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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1936. ·

EUROPE IN GRIP OF SPY MANIA

Master Minds Relegate Women To Minor Roles

FOUR-HOUR DUEL. WITH U-BOAT

EPIC OF MERCHANT NAVY

SHIP SINKS RATHER THAN SURRENDER How an unarmed British merchant steamer defied a German submarine for four hours, refusing to surrender even when she was shattered by shell fire and most of her officers lay dead, is now told for the first time by the com-

manding officer of the U-

boat concerned, Capt. G. von

Forstner, in à German pub- Search For Health- lication. The story adds a

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1st. BATT. ROYAL ULSTER RIFLES marching through Alexan- drin. This was the battalion's Inst public appearance before embarking for Hongkong.

glorious page to the history BRINGS EMPLOYMENT

of Britain's merchant navy.

"In March, 1915, writes Capt. von Forstner, "when cruising off the Scilly Isles in Submarine U 28, we fell in with an English steamer

Cardif apparently bound for There was a strong south-westerly wind and a heavy sea was running. Instead of obeying our signals in increnaed heave-to the steamer speed and fired rockets to summon help..

"We therefore opened on her with our gun, and very soon a shell crashed into her near the bridge, She responded to this by hoisting British colours as a sign that she was ready to accept battle, and at the same moment swung round in an attempt to ram us. We count tered this by putting our own heim

over,

FLAG KEFT FLYING

TO THE WORKLESS

The search for health and happiness is providing Britain with one of its most thriving industries; and providing comployment for thousands of men and girls in new factories.

STONE AGE- MAN FOUND WRACKED . BY RHEUMATISM

London, Dec. 28. Even in the stone age, some 4,000 years ago, Britons suffered from rheumatisni.

This was shown by the skeleton of a stone pge man dug up in recent excavation at Notgrove long barrow.

was

the Cotswold Hills, in the west of England. This stone nge veteran showed extensive signs of osteoarthri tis, indicating that when alive he was crippled with rheumatism.

Experis take this as a sign that "The English Captain no doubt the climate of these isles observed the difficulties under which least as chilisme in winter as it is Those present-day Cockneye to-day. our gan's crew had to work. Time who have been apprised of this dis and again one of them would w swept overboard by the seas Break-every were glad to know that they the only sufferers from ing across the U-bient's deck, but rheumatism, or "the screws," as they they were always hauled back again | call it.-United Press. by the stout lines which secured

are not

them to the gun. Although shell POLYGAMY-

after shell crashed into the steamer

the English captain did not abat-

don his hope of ramming us. SIN OR

"One of our shells cut the

steamer's ensign staff and blew

the flag overboard. Instantly. sho hoisted another Union Jack at the foremar head. When this also was carried away by a shell the indomitable captain hoisted new colours which flattered proudly from a signal yard.

RELIGIOUS

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ISSUE ·RAISED IN MORMON CASE

New York, Dec. 20. ·

"This duel lasted above four TWELVE simple coun-

A

hours, the steamer continually try- try jurymen to-day ing to ram us, while we pumped

Last year the output of sports requisites, games, and toys from the British factories was worth more than £3,000,000,

300,000 BATS

Six hundred and fifty housand tennis rackets were manufactured, more than 300,000 cricket bats, and 550.000 golf clubs.

There were 100,000 hockey aticks, 3,000 craquet sets, 11 400,000 golf balls, 15,000,000 tennis balls,

and 16,000,000 robber balls of various kinds, The value of the output in some

of these cases was:

Golf Balls £600,000; Tennis rackets, £555,000; cricket bats, £120,000; golf clubs, £306,- 000; hockey sticks, £43,000.

AGENTS ARE

ARE ALL IN DEADLY EARNEST

Vienna, Dec. 21.

The spy organisations of Europe, especially those under the direct control of the big powers, are working under great pressure trying to unravel the plots and counter-plots which are developing around the Italo-Ethiopian war.

At no time ajuce the World War, when the capitals of both the fighting and neutral nations were overrun with men and 100- men operators for the intelligence serviços, kas espionage activity. been in auch full'blast or in such deadly carncat.

The beautiful blondes or brunettes, the post-war imitators of the glamorous/Mata Hari, who died at the shooting post at Vin- cennes fortress before a French firing squad, no longer are the central figures in the international spy-ring, because the work to be done to-day is for the masterminds alone who themselves have the political and diplomatic game at their fingertips and know the significance of every move.

The women spies employed by agents are now stationed in capitals are throughout Central and Eastern the European governments usually seductive "femmes fatales" Europe, which figure so large in the who were charged with enticing game Italy is playing against Its young officers into their coils to enemies to obtala friendship and extract secrets bout defence, about support to defeat the effects of the new war weapons or new military financial and economic blockade en- forced by the Leaguo of Nations in tactics.

Today It the intelligence ser-an effort to bring Benito Mussolini vice itself ich is at work, trying to terms. to pierce rough the vell which has been hung around the diplo-

France,

each

Favourite Resorts The capitals of the former

matic and secret negotiations be- Austro-Hungariau Empire, Vienna tween the chancelleries as

into and Budapest, are favourite centres power tries to jockey itself the most favourable position either for foreign aples, because so much on the side of the Italian bloc or that la vital to the future of Europe the anti-Italian bloc led by Britain may occur in these cities. Mussolini and half-heartedly supported by wishes to know what is going' on underground, what the governments along the Danube Valley are think- ing and planning; Hitler, too, keeps his hand on the pulse of the German-speaking neighbours of the and Nazi state, while France Britain obviously do not wish to be kept-in-the-dark about happenings here.

Too, Grim For Females Their task is too grimly serious and technical for female agents.

"The full force of the espionage,

effort is, naturally, centred in The activities of the political Italy.. Mysterious travellers pass from Rome across the frontiers to spies, although elevated to a convey their messages to their more important role during the governments, or send what appears past few months, does not mean to be simple business messages that the normal espionage ser through the normal telegraphic or vice has ceased functioning. cable channels.

More To Forrot Out In this manor the foreign of- fices of the important powers are Men and women spies continue Tennis balls accounted for £500,-assured that their cars are close to try, apart from the higher in- 000; other rubber balls £125,000: to the sources of inner Information, telligence officers, to ferret out footballs, leg guards, leather wherefore they will not be taken by military, naval and air secrets of gloves, etc., £800,000"

surprise by any carefully planned, rival powers. From the Kremlin to Fishing tackle was valued at sensational development.

Downing Street, from the Quat £250,000, and billlard and bagatelle

d'Orsay" to the Wilhelmstrasse, tables at £250,000.

these agents pass their information in growing volume.

But Italy is not the only centre of spy activity. The intelligence

OMEN OF A BRITISH MUSEUM MUMMY

They have more to convey than Jever before, as all the nations are now arming and secretly perfect- ing war inventions.

At present it is believed that the famous French "Deuxieme Bureau"

SOMETHING queer and mysterious has just happened in con-or Second Bureau-which la

nection with the age-old mummy of an Egyptian priestess, Amen Ra, which reposes in the British Museum. Its features suddenly became quite bright.

Does this phenomenon fare- shadow a further period of acti- shells into her. In one places her retired to decide whe-vity on the part of the priestess?

Has the change int the

then she said: "There is evil here."

A SCOFFER

charged with informing the French government on foreign military activity, is the best informed on the development of war inventions-in- Germany.

hull was riddled and numerous ther the early principles mummy's Features any link with Mme. Blavatsky prided herself on concerned, as they have been for

fires were raging. These the crew

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ligious or sinful.

and passengers were striving to of Mormonism were re-the trend of events in Cairo to- extinguish.

day? GERMAN'S TRIBUTE

Though such a suggestion may "Owing to the violent movements For a week fifty-year-old far-peet with scepticism, these ques- of the U-bont In the heavy seu we mer. 1. C. Spencer, leader of ations are being seriously asked.

For scientists to-day are occupy were unable to deal the steamer flock of polygamists practising death-blow by hitting her on the the belief in the fastnesses of the ing themselves with the mystery of waterline. But the water which Arizona mountains, has been on the power of inanimate objects to entered through the many shot trial at Kingman for violating the influence the living. holes as she rolled WILH already marriage laws. causing her to list badly.

statutes.

A PRINCESS

her power in such things.

The lady sold at once-this, time to a scaffer who had no foars. Ile sent the sinister object to be photo-i graphed.

When he saw the prints he was the fuded filled with horror: features were faded no more: living, ghastly face, looked out at him..

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Germany And France The German agents are mainly years, in spying out the definite plans of the French system of forts along the Rhine frontier.

The British intelligence, ser vice, working from both the Foreign Office and Scotland Yard, is now bringing into play it naval spies because Britain's in- preoccupations now .directed creasingly

toward

ore

/naval power-United Press

Since then No. 22,642 hus repoged | in the British Museum.

To the casual visitor to the British Museum the mummy lid of the Egyptian priestess is merely a THE faded picture of a frail and gentle

QUEEN

MAY SAIL IN

QUEEN MARY

The dofence lawyers have

No. 22,512 they call Amen Ra in "By now enemy destroyers were admitted that Spencer and his the British Museum, and she is not coming up at high speed, so we

flock lived for years in plural even a complete mummy. had to leave the stricken steamer

wedlock. "It is their opinion,” Examine this lid of a mummy to her fate. So impressed was I by the extraordinary gallantry, of

they said, "that heaven may be case and you can discern, through mald.

Perhaps No. 22,642 does not ap gained by, adding to the num-the faded colours, the faint outline thle English captain, whose conduct

of a slant-eyed faco. was above all praise, that I wrote ber of earthly mates."

Egyptologists have unravelled the Prove of the Cairo riots. Perhaps, the following in my war diary im

JUDGE DID NOT CARE mediately after the action:

Judge Faulkner did not cure, story of this princess, whose em-during the next few months, the "If, contrary to expectation, He ruled that religion could not be baimed body is lost, but whose princess, who was also a priestess IT

(come active. his severely damaged ship made the cause for a brazen offence features look out from the lid of her of Amen En, is again going to be

the State's marriage mummy case.

If so, she will not be alone. The reaches port, the captain, by against

No. 22,612 was, it seema, & his placky conduct, will have my father lived in polygamy," priestess in the Temple of the all-ghost of Tutankhamen is apparently Egyptian legend Inid n death- earned the reward offered by declared Spencer in evidence, with powerful good Amen-Ra, at Thebes, also on the prowl,

Sixteen hundred years bofore the the fervour of a prophet. "They "We heard later that this taught me that the principle is coming of Christ she walked beside curse on all those who helped Mr. steamer, the Vosges, had gone down sacred. I fervently believe in poly- the Nile, tended the mysteries of Howard Carter to excavate the tomb the invitation will be made for the soon after we left her, but not be-gomy to-day, and I am surely proud her altar, trembled before the of this king at Luxor. fore the survivors had been takon I have been living in plural mar-coming of the Pharaohs.

It was at Thebes that an English cera except the captain had been "Have you been lying with traveller and collector spotted this killed, besides, several of the sea-Sylvia Allred?" asked the lawyers. Egyptian tomb and bought it for

ancient fragment of a forgotten men and passengers. Some of the "Yes sald Spencer. "I have song. Latter had helped to stoke the lived with her in Mexico and Ari- furnaces."

zona. I have four sons by her, and The master of the British ship I have had nine children, by what referred to is Capt. John R. Green. you call my legal wife Lydia."

his Government."

off by patrol vessels. All her off; ringe."

FAME: THE QUINS' DOCTOR IS IN WHO'S WHO"

DR. ALLAN ROY DAFOE, of Callander, Ont., has become so world famous because of his five small patients, the Dionne Quintuplets, that he appears in the 1936 edition of "Who's Who," just published.

Now a word about the Quins

ARM SHATTERED

On his way down to Cairo his

arin was shattered by a gun.

In Calro he decided to goil his relic to a friend. He had taken a audden dislike to it.

A week later that friend received a cable from which he learned that ho had lost his entire fortune, In three weeks he was dead.

The sinister relje next passed.to another Englishman. Soon after, ho died in poverty. The next owner was the victim of a shooting His biography tells us that he,

accident. la fifty-two; that his father was a (from Reuter). Thoy are at pre-

Next the curlous relic was found doctor before him; that he has one sent working on the fim of their in the collection of a London lady. son; has been "in charge of the own lives and rotting £10,000 & her latest acquisition. From the Dionne Quintuplets, since birth May 28, 1934," is an O.B.E.,

will he invited to sail in the to is understood that the Queen Cunard-White Star liner which she gave her name..

Official consideration of the most favourable opportunity for the Queen's visit to the ship is now taking place. It is expected that final stages of the liner's trials and "Professor James H. Breasted, the immediately before the maiden eminent archeologist, assisted at voyage to New York, which begins The Queen has sailed in large the excavation. He laughed the on May 27.

marriage, he has been stricken un-as Duchess of York to Australia in sure to scorn.

Now, only six months after his passenger liners only twice before: accountably with tropical malaria. the Ophir in 1901 and to India in He condition is giving rise to grave the Medina for the Coronation anxiety.

R. A. F. Record...

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Durbar of 1911.

FLEW 3,839 HOURS, HAD

NO ACCIDENTS

Official figures just issued by the Air Ministry show that more than 360 bombers and fighters of the R.A.F. Hew a million miles in 3.839 hours without accident during the summer air exercises. Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, › air

This is the sixth successivo year

thoir week for it.

day of its purchase misfortunes officer commanding, was able to re-in which the R.A.F. have gone and that his recreation is study. They have already begun work on crowded its owner.

One day Mme. Blavatsky, the port "no casualties" after three through the annual manoeuvres

without mishap, Dr. Dafoo was notified yesterday the film. On the accond day they

Machines of every type, from of the Inclusion of his name. showed "Alm star temperament," leader of the Theosophists, visited days and nights of intensive mock

warfare between air squadrons who single seat'nghters to heavily armed Said ho: "I think that's very and held up the film for three No. 22,642's owner.

She gazed at the faded fea- "fought" at heights up to 21,000 multi-engined borbers, have been alce. I suppose It's an honour, quarters of an hour until they had

used... Jsn't it? Or is it?"

boen pacified by food.

tures of the Egyptian maid and feet.

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