 24 miles long, 4 mile

wide.

3. July, 1704, Gibraltar was captured by British forces under General Rooke. Was defendet by General Ellot in the great slege of 1770- 1703. 4. Gibraltar is Crown

Colony administered by n Governor. 5. 0 to 23 miles: 5. Ceuta,

a

The strategic importance of Gibraltar la immense. It commands with its heavy armaments the western en- trance to the Mediterranean -but it could be threatened from guns: both in Spain and Morocco,

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