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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 7, 1939.

SOVIET SILENT

London, To-day.

No official deolarätion of nou- trality has been received from Russia, Italy, Japan and Spain.

However, Italy, Japan and Spain have issued notifications to this effact.----Router.

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THESE MEN

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

POSTAL CENSORSHIP

Page

tionery employed for correspon-

despatch. of such packets, if and when the Censor is satisfied with dence abroad. the guarantees given, application for permits should be addressed to:-

The Censor, G.P.O., Hong Kong.

and should state precisely, for what kind of business the permit is desired (e.g. News Agency).

In view of the present crisis, the Government of Hong Kong

Until à permit has been obtain- cannot allow any uncensored com- of the kind in question, or to ed, it is useless to post any packet| munication to pass between Hong send by letter post any articles Kong and foreign countries.

The following information is in such packets, eg a

which would normally be included

respondents:-

book,

ARE AGAINST published for the guidance of cor-newspaper, or a pamphlet will be

HITLER

"To-day it is no exaggera tion to say that, inside Ger- many, at least 50 per cent, of the population is in complete disaccord with nearly every; thing that Hitler stands for.”

This is the estimate of anti-Nazi forces within the Reich 'given by Fritz Max Cahen, organiser of the anti-Hitler "German Vanguard," whose book, "Men Against Hitler," is published by Messrs. Jarrolds. Ltd., price 8s. 6d.

treated as "printed matter" and

1. Correspondence posted on or before the date of this notice stopped; even if sent by letter will be treated as follows :----

post,

(a) Any "express", "registered",

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(b)

RULES FOR THE GUIDANCE

or "insured" postal packet will be censored as soon as possible, and sent on if In order to make the censor- All other postal packets al- rendered necessary in the pre- "passed."

ship of postal packets, which is

ready posted will be detain-sent emergency, as effective and ed until sufficient censors are economical as possible, the public available to examine them, is earnestly invited to conform to and enquiries about their the following rules in regard to disposal will not be enter-

correspondence with places abroad: tained.

ING WITH PLACES ABROAD. OF PERSONS CORRESPOND-

2. Correspondence posted Cahen, who was a member of the after the date of this notice will German peace delegation at Versail-be treated as follows :—

les, has constantly run the gauntlet

of the Gestapo.

He adds. "At least another 20 per cent, are against Hitler methods, with- out being completely opposed to certain results achieved by his policy.

"The remaining 30 per cent. are Nazis, but even these do not form a complete unit. Among them are many who reproach Hitler for break- ing his promises.

THE REAL DANGER

"One can characterise this portion of the National Socialist Party as the real Bolshevist danger now in Ger- many,

These are the National Bol- shevists, who on the surface wear the brown of the National Socialists, but For this, in the slang of the country, they are referred to as the beef

underneath the red of Communists.

steaks.

(1) The name and address of the sender should be stated on the envelope.

(2) Prívate correspondence (a) Small packets, Printed Pa- should be conducted in English pers, Samples, Blind Litera-if possible: the language should ture, Insured Boxes, and be plain. and the letters as clear- Parcels will be stopped alto-v written and as brief as pos- gether, unless posted under ible. special .permit. (see Para- graph 3).

(b) Letters in the ordinary sense of the term, post cards and commercial papers, if posted in the ordinary way, will not necessarily be stopped, but they will be subject to inde- finite' delay.

(3) Business correspondence should be conducted, if possible in English French or Chinese.

(^Y If English is not smnlou- ad, the nema

of the lanousos used should be endorsed on the envelone

(5) The envelope should con- tain no lining paper, or empty sheets.

3. Permits for the despatch of small Packets, Printed Papers, should not use stationery which (6) Firms writing abroad Samples, Blind Literature, and shows a picture of their works. Parcels will be issued by the Cen- If employed on

munitions,

or

sor to persons, or firms; whose other Government works, the fact normal business necessitates the should not be stated on the sta-

"While one may consider that the OFF THE RECORD

forces of the opposition exclusive of the Communists, number, not more than 10,000 active combatants, one can also estimate that the under- ground propaganda has now affected more than half the population. There- fore, we can calculate that millions are ready to set forth in the streets prepared to demonstrate when the moment arrives."

By ED REED.

(7) Firms and individuals should refuse to act as inter- mediaries or agents for the re- ceipt and, transmission of postal correspondence on behalf of per- sons in places abroad.

Failure to comply with these rules may lead to the delay or return of the "correspondence.

By Order.

C. G. SOLLIS.

Censor.

Hong Kong, 5th Sept., 1939.

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QUESTIONS ABOUT NEUTRALITY

London, To-day.

"In the House of Commons this after- noon, the Premier was asked whether any official representations on neu- trality had been received from the Russian, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish Governments,

Mr. Butler, who replied, said: "No official communication on neutrality has been received from these govern- ments.

But, according to an official an- nouncement made in Rome on Sep- tember-1st, Italy will take no initia» tive in the way of military-opera- tlons. Lord Halifax has been inform- ed--that a declaratión -of; náukulity:| was issued by the Spanish»- Govern-: ment - at Burgos-on » September 4th. The Japanese Government - -heve-de- fined their attitude as one := of [non-.] intervention-British Wireless.

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