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WHAT HITLER TOLD DR. BURKHARDT
PARIS, Aug. 16 (Reuter)—ACCORDING (» French diplomatic cir eles. Herr Her, in his interview with Dr. Burkhardt at Berchtesgaden, reminded the League Commissioner of the plan to which he had referred In his Reichstag speech on April 28.
On that day, the Fuehrer said the European situation to-day with! he offered Poland a 25 year non-Marshal Goering and Herr Himmler, aggression treaty in return for Berchtesgaden to congratulate the Reich lender, who called ut which Danzig was to be returned Fuehrer on the 25th anniversary of Ito the Reich and Germany was his enlistment in the anny as a
to receive a route through the volunteer, Corridor to East Prussin.
The Fuchrer is also said to have protested to Dr. Burkhardt against the tone of the recent Polish note to the Danzig Senate about the boycott of the Customs officials by Danzig
It is asserted here that the matters discussed between the Fuehrer and Dr. Burkhard!
above all ques tions relating to the rettlement of loent incidents, the Commissioner being the natural link between the Danzig authorities and the Poles.
were
Well-informed quarters here state to-day that the meeting between Herr A. Greiser, President of the Danzig Senate, and M. A. Cholaki, Polish Commissioner to Danzig, was confined to technical matters and did not touch the political angle of the Danzig ques to as a whole.
There is no confirmation here of the rumours that Dr. K. Burkhardt, cague of Nations Commissioner to Danzig. Is to pay a second visit to Herr Hilter.
"No Conference, No Compromise"
Burkhardt's Message LONDON, Aug. 18 (British Wire- less)-A message received from Doctor K. J. Burckhardt, League High Commissioner in Danzig, by promise" on Danzig was the watch- the British Government, whose re- word handed out to German leader presentative at Geneva has regularly
writers to-day, acted as
of the Coninlitee as rapporteur
"No conference and ho com-
say
Political quarters that Germany would consider a
discuss whether it should be handed back. It is declared that Germany's honour is at stake and Danzig must return without compromise to the Reich.
British Government Condemned
GENEVA, Aug. 16 (Reuter). -BRITAIN'S White Paper policy for Palestine was con- demned as an "attack on our basic rights in Palestine' and an attempt to reverse the trend of Jewish history" by Dr. Chaim Weizmann delivering his Presi- dential address at the opening of the 21st Zionist Congress.
Dr. Weizmann stated he was reluctantly compelled to say that the British Govern- ment had gone back on their promises.
as
Our that
"Great Britain loving free- dom, hating injustice and per- secution, has stood friend. We cherish friendship and retain our re- gard for, and faith in Great Britain in spite of efforts made by the present Secretary for the Colonies (Mr. Malcolm Mac- Donald) and others, to destroy it, Our quarrel is not with Great Britain but with those responsible for her present Palestine policy."
on Dunzi, has been passed on to the conference to discuss the technical Governments of the iwo other mem-etails of handing back Danzig but hers of the Committee, namely, would never consider a conference to France and Sweden.
The Information regarding Dr. Burckhardt's intery
interview with Herr! Hitler
at Berchtesgaden which was
in this contained fr
message and was treated
is being examined by these
The daily recital of alleged anti- by the Polish German atrocities in the Corridor Mendelssohn Bank Government to whose Danzig repre- continues and sentative Dr. Burckhardt has also re- ported.
here in the strictest con-
In the assence of authoritative In formation regarding the purport of the message, there is much specula-
tion in the Press.
General. Development
the Corridor and
Danzig problems are gradually being Failure Echo welded into one single question.
The "Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" in a typical comment, declares: "We shall accept no foreign definitions of German lebensraum. That is truc not only for the problems which must In the best-informed quarters in be solved in Europe but also for our Colonial demands. Germany pro- London, the visit is regaîtled us no more than an item in the Generales to create a true peace in development
which are and will not agree to compromises engaging constant study. The at- Corridor and Danzig
conferences. The titude
are German Government
problems which concern nobody else. respecting them has been clearly delined by the Prime Minister and We shall create here justice and the Foreign Secretary in speeches In Peace, with or against Britain."
events
of the British
Parliament and remains unchanged. Britain would naturally welcome any peaceful solution of the Danzig pro- Elem which was acceptable to all parlies concerned but particularly to Poland.
Executives Meet
IT SIZZLES!V
negotiations
THOSE
or
THRILLERS
(Continued from Page 6.)" BERLIN, Aug. 10 (Reuter).-Herr those books in which a number Hitler discussed the latest phases of of people are isolated in a house, a ship, a train, or some place like that. A crime is com- mitted, and nearly everybody is given a possible motive for do ing it. Then they
all rounded up together by the de- tective,
questioned, and most improbable person is proved to be the criminal, That happens over and over again. You see it such a lot on the |pictures too.”
The grand Stars of ""Test Pilot in romance, drama, thrills on land, sta and airl
CLARK
GABLE
Myrna LOY in Toohot SHANDLE
with WALTER PIDGEON
WALTER
CONNOLLY
CARRILLO
Directed by
Jack Conway.
Produced by
Lawrence Waingurton
SATURDAY
At The
QUEEN'S
are
the
"You think they want some- thing more original?"
"That's it. Something dif. ferent. Something with of a story to it."
FINANCIAL SLUMP AVERTED
Europe's Narrow Escape
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
commentators
COUNT CSAKY'S VISIT TO BERLIN
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" SALZBURG, Aug. 10, (UP)—Count Stephen Casky, the Hungarian Foreign Minister and M. Dome Sziojay, the Hungarian Minister to Berlin arrived here to-day with Herr Frick for several days visit at Leopolds- kwon Palace, planning to attend the opera, "The Barber of Seville" to- night.
Count Csaky, with his wife, have been the guests of ferr Frick for. the past several days. So far, there is no indication that Count Csaky will see either Herr Her or Herr von Ribbentrop during his stay in Salzburg.
* Purely Private Visit BERLIN, Aug, 18, (Reuter).—Poli- tical circles assert that the visit of Count Csaky, Hungarian Foreign Ministér, is purely private anct rumours that Hungary recently re- |jected the 22-point plan which
many offered her, lack con
Count Csalty to staying at
NATIONAL REGISTER AS CENSUS Preparations Now Completed
LONDON, Aug. 16, (Reuter).
-RADIO-
ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles)
Commentary on Launching Of m.v. "Glenorchy"
STUDIO PIANO RECITAL
Nadio Programme Broadcast by ZDW on a Frequency of 845 k.e's. and on Short Wave from 9.45-10.30 a.m., 1-2.15 p.m. and 8-11 p.m. on 9.52 m.eu, per second.
II.K.T.
9.45-10.30 am. Relay of a com- mentary on the Launching of the T.S.MLY, "Glenorchy" by Mm. Lock from the Talkoo Dockyard, Hong- kong.
12.0-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service of Intercession from St. John's Cathedral,
12.30 Xylophone Solos by
Rudy Starlin.
Rio De Janeira (de Gredos); Joey
Swinit Thut
Music-Fox-Trot; Thankful-Fox-Trot....
...ouls Am- strong and Ills Orch.; Why Don't You Practice What You I'reach (Hoffman and Others); Don't Let Your Love Go Wrong (Johnson and Others).. The Boswell Sisters with Orch.; To
To Myself Fox-Trot; Ev'ntide-Fox- Trot....Louis Amstrong and His Orch; Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia
(Parish-Perkins); Mood Indigo (Ellington),...The Boswell Sisters with Orch.; Nobody But My Baby-Fox-Trot; Candy Lips-Fox- Trot........Louis Amstrong and His Original Washboard Beaters.
8.0 Time, Weather and Announce.". ments.
8.03 Studio-Plano Recital by Nura Kanis.
1. Courante (Bach); 2. Gigue C Minor (Besthoven). (Bach); 3. Thirty-two Variations in
8.30 London Itelay Kaspar Hauser Part 2.
until Friday and it is possible that-Preparations for a National The Clown (Myers) with Orch.; Herr Hitler may meet him at the Salzburg Festival which Count and Register to operate in the event Dance Of The Paper Dolls (Tucker. Herr Wilhelm Frick, Minister of the of war have now been made in Schuster and Siras) ....with Plano Interior, visited this evening.
accordance with a decision an- and Accordeon.
An historical romance by Fitz- 12.40 Debroy Somers Band, nounced by the Lord Privy Seal
maurice Hill. Based on such fucts in the House of Commons in Ballad (Sanderson, Lockton
Shipmates O'Mine-Descriptive as are known about the Foundling of Professor and Nuremburg; Characters: December, it was disclosed in a O'Reilly)....with Raymond Newell
of Nuremburg; Daumer, a citizen
Selection with Vocal Chorus by of Horse at Nuremburg: Marts, Dan Donovan; Me And My Girl- Housekeeper to Professor Daumer
Lord Stanhope, an English noble- man: Yvonne Darteau, French
girl; La
La Souris, A French man;
A Look Through Press conference at Somerset and Cherus; Words And Musle Fritz, a trooper of the 6th Regiment
The "Telegraph"
House.
It was stated that some months ago preparations had already reached a stuge from which they could be rapidly perfected in an emergency, and since then they had been fully completed.
50 YEARS AGO
Further massacres of Christians have
The preparations fall under two taken place in Crete. The King ofļ Greece has been summoned from Co-heads: firstly, the initial compilation perhagen.
of the Register; secondly, the main- tenance and subsequent operation of the Register,
London. General Boulanger, Court Dillon and M. Rochfort have been found guilty Inf conspiracy by the High Court of Justice and sentenced to deportation.
Meuse.
25 YEARS AGO
Selection.. with Vocal Chorus by The Rhythm Brothers.
1,0 Tine and Weather. 1.03 Sandy MacPherson at the Organ,
Traumerel (Schumann, arr. Wood- house); Londonderry Air; Lomand (Traditional).
Loch
1.12 Hawaiian Music. Tears Of Love (Bordin-Alton); Howallan Berceuse (Bordin)
young
A cab driver; Kaspar Hauser, the foundling of
of Nuremburg; The action.
to 1833
of the play covers the years 1828 the cities of Nuremburg and Anspach; The production by Ho- ward Rose.
9.05 Terence Casey at the Organ. In A Bird Store (Lake); Waltzland (arr. Stoddon): Intro: Could You Be Gino Bordin and His Howallans; True to Eyes of Blue; Somewhere the Lonesome. Without My Baby.... Sun
Lost You; Beautiful
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Masters' Hawallans; Blue Sparks, My Tent: Wining; There's a Long, Long on South Sea Sweetheart....Masters' Garden of Roses; I'm For Ever Blow- Ing Bubbles; Let the Great Big Rugby Press, World Keep Turning; Someday I'
Sweetheart; Three o'clock in the Morning
Selection (Fraser-Simson)....The
Census As Alternative
The compilation is planned census lines and executive arrange-Hawallans.
1.30 Reuter and An affcial Paris despatch says the ments have been made to serve the French forces drove a German Army dual purpose of the compilation of Weather Forecast and Announce- Make You Love Me; Lot Me Call You Corps from the belghts
the Register in an emergency, and ments. commanding Dlamont and Direy bark on Saarburg, alternatively of taking the 1941 cen- 1.45 Dance Music. after a hot engagement. The Germans aus If there is no emergency.
Fox-Trots Runnin'
Mias Wud; suffered porious fossos, a number being
9.15 London Relay The News. Annabelle Lee........ Quintette of The taken prisoners.
9.30 London Relay-World At- To facilitate enumeration in an emergency, the size of the districts Hot Club of France; Novelty Quick-fairs. The Official Press Bureau warns the has been reduced so that the total steps-Three Brass Bell; Eccentric talk by H, Wickham Steed. British public against rumours of the
.Henry Hall and His Orchestra: arrival of wounded
9.45 London Relay-Sports News men or disabled umber of districts in Britain will Hent ships in Great Britain, and declares be over 85,000. The enumerators of Fox-Trots-Pockin'; Can't We Be and Market Notes, such rumours to be without exception, these districts are now complete with- Friends....Benny Goodman and His 9.50 Tchaikovsky---Aurora's Wed- LONDON, Aug. 16 (UP)-baseless. The Bureau sys
that the in a few hundred. All the schedules, Orchestra: Tango-La Ultima Can- ding-Ballet Music. IN the opinion of stock market my will be announced officially with necessary for the initial compilation and
successca ஈகும் reverses of the British forms and books of instructions clon; Cabecita .Heinz Huppertz London Philharmonic - Orchestra
His Orchestra; the "Demo-out delay.
Fox-Trots conducted by Efrem Kurtz.
.10.1B- Selections-from- Light Opera. cracies" escaped by inches à
of the Register are printed and either Argid To Dream (alm. You can't The Germans are concentrating for stored or distributed,
have everything); I
Roll 'Em....Benny "The Maid Of The Mountains”—— merciless slump following the an attack on those of the Liege forts
Goodman and His Orchestra. sensational suspension of Men- which are on the left bank of the river The National Register includes all 2.15 Close down,
London Palladium Orchestra cond. delssohn
members of the population. & Company with
by Richard Crean; "A Country Girl" The French Ministry of War an- scheme provides J liabilities of 294,000,000 florins. Bounces that the French troops entered system of identity and registration comprehensive
-Selection (Lionel, Monckton).... London Theatre Orchestra. Actually, for a variety of more or Belgium at Charlerot and are advane framed to meet, as far as possible,
ing on Gembloux in force.
10.35 Dance Music. less accidental reasons, the declines
Slow Fox-Trol-I Won't Tell A were moderate,
that there are indications that the Ger- conditions.
strong
Something Tells I Don't Feel No-Ways Tired (arr. Me....Victor Süvester and His Ball- Firstly, the London banks quietly mans are endeavouring to onvolop the
Babies To Be Included with Mendelssohns four or five weeks from the direction of the neighbouring
Burleigh); Deep River (arr. Bur-room Orchestra; closed out all current commitments extrenie left of the Allied Forces.
Waltz The First A cannonado was heard at Tirlemont)
Anderson (Con- leigh)....Marian
Cathedral In Quarrel; Quickstep- When making his return, ago although it is believed that villages of Bout and Hougnerde at enumerator will issue an identity
thetralto) with Plano.
The Pines
Victor Silvester £4,000,000 worth of French and pm on Saturday. It is believed to be card to each member of the house-
7.12 A short programme of His Ballroom Orchestra; Fox-
Fox-Trots-- Belgian government securities were the beginning of a great_battle.
Smiles And Cheers; Frolics....The hold, including babies, bearing the purchased from the Bank of France. However, the market was reassured
The French Government has issued a name and serial number. This sys- and quickly steadied.
Communique preparing the public for tem should enable any individual to be traced and has been specially the Impending great battle.
adapted by supplementary arrange- ments to facilitate the re-union of familles separated by evacuation and other forms of the dispersion sys- tem. It will also be co-ordinated introduced in time of war. with any system of food rationing
Lucky Paris Bourse
The Paris Bourse, which was more
vulnerable, was saved from a heavy
slump by the lucky fact that the more Bourse was closed on the Monday and]
.
The
6.0 8tudio-Children's Hour, 7.0 Closing local Stock Quotations, 7.02 Negro Spirituals.
Nobody Kn
Knows De Trouble I've
(Traditional)....Louis Ar-
The Oclat Press Bureau announces all needs in the contingency of war Sean and The Lyn Murray Quartet; } Soul; utensi
By beating America, Australnala has now the Davis Lawn Tennis Cup.
. 10 YEARS AGO
The Hamburg Amerika Line has been Tuesday for Assumption Day, thereby in wireless communication with the giving the authorities time to form a Graf Zeppelin which is now cruising "That was where Conan Doyle powerful consortium.
The difficulty of enumeration that uver Biberia, The great alrabip ha would be created under bombardmen! scored, wasn't it? The 'Hound Actually Paris is now in the midst accomplished the somewhat discute of the Baskervilles and the of a strong rising market for French crensing of the Ural Mountains without on the outbreak of hostilities has 201
Government bonds and it is belleved mishap.
been under-rated but it is felt that Sign of Four, for example.that French Investors have already
the balance of advantage is in over. Even the short adventures have absorbed unknowingly millions of The Colony's Annnees continue to whelming favour of its success if the individuality."
francs worth of Government bonds how an improvement, as is indicated task is tackled in time when an ever-
by the fact that the credit balance at gency arises. which were quietly dumped on the the end of April was no less than $10, We browse round the shelves, market by erstwhile creditors of the 304,760, compared with $10,303,441 at Vivian, has no intention of bringing The Registrar General, Sir Sylvanus The number and variety of the Dutch Bank. crime stories is amazing. Here is one place at all events where crime does pay.
the end of March.
*
the scheme into operation during peace. In war there is no doubt but Vice-Admiral Mouget, Commander-in-¦ that one of the functions of the Re- Chief of the French squadron In Asia- gister will be to facilitate national the waters, in nt present in Hongkong service of whatever kind the Gov- nboard the Basahi Waldeck Rousseau.
ernment decides upon.
Amsterdam's Two Bad Days Amsterdam had a rough two days. The Index of bank shares drifted We quccumb to the lure of re-down from 139.50 to 120.91.
Zurich decided Swiss bank shares volver and handcuff.. What were cheap and therefore bought shall it be? Well, old "Sapper" sturdily though at dubious future at the funeral of the late Lieut. J. E. always has a kick in him. Here's | prices. one we haven't read.
Full military honours were accorded
Hancock, of the Volunteer Defence
Finally the apparent improvement Corps. in the Danzig situation has so far "We'll take this one. Migs" checked the dreaded "secondary The assistant looks quizzically lump" which commonly follows a severe blow to independent French at us as she stamps the date in markets. the book.
"So you like them yourself," she remarks with a knowing smile.
"Well, yes, now and again- just for a change, you know," we reply half-apologetically.
American Retail Trade Improves
-"
5 YEARS AGO
New British Minister
(Reuter)
An appeal for more of the true spirit| of cricket and loss of cricket warfarO has been made by Sir Blanley Jackson, LONDON, Aug. 10 chairman of the Eigland Test Belection| Mr. Reginald Wildig Allen Leeper Commitee, and Mr. Harold Bushby, the has been appointed British Minister the manager of the Australian team. to Bucharest The appool is the result of the sudden *Mr. Leeper, Australian-born, revival of the log-thoory controversy..
**
following the sensational events at at present Counsellor in the Foreign Nottingham where Voce took 8 wiekata Office and Diplomatie Service which for 68 by leg theory bowling in the Arst service he entered in 1017 asa tem- Innings and did not play in the second. porary clerk. In 1933 he was ap- pointed First Secretary to the British Legation in Warsaw and served in Inspector E. Carpenter is retiring on the Legations in Riga and Constan- Force and is leaving the Colony, on the first half year totalled $17,900.- September 9. He is at present Divi- for two years until 1929, when he 1000,000 for the corresponding period. slonal Inspector, Taumati.
went back to the Foreign Office.
SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (UP), Mr. Harry Hopkins, Secretary of
to-day |Commerce,
announced that
Then we hurry homo to enjoy retall trade in the United States for Ponalon from the Hongkong Police tinople before returning to Warsaw
ALHAMBRA ourselves.
Harry Valne
Strauss walizes.
and
A Thousand And One Nights.... Three Virtuosas (on three planos) Felix Weingartner cond. the British with
Robert Renard Orchestra; Symphony Orchestra; when The Lemons Bloom....Johann....Maxwell
Doctrinen; Slow Fox-Trot-Good-Night Angel Stewart's Ballroom Strauss and Symphony Orchestra, Melody; Wallz—Aquarellen (Strauss)
7.28 The Boswell Sisters and Orchestra Mascotte. Louls Amstrong and His Orchestra. 11.0 Close down.
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