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Monday,

HONGKONG. TELERGAPH

CHURCHILL IS NOW NAZI ENEMY

WINSTON CHURCHILL

FIGHTING Counterfeiter

IN S'HAI Sent To Prison

Puppet Terrorists

Attack Police

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

NO. 1

Berlin, Oct. 22 (Router).—The feature of the Sunday evening radio programme broadcast all over Germany was the statement of Dr. Goobbels, the German Propaganda Ministar, imaginarily cross-examining Mr. Winston Churchill, the British First Lord of the Admiralty, and demanding á "personal and precise reply."

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

The Athenia case "is not yet finished.

It is only beginning and it is better if you spoke now," declared Dr. Goebbels in the minatory tones of Counsel to a hostile

witness.

1914 LINE RE-VISITED

B.B.C. Broadcast From "Somewhere In France"

October 23, 1939.

WEDDING RAID

Six People Shot In Shanghai

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SHANGHAI, · Oct. (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" officint.

The incident may have a political background.

ALL QUIET

IN SAAR

But The Situation Is Encouraging To Allies

PARIS, Oct. 22 (Reuter).—A that all is quiet. kommunique issued to-day states

ambushes of patrols at several During the day there were

points in the front.

"For Heaven's Sako, Talk!"

"Nothing Special To Report" "Why have you brought ques-

BERLIN, Oct. 22 (Reuter)-A tionable witnesses who have communique issued to-day states:

"With the exception of slight stated the opposite to what is activity by artillery and reconnaiss now stated by the witness Aн-unce troops, there is nothing special derson?" demanded the Pro-to report on the Wesern Front." paganda Minister,

Encouraging Situation With matters of minor importance, AMSTERDAM, Oct. 22 (Reuter) you annoy the world with yourAt present the mildary situation is talkativeness. Now come to LONDON, Oct. 22 (Reuter). microphone or go to the House of writes the military correspondent of the very encouraging for the Allies, In his talk to-night. the Common, but for leaven's nake, one Netherlands newspaper. |B.B.C, observer soke of a 200-'talk, talk, talk, lalk!” Dr. Goebbels

mile motor car tour he had made continued. through certain areas in France which were part of the British sector in the last war, but which are now being occupied by the French.

Germany is holding back her attackc on the Maginot Line because it

600 Cerman lives, would involve the ancrifles of 2,000,-

the

Pays, have

lyricising over the activities of Bri- After accusing Mr. Churchill of tih troups in France, where they have not been seen even by French

At sea, the same prospect holds poilus," exagerating German losses back the German feet which does on the Western Front that the

ant dare to leave harbour,

U-boat successes, French Government "found it neces- The war correspondents were the sary to correct you," and inventing

been insigniftennt. first Englishmen some of the people the story of the in these areas d

"Edinburgh Dog" since the (according to the German wireless,

Luli Causes Speculation Great War, and in their uniform the the fleat official British report on the been quiet on the Western Front, but PARIS, Oct. 22 (Reuter).-All has correspondents were mistaken fdrale raids declared only dog was patrols and ambushes British Army offeers,

lilled, Dr. Goebbets exhorted Mr.

have been When told that they were actually Churchill to get on

active several points. with his min correspondents,

the people business.

Saturday and Sunday night were smiled and said: "Oh, well, you are

also mainly quiet. English all the same."

seen

The present fulls the subject of much semi-official speculation. One military observer sintes that the

original German attack was intended to lead on overwhelming offensive

not take place, and was followed by against the Maginot Line. This did

first stage of the fighting in the west a German announcement that

was finished.

the

A Goebbels' Bed-Timo Story Found With Falso

Dr. Goebbels then gave his own "We Must Destroy. Thom"

version of how Mr. Churchill (not Coins And Moulds

yet then First Lord of the Admiralty) Many of the inhabitants had hus-had the Athenia packed with Ameri- Sentence of four years hard labour bands, sons, cousins and other re-cans but excluded Germans, was passed on Leung Wai-shunt, alatives at the front, but there was no carefully "prepared the explosion in and SHANGHAI, Oct. 22 (UP)-at the Criminal Sessions to-day after other hand, the determination of the telegraphic orders for the explosion tallor. by Mr. Justice R. E, Lindsell sorrow. There was manifest, on the advance." He then prepared to give Another Chinese member of the he had Geen found gulity of the un-French people that the Nazis must and sent three destroyers to remain Municipal Police was killed early howful posession

of moulds and be overthrown,

in the vicinity of the ship to rescue. this morning after a battle counterfeit coins.

One woman in a baker's shop went witnesses.

Was this a bluff, asks the observer, Jury members were Mesars, F. further. "We must destroy them."

to cover up further arrivals of wherein the whole of the Bub- Nelll (Foreman). Tang Thi-wa, she said.

"The explosion was stupidly troops, or has Hitler changed his ob- bling Well Road Police Station Tsang Wai-lok, Lai Kec. 5. S. Lobato

ranged and the Athena remained 14jective, and is now focussing his at- At this same town, the children hours loal when the ship had to tention on the North Sea? was attacked by armed men de Faria, C. A. Coello and J. Hpromptly recognised the British uni-be sunk to chliterate traces of the barricaded within 21 house in Almeida,

form, although they had never seen erime," said Dr. Goebbels. Mr. T. J. Gould, Assistant Crown British soldiers in their lives. They The stalement by British witnesses Tatao territory.

Solleitor, who prosecuted was alded followed the correspondents to the that the destroyer which took sur- Two British and four Chinese by Inspector. Hopkins, Municipal Police were fired on from Mr Gould said the essence of the baker's shop and pressed their noses vivors abeard fired a number of shots the house without warning, resulting charge against accused was that on to the large window. The crowd of at the Athenis to prevent the wreck- in the death of a Chinese constable. the first count he was in possession chlidren was growing every minute, age becoming a danger to shipping feinforcements of Municipal police of two moulds which contained In--when-the-oficer. In charge of the was explained by Dr. Goebbels as

to know "pretext which only you could have arrived on the scene with Thompson pressions of five cent pieces of Hong-party arrived, he wanted guns and mauser pistols, and fred on kong currency, and that he knew what all the commotion was about. invented." the house.

they were in his possession, and eni "Oh," he was told, "their mothers Hand grenades were thrown at the the second count he had in his and fathers told them how in the Inst police but did not explode.

possession 17 five cent pieces and that was all British soldiers bought them Japanese gendarmes arsiated Italian he knew they were false and intend-sweets from this shop. They are Marines to enter the house through ed to utter them,

hoping you will do the saine.”

After that, of course, there was the roof and between 25 ned 30 Chinese were removed.

only one thing to do. Two of them are believed to be dend.

Reminiscences

The Italian marines are at present Gauss Sccs Consul

guarding the house.

states a Shanghai message.

On the same

What Search Revealed

Germans."

French Withdrawal SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH". PARIS, Ocl. 21 (UP).—It is au-

thoritatively reported that the French rucunted and the Germuns re-occupied the Warndt Forest on Oclaker 18.

The French withdrew to the southernmost heights, which dominate the wooded area, in conformity with the High Command's decision at the

positions

THE, prefix "Special to the Tele- graph" is used by the "Hongkong conference at the War Onica an Telegraph" to indicate news' which September 29 to transform tlic is strielly copyright under the pro- ofensive visions of the Telecommunications lines as a consequence of the Eolish into defensive Ordinance, 1038. Such news as bears defeat. the indication "UP" is received in Hongkong on the date of publication, drawal

Il is omphasised that the with- purely strategic. The by the United from Associations, wheį French positions along the Western erserve all rights and forbl

re- Front are virtually identical with the publication, either wholly or in part, frgl week of September.

Meanwhile, the 97th communique says: "The night was calm on the entire front."

The 98th communique said; "The

HITLER'S STILL

PROMISING

On September 1, the accused was "lopped in Des Voeux Rond by u Chinese detective and asked to open pondents had with them an Air Force On the return journey, the corres- the basket he was carrying. After the basket had been inspected, dilleer who had bombed, during the CHUNGKING, Oct. 23 (Central).- accused was taken to a Police Station Great War, many of the districts Mr. C. E. Gauss, the American where a more detalled search was through which they were now pass- Consul-General In Shanghai, called mande, and various articles, meluding: ing. Once he exclaimed: "There Army, Nayy; and Air Force activity on Mr. Y. Miura, the Japanese two Plaster of Paris moulds on which used to be an ammunition dump at Home, especially naval activity at Consul-General, last Saturday to pis-were false live cent pieces and im- here."

parts and dockyards, civil defence, day has been quiet with patrols and cuss the shooting Incident on October pressions of the coins, were found. The car driver, an Englishman and supplementary services, nad on ambushes at various points on the 20, in which a Chinese constable of A ladel was also discovered and this from Parks, turned round und said: the hundred-and-one day-to-day front." the Shanghai Municipal Council was contained metal similar in compost-"Our front line was just hero. You activities of civilians and serving men killed and a Sikh policeman wounded,, tion to the metal used in five cent must have been one of those bilgbters (and women.

picces, In addition to these, 17 fnise who nearly bombed us instead of the Accredited Correspondents the British coins were found in the basket, day,

Accompanying Dimbleby

and Consul-General, Sir Herbert Phillips, Accused was, searched and in a The R.A.F. officer told the corres-Gardner are David Howarth and H. ⚫ called

on various other foreign Con- Jacket pocket were found two dull pondents that in fight over the area F. L. Sarney. Howarth, a recording suls to discuss the same matter. and six polished genuine five cent that day he could still see marks at jexpert who is not only a skilled

According to Mr. G. G. Phillips, |pieces.

the trenches of the last Great War. enstineer at an experienced broad- secretary of the S.M.C., the Couteil In another porkel were two 10 centi

caster, will act as Dimbleby's deputy; Is now.collecting evidences of the pleegs. All of the 17 five cent pieces

On-the-Spot Activity

Sarney is the engineer responsible shooting affray before lodging a in the basket bore uaces which cor- Two observers with the British for the recording gear. protest with the "Ta Tao" authorities, responded with one or another of the Forces on the oversca front and one As accredited British war corres- [gentine money. Further, the dates at Home are responsible for the first- undenis, all four wear uniform and of the genuine colns were exactly hand accounts of Britain's war activ!- rank as officers, though they are, of the same as the dales of The 17 ty now being broadcast BBC pre-course, strictly non-combatants.

grammes. In France, with a HBC White Gardnor follows the Mr. P. H. Symona, Assistant Gov-recording car and two assistants, are activities of the RAF, the other ernment Analyst testifled and after Richard Dimbleby and C. J. T travel up and down the line to speaking of his analysis concerning Gardner. Dimbleby, whom listeners capture for listeners, in a way that the will remember for his news talka has never been done before, graphic the various articles found in LONDON, Oct. 22 (Reuter) basket, said the 17 five cent pieces from North America on the occasion sound-pictures of the life of the men London's greatest fire fighting drill were false.

of their Majesties tour, is recording az tae Froul-sound-pictures in which was held at EnGeld to-day.

on-the-spot descriptions of military the voices of the men themselves may activity and life behind the lines be heard, as well as authentle sounds and Gardner, the BBC's air expert, of their environment.

Big Fire Fighting spurious ones. Display In London

Accused's Testimony For the purpose of the drill, it иля assumed that ди important Following police evidence. Mr. factory was on fire as a result of Gould read to the Jury the testimony covers in a similar way the activities Though many of the recordings incendiary bombs.

given by the defendant in the lower of the Royal Air Force. Their re-made in France are intended for in- A total of 200 fire appliances and Court. Defendant said the basket cordings are flown back to England { corporation in the nowa bulletins, it 1,000 men from all over London took had been given him to carry by n for broadcasting.

is hoped that it will be possible to part and the reply to the alarm was friend named Chun and he did not Events at Home and on the seas are make more elaborate recordings of 50 rupid that nii necessary appliances know what was in it The eight being covered by Bernard Stubbs, {events in and behind the line to send were on their way within a few genuine coins, he had found in who also has a recording car with back home in the form of feature

Trunk and had polished some of him. He reports on such matters as programmes. The exercise, which was watched them. How the dales corresponded by the Chief Officer of the London with the false money, he Fire Brigade, was completely success know.

minutes.

ful,

did not

Lee You, wife of defendant, enld defendant had had work throughout the past six years.

After retiring for four minutes the

Convoy Offer To Jury recorded a verdict of guilty.

Belgium Denied.

FINDRA

BRUSSELS, Oct. 22 (euter)An

officini deniat is issued of the German

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The show continued till the after.

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