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XENA SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1938.

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REPLY BY U.S. ANGERS GERMANY Charlie Chaplin As Arch TO SPERD XMAS

Enemy of Dictators

"THESE THREE

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WOULD START

WAR ON US"

BERLIN, Dec. 23.

Atrocity Campaign Against Britain

HONGKONG'S SHARE! OF PROPAGANDA

AN AMAZING CAM- PAIGN of anti-British in relative propaganda, particular to the quelling of the insurrectionary movement in Palestine, was recently launched by Dr. Josef Goebbels, the Reich Propaganda Minister.

The campaign reached its

GERMANY IS ASTOUNDED at the blunt-climax this week with publica-

[ing German newspapers Notetion in practically all the lead- alleged atrocities in Palestine by

ness of the United States' reply to the complaining of recent remarks by Mr. Harold Ickes.

Official quarters, however, decline to comment the refusal to apologise.

But it is understood that the

refusal has been taken very

seriously by the German Foreign The Two

Office.

It is now forming the subject

of very careful deliberation.

an

act

Nazi political quarters describe | the development as whereby the United States is wantonly seeking conflict with Germany,

Herr Hitler, it is understood, has decided to answer the blunt rejection of the Nazi protest by a personal Note to President Roosevelt.

Meanwhile, newspaper criticism of the United States and Ameri- can personages continues unabated. in the German prese.

Hamburg "Freemdenblatt" The charged to-day that Mr. Harold Ickes was conspiring with Charles Chaplin, the film star, to spread nnt!- German propaganda.

Chapila had been commissioned, the newspaper states, to make movie film denouncing dictators,

The charge is attributed to Chap- lin's recent announcement in Holly wood that he was making

a motion

picture called "The nicta on the f

Chaplin refuses to comm German charge United Press.

BRITISH ATTITUDE RESPONSIBLE?

London, Dec. 23,

Martyrs Of

on

Debt Court

TWO PEOPLE will have an unhappy Christmas unless their. relatives or friends and enough out of them to get money Stanley Prison, where they are Imprisoned for debt.

nou-

They are the victims of Indian money-lenders, who have had

for Imprisoned them payment of Court orders,

The money-lenders pay for their "board and lodging."

number Actually, the debtors in prison is lower this Christmas than usual.

of

"They seem to have steered clear this year," an official told the Telegraph."

No special rations are Issued to prisoners on Christmas Day. To them, it is just another day to serve as convicts or prisoners.

KOWLOON TONG FANCY DRESS PARTY

British troops.

of

AT FANLING

A recent photograph of His Ex- cellency the Governor.

"GRUMPY" (And Brothers) ARRIVE IN LONDON

LONDON, Dec. 23.

Tokyo Peace Move

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No Issue On Monday

There will be no issue of the "Hongkong Telegraph" ön Boxing Day, Monday next.

Publication will again on Tuesday, December 27.

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The "Telegraph" takes this opportunity of wishing its readers

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Mother AT “GENEROSITY" of the OF JAPAN'S TERMS Guerillas

LONDON, Dec. 23.

ALL THE PAPERS give prominence te Prince Konoye's peace lerms to China.

thre

Commenting on the proposed anli-Comintern Sino-Japan-Man- | chukuo bloc, the "Newa-j Chronicle"

"AS says: Contintern is supposed to govern the activities of all Totalitarian States, the Japanese war aim seems really to be an attempt to squeeze the demo- cratie countries out of China."

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Japanese Impotence Surprised

The World

Leaves

MACAME CHAO YU- of the TANG, "Mother Chinese Guerillas," left Hongkeng to-day for the South Seas by the steamer Merechal Joffre.

The moving spirit behind thousands of vigilant guerillas operating through- out China, from Liaotung Manchukuo Peninsula in down to the suburbs of 58-year-old

Diplomalie circles, which have been very curious as to why the decisions of the Imperial confer- ence held on November 30 have been so long withheld, and about which rumours are current that Japan has been secretly sounding China on the possibilities of peace, THE GREATEST SURPR SE Canton is a regard Prince Konaye's statement as of the war has been Japan's Manchurian woman.

Ehe is known throughout the 08 "Our old

seinuihing of an anti-climax, contain-

LONDON, Dec. 23.

ing nothing new, though the absence military incompetence, says the

of reference to Chiang Kai-shek is "Spectator" in discussing the guerilla ranks

Sino-Japanese situation. considered to be significant.

It quotes the distinguished Ameri-

mother."

Time has turned her hair Ince criss-crossed her

This, combined with the Japanese otter to consider the abolition of can journalist, Mr. Mowrer, who, white. extrailty and foreign concessions, la his new book on Chine, asserts that with lines. But one thing age regarded as special bait to Chinese.

as

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the in the eyes of all the expert foreign. observers, including General Falken- hausen, Japan's conduct cf the war OLD 21 DEMANDS

deprives her of any right to be re- milltary first-class thest farded Chinese circles say that terms are merely the old 21 Demands power,

Whether this is true or not, anys thai Indisputable in another form, and that there is nothing in them which they can the paper, it is

after 18 months of war, Japan, dt- discuss.

Japanese circles stress the genero-spite victories, has failed to bring the

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sity of the terms in which neither miserably-equipped China "o her S.O.S. From British

cussion of territory nor indemnity is knees."

required. They also urge foreign In the immensely rich south-west- provinces, the Government in Powers to note that freedom of future era Irade Renter.

again explicitly assured.organising a new State which will be Freighter Off Japan

A PARADOXICAL OFFER

the core of the New China.

British and American policy has; bern based on two assumptions,

Tokyo, Dec. 24.

So slanderous are they that the British War Office yesterday! officially issued a denial, says a "Reuter" message, It being em- phatically stated that there was no truth whatever in the allegations. Here are some of tho alleged atrocities, us contained in a "Trans- Hang- Ocean" message received in kong yesterday, which claimed that the were made by the allegations Arab Palestine Committee:

"On December British troopa at-1

Shanghal, Dec. 24. which originally were hard to doubt. S. O. S. signals were picked up at tacked the village of Attl, kiling

a war, Japan with 11.50 p.m. last night by local wire- First that in a women and children, and

The "North China Dally News", in stealing jewelry and gold. They set fire to

an editorial this morning, charac- her inadequate resources would wel- Iss stations from the British freigh- 30 houses in which three people were "HAPPY," "BABY," "Beau-terizes Premier Konoye's statement come or at least wish for foreign ter Darcollu, 4,084 tons, which is in burnt to death. Five persons were

and as "one of the most paradoxical state-commercial activity in China. But distress at a point 4 miles south of "Grandmother,"

during the China in- the war has shown that every added the Katsuura Lighthouse on the selected at random and killed, after ty."

strain on Japan makes it morr and, Pacific coast of Central Japan.

The ship, swept by heavy star, le mutilated. Their "Grumpy," the five giant pandas cident".

that she exploit being horribly

ad- in a dangerous condition, wireless exclusive own Il points out the paradox of offer- more eyes were gouged out, and their heads

from the western mountains of

messages picked up here indicate.- smashed in.

concessions, and simultaneously de- vantage. "On December 12, the Mayor of Szechuen, the rarest animals in ing to abolish extrality and to render China to her

The second assumption was that Domei, Geza was dragged from his sick bed the world, and the first ever manding the stationing of Japanese since Japan must win an easy and and thrown into prison.

ween in Europe, arrived by the troops throughout Chinn. "On December 15, British troop

"It must be obvious that inevitable victory, there could be no It said: Antenor from Hebron at dawn, brok Blue Funnel

nation dominated by (Puppet) purpose in opposing her. entered

Both these assumptions had been Info houses and beat up

and children. Shopt Hongkong to-day, and are now governments, instituted by military men, women

It is not bellevable has thus been created for a revision and houses were burnt and looted, comfortably housed at the Zoo, invaders, can have no independence decisively disproved, and opportunity

in any of Anglo-American policy-Reuter. and the Inhabitants for 14 hours ex- posed to rain, cold, hunger and thrist in a special sun-ray lighted that these soft words will,

way, prevall upon the Generalissimo Eight hundred were arrested una chamber in the sanatorium,

to faller in his determination to carry several premature birth.

the

sleepin

months.

ments made

a

whatever.

the

frightened women gave They were brought by Major Floyd-on his bitter resistance. In the past "On December 19 the Inhabitants Smith, the well-known American tow months, it is clearly demonstrat Chinese people's determined support. of the village of Jatia, near Hebron, naturalist, who succeeded in catching ed that he has lost nothing of the "The Premier ameried his desire were herded together and forced with them by bating traps with bowls horsewhips to insult

Grand

and Muft, and to thank the Englishmen. of water. He took them with infinite for Chinese (co-operation) which is bayonet. The Premier voiced respect They were forced to attack the difficulty to Hongkong, where they dally being sought by bomb

for the sovereignty of China and ex- brothers Barninnhim. when they at boarded the Antenor. tempted to defend themselves, Sixty

"Beauty," weighing 300 lbs. is pressed a willingness to abandon ex- The League of Pals will be holding were killed and more than 100 In-

ignty is being outraged in It was It is indented here that America's a Fancy Dress Ball for members and jured when stones were thrown at probably five years-old, and is the fraterritoriality. Yet, China's sovere then publicly an- only full-grown member of the group, grossest fashion. As to extraterri-

of a few toriality, the Chinese have airendy d rejection of the German protest is the friends at the Kowloon Tong Garden them.

clared that cancelled so far as Jupan result of further diffening of the City Club on December 26, com-nounced that these people had been the others being cubs

Insurgents. British foreign policy.--United Presz.mencing at 0.30 p.m.

"ALL PALESTINE IS HELL” They stood the voyage well despite is concerned, although the matter must be regarded as seademle under The alleged statement by the Arab the Impossibility of providing bamboo the prevailing conditions.

natural thele

"One thing we agree with in the Palestine Committee, issued from shoots,

He and that a Beirut, went on:

spirit of rennoissance is now sweep- Konoye speech. ing over all parts of China'; true in- deed-but hardly in the cense that the Premier Intended 11”—United Pren. Arabs Seek Peace For Christmas

INTERVENTION FEARED Anglo-American Action In East

food. For

"All Palestine is hell. We appeal tunately they readily accepted fresh to world conscience and humanity. cornstalks and apples. and to the women's associations alt: Major Floyd-Smith also invented a over the world to free the women synthetic bamboo biscuit, containing and children in Palestine from the TOKYO, Dec. 23.

the necessary carbohydrates, which otrocities of the British army.

Recent revelations in the London the Pandas devoured with every op- ress show that for some time the pearunce of enjoyment. German newspapers have been de liberately "solashing" on their front pares, canards of British atrocities in Palestine.

FEAR OF JOINT Intervention in the Sino-Japanese conflict by Britain, the United States, France and Soviet tussla was expressed by Mr. Shimada, an executive member of the Selyukal Parly, in an address to a convention of members of the Parlin- mentary Party to-day, prior to the meeting of the Diet 10-

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Jerusalem, Dec. 23.

rebel head-

The Nablus Arnb

They are gentle, pinyful, but very lazy animals, and prefer to take their food grasped between the paws while A few weeks ago the Berlin news lying on their backs.

It is understood the Zoo has bought |

05 He denounced equally out-nnner "Lokal Anzeiger", underneath Mr. Shimada said that the situation to-day was serious, and comparable rageous the attude of Soviet Russia, seven-column banner headline said one for £1,000. The destination of quarters has issued a declaration of when hofdays provided the British troops bon temporary force, the Arab "freedom movement"

has frn' from inking the offensive at that time to the triple Intervention which openly tramples on Japan's that despite England's ure of armed he attern is not decided, but all will an armistice during the Christmas by Russla, France and Germany

(Continued on Page 4.1 following the Sino-Japanese war of treaty rights and resorts to unwar-is gaining ground, and it used these quarantine in the senatorlum

"antable provocation."-Reuter.

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A PROBLEM TO SOLVE DURING THE WEEK-END

HERE IS A PROBLEM to madden you over the Christmas week-end. There are three houses, which must be fitted with water mains, gas mains and electric light mains.

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GAS

D WATER

ELECTRICITY

But there is a nag. None of the householders will allow any of the mains being extended through or under his house to supply the house next door.

The three houses must be filled with gas, water and electricity from the three points without any of the mains crowing.

Bo go to it. You have before you the Intriguing problem.of laying the three supplies to each house without encroaching on the property on either side. CAN IT BE DONE?