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IN DARKEST : HAMPSHIRE

** Is my bath ready, HayidnaP"

"Not quite,Sir. They're just dussing it.”

"A gesturs of old world courtery, do doubt, but was it really necessary ? "

* Very meesstary indeed, Sir, as it hap ps to be a hip-bash which has lain some years in the coach-house. His Lordship varsly entertains."

"His Lordship's notions of hospital- ity are not of this century, Haacemed to think he had a incred duty to lay me low beneath the table. I marvel that I'm here to sell the tale.”

* Yet in roms ways His Lordskip de

well abreast of modern thought. This bottle of Rosa's Lima Juice, Sir, in your

room..."

"Placed there by Hla Lordship's own hand, Hawkins. And a very refresh- Ing drink following upon a one-sided battle with his Lordship's decanters."

"Yes, Sir, and Rose's has still further" virtues. It is fully renowned fir prenel- hilating the aftereffects of aleshoi, vulgarly known åt mornings after." "So that's why I'm still alive and kicking? Well, well, ane lives and teams. Go and boll the kettle for my bath. I don't want to miss my breakfast."

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10, 1941.

By Lichty Hitler Pounds.

At the Gates Of Araby

našli, chraps Times The Seto, AR NU RA

“Are wo lucky, Mom! Otis Wilton's dog had six pups and his mother only lot him keep ono, so she gave me the other five!""

Free France Mar

hes with Britain

Rallied Colonies

Interesting düservations on the war operations and potentials in the Middle East by one of the most widely respected American political correspon- dents. Mrs McCormick acted as European corres-- pondent for the "New York Times" for many. years, and is an authority on European affairs.

By Anne O'Hare McCormick

"The Oriental is a very old Arab While the pipe line child," wrote Gertrude Bell after from the Kirkuk oll fields to the port of Haifa is reported cut, her first journey to the Near the Premier who headed the East. She went on to note State before Rashid All's coup what every traveller feels who d'etat has issued a manifesto m the name of the six-year-old trics to understand the strange King calling for a cessation of world, enst of Suez, a world at hostilities and a roturn to cou- once static and nomadic, rooted stitutional government. in Genesis yet formless as the moving landscape of the desert.

If the call is heeded it will be "Their statecraft consists of guesses, often shrewd enough, ary stoppage in the flow of all more important than a tempor-

Important Factor

at the results that may spring or the result of the fighting be- from the clash of unknown tween the British troops and Rashid Ali's men. It will mean forces, of which the strength that the pro-German politicians and the aim are but dimly ap- can get no direct military help prehended; their wisdom is that from Germany in time to save of men whose channels of in- for an Arab rising has met no themselves, and that the signal formation and standards of respouse in the neighbouring comparison are different from States.

And this would imply something ours, and who bring a different very signißeant. Th villages and set of preconceptions, to bear camps 'scattered from Alexan- dretta to the Gulf of Aden are some- thing like 40,000,000 Arabs. Al-

known though they have

many rulers, and disliked most of them, they have never experienced Ger- man rule. They are impressed by forec, have the

upon the problems laid before them."

Ancient Roots

FREE FRENCH FORCES are now side by side with their British comrades in arms in Syria. It cannot be doubted which way lie the sympathics of the greater part of the popu lation of this mandated territory. Neutral observers in the Mid- dle East have during the past few months reported that Nazis and Nazi methods are decidedly unpopular there, and the deser- tions by French and colonial troops, who crossed into Palestine:

Sooner or later, it was inevi- mic security they once had, they to join the Allies, are proof of some of their statements.

This new stroke places the colonies which have rallied to the table that this conflict should Fascist call of Free France in important perspective, and it will be in-spread to that teresting to look at their position.

and

have been saturated with Nnzi and propaganda. With Standards preconceptions different fro

have been watching and they have

conquests.

subcontinent

ours, The Free French colonies represent a territory six times the which lies between the Black weighing Hitler and hin

Led by little cliques of Jealous tribes- size of France and one-seventh of her population. They com- Sea and the Red. There the men, what they do will represent prise the New Hebrides, Chad, the French Cameroons, Ubangi- human story began, on the gray ans on the outcome of

the guess of these primitive politici-

this Shari, Middle Congo, the French Establishments in India, New plains of Asia Minor, in the The trouble in Iraq is only Caledonia and Gabon.

in a great wind. We should be able Valley of the Euphrates, in the to gauge its direction more surely if we knew the answers to three

struggle.

straw

* HE, AFRICAN GROUP OF COLONIES, situated half waste lands beyond the Jordan, questions. The Brat is suggested by Tway between the cape and situatat and the apocalyptic struggle for first in lantic Ocean a coastline of 1,000 kilometres, where there are a power was bound at last to nouncing that Harry St John Philby

has been released after months of

iths of de number of modern ports with good facilities.

shake not only the Western Mr Philby was on special duty sa tention under "defence regulations."

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The group of colonies constituting French Equatorial Africa and the Cameroons binds together British West Africa and East world, the edifice of Industrial British political agent in Baghdad Africa, forming a block right across the continent from the Red civilisation, but the ancient during the last war. After the war Sea to the Atlantic.

he served

us adviser to the native It is evident that apart from the actual support which the history of man. At some point tor of T. E. Lawrence, knows Arabla roots whence stems the tangled government in Mesopotamin and

Trans-Jordan. He was a collabora Free French equatorial empire can contribute to the Allied war effort by the virtue of its resources, Germany now finds herself the battle had to return to the better than any living foreigner and was famous for years as the only deprived of certain products of which her industry was in great original field of Armageddon. Englishman ever permitted to live, in need..

Mecca. Why was he interned and Special mention should be made of New Caledonia and the Not only the Balkan peninsula why is he now released? nickel, lead, chromium and iron ore which she exports to the and the Iberian peninsula but British Empire. Gabon sends woods which are used in the con- the Arabian peninsula had 'to struction of aeroplanes, and Chad sends cotton. Plumbago and choose between Hitler and the wolfram are obtained from the Cameroons, as well as iron and mica.

alternative of Hitler.

* * *

..

Clue to Policy

The answer to that question would

be a clue to Britisir policy since the war started. The next centres in. the attitude of Ibn Saud, King of So far the fight going on in Saudi Arabia. He is the strong man GOVERN THE AFFAIRS OF THIS VAST TER-Iraq seems to be a local engage, in the Arab world; in so far as there any primacy among the disparato herent people, he is the leader. Ibn

the Free French movement.

How Britain Is Adding To Her Merchant Fleet

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very

an Arab showdown, his influence will

great.

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TRITORY, a central organisation called the "Council of ment. It is spreading within tribes and kingdoms of this inete morale at the sticking place. Defence of the Free French Empire" was created in October 1940 the Iraqi borders, and a few Saud is supposed to be a friend of

at Brazzaville by General de Gaulle. The Council, which was Mr Winant has seen the bombed officially recognised by the British Government in January, con- vague incidents have occurred the British, and if he takes sides in areas, and noted how

sists of the commanders-in-chief of the Free French Forces, the in Syria and Palestine, but be mothers and home makers there Governors of the most important colonies and also of persons re-there is nothing to indicate any hidden. In the cautious mind" of The answer to the third question have faced unmerciful disaster, presenting those moral values which found their expression in

general movement, among the Ismet Inonu, Premier und virtual and shown, not less than their

dictator of Turkey. Supposing that the time is

when the Turks men in the fighting Services, the

Imight have. helped the British, what |is their policy toward their former staying-power of their race.

subjects and their alliance, with Iran Women are being confronted

and Afghanistan

ton? By abolishing with

tez sacrifices

the caliphate and the symbolic dangers and

and yashmak, Turkey gave up the. which have never before pre..."

leadership of Islam, but can she re- maln passive to the threat of Ger- sented themselves in the same

man domination of the Arab world?

There is

is also n a fourth question, form and in the same degree; and they have risen nobly to the height of the grim emer, gency. If they had flinched or failed, no valour, however shin-

Ships

From Factories

By A Shipping Correspondent

*Series' Shipbuilding

tween the United States and French

Taking a leaf from the Book during the slump of a decade built" or unseaworthy, as the brought to the fore by reports that of Father. Noah, British ship- ago.

conservatively minded had pre-Washington is working out a plan New Yarde For Old

send dicted. builders are about to fabricate

food shipments to Alglers and Morocco, with the object of silf- ships inland.

The plan will thus make use

fening General Wergand in holding As evidence of this it may be out against This they are doing with not only of factory facilities at pointed out that the "Standard

This is Nazi pressure. also a sign the

that the hungry Arabs ing, could have availed to hold precisely the same object as present engaged on work of les- A" and "Standard B" ships built under French rule are restive. A inspired the builder of the ser importance, but also of in Britain more than twenty trade programme worked out be- the front. As the struggle goes original Ark, namely, to make waterside sites for which a years ago are still in service, North Africa after the fall of France on more and more is demanded secure against disaster all man- useful purpose has long been and change hands, when they might have saved tie altuation: It

sought. of the country's women-kind; ner of men and beasts.

come on the market, which is my even yet, but Hitler is already at the sale of the Arab peninsula, and whatever is demanded is

The British Admiralty, in Steps have already been taken seldom, at high prices.

and the question he provokes sounds short, as part of its gigantic to equip these derelict yards

like the stroke-of-a-clock showing being given. Mr Winant bids war-time shipbuilding program with up-to-date plant for as-

how late the hour is and how nar- his own country-women, whom me, has decided to adopt "pre-sembling the pre-fabricatcil Since those days, of course, a row is a world in which we live next.

great deal of experience has been door. to the Arabs. he was directly addressing, to fabrication" methods in the parts.

Fained with standardised shipbuild- make it their duty to interpret This means that the vessels will be of a standard design, especi- continued under normal conditions, of tonnago.

building of merchant ships. The vessels to be built will ing. Although the mass-production

methods of the last war were not yards specialising in certain types to the women of America the be built in sections at ordinary ally, adapted to working under recent years have seen the growth Solving The U-Boat Problem place in the war that is held by steelworks inland, and thence the convoy system, with a carry shipbuilding, whereby a design of new scheme will present no insur of what might be called "elest" With this experience, then, the the women of Britain. No transported to assembly yards ing capacity of about 8,000 tons, vessel, proved to be efficient for a mountable problems for British on the coast or on the great The pre-fabricated parts will be particular trade has been repented botter service could be rendered rivers..

shipbuilders. or more richly deserved.-L.D.T.

of rolled steel, and "frills" will many times, an

"The supreme virtue of the project, Several of Britain's largest be cut down to a minimum. This

Iles in tendency towards tho

the removal of limitations steel constructional firms, whoso Lessons From Last War

standardimatlan

(which condition : ́output to the first | Will normal work includes the build- Fragrant Garden

Heelt during the slump maximum capacity of the country's ing of bridges, viaducte, large cent of that adopted during the few and far between, contain ship-actories into, widely-separated ship- The new scheme is reminis when, with vacant berths and orders shipyards. For the new scheme converts large inland Of Memory buildings, and so on, are taking last war, when similar mass- builders worked out designs for

part in this novel scheme. production methods were used handy, economical ships and laid greatly, the total building enpaelis, of components, and thus increases All- the year-round Dowering shrubs are to be the garden-loving tis anticipated that it will for building, ships in Britain. op dondong pouyer before the the country, at the same time speed-

them down."on' spec," that is, in Damo Margaret Lloyd George's v-be possible to deal with at least Despite a good deal of criticism ships were completed,

ing production Ing memorial in the gardena of her

Thus Great Britain, by borrowing home, Brynawelou Cricciethart one-third of the components of in its early days the plan worked. Despite bad times, then prevail an idea from Father Noch; has tapped

The shrubs are

are to be planted in each ship outside the usual ship exceedingly well, for not only ing for shipping these Vessels were an entirely now and incalculably garden of remembrance which Mr building contros. The work of was output greatly increased, mapped up readily, and when times valuable source of merchant tonnaga Lloyd George has ordered to be do assembly, moreover, will be car but the tonnage so construct Improved "some of thoes" varly, to meet and counter the menace of almsod 1.It is to have an iron galeriod ont at shipyards dismantled was not in the leas

speculative designs formed, the bests the va U-boat and the long-range bearing the letter, "Man

Kolimany of the ships: turned out by bomber,

economy

showed

of

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