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HONOKONO, DECEMBER 18, 1940,

disap-

ALONE ALONG THE WHOLE MEDITERRANEAN FRONT

"Italy has now been left to fight on her own along the whole of the Mediterranean front,” said M. Sabrini, a member of a distinguished Greek family, in the course 'of a broadcast talk from London yesterday, when he spoke on the effect of the Greek victories and the operations in North Africa in their relation to the whole situation in the Mediterranean.

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Conspiracy Alleged

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1940..

AN INTERVIEW WITH HITLER: NAZI FANATICISM SHOWN IN DESCRIPTION OF THE GERMAN FUEHRER

Further evidence was given be- fore Mr. Lowry at the Central | Court yesterday in the case.. in which Wong Hah-long ánd Cheung Kung-hop, were charged with having conspired with an other, not in custody. to threaten was given in a broadcast talk by COL. M. G. CHRISTIE Tang King-wai with injury to the B.B.C. commentator, from London on Wednesday night his person to force the latter to in his final address in the series "Here Lies the Naz." drop the prosecution of an action In the Supreme Court against first defendant and the Kin Kee Trad- Ing Company.

The intimidation charge was dis- missed,

A most descriptive account of an interview he had with:" Herr Hitler and his impressions of the German Fuehrer

centres and sent us back to the land. That would have isolat- ed us most effectively.'

Col. Christie Arst referred to a statement by Herr Hitler in which the Nazi leader said:

We do not want war in the continued Col, Christie, "those re- air, but having accepted it, 'marks are particularly interesting.

"In the light of recent events,""

the same which he suggested that

we should have given them after the last war" -

phrase

"While the Greeks have become harder to maintain as the AID FOR CHINA struck a smashing blow on the Greeks steadily captured strategic THE ATTEMPTS which the right, the British have now heights, the speaker went on to emphasise that the Greek soldier Japanese press is making followed it up with a heavy was fighting to protect his native

In evidence, Brst defendant said we shall continue it to the The treatment Germany is giving“ to belittle the significance of attack on the left. The ques- and against

an enemy whose that complainant, who was in his end. 1 did not want it and I to the people he has conquered is the latest offer of aid to tion of help to Italy from heart was not in the struggle. He employ at that time, secretly re- was always opposed to it." China from Soviet Russia in Germany is interesting. The did not fight according to any moved 2.700 tins of wood oll dicate already how

organised rules.

valued at more than $100,000, in

HAS BE FORGOTTENT German view is that Italy is

"You must remember," he said March from a storage in Sha Pu pointed the Japanese are by having a hard time and that the life in Greece is not a matter Chung.

Refuting this statement, o

Col. Christie then went on to Complainant told him Christie said: "Has he forgotten deal with several recent German their failure to allenate Rus-meanwhile help will be given of finely organised rules. When about the sale but failed to pro- July 1938 when he got the Aus broadcasts. One of these, he said.. sian sympathy from the Chi-by constant attacks on Eng-ever something goes wrong, the duce the money.

trian Chancellor to Berlin

lald and

emphasis Grecks always have a knack of

of the The Register is confined to nese cause. It is, in fact, an!

He denied having instructed threatened to bomb Vienna to ruinis land."

"Love and Germany," which were finding a way out of it." property situated in (1) Germany admission that the Japanesė į

STEADY PRESSURE

Cheung to demand from com- if he did not accept Nazi domina supposed to be inseparable. In The speaker gave several exam- plainant payment of the sum. The speaker referred briefly to within the boundaries of the realise that China's economic the cautious, but steady pressure ples to support this statement

tlon? Has he forgotten how he Germany, according to the "der- Bearing was adjourned to Dec, threatened M. Hacha, the Czecho- man speaker, love was Treaty of Versailles (including position has been

the key- from his own personal experiences 31 at 230 p.m. greatly which the Greeks have maintain

while travelling in Greece.

slovakian Premier, in the same note of the community! It i the Saar region) and territories strengthened and that, çom-ed from the moment that they

"That is the spirit," he de-

way unless he accepted the terms doubtful," sald Col. Christie. ceded to Germany as a result of ing so soon after the fihan- took the offensive against the

clared. "which makes the

of his ultimatum? And when he

now this love can the Munich Agreement, 1938, cial assistance offered to the Italians. Reports of the capture

Greek soldiers drag their heavy

Invaded Poland, it was on his or, exist in Germany shadowed as kie of various heights, while they ap- together with (2) Austria ac. Chinese Government from parently showed no importance,

guns up mountain heights and

ders that the bombing and shoot there by the Gestapo, conten- pording to the boundaries of the" the United States and Bri- were always followed by news of

to make forced marches along

ing down or Polish citizens ana. tration camps and their war ma- Under the auspices of the Sal- destroying of villages and mountainous roads." *;

chine: towns Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye;, tain, the Russian credit will the capture of an important town

Horst Home and Missions to Seamen, was carried BRITISH HELP

a dance for seafarers will be held light. and (3) Italy, Albania, Italian make it even more difficult or position.

at the Sallor's Home and Seamen's

NEWSETTES

East Africa, and Italian Colonies for the Japanese to try to The greatest credit was due to tribute to the assistance" given tnstitute on Friday, Dec. 20, at g

k

which manner in

General

The speaker went on to pay a

and possessions.

embarass China economically Metaxas had given instructions for Greece by Britain. "Our pilots fly

p.m. Entry in the Register of any by means of the blockade the conduct of the war and to the wing to wing with our allied air- claim will not imply any recogni. which they felt sure would general staff and the officers and men" he said. "and the assistance we received was indeed well timed tion of its validity nor constitute reduce the Chinese to a state men who had carried them out as it broke the force of the Italian (quiring all shops to close at 8 pm.

any guarantee that it will even tually be supported by His Majesty's Government, The Register is opened solely with a view to facilitating whatever

be arrangements may possible after the war."

J. B. PRENTIS,'

17th December, 1940.

NOTICE IS GIVEN that

found

660

statement

In many cases, these strategic heights had been taken at the

The Early Closing Ordinance. re-

out in broad day-

*No wonder, declared the speaker, that ap American paper called his recent sperch 'a labyrinth of Hes".

AN INTERVIEW

will be suspended by Government attacks.

Cal. Christie then went un tr Later, when the Italians used from Dec. 22 to Dec. 24 (inclusive), relate an Interview he had with their planes to bomb military ob-Dec. 30 to Dec. 31 (Inclusive and Herr Hitler. jectives, the British airmen gave from Jan. 23 to Jan. 28, 1941 (in them such a shock that they have clusive)

now confined themselves to attack non-militany objectives.

spot."

British

...

The

10

"I remember my first conversa-

tion with him." he said. "It was

in 1932. We met in his private

41,

#here and

NAZI LOVE CALLI

In another recent German. broadcast, there was the statement that "Adol Hitler, the simple soldfer, calls to the world to know. it the new way of life and is will- Ing to extend it to other people."

"There is the Nazi love call. said Col. Christie "and as an example of utter hypocrisy.14 is hard to beat. The Jews, the Dutch, the Norwegians, the

Danes and the French are al ready sick of this life ander German domination.

"And there we can leave the Fuehrer with his propaganda machine as well as his box of tricks and we wish him all the blessings (?) that our bombers can bring upon his head," concluded Col, Christle.

of penury. The that the Soviet offer is in an point of the bayonet. entirely different category "To appreciate the full sig- from the "credits which nificance of this, you must America and Britain have

realise that the Greeks are not fighting for military conquest, granted to China does not, in

but merely to protect their

Mr. Lt Va-tse, well-known Kuo- suite in a hotel. I had previously any way discount the fact

help had gone even further than mintang writer and leading mem-sent him a List of questions which » tand from aggression," said that a fresh flow of goods,

that, to the extent of supplying ber of the Central Supervisory I wanted him to answer. the speaker. "The Greek re-

the Greeks with blankets much of which will undoubt- sistance shook. the Italians

and Committee, has arrived in Hong- "There were only four persons

Col Christie concluded his talk. and the

other war equipment. to morale began

kong from Shanghai accompanied in the Custodian of Enemy Property will now reach the Chinese

"room, at the interview with an amusing example of what edly consist of war material.

"The defeat of the Italian crack. L

by Mrs. Liu.

Herr Hitler, Herr Hess, an econo-, happens at a German broadcastias troops in Africa" is another heavy "It is well known that when the

mic officer and myself. When I station during an air raid by over the Sino-Russian high-morale of an

blow which must affect their

lentered he looked me army begins to

over and British bombers. The announcer, morale even more," continued, the way, apart from the anti-break, it is serious. It means that speaker. "In the meantime, the Chungking of Mr. Shen Si-ling. That is a trick of his and is meant people to lose no time in seeking death has occurred scratinised me for several seconds, he said, had been appealing to the cipated sea-borne traffic from food supplies arrive irregularly Italians have showed themselves to well-known Chinese HONGKONG & SHANGHAI Vladivostok..

and in insufficient quantities. The be particularly unhappy about the who succumbed to typhoid fever. to see him. I returned his look the air like this: "Our Fuehrer playwright to over-awe the people who come air raid shelters and put it over soldier begins to grumble. He BANKING CORPORATION.

Mr. Shen Joined the Central Movie with a not altogether unfriendly sets us all a splendid example and THE MOST IMPORTANT doubts his ability to resist and question of German assistance.

This is not hard to under- Studio after the outbreak of the manner and then sat dow effect of this reiteration of uneasiness born tear is aroused stand, because the Italians are current hostilities. Two of his best

he is the first to go down into the HEREBY Sino-Soviet friendship is that and fear is more devastating than now in a fair way to losing their known pictures are "Children of he spoke and occasione'ly turned

"He rarely looked at me when air raid shelter?" any other humán emotion." the Certificates it completely bars the way to

port of Bologna, in Albania. There China" and "Within One Year."" LIFE IN GREECE $/NS. 4412 dated Hongkong any hopes that Japan might

is to doubt that the Greeks really

round to the other two men lu After pointing out how the

the room to wet their confirma- 16th January, 1936 for Three have entertained, on instruc- Italian communication lines had put the Axis Powers in a tight The marriage took place on Dec. tton to a statement. And then be shares of this Bank numbered, tions from Berlin, to so patch

7, at Shanghai, of Kitty, only launched out into violent propa- 97994/97996 inclusive registered, up

daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Marcel ganda. · He roundly denounced her disagreements with tributes to the high ideals YUNNAN RAIDED Rottwin. of Shanghai, to Fritz, Bolshevism and Moscovi. in the names of Messrs. Maneck, the Soviet that Japan might which had prompted num-

son of the late L. Freundlich, and BY JAPANESE.

"I am afraid I did not listen to Roostumjee Mehta and Dhun in turn benefit from Russian bers of young men from the

Mrs. M Freundlich, of New hall of what he said." sald Col. Manck Mehta has been Lost or trade. With embargoes im- United States to offer their Kunming and several points on Rochelle, NY.

Christle "I was much more i79 Stolen, and should this certificate posed by the United States services to help Britain were raided by Japanese aircraft. After leading by the odd goal the table--the

the Burma highway in Yunnan

serested in watching him across not be produced to, the Bank and Britain on practically all her fight, despite the fact Kunming was under air raid alarm in three at the interval. Royal of his hands and the pictures he nervous gestures before the 11th January, 1941, the essentials she needs for that American policy 18 for more than five hours from 9.30 Corps of Signals defeated a Naval presented to me was really grotes- new certificate for the shares will war purposes, Japan's in-strictly governed by the prin- am. to 3.04 p.m.

team" by four goals to one in a que be issued, and the aforesaid ternal difficulties, particular-ciple of not being involved

Flying from their bases in Indo-hockey match yesterday at King's Certificate No. 6/NS. 4412 will ly from the economic point actively in the hostilities in China, ten Japanese planes pene Park. be thereafter treated by this of view, will react even more Europe.

trated into Yunnan yesterday Corporation as "Null and Vold, unfavourably by reason of IN VIEW of this almost connaissance flight over wide areas, estate of the late Mrs. Winnie the Soviet offer to China. unanimous expression-of pub- they dropped several bombs in the Wong allas Wong Chan Sa Suk Where to get her raw materi-c. feeling in the United vicinity of Paoshan on the Bürma at and scrap Iron is a pro-States on the justice of the highway, following which they flew Ying, who died at No. 16, Essex Crescent," Kowloon Tong, on Dec. blem that must be having a British cause, one is often News.

back to Indo-China, says Central, 23, 1939, have been granted to Chlef Manager, very disturbing influence on tempted to ask why the Nazis 650 Japanese manufacturers, for persist in their subtle at- the little that they have been tempts to arouse American able to squeeze out of Indo-sentiment against

By Order of the Court.

ol Directors.

·V. M. ̈ĠRAYBURN,

FOUR WEDDINGS AT REGISTRY

H

Britain

morning. After carrying out re Letters of administration to the

Round The

China and the few crumbs and her allies and whether Police Courts

that have fallen to them from their leaders seriously believe the Netherlands East Indies that their hateful

Fifth

Continued from Page 5

Mr. James Kam Ning Wong. The estate was sword as being under $24.600.

"He has got a small moutn, with thin lips, which show cruelty and there is nothing open or generous in any of his features. His eyelids are eli- tirely bare of lashes and the staring eres themselves - are and

glow with fanaticism. He talked on as if he was ad- dressing an audience of thou- sands” and not suce - did. be smile-not once did he reven! any spark of humour.

BRITISH BUNGLING?"

*

NOVEMBER AIR RAID "I lett his present quite ga

pressed, but I did believe that he CASUALTY FIGURES possessed courage. In my written The following weddings took can hardly satisfy the de-Column activities in the Uni-

LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter)-notes of this first meeting with place at the Registry, Supreme mands imposed on them to ted States have even the AUTOMATIC RIFLE

total of 4588 civilians, men, wo Herr Illtler there are two or three Court, yesterday:

keep their war machine smallest chances of succeed- Charged before Mr. Macfadyen men and children, were killed sentences not mentioned. Herr Mr. Chul Man-buen, of the working smoothly. China National Tea Co., of No. 1,

ing. The answer is that the! yesterday with possession of a .22 during German air raids on Britler was stating his conviction ANGLO-U.S. TIES

Axis partners fully recognise calibre automatic rifle without atain during November, whlie 6:202 that Britain had made war on

licence, Yim Sang, 29, room boy, were Lajured and debated in hos Germany in 1914. America as the great store was fined $10 and the weapon was pital, the Ministry of Home Secur-

·THE OPENING of the house of the world, from confiscated...

Jity announced yesterday.

H Road, and Miss Ho Git-fong

ci No. 70, Peel Street.

Mr. Hong Shiu-kee, residing at

No, 249, Hennessy Road, and Miss American Eagle Club in which every requirement, Det-Sgt. N. B. Fraser said the These Egures Include 493. child- Mak Fuen-met of Nu: 9, Lee Tung London on Tuesday, before from food to guns, can now defendant claimed to have been ren under 15 years of age killed Street.

Mr. Mak

a large and distinguished to the different corners of the the bodyguard of the commanding and 458 injured. Ying-chot, dental

sion.

mechanic of the Queen Mary gathering of American and world. If they succeed in officer of the Chinese 156th Divi- Hospital, and Miss Yip Ban-lan of English guests, has provided convincing the Americans of · BUBLARY ALLEGED No. 18, Wa In Fong Street, the rest of the world with the so-called iniquities of Wong Sul-po. 37, appeared Mr. Wong Kok-lau, of No. 21, yet another demonstration of British administration, they before Mr Macfadyen yesterday Wal Ching Street, and Miss Lucie the close ties which bind the feel that their troubles will be charged with breaking into No. Banker, of No. 70. Parkes Street, two English-speaking demo-over and that Britain and 43. Tai Nam Street, second Mr. J. Reynolds, Deputy Recracies in the stand they her Empire will be isolated oor, about am on Nov. 11 and

have taken to free civilisation Unfortunately, the black re- quantity of gold articles

gistrar of Marriages, officlated..

-ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mr. Liu Kwok-fan, shroff, of No.

stealing from Maine Hop Yee

was

The following forthcoming mar from the menace of Totall-cord and the black deeds of Det. 88. Baldwin asked for a ringes are announced:--

****}tarian aggression. The cere-the Germans and their remand of three days which was Mr! Lam Shul-ki, teacher, resid-mony, indeed, gave the Ite friends speak more eloquent- granted. ing at Nam Wah Fo Village, Tapojin no untertain terms to the ly than all their scurlllous - GUN DUEL SEGUEL Market, and Miss Cheung Buf-tons. baseless propaganda of the propaganda and the answer arrested following a gun duel with

Cheung Wan. 21, who teacher, of Talpo Old Market. Axis Powers that democracy to the Axis was given further the Police at Kilung Street on Dec. 144, Prince Edward Road, Kowloon, is decadent and that only the emphasis by the opening of 13, appeared before Mr. Kimsworth and Miss Ng Wing-duiz of No: 39, ruthless misrule of the To- the American Eagle Club- yesterday for another remand of talitarians can bring about yet another link in the chain six days on charges "of attempted Mr. Au Kan sher, schoolmaster, normal conditions. The speak of friendship which binds the murder, shooting with intent to residing at No. 73 Spring Gardeners included prominent Bri-two countries together poli- possession of a revolver and ax prevent lawful apprehension and Lane, and Miss Loo Chiu-suf, teacher, of Nu. 59. Epring Garden tish and American person- tically, economically and so-rounds of ammunition without a

alities who pald striking cially.

Argyle Street.

Lane.

licence.

"But you British,' he said. bangled the peace treaty. Having dearmed Germany, you should have deprived us of our "coat fields and our industrial

FIGHTING IN SOUTH HUPEH.

A Japanese unit from Tsungyang:" in south Hupeh pushed southwärd to Lelmingling near Tangcheng. It. was intercepted by the Chincae. suffering heavy losses," and retreat- ed back to Tsungyang toward the evening. Many Japanese arms, wère- abandoned,

· Last Friday Chinese troops, took the offensive at Shamaoshan in the vicinity of Thingyang. After four hiders' ighting, they routed the enemy and recovered Shamaoshan. -Central Ntws).

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“Y” DISCUSSION GROUP

Christmas Carols will be sung at

the meeting of the Y. M. C. A: Discussion Group on Sunday, Dec.

22, at 9 p.m. In the West Lounge. The Rev. F. Short will conduct the programme,

Mus

Music has been arranged by Mr. C. Brass and all are cordially invited to attend.

aw Society (seated sixth from the left) on 1- left a Major HB Forsyth, oficer com«

Members of the Scottish Company of the Hongkong Volunteer Defence with Mr. B. Wylie Chieftain of the Hongkong St. A the occasion of the recent Church parade.:~On manding the Company (Kings Studio),