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"How do you feel this morning, Jock?"
*** Ugh!"
"Like that, ch?"
"Worse than that!"
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"Good party, though. Never enjoyed an evening so 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 fem flowers. Tall the boys I'm keeping a stiff upper lip."
"Has nobody told you about Gimlets? I stuck to them all evening. Feel as fresh as a whole field full of daisies."
"You mean that Rose's Lime Juice takes care of the hangover before it starts ?"
H
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 soma say- right away. May act retrospectively Thanks for ringing old boy. X-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: BRUALITY IN POLAND
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 to at 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 country which has benefitted, for some districts. large numbers of Gestapo agents have been withdrawn owing to the recessity for large-scale Ges- tapo activity in other countries.
Hence Austrian anti-Nazi or- ganisations are beginning to 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
In Czechoslovakia the German aim appears to be to crush na tionalistic, feeling and forcibly to convert the Czechs to German ideas and ideals.
The Poles are treated as persona with no rights and only Jews' are worse served; the Czechs are but slightly better. off. 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- homy and natural history. Czech
ini
Sabotage does not appear to be organised but it is note- worthy that: Schaerbeek rub. ber factory and the Hoboken cil dumps have been burned white 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- que," the newspaper which such a thorn in the invaders' side in the last war, has reap- pearca. ·
was
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
France Being Looted Occupied France is being sys- ¡tematically Rooted. Food. for
The R.A.F. drop bombs Frenchmen scarce but man officers in Paris feed to and set the Black Forest repletion at the Ritz or Maxim's. ablaze. This sends Hitler Resistance, however, is not into a violent rage. Why?
Ger-
dead. German posters put up during the day are mysterious.
Because next to oll and iron,
ly torn down during the night, wood is Germany's greatest need. British radio broadcasts blare The whole of the ersatz economy out from behind darkened win- of the country is based on a plen- dows and the Gestapo is power-tiful supply of timber, less to punish the offenders,
News la passed from mouth -to-mouth and cyclists are for
bidden to ride abreast in der to avoid this passage information.
or.
of
Resistance is not organised -
theatres are closed and determin- the people are too stunned ed attempts are being made to but the situation will doubtless substitute German for the Czech change in time.—Reyter.. language..
Money Robbery
Public property is systematical- and the arbitrary
ly spoliated
fixing of the rate of exchange at 10 Czech crowns for one German mark mulets Czechs of money at: every financial operation.
...The Gestapo is laying a heavy weight on Holland. Despite dras- tie punishments the ban on hear- ing British and Free Dutch radio broadcasts is widely defied.
German girls have been place
NAZI TRADE
IN NORTH
CHINA
Fibrated wood is in general use as a cloth substitute. A German hausfrau advised her husband not to hang his new suit in wardrobe.
"Why?" he asked.
the
"Because it might take root," was the reply.
The Nazi civilian
wears. boots
with soles and uppers both made from wood.
Wood, chemically disintegrated and then plastically moulded,' is ́ used to replace glass.
Wood in the form of veneers, Impregnated with phenolic resin and then compressed under high pressure, is used as a substitute for metal.
Wood supplies essential alcoho! for German aircraft.
Every barracks, airfield and
ed in the main Dutch telephone (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") naval base uses wood for construc-
exchanges while Gestapo agents swarm in the cities listening for, "subversive"! 'talk with success.
scant
tional purposes. Every military Apparently encouraged wagon or forry consists largely of wood. Almost every ammunition- Holland is being systematically by the conclusion of the box is made of wa despoiled and a huge volume of tri-partite alliance be for sleepers, telegraphy demands The railway depends on wood fresh German clearing debts is tween Germany, Italy and wooden poles. being built up. Worth of these debts is very doubtful.
Japan, the Reich's trade made its remarkable pre-war ex- with North China is pansion, principally through the showing a marked rise, Today It la still dependent on substitution of wood for metal. wood to keep up its rate of pro-
Compulsory Labour Latest estimates suggest that 50,000 Dutch workers have been according to the "Asahi transported to Germany. Such la- Shimbun" in Tokyo yes bour is practically compulsory terday. though ostensibly voluntary:
The German aircraft industry
duction.
Resources Trebled · Hitler's annexations of the last four years have trebled his timber way and Denmark had as one of resources. His invasion of Nor-
its many purposes the exclusion
dinavian countries, formerly her cutting off Britain from the Scaft-
chief sources of timberzzus
The attitude of King Leopold Greatest rise is shown in Dorth is the chief engima in Belgium. China's exports of eggs, animal Originally: the King's Intention was to regard himself as a pri- oil to Germany, while exports of guts, bristles, nuts, and vegetable Boner of war, according to good eggs to the Reich exceeded of the Allies from the Baltic, thus sources. Subsequently he a millon yen be the end of May. peared to waver but now there are signs that he is returning exports to Germany have steadily Since the beginning of October
1 General von Falkenhausen,
ml-
increased and are expected to litary governor of Northern of the present year,
reach 10 million yen by the end France and, Belgium, wields su
to his former attitude. I
preme power while provincial North China products are ship governors (many recently apped to Germany through German pointed by Germany) maintain firms in Peiping, Tientsin and the local administration.
On the other hand, Hitler has easy access to the soft-wood, ply- wood and wood pulp exports of Russia BOP MAN
We ourselves have a trade agreement to buy three million Tsingtao..
pounds worth of Russian timber, an agreement which was not im- Rexist Terrorism Japanese merchants in Northplemented owing to the Russo-
China expect 1841 exports to Ger-Finnish "war." There are no signs that they are many to break the 10 million yen We should remember that every *#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*Nenonene resisting the Germans in any way mark expected to be set this year. yard of timber we get from Russia
and, terroristic nota by Rexists - Havas,
means, a yard lösa för him,
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