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Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
December 31, 1940.
GERMAN THREATS
OVER FILM
Nazis Protest in Washington
THE first March of Time feature film, "The Ramparts We "Watch," has brought strong protests, and threats from the Ger- man Embassy in Washington.
The protests were made by the Second Secretary of the Em- bassy, von Glenanth, who objected to the use made of extracts from the German war film, "Baptism Of Fire," which is the off- cial German film of the invasion of Poland. Von Gienanth was reported to be "really furlous."
"Baptism of Fire" was shown at an official reception for the Norwegian Government just be- fore the invasion of that coun-. try, and it has also been shown to invited audiences of officials and members of the Govern- ments of Spain, Rumanin and other countries which Germany wished to impress with the futility of opposing her chanised legions.
me-
BRITAIN'S NEW M.T.B's
of
Great Britain now pussesses the fastest small warships in the Von Glenunth demanded that the Cierman extracts in "The Ramparts world. They are the Intest We Watch" be taken out, and threat the Navy's motor-torpedo boats. ened immediate reprisals against any Details of their speed and arma- March of Time employees in Germent are secret, of course, but mony or occupied territories also legni proceedings in the United they are easily the fastest armed
States.
Threats Defied
and
ships on water, their offensive power is as great as that of many bigger vessels, and their small size makes them a target almost impossible to hit.
PY
DRAFT No. 1.-Blindfolded Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson holds first draft capsule drawn from fish bowl, in War Department Auditorium, Washington. It was No. 158. He is about to hand capsule to President Roosevelt, left,
£12,000 Claim Against Bookmaker Dismissed
ITALIAN'S GİFT TO RED CROSS
The gratitude of aliens of certain categories who have been released from internment camps in Britain The Court of Appeal, London, recently dismissed without has found expression in various costs the appeal by Mr Bernard William Mason, a city company few were more spontaneous than the gestures of appreciation. Of these, director, of Berkely Street, against a decision of Mr Justice gift of an Italian business man in Stable, dismissing his claim for the return of £12,000 from Mr Edinburgh to the Red Cross. Harry Parker, Ltd, Turf Accountants, and Mr Abraham Stein. otherwise known as Harry Parker, in connection with a £6000 cach-way bet.
The editorn of the March of Time refused this censorship and stated that they would release the fim us they saw There are no March
M.T.B. service is one of the of Time employees in Germany or the occupied countries at the mo-most popular branches of the Navy, to judge from the waiting- ment.
The producer, Mr Louis de Roche-list of officers and ratings who mlet, notified the German Embassy want to join it (writes a Press damon Germany's Indirect censor-Association special correspon- that he "would welcome a showy- Khip of American films," which had dent). heen Increasing for the past two. These M.T.B. offer nothing in comfort, but a great deal of adven- Germany had tried to dictate what ture, excitement, and danger. Shoot should or should not be shown in ing over and through waves at certain pictures, he said, and had something ke 50 miles an hour, with refused to allow any German acene spray like a whip licked across my
Mr Mason's case at the trial was began to to be shown with anything related to face. 1
how Appreciate England.
much courage is required. Inside that he was wrongfully induced to The German Propaganda Metry the tiny huil engines producing place, bet on his horse. Another had been perfectly willing to release thousands of horse-power thundered Greek, which lont a race at Notting-
by ham, Mr
Parker's representation extracts from "Baptism of Fire" ke half
that he could spread the bet in small untli it discovered the adverse effect)
amounts with a number of agents, so which they were having on Amerienn
that the starting price would not be public opinion.
brought down. He maintained. that Mr Parker had falled to do this. Mr Parker denied the ailegations.
King & Queen
As Riveters
The King and Queen who visited a famous shipyard in the North-West of England drove
dozen express trains. The function of these vessels in! the war at ses is similar to that of Oghter aeroplanes in the air. They are in effect "sea Spitfires."
Nolse, wetness, and terrifle speed "this were my chief sensations en trip. For such a strenuous existence men have to be young and unusunily t. Thirty is the average nge-limit for an officer, 35 for a rating. They are nearly all volunteers.
rivets into the first keel plates Chemist Fined
of n warship to be built there. First the King and then the Queen used the hydraulic rivet
press.
£1,000
Hyman Liss, 32, wholesale They spent two hours in a chemist, of Connaught Gardens, tour of the yard often with an Muswell Hill, N., was at Bow escort of cheering workers. They Street Police Court recently fined first saw men and boys furnac£1,000 and ordered to pay 50 ing steel plates and bending guineas costs by Mr Fry for fail- ships frames.
ing to offer 800 sovereigns for Afterwards they walked on the sale to the Treasury. He plend- slipways, where they saw two of the ed "Guilty." latest worships which are nearly
Mr F. D. Barry, for the Director ready to go out on duty. They went of Public Prosecutions, said it was aboard, inspected the gun turrets, suggested that there had been a deli- A.A. and submarine defences, and berate attempt to evade the regula talked to the men who were putting tions. Liss was in partnership with the finishing touches to the shipa, two brothers. On July 24 the Bank
The Royal tour began at station of England wrote that there where the King and Queen arrived reason to believe that he had not after spending the night in the loyal complied with the regulations and train.
It had been drawn up at a jasking for particulars of forelim cur- disused siding in a remote. spet in reney, securities, and gold in his Lancashire, and, although bombs fell possession or under his control. within a few miles, there was no He replied that he had none. The actual raid warning, and the King Bank got to know that he had 880 and Queen spent an undisturbed sovereigns and again wrote to him. night:
then admitted that he had bought the sovereigns at 35s. 7d. in August, 1039
More Merchant Ships Sail Mediterranean
Britain's control of the Medi- terranean and Red Seas is en-
couraging an increasing number
of shipping companies to resume schedules between Alexandria and Mediterranean porta.
Eighteen merchant ships loaded with potatoes, fruits, oil and winen arrived in England Álexandria from Cyprus.
was
Ile offered them to the Treasury at the price he pald, but they gave him the market value, about £1,000,
te thus made a profit of £140. Exuberance Of
Verbosity'
In the Legislative Council of Perth (W.A.) Mr C. Baxter recently took the Minister of Justice (Mr Nulsen) to task for having appiled the term "gerontocracy" to members of the Legislative Council.
In addition, two ships loaded with coal arrived from England.
Egyptian maritime authorities are studying requests from largo by old men. number of shipping concerns to re-
Gerontocracy" means government
Mr. Baxter said he would not use Hume operations halted by Italy's words not in general use, but he entry into the war. The companies would characterise Mr.. Nulsen as a are now-convinced that owing to clod-pated doll for his alighting | the British Navy, traffic is now fairly reference to a body of men doing safe,
excellent work.
Nazis Want More Quislings
On leaving the Isle of Man, where he was interned, he wrote a cheque for the Red Cross. As a result, the Fund will benefit to the extent of
£20 153.
For many years this man has lived in Edinburgh with his wife and family. Some of his children were born in the country, and he enjoyed the friendship and respect of many people outside the Italian community, When Italy entered the war, however, he was interned, following the pro- cedure adopted with classifed enemy aliens.
Lord Justice Mackinnon, giving
He had always admired British law Judgment, said he doubted whether
Reports from Oslo state that and order, and when he was released Mr Justice Stable was justified in finding that there was an express discussions on the recomposi-inspired to make the gift to the Red the internment camp he was bargain between "this precious pair" tion of the new Nazi-sponsored Cross at a mark of his appreciation that Parker should "square" the other Norwegian Government
tinue. The Reichs Commissar, The bargain was tainted with lities, which were sußlelent to
con-of his treatment there.
jockeys the race at Note Terhoven, has gone to Berlin to
to make
the transaction itself illegal, so that submit a list of proposed Minis- neither party could chim under Itters for Hitler's approval. His Lordship sald he regretted that
was not possible for the Court to! The Germans demand the inclu- make Parker pay the £11,875 that sion of a minimum of three National was claimed to a deserving eburity. Assembly-Quisiing party mem- bers. Only one Nationalist, Dr. Gudbrand. Lunde, to be Minister of the Interior, is at present listed and the Germans say that a further two must be added to the exclusion of
other candidates.
No Squeamishness
Lord Justice Luxmoore, In his judgment, said that Mason had been referred 10 in the caso 48 "portsman, and reference was made to his interest in the "sport" of Fearing possible disturbances it is horse-racing. There was no scintilla reported. They have waived a de- of evidence to warrant the use of mand for the appointment of "Quis- these phrases, Mason's object in buy-ling. ing and racing horses was to make he was not hampered by
inonenmishness as to the aneuns)
any
German Control
Germany has undertaken full res- ponsibility for Norway's defence and the maintenance of order. Foreign policy and foreign trade will be dis- tated from Berlin.
to be employed to attain the end.
His Lordship said he did not think that Mr Justice Stable was justifled in holding that it was part of the arrangement suggested by Parker and
While the Nygaardsvold Govern- accepled by Mason that Parker meat has been oflletally deposed by should bribe Jockeys in the race in Oslo King Hanken's position has which Another Greek was engage been left in abeyance until the Stort- Dut the fact that Mason was willing ing meets, which will not be before to deal with Parker, after the con- the restoration of peace. versation in which Parker said he could "square" Jockeys, could leave le doubt in the mind of a normal person that Mason would have made no objection to such a suggestion.
He was satisfted that the arrange- ment to place bets with street book- makers and to stage a fictitious bet
criminal conspiracy in precisely the same way as a conspiracy to "rig" Stock Exchange prices had been
held to be.
Saw Every Derby For 60 Years
Keeping Troop Entertained
made full use of during the Regimental bands are to be winter season, and there will be other special efforts to entertain the troops..
Announcing this when opening an Information Bureau for H.M. Forces in Trafalgar-square, Mr Eden, Secre- Mc Arthur F. B. Fortinan, 79,tary for War, sald that welfare work
in the Services was known well
necessary sporting journalist "Audax," was killed in a London air fight boredom, to keep up fighting roid,
efficiency, and to develop the offensive
to
Me Portman was editor and senior spirit. director of the "Horse and Hound" Radio sets, Mr Eden sold; were in newspaper, for which lie had written great demand. The Treasury had articles for 50 years. He had seen made them a grant of £200,000 for every Derby for more than 60 years.) the purchase of seis,
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Naval Base In Philippines
Manila, Dec. 20.
American Planes For China
Washington, Dec. 30. With the United States sending Announcing the sale of 400 Ameri- additional warships, here as part of can planes to China, the New York the general plans for strengthening | Herald-Tribune quoles authoritativo the United States Pacife defences, sources, including Rear Admiral the newspaper Tribune to-day re- Tower, as saying that Chiria's needs ported that Naval authorities are must not be neglected and that 469 planning to create a new nuval base is the minimum number of aircraft at Los Banos on Laguna Lake, 40 needed. miles south of Manila. At present Chinese representatives are at a powerful radio station is located present in Washington. atressing the at Los Banos.--Domet
Chinese need of modern wor planes because of Japan's introduction of (It is learned from one acquainted new type Messerschmitt pursuits. with the area that the lake to which The Flying Fortresses will enable "Demei" refers is so shallow that China to take the war to Japan in only motor boats can navigate in it.) night raids-United Press.
The European Y. M. C. A. Amateur Dramatic Club
proudly presenta
William Shakespeare's Comedy Twelfth Night'
ayu
-What you will"
swith
Winnie Cox as OLIVIA;
Nora Witchell as VIOLA;'
Nan Moodie as MARIA; Ralph Dormer as MALVOLIO,
Charles Thom as SIR TOBY BELCH; Wim Kirby as SIR ANDREW AGUECHEEK; Rupert Baldwin ns FESTE-the Josters
supported by
David Ingleby as The DUKE;
complets cast of experienced and talented players.
Performances will be given
"
Twelfth Night
Monday, 6th January, 1941, at 9.15 p.m. Wednesday 8th January at 5.30 fum. Thursday,
Friday, Saturday,
9th January, at 5.30 pm. 10th January at 9.15 p.m. 15th January at 9:15 pm
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