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WHAT HITLER TOLD DR. BURKHARDT

PARIS. Aug. 16 (Reuter).----ACCORDING to French diplomatic cir. cles, ferrer, in his interview with Dr. Burkhardt at Berchtesgaden, reminded the League Commissioner of the plan to which he had referred In his Reichstar speech on April 28.

On that day, the Fuehrer said the European situation to-day with he offered Poland a 25 year non-Marshal Goering and Herr Himmler.

aggression treaty in return for iterchtesgaden to

Reich leader. who called

which Danzig was to be returned to the Reich and Germany was to receive a route through the Corridor to East Prussia.

the

sit congratulate the

Fucirer on the 25th anniversary of his enlistment In the army an a volunteer,

Well-informed quarters here state to-day that the meeting between Herr. A. Greiser, President of the Danzig Serate, and M. A. Chodaki, Polish Commissioner to Danzig, was confined to technical matters and did not touch the political angle of the Danzig ques tion as a whole.

The Fuchrer la also said to have protested to Dr. Burkhardt against the tone of the recent Polish note to Danzig Senate about the boycott of the Castors officials by Danzig.

It is asserted here that the matters discussed between the Fuehrer and Dr. Burkhardt were above all ques tions relating to the settlement of There is no confirmation here of local incidents, the Commissioner the rumours that Dr. K. Burkhardt, being the natural link between theague of Nations Commissioner to Donzig authorities and the Poles,

Donzle. Is to pay a second visit to Herr Ilter.

Burkhardt's Message

LONDON, Aug 10 (British Wire-. lens)-A MICHALO received from

Doctor K. J. Burckhardt, League

"No Conference, No Compromise'

"No conference and

Ho

Con-

11th Commissioner in Danzig, by promise" on Danzig was the watch- the British Government, whose re-word hunded out to German leader; presentative at Geneva has regularly writers to-day. Political quarters acted as rapporteur of the Committee on Danzig. lius bevn passed on to the

that Germany Bay

would consider a Governments of the two other mem- tetalls of handing back Danzig but conference to discuss the technical, bers of the

but Commitice,

would never consider a conference to France and Sweden.

discuss whether it should be handed Drback. It is declared that Germany's

The information

namely,

regarding

Burckhardt's interview with Herr honour is at stake and Danzig must Hitler at Berchtesgaden which was return without compromise contained in this message and was Reich.

to the

treated here in the strictest

con-

fidence, is being examined by these

The daily recital of alleged anti-

British Government Condemned

GENEVA, Aug. 16 (Router). -BRITAIN'S White Paper policy for Palestine was con- demned as an "attack on our basic rights in Palestine and an attempt to reverse the trend of Jewish history" by Dr. Chaim Weizmann delivering his Presi- dential address at the opening of the 21st Zionist Congress.

Dr. Weizmann stated he was reluctantly compelled to say, that the British Govern- ment had gone back on their promises.

"Great Britain loving free- dom, hating injustice and per- secution, has stood as our friend. We cherish that friendship and retain our fo- gard for, and faith in Great Britain in spite of efforts made by the present Secretary for the Colonies (Mr. Malcolm Mac- Donald) and others, to destroy Our. quarrel is not with Great Britain but with those responsible for her present Palestine policy."

it.

Governments as well as by the Polish German atrocities in the Corridor Mendelssohn Bank Government to whose Danzig repre-continues

ported.

and the Corridor and

sentative Dr. Burckhardt has ako re- Danzig problems are gradually being Failure Echo

In the ascence of authoritative in-welded into one single question.

formation regarding the purport of the message, there is much specula- flon in the Press.

General Development

The "Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung"

In the best-informed quarters in ope but also for our

London, the visit is regarded as no

a typical comment, declares: "We shall accept no foreign definitions of German lebensraum. That is true not only for the problems which must! be solved 2

dundi. Germany pro- more than an item in the General and will are o compromises, ezte a true peace in Europe development of events

which are negotiation engaging constant study. The of Corner and Dentis

conferences. The titude of the British Government

arc German respecting them hos

problems which concem nobody else. been clearly defined by the Prime Minister and We shall create here justice and the Forelin Secretury in speeches inį Peace, with or against Britain,"

FINANCIAL SLUMP AVERTED

Europe's Narrow Escape

COUNT CSAKY'S VISIT TO BERLIN

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" SALZBURG, Aug. 16. (UP)-Count Stephen Csaky, the Hungarian Foreign Minister and M. Dome Sately, the Hungarian Minister to Berlin arrived here to-day with Herr Frick for several days visit at Leopolds- kwon Palace, planning to attend the opera, "The Barber of Sevillo" to- night.

Count Csaky, with his wife, have been the guests of Her Frick for the past several days. So far, there is no indication that Count Csaky will see either Herr Hitler or Herr von Rubbentrop during his stay in Satzburg.

Purely Privato Visit

BERLIN, Aug. 16, (Reuter).-Poll- tical eireles assert that the visit of Count Csaky, Hungarian Foreign Minister, is purely private and that Bungary recently re- jected the 22-point plan which Ger- many offered her, Jack confirmation.

rumours

Count Csoky is staying at Salzburg until Friday and it is possible that

NATIONAL REGISTER AS CENSUS

-RADIO-

ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) Commentary on Launching

Of m.v. "Glenorchy” STUDIO PIANO RECITAL

Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency of 845 .e's. and on Short Wave from 9.45-10.30

9.52 m.c's. per second,

1.K.T.

Swing! That Music-Fox-Trot; Thankful-Fox-Trot....Louis Am- strong and His Orch.; Why Don't You Practice What You Prench (Hoffman and Others); Don't Let Your Love Go Wrong (Johnson and Others).... The Boswell Sisters with Orch.; Lyin' To Myself Fox-Trot; Ev'atide--Fox- Trok

and His

1. 1-2.10 p.m. and 8-11 p.m. on Louis Amsin**

0.45-10.30 hithe Relay of a com- mentary on the Launching of the T.S.ALV. "Glenorchy" by Mm. Lock from the Talkoo Dockyard, Hong-

Sentimental Gentleman from Georgin (Parish-Perkins);" Mood Indigo. (Ellington).. The Boswell Sisters with Orch.; Nobody But My Baby-Fox-Trot; Cundy Lips-Fox- Trot....Louis Amstrong and His Original Washboard Benters.

8.0 Time, Weather and Announce- 12.0-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service of

ments. Intercession from St. John's Cathedral,

8.03 Studio-Plano Recital 12.30 Xylophone Solos by Rudy Nura Kanls.

Preparations Now on.

"Completed

Starlia,

1.

8.30

by LONDON, Aug. 16, (Reuter).

Courante (Bach); 2. Gigue Herr Hitler ny meet him at thePreparations for a National The Clown (Myers)...with Orch.; C Minor (Brathoven).

Rio De Janeiro (de Gredos); Jocy (Both); 3. Thirty-two Variations in Salzburg Festival which Count and Register to operate in the event Dance Of The Paper Dolls (Tucker, Herr Wilhelm Frick, Minister of the of war have now been made in Schuster and Siras)....with Plano Hauser Part 2.

London

Relay 'Kaspar Interior, visited this evening.

accordance with a decision an- and Accordeon,

An historical romance by Fitz- 12.40 Debroy Somers Band.

maurice Hill. Based on such facts nounced by the Lord Privy Seal Shipmates in the House of Commony in Ballad

O'Mine-Descriptive as are known about the Foundling of (Sanderson, Lockton and Nuremburg; Charnclers: Professor December, it was disclosed in a O'Reilly)....with Raymond Newell Daumer, a citizen of Nuremburg;

Selection....with Vocal Chorus by of Horse at Nuremburg

Marta, Dan Donovan; Me And My Girl Housekeeper to Professor Daumer Selection with Vocal Chorus by The Lord Stanhope, an English noble Rhythm Brothers.

man; Yvonne Barteau, 10 Time and Weather.

French

A Look Through Press conference at Somerset sed Chorus; Words And Music Fritz, a trooper of the 0th Regiment

The "Telegraph"

House.

It was stated that some months ago preparations had already reached

stage from which they could be rapidly perfected in an emergency, 1.03 Bandy MacPherson at the

and since then they had been fully Organ. completed.

young

Firl; La Souris, A French man;

and Ann; The production by Ho

ward

A cab driver; Kaspar Hauser, the 50 YEARS AGO

foundling of Nuremburg; The action Traumeret (Schumann, arr. Wood- of the play covers the years 1828 Further massacres of Christians have

house); Londonderry Air; Loch to 1833 in the cities of Nuremburg taken pince in Crete, The

The preparations fall under two Lomand (Traditional). _King_of Greece has heon summoned from Co-heads; firstly, the initial compilation penhagen.

of the Register; secondly, the main- London. tenance and subsequent operation of General Boulangor, Count Dition and the Register, M. Rochfort have been found guilty} of conspiracy by the High Court of Justice and sentenced to deportation.

25 YEARS AGO

commanding

Census As Alternative

ופין

1.12 Hawaiian Music.

9.05 Terence Casey at the Organ, Tears Of Love (Bordin-Alton); Hawaiian Berceuse (Bordin) .....

In A Bird Store (Lake); Waltzland Gino Bordin and His Hawaiians; True to Eyes of Blue; Somewhere the (arr: Steddon); Intro: Could You Be Lonesome Without My Baby.... Masters Hawaiians; Blue Sparks; My Sun is Shining: There's a Long, Long The compilation is planned on South Sea Sweetheart....Masters Garden of

Trall; When

I Lost You: Beautiful census lines and executive arrange-Hawaiians.

of Roses; For Ever

Blow An official Paris despatch says

ments have been made to serve the

ing Bubbles; Let the Great Big 1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, World Keep Turning: Someday I'll the dual purpose of the compilation of weather French forces drove a German Army the Register in an emergency, and ments.

Forecast and Announce- Carpa from the heights

Make You Love Me; Let Me Call You Sweetheart; Three o'clock in the Blameat and Clroy back on Saarburg alternatively of taking the 1041 cen- 1.45 Dance Music. after a hot engagement. The Germans us if there is no emergency.

Morning, suffered serious fosnes, a number being)

Fox-Trots Runnin' Wild: Miss 9.15 London Relay-The News. taken prisoners.

To facilitate enumeration in an Annabelle Lee...Quintette of The 9.30 London Relay World Af- The Official Press Bureau warns the has been reduced so that the total steps-Three Brass Bells; Eccentric

emergeney, the size of the districts Hot Club of France; Novelty Quick- fairs.

A talk by H. Wickham Steed. British public against rumours of the number of districts in Britain will Henry Hall and His Orchestra; arrival of wounded men or disabled

9.45 London Relay-Sports News SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

ips in Grent Britain, and declares be over 65,000. The enumerators of

We Be and Market Notes. LONDON, Aug. 16 (UP)-baseless. The

Goodman and His Benny

9.50 Tchaikovsky-Aurora's Wed- Bureau says

that the in a few hundred. All the schedules, Orchestra: Tango-La Ultima Can-ding-Ballet Music. IN the opinion of stock market accennes, and reverses of the British forms and books of instructions clon; Cabecita.

celta.....Heinz Huppertz army will be announced officially with necessary for the initial compilation and His

London Philharmonic Orchestra commentators the "Demo-out delay.

Orchestra; Fox-Trots conducted by Efrem Kurtz cracies" escaped by inches a

of the Register are printed and either Afraid To Dream (Alm 'You can't 10.18 Selections from Light Opera.. The Germans are concentrating for stored or distributed, merciless slump following the an attack on those of the flere forta

everything); 1

Roll Em... Benny

"The Mold Of The Mountains"- BERLIN, Aug. 10 (Reuter)-Herr those books in which a number sensational suspension of Men-which are on the left bank of the river

odman and Illa Orchestra.

Selection The National Register includes ali

(Fraser-Simson)....The Hitler discussed the latest phases of jof people are isolated in a house,delssohn

2.15 Close down.

London Palladium Orchestra cond. Company

members of the population. with The French Ministry

The a ship, a train, or some place liabilities of 294,000,000 florins.nounces that the French troops entered system of identity and registration

of War An scheme provides

by Richard Crean; "A Country Girl" a comprehensive like that. A crime is com- Actually, for a variety of more or Helgium at Charlerol atul are advaue framed to meet, as far as possible, mitted, and nearly everybody is less accidental reasons, the declines ing on Gembloux in force.

nl needs in the contingency of war The Omelal Press Bureau announces [given a possible motive for do- were moderate,

that there are Indientions that the Ger-conditions. inge it. Then they are

Firstly, the London banks quietly anns are endeavouring to envelop the all

extreme left of the Allied Forces.

A cannondo was heard ut Tirlemont!

Parliament and remains unchanged.)

Britain would naturally welcome iny

peaceful solution of the Danzle pro-

strat which

was neeeptable to all)

parties concerned but particularly to Poland.

Executivos Meet

"IT SIZZLES!

The grand Sters of "Test Pilot" in romance, drama, thrille

CLARK

on land, sea and airi

GABLE

Myrna LOY in Toohot SHANDLE

with

WALTER PIDGEON

WALTER CONNOLLY

CARRILLO

Directed by

Jack Conway

Wally orton

SATURDAY.

At Tho

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&

THOSE

THRILLERS

(Continued from Page 6.)

tective, questioned, and most improbabile person is proved to be the criminal, That happens over and over again. You see it such a lot on the pictures too."

"You think they want some- thing more original?"

&

auch rumours to be without exception these districts are now complete with- Trots-Peckin': Can't

Biruse,

aas,..

0.0 StudioChildren's Hour,

Seen

Stewart's

Ballroom Melody; Waltz-Aquardien (Strauss)

Orchestra Mascotte.

7.0 Closing local Stock Quotations.Selection (Lionel Monckton)... 7.02 Negro Spirituals.

London Theatre Orchestra. Nobody Knows De Trouble I've

19.35 Dance Music. (Traditional)....Louls Am~ Slow Fox-Trot-I Won't Tell A strong and The Lyn Murray Quartet; Soul; Quickstep-Something Tells rounded up together by the de- with Mendelssohns four or five weeks from the direction of the neighbouring closed out all current commitments

I Don't Feel No-Ways Tired (arr. Me....Victor Silvester and His Ball- Babies To Be Included

Burleigh); Deep River (arr. Bur-

ra: Waltz The First room Orchestra; the go though it is believed that villages of Bos: and Hougnerde at 3 enumerator will issue

When making his return, the tralto) with Plano.

Anderson leigh)....Marian

(Con Quarrel; Quickstep Cathedral £4,000,000 worth of

The Pines.. Victor Silvester and an identity French und p.m. on Saturday. It is believed to be card to each member of the house- Strauss waltzes. Belgian government securities were the beginning of a great battle.

7.12 A short

programme of His Ballroom Orchestra; Fax-Trots purchased from the Bank of France,

hold, including babies, bearing

Smiles And Cheers; Frolics....The the A Thousand And One Nights. The Freach Government has issued-name and serial number. This 55 Felix Weingartner cond. the British with

Three Virtuosos (on three planos). However,-kue market was reassured- and quickly steadied.

Robert Renard Communique preparing the public for tem should enable any individual to

Orchestra: the impending great battle.

be traced and has been

Symphony Orchestra; specially

Doctrinen; Slow Fox-Trot-Good-Night Angel adapted by Lucky Paris Bourse

When The Lemons Bloom....Johanni Eupplementary arrange

Maxwell By beating America, Australasia bustments to facilitate the re-union" Strauss and Symphony Orchestra.

of The Paris Bourse, which was more now the Davia Lawn Tennis Cup. families separated by evacuation and 7.28 The Eoewell Sisters and "That's it. Something dif-tump by the lucky fact that the vulnerable, was saved from a heavy

other forms of the dispersion sys-Louls Amstrong and His Orchestra. 11.0 Close down. 10 YEARS ACO forent. Something with more Bourse was closed on the Monday and

tem. It will also be co-ordinated! of a story to it.”

Tuesday for Assumption Day, thereby in wireless communication

The Harburg Amerika Line has been Introduced in time of war.

with any system of food rationing S giving the authorities time to form á

with thei "That was where Conan Doyle powerful consortium.

Graf Zeppelin which is now cruising| over Siberia. Tho great airship has would be created uniter bombardment The difficulty of enumeration that scored, wasn't it? The Hound Actually Parlo is now in the midst necomplished the somewhat dimeuft of the Baskervilles' and the of a strong rising market for French crossing of the Ural Mountains without on the outbreak of hostilities has not Sign of Four, for example, that French Investors have already

Government bonds and it is belleved mishap.

been under-rated but it is felt that to balance of advantage is in over- Even the short adventures have absorbed imknowingly millions of how an improvement, as is indicated task is tackled in time when an emer- The Colony's finances continue. to whelming favour of lis success if the individuality."

franes worth of Government bonds by the fact that the credit balance at rency arises. which were quietly dumped on the the end of April was no less than $10,- market by erstwhile creditors of the 304,750, compared with 310,303,441 at The Registrar General, Sir Sylvanus Dutch Bank.

Vivian, has no intention of bringing the scheme Into operation during pence. In war there is 'no-doubt bui Vice-Admiral Mouget, Commander-In- that one of the functions of the Re- Chief of the French squadron in Asia- gister will be to facilitate national tie walors, is at present in Hongkong service of whatever kind the Gov-

beard the flagship Waldeck Housseau ernment dreldes upon.

We browse round the shelves. The number and variety of the crime stories is amazing. Hore is one place at all events where crime does pay.

Amsterdam's Two Bad Days Amsterdam had a rough two days. The Index of bank shares drilled We succumb to the lure of re-down from 133.50 to 128.01.

Zurich decided Swiss bank shares volver and handcuff, What

cheap and therefore bought

were

the end of March.

*

*

Full military honours were necorded

Hancock, of tho Volunteer Dalence

shall it be? Well, old "Sapper" sturdily though at dubious future at the funeral of the late Liest. J. E. Jalways has a kick in him. Here's prices.

one we haven't read.

Finally, the apparent improvement Corps. in the Danzig situation has co far

the dreaded "We'll take this one. Miss-checked

"secondary The assistant looks quizzically severe blow to independent French alump" which commonly follows a at us ns sho stamps the dato in marketa. the book.

"So you like them yourself," she remarks with a knowing smile.

"Well, yes, now and again— Just for a change, you know," we reply half-apologetically.

Then we hurry home to enjoy

Harry Vaine

ALHAMBRA ourselves.

American Retail

Trade Improves

5 YEARS AGO

An appeal for more of the true spirit

of cricket and less of crickat warfare

New British Minister

has been made by Sir Stanley Jackson, LONDON, Aug. 16 (Reuter)--- chairman of the England Teat Belection Mr. Reginnid Wildig Allen Leeper Commlites, and Mr. Harold Buahby, the has been appointed British Minister the manager of the Australian team to Bucharest,'

The appoal is the result of the sudden "Mr. Leeper, Australian-born, is revival of the leg-theory controve* at present Counsellor in the Foreign following the sensational events Nottingham where Vace took 8 wickets Office and Diplomatic Service which for 86 by leg theory bowling in the first service he entered in 1017 as a tem- SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH“ innings and did not play in the second, porary clerk. In 1032 he was op- WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (UP)/

pointed First Secretary to the British Mr. Harry Hopkins, Secretary of

Legation in Warsaw and served In Inspector E. Carpenter is retiring on the Legations in Riga and Constan- retail bade in the United States for Force and ta

to-day announced that pension from Commerce,

the Hongkong Police tinople before returning to Warsaw leaving the Colony Da the first half year totalled $17,900,- September 8. He is at prosent Divi: for two years until 1020, when he 1000,000, for the corresponding period. Į slonal Inspector, Yaumati,

went back to the Foreign Office,

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