June 22
A feature of the 1936 Derby was the ning of Mrs. Shand's Thankerton, which cintered the straight with such a definite advantage over the rest of the field, that the B.BCC. commentator, in his enthusiasm, declared that the horse had such a lead' that it could not possibly be beaten. A few seconds later he had to declare that he was which should in no way infringe the author= ity of the British in their own Concession.
The administrative integrity of the Concession has been in no way diminished, for action against criminals in whose ities the Japanese are interested will still be taken by:
he Concession police, though there will be the closest ce-operation between them and the Jocal Japanese authorities. In addition there will be the same ce-operation with regard to the supervision of dealings in arms and mistaken, that Mahmoud had won the race, and that Thankerton was only third. The incident is mentioned because of the fact that there is a growing tendency on the part of some countries, not only in Europe, but in Asia as well, to believe that the European war is all but over and that the Axis hound to win. That is not the belief of the Allies, but there are undoubtedly several neutrals who are tending to base their poli-cigs on the assum: at, like Thankerton,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.