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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 15, 1940
MESSAGES OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE CZECHS
London, To-day.
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE from the Foreign Secretary to the Czech people was broadcast in the Czech news talk last evening.
“To-morrow a year will have passed since the German Fueh- rer, in spite of his most solemn assurances, proclaimed a protectorate over your country and sent his troops to occupy your ancient capital.
By that brutal and treacherous act Herr Hitler destroyed all faith in the pledged word of himself and of his Gov- ernment.
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But the act itself is less brutal than the rule of terror which has followed- it. During the past year the world has learnt with indignation of the closing of your universities and schools, the arrest of your intellec- tual leaders systematic attempts to deprive your children of the educa-i tional facilities, for which the coun- try of Masaryk is justly famed, and to destroy not only the economic but also the spirifual life of your nation.
TRIBUTE TO COURAGE
"That these attempts have falled is to a tribute to your courage and to your
the
be held on Wednesday, the 17th April, | unity in adversity, and in your de- 1940, will recommend allocating as termined struggle for freedom follows:-To Pay a dividend of 50 admiration and sympathy of the Bri- Cents per share $596,933.50; To tish people go out to you Transfer to Repairs
in equal and Renewals measures. Account $37,124.54; To pay a Bonus to European Staff $31,113.36; To Carry Forward to 1940 Account $335,047.20.
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"How disgusting," Miss Mayhew spoke at last, for she had been struck quite dumb. "What shockingly bad form."
"It is with a firm resolve to restore and peoples of the British your freedom that the Governments Empire have taken up arms together with their Allies. It is their high purpose to right the wrongs which you have suffered and to create a new Europe in which the recurrence of such an evil will be made Impossible."
DR. BENES' MESSAGE
Following the message by the For- eign Secretary, Dr. Benes, second President of the Czecho-Slovak Re-
"So you see, I found you," Lady Gilsted took no notice of anyone but public, delivered a lengthy message to Gustave, "wasn't I clever?"
his countrymen.
"You were adorable. You always were," he put her hands to his lips. "Oui Monsieur, je viens."
P.S. Not long afterwards Lady Gil- sted married Gustave and they lived happily ever after. Miss Mayhew is still an Angel.
WEATHER REPORT
This morning's sudden downpour resulted in 0.16 inches of rain being registered at the Royal Observatory in Kowloon.
This brings the total rainfall for the year to 2.48 inches, 1.48 inches be- low average.
The Royal Observatory reports that a weak anticyclone has developed over China; depressions are situated in the vicinity of Hokkaido and over Indo- China.
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In the course of it he said the Nazi plan, the launching of which was a year ago, to destroy and for ever enslave the Czech nation, had failed.
On that day, March 15, 1939, the whole world realized that ever since 1933 they had dealt with a Germany ruled by cynical and mendacious perjurers, co-operation with whom was impossible.
"In my opinion Nazism had to bring about war under any circum- stances.
"To-day it is generally recogniz- ed that due to our sacrifice and to our present day suffering Europe has gained a whole year to pre- pare itself for the unavoidable at- tack of this aggressor:"
NAZI TERRORISM
Dr. Benes recalled the horrors which followed upon the entry of Nazi troops into Czecho-Slovakia and stated that the numbers of Czechs arrested and gaoled in concentration camps ran into scores of thousands. Thousands had died as a result of violence and · many hundreds had been tortured in the most inhuman manner and brutally executed.
At the same time, Dr. Benes said the Nazi regime had started to plun- der their lands in an incredible man- ner,
"It has destroyed and confiscat- ed our industry and agriculture. It destroys, our forests and our lands. It has robbed our national bank and destroyed our financial resources; and attempted to lay their hands on everything We had abroad.
They try to exterminate our cul- ture, literature, theatre and music."
Dr. Benes concluded. with words of encouragement to his countrymen and with the conviction that the day of Allied victory, which would mark the return to Czecho-Slovakia of freedom was not far away --British Wireless
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