Oxford University's captain will Ihave the special sympathy of his old {friends in Shanghai in his continued li-luck on the rugger feld. Last year injury Kept K. L. T. Jackson out of {the Varsity match and out of all the international matches. This year, appointed captain of the Oxford team, again sustained an injury. Recovering to play against Blackheath fon November 8, he was crocked in the first half and was a virtual passenger for the rest of the game. Now it is disclosed that he will have to [skipper his side from the touch-tine fon December 10 when Oxford will Jendeavour to avenge last year's defeat by Cambridge. Jackson presumably will "not have another season at Oxford so he will have to rest content with having played in the inter-varsity matches of 1932 and 1983. He represented Scotland against Wales, England end Ireland in 1933-24, He is also a cricket blue. of War in Ethiopia is becoming thick. Rome vigorously denies the truth of messages which, with remarkably elrcumstantial detail, record Italian withdrawals and losses. Information will have to be awaited before judgment can be conclusively formed.
certainly surprising that "such spectacular successes should be suddenly reported from the north as well as from the south zone of operations. Looking back on the official announcements from Rome during the last week, it seems clear that the change of command has necessitated a definite halt in the Italian advance. It also would appear that some revision of plan has been determined by the Mahan" High Command. 'This may have dictated certain alterations in the élspositions hitherto made and the resultant adjustments may have lent themselves to favourable interpreta tion In the Ethiopian camp, That does not, however, explain away the reports which' attribute to General Graziani a rapid withdrawal in the South and which speak of an enemy invasion of Tallan Somaliland. 3t will be recognized that If the Italian forces have advanced too precipitately {sand Rome has admitted that the infantry are ahead of the road-construc-ton la the North—a counter-attack by the Ethiopians might mean the dev-clopment of a serious situation. Nothing can be more helpless than modern mechanized army thrown out of its gear by a breakdown in transport calculations. "Its power of recovery is far less quickly marshalled than in a force where the human or animal factor is dominant.
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