THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 22, 1939
FAKE REFUGEES LEAD NAZI SPY DRIVE
SCOTLAND YARD "TAKING STEPS"
London, May 7.
Germany's new espionage plan for Britain is to plant agents here in the guise of racial or political refugees.
Having failed with their Mayfair "drawing- room" activities, the Nazis have devised more subtle tactics.
The new type of agent will come here as a destitute refugee who professes to be the victim of German persecution.
OVER FOUR
INCHES OF RAIN IN TWO HOURS
HOME OFFICE ACTS
Stringent steps to counteract this move are being taken by the Home Office, the Special Branch at Scot land Yard, and by the refugee or- ganisations.
Bona-fides of all refugees will An be thoroughly investigated. official of the Lord Baldwin Fund for Refugees told the "Sunday Chronicle":
"To ensure that only genuine re- are admitted, our gafe- guards include:
Almost 6 inches of rain have been recorded at the Royal Ob-fugees servatory since 10 a.m, yesterday, all falling in the course of nine hours.
Between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. to-day there was a torrentially heavy down- pour, and those two hours gave the Colony 4210 inches of rainfall.
for
In one hour, between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. 2.740 inches were recorded,
The total rainfall recorded the nine hours was 5.76 inches.
The record reads:-
Yesterday, 11 a.m.-0.240 inches, Yesterday, 12 noon-0.015 inches. Yesterday 1 p.m.-0.045 inches. To-day 3 a.m.-0.120 inches, 4 a.m.-0.020 inches.
5 a.m.-1.470 inches.
6 a.m.---2.740 inches.
7. a.m.-0.670 inches. 8 a.m.-0.390 inches.
FRUIT-RIPENING BY GAS
of
1. Thorough examination applicants by our selection com- mittees in Berlin and Vienna.
2. Testimonies by English friends and blood relations who are already living in England. "While an efficient espionage service might succeed in getting a few isolated agents through these barriers we believe that their task
The display of fireworks which greeted Herr Hitler on his re- turn to Berlin from his recent tour.
12 IMPORTANT
will be extremely difficult." ARRESTS IN
GERMAN CAMPAIGN
Loads of Nazi literature con- tinue to be dumped into this coun-
try.
The latest effort is "News from. Germany," a 22-page imitation- typewritten pamphlet printed. in English. It is mailed indis- criminately to any person whose name and address is obtained from the public Press.
The author's name is given as
H. R. Hoffman, of Starnberg, Bavaria, who invites recipients to write to him "if you want informa- tion regarding conditions and re- construction activities in Ger- many."
Dr. Goebbels' propaganda de partment is reputed to be spending in an attempt £20,000,000 a year to put over the Nazi creed abroad.
Acetylene gas is now being used in South Africa for ripening fruit. Peaches, oranges, and other fruits are ripened rapidly, and which he placed in an atmosphere tomatoes have been ripened com-containing acetylene, he found that pletely in ten days before the they ripened in five days. normal date.
The green plums began showing Mr. D. J. Dreyer, senior fruit a healthy red tint in twenty-four inspector of the Union Government, hours, and became particularly is largely responsible for the ex-sweet. One per cent, of acetylene periments. Working with plums, I was found sufficient.
SMOKE
S'HAI COMB-OUT
Shanghai, To-day.
Although police and other offi- cials are reluctant to divulge the results of Friday's comb-out, it is learned from a usually reliable source that 12 important arrests were made.
All those arrested are stated to be political agents engaged in organis- ing anti-Japanese activities inside the foreign areas of Shanghai on behalf of the Chungking
govern- ment.
It is understood that eight arrests were effected in, the French Conces- sion, the other four being appre- hended in the Settlement to which they had fled during the combout of the Concession.-Reuter.
The P. and O. s.s. "Ranpura" left Singapore on Saturday and is due here on Wednesday at about 10 a.m.
Genuine C. Ingenohl's
LA PERLA DEL ORIENTE
CIGARS
JAPAN TO LAY FORMOSA CABLE
Peiping, To-day.
The Japanese Ministry of Com- munications is considering the lay- ing of a cable from Nagasaki to Formosa via Shanghai in order to communica- accelerate telegraphic tions between these places, accord- -
ing to a Chinese report.
has
The Ministry, it is stated, set aside $450,000 for the project,
and the Nagasaki-Shanghai section is expected to be laid this year- Reuter.
TROOPS MASS ON RIVIERA
.
Letters received from Riviera holiday makers reveal that the mountainous country behind the French Riviera, right up to the Italian border, is thick with troops and guns.
People living in Cannes and the other luxury resorts along the Mediterranean coast have had their villas commandeered by the army.
The gardens, have been turned into military camps for the French Sengalese troops 'who have been imported from Africa.
The black troops are behaving in the most orderly manner and are very anti-Italian,
One Sengalese sergeant said, “If the Italians come, Tll give them Hell and defend French property to the last,"