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The

SECOND EDITION

23. 1939. 日一十月九

Hongkong Telegrap

FOUNDED BAI

No. 15905

一拜禮 號三十月十英港香

OCTOBER MONDAY,

CHURCHILL IS NOW

NAZI ENEMY NO. 1

WINSTON CHURCHILL

SMILE PLEASE! FIGHTING

IN S'HAI Puppet Terrorists Attack Police

Grim Experience Of.. Torpedoed Crew

LONDON, Oct. 22 (Reu- ter).-A rather grim story was told by the crew of a British ship which arrived in port to-day.

Aa they were rowing away from their sinking ship in mid-Atlantic, they said, a

U-boat commander came up alongside and 'a camera was them. Then trained on under menace of a revolver, they were forced to cheer while photographs of them were being taken.,

NOMONHAN

DEADLOCK

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

Two British and

F

broadcast

Berlin, Oct. 22 (Reutor).The feature of the

Sunday evening radio programme; all over Germany was the statement of Dr. Goebbels, the German Propaganda Minister, imaginarily cross-examining Mr. Winston Churchill, the British First Lord of the Admiralty, and demanding a "personal and precise reply."

Questions dealt with included the now well-known German allegation that Mr. Churchill was rosponsible for the sinking of the Athenia with threa British destroyers.

The Athenia case "is not yet finished. It is only declared beginning and it is better if you spoke now,” Dr. Goebbels in the minatory tones of Counsel to a hostile witness.

"For Hosven's Sake, Talk!" "Why have you brought ques- tionable witnesses who have stated the opposite to what is now stated by the witness An-

1914 LINE RE-VISITED

derson?" demanded the Pro- B.B.C. Broadcast From paganda Minister.

With mastiers of minor Importance, "Somewhere In France" you annoy Hip world with your

Dr. Goebbels

talkativeness. Now come 10 the LONDON, Oct. 22. (Reuter). microphone or go to the House ofIn his talk to-night. the Commona but for leaven's sake. B.B.C. observer spoke of a 200- talk, talk, talk, talk!"

| mile motor car tour he had made continued.

After accusing Mr. Churchill of through certain areas in France lyricising over the activities of Bel which were part of the British tish troops in France, "where they sector in the last war, but which have not been seen even by French are now being occupied by the pollus," exaggerating German losses

on the Western Front so that the French.

French Government "found it neces- The war correspondents were the sary to correct you," and inventing Arst Englishmen some of the people the story of the Edinburgh Dog" in these areas had seen since the (according to the German wireless, Great War, and in their uniform the for the first official British report on the correspondents were mistaken air raids declared only a dog was British Army officers. killed), Dr. Goebbels exhorted Mr. When told that they were actually Churchill to get on with his own war correspondents, the people business

amlied and said: “Oh, well, you are. English all the same."

A Goebbels' Bed-Time Story Dr. Goebbels then gave his own version of how Mr. Churchill (not yet then First Lord of the Admiralty)

"Wo Must Destroy Thom"

One woman in a baker's shop went further. "We must destroy them." she said.

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WEDDING RAID

Six People Shot In

Shanghai

SHANGHAI, Oct. 23 (Reuter).---It is now report- ed that six people were killed in the raid on the wedding here yesterday.

It transpires that the bridegroom was a minor ~"puppet" official

The incident may have n political background.

KULANGSU SITUATION

ALL QUIET IN SAAR

But The Situation Is Encouraging To Allies

Failure Of Nazi Raiders

LONDON, Oct. 22 (Reuter).-It is official-

ly, announced that two enemy aircraft were seen off the coast of South-East Scotland this afternoon.

British fighters intercept- ed them.

One raider ¡down.

was shot

The Air Ministry announces that since the attack on the British convoy in the North Sea yesterday, five German airmen were picked up and landed by trawlora. Three of them were found in a rubber boat.

Thus confirmation is obtained that in addition to the three machines brought down, a fourth was badly damaged and fell into the oca.

Three of the rescued airmen were seriously injured.

London Raid Warning LONDON, Oct. 22 (Reuter)-An air raid warning was sounded this morning.

It was announced that unidentified aircraft were observed off the East {Const flying northwards.

Fighter planes were dispatched to meet them.

None of the aircraft dropped bombs or crossed the coast.

These were Britain's Art Sunday air raids except for the false alarm during the first half hour of the war. Daily raids, with the exception of Thursday, have been carried out since Monday fast.

None as been successful and in no. case has a bomb fallen on British soll.

Shot own Pilot Swims To Safety COPENHAGEN, Oct 22 (Router); PARIS, Oct. 22 (Reuter)A-Abut survivor from one of the communique issued to-day states Gerretz Beroplanes shot down by that all is quiet.

During the day there were short, says a Copenhagen report. ambushes of patrols at severul; points-in-the-front.

"Nothing Spacial To Report"

BERLIN, Oct. 22 (Reuter) communique issued to-day states:

"With the exception of slight activity by artillery and reconnaiss- ance troops, there is nothing special 10 report on the Wosern Front,"

Encouraging Situation

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 22 (Reuter).---- At present the military situation is very encouraging for the Allies,

K.M.C. Tightens Control writes the military correspondent of

Of Island Agitators

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

une Netherlands newspaper.

on

Germany la holding back her attack the Maginot Line because it would involve the sacrifice of 2,000,- AMOY, Oct. 23 (Domei)In000 German lives.

At sea, the same prospect holds

Many of the inhabitants had bus- had the Athenla packed with Ameri- bands, sons, cousing and other re- cans but excluded Germans, and latives at the front, but there was no carefully "prepared the explosion in sorrow. There was manifest, on the SHANGHAI, Oct. 22 (UP).-advance." He then prepared to give other hand, the determination of the Another Chinese member of the telegraphic orders for the explosion French people that the Nazis must Municipal Police was killed early and sent three destroyers to remain be overthrown.

in the vicinity of the ship to rescue this morning after

battle witnesses. wherein the whole of the Bub-: "The explosion was stupidly or bling Well Road Police Station ranged and the Athenia remained 14

At this sums town, the children was attacked by armed men hours afloat when the ship had to barricaded within a house in be sunk to obliterate traces of the promptly recognised the British uni- form, although they had never seen crime," said Dr, Goebbels: Tatau territory.

The statement by Dritlah witnesses British soldiers in their lives. They four Chinese that the destroyer which took sur-followed the correspondents to the Municipal Police were fired on from vivors abound fired a number of shots baker's shop and pressed their noses a proclamation issued on Sunday back the German fleet which does the house without warning, resulting at the Athenia to prevent the wreck to the large window. The crowd of the Kulangsu Municipal Council not dare to leave harbour.

U-boat suCCESICA, he says, have in the death of a Chinese constable. nge becoming a danger to shipping children was growing every minute, strictly banned. anti-Japanese

When the officer in charge of the Reinforcements of Municipal police was explained by Dr. Goebbels as a arrived on the scene with Thompson "pretext which only you could have party arrived, he wanted to know terrorism and agitation in the been insignifcunt.

· Lull Causes Speculation guns and mauser pistols, and fired on invented."

what all the commotion was about. International Settlement. "Oh," he was told, "their mothers

PARIS, Oct. 22 (Reuter)All has the house.

and fathers told them how the last Any person who attempts to been quiet on the Western Front, but war all British soldiers bought them commit or actually commits patrols and ambushes have been sweets from this shop. They are terroristic acts shall be arrested active at several points. hoping you will do the same."

Saturday and Sunday night were After that, of course, there was

also mainly quiet, only one thing to do.

The present lull is the subject of much seini-official speculation, One

slates military observer

that

the original German attack was intended

Hand grenades were thrown at the police but did not 'explode.

Russia Seeking the roof and between 24

Hard Bargain

Japanese gendarmes assisted Italian Marines to enter the house through And 30 Chinese were removed,

Two of them are believed to be dead.

that the Nomonhan truce nego- tiations are deadlocked princip- ally owing to the Russian efforts Mr. C. E

to drive a hard bargain follow-Consul-General In Shanghai, called

on Mr.

Counell wns

|| IssE

Indian Congress Crisis Heightens

not

Reject Statement

Reminiscences

and handed over to Japanese authorities, the proclamation says,

Following sets are also prohibited as tending to disturb the peace and

the

WARDHA (India), Oct, 22 (Rou- er). The Congress Working Com-

On the return journey, the corres- PEIPING, Oct. 23 (Reuter)uarding the house.

The Italian marines are of present mittee has passed a resolution call

on all Congress Ministries topondents had with them an Air Force order in the International' Settleto lend an overwhelming offensive ténder their resignations in

against the Maginot Line. This did con-officer who had bombed, during the ment..... Despatches from Harbin indicate

not take place, and was followed by Gauss Sccs Consul

sequence of the Viceroy's statement Great War, many of the districts it is expected that the through which they were now pass-

Organization of anti-Japanese a German announcement that CHUNGKING, Oct. 23 (Central), Ministries will resign until the reing. Once he exclaimed: "There societies.

first stage of the Agliting in the west was dnfehed. Gauss, the American solution is recommended by Congress used to be on ammunition dump

3-Publication of anti-Japanese Was this a bluff, asks the observer, A high command expressing die here."

up further arrivals of Y Miura, the Japanese)

an Englishuman literature and conduct of anti-Japan-to cover The car driver,

troops, or has Hitler changed his ob ing their victory which preceded Consul-General, last Saturday to dis-satisfaction with the Viceroy's state.

jective, and is now focussing his at- cuss the shouting incident on October ment has been passed by the Pro-from Paris, turned round and anid: era propaganda.

"Our front line was just here. You

3,--Usc of anti-Japanese text-tention on the North Scu? - the truce of September 15,

must have been one of those blighters It is stated that Russin has already 20, in which a Chinese constable of vincial Legislatures.

French Withdrawal who nearly bombed us Instead of the books. secured some concessions from Japan, the Shanghal Municipal Cou

Germans."

4--Showing of the While Sun in

SPECIAL. TO THE “TELEGRAPH" such was the closing of an anti-Soviet killed and a Sikh policemen wounded,

NEW DELHI, Oct. 22 (Beuter).—

The RA.F. officer told the corres

the Blue Sky flags, national emblem

PARIS, Oct. 21 (UP)-It is au- organisation in Harbin and the re-states a Shonghai message.

On the

reported

the same day, the Brillah The Council of the Indian National

that opening of various Soviet agencies

5-Possession of guns or explosives thoritatively

French evacunted and the Germans there which have closed down for Consul-General, Sir Herbert Phillips, Liberal Federation have considered pondents that in night over the area of the Chiang Kai-shek's regime.

without due permission. some time.

called on various other foreign Con- the statement made a few days ago that day he could still see marks of suls to discuss the same matter. by the Viceroy of India, Lard the trenches of the last 'Great War.

On-the-Spot Activity

Meanwhile, following modification re-occupied the Warndt Forest on Japaneno Troops Remain

October 16.

The French According to Mr. G. G. Phillips, Linlithgow.

withdrew Lo the One hitch which has arisen is over

They held that his statement was Two observers with the British of the ban on junk traffic between the venue of the Border Demarcation Secretary of the S.M.C., the Council Commission meeting, the Russians is now collecting evidences of the unacceptable. The Council regarded Forces on the overses front and one Kulangsu and the mainland as the southernmost heights, which dominate

indefinito" the promise that

Thngsu dlapute, the number of junks PLEASE Turn To Pago 2. inalsting on Manchull and the Japan-shooting affray before lodging aas

protest with the "Ta Tao" authorities, dominions status for Indin would be at Home are responsible for the first-result of the, settlement of the Ku- the, wooded area, in conformity with hand accounts of Britain's war activi- ese on Harblą

considered at the end of the war and ty now being broadcast in BBC pro-plying between the island and the Latest foreign military estimates

that his inabilly to announce any

from four, to forty. that there are at least 350,009 Japan-

war alms left the Indian National grammes. In France, with a DBC mainland has now been increased redording car and two assistants, are ese troops in: Manchuria at present! and it is noteworthy that $0,000,

sibility for the duration of the war.

Gardner. Dimbleby, whom isteners withdrawn from North China in

The Council also urged the need will remember for his news talks August, have not yet returned.

for larger participation in datenice by from North America on the occasion of their Majesiles' four, is recording the Indian population.

on-the-spot descriptions of military activity and life behind the linos.

HITLER'S STILL PROMISING LONDON, Oct. 22 (Router)The Hitler, paw the Slovak' 'Minister. In

Germany, was willing to accede to *ROME/Oct. 12 (Router) Writing the Sloyak Covaknment's request Fing the "Cornal" DItalia 251 or that the Bloyak areas, knized by Cháyda White Diaty nothing can be Poland be re-uplied, wluppiasant, done in the Balkans without? Itare, day, Slovakia, SAPNO KAVUT and thaki Kaly

ITALY WATCHING German Wireless announces that

#develop

Congress in a position of no respon- fichard Dimbleby and G.

BALKANS Berlin on Saturday and told him that Nazi-Soviet Trade

Agreement

Gardner, the BC's 'air expert,

DE-NAZIFYING LITHUANIA

RA.F, planes during an attack on a British convoy on Saturday, swum

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