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How do you feel this morning, Jock?"

"Ugh!"*

"Like that, 'ch ? "

“Worse than that!"

"Good party, though. Never enjoyed an evening as much for years."

"I've never hated a morning as much. I'm still tossing feverishly on my bed of pain. In fact I don't suppose I shall ever get up again. Send me some books from time to time, will you ? And a few flowers. Teli the boys I'm keeping a stiff upper lip.”

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"Has nobody told you about Gimlets? I stuck to them all evening. Feel as fresh as a whole field full of daisica." ***You mean that Rose's Lima Juice takes care of the hangover before it starts ? "

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Definitely. It's known as "a thera- peutic agent if that conveys any- thing to you."

“It might, if my mind could grasp words of more than one syllable. I -- I think I'll send out for some say right away. May act retrospectivaly. Thanks for ringing old boy. I feel better already. See you one of these days at the club, Good-bye.”

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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 4, 1940.

NAZI TREATMENT OF VICTIM PEOPLES: BRUTALITY IN POLAND

NO RAIDS ON GERMANY BAD WEATHER

On enquiry at the Air Ministry it was learned that Saturday 'night's bomber opera- tions over Germany and occupied territory were cancelled be- cause of extremely unfavourable weather conditions. British Wireless.

A BODY BLOW FOR HITLER

GERMANY'S TREATMENT of the popu- lations of occupied territories varies from country to country, according to reliable news which has reached London by devious channels.

The Poles appear to suffer. most severely and the Danes the least severely. In Poland it almost appears that the Germans are in- tent on a policy of extermination.

The Danes are comparatively mildly treated, partly because organised opposition to the regime in Denmark is impossible and partly in order to en- courage the Danes as producers of foodstuffs.

Austria is the only subject! (Belgian Nazis) are reported in country which has benefitted, for some districts. large numbers of Gestapo agents have been withdrawn owing to the necessity for large-scale Ges- tapo activity in other countries.

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Hence Austrian anti-Nazi or. ganisations are beginning thrive. There has been much industrial sabotage and growth of Communist "cells" in large towns 'reaching menacing pro- portions.

Occasional wholesale arrests are made but the manifest injustice of indiscriminate punishment only increases the general discontent."

Between the extremes of Poland and Denmark oppression in other countries varies in degree only,

Aim In Prague The R.A.F. drop bombs In Czechoslovakin the German and set the Black Forest alm appears to be to crush na

tionalistic feeling and forcibly to ablaze. This sends Hitler convert the Czechs to German

into a violent rage. Why? ideas and ideals.

The Poles are treated as

Because next to oil and iron, wood is Germany's greatest need. The whole of the ersatz economy of the country is based on a plen- |tiful supply of timber.

Fibrated wood is in general use as a cloth substitute. A German hausfrau advised her husband not to hang his new suit in the wardrobe...

"Why?" he asked. "Because it might was the reply.

persons with no rights and only Jews are worse served; the Czechs are but slightly better: Coff.

- Nevertheless all Czech children are compelled to attend German schools, and 20,000 Czech students have been forced to work in Germany.

Public libraries are deprived of all. Czech works on political eco- nomy and natural history. Czech take root," theatres are closed and deterniin- ed attempts are being made to substitute German for the Czech language.

The Nazi civilian wears boots with soles and uppers both made from.wood.

Wood; chemically disintegrated

Money Robbery -Public property is systematical and then plastically moulded, isly spoliated and the arbitrary used to replace glass.

fixing of the rate of exchange at 10. Czech crowns for one German mark mulets Czechs of money at every financial operation.

Wood in the form of veneers, impregnated with phenolic resin and then compressed under high pressure, is used as a substitute

for metal.

The Gestapo is laying a heavy weight an Holland. Despite dras- tic punishments the ban on hear Wood supplies essential älcoholing British and Free Dutch radio for German aircraft.

broadcasts is widely defied.

Every barracks, airfield...... and naval base uses wood for construc- tional purposes. Every military. wagon or lorry consists largely of wood. Almost every ammunition- box is made of wood.

The railway depends on wood for sleepers; telegraphy demands wooden poles.

Gorman girls have been plac- ed in the main Dutch telephone

Sabotage does not appear to be organised but it is

note-. worthy that · Schaerbeek

rub-

ber factory and the Hoboken oll dumps have been burned while military cables have been cut In Waterloo and Belgian Luxemburg.

Patriotic leaflets are reported to have been distributed in Antwerp while it is rumoured on good authority that the "Libre Belgi- womry que," the newsnape whink such a thorn in the invaders side in the last war, has reap peared.

....

France Being Looted- Occupied France is being sys- tematically noted. Food for Frenchmen e scarce but Ger man officers in Paris.feed repletion at the Ritz or Maxim's.

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Resistance, however, is dead. German posters put up during, the day are mysterious- ly torn down, during the night. British radio broadcasts blare out from behind darkened win- dows and the Gestapo is power- less to punish the offenders.

News Is passed from mouth to mouth and cyclists are for. bidden to ride abreast in der to avoid this passage Information.

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Resistance is not organised the people are too stunned but the situation will doubtless change in time. Reuter.

NAZI TRADE

IN NORTH

CHINA

exchanges while Gestapo agents (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") swarm in the cities listening for "subversive" talk with acant Apparently encouraged

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Holland is being systematically by the conclusion of the despoiled and a huge volume of tri-partite alliance be- fresh German clearing debts is The German aircraft industry being built up.. Worth of these tween Germany, Italy and Japan, the Reich's trade Compulsory Labour with North China is showing a marked rise,

made its remarkable pre-war ex debts is very doubtful. pansion, principally through the substitution of wood" för metal, To-day it is still dependent on

wood to keep up its rate of pro-Latcat, estimates suggest that duction.

Resources Trebled

Hitler's annexations of the last four years have trebled his timber resources. His invasion of Nor- way and Denmark had as one of its many purposes the exclusion: of the Allies from the Baltic, thus cutting off Britain from the Scan- dinavian countries, formerly her chief sources of timber. Z

50,000 Dutch workers have been according to the “Asahi transported to Germany. Such la Shimbun" in Tokyo yes- bour is practically compulsory though ostensibly voluntary

terday.

The attitude of King Leopold

Is the chief engima in Belgium.. Greatest rise is shown in North Originally the King's Intention China's exports of eggs, animal was to regard himself as a pri- guts, bristles, nuts and vegetable moner of war, according to good oil to Germany, while exports of sources. Subsequently, heap. *ggs" to the Reich exceeded “a peared to wayer but now there million yen by the end of May.. are signs that he is returning.

Since the beginning of October to his former attitude..

exports to Germany have steadily increased and are expected to On the other hand, Hitler has General, von Falkenhausen, mi- easy access to the soft-wood, ply-itary governor of Northern reach 10 million yen by the end

of the present year. wood and wood, pulp exports of France and Belgium, wields-su- Russia.

...preme power while provincial North Chion products are ship-

Tsingtab,

We ourselves have a trade: governors (many, recently apped to Germany through. German agreement to buy three million pointed by Germany) maintain firms in. Pelping, Tientsin and pounds worth of Russian timber, the local administration, an agreement which was not im plemented owing to the Russo- Finnish war.

We should remember that every yard of timber we get from Russia means, n'yard less 161.1

Roxist Terrorism.

Japanese merchants In North China expect 1941 exports to Ger There are no signs that they are many to break the 10 million yen realsting the Germans in any way maris expected to be pet this year, and terroristic acte by Roxists |— Havás,