1941-02-27 — Page 16

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

February 27, 1941.

Curry That New Construction on Probable

Corned Beef' Matsuoka Visit to Moscow QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

The Queen

LONDON, Feb. 26 (Reuter),-Japanese circles In Shanghai assert that the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr Matsuoka, will shortly visit Moscow to sign an agreement with the Soviet, the When the Queen was look Shanghai correspondent of a Free French Agency reports,,

The agreement is said to pro-Soviet waters on a purely commer- ing round an emergency feeding

cial basia. centre for people bombed out of vide for the demilitarisation of The correspondent emphasises the East End homes the girl in the Soviet-Manchukuo frontier: significance of Japanese circles can- vassing for the pact involving charge told her that men and The rectification of that frontier in unilateral concessions from Japan to women there had just one com-Russia's favour, and the modification Russia, and adds that these sugges plaint.

of the Treaty of Portsmouth, placing tons seem to imply the postponement of Japan's southward expansion, They had been eating corned beef for a week, and they were sick and Japanese economic privileges on the making that expansion subordinate to

Sakhalin and fiching rights in the Ingree with the Soviet. Hired of it.

"You must curry it, my dear," said the Queen.

They did and curried corned beef became a favourite dish at the centre. Mr B. E. Astbury, secretary of the Charity Organisation Society, told members of Leeda Personal Service Bureau about the Queen's cookery tip.

Corned beef, he said, should be cut Into small cubes, garnished with curry sauce, and served hot with elther bolled rice or potatoes.

Weygand In Algiers

VICHY, Feb. 28 (Reuter)-General Maxime Weygand, the French Com- mander-in-Chief in Africa, arrived at

night's tour of French West Africa.

Alles by air to-day after a fort-

Italians Driven Back On Three Fronts

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Large quantities of guns and am- munition were captured,

The South African Air Force co-

of operated in the capture Gelib, machine-gunning enviny transport which were trying to escape.

Bombardment of enemy positions and dumps farther along the coust was successfully carried out by the Navy,

Capture of Capital LONDON, Feb. 20 (Reuter). "Although hundreds of miles of valueless and almost uninhabitable : country lie between Mogadiscle and Bardaful, the capture of the capital (Mogadiscio) is major stroke in the coastal offensive" runs cable re- ceived from Nairobi to-night.

It continues: "From

two all-weather ronds, Moradisclo,

to

be equal to the best in Italian East Africa, run; one goes northwards

towards the Djibuti railway and

Hatar, and the other westwards to Lugh.

The Anal collapse of the Juba front emphasises the lesson learned in France of the vulnerability of a statle river defence in the face of mobile forces.

Mobile Attack

"By a series of rapid feints, the defenders were bewildered and pontoons casily countered the value of bridge heads. The news that the enemy was across the river against all expectations und wis making mushroom inroads into their lines, caused the collapse of Italian morale.

"All forces sure in

the

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ory of success. The King's African Rifies captured. Libue, Almuda and Alismayu and cut off the Gelib garri- son from Brava. The Gold Coast Regiment captured Bulo Erillo and forced the river Juba nt Tavetta Island, capturing Brava and cutting off Gelib from the north. The South Africans captured Gobwen Pumbo und Gelib with its garrison, while the East Airleans and West Afriends shared in the taking of the capital.

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