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NAZI DREAMS

EDITORIAL

Senior Nazi Army Officers

OF SEA-POWER! Confined In Fortress Where

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 16 (Reu- Swedish ter)-Reports from correspondents in Berlin all re- fer to the emphasis now placed. by the Nasis on the fight for seapower.

The Wilhelmstrasse, accord- ing to the "Dagbladet," hints that Germany is hoping to break Britain's mastery of the sea by means of submarines and aircon.ft.

RICKSHAW THROWN IN HARBOUR

BRITISH SOLDIERS

CONVICTED

Hitler Was

Detained

LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuter)~ Field-Marshal Werner von Blom- berg, former Commander-in-Chief | of the German Army, together with five other senior Army Officers, have

General Von Fritsch Was Shot In Back

been confined in the fortress of CRITICIZED NAZI

| Lanzberg, in Bavaria, according to news reaching Belgium and France.

Herr Hitler is said to have given the order to confine the generals! on August 31. the day before the attack on Poland.

BRUTALITY

French Report Of “Assassination”

von

The step was taken under the

LONDON, Sept. 30 (By Air Mail) Nazi Law for the Protection of the State against seditious influences. -Details of the "assassination of Herr Hitler has ordered that these Gen.

Fritsch," the former officers day and night hear politica: | Commander-in-Chief of the Ger- and military reports, so that "they man Army, who was reported to may realise that their suspicions have been killed in the fighting of the Fuehrer were unjust and near Warsaw, are given by Mme. criminal."

Fabouls in “L'Oeuvre” to-day

The fortress of Lanzberg is that In which Herr Hitler wrote his "Mein Kampf.". when he was con- Aned there in 1923.

Field-Marshal von Blomberg

According to information rêm ceived from Zurich, she states, Hitler drew up a list of Army offi- cers who had to be sent into the re-front line. If they were not kled

Corporal Alexander Riddle and Sapper George Swinburn, of the Royal Engineers. appeared before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Central Court yesterday jointly charged 776 with having maliciously damaged a

rickshaw and assaulted the rick-tired during the Purge of the by the enemy the S.S. had orders shaw coolle. a watchman and his son and a passer-by.in Gloucester Road on September 27.

DEATH FOK CHI TING-On Wednesday, October 11. 1039, at his re- sidence, Robinson Road. Mr. Fok Chi Ting. whose funeral will take place at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday, October 21.. 1939, -

The Baily Press.

報西剌孖

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Lau Kwan, the rickshaw coolle, told the Court that he was con- veying a female passenger from Hennessy Road to the Central dis- trict. Wheh in Gloucester Road- it was then about 2 a.m--the two defendants came up and stopped him.

He alleged that the first defen- dant held the woman by the shoulders, shook her and slapped her on the face, pushing her onto

Army early last "year.

FATE OF VON FRITSCH |

There is also simultaneous news of the fate of General von Fritsch the exact circumstances of whose death has been a mystery.

to execute them.

to

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1939.-

IL DUCE ORDER

ARTILLERY TO BE STRENGTHENED. ROME, Oct. 16 (Reuter) Signor Mussolini conferred with hich army officers yesterday. It is reported that Il Duce has ordered the Italian artillery to be strengthened.

RUSSIAN GUARANTEE

TO TURKEY?

DEATH LEAP AFTER FLAT STRUGGLE.

A Chinese, an a leged burglar, about 25 years of age, In a "dea- perate attempt to escape after putting up a struggle with tha occupants of the sixth floor of Apartment 12, Peak Mansions. leapt blindly through the window of the apartment at 3.30 a.`JOBS terday morning and crashed to his death.

The apartment is occupied by Mr. Gunther Stein, the

famous author-Journalist, who was wak- ened by the sound 0: someone

through creeping

the window. The intruder attacked Mr. Stein with an empty bottle on the head. Mr. Stein continued, to resist the assailant, when Mrs. Stein gave Assistance.

The man broke away and made & dash for the window, which he apparently thought was a door.

WILL NOT GIVE

MILITARY HELP ·

TO GERMANY MOSCOW, Oct, 18 (Reuter)-~~The Turkish Foreign Minister, Bey Barajoglu, was expected to leave Moscow for Ankara yesterday.

The report that agreement has The body was removed to the been reached between Russia and Victoria Public Mortuary. The Turkey, which would not conflict man was

believed to be a sub- with Turkey's obligations towards stitute coolte employed a weck the Alles is echoed in Rumania previously by Mr. Stein. A Bucharest report says that there is reason to bellete that Russia has given Turkey a guarantee that' she will not give military help to Germany.

DRAMATIC PLAYS

Small Debt Cause Of Serious Fall

Letter From Hitler Later, von Fritsch received a letter from Hitler asking him to place himself at the Almy's dis- position. Eltler" invited him Yesterday a Flemish newspaper choose his command, where he STAGED BY KUMAON learned from secret

sources would be acting as observer on a RIFLES IN KOWLOON ed to be the cause of a quarrel inside Germany that Herr von Fritsch was shot in the back while on duty on the Polish Front Gen, Von Fritsch was shot by Her bert Grau, a Berlin Storm-Trooper.

The newspaper report says that the murder was carried out on or

complices.

the footpath, while the secondders from superior officers and also defendams, at the same time. gives the names of the other ac- assaulted him. Together the two defendants pulled the rickshaw and pushed it into the harbour. and then ran away.

Witness further alleged that the two defendants ran towards

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a private watchman and his son. They walked down the street, and were arrested by police officers.

Mr. Fort fined the de.. fendants $10 each. They were each also ordered, to pay $5 com-

HONGKONG, OCTOBER 17, 1930

AN UNENVIABLE persation to the rickshaw owner

POSITION

TAKEN ALL IN ALL, Herr Hitler's position at the present time is by no means enviable one. On the Western Front he faces a line of fortifications that deflës

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AND NOTICE is hereby given that." Debentures numbered as above which are not cashed on penetration by his forces. the 31st October, 1939, will be His seaports, are blockaded. paid on the 30th April, 1940, In Eastern Europe, the Baltic after which date they will cease and the Balkans, the Soviet to bear interest.

Union and not Germany is now the dominant Power. It is safe to say that there will be no more Nazi expansion in that direction.

By Order of the Committee, A. K. MACKENZIE,

Hon. Secretary, Hong Kong, 17th Oct. 1939.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG

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one dollar to the puller and $2 to beach of the two complainants.,

Impudent Nazi Propaganda

LONDON, Oct. 16 (Reuter) -Referring to the report cir- culated from Berlin. on Oct I that Polish troops had em- ployed "yellow cross

gas mines," obtained from Britain. the War Office says: "Despite issued the categorical denial by the British Government, which has hot supplied any form of gas at any time to Fo WITHIN GERMANY, 'unrest land, German radio stations is growing. The non-aggres- continue impudently to broad-

cast this baseless charge. 776 sion pact with Russia, while causing dissatisfaction among

THE LAST WAR those who had thought of an '

"It is pertinent to recall

th: empire in the Ukrainian sequence of events in the last war. steppes. also exposed to the By March 1915, preparations had entire population which had been completed by always been friendly towards use gas on the East Front.

April 17, 1915, the German Russia the cynical adventür-

"Agency gave out ism of the men who had for day, on the East Front, the Bri- years been bludgeoning anti- tish employed shells and bombs Soviet slogans into their flled with asphyxiating gas!' heads. As for the war with

"This was a lie. No gas for Britain and France, the Ger- war purposes

was manufac- man people entered It psy-· tured in Britain until May

1915. "On chologically unprepared. Even

April 22, 1915, the first German gas attack. now, Hitler is compelled to!

was launched. The world will proclaim that it will not last

draw the obvious conclusions. long.

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

IN THE GOODS of Ella Sophia Gertrude Tidswell of Lee Creux St. Brelade in the -Island of Jersey Widow, de

ceased,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Court has by virtue of Section 58 of the Probates Ordinance 1897, made an Order limiting the time for creditors and others to send in their claims against the above estate to the 10th day of Novem. ber, 1939.

All Creditors. and others are accordingly hereby required to send their claims to the under -signed on or before that date.

THE BREAK-UP of the anti-Comintern pact, which

Germany to

On

News that 'yester-

$

Very Poor Response

special mission.

Von Fritsch sald that he was not qualißed for such a mis- sion, but he would leave with his regiment the th· Regi- ment. Hitler told him that he would leave with his regiment not as commander," but as special observation officer. Von Fritsch did so, accom-- panied by four S.S. officers,

Too Numerous

The night before his assassina- tion von Fritsch pointed out to the division coramander that the Nazi troops were unnecessarily numer- ous compared with the Poles, and deplored the use of armoured units

against innocent peasants, women

Hitler's "Come and children.

Home" Order

FIRST BATCH OF

IMMIGRANTS

The S.S. officers reported this criticism, and two days later, 25 von Fritsch WAN* standing beside the comman der of battery No. 2 looking through his field glasses he was shot in the back by one of the S.S. officers.

Von Fritsch turned round as he LONDON, Oçt, 16 (Reuter}-The

fell, pulled out his revolver, and Paris radio says that the first ship has left Riga with German im-fired at his assassin. The four 8.S. migrants. There were only 480 on officers then had all the men from that sector moved off and replaced board, though there was accom-

by others modation for many more.

The immigrants had to sign a declaration that they would not ré- turn,

·

Germans from Esthenia will be 'settled in Poland, says the German

Legation at Tallinn. Housing is no problem, it is stated, since there

are

many empty Polish houses which are only slightly damaged. Though they are settling in de-

MEDLEY OF PLEAS IN NAZI PRESS BERLIN, Oct. 16 (Reuter)—A

aedley of pleas, threats, hops and fears was the keynote of the press this morning...

A debt of ax dollars is attribut-

A series of dramatic plays are between two Chinese women yes- being staged by the Kumaon Rifles terday evening. which resulted, it throughout this week at the In- is alleged, in one of them, being dian Dramatic Club, at Whitfield pushed from the first floor of No. Barracks, Kowloon, in celebrating 236, Hollywood Road and sustain- the annual Hindu festival of Raming serious injuries, and the other Lila (Dusehra),

disappearing.

The series comnienced on Friday Pun King-sze, 48-year-old mar evening at 7.30 pm, and will con- ried woman of No. 3. Ng Fuk Lane, tinue through the week, the final second floor, victim of the alleged performance being on Saturday, incident, is now lying in a critica night

condition at the Queen Mary Hos-

On Sunday evening the perform-pital with severe injuries on the ance was honoured with the pre- right side of her face and head. sence of Brigadier J. T. N. Reeve, and to have been sustained in the Officer Commanding the Kumaon fall Rides, Lent.-Col. M. 8. Teversham and ah staff officers.

Ah Ching, 27-year-old woman, to whom, it is believed, the injured The Indian Dramatic Club is the woman owed $6, and who is alleged only one of its kind in the Colony, to have caused her fall, has since and stages monthly, Indian dramas disappeared and the police have at the Club. It is organized by the circulated a description of her. Kumaon Rifles.

early arrest is expected.

Nazi

LI

Press Chief's

An

Allegation Of U.S. Support

For Britain's

!

Position

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 (Reuter)~. American newspapers are still acidly commenting on the Nari

Fress Chief's allegation (later denied by the German Govern- ment) that Britain would not be taking the action she is if the United States was not supporting

The newspapers continue to com- ment on Mr. Chamberlain's speech vastated land, the immigrants are and suggest that Britain and her. being told that they will Uve in the France might like to make the next same circumstances as before. They political move but with a funda- will obtain partial compensationmental change of views, aims and for losses suffered.

Hersons.

"Air Raid" Mystery

Berlin Cleared Up

Over

LONDON, OCT. 16 (REUTER)—THE MYSTERY OF THE BER- LIN "AIR RAID" HAS NOW BEEN CLEARED UP-GERMAN ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS SHOT DOWN ONE OF THEIR PLANES. BOTH LONDON AND PARIS DENY THAT THEIR PLANES "FLEW OVER BERLIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

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However, there is no explanation of the neutral reports of heavy explosions in Berlin area, while the anti-aircraft guns were Bring.

American reports say that one explosion occurred near a munitions works in north-west Berlin.

LONDON, Oct, 18 (Reuter)→→More was given there was an apparent details have been received about contradiction.

was for long the basis of the Polish conquests, they find Reich's strategic calculations, that their troubles are only was undoubtedly accompani- beginning, For the first time ed by deep splits in the ranks in six years, strikes have Saturday night's fair raid" on The Propaganda Ministry sug- of the Nazi leaders, the High broken out in German fac- Berlin. For two hours the popula-gested: "It might be practice." Command, and the ruling tories. "Hitler's war" is the tion in the German capital ex-Later it was announced it might groups as a whole. The soul, word used in Germany to perienced all the feelings of an be an Aliled reconnaissance plane twisted Goebbels and the describe the present conflict. air raid alarm without the alarm flying at a great height:

So high was the plane that It sub-human Streicher have all FINALLY, the Reich has actually sounding.

At 9.30 p.m. heavy "firing was could be detected only by the but disappeared. One hears swallowed the bomb of a heard, the searchlights went on and sound of its engines, picked up by no more of Alfred Rosenberg, "national problem." The pre-gun flashes it, the sky in west (detectors ideologist extraordinary of datory essence of Nazidom Berlin. No alarm was sounded, but ·Gunfire was again heard from the Drang Nach Östen. makes it impossible for it to soon afterwards the Berlin radio several points. Among the Generals, Fritsch deal successfully with the ceased broadcasting and the an- In London. It 13 again authori- Dated the 16th day of Octo is dead and Blomberg dis- complex and delicate pronouncer apologised for the delay, tatively stated that no British graced, while a whole series blems of a multi-national which he ascribed to a technical plane new over Berlin on Satur- of others have been deprived | state. There have already hitch. of their posts.

been revolts in Czechia," In- THE MATERIAL DEPRIVA-dependent" Slovakia has been TIONS which the German humiliated and embittered, people began to suffer long and the Poles are certain to before the war have been be a never-ceasing source of intensified, and they are trouble. much more galling now that Instead of enjoying the fruits 775 of the Austrian, Czech and

ber, 1939.

JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER, Solicitors for the Executrix,

· Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank Building,

Des Voeux Road Central, Hoog. Kong.

PARLOUS INDEED, is the outlook for the House that Hitler built.

Gunfire was heard for au other fifteen minutes and the searchlights swept the sky for some time afterwards.

An hour later, anti-aircraft guns went into action north of Berlin

CONTRADICTION

For some time there was no oficial explanation and when

day night ww

BERLIN STATEMENT BERLIN, Oct 18 (Renter)-An Official German Communique yes- terday afternoon, on the Berlin "raid," stated: "Bounds of aëri- I-plane engines were heard in various parts of North Germany last night and were answered by our anti-aircraft guns at several places,"

Commons Will Sit 3 Days This Week

NOTICE OF OVER 300 QUESTIONS

LONDON, Oct. 16. (Reutzr}==/The

Her "Tribune," of Oakland, Call-House of Commons will meet this forula, says. "If Mr. Chamber week on Tuesday, Wednesday and lain locked the door on peace, Thursday and the House of Lords which he did not, then why should is also expected to sit on the same a German appeal be made to Pre-

days.

sident Roosevelt, who twice castl

PREMIER'S STATEMENT → The Prime Minister, Mr. Neville gated the dictators and whose in- vitation to a conference in Apri: Chamberlain, will make his state- was not answered by Herr Hitler:"ment on the international altua- .

The Journal concludes that the tion on Wednesday. Nazi regime has been manoeuvren Notice has been given of over

300 questions to the Ministers on various topics to be answered dur- ing the weeX.

into a

position where it must assume the offensive

STARVATION DIET Another California newspaper, "Press" of Riverside, declares 'that anation ready for a big war hard- ly finds it necessary, to put civi- lians on a starvation diet and to! commandeer alj the available petrol supplies and tyres from private cars and lorries to keep the military machine moving

At the conclusion of ques- tions on Tuesday, Mr. Chur chill, First Lord of the Ad- miralty, will make a statement. on the loss of the Royal Oak,

SHORT DEBATE

It is expected that there will be only a short debate on the Prime Minister's statement; 'Afterwards: NO CONFIRMATION

the Labour Opposition will raise LONDON, Oct. 16 (Reuter)-No the question of the co-ordinatfor confirmation has been received of economic war activities and direct from Washington of Mr press for the appointment of a Cordell Hull's reported statement full-time Minister to deal with (broadcast by Home Radio) that this question, instead of Sir John President Roosevelt is ready to in-Simon, the Chancellor of the Ex- tervene if all three belligerents chequer, taking over this work in request him to do so

addition to his other duties.

$100,000 FOR CHINESE TROOPS WHO FOUGHT IN NORTH HUNAN

2

CHUNGKING, OCT. 18 (CENTRAL) GENERALISSIMO CHIANG

·· KAI-SHEK HAS RECEIVED A REMITTANCE OF U.8: $100,000 FROM MR, LI, KUO-YIN, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE HWA CHANG COMPANY IN NEW YORK, FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE SOLDIERS © WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE RECENT SUCCESSFUL BATTLE ON

THE HUNAN FRONT.

In an accompanying telegram, Mr. Ed informed the Generalisalme that only by continued resistance can China secure support and help from the American people,

Generalissimo Chiang, it is learned, has sent a reply thanking him for the remittance.