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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 21, 1938.

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PIROW TO SEE HERR HITLER ON THURSDAY Colonial Issue Not Likely To Be Raised

Germany Not Now Seeking To Force Matters

Berlin, To-day.

Mr. Oswald Pirow, the South African Minister of Defence, who is visiting Germany following visits to Portugal and Britain, is due to see Herr Hitler on Thursday.

In South African circles it is not expected that Mr. Pirow will discuss colonial issues until the Ger-

mans express a désire for him to do so.

It is gathered in German quarters that the Reich authori- ties do not want to force matters and

are: prepared to wait and. they do not consider the time ripe for a solution.--Reuter.

SCHOOL FOR N.C.O'S.

Berlin, Yesterday, The South African * Min- ister of Defence, Mr. Pirow visit- ed the Potsdam · school for non- commissioned officers.

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After his return the Minister laid a wreath at the war” mem- orial in Unter den Linden, where a' guard of honour had been drawn up which Mr. Pirow, who was ac companied by the South African Minister in Berlin, Mr. Gie, in- spested.

A large crowd of spectators had gathered to witness the spectacle. The Minister and Mrs. Pirow together with the Minister and Mrs. Gie, then lunched with Field Marshal Goering at the palace of the Prussian Prime Minister.

Among other guests were the Secretary of State for Air, General Milch and the famous airman, General Udet.

In the evening the Minister and Mrs. Pirow were guests at the dinner of the German South African Society.-Trans-Ocean.

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TALK WITH RIBBENTROP

Berlin, Yesterday.. When the South African Defence Minister, Mr. Pirow was received by the Foreign Minister, von Rib bentrop, the conversation. lasted an hour.

The subject of discussion was German South-African relations.

Further conversations will take place after a lunch which .von Ribbentrop will give to-day in hon our of Mr. Pirow...

A communique issued makes no mention of the topic discussed.

-Trans-Ocean...

NO OFFICIAL SPEECHÉS AT DINNER PARTY

Berlin, Yesterday. The German South African So- ciety gave a dinner and reception in honour of the South African De- fence Minister, Mr. Oswald Pirow, and Mrs. Pirow, deusa

The guests included the South African Minister to Berlin,

Gle, the British Charge d'Affaires to Berlin, Sir George Ogilvie Forbes, and many lead- ing men of the German state,

-NEARLY 5,000-

REFUGEES AT KAM TIN

The refugee problem at Kam Tin is becoming increasingly. heavy.

Fresh arrivals are crossing the border at the rate of from 200 to 400 daily and the camp's popula- tion, which had dropped to 800 a fortnight ago, was yesterday nearly 5,000..

Two lepers were rounded up in the camp yesterday.

army, party, industry and press. There were no official speeches but Mr. Pirow used this oppor- tunity for an informal exchange of opinions with several leading German politicians, Ocean.

„LP IDO AMARDS

A Beckenham firm of bakera has solved the problem of house. to-house delivery in territory over five miles distant from headquar ters by hauling hand-carts to suitable "points on a specially con- structed trailer. Photo shows hauling, the hand-carts off the trailer.

OLD DIPLOMACY

DEFENDED

Lord Rennell And. Geneva Intrigue

WHEN STATESMEN MAY 'QUEER PITCH

FATHER LOBBE IN THUNGKINE

Chengtu, To-day.

Father V Lobbe, (Lei Ming- yuam), naturalised Chinese citizen of Belgian birth, formerly manag

ing director of the Tientsin Social Welfare and now a commander of The old diplomacy was defended

the North China field service corps, by Lord Rennell of Rodd, a former Ambassador to Italy, when he ala-arrived in Chengtu by plane from

Chungking yesterday. tributed the prizes at Cranleigh School.....

Father Lobbe will shortly return Mr. Llord George, he said, had to the North China front by way Trans-stated many times that it was the of Shensi, to direct field service.

old diplomacy which had led us into Sixty members of Father Lobbe's.. the Great War. but he thought it corps are also expected from Mr. was not the old diplomacy which Chungking in the next few days.———. Pirow has left Berlin with his was at fault so much as the politi-Central News. wife for the Schorfheide in order cians who took no heed of its war- to take part in a small hunt, after, nings. which tea was taken at the home

GUEST OF GOERING According to programme,

of Field Marshal Goering at Karin- There was a tendency to depre- hall.

clate the old diplomacy as a secret Present also were the South-organisation engaged in getting the African Minister in Berlin, Dr. S. better of rivals by deception. In a F. N. Gie and wife, Lieutenant long diplomatic career he had only Colonel Ilgen and wife, Legation found four cases of deliberate de- Secretary Kulmann of the German tected. Foreign Office, Deputy-Chief of pro- tocol of the German Foreign Office, Herr von Halem.

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Lord Rennell said that they were asked to suppose that open diplomacy

After inspection of the hunting and discussion at the League of and forestry reserve north of Nations would end the world's tro- Berlin, the guests went to the mag-bles, but he had twice been British nificent forest home, Karinhall.delegate to Geneva, and had found Trans-Ocean.

intrigue there.

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ITALIAN CENSUS RESULT

Conditions might arise when in- terviews between chiefs of States might be valuable and, in the light of recent experience, he might Bay invaluable but to his mind they should be the exception rather than the rule. The question would The census taken on October 31, always remain whether statesmen's shows that Italy has a population intervention would have been neces-

Rome, To-day.

of 43,982,000, including the four sary had the problem been judici-

Lybian coast provinces.

From birtha

Qusly handled a little earlier.

to October 1988, deaths by 356,000. The new diplomacy had made the

In the period of

last conduct of interviational ar

number

year, Trans-Ocean.

more

was 807,628. difficult. Visits paid to other coun- tries by statesmen who had no knowledge of other peoples or langu Dr. Luke, residing at No. 369 ages visits generally well ad- Nathan Rosd, has reported while vertised beforehand

might pro travelling between his residence voko discussions which had the and Mongkok, his pocket was effect of queering the pitch before picked and $30 stolen,

the statesmen reached the spot

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