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Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

January 24, 1939.

PREPARE FOR WAR, CHAMBERLAIN WARNS BRITISH PEOPLE IN RADIO APPEAL

Next War Will Not Be Like Last One

LONDON, Jan. 23.

MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, the Prime Minister, in a broadcast this evening, inau- gurated the Government's drive for volunteers in every branch of the country's defence services, Referring to the condi-work, to choose one of these services tions which, in the view of for which they were fitted, and to the Government, made its forthwith. scheme of voluntary national service necessary for the

the undertake

necessary training

Presler the conclusion, In emphasised that it was a voluntary scheme.

Some believed that compulsion effective,

would have been more security of the country, Mr. Chamberlain said:

but computalon was not In accord- ance with the democratic system under which they lived, or in e- of cordance with their tradition freedom.

a scheme to make us) "IL is ready for war. That does not

"We are confident that we are sure to el all the volunteers wanted with- mean I think war is coming.

"You know I have done, and out compulsion. Most of you are shall continue to do, all askbut how you could help.

proposals give you your opportunity for to show the work what free people

defence tou.are prepared to do n

can to ourselves

preserve peace

and others

Oor

of

We in this country would never ba~ their liberties and fleals, and I am gin a war, but we might is forend toure that any call will bring the full participate in a war beam by otif. measure of response for

or we might be attacked stirryiyen a 36"-Renter,

f the Government of stame

country were to think that we could,

not defend uniselves [Fretwels

"The better prepared we are tol

our chers. and

defend

resil

attuek, the fately is it that any will try an adventure in

which to chanees af suerers would'

be so unpromaking."

UNLIKE PAST WARS

The Prime

that trasform wo W

Australian

Minister Warns Of War

SYDNEY, Jan. 23. THE MINISTER for External

Affairs in Australia, Mr. W. M. Hughes, in a broadcast on Sunday warned that if war

inevitable it was not certainly very probable.

was

He added that if Australian democracy was to be saved, they must act swiftly, because "the position of the dictator- ships in the Far East is very menacing for Australia. The penalty for failure to make adequate preparations mean national death."

"Australians". he said, "must

put everything else aside, and act now as though already at war.

will

"Certain nations are going about with fire-sticks."

Referring to the inability of

ZBW SPELLING BEE

"I'd Still Like To Know Who Won," Says Reporter

MAYBE I JUST went nuts at hearing so many big words. Or it might have been the accents.

off "bureauerney". but At any rate, I could have sworn, polished that the Dark Blues were one up at Queen's and Trinity were soon in the end of the Spelling Bee between deep water with "onomatopoeia" and Oxford and Cambridge from ZBW's "anetnenie"-Trinity made a gallant Studio last night.

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effort before the gong allenced him with "p-h-a-c-n-v-m-l-", Pembroke But the referee called it a draw, dashed of qulet "pachydermatous" and made the captains try again, to make the old school's score two

Cambridge romped home on the hits and two miss09. extra time with brilliant "Ses. On the other side of the micro- quipedalinism and a not so brilliant phone, Oxford opened inauspiciously "melatartalile" for "metatartaric" (heby falling to correctly separate the blamed the adjudicator's accent for syllables in "dinereals" and Christ- But the latter slip), Oxford falling badly hureh murdered "paraphernalia" by

(the spelling it with nonalia". hut honourably with

Ballol and Brasenose evened up the score on the round with "verdigels" and "matriarchal".

"p" is silent) and "b","

ZW was terse when I telephoned to check up the results last night so, in the absence of official comment, I'm going to stick to my notes, mado during the broadleast. These Indicate that Oxford has strounds appeal.

an 10:

Oxord 2, Cambridge 2.

MOMENT OF ABERRATION Only Brascore for Oxford and

At the end of the first round, Queen's for Cambridge escaped the Wadham and Christchurch kept up gong in the Enal round. In a Oxford's end with meticulous "dis-moment of aberration Wadhain spelt I havelled" and

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Fiant Round: Oxford 1; Cambridge

Pembroke tailed tonissions in "lackadaisical

Impeccable was the rendition of convert "brachycephalia". Scores at end of first round: Two hits "curryx" by Brazemore and "pusil

Janimous" by Queen's. and tug misses each.

Somehow, my notes Indicate that) the adjudicator went astray in calling. Rand Two a draw, for there it is, in black and white-Oxford three hits und miss; Cambridge two hits and two misses,

THERE'S NO JUSTICE

Now, it there's any justice in this world and my reasoning didn't entire- ly leave me, this is where there uld have been loud huzzahs from the Oxford cam

For Oxford, there's no doubt about L.. Wadhamn romping home with McLean, group leader in the "reale". And Ballot simply lick Royal Air Force, of which held his lips at "unneighbourliness"

Braseuner, too, was in due fettle with has been a member for 26 years, “athuude", "Christchurch

a gave

of inaccurate version has resigned his commission as some what

seience of acrini defence of the British

the necessary manisation in pre Congress Demanda protest against the inadequate palaeontology- the

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"Moreover, we must train it peace, for there will be no time to fram after the war has started.!

Washington, Jan. 29. Captain Mekan had represented Therefore, the reheme is just one of i

Representative Thomas antuunced England as air delegate at Geneva Is just as common prudence, and

was introducing a for two years during the disarmament battle-to-day that he

Re-i negotiation. necessary for our safety a ship, gun, and planes, though not resolution in the House of

the meaning, any more than they do, tratatives to-morrow

detachment of Miss Penneen Perkins' In a statement to the press, he that war is bound to come soon, or cent of her stand in deferring declared that the crisis last Septen even at nil.

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But were there? No! Everyone artreed, quite amicably, that there had bren a draw and that extra time was necesary.

were

Jual those two extra words, fossils

"ptyxis" and "dithyramb," Try as much as I can, I can't

enough for Oxford's downfall. (han give Cambridge More

two

Cambridge were announced the passes in this round.

winners. There was no doubt about the gong

A good time was had by all. when Trinity attempted anti-din-

This complete spelling bee was:

OXFORD establishmentarism" he left out ali least three

for Dishevelled syllables and "eschscholtzia", well,

Was Crustacean Queen's

Surreptitious lehthyoplingy counted out and gonged before he

manacle and Pembroks palaeontology. "guttural" suuppy

in attempted it. King's, with a

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Second Round: Oxford 3, Cam- paraphernalia bridge 2.

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