1939-08-22 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 22, 1939.

TENSION INCREASING IN

GERMAN CAPITAL NAZI PRESS

"SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN VERY SOON"

AND BORDER TROUBLE

JAPANESE MISSION TO ITALY

Rome, To-day: The Japanese mission headed by General Count Torauchi, former Commander-in-Chief In North China, and Admiral Osu -

accompanied by Mesars. Isaka and Fuylwara, financial experts, is expected to arrive in Naples on Monday next on longthy visit to Italy. Trans- Ocean.

mi, Berlin, To-day. The situation along the Berlin, To-day. German-Polish frontier is growing worse hourly, ac- cording to German reports reaching Berlin.

During the last two days, upwards of 2,000 fugitives have crossed the

in

BUTTER

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THEFT FROM

frontier and have been billeted special refugee camps.

The bulk of the fugitives are the wives and childern of men who, it is DAIRY FARM alleged, have been placed under arrest

TENSION SEEMS TO BE still increasing here, and the conviction is becoming widespread that something is going to happen very soon. The "National Zeitung," which is closely connected with Field-Marshal Goering, writes in connection with the Anglo-Polish Treaty that "as in other important questions, the present week will bring a decision on this point too." This plain hint is re-echoed in political circles, where it is emphasised that the alleged Polish “atrocities" cannot be allowed to continue much longer. Meanwhile, reliable information suggests that Germany's ajec.

trial mobilisation is rapidly progressing.

OSLO TALKS

NEUTRALITY ON THE AGENDA

Brussels, To-day. The Foreign Ministers of the Netherlands, Luxem- burg, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland are ex- pected to reach Brussels by this evening, according to an official announcement issued here, and the conference of the Oslo States will open to-

morrow

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Nurses are being called up, pro- paganda units are being organised, the petrol shortage is becoming worse, soldiers are being inoculated, cars have been requisitioned (especially in Prussia) and long trails of lorries and tanks are on the move.

Cologne and other Rhineland towns last night started three nights black-out.

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in Poland.

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Signs of Polish military prepara- tions are evident on all sections of the frontier. A system of trenches with machine-gun emplacements is being constructed in the district of Tylm- anova, parallel with the River Dun-

ROADS BLOCKED Near Szcawnica, the district coded to Poland by Slovakia In October, 1938, roads have been blocked with concrete barriers. Polish military reinforcement have| arrived at various frontier stations, particularly in the sector from Teschen to Schoenau. Bridges on main roads connecting Poland and Moravia have all been mined.

Large movements of Polish troops have been observed near Wirbitz, Reischswaldau, Peterswald and Frie- deck. Trans-Ocean.

SAME OLD DELUSION

Official quarters in Berlin are even At the request of Det.-Sgt. J. more than usually uncommunicative, Johnston, Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at but individuals in German political | Kowloon this morning remanded Tam circles still profess optimism, though Yim, 30, broker, in police custody for they cannot explain why.

Many say they still cannot be lieve that Britain will go to war on account of Danzig.--Reuter.

ITALIAN WARNING

three days pending further enquiries, when Tam was charged with obtain- ing a sum of $300 by false pretences from a woman, Ma Yuet, on Sunday.

with the Belgian EUROPEAN POWDER

Foreign Minister in the chair.

Although the agenda has not yet been drawn up, informed quarters believe that the discussions will cen- tre around the question of a policy of neutrality, and independence to be pursued by the Governments adhering to the Oslo Convention.

It is anticipated that other problems

including those of article sixteen of the League Covenant relating to sane- tions, unrequested guarantees to neutral States by great powers, flying over of neutral territory by belliger- ent airplanes, and economic questions He

will likewise be examined.

BARREL ON POINT OF EXPLOSION

Rome, To-day.

IN AN EDITORIAL IN THE semi-official newspaper "Gior- nale d'Italia", Signor Gayda under the headline “Fac- ing the powder barrel,” warns Britain and France that the European powder barrel is on the point of explosion. reminds the western Democracies of the terrible danger

of an open powder barrel with a burning fuse.

Regarding article sixteen, it is pointed out that the position of the Oslo States was already laid down at A war in order to keep Danzig, the Copenhagen Conference in July "which has been recognised as a Ger- 1938 which decided that an obliga-man city even by Premier Chamber- tion to resort to sanctions could no lain," away from the Reich, would

FIGHT IN

longer be considered universally bind- mean throwing the whole of Europe INTERNMENT

ing.

into war and setting the whole world

CAMP

on

As regards flying over of neutral in flames. territory by airplanes of belligerent powers, which is a problem of parti- The appeal made by France in the cular interest to Holland and Belgium, eleventh hour to Italy to save peace

A fight between internees of the it is said that the Belgian Govern- by intervention, is called "extraor-Mataucheong Internment Camp

Signor ment has taken the view that active dinary" by

Gayda. He Saturday evening was this morning resistance should be offered to any advises the French press to recall what described before Mr. E. Himsworth at belligerent plane attempting to fly has been written and said in France the Kowloon Magistracy when nine. over Belgium and that this view is against Italy since the Munich agree-internees were charged with disorder- shared by the Netherlands Government and to remember all France has ly conduct. All pleaded not guilty.

left undone to further Italy's justified

ment.

Such attempts "would, however, not interests. necessarily and under all circum- stances be considered as a casus belli

in order to avoid as far as possible neutral countries being drawn into an international conflict.-Trans-Ocean..

Italy's policy is a policy of the Axis powers, so Gayda emphasised, adding that as such it is guided by the desire "to find justice and right for those nations which want to live and object to hegemonies."

Inspector H. E. Rogers, Officer-in- Charge of the Kowloon City Police Station, stated that at 6 p.m. on Satur- day the police were asked to pacify a fight between a large number of the internees in the Camp. When the ar- saw the fifth and rived the police eighth accused fighting.

After evidence, Mr. E. Himsworth sentenced the fifth and eighth accused to one week's hard labour each and discharged the other defendants.

Sentences of two and three months' hard labour respectively were im- The article points out that Italy posed on Chan Pak-lam and Chan had advised Poland long ago to come Tak, both 19, for stealing $200, by to a direct agreement with Germany Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen at Kowloon and to take in due account the his- this morning. They stole the money torical as well as geographical "reali- from Leung Yuen-cho who was ties. It was certainly not Italy's fault boarding a bus in front of Po Hing if such advice was left unheard and "given the assistance which it de- Theatre in Nathan Road on Friday. if this Italian "intervention” was not | served."-Trans-Ocean.

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Two Chinese were sentenced to three months' hard labour by Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Central Magistracy this morning when found guilty of the theft of $300 worth of butter from the Dairy Farm stores at East Point,

The accused were Lo Ki, 23, coolie and Cheung Fo-kan, 26, boatman.

Detective Sergeant J. Allen told the Court that first defendant Lo was employed as a coolie in the Dairy Farm. Lo and second defendant Cheung together with several others, broke into the store room with duplicate key and removed ten cases of butter.

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First defendant Lo said they had sold the butter, and he got $95 for his share, which he had spent and lost In gambling.

Second defendant admitted he had received $49 for his share.

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