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CZECHOSLOVAKIA HOLDS KEY
Its Fate Will Determine CAPT. EYSTON'S
Future Of Europe
Minorities The Real Masters
The Czechs for centuries were excellent servants of the Hapa- bargs. They were vigilant offelais, correct officers, and even wise ministers: Geniality, however, was not one of their qualities."
The Crechs were the first autonomists of the twentieth century. resented the Teutonium They had a hatred for the empire and which was imposed upon them.They began to build up a culture" of their own, steeping themselves in the almost forgotten history They of their ancient past. They did not want to be Europeans. wanted to be. Czechs. Then the war and the Crechs achieved their They goal, and over-night they turned into the best Europeans. were still nationalistic, but they refused to persecute others for be longing to a foreign nation, race or religion.
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is the ethical concept that the prime unit of political ite is the Individual and not a party, class, cr nation."
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Sept.
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New York, Aug. 28. Painted in unfamiliar black so that the sun's glare might not again cause the electric- sye timing apparatus to fall, Captain Kyston's giant ear Thunderbolt broke the world's land speed record on Bonne ville Salt Flats, in Utah, yester- day, without being fully ex- tended. racegoers might
Java and Manila.. BLY.
Java Captali Eyston drove the both ways over a measured mile. Tientsin and Bwatow.
speed of 345.49 Halphong, Pakhot and Holhow..... at an average m.p.h" On the outward run the Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Some 600 elementary speed was 347.49 mph. and on
Direct Bervice "London date. Imperial Dr. Beres, the president of the lis German.
the return 343.51. Both
14th September.. these republic, expressed their attitude schools and three high schools
were substantially better Japan and Shanghai... simply when he said to a group have been erected for 22.000 Ger- speeds
than the record
$11.42. Straits (Parcels.only) of of, students' recently, "The moral man children
established by Captain Eyston Japan principle underlying our democracy
INVOLVED PROBLEM
at the same place last November.
Alt Mall by "Pan-American Air- even The omcial, time returned for the The German problem is
Ways Direct Service-San Pan-American more involved. For the Germans outward run yesterday was 10.38
Francisco, date 14th September. of Czechoslovakia live not only sec.. and for the homeward
Parcels from Calcutta and Straits. Rosang.... along the frontier, in the border 10.48sEL.
U.S.A. Japan and Shanghai (Van- to Germany Captain Kysten was as calm as country adjacent
couver B.C. date. 3rd September) Emp. of Asia... The land of the Czechs is
where there are natural barriers ever when the crowd surrounded blessed. The country-side with of forest and mountain. but also him with congratulations after Japan meadows. cultivated felds. and scattered through the interior of his success. He said that Thyn- Japan and Shanghai...
not been at full Tulagi and Rabout wooded knolls. Bohemia is encir-the country." In Mahren they derbolt had
It has rich form a
The throttle on either Fun. because Straits cled by mountains.
strong minority. mines of coal, iron ore, and salt capital city of Mahren, Brna he had purposely run under the Shanghai and Swatow.
Air Mall by "Imperial Airways Hot springs in Karlsbad. Fran (formerly Brunti), has always been times made earlier, last week.
Direct Service"-London zenbad; and Marienbad attract a centre of German culture. The wanted to be certain that I would
17th September hundreds of thousands of tourists same is true of Silesia and its set new record, but I also The traveleur gains the impression capital city, Troppau. The aut-wanted to be sure that the car Shanghai that his is a land of milk and onomy which Konrad Henleln, the and I got through in good shape." Japan honey" where no one can starve.
Nazi leader demands for these On the run last Wednesday he did Japan and Shanghai But are the Czechs really the Germans would mean the complete 347.16 m.p.h. going out, and, as Straits masters here They are not. For collapse of the republic. there are the minorities. Balancing the Czechs are three and a half million Germans, two and a half million Slovaks. three-quarters of
trenched in the richest areas of a militon Hungarians, half
Czechoslovakia. At Aussig, Dix milion Ruthenians, and some half-
*FURTHER ATTEMPTS minion Poles and other allens-and Komotau are the coal resour-
Parcels from Calcutta and Straits Sirdhang.. seven and three-quarter million ces of the country. In Joachims- tal is the largest source of radiumi
Captain Eyston gave an in- Manila ........... non-Czechs as against six and a
In Europe. Teplitz-Schonau has teresting description of what It Saigon half million Czechs. For ten years flourishing glass industry. Ma is like to travel at nearly six miles Straits
these minorities lived side by side in comparative chine factories, iron works, and a minute on land. He said he Shanghai
leather-goods
went through the measured mile Tapan and Shanghai.. German
theatres as if it were only 100 yards, but Japan and business expansion, Eager to Produce German plays: the news-the speed Bensations become independent of Germany Papers you read are in German.had
(Czechoslovakia has 249 German wearing off. He no longer feels papers: Austria only 2353 The "as though the salt is curving street names have remained. Ger- down in front of the car and as man, and all the German theatres though I am going down biil schools are supported by the I just seem to be whistling through government.
space."
after the
war
品
During those ten years peace. the state enjoyed great prosperity.
and Austria, the government en- couraged new industries, !
BIGGEST FACTORY'
"Soon the Czechs had the biggest and most modern shoe factory in
K
COAL RESOURCES
The border Germans are "en-
hands.
factories
The
in are
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he afterwards estimated well Straits and Manila over 350 m.p.h: coming back, but Straits (Parcels only)
on the return run the reflection | Amoy
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of the sun's rays from the car's Manila body seemed to be too strong for Straits the electric-eye of the timing Parcels from Calcutta and Straits Yuen Sang...
Tientsin and Swatow apparatus,
Зарад
at first
which he were
experienced
It is not correct to say that all One of the first to take Cap- -Europe. It was founded by these Germans are for Hitler. In tain Eyston's hand was the other
little man. who thanks to his American business methods, be- came a millionaire. His name- Bata-is a household word not only throughout Europe but in Shang hai. Bombay, Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town,
r
better
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8,15 AM
For
MONDAY
Bamshul and Wuchow Shanghai
Kongso Taiyin.
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5.30 PM
1935 at the last elections Henlein had only one and a quarter million racing motorist, Mr. John Cobb, of London, who expects to at- votes. The German Social Demo- tempt a new record this week. crats stand firm for the young If he does establish still state. And the 350.000 Jews in
Kongmoon figures it is possible that Cap- Czechoslovakia, who belong to the tain Eyston will himself again German cultural group, certainly have no desire to become Hitler's
POLITICAL STRUGGLES
Czech automobiles the speedy Tatras. are good as well as cheap. subjects. Czech lace and Czech glassware are world famous. And exports Increased by 100 per cent during 1937. In the same year the re-
W&5 venue from taxes
milion (thirty crowns greater than in 1938:
But Europe is a continent of "awakened" nations. The Slovaks were the first to show signs of discontent. They are a strong, The industrious peasant folk. speech, while I resembles Czech, is more colourful and less develop
Their country was formerly
ed.
a part of Hungary.
A
All political struggies are brought a billion to a head in Praha. In this two- dollars nation city the contrast between the two peoples is most obvious. The old Prague, baroque, spooky
with medieval,
ΠΑΣΤΟΥ dark. The new streets, is German. Praha, with its modern housing, Its concrete buildings. Its noise and American bustle, is Czech, On the streets you hear all the lang- ages of the country, and you can buy newspapers in all these ton- gues. The theatre is international. producing not only Czech plays but the best that the contemporary Hungarian, French. - English, and American stage has to offer.
try,
because he intends to stay
at the track for a few days.
Captain Eyston is an old Cambridge rowing Blue. His racing career began after the War in his early twenties. The Thunderbolt has two Rolls-Royce engines, each capable of developing up- wards of 2.350 h.p. In Now vember, 1997, he broke the world land speed record in the same car (since im- . proved) by reaching an average speed of 312.20 m.p.h. Sir Malcolm Campbell had until then, held the record with 301.4736 m.p.h.
DEMANDING AUTONOMY
A memorial service for the late Andreas Hlinka, leader of the
Mr. Artur Antonio Tristao Borges Slovak Nationalist Party, has of late: been urgently demanding
The readiness with which Praha was held at the Municipal Ceme autonomy. However, a large pro- portion of the Slovaks continue to takes in strangers who are exiles y chapel last Friday, which was support the national government from their own country is amazing.attended by many persons. At the and point to the fact that in the Here most of the German poets, time of his death last year, the national convention of 1920 the dramatists, painters, and scholars late Mr. Borges was District Com- have taken refuge. Heinrich missioner (Group No. 12) of the constitution and the language laws of the young republic were Mann, Thomas Mann's brother, is Boy Scouts of Portugal accepted by all parties, including a Czechoslovak today, as are also Erich Kleiber and Fritz Zweig: the | Flinka's adherents.
Thirty well known conductors.
} Minister
Hodza, a good Slovak in his own thousand German liberals and with the American. They eagerly right, attacks Elinks for aabotag- ing the state.
ALL HAPPY TOGETHER
socialists live in Praha..
FRESH TALENT
by
read Jules Romains, John Gunther, Upton Sinclair, Sinclair Lewis and Thomas Mann.
protect-
Air Mall for "Imperial Airways
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TUESDAY
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and Calcutta
Halphong.
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Swatow and *Shanghai...... Parcels only for Singapore, Penang. Ceylon, Aden, Egypt and London -due London, 26th Oct.
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Amoy
Kongmoon
*Swatow Baigen and' *Bangkol Swatow, Foochow and Tientsin......
Haiphong
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JAN EM 4,30 PM
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Wed., Zlat
Tal Hing Fook On Shantung. Kwetyang Leesang.
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Thursday, 22nd
Ninghai
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many via Hamburg...
Bratislava, the capital of Slo-
Praha is continually being re
FOR HOW LONG?
HOW I vakia, a Danube town, once went freshed by young talent from the by the German name of Pressburg fertile countryside of which it is For how long will Czechoslova- The Hungarians called it Pozsony the centre,
the vigorous a be able to develop its theatre, Manila Today this city with a triple name youngsters of the Czech villages its art, its industry? Bituated in Japan and nationality, only two hours and towns. There are no border the midst of dictatorships, with a from Vienna, is a favourite resort Germans among them. They have long frontier, singularly and important commercial centre. uttle desire to come to Praha, ed by nature on the Hungarian Airmail for "Imperial Airways -Much German is spoken there, less where the Jews and radicals live, sida, made up of five différent Hungarian, and still less Bovak 80 the strong young talents deve-peoples-can such a nation survive? Tile Jewish ghetto. is one of the loping there are Czech. The dra- The history of Switzerland shows oldest in Europe: The various matists, Carel Capek, Jaroslay that it is possible. And France racial groups get along well, for Durych, Tyl, Hubert Werner and England will not deliver thie the Czechs have met the Slovaks Frantisek Langer, all write rea young, strong freedom-loving state Air Mail for Malaya and Australia |
of into the hands of a barbarous Blovak wid-listic modern plays, ful more than halfway. ters, painters and musicians are originality and force. Mrstik, tyrant: will not allow the last helped by prize money offered by Benes. Pulmanova,' Zak, Olbracht, haven of democracy and human- the state. The Slovak national Folacher, Knap, Hostovsky are the 18m to disappear from the face of theatre is subsidized by the state. most popular novelists. The young Central Europe. Not the fated But even in their own part of Czechs are, fond of French and Austria but the fate of Czechoslo the country the Slovaks are a Russian literature and also of the yakis will determine the future minority. The largest group there French and Russian cinema, along of Europe.
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