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DEATH

GAZEE-Mrs. Abdul (aunt of Mr. S. Ismall of the Naval Dockyard) at her residence, 9 Sharp Street East, to-day, July 17, Funeral will pass the Monument to-day at 5.30 p.m. Aged 72 years,

Italy as a Belligerent

1040,

Much has been written of the vul- nerability of finly. Less has been said of its striking power. This is because Italy lacks staying power. Il Duce needs a short war. Italians may be as brave us he asks them to be; they still will-need food-not to mention shoes-to march on.

Data from the United States Ad- jutant General's office place Italy's fighting forces at about 2,250,000 tive soldiers, with trained reserves numbering more than 5,000,000. The figures would be indeed ominous if the means of keeping these men in the field, were proportionate. But they are not. For some time Italy has been forced to ration important commodities.

More Impressive, since the Nazist use of aeroplanes ns revolutionised military thinking, are recent estim- ates placing Italion wir power al 4,000 to 8,390 planes. Another Im- porinnt factor is Italy's Navy, which, while no match for the naval might of Britain, will doubtless, be supple- mented by air power.

That Il Duce has, however, not been all optimism about thic results

participation of his

in war is shown by his long hesitation

Evacuees keep

July

1940.0

CHINS UP AT MANILA

of churned-up foam. Through

"Nothing larger than a on ahend, circle and turn to our cabin. trunk, Madam 1 stern once more, leaving behind Nothing larger than a cabin them a perfect circular sweep trunk, Madam! All food is the ugly menace of the jutting provided, Madam. Yes! mines these rowdy little craft Everything!" These were escort their giant charge-a the cries of the patient, bane officials.

ur- cheer and a wave is given them cach time they range alongside. The impudent little vessela Peninsula registration com- drop astern their mammoth pleted, we filed in orderly and nuraling, Cheerful array into the buses

which took us to the waiting. Gap Rock! A Destroyer, stcoming Empress, Husbands, sweet- seemingly flush with the grey waters, now takes up the task of enring for hearts, wives and children John Bull's own. A tiny thing she crowded her apacious deeks. It seems to chaperon this mammoth

Was a cheerful

throng, though,

An onlooker

might have had

·by-

vessel from which

we gaze in thank- ful prlúc, security an,& gratitude.

a suspicion that Norah Whitestone Calmly the grey'

the "departees', demeanour had'

silent warship steams along seeming never to

FUNNY SIDE UP

"See what I mean?

By Abner Doan

ABNER DEATS

Marvelous springs!"

steaming tea or coffee stand upon the tables-and such coffee! a veritable

the set purpose of relieving any vary her position by a foot. And queasiness on the part of the when to her it seemed it she quietly men they left behind them-and drops astern. The Empress la ree vice versa!

of apron strings; the responsibility the ship is vacated. Clear-eyed, seat themselves at long wooden tables henceforward is hers alone., Ameng that varied crowd of

billy-cock-hulted, genial, lanky US. (sume of which are of magnificent Sunday 6 a.m. The some 1400 distracted people a tear-

matutinal troops hoist us and our baggage into polished timber) upon forms. Great ful face was rare. The bride of a chorus a paen of screaming fructious the trucks and away we go along aleaming benkers of drinking water, few weeks, the burdened mother of babes. Each tiny soul evidently had the grass and tree-lined avenues. éight young children,

stim decided the night before the time of the

Then splash and Jolt through life-saver! A variety of sauces and young girl of eighteen years tearing the morning hymn. Poor, wee frag- flooded suburbs lined with timber condiments, butter and other doings behind a frall and gentle uncle of ments, their tiny lives disrupted. No shops and the racer and charming are within easy reach, Fresh Milk

looked-for bungalow, and so to Fort McKinley for the children: tinned for us. eighty-two-all smiled and chatted, famillar delivered parting consolations and walkee-walker. Mothers pacify in- Nothing, of frowning Mars is here.

and comparative peace Two-storied,

timber houses, well hopes of swift re-union, made the font wors

again reigns aboard. very best of the inevitable,

spaced, surrounded by restful grass- Saturday and been a perfect day land, grazing mules. A reception

helpfully, calmly of gentle breezes; soft, mild sunshine, hostess

and deep-blue, plucid waters; a welcome sympathetically allots to each new bracer of the spirits after days of comer house and cot numbers. streaming, driving rain.

✩ ☆

"All Ashore! All Visitors Ashore". Words to thrill the least emotional of us! And, away our men folk troop.

A few cannot bear to watch them depart and turn sudly away. Others wave and cheer as far and its long as a sign of The Man can be perceived,

Amah. no

* ✩

*

☆

And over this scene watchful eyes of our American friends scan, ever ready to help where needed. One inevitable job for them is the retrieving of the

Once more the greeting rows dropped table gear of the little Sunday 0 am in Manila Roads, and despite the heaving rain and of cots. New mattresses, new ones, who, standing in the queue, furbid, ruddy res, our interest is sheets and a brown blanket of maintain a devil's tattoo of clat- intense as we survey our next ten superfine wool, spotlessly clean tering cutlery, pannikins and Some porncy homes. Slowly and inevita»

billics.

With a sigh we all turn to the

new life which awaits us

divert

Attempts to eni food with a drop-

a picture show-"frene".

tears fall, and sympathizers quickly bly we edge inside the breakwater and inviting. Mosquito nets

melancholy bodings to under glooming kles. We linger mullers of Immediate and urgent and will wait and lolter inter are "de rigueur". Tactfully the moment, Find your bunk, ale minably for passport and medical regulations list us as "visitors" ped utenll bring forth the only of dear!" "Come along. Ido, we'll inspections-milling crowds of anxi sop to the ultra-sensitive, ficial frowns which I have encoun- claim our luggage!"

ous wemen und fractious, bewildered

tered! Not Unhyglenie! Can't be Not a thing were the evacuees re- brothers romping from deck to decic

done! The kindly doughboy fetches little ones, with a sprinkling of older perhaps! quired to handle by themselves. constitutionally unable to "stay

Breakfast 7.30, Dinner 11.30, Sup- another. How upon row of clean, white cots put."

per 5. Each "Visitor" is presented Life for the last few days has con- Ollet music

with a metal "billy" which is for the sisted of house-to-house visitations roant and lounges, smoking and writing rooms. Some The shades of night find us still time being our personal and private to register for Australia, to elabm had two camp-beds, and nook or unsettled aboard. We edge into the property, and to be defended against luggage, et altra. The Y.M.C.A. has corner was fitted up for the night. roads for another night glad to ca- all comers with life and limb. On

been thrown open to us, including The business of moving into our cape the excitement and tension of the stroke of the hour, or before, swimming bath. And we have seen claims chased away melancholy. a landing at the end of a day. The clamouring crowd of virite young Now we settled for the first stage very queerest of Sabbath Days we lads is well in the forefront, followed more sedately by the remainder of enforced trek. The giant ever expect to pass!

this. gargahluan family. moves calmly out. "Clang?" "Sup Monday Gum. Alert for all possi- per!" Twelve foal tables, covered .bilities and eventualities. The order A more or less orderly queue is here with a hundred cots below my with a fresh and clean composition of the day (more or less "oficial) is formed and as we pass along the line, eyes, I have heard not one impatient school forms alongside: steaming pots that disembarkation will commence cuch grabs two metal pannikins, a exelomation from our benefactors of tea. White-coated, boys quickly at 8 a.m. We

wait again for pass- kolie a fork and a spoon. Proceed British, American or Filipino-and served an excellent meal-probably

'port and medical verifications; we ing we pass

seven the provocation must at times have the first any of us had enjoyed at

(No! let's

say "linger") sur cooks who serve each outheld pan been intense. Government expense.

rounded by baggage for our turn to with the steaming rations. A ladle disembark and be holsted into one of of stew, perhips, rice, potatoes, salad, British officials, ship's officers and the long line of waiting U.S. Army frutt (fresh, stowed or tinned) milk crew, the Nursing Corps, the British covered trucks on the quayside. pudding bread. Excellently cooked Navy, the U.S. Forces, The American helpful U.S. troops and Filipino por-

Willing organised, cheerful and and of supreme quality, piping hot. Red Cross, the Filipino Nation, the The lucky recipients of this pro- U.S. Army Cooks and all other pro- ters invade the Empress, gradually vender. pass into the dining hall, tectors VIVENDO VI SALUTIAMON

of our

Now with a whiz and roar the little M. T. Ba pick us up; hurtle

before six or

From the moment I catered the Peninsula on Friday morning up to the present moment when I sit in

The 'Spy' Was Only Me

No those unknown thousands,

To

of counter-espionage

to enter. Reports of hostile forces amateurs all round our const-I

the boundary between British salute you. controlled Kenya and Italy's recent-

by A. J. McWhinnie

That is why, when the story was rush to the point of departure · for over," found plain-clothes and ja farewell meeting. She fears that

ly acquired Ethiopia must cause him More than once, on a tour of juniformed polire inside the hotel. people knowing the name of her concern, especially since in Ethiopia Britain's seaport towns and itself Jurge discontented

trying to get into conversation witin Jaunty Jack Tars and merchant sea- men--and being rebuffed for their efforts.

SAILORS WON'T TALK:.

In one hotel, one night, a civilian The CLD. man who pressed his busband's ship may be watching her factions docks, seeing warships and naval ear to the hotel wall nearest the us she gets her ticket through the was talking about guns to a sailor. minutes later detectives were round. ore said to remain ready for organi-establishments, docks, tramps telephone box provided unexpected pigeon-hole window of the stailon The Builar left the room. A few

booking office.' sation should support be available.

at the hotel. There are also wider aspects of and liners, you have marked me drama for the hotel guests. strategy to be considered. Italy's down as a possible spy.

As you watched him bending his plunge follows shortly upon meet-

bulky figure to listen to me tele-destination on the Leket my give I Italian

am sorry you've been phoning on the other side of that away the port from which the ship ings between Russian and diplomats as well as batween those troubled. I congratulate you on wall his assistants were checking-up of Russia and Britain. In some

I have heard of naval wives in stranger. quarters it has been assumed that your efficiency. And if any on me la the hotel register, Bussia was restraining Italy. Now actual enemy agent reads this

cails.

Unless she exercises cuution the

kept at naval ports is in operation

The same close watch that is being

all round the industrial coast. There is not much of a welcome if you are

The drame came to a sudden end, travelling miles out of their way to

Once, years ago, as a reporter

the question arises as to whether the he'll know you are taking nor had written "Dally Herald, Lon-de the watchful eyes of a possible covering the waterfront and meet-

Italian

adventure has

has Soviet bless-

Ings, provided that adventure is not chances,

in the Balkans. Yugoslavia has re- cently gained confidence from Rus-

sian assurances. And in his war declaration, 11 Duce stresses Italy's

HEARD TALK OF GUNS

don," as my address. Easy explana tions followed.

Even now I don't know who in There are those of you who heard formed the police. Maybe in the intention not to draw other countries me at one part talking about war-hotel lounge there was a beautiful Into the war, calling the attention ships and naval dockyards. It was girl counter-spy.

night. I was telephoning, in thai

of Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and Egypt to this point. Turkey, how ever, mys it will stand by its pnet with the Allies and apparently is preparing to

to do $0.

ing in ships from the seven seas, I

At one naval port I went aboard found Merseyside's dockland

warship nearing the end of a com-friendly area.. plete rest. The decks were clutter..

I have just gone back there: Na- with smiles of wire and cables, paint-pets and all the paraphernalia body wants to talk to strangers now. of overalled men with a big job in There are no alghtseeing sea-lovers

along the docks. fragile box near the hotel lounge. Perhaps it was a naval wife or hand,

sweetheart. In every naval port the

Further inshore is Mariners' Wolk. You could not know that I was womenfolk of the men who man with special privileged Admiralty Once, you could hear many an epic. dictating a news story over miles of our warships are constantly alert.

Today, seamen who have faced

Even though you may be armed

more than a one-sided conversation

With France overrun,' the entire telephone wires to this office. You They feel that the very lives of passes, you cannot have anything story of the sea round that quarter. strategy of the war is now apparent did not know that when the story their men depend on their vigilance with any of the skilled civilian death once are waiting to go away ly based on the time element. Italy

reached the censor he would stamp! can afford only a short war. 11

There is a problem facing every workers in the naval dockyards. again. Duce lina come in with the desperit "passed for publication without a

wife of a man of sea-a problem. They do not even seem to talk to But let any enemy agent try to ate Intention of helping Hitler to single deletion. make it a short one) For that alm,

which the landlubber has probably each other, legge s

find out when they sall, the same Hiller evidently needed. 'Il Duce.

never thought about.

Great State secrets are in their of their ship and where she L. bound But if Hitler could not do it alone,

care. But at work or at home thoy for Mariners' Walk in no, safe place there is a question whether Mus

dare not forget that enemy, bors; moy

for aples. colini'salt can turn the tricky. A

[be listening. matter of days should begin to felt whether this world is still too big for the Blitzkrieg.

But hearing a stranger talking about warships undergoing reflt, and dockyards under camoufinge, one of you went to another, teleptona: and informed the police of your fus- pictons.

You thought I was a spy.

WATCH OFFICERS WIVES The Wife of a naval officer may

In sea-sprayed tavernis "round the Thero is the equivalent of know that his ship is sailing from a distant home port. She wants to sexports I have watched people Marines Walk at all the big ports.