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The Speech
SOMEWHAT ironically, Herr
Jiller analysed President Roosevelt's pence plea point by point, in the form of a question which he asked his Reichstag audience and an answer which he delivered himself.
He spoke for 145 minutes, Afty minutes of which were devoted to President Roosevelt in no compli-
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was devoted to that one positive word of assurance-the word | "yea"--requested by the Amerienų
President.
It was an incredible mixture of demagogie nonsense of the type we have come to expect of the German Fuehrer. The facts that do emerge are that the Anglo- German naval agreement has been abrogated, the Polish-German ten- year aggression pact has been annulled,--the threat has been uttered that Danzig must and will return to the Great Reich, Ger- many will refuse to sit down at any conference table, and Hitler will conclude non-aggression pacts only with those neighbours who "submit their propositions."
There is little that is encourag- ing, much that is ominous in the speech. His references to Danzig and a strip through the Polish corridor along which Germany will enjoy complete extra-terri- torial rights is reminiscent of the presentation of a debit note at the bottom of which is the warn- ing to the effect that necounts will be due on such-and-such a date and a settlement would oblige.
Much of the speech as broad- cast was for internal consumption. Noteworthy was the fact that Hitler's greatest applause--and he was applauded by his hand-picked audienco in the Reichstay freely and fully-wns at the passages where he mentioned peace.
The longest period of silence was when he mentioned England.
What does emerge from the broadcast version of the speech- heard with remarkable clarity in Hongkong from
the General Electric shuit-wave station at the Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco, which superimposed, an English translation word for word - that Hitler's neighbours are still not safe from the deadly embrace of the ruthless tyranny which is spreading its toils far and wide in Europe.
They are each and one atili ex- posed to the undermining, technique of German agents and to sudden Invasion without formality or warn ing on the pretext. of "restoring order."
The speech gave no grounds for optimism. Whatever "apirit of Munich" romained In London yesterday should not be irrevocably quenched.
We may recall a phrase used some thirty years ago by a writer who remarked that it looked na ifi Germany "were wilfully concentrat ing in her path all the obstacles und oppositions of a world set at de- fiance." If that were true of Ger- many in 1907, how much more is it true of Germany after Herr Hitler's speech last night
GRIN AND BEAR IT
By Lichty
المية الريان
Dopr. 1329 by Unlied Tacken Rutinis, lai
"I tell you, you can't use a vacuum on this rug-it's too luxurious!"
What they in
say
Germany
BY VERA STEVENS
URING all the upheaval their leaders are caus- ing in Europe, what are
Dhe
people talking about in Germany just now? Let me tell you just a few things I heard in a railway compartment as I travelled back home from Ber- lin.
There were six of us sitting there together. for several hours- three Nazis in uniform, a commer- elal traveller, German girl of about 20 and myself.
Entering Germany a fortnight before. I made the mistake of speaking fluent German to neus- toms official, and as a result he searched my baggage from top to bottom, believing I was German.
So, the return journey, I decided to be "English. Stupidly English, if necessary. But I heard and understood all the comments of my fellow travellers about me and about affairs in general, though they did not know ̈15;"
At Berlin I was seen off by an English friend. My companiona heard us speaking English," Show- ing the curiosity all Germans have about foreigners they, gazed at me as I settled down to read in my corner. I felt it would not be long before one or the other tried to talk to me.
The
commercial traveller started. Speaking very slowly and deliberately, he said in German, "Is this the first time you have been in Germany? How do you like us Germans?"
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DID my stupid act,
of a troop of men being transferred from one part of Germany to somewhere near the Dutch frontier. He said they were going to do some special work there. I asked what kind of work.
One of the other Nazis suddenly said to him in a slurred "aside" which he thought I did not under- stand, "Shut up. You've already sald too much. You know very well we haven't to talk about it. My question remained unanswered.
A similar incident happened carller when the more communi- cative one Was telling me something about the stormtroop organisation: how each group of twelve men has a group leader and so on. The authoritativo Nazl chipped in to stop him, but he growled "Oh, it doesn't matter. They know that in England any- way."
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After the Ball is Over
AVIS BILTON (nee Missie Being another
MA
Evelin's Missie) and her
Jimmy have gone to the dance. adventure of Ebony
Lin Kai, Ebony Emma and Ebony Allan hold the fort; are
in entire and undisputed charge
of all that messunge and tene-
Emma
ment with appurtenances thereof Missie
known hereinafter as Friar's Cottage.
and the
Evelin's
Missie clan
Night has, naturally, fallen. Coolie and Amah are abroad on,In horror,
it is hoped, their lawful ocen- "Oh, Lin Kai, what is It? What
sions.
has happened? Who is that?"
Lin Kai in his solitary state "Robber, Misaic" panted Lin Kai drops the ultra correctness of his "catch 'em all ite. Lin Kal and
Emma". official attitude, relaxes, and
Jimmle strolled up, hand in pocket yawns a prodigious yawn. Lol-and inspected the remains; carefully ters around. Scans the spot felt the now acquiescent figure and less carpet for lurking crumbs found no concealed dangers. and finding none leisurely pro-"All right, Lin Kol, let him go".
"Turn on the Hghts, Mavis, please."
ceeds upstairs, humming in his
"Get out, Emma. Let him go, queer falsetto and closely follow-good dog! Let go, Emmal Leave ed by attendant dogs.
him alone, Allan, will you!'
Reluctantly the dors obey, doubl ing the sanity of the order, and keep
a wary eye cocked upon the sub-
IN KAI collects the scattered gur-sequent proceedings.
ments, carefully brushes and re- Lin Kai relinquished his strategie places upon their hangers. One gur-position upon the victim's head, and iment of far flimsier substance he al-now stands`gazing into the agonized most reverently retrieves. Amah, face--the eyes tight closed. Lin Kai whose particular job this is, will gasps; draws hustily back. hear of this to-morrow!
The charming bedroom once more spick-and-span, hot bottles snugly embedded, gaudy pyjamas in sprawl Ing welcome await the homing pair, and Lin Kai at length descends.
Yawns anew. Admires his home- ly length of face in gilt-framed mirror, Twitches out an errant hair. Grins.
Emma and Allan ore frankly bored and flop upon the Pekin rug. Into the spotless, gleaming little kitchen.
Much Lin Kat enjoys his rounds. as he adores and respects Marster Missie, this is a valued respite in his arduous life; to be sure (so he thinks) that no bell will shrill, no imperious call of "Boy!" disturb his brief and well-carned rest.
Ile can lounge in peace, but scorns Missie return; to sleep till Marster
can, metaphorically, hand until he over intact all that message, etc.
"Get up, you!" Jimmle impatiently sirs the quiet figure with light-shod foot. It moves, opens languid eyes, weakly turns its head aside. Does not obey the order.
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IN KAI's start of amazement has not escaped the vigilupt eye of Jimmie.
"What do you know about this chap. Lin Kal?"
Poor Lin Kal stands silent, twisting his long, Icon hands, secking inspira- What tion where no inspiration is. to do? Lie he would not. And if he told the truth would Marsier suspect him? Would Missie belleve him a doubly-demned traitor?
"Come on, Lin Kal, but with it. You know something!
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"Oh, Marster, please, this man one time I know. One time he work chow. Peak side. Long time Marster go home side. 1 know savey Lin Kal sees no valld reason, how-he bad feller. One time good feller." Poor Lin Kul could bear this against improvement of the seathing anxiety no longer and
ever, shining hour. From his tidy little
the adored Marster Missie must mis- room he hauts his diminutive and hysterically sobbed. To think that well-scrubbed camp-bed; instals it in
trust him now, knowing in his heart the kitchen and, fully dressed but for his almost fanatical attachment to the soft, binck shoes, stretches out their interests. Poor Lin Kai! How his lean and lengthy form, heaving could he convince them. a long-drawn sigh of satisfaction and content.
Now the captive had struggled shokily to its feet, Lin Kal finding Lies pondering upon the wanton welcome diversion in holding back turning of the wheels of fate. Here the grumbling, disappointed dogs. he is, n valued and devoted servitor. There the prisoner stands, sullenly Able now to assist in hin modest way waiting with downcast eyes, and his poorer kin; giving now and again dangling arms; a piteous sight to an
-with full oficial sunction-a feed unblassed eye. to this or that unfortunate. Thoughts of his former dire distress hit through his mind, and are hastily dismissed as
*** Hanover another young man got in-our-hideous-and-unbelievable miasma. compartment. He joined timidly in the general conversa-
tion, but as we neared the frontier and the Nazis got out he became more and more obviously nervous.
Then came the frontier station of Bentheimi with all the formall- tics
passports, currency control, customs, etc. An offelal stood for some time examining the passport of the nervous young man; then he said, quite kindly: "Bo you are emigrating? Then you must get out of the train with all your things and go to the special search- ing room."
He left the carriage, and when some time later
I stared at him, appeared the train went on se
and haltingiy-in broken German -gave the non-committal answer: "I think Germany is a beautiful country."
of
Immediately оле
the uniformed Nazis chimed 10: "What do they think in England about Czecho-Slovakia? " Later It turned out he came from Sude- tenland. I said it was too dimicult for me to explain, but asked what he thought. "We are all very happy about it,” was the reply. He looked round the compartment and all the others nodded.
Suddenly he went on, with an odd smile, "There are a lot of Jews there." I said I was very sorry for the poor Jews, to which he re- plied: "There are no poor Jews, They all have lots of money abroad."
This started some general talk among them, not addressed to me. and which I was supposed to be too stupid to understand. One of the stormtroopers said in the dis- trict he came from there were some decent Jews and he was sorry: about the way they had been treated. The third trooper Imma- diately amapped at him that he should not dare to say such a thing,
THEN one
We crossed into Holland. By now I was thoroughly wearled of my broken German and decided I could drop the pose. I spoke to the commercial traveller,
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man about
"What happened to that young man?" I asked, "I suppose he was a Jew,"
"Yes, I think he was They all have to go through that special search when they want to emigrate. Sometimes they catch the next train, sometimes they are sent back or arrested and taken to concentration camps."
He glanced at the German girl, who was stilt with us, apparently wondering if he had said too much.
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row out of Germany, she responded immedi- ately, the way they treat those people
Yes, it's terrible and us too in many ways."
"They "are, of course, the Nazis, who represent but a small propor tion of Germans.
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"Bo you are really not very happy about it all?" I asked.
"No, of course nat," they both sald, almost together. "There are
many
restrictions that life in almost unbearable. It is of them pleasure occasionally to cross the turned to me and said, frontier into another country and Are you by any chance say what one really thinks with- a Jewess?" After pretending at out fear of trouble, nrat not to understand. I said, ' "When we got Budetenland, how "No," and the three Nazis signed: much better off were we? Now we '"*"That's good," said
onc.
"because have all Czecho-Slovakia' and we if you were we should all have to know it has lost un what friendship got up and go to another com we hoped to gain among other partment. We mustn't sit with a countries,, Wo, see we are being Jew when we are in uniform," driven deeper and deeper into I asked them why they were in dimculties. But what can we do? uniform and one of them started to tell me that he was the leader
And so they went on.
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"Well, what about it? Say some- thing for yourself, can't you?"
The captive casts a quick and terrilled look upon the towering figure and my quickly looks away;"" turns pleading eyes of entreaty upon Lin Kai; utters a few breathless words
BR...BR...BR The bell at the in bastard Cantonese.
garden gute. The Ebony family raise a warning voice,
Lin Kal glances at the clock. Who comes so late? Twelve-fifteen,
No Marster Missie, they have their keys, Lin Kal hesitates. Shall he answer or shall he not? Where does duty lie? And where discretion?
He leaves his bed, dons his shoca and, rubbing sleepy eyes decides upon investigation.
Carefully locking the coltage door ng he leaves, down the garden path he goes, closely followed by the eager, inquisitive dogs.
talkee
talkee
weli. hurry up."
he no savvy Marster find out all about him, and
Then ensued a grinding cacophony
of quick, harsh Contonese, Lin Kal's enquiries and indignant protests, the captive's dull acquiescent answers of hopeless resignation.
"Him talkee no got chow no got work, no have nothing! Man talked he can do Tong side plenty dallar night time".
TIMMIE allently regards the quak- Silently opening the Judus hole.J Ing prisoner, looks sternly and one and nothing can he searchingly upon Lin Kai's troubled, see, although he twists and turns his tearful face; suddenly is sick of the mengre frame to gain wider view. woes of the world of the injustice,
no
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of the infinite undeserved misery and poverty, of the wasted talents, of the prostitution of gifts and of his own powerlessness.
PERHAPS it was that Emma's cur- iosity to interview the caller was
He turns aside, the happiness of alighter. Possibly her innate in-
the evening indelibly marred. stinct called.
All right, Lin Kai. Give him A fact it is that Ebony Emma was conie chow and turn him out!" Investigating in the farther corner and wondered what the penalties of the garden as an indefinite, dimly-might be for the compounding of u seen, shadow topped the garden wall. a felony. "Come on, Mavis, let's get
Ebony Emma shrieked with joy. upstairs." Her very first burglar! He yelping ecstasy brought Allan quickly gallop-
☆☆ ☆ Ing to the scene of the excitement.
The that night TONG AND lute A moment later Lin Kal.
of Marster rumbling tones Fortunately or otherwise, according Missle reached Lin Kai's little room,
to the point of view, Emma's warning come too late for the Intruder to re-where he lay tossing and turning in
weary anxiety, cover his precarious balance atop the Jimmie deeply ruminated. Was
Down he come-and Lin Kai Innocent?
garden wall. not upon the safe side.
Missie kitew he дvas, and sooner or
truth The dogs joyfully flung themselves later
and her feminine upon the gaunt, decrepit Agure, obstinacy or heaven-sent intuition which vainly strove to register with (according to your choice and sex) a massive screw-driver a knockout will prevail.
blow upon the dancing dogs.
Lin Kal, the opportunist, seized a favourable moment to fling his full forces upon the sprawling form, and promptly sat upon its head. Victory The capture struggled was theirs! for breath and begged for mercy.
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Apprehen- A KEY In the locki
short, sharp sively and with
gate. pants Lin Kul watched the Could Marster Missin come so soon? Could....7
Jimmie stood, calm and suave, sur- veying this surprising though nocturnal, al fresco combats were part and parcel of the usual regime of Friar's Cottage.
Mavis faltered at the gate, hands clasped in startled anxiety, blue-grey eyes wide in horror.
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