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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 11, 1940.
Hitler On Defence In Pep Talk To Munition Workers
EVEN DISCUSSED SOLIDARITY
DEFEAT --RHETORICALLY
(By Reuter's Chief Diplomatic Correspondent) HITLER'S SPEECH IN BERLIN YESTER- DAY WAS PITCHED IN A DISTINCTLY MINOR KEY; THE WHOLE TONE OF THE SPEECH WAS DEFENSIVE RATHER THAN AGGRES- SIVE, AS ARE HIS USUAL TIRADES.
IN PACIFIC
Chinese circles in Lon- don warmly welcome the decision of the British Government to grant a new loan of £10,000,000 to |China.
Commenting on the decision, they point out that the loan is an indication of Anglo-American soli- darity in cooperation with China and in the Pacific.
The Ambassador, Mr. Quo, Tai- chí, yesterday called on Mr. J. M. Keynes, Financial Adviser to the British Treasury. Arrangements for a preliminary technical agree- ment are now being negotiated.—
There was less of the customary boasting and, strangest feature of all, he referred, al- Central News. beit rhetorically, to two dramatic possibilities of defeat, wh h he said would mean "the
end not only of our socialist system but also of the German people, and of the possibility of an attempt by Britain to gain a footing on the Continent.
Emphasis on the double effects WEATHER
of defeat is significant, for it ad- mits a distinction between Na-
"ziism and the German people UPSETS
which most Nazis to confirm.
would hesitate
Hitler's defence of unrestrict- ed bombing of open towns fol lows the lines of Goebbels pro- paganda, It was always the other side that began it, although there is indisputable evidence to the con- trary
"On The Raw!'
One revealing. passage showed that despite his ignorance of for- eign languages Hitler must be in- formed of opinions regarding him jexpressed abroad.
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This was, his outburst at ut the suggestion that he suffers
FLYING
16 RICE DEALERS
CARNARVON CASTLE AT
SEA AGAIN
H.M.S. Carnarvon Castle, which put into · Montevideo för refit- ting after her clash with a German raider, sailed at 8.15 last evening.
All repairs had been completed, it was stated.
Despite rain a large crowd assembled at the quayside and cheered. Carnarvon Castle on her depar- ture-Reuter.
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SUMMONED TURKEY
BY
SPIESS
CONFESSED MISSION
After the two spies ex- ecuted in Britain yester- day had been arrested, they confessed and told of instructions, they had received.
This fact was disclosed in a broadcast last night by an officer whose business it is to prevent the leakage of information to. enemy.
The officer stated that Jose Waldborg, the German, might have goted from patriótio mo- tives, but that the Dutchman, Kari Melor, acted almply for money,
In addition to a wireless transmitter and a considerable sum in English money, the two men brought fron rations with them.-Reuter,
PEIPING
PREPARING RUMOURS
SWIFT ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN. BY THE POLICE AGAINST RICE DEALERS
ACCORDING. ΤΟ UNCON- SELLING. RICE AT PRICES. "IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT BE-FIRMED BUT PERSISTENT HIGHER THAN THOSE FIXED TWEEN NOW AND NEXT RUMOURS AMONG BOTH THE CONTROLLER OF SPRING THE LARGEST POS- CHINESE AND. JAPANESE TRADE.
SIBLE NUMBER OF AIR "RAID CIRCLES IN PEIPING THE BAD WEATHER. PREVENTED In the last two days, the Police SHELTERS BE PROVIDED IN MURDERER OF THE JAPAN- OPERATIONS IN SOUTHERN have swooped down on 16 dealers TOWNS AND VILLAGES IN ESE COLONEL ON NOVEMBER sum-TURKEY,” STATED THE OF 29 HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON ALBANIA. ON MONDAY BUT in Wanchai district and
BOMBERS MADE AN monses have been taken out FICIAL ANKARA NEWSPAPER A CHINESE RICKSHA · R.A.F. OFFENSIVE RECONNAISSANCE against these shop-keepers. IN THE VICINITY OF VALONA.
They have been instructed Bombs fell south of the harbour appear before: Court on Friday, and jetty and others fell among October 20. buildings nearby.
Aircraft of a Rhodesian, squa-. dron attacked a defended position. north-east of Kassala, causing considerable damage.
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Other aircraft of the same squa- dron raided enemy troops and from an Inferiority complex. motor transport concentrations, at The violence of his reaction Khoraftit, on the Chown. Condar suggests that the accusation touch-road, ed him "on the raw."
Another detail that may or not be significant was the
absence from the meeting of Rudolf Hess, the deputy leader, who has not been heard of since the bombing of the Munich beer cellar when The spoke in the name of the
Fuehrer.-Reuter.
QUIET MOOD ON
STOCK EXCHANGE
Although sentiment on
south-east of Metemma, causing, many casualties to enemy troops and considerable damage to motor transport-Reuter.
U.S. STUDYING EMPIRE SCHEME
ROLE OF
COASTAL! COMMAND
SUBSTANTIAL
to
INCREASES
ARE TO TAKE PLACE IN THE R.A.F. COASTAL COMMAND.
Announcing this in the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Chur- chill, said that although there is no need at present for a change in the position of the Command Lt.-Commander Wanamaker of the R.A.F. it was necessary that and Lt-Commander Taylor, of the it should play a more important United States Air Arm, arrived in part than in the past in the pro- Ottawa 'yesterday on a tour of tection of trade-Reuter. Canada, to study the Empire air. [training plan, with a view to in-
the corporating features of it in the
“ULUS" YESTERDAY.
The newspaper publishes de signs of the Anderson. (the small, back garden, semi-sunken' type) shelter, with, the recommendation that all municipalities study them and start providing similar strucs tures.-Reuter.
COOLIE'S INFORMATION.
The murderer, it is rumoured, turned out to be a Japanese who donned Chinese dress for the occasion.
Reason for the murder is said to be due to internal quarrels among the Japanese-Reuter..
HITLER SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHOT
Mr. Morrison
UNDER THEIR POWERS the Home Office had not dealt with enemy. aliens and other internees im- properly or spitefully, declared Mr. Herbert Morri- son, Home Secretary and Minister of Home Security,
yesterday
Londo-1 Stock Excharge yester- United States training programme. THE LORD MAYOR'S replying to the debate in the House of Commons day was brighter, business gen- They said, the United States terally ruled quiet. Greek and coastal defence scheme envisages *Far Eastern loans, especially a force of 25,000 fully trained (Chinese, moved higher but pilots of the Naval Air Arm alone.
Brazilians 'occasionally
by 1944.-Reuter. offered. Olls met with a good
were
AIR RAID FUND The Lord Mayor of London's Air Raid
now Distress Fund is
They had seen what happened in Belgium, Hol- £1,667,000: The Lord Mayor of land and Norway.. Mr. Morrison said, and added enquiry, Anglo-Iranian advanc-Kaffir `dividend payers further Perth has sent a further £2,800 "We knew we had our own Quislings in this country ing from 31/3 to 35/-, Several appreciated On local support, making £22,800 from
ready to play their part. while Wall Street was quiet.-Reuter. Australla-British Wireless.
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"The lesson of Nazi Germany is that republican politicians at the time respected very fully those principles which are now urged upon me.
"The result was that Hitler was dealt with under a very gentle law. He was put Info prison, but given rights of ac- coon to certain " persons-and-
two montha he was out ...
"If I had been running the Ger- man Government at that time he would never have got out and": would never have survived.
Ought To Have Been
Shot
"He was on enemy of the Stato: and ought to have been shot -- and that would have been a very fine thing for Germany and tho world. GADA AN
If I have to take any action in defence of the security of tha State, I will take it. Thos security of the State in time of war comes Bofora: anythingW Reuter.