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"PENNY POSTAGE”- CABLE VERSION

- To guard herself against any repetition of the invasion of 1914 and at gigantic cost, not far short of £100,000,000, the whole area of the frontier line has been made by France as safe as possible.

The first and essential fen- ture of this vast defence chain of steel and concrete, covering forts above and below ground, is that it is sited on the fron- tier and not miles behind it.

FRANCE has pinned her

faith on her military skill to prevent any, invasion of her territory.

But with German forces not

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only near by, but bang on the

For miles it appears as if frontier itself, there is always dun, Thionville, Metz and Nancy

form a quadrilateral of mighty the peaceful countryside had the danger of defences being fortresses equipped with every neither soldier nor fort; under rushed, suddenly and swiftly. form of defensive protection, the green grass of the field and IT IS A happy coincidence that The new instrument of war above and below ground, yet the cultivated areas of many

the announcement of the new mechanical armoured weapons scorning any attempt at cover.

acres the defences lie hid from cheap rate for social cablegrams has changed the entire mili- Further southwards the de- all eyes. to all parts of the Empire except-tary situation, and an offensive fences rest not on fortresses as ever- such, but on strong points, all ing Canada and Indla occurs on planned secretly is an

present danger.

connected and strategically the twenty-fifth anniversary of the

After past experience it is sited, one supporting another completion of the Eastern Exten-

dificult to trust Germany and and linked together by an sion cable between Aden and

Hongkong.

"For miles it appears as if the peaceful countryside had neither- soldier nor fort; under the green grass of the field the de- fences lie hid."

By Major Reade

objective, France."

"the safety of

Yet France is grently per- turbed. Germany has also built a line of fortifications on her side of the frontier as much as to say, "We wait the day; numerically our greater man population will swamp you?" ¡And then

rough

A Look The “Telegraph

50 YEARS AGO IN other places concrete

April 28, 1014. gun emplacements rear If our friends of the Sanitary to accept her guarantee of underground system of com- their forbidding structures; in Board wish to have a genuine ex- security that such will never munications of marvellous in- sunken roads and leafy dells perience of how our beautiful harbour genuity and practical construc- are the entrances to under-can smell, we would recommend them to walk any night after ten o'clock. tion.

ground barracks and ammuni-

from the old P. & O. wharf to Murray Barracks and from the Blue Buildings to Jardine's godowns nt. Enst Point. And then the Colonial Surgeon and Dr. Cantlie might in- form the community what influence the combination of silnics which makes night hideous would be likely to have on the public health during the hot weather.

It might suit Hitler for France to scrap her mighty de- fence works built up by 15 years of labour and sacrifice, but to the outside world such a

A reference to the "Telegraph" | happen. Ales of 1914 shows that this cable, which was laid by the cable-ship Colonia, was spliced on April 23, 1014, at a point 200 miles south of the Colony, thus. permitting direct cable communication be tween this Colany and Aden (and thus England) the first time.

suggestion savours of gross in- sincerity or a complete lack of appreciation of the true French position.

France is defended from the It is no far cry to the time when cable costs were so exorbi-Belgian frontier to the Mediter- ranean Sea at Nice. The sector tant that their use was for the which protects the Italian fron- moneyed few and commercial

tier does not enter into serious firms. To-day, thanks to Ed-consideration at present. ward Wilshaw, one of the world's greatest authorities on international communications, the Cable & Wireless Ltd. intra- Empire service has become in effect a "penny-postago" cablo scheme for the masses.

A Press Review was held at the Queen's Theatro yesterday of a remarkable film. It is one of the famous "March of Time" series and is called "Inside the Maginot Line.” Hero is the story told by that film, which will be screened at the Queen's Theatre to-day.

when the lines are manned, lives disappear, and bastions of great Here the French soldier, tion atores; railways appear and underground. No German sys- strength, natural and concrete; tem of war dug-out, admirable terraces of defences spring up as it was, can begin to compare from nowhere and dive into with these. Fortresses com- mother earth like drain pipes or plete with barracks are under railway lines into a tunnel.

From cavern-like entrancea

and

IT is from the frontier at the earth, safe from shell fire,

the S.W. of Switzerland (Lake Geneva), past the Jura Steel doors protect from fire guns, protrude, covering valley Mountains guarding Valdahon, and water; poison gas cannot and hill and plain for miles the Vosges Mountains guarding penetrate; Hfts bring shells to around. Belfort, Nancy and Bitche to case-mates

gun-turrets; This frontier line of massed Many of the reductions in cable Wissenbourg, then N.W. to ventilation is good; accommoda- defences has had many expert tolls in the past eighteen months Longwy, Maubeuge and Lille tion ample and comfortable; minda working on its intrica- have been astounding. The latest that is of interest, and most electricity for lighting and cook cies, though the design as a reduction, effective on May, por particularly the sectors from ing is provided.

whole is simple, and the one mits every exile in this Colony, Strasbourg to Longwy covering whatever his or her means, to use and St. Avold, and the vital in- Toul, Metz, Verdun, Thionville the world's greatest communica-dustrial iron-fields of Briey.

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four times greater than the inland defences France has never jumping-off- telegraphic service in England; contemplated that compares favourably, indeed, ground for an invasion of Ger- many; and hence they are not with the trans-Continental tele-adaptable bases for

as graph services in the United attack. States. With the promise of

radio - telephonic

development,

linking Hongkong with over 90

per cent of the world's sub-

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MANY eyes are turned

now to the sector along

scribers, residents of this Colony the Valley of the Moselle and

have indeed nutch to thank the

genius who has made it possible."

southwards to Strasbourg, Ver-

A brief biographical sketch of Secretary of the great Empire the Chief of Messrs, Cables & Wire- combine formed when the Govern- less Ltd. would not be out of place. ment merged nearly all communica- Edward Wilshaw was born in Lon-tion systems throughout the Empire. His great ambition, now realised, don in 1880, and is a descendant of Thomas Wilshaw, an Elder Brotherlina been to bring the Empire's of Trinity House who about 1090 cable and radio services within #ucceeded Samuel Pepys.

the touch of everyone in the Common- famous diarist, as Comptroller of wealth. the Navy. Wilshaw entered the It has been a great work, from service of the Eastern Telegraph which the public has benefited Company immediately after leaving enormously. High cable tolls of school, progressed rapidly, and was the just have as effectively sided | eventually appointed the company's isolation for the majority of exiles General Manager and Secretary, be- from liome as if cables did not

THE WING G ON CO., LTD. coming-one of the heat-known men exist. Cheap telle have brought

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"Haven't you any country without a crisis?”

The statutory general meeting of the Peak Hotel and Trading Com- pany was held at noon to-day, in the City Hall. In point of attendance it

the Hon. P. Byric), Mr. J. Ander- might almost have been held in a ricksho, for besides the Chairman son (director), Mr. W. Thomas (manager), and Mr.

Mooney (secretary) there were only present Messrs. W. II. Ray, G. Murray Dain, E. W. Maitland, W. Parlone, J. D. Sonnaville, and W. K. Wyllie.

The Chairman simply announced that all the shares had been taken up, and the business was progressing. and the proceedings terminated,

25 YEARS AGO

April 20, 1014: In the Legislative Council Cham- ber on Thursday there was an echo of the scandalous delays in the build- ing of Hongkong's Post Office and Law Court.

A Bill which came before the Coun- cil for a first time was that which amends the existing Airships Ordin- once by giving statutory power to enable force to be used to compel the descent of aircraft which disobey The law. Hongkong must, of coureer be thoroughly up-to-date, and it be generally agreed that every means

should be taken to possible

guard the our little fortified island from possibility of invasion. Every year now, aircraft plays a more important

while part in warfare,

the airship has come to be a a most useful adjunct to would-be sples. Any step there- fore, such as the present Bill, which aims at immunity from espionage is to be welcomed. There is only one point, however, and that is whether we are sumclently up-to-date in Hongkong, ta' possess anti-aircraft weapons with which to Impose force on the disobedient aviator? If not, the BI will be of small avall....

10 YEARS AGO

April 20, 1920. Hongkong's deep and sincere, affec- tion for the Royal Family has been exemplified in the fullest possible measure this morning. Enhanced by the news of His Majesty's progress to convalescence, the arrival in the Colony of the Duke of Gloucester, was made an ecension of great publie rejoicing, our Royal Visitor Innking umid scenes of brilliant splendour and almost unparalleled enthusiasm.

5 YEARS AGO‘“

April 26, 1034.

The small island of St. Helena, historically famous as Napoleon's place of exile after the Battle of Waterloo, celebrated the centenary as a Crown Colony yesterday.