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I DON'T LIKE IT BUT AM
CONFIDENT
By Vernon Bartlett
WONDER if you feel as see your loved ones and your
frightened as I do. When self exposed to such danger. have to go out at night during But you have a lot to lose. Have you rend of the way in which an air-raid the searchlights all the standard of living of the acem to converge above my head, countries Hitler has conquered 70 $1,750 and the air throbs with the is being pushed lower and sounds of German aeroplanes lower? They are slave States, whose pilots dislike me.
with the wages and rations of There are such unexpected their workers cut down to two- noises in this war and the bomba thirds or a half of the small are so much bigger. I should-wages and rations of their Ger- feel so much safer with a tin man colleagues, Every worker's hat to protect my head. I should organisation is controlled or feel so much happier in even the destroyed.
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reason for these raids must' be: the belief that some large sec- tion of the public will be to de- moralised by them that it will march down to Whitehall to de- mand peace.
There has been justifiable unger over evacuation and shel- tor arrangements in the East End, but do you find any desire to surrender? I don't, and yot this is probably the most critical week of all. in Hitler's war of nerves.
We are, unexpectedly and temporarily, in greater danger than most men who have volun.. teored their services in the Bri- tish Army. We would not have It otherwise, for the whole na- tion, and not merely its younger men, must run risks to save the whole nation's heritage. And.
would remind watchers of the You are rich? Then you may London to Brighton walking be tempted to ask yourself to grin and bear it as house we can console ourselves with race, if I were not alone, horri- whether his destruction cannot after house goes up in smoke the reflection that we have come bly alone, in a black and mys- be stopped. But what have the or down in rubble. But the through this baptism of bom- Thyssens and the Hugenbergs question answers itself. What bardment with amazingly little terious London,
disorder or disorganisation. and the other industrialists or
way out can there be with a man When we have adapted our lives. Press lords gained by compro- who has set out so deliberately and our homes so that we get
A little pro- And, after all, we are living mise with Hitler?
the maximum of alcep with the through an attempt at terrori longation of their privileges, but to crush you?
minimum, of danger Hitler's sation on a scale which has a certainty of a worse collapse
hope of that march on White- nothing to equal it in history. later on. Under the Weimar
The Nazis are raging because hall will be destroyed and the Madrid and Warsaw passed Republic they were more heavily
of our through hell and we can now taxed than ever (for they must our Air Force has begun seri- random destruction better understand their suffer- pay for the Nazi armaments) ously to bomb Berlin. But only homes may so obviously cease to
Hongkong Telegraphings and admire their courage, and they have temporary safety after Buckingham Palace and have any military value that it
Friday, Nov. 15, 1940. Wyndham St., Hongkong
Telephone: 26015 THE preax "Special to the Telegraph" i used by the longkong Telegraph to indicate nows which is strictly copyright under the provisions of the Telecomm cation Ordinance, 1936. Such news re bears the indication “UP” l« received in Hongkang on the date of publication by Dia United Prem Añociations, who res serve all rights and forbid republications. sither wholly, or in part without preVIOUN arrangement,
FAR EAST DEFENCE
THE War Office decision to create a unified Far Eastern Command is another welcome
And we can then face the fu-
But Hitler has now improved only, made uneasy by the cer- acres of the East End, after may die down..
churches and cinemas, after his methods of destruction and tainty of upheavals to come.
hospitals and homes of every he has the world's largest tar-
You are an ordinary, middle- kind, had suffered from the Gor- ture with high hopes. For get. Small wonder that we or- dinary individuals are fright-class citizen with no great am- man raiders. What mercy or what chance would Hitler have our machines bition beyond that of leaving understanding could one expect next year when ened when the bombs fall.
your wife and family a little from this ruthless and bitter will outnumber his and Ameri- Then you better off then they are now? man?
can help will, be fully effective? You are poor?
You may, perhaps, not be as may be tempted to ask yourself Then you may be tempted to ask
Unless Hitler actually enjoys frightened as I am, but you can- whether, having so little of the yourself whether there is no world's wealth to lose, you need way out of this mess other than destroying life, the principal not, I think, be more confident.
"NO!" TO A New
PRINCE
Indian, Prince, the Mahara-
on
Isles
Tenants
of Romance
O
UR new tenants-for
that is precisely what
the
United States be-
come under the naval captives were set to work re-name, Xayamca in corrupt form has
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persisted.
For long Jamaica had. :the un-
of jenviable reputation being the world's greatest slave mart. That
jah Gackwar, which gives me bases for destroyers agreement pairing their ships. great pleasure whenever I recall-will be established in some of
the oldest parts of the Empire. Antigua, smallest of the iswas because the Royal African Com- In fact, Newfoundland, dis-Jands concerned in the deal, was pany formed there in 1672 had a This Maharajah ordered that one covered in. 1497 by John Cabot, discovered by Columbus, who is monopoly of the slave trade.
it.
of his parks in Barodu should be
peace.
church in Seville, Santa Maria trendy there were 70 sugar fac--
sign of Britain's changed policyTHERE is a story told of an in the Orient. It is a direct warning to any Power not. to allow itself to imagine that one- sided appeasement continues to be the vulnerable spot in our political and diplomatic armour. Britain to-day means business, and overt threats, cunning en- croachments and
diplomatic manoeuvring will no longer find us hastily retreating and ner- vously on the defensive; we are prepared to face up to anything.
That the new Commander-in- Chief of the Far Eastern Com- if he denied him admitiaace, who
Most of these islands have mand should be Air Chief knows what wrath he might not be Marshal Sir Robert Brooke Pop-inviting upon his own humble head. been in British hands since the ham is not without significance;
He determined to stand by his seventeenth century, and the duty. Bowing low in respect, he names of many of them St. clearly, special attention is to
declared that he could not open the Kitt's, St. Lucia, Port Royal in be paid to the Empire's air de-
the Jamaica-recall thrilling fences in the East; just as ob-
the days when Captain Morgan and vious is it that emphasis is to
other famous pirates had their
Most historical and largest of the be placed on the preservation of Maharajah, deeply offended.
But when the gates were opened, flairs in the deep harbours of the
islands concerned is Jamaica, with the integrity of Malaya, Burma
sixteen good harbours and a popula-
The wealth of Trinidad depends on and India. Hongkong is in-disclosing the gutter of women's Caribbean Sea."
shawls within, the Prince realised.
Some of the harbours soon to tion of nearly a million. cluded in the scheme, and al-his own mistake and drew back.
When Columbus was stranded for another form of production. In the though, as the official military Amending his instructions, he direct-shelter U.S. warships are the
immense and apparently inexhaus- spokesman pointed out, no in-ed that the gatekeeper should be very places where the pirates 12 months on its northern shores he volcanic hills is a remarkable pheno- shared their loot in drunken found the natives called it Xoymaca menon-the famous Pitch Lake, of
"Isle of Springs" and although tible value. carousal while their miserable the Spaniards tried to change is
Circular in form, covering an crease in our air force is en-promoted.
aren of over 100 acres, this lake is By Abner Doan the source of the Trinidad asphalt, which svella up in low, bulging masses in the vast circle. In the centre of the lake a patch of liquid ritch bubbles constantly.
closed one day in each week to all is the oldest of all the English said to have named it after a
60 indigo works and 60 cucuo works on the island.
yorks except the women of the city. Then, colonies.
la Antigua.
Since then bananas have taken on one such day, the Maharajah for-
With the exception. of the
For nearly a century and al pride of place us principal expert,
rum.come a
a close second. got his own rule and drove towards the park with a view to enjoying its Bermudas all the other bases half it remained uninhabited. but sugar and the famous Jamaica are in that sickle-shaped string Even now its population is only
A large share of the spices and your food The gatekeeper was in a dilemma. of islands-the West Indies 30,000. The whole island covers favourings that go into
pimentos, ginger, and a dozen other- If he admitted his royal master he which guard the entrance to the less in area than the County of comes from this lovely island
London.
spices are grown on its would disobey Instructions, whereas Panama-Canal.
At one time there was a Bri-luxuriant hills.
Many times in its history Jamaica tish naval depot at English
and hurricanes, and on the Inst serious visitation: of this kind-the Harbour, a fine deep inlet in the has been scourged by earthquakes Sugar and molasses are the earthquake of 1907-help WDB high rocky coast. principal exports mostly to brought by the United States war- England and Canada-and sweet ships. potatoes, yams and maize are Because of grown for local consumption.
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gotea.
"Dismiss that
said muni"
visaged or likely, the fact that So moral courage met with its st the Naval Commander-in-Chief | ting reward.
is to consult and co-operate with That it does not always do so, Lew
the Air Chief Marshul, and that men in either East or West will re- the Colony's General Officer quira to be told. Littleness, dressed Commanding is directly respon-up in the trappings of authority, sible to him, is satisfying evidence cares nothing about duty tälthfully that Hongkong is not to be left performed, but only about seeming Isolated and ignored in any general affronts to its own importance. plan for the defence of Britain's Far East possessions.
It is always instructive to observe the conduct of people in the presence Influential beings-those The comprehensiveness of the War of minore Office plan is impressive, providing with the granting or withholding of for defensive co-operation between favours at their disposal. India, Burma, Malaya, the East In-
This really is an excellent test of dles, and Hongkong in collaboration character, since It is human and with Australia and New Zealand. natural for people to desire to stand This, in effect, is Britain expressing well with powerful Individuals. herself prepared to safeguard the Far East and the southern Pacific against aggression, a mission which doubtless their standards and turn their backs would receive the moral and practical assistance of the United States.
Do they on that account relax
upon their duty? Or do they stand fast to their principles? If no, it is possible that their steadfastness may be punished by neglect or active ill- will on the part of offended authority.
Most of us have been in the posi tion of the Maharajah's gatekeeper, and perhaps even more unfortunately placed in that our own Maharajah was not always a just man..
The latest announcement, is also a reminder that gone are the days when it was possible to believe, that because Britain was so occupied in Europe, she could not afford to give due attention to her East and Pacific Interests; with her war Industry rapidly reaching peak output, the Mother Country is attaining a poal- tion when she can wage a world- wide war if necessary, and what for the course of moral courage, more wage it successfully. No bet whose real rewards are set far be fer corrective to false ideas possibly yond the sphere of promotion or entertained by certain Powers about | dismissn17.
Britain's overseas: policy could have
been given than by the announces
ment of this new defence plan
Which course did we pursue? The course of moral cowardice?
Robert Power.
FUNNY SIDE UP
<if
THE GREAT MARVO
"I need a volunteer for my next trick.
droforably sgma-
one who camo In, on a'pas
# regrettable mis- understanding over the landing of United States marines the ships were withdrawn, causing an international ineldent of considerable magnitude.
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Trinidad has, too, valuable oll deposits.
Southernmost of the new United States bases will be that in British Gulana, Britain's only possession on the South American mainlands.
Much of the roantry la jungle lund, but there are extensive deposits.. of gold, diamonds, manganese, etc.
British Guiana was in the news recently: It was the country in which
so it was proposed, Jewish refugees from Germany. should be settled...
Bernard
Moore
MOROCCO PILOTS Surrender To British
Members of the French Moroccan air force continue lo fly to Gibraltar and surrender to the British authorl- tles. Another two French warplanes enrrying five pilote passed over to the British side when they landed at Gibraltar recently, says an official Spanish news agency message from
Algeciras,
The Berlin correspondent of the Spanish Tangier organ, Espana, points out that the Anglo-German struggle cannot be decided by a light- ning attack as was the case with other countries. England was an
German expeditionary · ising and a
would have to face many obstacles in the way of maintaining supplier,