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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH January 23, 1940.
A.R.P. FOR THE PUBS
LONDON, Nov. 16.
The Conservative Member for Evesham, Made In køre, is going to us the Hume Secret. ary in the Ilouse of Commoss if he will ranellon the hanging
of a blue light outside the hars of public-houses in the black- out,
He suggests a small low- powered lamp either outside ar just Inside the porch of every door used by the public "In view of the diflculty experi enced in both entering and leaving licensed premises.
KAISER KEEPING IN
BACKGROUND'
Junior Constitutional Club Welcomes Wife writes
Overseas Troops. *
The Junior Constitutional Club has offered honorary mem- hership to officers of the Expeditionary Forces of Australia, Canada and Indin for the period of the war.
How The Neutral Countries Are Trying To Keep Out Of The War
been set up on the ice of Lake Les Brents in the Jura mountains, to pre- vent skaters from crossing over to French territory.
One illustration of the Swks de-j Our Own Correspondent
termination to preserve the country's]] LONDON, (By Air Mail).-neutrality is that frontier posis have am to lay little reminded of the story of the mouse which having found that a little port wine had been spilt on the stairs, lapped it up, and then duly and properly stimulated, rushed up the staircase of the house ex- claiming "Where's that d-d ent. Let me get at her."
ROUMANIA
The French have crected barlers, and Swiss Customs officials and soldiers continually patrol ther side of the frontier line.
The Swiss have no illusions about the relatively enormous sum which
their continual state of mobilisation is costing them.
Up to now over £30,000,000 has Kink Carol defined Rumunia's been spent and every further day is foreign gulicy at Kishineff, capital of estimated at £300,000. Meanwhile a highly important branch of Swiss Bessarabia, formerly a Russian proeconomic life is in trouble. vince, on January 7. "No enemy"
Forly million pounds was the total he said, "will be able to set foot cn Rumanian sull, to long as Rumania turnover of Swiss tourist traffle in! displays her existing spirit of unity.", 1937, a huge proportion of this money
coming from foreign tourists.
INKY
PINKY
PARLEZ
VOUS
B.E.F. ADOPTS FRENCH SONGS.
By Richard McMillian ("United Fress" War Correspondent) SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE
to Welsh vicar
Aberdare.
Glowing with pride, the
Rev.
J. L. C. Thomas, eighty-year-old vicar of Aberpergwm, took from his bundle of tered desk to-night n letters bearing the crest of the ex- Kaiser.
October
Untying a piece of blue tape, he showed me one from the Princess Hermine, the ex-Kaiser's wife, which the village postman had brought to hi lonely, nountainside home after I had been delayed by the censors.
The letter, dated Doorn, 17, 1939, said:-
"Dear Mr. Theinas, thanks for your kind words of sympathy on the death on the field of battle of our beloved grandson, Prince Oscar of Prussia, which we both deeply appreciate,
Many
"Your letter was opened by the
censor.
"May there come an end to this horrible war, but more is coming over the world, I fear.
"With kind regards, yours sin- cerely,
"Hermine."
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Mc. Thomas told of his long Saigon." friendship with the ex-Kalser. I Consignees are hereby informed net him first forty-five years ago.that their goods with the exception when he went on a plurimage to the of Opium, Treasure and Valuables Holy Land" he said. "He came to are being landed and stored into the me at an Anglican church there. Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon To-day, us the great winter season
Dreaded War
Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kow- "This thought should fortify our hearts.
My army should, in its turn, should be in full swing, the situa
"I did not renew our acquaintance, loon, whence delivery may be oblain-
ed immediately after landing. beso fortified that no enemy will tion looks very unhappy indeed. Al
THE B.E.F.R.A.F. until he went into exile at Doorn. ever be able to trample what in the famous résarts have opened up sacredly and eternally Rumanian." as usual and are trying to put up officers have adopted French Then I wrote reminding him of our
Before he spoke the leaders of the brave show.
to visit him. Russlan. Ukranian and German
meeting, and I received an invitation "My visit started a close friend- ship, and I have been his guest on three subsequent occasions. The last time, a few months ago, I flew to Doorn and spent several days
minorities had told him that their followers were loyal to the Guvern
WITH
Abundant soow is there, and zo is SOBES to sing in mess or to hum radiant high Alpine sunshine. But to themselves as they zoom! the foreign guests of former gears through the skies to meet the inent.
mainly British are almost complete enemy.
Daily co-operation with the The German minority's spokesnanly absent the gay holiday crowd declared that they were rently to give whose entertainment meant living French army of the air has en- abled the R.A.F. to pick up the Itunes
their lives for the country which had to 10,000 Swiss become their fatherland.
there.
ed
All claims must be sent in to me.
or they will not be recognized. on or before the 27th January, 1940, Damaged Packages will be examin- by the Company's Shrveyor Messrs-Goddard and Douglas In the presence of the Consignees at 10.00 am. on Monday, 22nd January, 1940, Consignees must have a Revenue "I have had dozens of letters from Officer in attendance when any dull- ITALY
are examined by the quickly as well as ex-various members of his family, beable goods King Carol expressed his gratitude for the pledges of loyalty by the; "Italy neither has taken the initia-pertly and when the remark is des photographs and other memen-Company's Surveyors.
No Fire Insurance will be effected leaders of the minorities and declared tive in a new peace offensive or will made "Lets have a song" when
Just before war broke out I heard by us in any case whatever.. that, thanks to the unity of all the she take such an offensive." "Gior-|| a group of pilots and observers
from
the Princess Hermine. She peoples in Rumania, the country: nale d'Italia" publishes this state-
company bursts' into mid, "The emperor is well, keepinąt would never be vanquished. "I do ment in an article dealing with what are the not feel," he added, "that I have it terms a French Note lying down valuable French with gesticul in the background, as he did since November 1010 since twenty-one come to an adopted land, but to a the conditions under which France Lions to match,
take up peace, province that bas always been Rum- would be ready to 1." Ilis speech was loudly negotiations. cheered by 20,000 peasants who had gathered from all parts of Bessarabia. The province is chiefly inhabited by Rumanians,
HOLLAND
Locs.
IL. OUL. Agent,
"Madelon" & popular, but, the real years in Holland.'
She dreaded war, and a paragraph TERRIBLE
The "Glorante d'ItaEa" states that avourite which the RAF love, is in this letter said, May the worst be
ja French artillery teng. "Selima, me the peace offensive does no come Jotte" which has a fae swing. It tells not happening. May there not out
The condi-; from Germany either.
like
the "My companions of
BRITISH FORCE
Round
llons it alleges to be outlined in the story of how a singer will love of this be born another world war" French Note are-Restoration of the toute sa vie, and then in a cadence Ta-ra-ra-boom-de Independence of Austria, Czecho-something The Netherlands Goverment on Slovakia and Poland: Exclusion of y "Drink The Wino" January 7 issued a formal declara- titler and other Nazi leaders from tion that Holland would defend her a pace conference; and Gurantees integrity against any attack. It was to be given by Germany against Table," sung in the original French, undoubtedly intended as tinal German imperialism. These condi-is another popular number, warning to Germany, where, accord- tians are described as "absud" by ing to reliable reports from Berlin, the "Giornale d'Italia." The idea of strike against Holland; is supported by General Keitel, Chic of the German General Staff,
#
JUGOSLAVIA
It starts off with the invitation to
IN THE MAGINOT LINE
TRAGEDY
Crowded Steamer Sinks On Yangtse
Chungking, Jan. 22, More than 100 people were drown- ed yesterday when two steamers collided on the Yangise just below
to a scri- · ofetal report the number of deaths has reached 200, of which 30 are girl. students.
drink the wine to see if it is food Facts The Enemy Is Chungking. According
best
and proceeds to describe the position for drinking; the feet against The Jugoslav Foreign Minster, M.the wall and the head under the
"rubinet" of the wine barrel. Clarar Muzkevitch._in__a__message
and other_military leaderential issued in connection with the Ont
her
We Know This One thodox Christmas reamrind the polley of neutrality and pledged} Then there is the song in English Jugoslavia's support in the removal obviously written by an unknown of of all differences between neighbour-the Royal Air Force. ing counteles in the Bolkner.
DENMARK
Any doubt in the mind agressor must now be removed.
"For some time," it was stated, "tendentious reports have been cir culated in the foreign press, with the result that doubts have been aroused about Holland's determination to de- fend herself against any attack withi 11] all the means at
disposal.
"More instruction in neutrality" is mush,
dierefore, be declared once the sarcastle heading of an article more, to prevent miscalculations and in which the Copenhagen "National to remove misunderstandings, that Tidende" answers Germany. "From Holland's integrity is not an object, our whole heart we wish Finland the for borter, and that any assault on most effective assistance," writes, Dutch terrilary will meet with the "Want others want or do not want most obstinate armed resistance from is their own affair, but we will not whatever side the attack may come." be driven farther in one direction or It was also announced that the another than we deem right and pos- Netherlands Government had no in-sible for ourselves." tention of submitting to German (The editorial is in reply to Ger-
"spring pressure to leave the League of many's
press efensive" Nations.
against the smaller neutrals. The German line of attack is that the] smaller Puwers, by remaining mem~| The meeting between the Italian bers of the League are co-operating and Hungarin Foreign Ministers, in the Anglo-French "endelement according to a communique of Innu- polley."
HUNGARY
"A young avlator lay, dying And as by his wreckage he lay To the airmen who around him
were sighing
Trying To Learn
The vessels involved were the Chien sin, of the Minsin Company, Chien Itsin and the Yilung. The
By E, A, MONTAGUE” Reports which have appeared in various British and French papers to the effect that men of the British cut right through the Yilung, which fores IR the Maginot Line havej sank in three minutes.
So for only 80 passengers have been been in action are greatly exag
Kerated. It is still the fact that the rescued.Reuter. British troopa and the Germans op- posite them have confined them- These last parting words did he selves to patrols, which have not 50 far come to close quarters with "Take the cylinder out of my kid-each other, and to a certain amount
ney
of artillery are.
say:
The connecting rod out of my brain From the smali of my neck take the
crankshaft
And assemble the engine again Get me six whiskeys and sodas And set them up in a row
The width of the no-man's-land between them, measured from out- posts to oulposts, la something like half a mile or more, and the dis- tance from the Maginot Line to the corresponding lines on the German
much greater,
side
Get me slx jolly good fellows And drink to the busted P.O.
The British force is stride the The last lines tell the moral of the Maginot Line, part of it holding the
story. They run:
line itself and part the outposts, They burled him deep in the grave-while a third part is in reserve be-
yard
hind the lac, The Germans in the in six feet' of earth did he le
sector are active patrolling no And remember If you don't want į doubt because they sult do not ary 7, resulted in a "perfect identity The "Boersen Zeltung" drelares
to follow him
know the exact size, composition, of views between the two Govern- bist the League's attempts to organise
It's only bats und B.E's that fly. and location of the British force. ments on all problems."
help for Finland will give, the British
This song is becoming popular If they could actually see even the The problem dealt with Hungary's and French General Staffs an op- claims an Transylvania, formerly a partunity of looking for mani sup-with the French pilots and when the heads of the troops opposed to them task of identification would Hungarian
ran proviner and now under port, harbours and lines of communi- two air forces get together one even their Rumanian rule,
cations in the Scandinavian countries. In it is a commen experience to find not be difficult, for the British steel Italy, which has assumed the rale Therefore the neutral countries young Brilish offer threatening helmet is of a pattern easily dis
that of the of Balkans Big Brother, wants no should resign from the League and to fetch his Galle comrade the words tinguishable from internal friction in that area in order reject the Western Powers offers of and tune of the balind of the skies
Toasts in French are eagerly learn- to present a united front to Russku, co-operation in aid to the Finna). ed and used in the R.A.F. mess.
French cavalry officers have taught i Both more und more realise that, the officer one toast which will not there is any danger of Russia at the outlook for them is increasingly bear repeating in salons at home tempting to push southwards.
esprekully in the case of when the lads get their first leave,
The result is Rumania need anti- elpate no trouble on her ungarlan funk, or even from Bulgaria, so long
SWEDEN AND NORWAY
grave
So Rumanla which in peace time! Sweden miesaced by German aggres- looked suspklously on all her neigh- sion.
bours, and that confllets ekewhere
in Europe have greatly simplified her ECZEMA SUFFERERS
immediate probierna.
SWITZERLAND
Renewed German Press attacks on the neutrola have shown Switzerland that it would be fatal to regard tho present lull as insting There are,1
that o the contrary, Indicators Germany wil Inmek in the near future diplomalle attacks
on alle neutral neighbours, not excluding Switzerland
Any attempts of German pressure, however.
will not and Switzerland unprepared.
With about 200,000 men ner. munently
under
arms, General Guisan, Commander-in-Chief of the Swlas Atm, has not wasted time since the culbreak of war. To-duv the strong helificial defences ogatrist any invasion have been extended tol second and third lines which reachi for into the country's Interior.
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French.
Champagne Tribute There is no doubt that the arrival
оть
of British troops In the Maginot Line has had a happy effect Inter-Allled sentiment.
saw a perhaps trivial instance of it last night. At the restaurant where I dine the walters served a glass of champagne to, every guest. When we inquired, we were told that w French omer had ortiered cham- pagne for every British officer in Hongkong Stock Exchange Omeli the place. We had some difculty Summary issued yesterday'snys
in Andlag out who the public bene- Neighbouring political moves may factor was When we eventually pnetly account for the fart that to-located hen he turned out to be not day the market has rolapsed into a a young man in his cups but a the sober.verilor officer of the French somnolent state, interest in market has been on a distinctly small Air Force wearing the ribbon of a high class of the Legion of Honour, scale.
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