THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 7,
HENLEIN AGAIN SEEING HITLER
: Nuremberg, To-day. Herr Konrad Henlein arrived yesterday evening and it is under- stood, he immediately got in touch with German officials. Reuter.
GERMAN PARTY STILL HELD IN CANTON
SUCCESS OF WAR OFFICE EXPERIMENT
LONDON, TO-DAY: SOLDIERS WHO HAVE PASS- ED FROM THE TWO RECRUITS PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT DE- POTS TO THEIR REGIMENTAL DEPOTS NOW NUMBER 1001.
This passing of the 1000 mark. in about sixteen months crowns the success of an enterprising War Office experiment.
The first Recruits Physical De- velopment Depot, now at Canter bury, was opened at Aldershot -in May of last year. The object was to take in as probationer recruits Beyond the facts that one mem-men offering themselves for the ber of the group was a profession- Army who were not up to the. al photographer, that the party standard of weight or chest and motored to the Chinese border on men on the border line with de- Monday morning, with a good fects which might or might not be deal of photographic material insufficiently bad to keep them out their possession, and that they of the. Army but which could were arrested near Shataukok quite possibly be treated and cûred after crossing the border, little in a short while.
more is known concerning the
four members of the local German Out of 11,335 entries at Canter- community, now held by the bury no fewer than 956 had-up to been successfully Chinese authorities in Canton as August 31st a result of their activities. ⠀⠀ treated and posted to depots, Only Drossel, one of the group, has 101, failed, while 66 were discharg- been in the Colony for some con-ed for other reasons and 212 were siderable time, and is a well-known | still under training. footballer. He played for Kowloon last year. On Saturday, he played for the Hong Kong F. C. first eleven against the Royal Scots.
The four members of the arrested party are:
:
H. Lucas, aged 29 years, of 2, Observatory Road, working at Otto Wolff; Koeln Pedder Building;
V. Drossel, 28 years, of Mody House, Mody Road, also employed at Otto Wolff, Koeln's;
T. Wintry, 36 years, of 134, Aus- tin Road, first floor, photographer;
D. Slatow, aged 21 years, also of | 134, Austin Road,. first floor; work- ing at Carlowitz and Company, Bank of China Building.
At the Scarborough Depot, which was started on April 19 this year, out of 171 joined, 45 have been posted. Two failed 12 discharged for other causes and 112 are still in training.-British Wireless.
PALESTINE CASUALTIES
were
HAIFA, TO-DAY.
The German Consulate Generál TWO JEWS AND FOUR stated this morning that the mat- ARABS WERE KILLED AND ter was in the hands of the GerSEVERAL WOUNDED IN AT- man Consul in Canton.
TACKS. IN. VARIOUS PARTS
No information of their release OF PALESTINE. has been received.
A thrilling taxi chase along the shores of the Sea of Galilee followed a shooting affray at a Haifa shop in which one Jew was killed and an Arab wounded.
KARL REIN STILL HELD.
Incidentally, Karl Rein, the Ger- man who was alleged on alleged espionage charges in May last, is still being kept under detention in Canton, át a guarded residence in and the four occupants were ar- Tungshan, where he is being given rested. "most-favoured - prisoner" treat-
ment,
A police car overtook the taxi
Reuter.
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