1940-02-26 — Page 14

WHAT GERMANS THINK ABOUT THEIR

LEADERS NOW

GOERING IS MENTIONED more often than Hit- ler in conversations among Germans nowa- days.

It would not be exactly true to say that Hitler's followers

are losing faith in him.

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But his recent inactivity, the deterioration in the food situation, the absence of a Blitzkrieg, and the failure of the "secret" weapon, are puzzling the public.

They are asking why waiting and what he is waiting for.

Hitler

island is that it was her own fault that she has been so ruthlessly des-

The fault was-believing in Allies.

the

On the other hand, Goering's acti-troyed. vity, his multifarious decrees affect- him ing every sphere of life, keep constantly in the public eye.

He appears as the man of action.

Admiration

Despite the diffleulties which are placed in the way of normal busin- Four-Year Self-Sum- ess by the ciency Plan, there is admiration in circles for Goering's business achievements, Exporters

and importers,

who

have contact with the outer world, resign consider that Hitler should and hand over the reins to Goering. There are still some Austrians who pin their faith in Hitler.

an

But their faith would seem to be based on the ultra-sentimentality of the Austrian because Hitler is Austrian himself.

Even these people, however, de- clare that if anything should happen to Hitler, Austria would no longer remain part of the Relch,

On the whole, there is little real support for Government.

Hitler

Neither is Goering

Austria.

or

the

Nazi

But there is a great reluctance to talk about Poland, and it would seem that few Germans are proud of the turn events are taking there.

HEAVY

S. KWANGSI FIGHTING

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Kweilin, To-day. Heavy fighting continued unabated during on the south Kwangsi front the weekend, as Japanese rushed re- inforcements to maintain their foot- holds

Yamchow-Nanning along the highway.

South

of Nanning, Chinese gueril- las have increased their activities to help the regular force's operations in the 30-mile stretch of the Yamchow- Tatang Nanning highway between and Siutunghu just across the Kwang- Chinese forces are in tung border. popular

of all important complete control points on this section.

In

The various official White, Yellow and other books on the origins the war have done improve Ribbentrop's position, his popularity has gone.

of

something

to

Wutang, fifteen miles northeast Nanning on the highway to Pinyang, but was the scene of a sanguinary battle

throughout Saturday,

of

in-

Scandal

Dr. Ley, the Labour Front leader, has consolidated his position, as the working people believe that he has been responsible for concessions made to them since the war began. Goebbels' following is reported to be falling away,

in Berlin, which is his own particular strong- hold.

even

Personal scandal about him forms a regular topic of conversation now- adays.

the average Finally, what does German think of the Nazi "foreign policy"?

The general attitude towards Po-

The Japanese command used fantry, a dozen tanks, heavy batterics, and nine planes to storm the Chinese Chinese resistance stronghold but held. The Japanese lost eight moured cars and some 1,000 killed and wounded-Central News.

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FLOATING MINE SEEN

THIS MORNING

A floating mine was reported by the s.s. Taishan this morning. Sighted in the course of the trip between Hong Kong and Macao at 9.24 u.m., the position of the mine was given as Lat. 22.11 N., Long. 113.59 E.

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 26, 1940.

LOCAL SHARES

Following is the list of changes and enquiries in local share quotations to- day:

BANKS

Hong Kong Bank $1455 b., C.D.

INSURANCES

Canton Ins, $225 b. Union Ins. $480 b. China Underwriters $1 s. H.K. Fire Ins. $180 b.

SHIPPING

Douglases $100 b.

DOCKS,, WHARVES, GODOWNS, ETC.

H.K. and K. Wharves $102 b. HK. Docks $2311⁄2 U. Providents $4.90 b., $5.05 s., $4.85 sa.

LANDS, HOTELS & BLDGS, H.K. and S. Hotels $54 b., $5.70/.80

sa.

II.K. Lands $39 b., $39 sa. Humphreys $734 b.

HK. Realties $4.60 b.

PUBLIC UTILITIES

HK, Tramways $18.10 b.. $181

$18 sa.

Star Ferries $65 b.

Yaumali Ferries $20

b.

China Lights (Old) $8.40 b.

EXPEDITION

INTO GERMANY

(Continued from Page 5)

But there was no surprise when I told them the truth and gave the lie to the reports they have been getting In their newspapers and on the radio. signifi- And that struck me as very cant, this readiness to accept as false without protest or question the pro- paganda news they have been fed on for weeks, day in, day out.

that this Don't imagine, though, is a symption of coming internal up-

The Hitler heaval.

propaganda machine does seem to me to have of two convinced most Germans

things:-

willing

to they

(a) That if they are make sacrifices and endure will defeat what they have been taught to regard as the effete and de- cadent plutocracies of the west.

it will be (b) That if they don't 1918 and 1919 over again for them, s., only two hundred times worse.

China Lights (New) $5.10 b. H.K. Electrics $70 s., $6815/6834 sa Macao Electrics $21 b. Sandakan Lights $114 b. Telephones (Old) $31% b., $31/31

sa.

"It's a backs-to-the-wall fight for us, with everything to win and no- thing to lose" is the way one Ger- man I talked to put it.

conviction this

and wrong it is those who

To combat show the Germans how should be the aim of all

inside are trying from outside and

Germany Germany to create a new freed from the unjustness and pro- regime, with a Government in whose pledges, the people and both the German other nations of the world can place their trust.

Telephones (New) $11 b.. $11/1144|paganda lies of the Hitler

sa.

INDUSTRIALS Cements $19 b., $19.60/.75 sa.

H.K. Ropes $6 sa.

STORES, &c. Dairy Farms (Old) $234 b. Dairy Farms (New) $221⁄4 b. Watsons $9.55 b., $9.00 sa. MISCELLANEOUS Entertainments $7% b.

MANILA SHARES Antamoks Ps. .15% b. Atoks Ps. .18% b. Baguio Gold Ps. .22 b. Batong Buhay Ps. .013 sa. Benguet Consol. Ps. 5.85 b. Big Wedge P's. 2014 sa. Coco Grove Ps. .13 sn. Consol. Mines Ps. .0035 sa. Demonstrations Ps. .12 b. East Mindanao Ps. 10 b. I.X.L. Ps. 36 sa. Ipo Gold Ps. .1011⁄2 b. Itogons Ps. 271⁄2 sa. Mambulao Ps. .013 b. Masbates Ps. .10 b. Mind. Mother Lode. Ps. .10 b. Mine Operation Ps. .10% b. North Camarines Ps. .09 b. Paracale Gumnus Ps. .22 b. San Mauricio Ps. .81 sa. Surigao Consol. Ps. 1712 sa. Suyoe Consol. Ps. 13 sa. Syndicate Inv. Ps. .024 b. United Paracales Ps. 281 b.

'You Would Never Get A Car'

It

The train was runnnig slow. was already two and a half hours be- hind schedule when, outside Hanover, it stopped altogether. We stood halted in the siding for three hours.

I asked the guard "What's up?"

trains passing us "Have those other priority rights?" I thought they might be troop trains or munition transports. "Not a bit of it," snorted the guard, a real old-fashioned Prussian, with a bristling, bright red Kalser mousta- che. "It's just an engine breakdown. ho! That's nothing these days, ho! They'll patch it up, and then we'll go on.'

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"Wish to goodness I had hired car to take me along the autostrade to Berlin. I should have been there by now," I said when I got back into my carriage.

"Hire a car and go along the auto- bahn?" said the man in the window seat. "You would never get a car.

"Petrol is only available for really stuff that transport, urgent road absolutely must go by road, and the used at all only cars allowed to be are the few that have been given the. Red Angle sign to show that they are doing work of importance."

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dollar to-day was 1/2 13/16.

The cross rate London/New was £-U.S.$402.50 and New York/ London

£-U.S.$395-3/8.

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