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HONGKONG. DAILY PRESS

HITLER'S

DIATRIBE AGAINST

IDEALS OF DEMOCRACY AND BRITISH WAR AIMS

Blackmail & Oppression Of Versailles Treaty.

LONDON, Jan. 31 (Reuter)-Speaking at a meeting at the Berlin Sports Palace last night, to mark the Seventh Anniversary of the Nazi Revolution, Herr Hitler, in his first big speech since the Munich bomb explosion, sald that there was much, talk in the rest of the world about democratic ideals, but not in Germany.

Germans had sufficient experience of the democratic idea in the past, he declared. They had 15 years oppor- tunity of coming to know the democratic ideal in its pure form. They are only successors of democracy.

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very experienced in the pro- duction of war aims, since she was the country which waged most of the wars in the world.

Referring to Britain's "most TIRADE OF BOASTS Hitler said that Britain was marvellous war alms," Herr

AND THREATS The Times, in an editorial on Herr Hlder's speech says the tirade of boass, threats and hatred is only interesting as an example of the systematic mendacity, upon which German morale is apparently buil, and as displaying fear of the Allied aims,

GENERAL OFFENSIVE

INDICATED

CABLE

Brazil Takes

Over German Air Line

NEW YORK, Jan 31 (Reuter)-A Rio de Janeiro dispatch to the New York Times says that Brazil bas ROME Jan. 31 (Havaa)-Herr taken over the Condor German. Alr Hitler's speech clearly indicates Line. that Germany will be launching a general offensive soon, according decree ordering the concern to im- President Vargas has signed a to political quarters here. Herr mediately adapt itself" to the Hitler's words regarding the com- Article in, the Brazilian Constitu- pletion of the German military tion providing the management to machine are considered especially be placed in the hands of Brazi- significant.

lians.

On the other hand. Italian po

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IMPORTANT TALK IN NEW DELHI •

ON FEB. 3

Htical quarters are surprised at The line has also been ordered the absence of all reference to to comply with the decree issued the future status of Poland and in 1938 regarding personnel. Interpret the silence as a sign! This is believed to mean that the that Germany is determined to special concession by which the consider Poland as a conquered line is authorised to maintain country, simply annexed to the Germans, and former German sub- Reich

jects now naturalised Brazilians, Herr Hitler's explanations re as plots, is now withdrawn."

here on that subject, but the Ita- garding the Russian aillance have| not dispelled the bitter feelings llans greeted with satisfaction Herr Hitler's distinction between the "have" and the "have not" countries and his assertions on German-Italian policy which has reinforced the Italian position... "These war aims eays the new

NEW DELHI, Jan. 31 (Reater)— Europe will have full justice and

NOTHING NEW-

Mr. Gandhi will have an inter- this general justice will make

PARIS, Jan 31 (Havas)--Polit view with the Viceroy on Feb. 3. armaments superflous and, there-cal circles do not comment much Considerable The Daily Telegraph says that fore, disarmament will follow. and on Herr Hitler's speech, which is taches to the conversation owing importance at- the screams of last night were trade will then begin to flow, cul- not considered

anything new. to the critical stage reached in shrill and the abuse parodied itself. ture and religion will flourish and Hitler developed once more the the political controversy in India The more often Herr Hitler makes a goldenage will come.

theme of all Nazi speeches, since the outbreak of war. such speeches, the swifter the

"Bat

most unfortunately, we namely Versailles, British hypocrisy twilight of Hitlerism will darken have been promised this golden and the oppression of Germany Each shriek betrays the dread of age a good many times before and by western countries. The usual British power and consciousness of It is the same people who describe rearrangement of facts to suit inferiority in the contest he has it anew today.

these were not lacking from provoked.

the speech

MR. CHAMBERLAIN

WAR EFFORT

ON

Continued from Page 1 stations, standing ready and prepar- ed for their duties enables us here! at home, without fear of interrup. tion, to proceed with the expansion of our equipment and our striking

"Those

"GOLD AGE"

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Thus. Herr Hitler declared that

old worn-out records have been played before and we can only be very sorry for these 1938 was a year of anti-German finding one new idea to lure our ting that it was the year of the gentlemen, who are incapable of provocations, apparently forget people"

annexation of Austria, Memel and Sudetenland.

CHRISTIAN LOVE!

TURKISH PRESS ATTACKED

MOSCOW, Jan. 31 (Reuter)—Tha

Trade Union organ, Trud, made an accuses it of publishing, without attack on the Turkish press and evidence, anti-Soviet news such as reports of Finnish successes and The only point of interest was for reacting "with unconcealed en Herr Hitler then proceeded to Herr Hitler's public appeal inveigh against the

to thusiasm to Mr. Churchill's threats Versailles. He declared

Treaty of Italy to join the German cause. against neutrals."

that no nation suffered more severely from the economic depression than "We have now the first contin- Germany and gent of the British Expeditionary man, during those 15 years, re- Force in France and already we membered the Christian love of have sent over to France. for their mercy. Now they are howling sustenance, many thousands of from the Bible, but in those days this war may not spare women motor transport vehicles and near- their real Bible was the Treaty of ly half-a-million tons of muni- Versailles, each tlons and stores.

force.

not the English- WIDENING GAP BETWEEN

paragraph of, which was a blackmall and THE NAVY

on pression and the Treaty" rested on "Now the Navy is today, as it the League of Nations, which was has always been in our history, the built only to compel Germany to first line of defence of these islands obey the Treaty. and that great empire which was; bullt up by the toil and enterprise of our forefathers,

"If you ask me what is the battlefront of the

Navy

should say it is wherever British

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ships sall the oceans which

cover two-thirds of the earth's surface.

and children.

MOSCOW AND ALLIES

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suburbs of Hangchow, the beaut 26 and had a fierce engagement ful city on the West Lake, on Jan. with the Japanese. A number of Japanese light-machine-guns and rifles were captured.

Another Chinese unit damaged a section of the Linping-Tsungteh highway and two bridges at Chow- chiawan on the night of Jan. 21. CHINESE ADVANCE CHENG-CHOW, Jan, 31 (Central) The Chinese are advancing to- wards Tsinyang, southwest of Po Al in north Honan; in several columns

In a Chinese attack on Shang- chicheng a Japanese unit was

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"Britain never hesitated to make war against women and children and we know what Britain and

Special to the HK. Dally Fress France have done in the last five

LONDON, Jan. 31 (Havas)-Desbridges were blown up. months, but Britain and France pile reports current here on Mon- In day asserting that Sir William appear not to know what we Germany have done within these Seeds is returning to Moscow in February, diplomatie circles here seriously doubt that such a return

WAR AIMS 'Herr

Hitler continued:" Me months. Chamberlain. as plous preacher proclaiming Britain's war alms, plan.

of Hek preaching

reminds me

to a poor soul with th; Prager

believes himself.

"Our arms factories are Now working smoothly according

to

is possible.

Russian relations with Britain and France are constantly, de- teriorating and the development of

WUYUAN, SUIYUAN, Jan. 31 (Central)-Another battle is rag- ing in Suiguan as Japanese forces

Two Lightships Bombed

in Paotow, terminus of the Pel-attacks they made on Monday on British and neutral LONDON, Jan. 31 (Renter)-Nazi aircraft repeated the ping-Sulyuan Railway, after hav- shipping in British waters yesterday, when they attacked ing been heavily reinforced, com with bombs and machine-guns ten merchant ships and menced a two-pronged "drive last Saturday.

two lightships. The only ship so far reported lost is a small ship of less than 1,000 tons, the Jersey Queen, whose SOS was heard by radio sets on shore.

AND THE U-BOATS Book under his arm. Nobody can

One Japanese column is pushing "According to British broadcasts,

west along the Paotow-Wuyuan belleve him and I do not think he they wish us to believe there is no the Finnish conflict is only in-highway, while another has cross- "To give you an idea of the de- mand upon them I may tell you much better.

"I like Mr. Winston Churchill cause the whole sky is darkened

ed the Yellow River to attack the more sunshine in England. be-creasing the gap between Moscow

and the Allies.

Chinese positions at Wulashan and that since the outbreak of the war Our war aim is to destroy Ger- the whole world is only one armed that the next Supreme Allied

He clearly says by squadrons of British planes, Well-informed circles believe the vicinity. over 34,000 miles. On the first 120 many and, if possible, exterminate armed camp working for Britain Council will discuss very important CABLE NEWS

one of our battleships covered wel

days of the war one of our cruisers

the German people'

IN BRIEF

was beached.

"She reported that another ship was being attacked in the vicinity, and a lifeboat put out to the rescue.

One of the ten merchant Only one British ship was sunk ships was a Latvian vessel, yesterday, the 1,400-ton Eston the 3,700-ton Tautmila, which

16 MEN DROWNED' was at sea" for 120 days: one of

and Germany has got only three questions in connection with the

Bixteen SECOND PHASE

men west drowned U-boats left,

Finnish problem. our destroyers. for, 103.

WALKED ASHORE "The first phase of war has come

when their small boat capsized "From the north of Scotland to to an end and Mr.

"That is very bad, not for us, In these circumstances, 8lr Wil-

A member of the crew walked quarter-of-a-mile from Churchill is but for others:

shore, AMSTERDAM, Jan. 31 (Reuter) ashore from the beached ship. He They were the crew of the Leith the coast of Greenland, that space over-anxious to see the beginning sunk these

For after having liam Seeds' return to Moscow will which the German raider has to of the second phase He ex- enemies will have to invent some that it cannot be interpreted as a three U-boats," our be decided only if evidence exists

The Netherlands Government has said that he had been knocked out steamer Giralda (2,178 tons) and protested to Berlin over the viola- during the attack and, when he they took to the boat when the pss to reach the Atlantic or Ger-pressed the hope the war by theory about the resurrection of change of the Allied pro-Finnishtian of Dutch territory on Mon-came to, he found himself alone. steamer sank off the Orkneys. man merchantinen have to pene- bombing may now begin and that U-boats.”

policies.

day by German planes. The Sixteen others have been landed They tried to make for one of planes flew over Central and by a lifeboat, but it is feared that the islands where crowds, includ- North-Eastern" Holland and were seven or eight are missing. chased off by Dutch air patrols.

Bix bombs were dropped.

doctor, were waiting on shore to give, assistance.

trate in order to carry cargoes to their home port is a thousand

miles long and in winter visibility by day isn't more than a mile. Yet that space is being densely controlled by the British Navy with increasing success."

WORST DAY OF AIR RAIDS OVER

FINLAND: 3,000 BOMBS DROPPED

WESTERN FRONT DURING ONE WEEK

PARIS, Jan, 31 (Reuter)--A French War Communique states that there was marked activity of contact units to the west of the Saar,

"In the same region, artillery was in action during a large part of the day.

NO LEAVE FOR B. E. F.

LONDON, Jan, 31 Reuter)-The War Office announces that owing

to the continuance of wintry.con-

ditions in the United Kingdom,

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BERLIN, Jan. 31 (Reuter)-The official News Agency claims that the only aircraft which, falled to return from yesterday's East Coast Nurmes district was also bombea air raids "had to make a forced several times.

landing on the sea."

MONDAY'S RAID

According to reports hitherto

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LONDON, Jan. 31

(Reuter)-

On llans were edited and about arts an enemy altcraft was unce that

Soviet Attacks Continue On Lake Ladoga Front

killed fifty wounded in Monday's raids,

Finnish aircraft bombed a Cerm täin harbour and vessels lying. there, also enemy motor lorries,

shot down by a Royal Air Force Fighter Command aircraft off the East Coast early yesterday afternoon.

LONDON, Jan. 31 (Reuter)-A

HELSINKI, Jan. 31: (Reuter) -All through the night transport columns, troop quarter Reinkel bomber swooped down an

further reports of Monday's air raids poured into Helsinki from all over Southern Finland.

in the west, come fresh revelations of horror and destruc- Right along the coast, from Viborg in the east, to Abo

and railway stations. Twenty-one shot down enemy planes were and one Finnish plane was lost.

FOUR POINTS HELSINKI, Jan. 31 (Reuter)

a patrol vessel in the roadsteads, which began to zig-zag: Two bombs were apparently dropped and water was thrown up, but the

and continued as the plane made OIL,

leave for the B. E F is unlikely tion marking what may prove to be Finland's worst day of Soviet attacks north-east of Lake ship did not appear to be damaged

to be reopened for some days.

AIR CHIEF'S VISIT LONDON, Jan. 31 (Reuter-Air "Marshal Barratt, Chief of the British Air Forces in France, yes- terday toured the R, A. F', aero- dromes behind the Western Front,

NAZI PLANE OVER

LUXEMBURG

air raids so far,

towns, villages, isolated farms and peasants homes were Nothing seems to have been spared and in addition to ruthlessly attacked.

Ladoga have grown few and weak-

in possession of strong positions me or points, but the Finns are er. Fighting is still centred at four

and can launch successful coun- ter-attacks,

movements of Soviet tanks."

The deep snow is restricting the

LUXEMBURG, Jan. 31 (Reuter) -A Germán reconnaissance plane It was stated that 1,250 batteries, flew over Luxemburg on Monday and landed some two miles from Russians were killed at the It is estimated that 200 enemy frozen lake, t

The oc- front last Sunday.

full story of a German bombers LONDON, Jan 31 (Reuter) The

It was announced that be- Ladoga were repulsed with heavy

attack upon a defenceless light- tween Jan. 21 and 27 some enemy casualties and that two

ship in which seven of his com rades perished when within a killing 24 and wounding 56 in 3,000 bombs fell in Finland, Russian tanks were destroyed

The enemy's attacks on Mantees near the north-east shore of Lake of the East Dudgeon (No. 81) light A Finnish fort on the island by the sole survivor of the crew short distance of safety, was told forty-six different localities, and artillery, but were repulsed. Russian rear lines.

Fort were supported by aircraft|

Ladoga effectively shelled the the objectives including, two

vessel, who was washed ashore on hospitals.

On the Isthmus, à Finnish coas~. tal force defeated several enemy the fort and several hundreds

Soviet forces tried to capture the East Const early yesterday.

were killed yesterday

PARIS, Jan 31 (Reuter)It is announced that during the week The viral importance of personal stopped twelve ships and seized 21,

ending Jan 28, the French Navy day, Abo Hanzo, Tamminari, the initiative was emphasised by Mar-000 tons of merchandise. Since the district of Pernaja, two coast shal Mannerheim, when he pre- beginning of the war the French towns on the Gulf of Bothals and sented awards to 2,500 Finnish stopped 268 ships and seized 502,- a hospital were bombed, while the soldiers.

000 tons of merchandise.

the German frontier. cupants asked where they were and, on being told that they were on Luxemburg berritory, hurriedly took off again.

S. HEAVY - CASUALTIES HELSINKI, Jan. 31 (Reuter) communique states that the few enemy attacks north-east of Lake

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