THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 17, 1988.
WINSTON CHURCHILL ANSWERS BACK
Sharp Strictures On Fate Of Czechs Curse For
World Or Blessing?
London, To-day.
Dictators And Methods
In a broadcast to the United States yesterday, Mr. Winston Churchill replied to Hitler's recent strictures upon himself, Mr. Anthony Eden and Mr. A. Duff-Cooper.
After speaking of the disaster which had befallen Europe, Mr. Churchill reiterated his conviction that months ago Britain, France and Russia should have jointly declared they would act to- gether upon Germany if Hitler committed an act of unprovoked aggression against Czecho- Slovakia.
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GERMANS GOEBBELS ARRESTED IN ON THE MUNICH CANAL ZONE
Panama, To-day.
Four Germans who were' alleg- ed to be photographing coast de fences, have been arrested by the military authorities in the Canal Zone.
They are being held under. mi'l- tary guard on charges of espion- age.-Router.
DR. FUNK'S RETURN
CONFERENCE
Berlin, To-day. Reference to the Munich Conference is made by the German Propaganda Minister, Dr. Joseph Goebbels, writing in the periodical "Four Year Plan.'
́Dr. Goebbels says: “The, great tasks that lie before us of econo- mic and cultural progress must DR. WALTER FUNK, GER-be continued.
BERLIN, TO-DAY.
If, he said, they had invited they boast and vaunt themselves MAN MINISTER OF ECONO- Poland, Yugo-Slavin and Rumania before the world, and yet in their to join the combination of peace-hearts there is an unspoken fear. defending powers, Hitler would have been confronted with such a formidable array that he would thoughts have been deterred from his pur- pose.
In addition, Mr. Churchill stated, the moderate forces in Germany would have been rallied.
INCREASED DANGERS
The parliamentary democracies and liberal and peaceful forces everywhere had sustained a defeat leaving them weaker to cope with the increased dangers:
The whole world wanted peace and security but had we gained it by the sacrifice of Czecho Slovakia, which had been desert- ed, destroyed and devoured and was now being digested?
Would this bring a blessing or a curse upon the world?
The question all English-speak- ing peoples were asking themselves was "Is this the end, or is there more to come 7
"Could peace be secured by sub- mission to organised and calculat- ed wrong-doing and violence?”
SLASHING ATTACK
Mr. Churchill made a slashing on Communist and Nazi
attack tyranny,
ALL WEAK WITHIN "They are afraid of words and words spoken abroad and thoughts stirring at home."
A dictator all-strong without was all-weak within:"
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MICS,. YESTERDAY ARRIVED "I expect Germany's trade BACK IN BERLIN AFTER. HIS and industry to stake all their TRADE TOUR OF THE BAL- strength joyfully in the days to KAN AND NEAR EASTERN come, and show their initiative in CAPITALS.
the performance of these tasks. Before leaving Belgrade, Dr.
epoch "We begin this new Funk and the Yugo-Slav Premier, peaceful work in the knowledge of Mr. Churchill expressed the Dr. Stoyadinovitch, discussed.de-
| renewed friendship with the Italian opinion that dictatorship was a
people and their brilliant Duce, passing phase and could not long
and with the intention of working endure if brought into contact
for further co-operation with other great nations. with the healthy world outside. Reuter.
ANGLO-ITALIAN
AGREEMENT ASSURANCE
London, To-day.
Parliament will be afforded an opportunuity for discussion of any decision the Government may reach regarding bringing into force the Anglo-Italian Agreement.
tails of the proposed German-Yugo- Elav trade treaty..
Completion of the treaty is in sight, according to a Belgrade de- spatch to a German news agency.— Reuter.
CHINESE WOMAM IN HARBOUR
VITAL TASKS
under-
"In a spirit of sincere standing and honest co-operation the peoples will be able to devote their energy to fulfilment of their own vital tasks,
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"The meaning of these Considerable excitement was obtasks is not war but peace,” served in harbour shortly before 9 o'clock this morning when a Chin- ese female. passenger on the Sham Shui-Po-Hong Kong Ferry jumped overboard.
Referring to Munich, Dr. Goeb- bels said that the Fuehrer's love of
The woman was saved owing tc
prompt action on the part of member of the crew who jumped over and held her up until both were pulled to safety.
This was stated by the Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, when Lord Apparently the woman did not Crewe and Sir Percy Harris, repre- suffer any ill-effects from immer- senting the Liberal Party, called at sion and was handed over to the the Foreign Office during the Water Police authorities. week-end to discuss developments in the international situation.
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He added:" This combination of mediaeval passion, party causes the weapons of modern science and the blackmailing power of air: Router. bombing is the most monstrous menace to peace, order and fertile progress that has appeared in the world since the Mongol invasions of the fourteenth century."..
Europe now lay abashed and distracted before the triumph- ant assertions of dictatorial power.
RIBBENTROP STORY REFUTED
Berlin, To-day.
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fair.
FRESH; FAIR
horrors of a new war-Reuter. peace had saved Europe from the
PRAGUE RESIGNATIONS
Prague, To-day.
Two Ministers belonging to the Czechoslovak Government formed by General Syrovy on October 5, have resigned.
An official - communique--states
Dr. Parkary was Governor Carpathian-Ukraine and at the same time Minister for Carpathian-Uk- raine.
The Royal Observatory reports that Prague had proentert the re- that the anticyclone is stationary signations of Dr. Vladimir Fajnor over China, Manchuria and the and Dr. Ivan Parkany, neighbouring seas. Pressure is re- Dr. Fajnor was in charge of
the latively low over the Pacific to the Ministry of Justice. He will be suc- Mr. Churchill, urged for the sake
Reports of the "Evening Stand-east and south east of the Loochool, ceeded by the Minister for Agricul- of peace the swift and resolute ard" and "New York Times" to Forecast:-N.E winds, fresh, ture, Dr. Vladislav Félerabend. gathering of forces to confront the effect that the German Foreign not only military but moral aggres- Minister, Herr von Ribbentrop, had sion.
offered Great Britain, an air pact UNSPOKEN FEAR
in the proportion of three to one, Referring to the dictators, Mr. are described as false by Der Churchill said: "You see these Angriff," which declares that there dictators on their pedestals, sur could be no question of any such rounded by the bayonets of their arrangement. soldiers and the truncheons of At the same time the Nazi even- their police,
ing paper also describes as false; reports about a secret agreement regarding the Polish Corridor.
"On all sides they are guarded by masses of armed nten, cannons; aeroplanes and fortifications Trans-Ocean.
Three months' hard labour was Im-
No successor in his case has yet. posed by Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at been appointed. Trans-Ocean. Kowloon this morning on Ng Kam, 21, when he pleaded guilty to snatching a hand-bag in Argyle Street yesterday afternoon.
Admitting unlawful posses
atid: pistol and eight round tenced to tw
labours morning *Mr Justice E;
Sherwin, of No. 29 Bunga- Cheung Chau, has reported the
wrist watch, valued on the Morning, beach, Cheung
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