THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 12, 1937.
VISIT
RIBBENTROP'S FOREIGN OFFICE Two-Hour Talk With Lord Halifax
"VERY GENERAL DISCUSSION"
LONDON, TO-DAY.
THE GERMAN AMBASSADOR, HERR JOACHIM VON RIB- BENTROP, HAD A CONVERSATION LASTING TWO HOURS WITH LORD HALIFAX, THE ACTING FOREIGN SECRETARY. AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE YESTERDAY.
The Ambassador returned to Bri- | tain early last week after an ab- sence in Berlin since before Christ- mas, and although it is customary for an Ambassador after a long ab- sence to meet the Foreign Secre- tary, it is generally agreed that! to-day's call was more than a mere courtesy visit.
"FEAR OF THE DEVIL"
Famous Minister's Plea
“I would like to see the return of a The only statement which trans-wholesome belief in the Devil," de- pired is that there was an inter-clared Dr. F. W. Norwood, the fam change of views upon
topics of ous Nonconformist preacher, at Car-
diff.
mutual interest, and that Herr von He was speaking of modern tenden- Ribbentrop was able, as a result of cies, and said it had become the fash- his recent visit to Berlin, to in-ion to exclude the Devil from all our dicate, the German Government's į reckoning.
views on the subject.-Reuter.
GERMAN VERSION
London, To-day.
"We have explained away the De- vil, and evil as well, and it is time that a spirit of gravity and of awful- ness was recovered," he said. "They would prove to us that there are ele- The German Ambassador, Herrments both Devilish and Divine at von Ribbentrop, called on Viscount Iarge in the world" Halifax, the acting Foreign Secre- tary, at the Foreign Office yester day afternoon.
It is understood that the call was of a routine character and that the conversation, which lasted
two
Beferring to defence, he said: “I do not believe that Britain or any other country has a right to attain or preserve greatness by the mere ac- cumulation of destructive powers and mass movement.
"If there is no other method of
we have, then preserving what
hours, was confined to questions of would prefer to repudiate our posses- à general nature affecting both signs. countries Trans-Ocean.
VANISHING RIVER RETURNS
"To-day the world is prepared to run the risk of dropping all its high- ly won vaines, its works of art, its libraries, its civil laws, wealth, com merce and manhood, even its religion, if and when its territorial security is threatened. That is not civilisation.
Buckinghamshire's “disappearing It is barbarism.” river, the Misbourne, surprised re-
sidents at Chalfont St. Giles recently flow again after being dry for three by beginning to flow again.
years.
The river, which has baffled experts Then it mysteriously disappeared for many years, has been "dry" for again and the bed was dry for two six months, although there has been miles.
plenty of water at places on each side] Old inhabitants believe that the of the village.
resppearance of the river is a fore-
Last March the Misbourne began to boding of disaster.
SOUTH AFRICA IN
ARMS RACE
COOPERATION IN PLAN OF EMPIRE DEFENCE
CAPETOWN, TO-DAY.
THE TENSE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION IS EVIDENT- LY BEHIND THE MOVE OF THE UNION GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CENSUS OF THE NATION'S WAR MATERIALS
Among the important measures eral Staff how mobilisation should are signature of an agreement with be conducted in war time so as not Imperial Chemical Industries for to paralyse the civilian population. erection of a munitions factory at The British Government has un- Prétoria, capable of producing 10,-dertaken to supply the Union with 000,000 rounds of machine-gun am- 100 modern Hawker "Hartbeeste munition annually for the use of fighting planes at £200 each, which the whole of British South Africa is less than one-twentieth of their A War Supplies Board has also valne, for delivery before April been formed to discover what can next year.
be manufactured within the Union The South African Air Force is fa times of war and peace, and to also building another 100 similar -plan in consultation with the Gen- planes under license Beuter.
Leon Trotsky, who has offered to present himself before an in- ternational tribunal to face the Stalin accusations against his al- leged conspiracies against Soviet Russia
ΤΟ
GERMANS UNDER A
GLASS
Nazi Watcher For Every House
That the Nazi Party is being newly organised in a very thorough ́ manner has already been mentioned. The work is being directed by: Dr. Ley, Reich organisation leader, and an es- sential feature of it is the acquisition of information concerning the private life, thoughts, leanings and real poli- tical views of every inhabitant.
This information is collected by so called block leaders and block helpers, and every Berlin dwelling house, it is officially reported. has now it's block, helper, whose business it is to know everything about all the inhabitants, including lodgers, of every flat in the block under his or her control, so that the life history, the employment and habits of every person living in the capital are recorded for the informa- tion of the party leaders.
It is also somewhat naively added in the official report of progress made that the scheme provides a basis for a "close collaboration by the party and the police.”
The helpers have already been of great service to the authorities in that in the course of their investigations they have discovered all kinds of doubtful personages whose presence in Berlin was unknown to the police, and quite à considerable number of Jews who had been living a hidden life.
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