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HORRORS OF NAZI CONCENTRATION WESTERN CLEMENT SUNK
AMPS REVEALED:
MOST BARBAROUS
LOSS OF LIVES
TREATMENT DESCRIBED...
FLOGGINGS AND TORTURES "ARE THE AND PROPERTY
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ORDER OF THE DAY
LONDON, Oct. 31 (Reuter)-The horrors of German concentration camps are described in a White Paper deal- ing with the ill-treatment of Jews and opponents of the Nazi regime.
The White Paper explains: "Before the war, and ever since its butbreak, the German Goverhment has almost daily put out propaganda accusing Britain of atrocities in South Africa 40 years ago.
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geance on those who had the temerity to oppose it."
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"In view of this shameless propaganda, which is wholly
The White Paper says that 344 devoid of any foundation. His į
rases of arrests or attacks on Majesty's Government teinkj it opportune to publish some Czechoslovak citizens were report- ed during als period. British sub-
of the reports they have re-jects, including members of the ceived of the treatment ac- staff of the British Embassy, were > corded in Germany itself to wantonly assaulted in the streets
German nationals
by uniformed Black Guards on
ALLEGED "ESCAPES"
One of the documents making up the White Paper is "from the Bri- tish Consul-General'at Vienna and concerns ant-Roman Catholic de- monstrations in October last.
duty.
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Tha
THE DARK AGES
White Paper emphasises that the documents in which they were published were written for publication, adding: The German Government complained of mal-
They included the sacking of Car-treatment of German minorities in dinal Archbishop Inaltzer's Painer by groups of SA. One priest was thrown out of the window unc his
legs broken.
In the first four weeks one pri soner who was "at Dachau and eighty Jews died, and another 30 died in the fifth week.
were "zbat
Most of them while ́ attempting to escape” but in no single case were these man shot in a genuine attempt to escape, What happened was
that thr camp was surrounded by a wire
foreign countries and Macedonian | conditions reigning there.
"I may be seen from the
IN CHUNGSHAN
SHEKKI. Oct. 31 (Central) -A preliminary investiration conducted by, the Chungshan district government rereals that 300 civilians were killed. and 93, wounded as a result of the recent Japanese in-. vasion of Chungshan,
Women raped' are said to number 1793.
About 2.700 shops were fire. Inoted and 2.759 set on Property damage amounted to approximately $2,600.000.
Algerian
Soldier's
Gallantry
PILOT UNDER
HEAVY FIRE
published papers that, under the RESCUED BRITISH present regime, conditions in Ger- mary itself and the treatment of Germans are reminiscent not of s Macedonia, but of the darkest ages |
LONDON. Oct. 31 (Reuter)—The in the history of man."
conversation with Royal Air Force is still trying to During his Her: Hitler, the British Ambassa-trace the identity of an Algerian dor gathered the Impression that soldier of the French Army, who, Herr Hitler was dissatisfied with with great gallantry, rescued the result of the Nemoeller Trial.British pllot in No Man's Land Herr Hitler declared that Niemoel- on the Rhine-Moselle Front.
The pilot was dazed and suffer-
FRONT
Great Aerial
Activity
Reuter)
LUXEMBURG, Oct. 31. -Grest aerial activity on the Western Front between Moselle and the Suar was reported yester day morning.
Earlier reports stated that acti- vity in the preceding twenty-tour hours had been almost at vanish- ing point, except for a few cer- man attacks in the Blys region. Lack of aerial activity was ascrib- ed to the bad weather prevailing- fog and snow.
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WAR COMMUNIQUE
BY ADMIRAL VON SCHEER
(REUTER'S SPECIAL WAR SERVICE)
EAST LONDON. Oct. 31-Capt. Harris, Master of the steamer Clement, stated defnitely that the Clement was sunk by the Admiral von Scheer, according to an East- London mate. who recently met Capt. Harris at St. Vincent. ·"
He said that Capt. Harris de- clared that he and the chlet en- gineer" were taken on board the rolder where they could read the poorly disguised bame at the stern."
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NOVEMBER 1, 1939. —PAGE 7
THE
HONG KONG
PENINSULA HOTEL;
HONGKONG HOTEL; REPULSH BAY HOTEL:
&
SHANGHAI
ASTOR HOUSE; PALACE HOTELĮ
HOTELS
LIMITED.
In smociation with the Grand Hotel des Wagons Lita, Peking.
Capt. Harris told him that he was invited to the bridge of the CHINA WAR NEWS:
Admiral von Scheer where they watched the Clement being sunk
PARIS, Oct. 31 (Renter)-A war by shell are after two torpedoes CHINESE VANGUARDS MOST
Communique states: There was had milssed. Subsequently Capt. activity by contact units on the Harris and the chief engineer were whole front with local artillery transferred to a Greek ship. activity. Chaser reconnaissance amcraft were intensely active.
"Six French merchantmen, of a' total tonnage of 41,000. were lost since the War began and four German ships were captured, of which one was sunk by the crew'
TROOPS PREPARED LONDON. Oct. 31 (Reuter)-The British War Correspondent with the British Army in France says It is expecting a more active form of warfare and is preparing for it. He speaks of the building of am- munition dumps for millions of cartridges of all kinds and he also of the speaks of the calmness French civilian populations dur- ing air raid warnings in the area
a behind the lines.
AERIAL ACTIVITY
BOTH SIDES PARIS, Oct. 31
fence which prisoners were forbidler was a traitor and his syng from burns after parachuting} creased activity on
den to approach. 8. S. Guards pathisers would find themselves in
would sometimes amuse them- selves by calling prisoners to the tence. New prisoners would often obey and as soon as they got near the. fence machine-guns would open fire on them.
TIED TO A TREE
a concentration camp.
"COMING INTO HELL" Horrific descriptions were given by former prisoners of conditions In the Buchenwald Concentration Camp. near Weimar.
The camp superintendent, Herr Rued, told a batch of fresh prisoners: "Some of you had been in gaol and what you tasted there is nothing to what get here, are going to You are coming into a con-
and centration camp
thai means you are coming into hell.
In another case a middle-aged man in a concentration camp re; ceived a letter from his worried wife.
you An educated man and sen· sitive, he was unable to maintain the degree of self-control required and he gave way to a moan.
"Any attempt at opposing the authority of the guards and you will be shot out of hand. We have only two kinds of punishment in this camp the lash and the death peralty."
For this he was tied to a tree and left there for 14 hours. He became unconscious and two guards, who went past, decided he was dead and threw him to the ground and jumped on him and staruped' on him with their boots. He
Working hours in Buchenwald moved and they remarked:
are 16 daily, including Sundays "Ah, he's not quite dead.” During working hours it is for When the former prisoner max-bidden to drink even in the hottest ing the report next saw the man, weather. The food is quite insuf-
his breast and face were a mass of blood and his eyes were swollen and purple. He had also gone
maa.
LACK OF FOOD
ficient, namely weak coffee at cawn, half a litre of soup at mid- day and the bread allowance is 250 grammes daily.
Work consisted of moving heavy far beyond the of a normal well-fed-
mat. Floggings are very frequent for small offences such as drinking water during working hours,
The usual punishment is 25 strokes which are given alter- natively by two" guards. This often produced unconscious- ness, but the Jews are told that the Fuehrer himself had given the orders. Jews might receive up to 60 lashes.
from a wrecked plane
The Algerian went out under Are and brought him back to safety.
Nazi Airmen
Don't Like
Their Planes
NO MATCH - FOR U.S. AIRCRAFT OF
ON
(Reuter)-In- the Western
Front coincided with an improve-
ment in the weather. Localised artillery action at numerous points between Moselle and the Rhine" was begun with the object of en- ticing enemy reply, thus enabling reconnoitring planes to locate enemy gun positions.
After the Allied planes, had been earthbound
relative long for a spell. the Command was doubtless anxious to send up as many as possible to keep the pilot In trim
and to accustom many who had not been under fire to operating in war conditions,
are also
Enemy planes
very active and Allied chaser planes have plenty to do all day long.
The Command is overjoyed at being able to exploit the better weather, for
concentrations
of
THE FRENCH. PARIS. Oct. 31 (Reuter)-Cap-¡ tured German airmen say that they do not like much the vaunted Messer-Schmidt planes, which they the greatest strategic interest are popularly call "flying bricks." In taking place on the left bank of combat, they say, they are unsatis- the Rhine. Hence it may be as factory and when it comes to sumed that the French and Bri- match tish planes reaped a rich harvest manoeuvring they are for the American Curtiss fighters of information.
used by the French.
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is the case, this state of affairs will Observers point out that if this
grow
worse as Germany suffers more and more from shortage of aluminium typical of the effective- ness of the blockade of this im-
portant metal is seen in the Royal Navy's seizure of 15.500 tons re-
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ANGLO - FRENCH SOLIDARITY EMPHASISED
PARIS, Oct. 31 (Reuter)---The
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STONEGATE SİNKING" LONDON, Oct. 31 (Reuter)~~An account of the sinking of the Stonegate by the German cruiser Deutschland was given by a mem- ber of the crew who arrived in England today.
He said that the Stonegate was sunk by the German cruiser and the crew took to boats. When the
heavy sea became too rough the crew was taken
aboard the Deutschland.
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Five days later the City of Flint came in sight and was captured the crew of the Stonegate being transferred to the City of Fint.
The American ship then hoisted the Danish flag`and the crew of the Stonegate landed at Tromsoe.
RUSSIAN PEACE DEMARCHE
PROSPECT GIVEN COLD RECEPTION
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ACTIVE AT YOYANG: HEAVY FIGHTING IN WEST SHANSI
CHANGSHA, Oct. 31 (Central) Chinese vanguards continue their activity at Yoyang on the Canton-Hankow Railway, in North Hunan,
After heavy shelling across the Sintsiang "River, 200 Japanese rushed the Chinese positions at Tachiao and
back: Slaochlao, on the north bank, yesterday. They were driven
A fleet of forty Japanese been no large-scale fighting re- army lorries was ambushed cently. by Chinese troops on its way He said that after SQLERDE from Tsungyang to Yanglow-reverses the Japanese on various tung, in South Hupeh. Five fronts are in a weary state. lorries were destroyed and a
TRAIN STRIKES MINE number of Japanese
CHENGCHOW, Oct. 31 (Central) killed. The remnant Japan--Another Japanese troop trai
fled in east and west struck a mine laid by Chinese directions.
units south of Fenglo Station, north of Anyang, on the Peping- Hankow Rallway, in North Homan,
ese
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were
Chinese tirits
"MOPPED- UR) SIUSHUI, KIANGSI, 31 (Cen- last week. tral) Chinese succeeded in "mop- ping up" the Japanese at Paho- ping and Changanshang. points south of Wuning, 70 miles north west of Nanchang, on Saturday.
In
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ambush,
attacked the Japanese and stew
All the mili over 100 of them. tary supplies aboard the were captured.
CHINESE SUCCESS..
*LOYANG ATTACKED CHENGCHOW, Oct. 31 (Central)
LOYANG, Oct 31 (Central)——. -Faimamen strategic point
Loyary spent a nervous night north-west of the mining town
when 37 Japanese yesterday of Tslaotso, In North Honan has planes raided the city in relays. been recaptured by the Chinese.
The Japanese captured the last Tuesday. Continuing
A total of over 150 high e- plosives were rained in the west- ern outskirts. Large numbers of
IN FRANCE PARIS, Oct. 31 (Reuter)-place The prospect of a possible their drive towards Machenkow houses were destroyed but only a Russian
peace demarche, nearby, they encountered stiff when M. Molotov, the Russian | Chinese resistance and Were Premier and Foreign Com- beaten back, missar, addresses the Suviet
Council Supreme
to-day, meets with a very cost recep- tion here.
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One paper declares: "Whe- ther the manoeuvre be at- tempted by leaders of the Kremlin or Herr Hitler, it is doomed to the same fäte."
DELEGATES TO AIR PARLEY IN CANADA
OTTAWA. Oct. 31 (Reuter)-The
Iew casualties were inficted,
AIR RAIDS The Chinese, pursuing the re- LANCHOW, Oct. 31 (Central)--- treating Japanese, smashed into A feet of 85 Japanese aircraft
and recaptured Palmamen
it conducted bombing and recon- "
Shemal More than 300 casualties were naissance operations In
and suffered by the Japanese.
Kansu provinces yesterday. Twelve of the machines raided Sian, dropping... a number of bombs.
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IN WEST SHANSI LOYANG. Oct. 31 (Central)--- Fighting is proceeding between
Later, two bombing squadrons Siangning and Kihsien, in West Shansi, where the Japanese push-of 12 and 13 machines respective ing westward are being held at few over Pingliang, in east Kansu via. North Sheast, and
bay.
In a nanking, movement, the duniped some 200 missiles, Twelve. Chinese Just Saturday succeeded
civilians are known to have been
In dislodging a Japanese unit of killed, 17 others wounded and 500 inen from Lingahanmiao, over 50 houses demolished. GUERILLAS ACTIVE Hsuehclawu and other points West! of Slangning.
CHUNGKING, Ocs, 31, (Central) In North Shansi a Japanese Tension prevails in Woosung, Anglo-French Parliament Com Australian and New Zealand mis-unft captured Santsingchen, Chapel and Kunshan as a remit In peace-time. Germany had to mittee which is touring the West-sions arrived today to confer with south-west of Wuchal, last week of sethities of Chinese gueria import all her supplies of bauxite ern Front has emphasised the soll- the British and Canadian repre- with the arrival of reinforcements bands, according to a Shanghai (the ore from which aluminium is darity between the two countries. sentatives regarding the Empire the Chinese launched a conter despatch." obtained producing only about,
Brig. General Spears, leader of Air Training scheme. 18.000 tons annually herself.
cently.
SADISTIC BRUTALITY The 8.6. men running the camps stones, often are mostly youths from 17 to 20 strength specially trained for the purpose. So brutalised were they that one wondered how this was brought about. The slightest sign of weak- ress in a prisoner brought, all their sadistic thoughts to work. It was common for them to kick a man in the face as he lay in the ground. The British Consul General at Frankfort-on-itain, reporting to the British Charge d'Affaires, suld he was persuaded that if the Ger-
and loyalty to the Crown on the to collaborate with France to Prisoners are often picked out a part of the people of Johore has establish the right to live without man Government depended on the random and dogged. The men's been passed by the State Council, fear, suffrage of those in power and res-feet are atrapped to two footplates ponsible it would be swept away and they are then bent over a
says Reuter. by a storm of indignation. If not horizontal bar and their hands put up against the wall and shot. secured between two horizontal
A MOTHER'S LETTER
Sopie died between the poles
bar
PRISONERS GO MÅD
the British M... Pa., broadcasting The conferences will begin dur- last night, said that the Commiting the week-end and will revolve tee comprised all groups of Parlia around the plan reported to have
A resolution expressing devotion mentarians who were determined been prepared by the Canadian
Defence Department. -
A message from Reykjavik says EXPLAINING
that the British airman' who went
Britain has bought 500 miles of to England after making a forced AWAY PRAGUE
fire hose from the United States at landing in Iceland in an Air Force
work, says Reuter.
Reuter.
The White Paper includes rel.
a cost of £500.000 for use in A.R.P.flying boat, is returning here, says. and the survivors were kicked ports from Sir Nevile Henderson, back into the sheds. Some prison- then British Ambassador to Ber.
ers went mad and were chained iin. to Viscount. Halifax, The
up with a sack round their heads period covered by the Paper 19 to stifle their shouts from March 3 1938 to February 18.
The overcrowing is Indescrib- 1930.
able; for example, 2.500 prisoners
DEMONSTRATIONS
LONDON, Oct. 81 (Reuter)-The Germans are trying to explain the Czech demonstrations in away t
THE ATHENIA CARRIED NO GUNS, Prague by saying that it was due
Sir Nevile Henderson's reports are forced into a shed measuring BULLION, MUNITIONS OR ARMS:
include a letter he had received 200 feet by 80,
from a German mother in which
she appeals to England, "a. country which is still strongest in Europe."
If, she says, in the heart of Europe à race is growing up which is not only indifferent to Chris- tianity but a hatred to it, the fu- ture will be fraught with disaster not only to Germany, but to all Europe.
"TERRIBLE VENGEANCE "In 1933 members of the Opposi tion partles were arrested whole- sale and consigned to concentra tion camps where they were sub- jected to the most barbarous treatment.
Flogging and torture. wETE the order of the day and it was common knowledge that the National Socialist More ment was taking terrible ven-
HEAVY ATMOSPHERE IN BERLIN
BRUSSELS, Oct. 31 (Reuter)-- The atmosphere in Berlin is des- cribed as heavy owing to the Pope's Encyclical, President Roosevelt's Navy Day message, and the U.S. Senate's arms embargo decision.
Meanwhile, new petrol oil ration- ing is being enforced in Germany on Wednesday,
Berlin newspapers are sharply criticising, the United States, de- claring that Washington scarcely attempts to disguise its partiality for the Allies.
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BRITISH ASSURANCES TO US.
LONDON, Oct. 31 (Reuter)-The Ministry of Information an- nounces that the British Ambassador in Washington-conveyed to the United States Government the following assurances regard.
following ing the sinking of the Athenia:
Firstly, the Athenis carried no bullion, securities, guns, muni-
. tions or explosives, either as cargo or stores;
Secondly, she was not sunk either by contact with a 'British mine, by a British submarinë, by gunfire from British destroyers or by an internal explosion, but, in accordance with evidence in possession of the British, Government, by a submarine;
Thirdly, she was neitber ärmed nor stiffened to receive ar- mament of any kind;
Fourthly, it was not intended to use the vessel as an armed 'raider, armed merchant cruiser, or in 'any other offensive capacity"
at the end of the voyage on which she was munk;
Fifthly, the Chief Officer has sworn an affidavit that he never “discussed with Mr. Gustav Anderson the question of whether or not there were guns 'on board and that there were, in point of fark, 'no runs or other munitions carried as CRT
to Communist elements, while an- other version is that the Czechs in London are agitating Jews in Czechoslovakia to cause trouble.
According to reports received here, the Germans are- combing' Polish: prison camps for Czech legionaries.
The Nazis
the declare that legionaries are German nationals and are, therefore, regarded as traitors who would be immediately shot,
REPORTING TO HITLER
Reuter)
--- LONDON, Oct. 31 -----A Swiss, radio report states that. Berr Mackgusen,... the German Ambassador left Rome for Berlin yesterday to report to Herr Hitlers
attack and ·wrested back
town..
the
Some 1,000 Japanese and bogus Chinese troops have been'› fer- JAPANESE WEARY* |
patched to Klangwan while the CHUNGKING, Oct. 31 (Central) Japanese at the Chic Centre and --A Chinese military spokesman, the Lion Forest. forts at Wooring stated yesterday that there has are taking strict vigliance.
Shipping Between Samfow
And Macao Suspended
SHIPS DAMAGED IN JAPANESE
AIR RAID
SHIUHING,' KWANGTUNG, Oct. 31 (Central)--Shipping between Samfow on the West River and Macao, has been suspended as a result of the destruction of - all steamers during a Japanese mir raid an Saturday.
ANOTHER S’HAI
SHOOTING.
CHUNGKING DO
Oct 10 (Cen- tral)---Another shooting incl. dent took place en Fahwachen,“ In the western ́outskirts' of” Shanghai, on Saturday, when Size Hostal," said to be con- nected with a certain organ- sation in Western Shanghai, was shot at ♂ and criticalty wounded." The assailants made good their escape.
Slao refused to disclose the cause of his being attacked.
"Cultural Autonomy? Institutions
NO CASUALTIES Japanese artillery at Kongmon shelled Fungshan, Shekmoshan and Lowcbuten on Sunday zoprning.
TALLINN, Oct. 31 (Reater) There were no Chinese casualties,
Ninety-thousand members of the In the afternoon 300 Japanese Russian minority have decided to Infantry and cavalry men attack set up its own cultural an- ea Chungwolee and Taabanting tonomy institutions.
under an artillery barrage The The Government has hitherto, Chinese trapped them In the maintained Russian schools and hills and inflicted heavy casual the minority wishes it to pay full ties. They retreated to Kongmoon | costs for organising cultura) toward evenin
tonomy.