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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY

OGPU SPY-HUNT IN ENGLAND

Colonel Tells Of Shot

In Fog

Making sure his .45 was loaded in all chambers, a man sot out from his West-End hotel recently to visit an old friend of his spy- ing days. He changed taxis three times on the way in case he was followed.

He was K14, otherwise known as O.M.66. Not known so well, perhaps, by his real name of Colonel Victor Kaledin, late of the Russian Imperial Secret Service, the German, French, and British Secret Services,

"I'm never sure my old friends' of the Ogpu are not after me," he chuckled to a reporter.

Twice Colonel Kaledin has had,

narrow escupen from death

when i

shot it by mysterious pursues in THE CLOCKWORK

the Hittle village of West Downe,

Devon, where he now has his home.

His handsome, grey-haired Eng- lish wife did not want Colonel

SOLDIER

Kaledin to talk about his present He Just Would Not Go

perils.

Back To England

"It doesn't matter. I'm well guarded nowadays," said the plump,j gentleman-farmerish-looking ex-spy. HE WENT AWAY IN 1901

"How? Well, it's beller not to Always On The Spot When say anything about that except that

I always carry my 45 in my pocket,

and I inve never met any quicker at the draw than I am.

HAT FLEW OFF

"One day, walking along a coun- try lane nene my Devonshire collage, I heard the crnck of a gun, and my hat flew off. When I picked it up there was a bullethole through it.

"A year later. I was shaving in the bathroom, when there Was a

roar like that of an elephant-gun,

"My wife shouted: 'Look out. It, would have been too inte if the man with the gun had been a good shot.

bullet came Thic

through the

The Canteen Opened

Southampton.

Private "Nobby" Esplin, of the First Battalion of the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, has returned home-for the first time in 34 years.

He landed with his regiment in the troopship Dilwara from India.

"Nobby," who is 55 years old, is known throughout the British Army as The Man Who Would Not Go Home.

UFS

VIRGINIA BRUCE WED - Virginia Bruco, screen actress and widow of Jolin Gilbert, with her new husband, J. Walter Ruben, movie director, to whem she was married in Los Angeles. They are shown in their newly leased fiome in Deverly IIMs, Cal.

GUNS OR FUNK-HOLES?

What

Thinks

the Army About Young Men

1,

1038.

É RADIO BROADCAST

"Sword in Hand"

London Relay

The following is the Radio Pro- Kramme for to-day broadcast by ZBW on Frequencies of 045 lcc's., 0.52 m.c's. per second.

"Sword in Handa Itelay from London.

12.30 Vladimir Horowitz at the Piano.

Andante Mosso (From Senata In B Minor) (Scarlatt); Presto (From Sonata in A Major) (Scarlatt). Traumeswirren (Dream Vislons) Op. 12, No. 7 (Schumann).

12.43 Tselnikowsky-Romeo and Jullet-Overture Tuntasie... Willem Mengelberg and Hls Concertgebouw Orchestra,

1,0

Local Time Signal and Wea- ther Report.

1.03 Musical Comedy Selection, Selection-Seeing Stars (Jolin and Broones)... Debroy Somers Band (With Vocalists). Vocal Gems--"Th! Bohemian Girl" (Balfe)

Light Opera Co. Selection- Chu Chin Chow

Gaumont (F. Norton) Hellish Orchestra, Conducted by Louis Levs

1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- menis.

1.40 Ernst von Dohnanyi (Piano). Scultz-Waltz (J. Strauss); "Die Fledermaus"-Du und Du-Waltz (J. Strauss),

1.48

Albeniz - Sulle Iberia - Madrid Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Enrique Fernandez Arbos; Granndoc-Danza Eepanoin No. 6

Madrid Symphony Orch. 15 Close down. 2.15

6.0-7,0 p.m. Chinese programme. 7.6 Dance Music.

In The Mission by the Sea; Little Roy Fox

to be a old Lady (Foxtrots)

& His Orchestra. Don't You Know or "DOWN ON the rangE" Don't you care?: Last Love (Foxtrols) "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm. "What's wrong with knowing how Pardon my Love; Cryin' Mood (Fox- to defend your country?"-this in a trots). "Fats" Walker and His tone of exasperation. Then Army Volce permitted itself a "wise-It's the Natural Thing to do

the Rhythm. The Moon Got in My Eyes;

Gone Fox & His Orchestra. bling some crooning nonsense about with the Wind: The First time I saw 'Down, on the Range, or something you Roy Fox & His Orchestra, like that. It would do them more 7.30 Peter Dawson, good and their country-If they got down on the range themselves—a ride range."

open window and made a big hoteling from Southampton Docks on April is country. They'll have to face crack." "You can hear them mum-Roy

in a heavy piece of antique furni- ture-It was in explosive bullet.

" ran out, but could see nothing In the fog.

"I have no proof-bút I suspect the Ogpit should be blamed for both attempt"

Colonel Kaledin

the son of Governor-General ut Ukraine. His English mother died

the

Whs

when he was a month old,

SECRET AGENT

the

Serious espionage work he began

in 1914.

regime to Germany, and, us we

the

war he served in

orbe issue's clear-cut-readiness, think nothing's finer than to meet an attacker, with all that speeles of lounge lizard. implies; or contentment with the lo of the masses with their shelters and He joined the Royal West Kents in what not. In other words-guns or Government Is 1993, and went to India with the 2nd funk-holes. The

offering both: That alternative is Battalion in the following year, sail-forcing itself upon the young men of 7. During Mesopotamia.

up to it soon. The state of the world doesn't admit otherwise."

Guns-or funk-holes? One was quite prepared to discuss in as detached and objective a manner as possible the question of recruiting the for the Services, particularly Territorial Army about whose im- portance in the scheme of national defence so much is said and written Army voice was determined not to these days. But the owner of the mince matters.

When the battalion returned home in 1910 "Nobby" remained behind He had himself transferred to the 1st Battalion, and was waiting for them when they arrived in India. Since then he has been either in Malta, in Singapore or in India.

will probably remain with his old He likes the Army so much that he regiment as storeman at Shorncliffe Comp.

ure

habits.

ÄN EXPERT'S BUSINESS

(French); Phil the Fluter's Ball With my shlilelagh under my Armi (Wallace). I See Tree (Hodges). "The guns are there; let 'em learn 7,40 Leslle Jeffries & His Orch. to use them," was the concluding Spring Time Serenade (Heykens); exhortation.

The

Princess Bolkon

(Waitz) (Rubens). The Frolicsome Hare (Hope); Dance of the Teleles (Russell). Comedy Geins (arr.

דיי

"I think the inherent partiotic feel-

he was always on the thin, for war looms ever larger in the public think, to-day he's probably the truest Girl in the Hansom Cab......Jack

"Nobby has eight good-conduct the Germans that I was able to dis- badges, When his troopship called at Malta on the way home "Nobby" was cover their plan to destroy our Block Sea Fleet.

presented to the Colonel of the regi- Ticir plan was for the Turkish-ment, who had a long chat with him

and German cruisers Cocben and Bres-

Juu to lead the Fleet out of harbour servicratulated him on his long its strength and efficiency, provide a

dangerous Come

PUZZLE: "Nobby" is the nickname in a fog, and оп rocks near. the Balaclava lighthouse. they always give in the Army to men Meanwhile, a German ugent, Pastor and Clark. Why Private Esplin is Rottkopf, was to kill the lighthouse called "Nabby" is a mystery lost in

the mists of antiquity. keeper and put out the ghits.

"I was double-crossed, and only arrived

at the lighthouse after the keepers had been murdered and Rolikopf had destroyed the light.

Three times Rottkopf shot at me, missing me by Inches. 1 got him with my first bullet. Then I bulit a great dire of straw and furni- ture in the lighthouse.

& His Orch.

von

to

Another Army commentary on the the speaker was one closely connected Musical same subject was sought. This time

with an Edinburgh Territorial unit. Ffoulkes). Why keep up pretences," he went His remarks covered a different angle; A.0 Local Time Signal and Wea- “Nobby”—his reul Christian names on. "Are you going to let another if less tempestuous, they were equally ther Report,

Charles David-hates to tall: fellow wipe his boots on you? If stimulating to thought.

8.63 Szigeti (Violin). Nigun (Improvisation (Bloch. "I became a double spy," he said.bout himself, but one of his com-you're not, you must do something

about it. There's only one way to ing will come forward all right if Danse Russe (From Petrauchka--- "The Secret Service engineered

arides said:

prove your attitude in the matter only popular misconceptions about Stravinsky); Norwegian Song (Lic); great scandal. I was caught cheat- "He is one of the most popular men prepare yourself for the job you say the Territorial Army can be cleared Gavotte from Classical Symphony ing at cards-card had been careful-in the Army, He has been the regi-you're ready to fill if the worst comes away. It was only natural that❘ (Prokofieff). ly put in my pockets by a fellow-ment storekeeper for many years. io the worst,

a reaction agulast the khaki should 8.15 London Relay "Sword in agent-and drummed out of my e-is-as-regular-as-clockwork-in-his-

lake-place-after-the war. But the Hand. pubile have clung too long to the iden Fencing and Duelling through the "When he was in India, the me-) How the Army mind looks at the that the peace-time wearer of khaki Centuries. By C. D. Dimsdale. had hoped, was approached by thement the midday bugle went that fasues involved in this momentous is a man of blood and war. He's

8.45 Latest Variety and Dance German, Secret Service.

"Under Instructions of my Rus-is, when the canteen opened Nobby business of defending a nation is nothing of the sort. The Army man Records.

Comedy Foxtrot-I'm il Lic sian chlefs, I believed four of our used to shut his store and walk across thought-provoking, at least. Ore knows that if war came he'd be in less trustworthy agents at Kiel to the parade ground to the canteen. has to recognise that as the subject of the thick of it right away, and, 1 Prairie Flower; Comedy Waltz-The the Germans.

You could set your clock bv

consciousness, so also the military

ry pacifist of the lot.

Harris and his Orchestra; "Firefly SHIP PLOT

for war, of course, mind assumes an added importance;

"Apart from that, there are numer-Selection.

and .Louls Levy

His "This established me so well with

is an expert's us other factors. A young man, Gaumont British Symphony; Can business, and the expert in this case normally healthy in mind and body, forget You (from illm "High. Wide the military mind.

Richard Tauber. for instance, sees on the mantelpiece and Handsome"). Undoubtedly, the Territorial Army, Volunteers. They all glower heavily The

a familly portrait of a group of old Foxtrots-If It's the last thing I do:

Donkey Serenade.....

.Ben burning question for those who are over heavy whiskers. One, for no Fronkel and His Orchestra: I Will

apparent reason, sports

The more gold Pray (Nicholls); Whispers in planning the national defence. It is braid than doubtful if the public generally re-

the others. It looks Dark (from the film Artists. and cognise the full significance behind

Ruritanian.

Models)....Frances Day (Soprano); fact that this 30-years-old YOUNG MAN'S BUSINESS Rumba-When Bomba plays Force, the modern expression of the "The Volunteers were splendid Rumba; Tango-Lonely Troubadour

marksmen, typically British spirit of the old men, execilent

Jacques Volunteers, has assumed respon- wonderful record of service. But the

with tunet-Waltz....Barnabas sibility for the defence of Britain's Territorial Army doesn't belong to Geczy and His Orch. coasts. In the event of war, it would the Eighties. While

its spirit of

Foxtrots-Roll 'Em;; Afraid ARMISTICE be the front line on the home front, camaraderie is as strong as the Dream....Benny Goodman and His

That the Force greatly lacks both Volunteers, It is essentially a young Orch. officers and "ather ranks" is well man'a busincas. It amounts to the 9.30 London Relay The News, DAY OUT

mosi interesting hobby the normal 9.50 Glbert and Sullivan Excerpts. known.

What the public thinks about thingsman could want.

"The Pirates of Penzance"; (a) "But withal, It's a very military is amply, if one-sidedly, in- OF DATE?

serious Stay we must not lose our senses.... dicated by the spate of pacifist sent business. The work is more in- Derek Oldhum & Chorus; (b)_fold, ment of the post-war years. What tricate more scientific-than in the Monsters.....Elsie Grin, George Mass Observation, the object the Army thinks of the public, parti-days of the old Volunteers. Pride in Baker, S. Robertson und Chorus; (c) of which is to record the cularly in relation to this vital matter it and in the traditions and discipline I am the Very Model of Modern behaviour of ordinary men and of the Territorial Army, is not so of one's unit is probably as keen as Major General....

orge Baker and .George well known. The subject promised in the Regulurs-and that raises on- Chorus; (d) Oh, Men of Dark and women, issued recently an interest and the Ariny Voice, after other thorny point.

Dismal Fate......George Baker & Janalysis of researches on Armis. taking thought, was induced to con- "On every hand one hears all this Chorus You May go, for you're at

tice Day.

+linue.

talk about expressing one's Individu- | Liberty..............Full Company, "EUROPE KNOWS—_—_—___" Among the "observations" recorded:

ality, and condemnation of the 'robot | 10.07 Alfred Cortot - "Prelude. pre these: "Two outstanding points!

Consequently, many young Chorale & Fugue”—(Cesar Franch). "The public generally? Oh, of men probably think--why should 10.23 Miliza Korjus & Philharmonic course, at heart it's absolutely sound. they become part of a soulless mi- Sym. Orch. of New York. The widespread feeling that the The British, as an Imperialist people, tary machine? ceremony was out of date and are obviously not ready yel to throw

Overture"Semiramide" (Rossini)... "They visualize 1 collection of should be stopped;

Orchestra; Nocturne (Chopla arr, up the sponge. Europe knows that rumintes on barrack square per- Winkler) "Ah, Let "The powerful effect

me Weep": on the all right. Our Navy, Regular Army, forming evolutions at the whim of a Nocturne (Chopin arr. Winkler) "O national psychology of the broken Air Force, and Territorial Army-all ramping, swearing sergeant-major. Night, O Dreams"....Miliza Karjus: silence at the Cenciáph.”

bused

on Voluntary service, mind Why should he lower his self-respect Apprenti Sorcier Roughly 60 per cent. of the ob-you-testify to that.

(Dukas) by joining in that sort of thing, along Orchestra cond. by Toscanini. servers kept the silence, the remain- "There's a great deal in the for- with saluting and such-lhe rubbish? Ing 20 per cent. went on with their cigner's continuat wonderment at the EACH MAN A SPECIALIST

I p.m. Close down. mentality of the British. The Army REVERENCE AND LAUGHTER Koes all over the world and we know! length with the necessity for training has to train himself to be able to take

The psychological

They'll tell you the British

people which promotes crisis unite like. national day is well shown by out to good the vast majority of men with an army would

one man. No

neca cognition of authority. Without both signs."

command and matte important decl- observer, who, writing of the silence

bo a rabble, But white feathers. As a fighting race, actually a Territorial's work demands "The safety of Edinburgh depends "A feeling of reverence swept there ways than one-superb! the highest development of personal upon the individual sklii of each

"Yet they can't understand why in initiative. Modern building and led the atmosphere."

weapons

and Territorial in the city. They tiro A young housewife writes: "I like their traditional commonsense. They come a

times of peace they act in reverse to mechanisation force each man to be learning now, not to wante their these national days; they make a neglect Bele defence services. En-

specialist,

time in futile talk on whether or not common bond between us all so that

"One cannot be a robot and at the they would fight for King and coun- we can speak to each other without Then, if war comes, they

courage a lot of pacifist twaddle, same time be successful at the nightstry, but, what is more manly, more constraint

sacrifice of a gun, in an armoured car as an courageous, and more satisfying to Several abservers mention grins allow tens of thousands of more men and laughter as a form of relief öfter j Lo

with a machine gun and compelled the time come when actions would Het ready for the the silence is ended.

fray. It's in the speed of modern war to snatch speak louder than words." Referring to the Incident at the "Sentiment-too much sentiment!

an advantage at a moment's notice. Thus the Army on the subject of cenotaph, the report says:

That's what's wrong. Half these people, in fact, that without consider

"It is becoming obvious to most the citizen-soldier. Guns or funk- "One can hardly avoid the

holes, The thought occurred to ong clusion that a large part of the nation don't know their own

con-young so-called pacifists probably nule preliminary training, a man is that that was perhaps a short vlow. which heard Storey's outburst...was their talk has a dangerous effect on time of national, emergency.

minds. But useless worse than useless-nt If there were no guns, how many already in on uneasy frame of mind." others. It tends to make young men the lowest non-commissioned officer Jeare untouched7

Even "funkholes" would” raiding bombers

The makeshift light was visible through the fog, and the Fleet was able to sheer off-just in time.".

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