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A Look Through The Telegraph”
50 YEARS AGO
Jan. 8, 1890. The Intreating Betlem that imprlaon. ment for debt has been abolished 12 Great Britain 14 heavily counteracted by the fact that recent statistics show that no fewer than ten thousand debtora are now, or were quito lately, in Ex- Wah prisuna,
25 YEARS AGO
Jan. 8, 1915.
Tha arrest of Cardion) Mercier, Archulahop of Malines, tax cand profound impressian in Rome. Purjend reles are antonished and cat hardly believe that Germany would be guilty af such an act.
It is reported that President Wilson is lending his support to the ensslidacy af Mr. Champ Clark for the democratic presidential numination in 1914.
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 8, 19:00. Hongkong, je again in the grip of n cold snap, the temperature recorded the Ruyal 9bnervatory this morning
'clock being 417. We have to go back twelve years to dod a lower January temperaturo than this, thi Arreury then falling to 38.8.
5 YEARS AGO
Jan. 8, 1945. At 7 'clock to-night in the Venice Palace. Signor Mussolint and M. 1ovat) algned the three man agreements, a additional protocols for peser, meluded; In the Franco-Italian Phet which wi it fe hoped, embrace the uations of Europe in friendly understanding for the preservation of peaceful relations and existing frontiera.
Inside Germany
By Willi Erischauer
THAT LEFT
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Blitzkrieg Or
"GERMANY is prepared to REPORTS from Zurich tell of
rising discontent in Aug-
carry on a victorious war and, then conclude peace, We tria. There is resistance to are resolved to fight until the orders and sabotage in fac- torica. Women demonstrate, British Empire in destroyed."
carrying empty baskets, in This was a recent declaration Viennu market-places. A high by a spokesman of the German official of the Vienna police is Foreign Office. He added:
rumoured to have been anyas- sinated on Thursday morning.
"It is hoped to deal with the enemies separately; first an¬ nihilating Britain and then dietating terms to France."
The whole German Press was crying, "War to the end against Britain." Correspon dente of neutral papers were
spurred on by Berlin officials to give the, in pression that the war is really to start in carnest now, Hitler, it was intimated, has at last made up his mind; the order has been given to bring Britain to her kares, to smash the British Empire.
But how? No hint of that in given in any of the messages ao far sent out of Berlin..
THE
HITLER'S
E above reports reach London from neutral sourers.
Some of the sourets are clearly in- spired by Nazi propagandists. Other
Early comment upon President Hosse fattempt to give an abjective picture for the Nazi position us foreign velt's budget speech revenis nume con
torn in esrtain quarters at the prospec- jolsservera see it.
tive increase in the already staggering Let me tell you here what I think pobile debt. It is felt by members of of them and what, in my opinion, is Loth parties that the public debt burden going on inside Germany.
is growing out of all proportlus.
SEEKING ADVICE
major
Speaking at a memorial service meet. Eller has never taken a ing held in Nanking to-day, Mr. Wang 'decision without calling in all his Ching-wel, President of the Executive responsible Nazi collaborators, And Tune, waid that 1935 would be a most he has never listened to their advice. Those whorn he summoned usually
sritical year for China fur in this year
world
the situation in the Orient and the trembled lest their views should dis-
In general; wouldHkely see radical changes. He urged the people agree with the Fuehrer's
The Paris "Matin" says that General von Blumberg, form- er War Minister and Com- mander-in-Chief of the German Army, has been shot and 150 officers have been arrested for a plot against Hitler.
The correspondent of a Stockholm news- paper, living in Berlin, dares apculy to say that the German people are obviously perturbed by the signs of indecision in the Nazi High Commund..
The United States' Press, scrérd alup by correspondents in Berlin, was unanimous pester- day in writing of the German strategic position as serious and in describing the mood of the [German people as one of despair.
YES MEN SAY
BLITZKRIEG, the Germant for "ghtning war," has in the last tenth become almost part of the Engilsh language. Pronounced blizkreeg. In Ger- man IE is pronounced as "çe"
in teem; El an "i" in time.
I have no doubt that it all started in the same way this time,
The only and vital-difference is that now everybody seems to dis- agree with Hitler.
There is Goering, the Nazl heir-
make apparent; who wanted to broadcast plen for frugality among "How dare you make a speech like
#2 China to unite themselves tua Sope of them, before going to see greater degree to fight for existence as hin, raid good-bye to their funllies, the-Nuzis,--
■nntion.
Good-bye for ever.
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that?" Hitler, is reported to have saki, looking at Gotring's figure.
The fat Field-Marshal left Hitler offended, dispirited, angry,
It was the Arst real quarrel be tween the two. It might well have Tremendous consequences,
How about the home front? This is the question which Mitler put to Himmler.
But since the bomb exploded in the Munich beerhouse ililer has not trusted Himmler quite so much.
And Himmier is the kind to reply by making his report as black possible.
MR. CHARLES STEVENSON,
a chauffour, of Hatch End, Middlesex, never goes to the pictures;
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But one night was an ex- ception; he decided to have a on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. andj 9.15 London Relay-News Surn- **chillingsworth" at the local-11 m. on 9.52 m.e's per second, mary
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1.0 Local Time Signal and Weather Report.
0.20 A Skor Violin Concert by | Yehudi Menuhin.
9.50 Haydn, Quartel In D Major, Op. 76. No. 4. Prisca Quartet,
10.0 Songs by Elisabeth Schumann (Soprano).
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Octet.
than a master to me."
EVERYONE OUGHT TO
MAKE A WILL
(Continued from Page 4.)
give to my brother George Sinith my gold watch and a sum of £50." You will then give only the residue of your estate to your, wife or who- ever is to have it,
2.15 Close down. 6.0 "For the Chilldren."
Whitehall Visits Front Lines
0.30 Closing local Steck Quotations, į 0.32 Regfald Dixon at the Organ, LONDON, Jun..7 (Reuter)—The 0.45 Variety with Murgatroyd and Financial Secretary to the British Winterbottom, Norman Long, Frances, War Olle is to spend a few days at Day, Fred Stein and George Scoll the D.E.F. Headquarters in France. Wood.
Lord Halifax has paid a visit to the 7,30 London Relay-The News. secret, headquarters of the RAF. 8.0 Local Time Signal, Weather Fighter Command.
WATCH ON WAR MORALS
Go on next to appoint one or more
The West London Mission is preparing to increase is peace- executors to deal with your estate
to be Executor time morality campaign to meet war-time and black-out needs. appoint of this my Will," Don't cppoint The Itev. Donald Soper, head of the Alission, says: "I do somebody who is likely to die before not think that some of the undesirable features of the last war
who might not be on hand Jou
are being repeated in the West End, and there is no evidence when wanted, it may be a good plan in these days to appoint the Pubic yet that this war has produced immorality on a bigger.scale than Trustee or the Executor Department in peace time.” of one of the Banks; they will do the work for quite reasonable fees and they can always be found.
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When you have alg all you want, asto, you must sign the Will immed-
ately beneath what you have written; It emphasises the essential Import-in witness whereof I have here-
unto set my hand this first day of F1505 ance of his job.
There is, he must report, trouble in Navember
Thousand Nine Prague,The students, for centuries Hundred. _and_Thirty-Nine; John F1506 the banner-bearers of revolution, are Smith." restless again.
The signature must be witnessed F1507. by witnesses and this clauso
S.S. and Gestapo cannot hold down the young Czechs. They have grown up in the tradition of the struggle for freedom and they are carrying it on A few hundred arrests cannot break their spirit.
There are the Austrians, some of whom greeted Hitler enthusiastically when he marched in.
Two years' experience of the Nazl regime without their adoted coffee and whipped cream-has done much to change their loyalties.
One
should be added before they sign: F1508
Signed by the above named J Smith in the presence of us present F1509 at the same time who in his presence and
presence of each other F1610 in the have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. That sounds rather F1511 la rigmarole but it will save trouble when the Will comes to be proved.
F1512
The witnessen should add their addresses and occupations and may F1514. be anybody who would be competent
They think of happier days before to give evidence. If necessary, but F1515 and oven after the Inst war.
The Austrians are temperamental, husband or wife of any person) whe
they must not be persons (or the F1517 nolsy, restless, revolutionary by habit.
(GW.
than
They are more
over restless
GENERALS' SCORN Hitler can turn only to liks generals. The conduct of the war is in their
hands.
get any beneft under the Wilt they witness they Irse their legacies.
Nu stamps. And very likely n bolter That's all you need do. No'acals.
the Will of a cerlain But they pour ridicule on his con- job than |ception of a "Blitzkrieg." They have Chancery Judge which ran to several
cxpressed their opinion in
the thousand highly technical words and military Journals more than once.
proved to be as full of holts as a A modern offensive.cally for
ex-level tensive preparations, they said, and there preparations cannot be hidden from the enemy..
The element of surprise must be ruled out.
But let me add a word of warning. If you want to do anything more involved than the very simple scheme outlined above.or if your affairs are at all complicated, you should i The enemy can be left in doubt as solicitor draft a Will for you. I know man who boasted that, he to the exact point at which attack of one will be launched, but "Blitzkrieg wouldn't spend legul fees on Job Impossible!
he could do himself, but that itle economy cost his wife £10,000 be- cause he ought to have used a form of words he didn't know.
In peace time Hitler would have sacked or phot-every general op posing la command, or even his
view.
If you already have a WII, take
He cannot do so now. Whatever another look at it. How old in it
bla plano, he needs all his genorais, Is 150 what you mean? Have and their goodwill to carry them out. any of the legatees died since, It was
There is Goebbels, when be would į made? have soclted kind not the foreign Press registered his disgrace as a sign of interral Nazi dusensiori."
There is Himmler; is influence with Hitler waning, and trying to count his Nazl blessings
There is Gdering, the successor. FINAL THROW
A last word about soldiers, sallors and airmen, because they have special powers about Wills. Any service man on active service 'or n allor at sea can make a Will without abeying any formalities at all. Even a few words scratched on an identily die have been held to be a valid Will of a serving soldier.
Finally there are let us not forget them the great mass of the German people..
Moreover, he - need not have at- They are prepared to follow.111tertained the age of 1, which is neces- on his rand to glory and aggrandic-sary: before my civilian can make n ment..
But a popular German poem has it
that these same followers, will have
WIL
their hero of the first nign of failure. German people Is big enough to give
Such a sign is now beginning to him one more chance,
throw a shadow over Hidar's Ger-He will probably succeed in setting
The great vision which Hitler, the orator, painted for his people, cannot be materialled by Hitler, the politi 'ción and strategist.
A
7 believe that his credit with the
the present crisis inside Germany and launch a campaign of trigliiful... neas on the Western world.f
If he fallstill botho end of Hitler, and Naziem.
It will be peace.
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