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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1048.
A Feeling. Of
Insecurity
The Fuehrer's speech is in the, foreground of world discussion The charge that the Fuchrer wus nervous is absolute nonsensa.
Goering Halting
Goebbels
Diary
We know thait I notice It in my own case. But there is no
Unfortunately Goering, in his opening and closing remarks, #poke very indistinctly and halt- ingly, and thereby showed a certain lack of assurance....
In the United States astrologers alternative. are at work prophesying an early end for the Fuehrer. We know that type of work as wo have often done it ourselves.
During the Ministerial Con- ference I objected strenuously to the Increasing craze for the prl- mitive in some departments has proved possible to break
my Ministry. It is nonsense, down most of the enemy codes, without any compelling reasons, so that we can today spy to to want to cut out things be- certain extent от telegraphic longing to normal civilian life. communications between Ankarn and London or between Moscow and London.
secrat
be
Barbers
as much about us as we know that purpose! about them,
the might be very serious,
consequences
A
loved husband of Hilda, age: high to other reports 50] that nothing is
Some
fox
Mon-
Premier,
Severe › Reprisals Against
French Saboteurs
of horses and other draft animals, They allow a capacity for auffer- so that the ploughs are once again ing that is simply impossible for hoving
to be drawn by human others. The men in control aro beings.
well aware of that and make their 1. received a report about the plans for the summer accordingly, present position of
In the Netherlands, 70 execuTM (German) agriculture, which is far from en ons have taken place. They couraging.
were spica and messengers · to There is a dearth of seeds, of man-England who thought they could power, of petrol, horses, cattle, play their nefarious game with good weather-In short, of Just impunity.
General Giraud, it transpires, reached the Swiss border with an
about everything essential to guarantee sumelent food.
It may be necessary next au-ordinary railway ticket and while tumn to tighten our
en route even talked ut' lenglis belts atili further.
with a German officer about the We are much worried by what condition of our tank army in
North Africa. exceptionally large number of
The food altuation is becoming octors have fallen on the Eastern increasingly critical. The scarcity Front. The Fuehrer was
very of fats which we are soon going angry ahout the draft of Ley's to have to put up with will be an
uppeal for May 1
Ho
exceedingly dangerous shortage, Was
especially annoyed by
Our present ment roserves come the style, which was like that of from our having had to slaughter a schoolboy.
a lot of cattle bebause of the lack The Fuehrer sent word to me of fodder. that he really does not propose
to become a schoolmaster at this I would please take a
Mr.
not
Corregidor
Ho declared that under his len- The meet-dership Corregidor would bo r.
divulge how he intends to bring this about,
Another whole series of attempt-
Naturally the work must
Thus, for instance, the Schwarze recently wrote an kept exceptionally secret, or its Korps effectiveness will be wasted. article against barbers. Now
The English. incidentally, exceedingly
are really, we cannot run about with careless in these hair like the Apostles! Nor is hope that isn't equally it crime if ladies have their natiers. true of our
communlea-fingernails attended to so long ne me during his last visit to Berlin stage.
May 7: Corregidor has cap!tu- tions.
For if the English know there is sufficient personnel for that he would be physically un-hund in future and see that such
it able to look at snow again Zer exercises are
u marginal note submitted to fated. As And now, plans the next two years.
him until they comply with the should recorded that General Wacchier presented his
In the must for a great anti-Soviet exhibition unfortunately, he
change most elementary rules of gram- MacArthur look a hand
controversy in a most loud-mouth- April 20, Thirty high-explo-in the Berlin Lustgarten. Of his plans for no better reason.
I received detailed information he, in fact, has every reason to
ed way from Australia-wherea Monuments Ive and 1,000 incendiary bombs course I am going to see to
about the Fuehrer's meeting with keep quiet. Included that
May 1: Several British mem-the Duce. The Fuehrer is exceed- explosive and several thou- might in any way be an adver-
bers of Parliament have demand-gly happy about it. Incendiary bombs) were usement far Bolshevism. sand 40, late of the Hong Kong dropped on Cologne.
Vichy reports that Generaled that some sort of gentleman's took place in perfect harmony. captured. Of course, he doesn't Civil Service suddenly 0927
The fres
France. agreement should be concluded spread rapidly be-Giraud has arrived in March 20th 1948.
Norwich Raid has with the Reich to prevent fur- cause of a strong wind.
Even though this old residental sections
May burned escuped us we have at least the ther attacks on cultural
3: The English admit were
ments.
bervy destruction at out completely,
Assurance, judging by this state-
Norwich. d assassinations in France. The British Deputy About 100 Bros wera
started, ment. (of loyalty to Petain) that
They can't hold their tongues to the military commander that he I have proposed most urgently nkrant.
them 20 of great magni- General Giraud will not even Attlee, refused the proposal. aimut such a difficult question. tude.
tually take the place of Generat It is very significant that the Great mass demonstrations for the bleycles in cities where such requisition all or at least most of de Gaulle
British people consider this ques neatrality have taken piace in attempts occur. April 30: Of 35 airplanes flying ion much more realistically now the Argentine. We shall have to
handle the Argentine very, very neaks up to his
must cuses the assailant into the Reich, 20 attacked the than they did eight days ago.
vletimi They are suddenly beginning carefully in city of Kiel and dropped 50 high
comments.
blcycle. 2,000 Incendiary to realise that they are not at-
It may become extremely - Bleycles are now tacking bombs.
defenceless country, portant for future developments sable means of communication in an indispen- According to 'Intest reports but one that sl671 has reserve in South America.
France, r the 21 power enough left
pay
There have been two more Requisitioning them would be an full nine English back in
for what empts to kill German soldiers extraordinarily they are doing.
punish- In France; also a large-scalo ut-mont. But, as my proposal is so The American craze for statis- tempt on an army leave tram, good, the military commander will considerably, setting many
ties is being met with great dis- which Jesulted էր almost 20 inevitably fall to appreciate it. on Bre in about 30 streets. trust in London, according to aftenths.
The Fuehrer did not accept my there Thirty houses were totally des. whole series of confidential re- Severe reprisals were taken. proposal to reduce appreciably the
ports.
again our military comman-rations for the diplomats, He bc- tier
did not have the initiative to lieves the good rations (for the English have of the Yankees, and regard them publish the names of the Com-diplomats) are partly the reason and as people who open their mouths munists, Jews and de Gaullista for their reporting to favourably
wide but do little else.
who were to be shot.
on Germany. I can't quite bellavo Our Ambassador Abelz has been ordered to de-Fachrer and insist upon my view. attention to my allment. It gives
I am going to appeal to the th
I must pay a
great deal of mand that Laval should exert May 2 was set aside as a namo a lot of bother. pressure on Giraud to return totional holiday instead of May 1. German captivity of his own ne- Ley delivered
The itch has become almust un- a pretty unfor- bearable, The cure is most an- cord.
I don't expect very much tunate speech on the present poci-noying. I can hardly sleep. My
а
for
It is intended especially the populations in the areas we
cuny.
(seven person15
were killed. wounded seriously, and slightly.
SOCIAL SURVEY The motive behind the ap pointment of a committee to
Atrocity Note carry out a medico-social sur- vey in Hong Kong is excellent, Molotov Issued a new atrocity though there will inevitably Note to the world Powers. be tendency to regard there has been gathered 10-explosive and
gether almost everything that can sceptically the value of a surbe said about us in the way of vey which is to be hurried
lles. through in a couple of months. The main points upon which information is to be sought and collated concern stand- ards of health and nutrition and living conditions general- ly and while it is possible per- haps by concentrating on the known black spots to derive a reasonably acceptable guide to general conditions, there is a danger of too wide a de- parture from the scientific.
I received a report on the situe winds again spread, the]
tion in Finland, Things are anything but satisfactory.
troyed.
Their losses of men are enor-
An American officer has It is especially regrettableported that the mous, that, when an entire Finnish re-
poor, over-nged machines means that the entire male popu- giment is liquidated, this usually lation of villeges or even cities is eliminated.
coura-
war
DON IDDON'S DIARY is in Page 8
Dangerous Bombs
Marn
re.
11
to
The British don't think much
of it.
commentaries.
(in France)
our
for
In
severe
Countess Clano to visit Luebeck "Real Ogre"
con
on 1
It
The Finns are a very
and herole perople. The Partisans (in the occupied No date has yet been given territories of
the East) have for the holding of the census caused us very great difculties
tion of Inbour. Every time he announced by His Excellency during the winter, and these by
The commander of the fortress opens his mouth he puts his fout health is pretty poor. at Koenigstein really deserved to in it.
The doctors tell me, however, the Governor recently. The no means ceased with the begin that they can only hope to sebe shot. Through his neglect the
that once I have May 4 Rostock is a gruesome this period things will be better. gone through plans for this, however, sug-ning of spring.
complish real results with Ameri- | German Reich has been Short shift is made of the Jews can material.
spleture of destruction. It was Let's hope so. gest themselves as an oppor-in all castern
seriously harmed that he should exceedingly unwise of the Foreign occupied огеля. Įtunity of obtaining a
by rights be punished with death. Ofice to make it possible, some Tens of thousands of them are:
He can consider himself lucky what more comprehensive sel being liquidated.
I am not the one to decide and Rostock, of all places.- that t
May. Churchill in the ComTM of data, covering the entire At home
In recent air raids the Eng-his fate. find that there is
Anything more foolish
mons issued pompous reports on field, which should provide a some scepticism about the mill-lish have been using some extra-
May 2: I have ordered official hardly be imagined. The effect, the war kon ordinarlly dangerous phosphor-
victorious Geld tary situation. valuable contribution to the
censorship to be Imposed on of course, was what one would marshal. Since the Fuehrer spoke of aous incendiary bombs which they foreign Robertson Committee's work. second winter campaign in the drop over rural areas.
correspondents' reports expect.
This man is a real ogre. He is on the air situation.
brimful of lies and bumptiousness. The two taken together can East, people believe that he, 100, been set on fire in various places. ing frantic efforts to obtain in-
As a a result cattle have already
Shocked The English are naturally mak-
The British Empire will owe its readily ̋provide facts about is not convinced that the
Countess Clano visited us on collapse to him. social and economic condi-gainst the Soviet Union can be This method of fighting is a cause formation about the results of Saturday afternoon. It was ob- Vichy admits the retreat of the
finished this tions in Hong Kong which |
for anxiety, Summer,
their raids. Roosevelt has delivered another
vious that she had been deeply French troops (in Madagascar), In one sense the address has have long wanted and never spread a feeling of insecurity.
The phrase, "Baedeker attacks," shocked.
France's world empire is on the Her wish to see areas, Areside chat. His speech was is playing an important role in destroyed by air action should are simply not in a position to point of collapse, Democracies supplied. The project calls, The people want especially to
simply dripping with hypocrisy.
English.com I have received a detailed re-tunately, one of the gentlemen in and her trip restricted, say, lo can only be done with authoritas
Unfor- have been side-stepped adroitly hold vast empires together. of course, for public coopera- know what it Fuchirer now port about conditions in Rostocks. our own Foreign Omee invented Humburg and Bremen. tion and the breaking down ons he criticised and to call Seven-tenths city has been this phrase, and thereby did us
tends to do to improve the con of the traditional Chinese to account the people responsible
The Foreign
tive, determined, and definite gentlemen loadership, wipert out.
Once hon 100,000 tremendous domage, prejudice against "inquisitive for them.
busy themselves a great deal with people had to be pu
evacuated.
I censured this in the sharnest propaganda, but have absolutely to allow Belgian children to bo The Foreign Office had intended ness," but if this can be A report from the Health Office
is now also becoming clear terms. It
no faculty for calculating psycho-sent to Switzerland. I forbade achieved, it should create the gors Into elaborate detail to prove that the success the English have
Jogien! effects in "Music'
advance. been
with their air raids having
this. possibility of a wisely control- that the food rations
are not is due in some measure
To make sufficient to maintain
ure lo sabo-
the make matters worse, Incidentally, London now ad- Italian Ambassador's wife and nly to advertise themselves and to The Swiss are doing this mere- led approach to problems of state of health.
tagc by foreign workers.
mits that intense damage has number A detailed inquiry by the police been done in Bath, Norwich, and the
ladies-in-waiting at influence the children along their Italian
tion court accompanied lines. is being conducted into this.
other English cities which we Countess Ciano.
If the Swiss really want to do Unquestionably there is an ele-have attacked. have finished with Finland nent of danger in the presence There is talk about scenes like tate to spread their observations to the Belgiane.
They will, of course, not heal-something they should sund food they will have done all they of such large contingents of for-those at Coventry. That's the about in every way they сля I tava proposed that inco and their Communist puppets eign workers.
of music we like to hear. At Rostock there was, in fact,
among aristocratic and monarchist Giraud got out of his German can do to fix their grip on panic; in all probability it was Ukraine states that as regards
A report on conditions in the circles in Rome.
prizon illegally, he should be Eastern Europe.
Then I won't be long before It brought back again illegally. This stirred up by the Poles.
food, we must not In the light of the general} Any further action of this The Fuehrer wants to cut short much in the immediate future.
expect too reaches the Engilsh. I am having could be done very easily.
a thorough investigation made Half a dozen picked men could political situation in Europe kind must be taken outside his holiday on the Obersalzberg. German troops have devoured into this case and am going to be sent into. unoccupied France,
protest to the Fuehrer.
observe Giraud there for a few He told cattle left, and there is a dearth Naturally the effects of bomb days; shove him bend over heels warfare are horrible when con into a car, and drive him across sidered as individual cases. But into the occupied area.
My proposal to confiscate about le must make the best of it.
Besides,
these female amateur as a reprisal for every attempt at 10,000 bicycles in occupied France politicians haven't enough imagin-assassination has been given
to envisage the other side very favourable reception. We of the picture.
can also make excellent use of the, More particularly, they have bicycles for our own troops. not seen the English cities that were raided by us.
I think this reprisal will soon ...] be effective,
social welfare. The D.M.S. is to be congratulated on his initiative.
European Outlook
4 normal
seu
CARNIVAL
EAT
sort
By Dick Turner
it is clear that the Italian elec-the sphere of influence they covered it with snow,
Nature has very thoughtfully everything there. There are no tions, to be held on April 18, secured at Yalta, the sphere means virtually the fighting where the police are in Com- of a battle on the very fron-munist hands. And beyond tler of East and West, and one that sphere they now which might well be decisive Western Europe alert, semi- should it go the wrong way. mobilised politically, econo- For the struggle- in Italy is [mically - and backed by only the latest factor in the America. If they had any present uneasiness. "Since doubts on that score the the Communist coup in Brussels treaty should have Prague there have been removed them. To do so was some signs of panic. Por its main purpose. Ftentous events--such as Mar- Britain's position, inciden- shall's demand for conscriptally, should be quite clear. tion and larger American Every interest draws it into forces have come so thick the American plan and effort. and fast that to some they Economic recovery is impos- have seemed out of control.sible without American ald; Yet it was to be expected security can be had only with that this stage of progress American support; both are towards Marshall ald and a lunattainable for Western Western bloc would produce Europe without British lead- much tension and tough-talk-jership and American backing. ing. As early as January, The immediate objective is 1946, at the first Assembly of independence and power on UNO, it was clear that the modern scale based on Russia would resist the main-unity in the West and cohe- tenance of American powerston in the Commonwealth.. in Europe..
Only when that goal has been What then has happened to reached will it be possible to create the feeling that the approach the further objec international situation has tivo: agreement with Russia suddenly become much on terms which its rulers will worse? It is surely this be glad to accept, terms that, 'the American counter-agreed between equals.dk offensive begun by Marshall To attain both objectives. a year ago la at last making will need patience, per itself felt, two-governments tinacity, steady nerves and are talking big instead of one. effort of work and leadership Europe is beginning to resist. by Britain greater than any The Rusalana have come to thing so far attempted or on- the end of a stage; when they visaged
"Ya mean 'youse would lot a tousy nickel stand botwaen me and a cup of that rosster-fresh, shade-grown, steled- in goodness?!!
ation
of
The weather is still fatal for The churches continue to raise our harvest. Sul neither rain trouble. The best way to handle nor sun. If this continues the it is to ignore them, crops will be an utter failure.
On Cripps
Lack of Discipline
May 9: I am having much trouble with the lack of discipline May & Cripps delivered ain Berlin. That's what happens speech about his mission to in-when I am not on-the spot. dla. It was disarmingly harmless Nevertheless, I must now carry and naive. I consider this man through my cure and rid myself Insanely overestimated. Among of that infernal Itech at last. The the blind, the one-eyed man healing process, thank God, is go- king.
Log on nicely. The English report that they May 10: Eden Insolently de- almost captured Rommel. This clared that it is England's inten- Is unfortunately true.
tion and her mission to lead, the Rommel is altogether top care- Europe of the future. Ho- indul- less about his life and security, ges in most impudent insults to... It would be a terrible national National Socialiamm
and the misfortune if he were capturedEden is a hollow.brain and need.co
Fuehrer.
by the English.
+
There.
He should be advised to move not be taken seriously...... about more circumspectly, In
can be - no ~ question- any case shall make sure that whatever, he said, of peace with Hiller. The question really is the German people learn ahso whether. Hitler willing to cons lutely nothing about such a pos- clude peace with him.
sibility
BOT
May 11: We must again tackle
In Norway, 18 aples and per- the Jewish problem. Themare
in communication with Eng
[still: 40,000 Jews in Berlin and Iand have been shot. "These exe despite the heavy blown dealt cutions have had a very sobering them they are still Insolent and effect on the Norwegians. If they aggressive, JE
don't want to leam to love us." It is exceedingly "afficult" "*to they must at least fear us: læend them off to the East becailEG May d: Our Eastern campaign many of them work in munitions would long ago have succeeded factories and Jews are to be If we had to do with a civilised evacuated only in whole familica people, but the Ituelans quito unpredictable.
Bry
(To be Continuad)
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