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THE HOPKINS MANUSCRIPT

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1939

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GOERING'S

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REMARKABLE STORY BY MADAME TABOUIS

LONDON, TO-DAY.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE NAZI OFFICIAL ENQUIRY INTO THE BOMB EXPLOSION IN THE MUNICH BEER CELLAR ON THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 8 ?

What has become of Captain Best and Major Stevens, the two Britons who were kidnapped by the Nazis at Ven- loo, on the Dutch frontier, on the evening of Novem- ber 9?

Since the Gestapo (the Nazi secret police) tried to fasten the responsibility for the explosion on these officers nothing has been heard.

GERMAN LINER TO RUN GAUNTLET?

Mexico City, To-day. The 10,000-ton Hamburg. Amerikan liner Orinoco, which is now in Tampico, is apparently preparing to put to sea as soon as possible.

She is taking on board supplies of food and fuel sufficient for a long cruise, and it is believed she intends to slip out of port about January 8-Reuter.

RUMOURS OF SOVIET MUTINY

London, To-day. Further reports of a revolt in the Russian lines in the Salla sector of the northern front are contained in semi-official statement from Helsinki.

The statement declares that Russian aeroplanes were forced to bomb and machine-gun their own troops in this

area.

It adds that there has also been fierce fighting between Russian infan- try detachments, and while the shoot- ing was going on, shouts and cries could be heard. Reuter.

QUNFIRE BEHIND' LINES

Paris, To-day. Reports from Stockholm state that a detachment of . Finnish troopé has reached the Leningrad - Muriako rallway, which they hava interrupting sport and food suppli

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NEW YEAR MESSAGE

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The New Year dawns in the early months of another Great War, a war which we British and our French' Allies have taken upon ourselves so that the just and secure peace of which His Majesty the King spoke of nobly on Christmas Day may reign in the world. may well be that before it is won that war will con- tinue for as many years as it has as yet seen months: But won it must be, whatever the cost of life and wealth and comfort; for until the victory for peace, freedom and justice has been gained, war, or the prospect of war will continue to govern our lives.

In that cause then we must withhold nothing in order that, again to quote the King "freedom of spirit may be saved to the world." Only with our hearts so set shall we be able to achieve really and fully the sin- cere wish which I venture to send to all in the Colony "A Happy New Year."

Goering COUNT CIANO OFF TO LT. COLONEL

To-day Field-Marshal comes into the picture in connexion with this affair.

Madame Tabouls, the French po- the litical commentator, writing in Parli newspaper "Oeuvre," states that the breach between Hitler and Goer- ing (reliable reports say the latter is now in disgrace) dates from the time Captain Best and Major Stevens were kidnapped.

HITLER'S INQUIRY ~~The Britons, Madame Tabouis says, kept track of correspondence with Nazi leaders, and Hitler ordered the kidnapped Britons to be questioned at length in order to find out far Goering's policy differed his own.

how from

Were the Nazis who, it has been officially admitted, were in touch with Major Stevens, Captain Best and genuine agents of Goering, and were to the "peace terms" they wanted deliver something more real than a pretext to be used later in connexion with the bomb plot and the enquiry into the explosion?

were

It is officially revealed in Lon. don that the two Britons acting as "postmen" on Government orders.

British

They were to collect messages from private sources in Germany.

PROPOSALS RECEIVED.

On November 8. Captain Best and Major Stevens were at Venloe.

They received certain proposals which, according to the official ac-

count, came from influential ters in Germany.

the same place was arranged.

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In the meantime the bomb had exploded in Munich, missing Hit- ler by a few minutes,

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On the following afternoon two: British officers were waiting at Venloo.

But instead of peace proposals they received an armed attack and were kidnapped. Reuter.

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Budapest, To-day. BADLY HURT

The Italian Foreign Minister, Count Clano, has left Rome and is due here

on a "hunting trip." ostensibly Havas.

S.M.C. CHANGE

Lt.-Colonel F. D. Field, M.C., of the Royal Artillery, was seriously injured | last night at about 11:30 p.m. when the car he was driving, No. 266, collided with a tram standard in Queen's Road East.

The circumstances of the collision are still being investigated.

Shanghai, To-day. Owing to illness Mr. G. E. Mitchell has resigned from the Municipal Coun- cil, and Mr. J. H. Liddell has been co-Ordnance Depot, opposite Wellington opted to take his place.

Mr. Liddell was a member of the Council in 1934 and 1935.--Reuter.

The accident occurred near the Army

Barracks, and Lt.-Col. Field was taken to the Military Hospital in a serious condition.

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