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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 11, 1940

HITLER'S APOLOGY FOR FAILURE OF BLITZKRIEG

HITLER'S SPEECH yesterday to arma- ment workers in Berlin sounded more like an Directed by RAY ENRIGHT.A WARNER BROS-First National Picture apology for inaction than anything else.

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-Over half the time was devoted to a tirade about "lebensraum," the Versailles Treaty and the economic position of Germany. It was a revised version of the speech which has served him so often in the past, and drew practically no applause.

"He then went on to say that Mr. Churchill had planned..the

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"People say I have a feeling of inferiority towards England," he said.

"They are crazy! 1 have never had an inferiority com- ploxi"

He made the somewhat amazing statement that not one of Ger- many's armament works have yet been hit by the R.A.F. In this connection, it may be recalled that

on Monday the German Journal "Das Reich" complained: that the German Press was not allowed to give any reports indicating the

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PEP TALK

BRITISH LOAN TO CHINA

A large loan to China nounced by Mr. Butler, £10,000,000 was an- Under-Secretary for For- eign Affairs, in the House of Commons yesterday..

He recalled that on November 30 the United States Government announced it intention of extend- : ing large crédits to China,

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The British Government, view of the importance of its financial and economic relations, has now decided to grant further financial assistance..

•Providing suitable arrange- ments can be made that sterling Js available for use only in the sterling area, Britain' Is "pré- pared in "principle to make an advance of £6,000,000 to the Chinese Stabilisation · Fund and to grant credits for a further £5,000,000, available for pur chases within the sterling area.

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Hitler's speech is re- garded in Washington as a "pop talk" to munition workers and a challenge. This decision has already been For the rest, the speech was a to the rest of the world, ernment, Reuter. long explanation for Germany's whether beiligerents or

scope of the British raids.

inaction, and Hitler seemed to

vecall that some of his listeners 10, who oppose Nazi eco- might be thinking of his boast nomics. that the war would be over by last September.

"Every Caution”.

He told them he considered it worthwhile to wait,

"I am very cautious in this respect," he said. "We don't want prestige successes.!!. He tried to comfort his hearers by painting a picture of the peace ful reconstruction that would en- sue once Germany had won the war practically the sole re- ference in the whole speech to his "New Order."

rie spoke vaguely about "far- reaching plans" for improving the lot of the German people, and "shattering the barriers" around Germany so that she will "occupy the place due to her." Reuter.

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Hitler's announcement of war on capitalism everywhere is tak- en in Washington as timed chiefly at Britain and the United States, America, if not a belligerent,, is and as a final recognition that really in the war with: Britain,

It is also considered significant that German workers needed such "pep talk" particularly such a lengthy one. Reuter.

CONSULTS SHELTER

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FEWER SICK SINCE WAR

shelters might be expected to un- Nights at work or in air raid

ale of the people of this country, dermine the health if not the mor- but d'atistics show that times of greatest stress during the past twelve months have been the times when the least number of people have been on the sick list. British people are not ailing, and they are not rushing to the medlene bottle,

During the period April to June: when Hitler took over most of. his temporary European territory -the sickness rate in Lancashire' Mr. Robert Boothby, Parlia-people

alone dropped by over 121,000 mentary. Secretary, to the Min- An official of an insurance com- Listry of Food,

the mittee sad that the national reac- 'streets of London, between 5 a.m. tion to the war had been remark- and 7 am. to watch the exodus able. from the air: raid shelters,

walked

He was seeking first-hand inioimation to help in advancing the Ministry's plans for Emer- gency feeding.

"The spirit of the people was

"It is the most remarkable tribute to the workpeople of the country," he said. "One would expect that with thousands of our healthy young men In the forces, the sickness rate of the remaining population would naturally increase, but It has not been 60.

A demolition who dug for twelve hours! to free people trapped in magnificent Mr. Boothby said. "I interrogated many of them. a bomb-wrecked home; and what suggestions they had found that two of the vic Some of them were constructive, the fact that people are so busy to make were made cheerfully. "I think the explanation lies in tims were his father and My experiences will assist us in working that they have no time to mother. He got them out is a care of full speed ahead." about minor ailments."

dealing with the. emergency. It be neurasthentic or to and they were taken to hospital.

The house was one of several in the North London area which were demolished. by a heavy bomb...

For hours the rescue workers did not know whether there was anyone alive in the wreckage: They dug and searched systema- tically:

They were ordered to take. cover during a later rald when gunfire was heard overhead, but they refused, and went on with the rescue work,

Boon afterwards a sudden cry: of "Quiet, please," producad· a dramatic alionsa, Then faint sounds ware hoard from'among· 'the debris,

Policeman Trapped

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After an hour's more digging came the first rescue-a dog, which belonged to the demolition worker who retrieved it. Then the man got out his father and mother.

Later some bodies were,recover- ed from the debris. All day efforts were, continued at a post office. building to reach a war reserve policeman who was believed to have been burled,

Ono man, who persistently, re- fused to leave his home and seek shelter, was persuaded, to do so for the first time on Thursday night. His home was wrecked.

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