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HITLER'S DILEMMA UNDER PRESSURE
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Small Packet Post to all countries potent factor which compels Her to seek by all means to stop the war. There are others, both external and Internal.
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December 7, 1939.
RADIO
·ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles)
Programme of Dance “Hits" Of the Moment
INDER the Italo-German military
allinnco of last March Italy Radio Programme Broadcast by acquired the right to be consulted 2.B.W. on a Frequency of 045 k.e's. by Germany on future operations to and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. be undertaken by the Axis. Though and 8-11.15 p.m. on 9.52 m.c's." per late in the day, she managed to as-recond. sert this right in July.
H.K.T. OUTWARD MAIL TIMES
Wearled and exhausted by two 12.10 p.m. Short Service of Inter- Registered and Parcel. Maila are campaigns within the
ccasion. closed 15 minutes earlier than the years, Italy had neither the henst 12.30 The Don Cossacks Cholr. time given below unless otherwise nor the means for embarking од Monotonously Rings The Little Bell alated, and where mails are advertis- fresh dventures, Nor could she (Russian Folk Song ort. Jaroff); ed to close at or before I am. regis-Identity herself with a campaign Save, O Lord, Thy People (Tschesno- tered and parcel mails are closed at against $ p.m. on the previous day. When dominuntly
a friendly country, pre-koff); Safeguard, O Lord (Tachesno
In pursuit of koff). Unaccompanied, Conducted malls are advertised to close after 5
purely
objectives, Gemplic
Hitler by Serge Jorolt. Registered and Parcel malls brushed aside all p.m.
Italian objections, 12.43 Rimsky-Korsakov-Russian are closed at 5 pm.
demanding support for the
the Axis,
Easter Festival Overture, INWARD MAILS
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra call was disregarded, Agolo, Japan and Shanghal ....Dec. 7. recently he called for a demonstra-conducted by Leopold Stokowski,
Air Mail by "Air France Direct tion of Axis solidarity by the propo- 1 Local Time Signal and Weather Servico-Faria date 25th Novem- por public support of Penty Report.
....Dec. 8. plan," and was, it politely
but firmly informed that there could Sollo. Canada, USA, Japan and Shanghai
(Vancouver B.C., 13th November), be no such demonstration.
ber.
Canton
Shonghal.
Straits and Salgon ..
U.S.A. and Manila (San
date, 11th Nov.)
Formosa and Swatow
1.45 Deko Ellinkton
and
FIL
Billy Mayerl-"Four Acer"
Rale Da Costa at the Plano, The anti-Communist Dec. B.
Axis had 1,15 Terance Casey at the Organ. own chick Bbeen shattered by its .Dec.
and Rugby Press, 1.30 Reuter Barchitect.
and Weather Forecast
Announce. .Dcc. B
adments. Even Gen. Franco's known .Dec. 8. Francisco miration for Germany was profound- ....Dec. 9.ly shaken by the new alignment of, Orchestra.
Dec. 8. Nazi policy. Since Portugal is pur- 2.18 Close Down. ...Dec. 0.
3.45 Studio--Children's Ilour. suing a policy of neutrality in com-
Closing Local Stocks Quota- Airways piete agreement with her old ally,
can look for notions. date, Britain, Germany
0.47 .Dec. 10. further help from the Peninsula.
Peggy Wood (Soprano) in .Dec. 10. On her frontiers which march Songs from Noel Coward's "Bitter .Dec. 10. with neutral States Germany is con- Sweet"
I See You Again; Dear Little Haiphong, Hoihow and Fort Bayard, fronted by considerable arinics, all
Dec. 10. Intent on defending. their neutrality. Cate....Peggy Wood and George .Dec. 10. Where, then, is the impressive vie- Metaxa with Orchestra; Zigeuner....
Peggy Wood with Plano, .Dec. 10. tory to be won? .Dec. 11.1
Shanghai.
Alr
Mail by "Imperial Direct Service" London 2nd Dec.
Calcutta and Straits Halphone
Sandakan
Shanghai and Amoy Japan and Shanghai Manila
Shanghai and Amoy Straits
Tientsin
Java and Manila
Shanghai
Shanghai Straits Canton Shanghai
0.45
Gerry Moore (Piano)
Geraldo and His Orchestra.
and
7.30 London Relay The News.
8 Local Time Signal, Weather
8.03
Brahms-Double Concerto in
.Dec. 11. O for Hitler hos fnlled to secure Dec. 11. those additional sources of wood Dec. 11. and wheat, ell and iron which he so .Dec. 11. urgently needs. In these circum- Report and Announcements.
Dec. 12. stances it is understandable that the Dec. 12. Scandinavian countries should feel A Minor, Op. 103. .Dec. 12. that the predatory German сус has Jacques Thibaud (Violin), Pablo Dec. 12. been turned upon them; may even Casals (Cello) and The Pablo Casale .Dec. 13. have wondered whether Germany Orchestra, Barcelona, conducted by .Dec. 13. was not seeking to pick a quarrel Alfred Corlot.
8.35 Home Brafums Songs. with them. From the development
Little Sandman; In Silent Night............ of events in Scandinavia it should be
with Plano; possible
to judge more accurately Comedy Harmonists how far there exists between Berlin Machilgall; Standchen....Elena Ger and Moscow any agreement to work hardt (Mezzo-Soprano) with Plano. in concert for exploitation of neu- 8.45 Studio Talk "East of Vienna," tral States, But here again Hitler
0.05 Plano Salos by Paderewski. must have grave doubts when he Minuet In G Major, Op. 14; 'No. 1 contemplates the role of his new (Paderewski); Mazurka in D Major, Op. 38, No. 2 (Chopin); Mazurka In
OUTWARD MAILS Thursday, Dec. 7 Straite, Ceylon, Indin, East and South Africa, Egypt and Europe via Marscilics due Marseilles, 5th Jan, London Parcel-dus 190, and London, 11th January 1940,
K.P.O.
Parcels,
Ref.. Ord.
Parcels, Reg. Ord,
Amoy
Friday, Dec. 8
Dec. 7, p.m. partner. Dec. 7, 6 pm. Finally he must take into account A Flat Major, Op. 50, No. 2 (Chopin). Dec. 7, 5.30 patho
0.16 state of affairs on the home
London Relay-News Sum- G.P.O.
front. The German people for mary.
9.30 .Dec. 7, 3 pm.several усагд have
Gerthwin-Coban Overture. been over-
Paul Whileman and His Concert Dec. 7.5 p.m. worked, under-paid and under-fed, Dec. 7.7 pm. Repression by the Gestapo has in- Orchestra.
.7.00 pm. [duced a marked lethargy, Thou- 9.44 Songs by Bing Crosby,
sands languish in concentration The Funny Old Hills (flm 'Paris Alemail for Indo-China, Iran, and camps. Persecution for religious Honeymoon); I Have Eyes (Alm Franco (Paris and Northern Pro- bellef has divided the country Paris Honeymoon'); Mexicali ROLO vinces only) by, the “Air France against itself. To these dissident (Stone-Tenney). Aleways Direct Servies”—duo Paris elements within the frontiers of the
0.54 Short Programme by Eddle 15th December.
Reich proper Hitler has now added Peabody (Instrumentalist).
10.05 Some Dance "iks" of the great blocks of population in Aus Doc, 8, 8.30 a.m.tria, Czechoslovakia and Poland.
Moment Dro, 8, 9.00 am.
Considerable armies, both military and police, must be subtracted from News," Deo, 8, 8.30 am the German military striking force .Dec. 8, 9 am to prevent insurrection in many of
10.30 am. these areas,
.1.30 p.m. Hitler boasts that he confronts the 2.00 pm. world with 82,000,000 Germans. ...7 pm. When the Central Powers went to war in 1914 their populations ex- 10.30. conded 80,000,000. Behind ..........them. 10.30 am. was a record of plenty and prosperl- SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" 10.30 nm. ty. Their armies were trained from LONDON, Dec. 0 (Reuter) —On "Imperial Airways top to bottom. Their equipment the Stock Exchange to-day, a sharp duc Lendon 17th was of the finest material. Yet they advance on the prices of railway
were defeated.
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Amoy Haiphong
Monday, Dec. 11
Jan. 30 last Hitler told the Reichstag that Germany must 9 am export or die. How are these ex- .9 a.m. ports to be maintained during wor.
11 London Relay-"Background is
11.18 Close Down.
RAIL STOCKS ADVANCE
stocks was the chief feature of tom day's quiet markets.
Most groups were initially easy but recovered towards the close of trad i3g.
before
mand.
and where are the countries ready Of the commodities, rubber eased Bangkok...
.10.30 am.to accept German manufactured owing to increased offerings together Shanghai and Parcels only for Tien- goods whose quality, even
tsin....
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Colton was active following a re tsin
.1.30 p.m.kets all over the world? Canton
How ....7 p.m.
Is she now to replace the duction of the United States export Tuesday, Dec. 12
worn-out capital equipment in the subsidy, factories from which these inferior Manila, Makassar and Sourabaya.
0.30 am. Inroducts were being turned out? Air Mall for "Imperial Airways The problem becomes increasingly
Direct Service”—due London, 20th serious for her. December,
Rer.
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All expert opinion, bath military
Values advanced on general and speculative buying and trade calling.
Wall Street was Arm.
and economic, in Germany has long she fall mid-way between the two, been agreed that the Germany of with National Socialism always ap
closely to Na- to-day could not inco a long war. proximating more
Con she win a short onc? That lonal Bolshevism, who will be the Deo. I2, 5 p.. must be the first burning question ultimate rulers of a disintegrating .Dec, 12, 7 plan. which confronts her lenders. Should Germany? Not Hitler.
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