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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1937.

BROADCAST

MAN FROM OGPU RADIO

GAOL TELLS ALL

'CONFESS-YOU WILL SEE YOUR FAMILY: PLEAD GUILTY-YOU WILL BE FREED 'Grilled' For

4 Months By

TH

Commissars

the methods used to obtain confessions.

HE "Telegraph" is able to publish_to-day the first personal record of life in a Soviet secret prison and of

The story is giera | exactly as it was told by a man who left his wife and children in Moscow-i man who can never go back.

WARSAW, MAR. 21. H LJERR ARTUR THILO, 34-YEAR-OLD BRITISH- BORN GERMAN JEW, EXPELLED FROM SOVIET RUSSIA AFTER BEING HELD WITHOUT TRIAL FOR FOUR MONTHS, WAITED UP WITH ME TO-NIGHT TO HEAR IF THE BRITISH AUTHORI- TIES IN WARSAW WOULD GRANT HIM A PASS- PORT ON THE GROUNDS THAT HIS MOTHER WAS BRITISH AND THAT HE WAS BORN IN BRADFORD.

Thilo must leave Warsaw by to-morrow midnight; if the passport is not granted he does not know where he can go. His wife and two children remain in Moscow, but he can never return.

Pale and dour, his nerve strained to breaking-point, Thilo described to me how he came to be accused of spying for Germany and

with conspiring terrorists.

Trotsky

in prison for a year without con- fessing. but that is not going to help them. I was told the Ger- man Embassy would do nothing to help me.

never

even

"Then, when I had hoped for it. Ogpu officials brought

me out a few days ago-on Sutor- day. They took me to an offler, read

where a young woman offeint. me out a notice telling me that I was to be banished from Soviet Russia

the railway

without trial. The same evening they brought me to station. In a special compartment in the train which was in were five arcus

au aftcinis

"My wife and two children were

AD that brought to the train.

could say good-bye. My daughter

and my son is three and a half. "At the Polish border this evening I was handed over to Polish offcials.

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"I will start froin the be-Now I am praying that everything ginning," he said. "Four will be all right for me to come to England. My sister is in London and months ago it was on want to reach there as soon November 4, at two a.m.-1 | possible." was awakened by loud knocking at my door. I opened it. Several men walked in.

NARROW CELL

"They took me to the Lubyyanka Prison, put me into a cell about five feet wide by twelve feet long. Another man was already in

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CHILDREN'S CONCERT

Broadcast by Z., W. on wave- lengths of 355 metres (945 kc's)., 31.40 metres (9.52 m.e's).

6 m. kelay of Dance Musle from the Hongkong Hotel Roof-Garden,

6 p.m. From the Studls. A Children's Concert.

6.30 A Military Hand Concert.. Clarinet Concerto No. 1 (Weber) Garde Republienine Dind of France; Bells of St. Mary's (Adams). Watkins Annie Laurie... Gladys (Carillon); Swastika March

Entry of the loyards (Hall). are. Winterbottom).... Hund of 11.M. Calik Teram Guards; Rokoko Love Song (Meyer-Helmund); Had you but lown (Denza-Bruggemann)

Richard Taufier (Tenor): Ship Any Murgh Carr, Mackenzie), Sen Som Medley (No. 3), faer. Vaighati Willum), Mussed Banda of the Hoval Maring (a) Piece en forme tabantra Clavel-Le Due), (b) Mesluhn, arr. Sindy in Tards

Josh Sabrett (Violin); The July Store (1) war--McCall) Poire Davron (Base-Baritone); digi Nowy (leo).... Masard Hands. 7.15 p.. Rensra at the Piano, Gerdown Medley: "Two For To- h!" Piano Medley, Miracles come the happen.

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7.30 p Stock Quitations and

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7.3 p.

Be the Stery, Jinggun (19ein Coat a, played by 12-ie Crates and Komunitions Cheberica,

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From the Studio.

From The Studio,

A Recital by Winifred Lnwнon (Soprano), Lindsay A. Lafford at The Plann.

Prigh Song.-1. Tetines Fillettes ....fner. Weckerlin); 2. Mon Ham- raid 3. Le coeur de Mamie.... (Jue- ues Dalcrozr): 1. Le Grand.... (The Botrel).

English Songs.--). One Morning 80 early...

(Dlack); 2. The Spring has come...(M. Valerie White); 3. Our Hittle home....(Eric Coates).

Time, Weather and An- 8p.m. nouncements.

8.03 From the Studio. A Talk by Lee Wal-tong on Football. (Chinese).

8.2 A Relay from the Lee Theatre

If you were in London and were to look in at No. 17, (Chinese). Aldermanbury, the narrow street of business houses be- hind Guildhall, you will find yourself in one of the strangest exhibitions ever staged in the City of London.

Saddles....Bingt

Pro-

11 m. Close Down. 8.03-11 p.m. European gramme from ZE.K. on a fre quency of 610 kilocycles.

8,05 p.in. Variety. Orean SoloSix Great Meindies—

Empty

Cronby; Their motto is "Be Vocal-Twilight Serenade....Clarrie Wright; Instrumental Wedding Chimes....The Brothers Bertini The object of the exhibition, which was opened by the Lord (Banjo and Guitar Duel); Vocal

Time on my hands.... Denny Dennis; Vecal-I've got you under my ski Mayor, is to teach City men what to do in the event of an enemy

Day: Instrumental- gas attack at their work by day or in their homes by night.

........La Argentina (Castanets Voral--Melody Trumps No. TO EACH HIS COSY CORNER Every one should

his Head some of the instructions: convert

Take up the carpet and fill in all Tropical Huins, On the dreamy eracks round the skirting board. Moana

South Sea islanders; Powell's 1930 Road

You may not believe that the next-war will come in your lifetime, but the Lord Mayor and the City CorporaNo 2... Harald Ramsay: Vocal- tion of London are taking no risks. Prepared."

Note, Artur Thile returned from England to Germany in 1913. Ile remained until 1929, then went cellar or basement, or some room if to America as an engineer. Ite the dwelling is a flat, into a "refuge returned in 1931 to Moscow to room," which he should regard as work in the Amo Aute and Tractor his first line of defence. St. John Works, He is one_of_the_nine Ambulance Brigade men and ufeials Germans who have just been ex- of the Sperial-Air-Rald. Precautior.s. Committee of the Corporation will

pelled from Soviet Russia.]

Frenchmen

it. They slammed the door, Racing For

New Record

and that was all for four or five days.

"The warders treated us well. There was no rough handling. For breakfast they gave us black bread. for lunch soup, and for supper a kind of porridge.

Flow From Saigon To Allahabad In 20 Hrs.

Allahabad, March 31. The noted French airinen, Pissavy examinations al told. In the end and Cornel, who are racing from

**Then came my first cross- examination by the Ogpu com-

had missars. I

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9.15 p.m. Viennese Waltzes (Re- corded).

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Song....Terence Casey. Model exhilats in the refuge room: on view show you how to resist the When you have got tho- enemy. roughly well set for the attack and have furned on the wireless or sat down to a game of cards-also in- cluded in the exhibits-you ought to be able to live for 12 hours in the refuge room before sensing an air.of suffocation.

Probably Meeting Maxrials for filing up your gas-proof

Schmeling On July 301

London, Apr. 1. Matctunaker Syd Hull, of Har-

THINGS TO KEEP HANDY You may already have the mate

carpets for barricading the whutowa, wet blankets for the inner doors, and plenty of brown paper for posting over the chinks.

You should also have a good stock of that strong transparent paper kha wrapping round cigarette packets. The shock of an exploding

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panes.

9.23 p.m. "Food for Thought"----- Three Short Talks on Matters of Topical Interest. (Electrical Record- ing).

Leslie Jeffries and

3.45 p.m. His Orchestra.

Le Cygne (The Swan), (Saint- Saens); Dance of the Icicles (Ken- nedy Russell); The Frolicsome, Hare (Ashworth Hope); Springtime Ser- enade (Jonny Heyicens); The Balkan Princess (Paul A. Rubens).

10 p.m. London, Big

Ben

"The Wilfrid Table under the Tree. Written by Rooks-Ley, Produced by A. W. Hanson. With music played by Walford Hyden and hils Orchestra. 10.47 pm Jack Hylton and His Fox-Trats-Unbelievable; Drin

Sometimes Saigon to Paris in search of a record ringav Arent, anounced to-day that This is for pasting over the window- } (Eicetrical Nocording), they broke me down. they Joey lasted

one hour, sometimes as for the distance, arrived here at 6.20 Joc Lamis, the Detroit negro, would might crack unprotected glass, 1 Orchestra. long as live.

p.m. fo-day, They are resuming their definitely fight Schmeling, Baer or They were always carried out in night at midnight if conditions the Parr at the White City Stadion on the same way. One, two or three!

July 30, favourable. Ogpu commissars used to fire ques-

wouki prevent the Hau passing and two or three layers of the paper through the cracks. "Louls hus accepted our terins, It is all very illuminating, and to said. If the Braddock-Louis do the thing properly flat-dwellers said: "You are guilty of committing They tried, it will be recalled, to fight goes through it is expected that are asked to set up a protection con- espionage for Germany. You are establish

tions and statements at me.

They

to

The two airmen flew from Saigon Allahabad in just over 20 hours.

he

new record for the Paris-Schmeling will enter into an agreemittee among themselves and to in- also guilty of co-operating with the Tokyo light, but owing to a series ment."

sist on a roll-call as soon as the air- Trotskyists. I replied: "There is

of misfortunes were so much delayed

raid warning is given. The ex-

truth in that Bring your evidence that they realised their tank was Schmeling previously defeated hibition is the first of its kind in the

"The commissars used to inugh, said encouragligly: 'Come on 10W,There is n 400,000 franes prize for the dock, holder of the world's title, husl country, and it lus the blessing of the own up and you'll be freed. Grad- ually they tried to make me belleve first plane to break the Paris-Tokyo not defended that I was guilty and promised record-Reuter, everything would be all right as soon

ng I admitted it,

"I refused to give in, asked them

to bring material prout. Then they

said, "Tliere la no hope of escaping

prison unless you confess. As soon

hopeless and stopped at Saigon. Louis in New York, but Jim Brad-f

crown against, *** either of them yel.-United Press,

his

Home Office. Hanging on the walls are coloured posters from Russia and Austria showing the horrors of an chemy attack with the air rald in- structions translated in English.

next time you're passing; Did you. mean 17; Waltz-Have you forgotten SO GOON?

11 pm. Cluse Down..

CHINESE FILM DISPUTE PLAINTIFFS FAIL

TO APPEAR

An setion brought by Lee Hy-lay, trading as the Tal Tung Company,

ROGER CASEMENT'S Au Ton-fu, against the Unique

DIARY

DAY BY DAY NEWS IN BRIEF

Mr. S. II. Langston was among the

yesterday after a Siam and Malaya.

business four in

DAIL MEMBER'S QUESTION

as you confess that you buvo com- AN HABITATION OIDUY AND UNSURE | mitted espionugo and have been cO-RATH HE THAT BUILDETH ON THE VULGAR passengers arriving on the Rajputana operating with the Trotskyists we{VATIL.-Shakespeare. will free you, and you will be able to see your wife and children.

A 10-year-old youth, Lo Ling-ho, "I replied, 'It is confess things I have never done. was charged before Mr. Keen at the Central Magistracy this morning with

Leying to

and

had committed espionage on behalf accused was bound over in the sum of Germany. Then I realised that of $100 to be of good behaviour for my position had not been improved one year,

In the least by confessing.

all

Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours

•

Film Production Company, for damages for infringement of copy- Kijowing right and injunction from

and delivery of all copies of

up film entitled "Do Mai Kwel," was struck off the trial list by Sir Athall

Mr. de Valera was questioned in MacGregor, Chlor Justles, at the the Dall recently regarding the exlat-Surpreme Court this morning, owing

to the absence of plaintiffa.

I would only be making up such the larceny of a jur containing $3 ending at 10 a.m. to-day totalled 0.00 ence of a diary supposed to have confessions. The Orpu commissar worth of Chinese cakes from the inch.

The total since January 1 1s been written by Roger Cazement, His Lordship also directed that the replied, "Then make it up."

No. Ching Wah-kok Teahouse, 82 6.52 inches, against un average of 5.96 | who was executed in Pentonville plaintiffs should show cause on April "By the middle of December I

Prison in 1918 after having been why a peremptory order should not Wing Lok Street. ground floor. Sub-inches.

for the caring, fulling admitted-gulto forcefully that I

be made found guilty of treason. Inspector Armitt prosecuted,

Mr. Frank

MacDermot⚫ unked which the case would be heard on Two banisteca appeared before Mr. whether he would ask the British April 12 at 10 am.

Mr. H. C. Macnamara, Instructed W. Schofield at the Central Magis-Government to submit the diary to Two weeks later I eontradicted it

iracy this morning. Ng Sang, 33, joint examination by representatives by the Hon. Mr. M. K, Lo, appeared

Governments of the Free for the defendant company, Wong Shing, 42, u coolie, was who was. banished for 10 years on of the "Less than two weeks after my charged before. Mr. W. Schofield at March 19, 1020, stated that he had State and of Great Britain, and to their report 0% to its arrest I was placed in a solitary celt the Central Magistracy this morning mistaken the year and had returned publish at Butirki Prison. I saw nobody with the larceny of a piece of metal one year loo early. He was arrested authenticity.

in Connaught Road West near"

r Sutber- He also asked as to the possibility: except the warders, but they gave from the A.P.C. Jelty, North Point,

Imposed ine books to read. This mental pres- on March 31. Mr. Harber

of the land Street. His Worship sure to make me contess was con- A.P.C. Installation, appeared as com- the light sentence of three months, honest mistake having been

it were found to be spurious. tinuous, though I was never bodily plainant. Defendant sald he had Chan Yee, another banishee, stated made by those who made use of it if 411-ironted,

picked the metal from out of the that he turned to the Colony to get Mr. De Valere: Roger Casement's 's the only way to get out of water near the jetty. The case was a job as a coolle. Ha admitted six reputation is safe in the affections of prison" they told me. "Why, there remanded until April 9. Ball was previous convictions and was sen-- the Irish people the only people

tenced to one year. are people here who have been allowed at $100.

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