DONALD DUCK
THEATRICAL
EMPLOYMENT
BUREAU
WELL A-ANYWAY IT'S A JOB!
Work
| Cpr 1940,
::Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
October 28, 1940.
By W
Disney
Į STAJE
CITRANCHE
I QUIT!
STAGE
ENTRANCE
Library, Supreme
Cour
Away with
The Droops!
by drinking
Lane Crawford's
ORANGE PEKOE
TEA
$2.00 per
lb.
Specially blonded to suit the local water -the finest tea value obtainablo to-day f Special quotations for Clubs, Hotels, Shipping Houses, etc.
MAGAZINE
PAGE.
IS THIS HITLER'S PLAN
FOR INVASION?
THER
THERE have just appeared the "New York. Herald-Tribune" two articles
by
"A Diplomat Recently Arrived From Europe," who adopts the pseudonym of Henry L. Moore.
They deal with events int France, Germany and Italy just before Mussolini entered the war; and the second article concluiles with an out- line of the Axis plan to invade Britain.
statements
Among the made during a discussion of happenings before the Italian entry are that it was a speech by Mr. Chamberlain at the beginning of May, in which Britain's unpreparedness was made apparent, which decided Hitler to launch his attack on Holland und Belgium--an at- tack which, though long worked out by the German General Staff in minutest de- tail, had been delayed because of Goering's outright opposi- tion and the doubts of Von Brauschitsch, Hess and Himmler: that Mussolini, on the ove of the fall of Rey- neud's Cabinet, had been sore- ly tempted by an offer, secret- ly made by Laval and Flandin, by which he would have secured without fighting for them Tunia, French Somali- land, Jibouti, and the dia
Ababa Railway, and represen- tation on the governing board· of the Suez Canal plus con- cessions including demilitari- sation of Malta which the French would persuade Bri- tain to grant; that the know- ledge that Italy was unpre pared for war and would risk catastrophe If the conflict were prolonged made Musso- lini hesitate until an indig-
"A Diplomat From Europe"
just arrived in the United States has there published what purports to be the inside story of Hitler's invasion of the Low Countries, of Italy's entry into the war, and of a joint Italo- German plan for the invasion of Britain.
ant command accompanied by a promise to satisfy gener- ously all of Italy's longings came from litler, whereat the Duce's doubts were cust overboard; and that on hear- ing that Mussolini had re- jected all offers and was en- tering the War', Francois Pontet, the French Ambassa- dor at Rome, sadly remarked, "This is the first case in his- tory where a country offered the chance to receive all peacefully prefers to fight for it in a war which is dubious ns to its outcome."
WAK
The author of the article says that the final programme for combined Italo-German action against Britain mapped out at a secret con- ference between Hitler and Mussolini in Munich on June 18.
One of its aspects involved pressure upon Franco, de- signed to bring about Spain's open adherence to the Axis and to secure his assent to the expansion of Mussolini's bases in the Balearics, the renewal of Italian bases in the Canary Isles, the strengthen- ing of Italo-German forces at Tangier, and the eventual utisation of Ceuta for a joint blow at Gibraltar.
吹
➡
*
It has been "as yet impos- sible" to secure more than an ambiguous declaration from
The Last Stand
By ROBERT J. CASEY
HOTSPOT, Southeast England, Sept. 17.-In the larger matters of threatened invasion by aerial bombs and artillery fire people have given little thought to Jock Evans upon whose. thin breast nobody will ever pin any medals even posthumously.
He will never have a public funeral with muffled drums, muted trumpets and such like tokens of civic gratitude. It is most unlikely that he will over have any funeral at all.
The future historian look... ing over this war with the proper perspective, without worry about his own comfort or his own skin, may consider this unimportant. But from where this observer sits in the rockpile at the end of the trajectory, Jock Evans seems something more than one man who may have been over- herolc and over-stubborn at the same time.
So far as concerns the elo- ments that have mado Eng- land to date, he was an architect's model for the spirit of the British Empire.
Jock Evans, to get on with It was, in his most recent. caroor, an Air Raid Precau tions warden. In a year's drill in how to put on the gas
mask, how to revive fainting women, how to direct people to the nearest shelter, he, would never have shown more than ordinary aptitude.
In the years before the war ho had done nothing to dis- tinguish himself. He had some sort of dock job where the dust hadn't been too good for his lungs. Because of bad eyes and other deficiencies, he had been rejected for mili- tary service even at the end of the last war when medical examiners hadn't been 80 particular.
... Jock Evans was on duty tho night the big crump fall in the garden by the crossroads.
Ho had boon on duty most nights in the past month, with seldom an all-clear. Ho had phoned to the central control at 11 p.m. that he had con a bright light some where. His superiors, remem- bering Jock, suspected · It might be somebody with n too bright cigar.
Franco or to supplant him with his amenable brother-in- law Suner. But, says the author, the centre of the entire scheme, is the plan for the operations against Bri- tain.
"So far the German people have neither seen nor tasted the fruits of Hitler's victories. The daily bombing raids of the R.A.F. are proving in- creasingly effective in deepen- ing the moral depression in
Germans the Reich.
react sharper than other European nationals to warfare" over their territory.
*""Therefore Hitler must hurry. Without the seizure of the British Isles and the end of the blockade, his pre- sent conquest of Europe is fraught with menace to him- self. His
victory great threatens to degenerate into catastrophe."
Here is the-plan-for-hivasion-asi sketched by this diplomat from Europe: "Wide preparations for invasion have already been made, At Calals and all along the shore, where the English Channel is nar- rowest super-heavy artillery has been installed.
"In all ports from Antwerp to Boulogne and down to Brest, Nazi troops, told off for invasion, are being concentrated. These include 200,000 Italian troops, transferred here mostly from the army of the
Po.
A great many small ships are gathered here, also swift cutters and motorised rafts which can take heavy guns and tanks.
"The rafts are able to enter shallow waters and to touch the very shores. Everywhere on the Nazi-occupied Continent, near the waters separating it from England, built cs- aerodromes have been
for troop-carrying planes,
pigh speed experiments
arc
a new en-
belog
enrried att with larged type of amphibian tank which can be tewed over part of its water route. At various points in Germany trials have been made in mass movements of light tanks and canon by air.
"The
Play
foresees landing operations of two kinda-feinting and actual. The former category is meant to divert the attention and forces of the British. The Nazi and Faselst personnel attempting this task are not expected to sur- vive.
"I actual operations, the Axis is also ready to lose, elther in crossing the Channel or on landing. many of the vanguard detachments. However, those who follow the. vanguard are expected by the Axis staff
a foothold on the to gain English shores and in make possi- ble further landings of infantry, tanks, artillery and all other eltal
suinment
The soldiers who survive the English fire on the first day will thus be the nucleus of a great army made up of a constant stream of reinforcements. Parachute landings are to be effected, parallel to the landings from the sea.
"To this will be added the work of the troop-carrying planes, which are to land thanks to preliminary efforts of dive-bombers and para- chutists. Everything, including gas, will be used by the Axis in this
amble. italluns are expected to be of the .main
fodder cannon the English In the Channel, the North Sea, and the Bay of Biseny. For this is the time when Musso, timi inust sacrifice hundreds of thousands of Italian-lives, so-prov- ing that he is in truth the ally of the Nuzi Reich.
·
"The men participating in the first operations, especially of the feinting type, are considered to be doomed men. Therefore ninety per cent. of them are to be tallana, "In the subsequent Inndings the percentage of Germans will grow, while that of Italians will diminisit. If the operations succeed, the troops fighting well inland are to be over- whelmingly German.
"If Hitler wins the laurel wreath of victory. Mussolini's share will be but a few dry leaves."
of Jock Evans
He had stationed himself near the telephone kiosk on the edge of an outlying suburb where the artillery shells still land each day when the town is shelled. He had had no occasion to move from his post at midnight when the big crump fell.
The big crump was a time bomb-and a big one.
He told this to his chief in his report a minute later.
"Where is it?" inquired his chief.
"In the garden," sald Jock.
Then the order "Get people out, empty nearby houses, and keep people away”
"Yes sir," said Jock Evans.
There have been some hints that in what followed after his report to Control, Joci didn't show any great judgment, but the same. might have been said of Dewey if ho had run into a mine in Manila Boy.
Follows His Orders
Jock followed out his orders. In less than an hour he had ovacuated the few homes in the Immediate vicinity. Then bo stationed him- self to warn off traffic.
There wasn't much to do until about 7 in the morning when workers and alghtseers began to
pass afoot, on bicycles, and in automobiles. The odd feature of a community which is being con- tinuously bombed is the inquisitive Interest in lethal hazards. Jock
lound Evans suddenly
himself alone in two-man job." The bomb. lay almost at the junction of two innes, giving access to i from four directions.
Mr. Evans solved this problem. as best he could. He roped off the street 100 yards behind the bomb, then took up his post at the middle of the crossing.
Dozens of persons heard and heeded his call during the next two hours--"time bomb here, keep away, keep away." One of those who passed was the priest of the neighbourhood Anglican Church, to whom is owing the best descrip- tion of Jock Evans' last stand.
"My Duty Is To Stay”
"He hardly needed to point out the bomb,' anid the padre. "It was lying there in a grass plet right behind him, and It was evident he knew all about it. His face was white and drawn but there wasn't any tremor in his
voice.
"I had told him to get away from the corner, block off the streets with ropes. But he 'wald, My duty is to stay here. Please, ко on, sir. Don't set a bad ex- I went to telephone, for ample."
help
The bomb went off at 9:10, blow) crater 40 feet wide. No trace has been found of Evans,
New York Post.
'Give the old boy another three min- ules, then make, a noise like a siren'
AMERICA'S STRENGTH
By Mack Johnson
United Press Staff Correspondent
United States land, sea and-air forces, are now well in excess of 900,000 and intensified recruiting campaigns may soon put the total at 1,000,000 or
more.
A survey by the United Press, on August 27, revealed total military and naval forces, including aviation, of 919,807.
Under the conscription measure passed by Congress, the army pro- poses to draft 400,000 men between 21 und 31 years by Jun. 1, 1941, and another 300,000 in April. The President recently signed legisla- tion empowering him to order out the National Guard and reserve officers.
The latest statistics on strength of the services show:
Navy
Marines
Marine
Enllated Men Ofeers Total 143,747 10,769 154,518 29,083 1,304 31,370
Navy Reserves (X) 40,336
40,316
15,070
(X) 15,018 Army
..... 289,000 14,000 303,000 National Guard .......... 223,000 18,000 237,000 Army Reserve Officers 120,000 120,000 Enlisted Reserver ... 17,500 117,500
Totals .......... 750,044 301,103 019,807
(X)-Includes officers on which specific Ögures unavailable.
ין
Although all are at peace-time level. tlie Army, Navy, Marine Corps and National Guard are be- low authorised strengths. The Army's gon] is 375,000 men, and in receiving more than 30,000 new re- erults each month. The National Guard's authorised strength is 235,000 men,
an
The Navy, which accepted 9,089 recruits during July, has authorised strength of 170,000 men. It is planning to expand training centres at Great Lakes, Ill., Norfolk, Va., Newport, RI., and San Diego, Calif., to meet expan- sion for a "two occan" navy. These stations have been train- Ing about 5,000 men per month but will be expanded to handle 7,000 by Oct. 1, and 10,000 by Jan. 1, 1943.
The marines have nearly reached their authorized strength of 32,000 men. They recruited 7,198 during July.
War Department and budgefary officials are working on detalls of the costs of the projected National Guard mobilisation and conscrip tion programmes. It was estimated that congress probably would be naked to appropriate about $1,365,- 000,000 for the 938,000 guards- men, reserved oMeers, and draftees, who would see service during the current fiscal year ending July
1041, present plans are approved.
It was estimated that it would cost about $1,450 for each person drafted on the basis of the $21 monthly basle pay of enlisted men.
Crossword Puzzle
ACHOSE
i-lock of glacier ice 6-Narth African Arab 10 - Malat
14 Black Ausitalian
cockatoo
14- "lex*
16 two constitutiona
15--Atostem nobleman 17-Part that rotates
1 Shower 19--Electrical prolective
device
29 Took for granted
-Belf-centered prople 24-Lateral boundary 25 Coal-mine krugli 16Les ripe
30-genet 32-Aretie marine
RBORI
36--Donk T
37
30-lurst water
40 Personication of
fustice
Petr 17YKDO
18-in bed"
$0 --Money-tenders
$1-Covetousness 5tespiratory organ
5 Traveling bars 66-Negrold face of
ОСТАПА
O Enthusimam
a-Lest
14
10
■
*** Ey. LARS MORRIS
ARAWER TO
PREVIOUS KŪZZLE
STAR
-
-todista -Ezelted emotionally
G-Premeditated kilier 7-Anglo-«xon, monies
secount
9-City in Burma 10 he who polluter ON 11-Entertain ALD B-YOT
13-1
11 Garden of Paradias SINIS 1-ramyra isal,
26-fadian mountain
PROS
TAL
17 in eruption
23-Galla
31-Buector
N! 13 Fermented grape
Juice TED
JAGA ADOM RECAPUDGL TRBARE SA
BAJÊM. TVDPS
**==Bhort "totter 05-Periods of time 60-Mate ili kor 37-Clod of w 43-LATES
B2--KEERITA
DOWN
of TOYS
19
24-enu at mapter
out
41-4 omg soldiers
-Bacred bird af Egypt
-Qul union
45-Bebauche 44---Chinese jigsaw
40-at something
$1-Cebu di cala
-Winged 11-Common metal sa-Walt upon 19-Unworked matala 13-Maid
102 103
$9
22
24
20
26 27 £28
129
32
新
10
BA
139
36
40
144
45 46 47
48
સમ
50
SI
도
53
154
57 5857
64
DS
In Germany the targets included the docks at Kiel and Wilhelmshafen, the transformer station at Kelsterback, near Prankfurt, the Mensorschmitt factory at Augsburg, oil tanks. 'and supply depots at Mannheim, and asorat
aerodromes...In Italy the Fiat works at Taria and the Marelli Magneto factory at Sesto San Giovanni were again attacked.......In_snemy- oooupied France oil tanks in the Gironde Estuary near Bordeaux, at Pauillac, near Brost and at Cherbourg were bombođ.
AIR MINISTRY COMMUNIQUE
Your money will help to intensify these onslaughts upon the enemy's strongholds. By subscribing to the Bomber Fund, you can help to crush the Nazis.
Cheques should be made out to
20.
"War. Fund, South China Morning Post, Ltd."
Subscriptions to 26-10-40.
$1,403,239,45
Romitted to London,
£87,389.19.68
(leaders are invited to send in suggestions,
to fill this EpRDS.)·.
$