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HITLER OFFERS

HONGKONG, MONDAY OCTOBER 9, 1939.

NOTHING Peasants,

BUT PEACE OF DEFEAT

&

DEGRADATION SUPREMACY

Seeking To Make The Democracies Lose War By Quarrel About Aims

LONDON, OCT. 8 (REUTER)-HERR HITLER OFFERS NOTHING BUT A PEACE OF DEFEAT AND DEGRADA- TION, DECLARES ME. JAMES L. GARVIN WRITING IN "THE OBSERVER." HE ADDS THAT HITLER SEEKS TO MAKE THE DEMOCRACIES LOSE THE WAR BY A PRE-

· MATURE QUARREL ABOUT THEIR WAR AIMS.

"Make no mistake, the democracies have first to fight for their very lives and if they come well through that during the next three months, by all means talk of war aims afterwards."

Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, spoke in London to-day at the Labour Conference and said that Herr Hitler offered no real peace terms.

Britain would gladly consider any genuine offers, but Hitler spoke as a victor.

No Reference

To Hitler Or The War By Mussolini

HOME, Oct. 8 (Rauter)- Signor Mussolini, addressed 500 Fascist leaders from 8ärdinta at the Palazzo Venezia, but, according to Rome Radio his 20-minute speech contained no reference to Herr Hitler's -speech or to the war.

FIGHT AGAINST HITLER

Mr. "Greenwood added that

Hitler offered no restitution

for his wanton acts in the past. It must be inade clear,

and beyond all shadow of a

IN AIR

BRITISH AND FRENCH

CO - OPERATION

IN FRANCE LONDON, Oct. 8

(Reuter)

Air Chlef Marshal Sir Cyril L. N. Newall, Chief of the Air" Staff. said yesterday at a press con- ference in Paris that many squa-. drons of the Royal Air Force.were elready in France and more would follow.

The very close co-operation between the British and French air forets gave promina » of successful prosecution of the war.

The R.A.F. and their Alles were on the road to establishing air supremacy on the Western Front.

The French elvilians, added. 'Bir Cyril, had been most helpful.

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OF SHEKKI: CHINESE RESISTING

IN EVERY STREET: TOWN IN RUINS

Invaders Machine - Gun

Guerillas and pessants tearing up the rails on the K.C.R. A large portion of the railway is still in Chinese hands, making the ro- mosted rasupilen' of traffic a fantasy.

Submarine

Seen Off Miami

DUTCH SHIP

IS SUNK

Villagers In Choihang

CHUNGSHAN, OCT. 8 (REUTER)

-THE JAPANESE

ARE NOW IN FULL OCCUPATION OF SHEKKI. Japanese troops entered the town after nightlong fighting on the outskirts, with the Chinese resisting in every street, while Japanese planes bombed the unoccupied portions of the city.

Gen. Cheung Wai-chung was last seen directing the Chinese, resistance.

Japanese planes started dropping bombs and machine- gunning the villagers in the vicinity of Cholhang, but respected the refugee centre at Chothang.

The villagers elsewhere are fleeing in panic before the bombing planes

and stragglers

are endeavouring to proceed to Macao.

Owing to their lack of animuni

bled early to-day and the soldiers

tion, the Chinese resistance crum-

Governorship

Of Szechwan

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ire melting away, though isolated GENERAL CHIANG

groups are continuing to fight at scattered points.

TAKES OVER A later message" stated that, after

CHENGTU, Oct. 8. (Central) — successfully repelling dozens of The National and Party flags were Japanese attacks during the past displayed in Chengtu' yesterday in HYDE PARK (NEW YORK), Oct. LONDON, Oct. 8 (Reuter)-A two years, and principally during celebration of Generalissimo

BY U-BOAT

8 (Reuter) submarine, "de-Holland-Arenca Line steamer, of recent months, due to the gallant Chiang Kai-shek's assumption of finitely identified as foreign," was 6,800 tons. was sunk early to-day encouragement and organization his concurrent post of Chainman sighted on Friday 15 miles from by a U-boat in the English Chan- by Gen. Chemg Wal-chung of the Szechwan Provincial Gov Miami, it was officially announced nel There was no loss of life Chungshan suffered the loss of ernment. by one of President Roosevelt's and the crew of 41 was landed by Shekki to-day. 20

reboat at m. English, port

The captain of the ship stated

doubt, that permanent peace cannot be based on forcible subjection of people who were'

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 8 (Renter) free and could not rest with It is reported here that Finland secretaries, j ease and certainty on Hitler's has called a number of Army

reservists to the colours. promises. U.S. REACTION: NEUTRAL VIEW

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HITLER SENDS

A PRESENT TO.

LONDON, Oct. 8 (Reuter-The GESTAPO CHIEF

German "Freedom" Station, which

had been silent for several rights LONDON, Oct. 8 (Reuter)

The

The nationality of the vessel

THOUSANDS EMPLOYED --

Generalissimo Chiang, who came here from Chungking, proceeded measure is reported to be pre- was not disclosed nor was it the vessel was on her way to port employed some hundreds, they are Headquarters at 9 am Addressing Whereas previously the Japanese to the Provincial Government cautionary and intended to safe-stated how it was sighted..

when a terrific explosion occurred

now employing thousands of naval the staff who gathered at the au- guard Finland's neutrality:

in the engine room and the wire as well as military units and scores ditorum to greet him, he exhorted. less room was wrecked. The vessel

of aeroplanes, which are con-them to execute their duties con begar to sink.

The ship was on the way to bombing the Chinese, while their

tinuously machine-gunning and clentiously.

Amsterdam from New York.

General Wang Tran-hau, who artillery is maintaining unceasing was

recently relieved of trie shelling.

Gen: Cheung Wai-chung, who also present. He will shortly lead Governorship of Szechwan, Was directing the Chinese resistance to his troops to the front.

DEMOBILISATION

ON FRONTIER ·

BUCHAREST, Oct. 8 (Reuter)—

Rumania and Hungary are de

creasing the number of troops cón-

NEXT MOSCOW

VICTIM

MOSCOW, Oct. 8 (Reuter)-The centrated on the Rumanian-Hun-Lithuanian delegation to Moscow has started against and. in com- Friends of Herr Heinrich Himmler, garian frontier and it is revealed began the talks at the usual hour. menting on Herr Huer's speech. Chief of Herr Hitler's dreaded that this demobilisation actually 10 o'clock, last night. the announcer said: "Eller secret police, Gestapo, yesterday started a week ago at the sug knows we shall achieve peace congratulated him on his 39th eventually by fighting, not against birthday.

gestion of Yugoslavia.

From now onwards, only normal

both.. sides of the border.

the British and Frence soldiers, Herr Hitler sent him a personal detachments will be stationed on but against him and his criminal present. " Government,

"Herr Hitler felt compelled to speak for peace, because he knows that the Germans cannot, "and, will not, endure a prolonged war. "What Herr Hitler wants is not peace, but victory of force.”

-SPANISH VIEW:

..Himmler, like the German Fuehrer, has frequently uttered words which he no doubi" re- gretted later..

For instance, he told the noted British correspondent, Sir Philip Gibbs, "We don't want the Poles, the Czechs and Ruthenians in MADRID, Oct. 8 (Reuter)-Herr German State: As for Napoleon," Hitler's speech is generally re- he continued, "we too have read garded in the press as sincere and little history and know what hap concfilatory.in tone and providing pened to him."

a basis for a peace settlement. No doubt it was with Napoleon's

It held that it merits serious example in mind that Himmler study by the Democracies.

put away his little nest-egg' of

£900 in foreign banks,

TRANSLATONS LOCKED LONDON, Oct. 8 (Reuter)-An interesting aldelight on Herr Hitler's Reichstag speech is given, by the Berlin correspondent of a Swedish newspaper. The corres- pondent says that to prevent leak- ages, the translators who turned the speech into 38 languages were kept under lock and key under

Transfer Of Minority Groups

Exact details are lacking but it is expected that the Soviet is offering termis s'mmilar to those forced on Latvia and Esthonia.

QUEEN ATTENDS

ABBEY

| the east of Shekki with local farm- ers, managed to hold the Japanese LONDON, Oct. 8 (Reuter) attack, but other Japanese forces Queen Elizabeth attended morn- succeeded in penetrating from the ing service at Westminster Abbey. South-west, which was defended The King returned to London by recently arrived Chinese re- after a two-day visit to the Homegulars. Fleet.

Historical Study Of French Army

Since Revolution Given By Local

Barrister In

DR. BENES GIVEN OLD POSITION

Broadcast

Lecture

Speaking over. ZBW. last night on **The French!

REDUCED TO RUINS. SZEWUL KWANGTUNG, Oct. 8 (Central)-Shekki has been re-

duced to ruins by repeated Japan

ese air bombings.""

Many people were killed. and wounded ↳ when Japanese planes machine-gunned the villages around Shekki on Oct. 5 and 6.

HEAVY JAPANEŠE DEFEAT (BACK PAGE)

Army," Mr. H. C. Macnamara, the well-known local bar INQUIRY INTO

rister, gave in outline a historical study of the French Army since the Revolution of 1789.

Mr. Macnamara said, in part, With the Revolution,

SINKING OF SWEDISH SHIP

DAMAGE TO AMERICAN BATTLESHIP

ACT OF SABOTAGE

ALLEGED

WASHINGTON, "Oct. 8. (Regim ter)-The Los Angeles “Ex aminer declares that there ars 'persistent rumours aflost `alleging "an act of sabotage in

connection" with the battleship Arizona.

deal with

The Fumours damage to the ship's

and water tanks. The partment has no oficial to make,

the old Royal Army of France was changed. It was not

According to a San Francised replaced but it was modified and became the origin of the modern French Army we know to-day. The Royal Army The inquiry into the sinking of of the Federal Bureau of Inve

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 8 (Beuter)-massage, Mr. Edgar Hoover, Bead was composed of "volunteers" not only French but foreign the Swedish steamer Gun by a tigation, stated that his men are ers as well. PRESIDENT OF NEW

Naxi submarine was continued in looking into the rumours and he Many of the Regiments were known in Paris. It was the start Stockholm yesterday.

is personally going to Los Angeles GOVERNMENT OF German, others Italian and of a movement which has given The Second Officer of the Gun shortly to pursue the Investiga- close guard until the speech was nouncement states: "Following the

RIGA, Oct. 8 (Renter)-An an

·CZECHOSLOVAKIA-

informer times there had to France an enormous recruiting stated that the crew of the vessel tion. declaration by the Reich Chan-

been Irish regiments in the area in Africa and elsewhere? were told that their Captain, who LONDON, Oct. 7 (Beuter) French Service.

The home army, the "Metropoll was taken on board the U-boat, cellor conceming the transfer of

new Czechoslovak Government is minority groups, the German

During the Revolution a large tan army," as the French call it would be shot if they did not obey now in the process of formation, number of officers deserted to the is recruited on a system of univer-orders of the U-boat's boarding Minister to Riga called on the with Dr. Benes, the former Preal enemy. The reason was that they sal military service. Service abroad party. Foreign Minister with a view to dent, who resigned after the were nobles and the Revolution effected by a long service army. Bir of the seamen told how obtaining the consent and appro" Munich settlement, restored to his had created a strong - realitismótent called "the Colonial Army"" Engineer to open the seacocks: special British Purchasing Mission,

read.

Canadian

Expeditionary Force

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small in numbers but extremely German saflors ordered the Chief,

SPECIAL BRITISH PURCHASING MISSION

bate

OTTAWA, Oct. 18:((Reuter) —— Th val of the Latvian Government for old position.

against this class, the repatriation of Germans rest-

It is equally dent in Lałyin.

Several of his former colleagues certain that many officers, dobles composed of Frenchmen. In addi- the crew were only allowed to which had been in Canada for the MONTREAL," Oct, & (Reuter)-.. The Latvian Government

take their place in his included, adhered to the new for tion there were formed the various take to the boats when the charge past month, plans to leave for nas Cabinet

forces in the Colonies, Africans, of was lighted. They rowed like mad New York as soon as the ernment. The first troops of. the Canadian no Intention of opposing the

IN LONDON Expeditionary Force will sall for action.

Be that as it may many officers all kinds, Amamites and so forth, but the explosion falled to on the American Neutrality En Britain some time before the end

The new Government will prob had to be replaced by soldiers who During the late war no fewer than materialise and the ship sank ends, according to the Dow

Agency, of April

ably have its headquarters in had started in the ranks, and this 900,000 of these active troops ac- from inflow of water. ARTILLERY ACTION |London. -

The Captain's dental that he The Küssion has outlined to the See also Pigo 7

laid the foundation for the moderntually served in France, PARIS. Oct. 8 (Reuter)-Awar

From 1871 to 1914 France lived had tried to ram the Reports, that the government rule that an officer, in the French communique announced: "There has already been formed are stated Army, is appointed for his milliary more or less under the menace of was supported by the ITALO - HUNGARY was artillery action on both sides | to be incorrect,

emciency, and not because he ho Germany In 1875 Bismarck Wiah stated that the U-boat |between the Moselle, and the Dr. Benes is now in Paris ar-longs to some particular cared to declare war again but was on the starboard side, PACT SOON Saar.

ranging the final detalls; and fa | class.

restrained by England and Rumtaz LONDON, Oct. 8 - (Router)The "Patrols of both sides are active expected to return to London WONDERFUL TRAINING

The German Clovemment" manage A force of 1,000 strong has been Rome Radio reports that Italy, in the region south of Zwebruec- shortly

ed, however, to keep Europe in created by a decree for, the main- 5. From 1831 Conwards the

It was announced by the Fagp Hungary Yugoslavia, will shortly keri

state of excitement and this egtenance of order in Bohemia and than Parliament that En Government began in

abled the French Government to Moravia. The forre {xiovement for

will be res- taking the 1:300 [which gave the

formerly taken school of

Reuter from Poland, Czechoslo (hero from

„Erik” states Renter 535

aign a pact. The report adds that During the first week of Octo- negotiations between Yugoslavia ber, the French Navy Intercepted and Hungary are proceeding, satis- 30,000 tons of merchandise des- factorily

tined for Germany.

Britain and France, are® CV

not very willing ponsible to the ser to keep a al Dr. Hachs, reports

Berlin

became wel

Continued on Back Para

submarine Canadian Manufacturers Assocía. crew who tion what is needed from Ondades appeared and arrangements have been.com

pleted for a War Supply Board to [be setup.