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HITLER LAUNCHES UNUSUAL TIRADE AGAINST. BRITAIN

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"Where is the much vaunted free- dom of peoplea? Where are all tho promises regarding colonies. Where is the assurance of general rearma- ment? They are all iles!" he shouted. Attacks Churchill.

Even

more

bltingly sarcastic, Hitler charged Britain with trying to separate the National Socialist Government from the German peopic. He attacked Mr. Winston Churchill repeatedly by name.

"If the British say now they are fighting to end war, then they should never have started' it. We are con- vinced there will be war as long as there is no juri division of the world's riches," he said.

World War veterans laughed as their leader said: "Only in British inining regions and only in their slums is there civilisation."

The British failure to protest against the Russian occupation of a large part of Poland showed "how Hittle Britain is really interested" in Poland's fate, the Fuehrer declared,

Vehement Speach

MUNICH, Nov. 8 (Reuter), in characteristically vehement teams, Iter to-night gave what amounts to an answer to the Hague peace oppent by declaring that he had given Field Marshal Goering orders to prepare for a ave years' wor

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BRITISH CHALLENGE TO NAZI WARSHIPS.

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which Scapa Flow had gained in the last war had led to a loo easy valuation of the dangers which are present

"An undue degree of risk was accepted both at the Admiralty and in the Fleet,

"No more striking measure of the strong sense of security Against U-boats which covered Scapa Flow can be found than in the fact that after one torpedo had struck the Royal Onk, none of the vigilant and experienced offteers conceived that it could be a torpedo,

"Danger from the air was the one first apprehended and large numbers of the crow took to their air-raid stations under the armour and wore thereby doomed while at the same time the Captain and the Admiral were examining alternative poss bilities of an Internal explosion.

"It was in these conditions that the second volley of torpedoes was dis- charged,

Loarnt Bittor Losson The Admirally, upon whom broad responsibility rests, are resolved to learn this bitter lesson, namely, that In this new war, with its many novel complications, nothing must be taken for granted and that every Joint in our harness must be tested and strengthened so far as their resources and ingenuity allow,

Hitler spoke in the famous beer greater loss of life than all other

cellar itself.

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

DUTCH & BELGIAN MEDIATION PROPOSAL

(Continued from Page 1) reception in London and Paris "leaves little hope of success.”

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Nazi Procrastination The Nazla ore clearly reserving time to blame the democracies for their formal reply until they had had

the failure of the move,

The fact that Lord Halifax spoke only two hours after the Dutch-. Belalan communique was issued is already being cited as another proof of "Britain's ruthless determination to continue the war at all costs."*

Halifax Speech No Reply officially announced that the German LONDON, Nov. 8 (Reuter)-It is Foreign Office had suggested that Lord Halifax's broadcast last night telegram from Queen Wilhelmina and was to be regarded as a reply to the

King Leopold to the King, published in London two hours earlier.

Lord Halifax, of course, had pre- pared his speech without any know- ledge of such an offer of mediation, which, as Mr. Chamberlain stated in the House of Commons, was receiving the careful consideration at the Government,

Appeals Rejected?

November 9, 1939.

Marshal Goering Claims

To Be Humane:

DERLIN, NOV. 8 (UP)—-——in an informal conversation during a reception at the Ruslan Embassy, K · correspondent asked Field Marakal Goering, “Do you believe the German 'air · Industry is as strong as the United States?" The later repiled, "If ours were only ne strong as the United States, It would be very weak Indeed."

Field Marshal Goering said thai, the general situation was ex- ceedingly favourable to Germany. -

Regarding the French claims that they had shot down many planes, he said, "Of coume we lose a plane or two occasionally, but if the French are shooting down as many planes as they claim they are not our planes"

Field Marshal Goering said that the bombing of warships was very important and provides good practice.

Asked why they had not attacked more harbour works, Field Marshal Goering said, "I sm humano," This.. produced laughter, whereupon he said, “You should not laugh. - I am serious when I say that I am really humane."

The Field Marshal talked lengthily and' animatedly with the new. Rumian Ambassador, Belgian Ambaander, the wife of the Italian Ambassador and members of the Russian trade delegation.

Afghanistan Conspiracy

53 DIE IN H. M. SUB. EXPLOSION

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the only son at Rear-Admiral R, H.

Leaders Surrender To Coppinger, retd.

Government

NEW DELHI, Nov. 8 (Reu-

Accidental Explosion

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BERLIN, Nov, в (UP)--Authorita- tive Information which was made

Confirming the destruction of the "During this opening phase of the avaliable to the foreign press удул

submarine, Mr. Winston Churchill war, the Royal Navy have suffered that as a result of their pack, boit

London and Paris have rejected thter)-All ringleaders of the announced in the House of Commons abortive conspiracy, formed that the vessel was destroyed by an forces of the French and Brillah, on Belgium-Dutch peace initiative, He started in a fatigued and hesit-sra, land and in the air combined,

"There can be no great prospects early in September, to start afaccidental explosion. ating voice and referred to

"Every loss infileted on us by the for its success," the information said, rising in Afghanistan simultane the "errible entuzirophe” of the last war, enemy has been at once announced, and added: "the tolerant

acceptance ously at the outbreak of the but the enemles then had only a "In addition, since the outbreak of by certain neutral states of the at- European war have now sur- war, one of our submarines, H.M.Stacks by the British armed forces weak government in Germany to face.

Oxley, has been destroyed by an only encourage London in its stub rendered to the Government. accidental explosion in circumstances bornness, This, it is stated here, which made its publication inadvis-

should nable at the time.

give these neutral coun- tries reason for thought."

Heavy Sarcasm

Gaining Mastery

No Official Reaction SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHI"

The ringlenders, who are Afghan supporters of ex-King Amanullah, had previously fled from Kabul.

After a vituperative attack Britain and a sarcastic reference to Britain's war alma, Hitler continued:

"Britain is fighting to free the "The war at sea in fact has been German people from militarism to the only war which is proceeding at such An extent that it will be un-full scale but the House will not sup-reliminary reactions to the Belgian-area. necessary for Germany to Carry arms, and thus make her ilberation/Pose that losses are the only events Dutch peace efforts have so ine been

The collapse of their attempt to forment anti-Afghan riots from Tiruh,/ near the Khyber Pass, is regarded as THE HAGUE, Nov. 8 (UP). Only greatly improving the situation in this

complete."

The German Chancellor said that the British Ministers declared that they would be glad to come to an they could trust the agreement if words of the German government.

could

say exactly the same my- self," pursued Hitler and he pro- ceeded to accuse Britain of breaking

the pledges made during the last war, In consequence of which Ger-

which are taking place at sen.

received and they offer no possibility What I told the House under of weighting the chances for their suc much reserve aix weeks ago I can cess, especially as no official reaction now repeat with much more assuras been received. ance, namely, that we are gaining deinito mastery over the U-Boal attack.

"In the second four weeks of war, British tonnage lost by enemy ac lan. 72,000 tons, was less than half the amount lost during the first many disarmed only to be deceived. Werks and against that loss we may To-day Germany's army was un-t 52,000 tons captured from the equalled and backed by people of a compact unity unparalleled in his- tory.

Only One Victor

If Brain started granting her own Empire full liberty by restoring freedom in Indin, we should have bowed before, he said.

In conclusion, Hiter declared that there would be one victor in this war. That would be Germany,

FREEDOM AT SEA

(Continued from Page 1) within a few hours of the war de- claration,

foreigners and 57,000 tons of new enemy, 27,000 tons purchased from

bullt ships, leaving in these four weeks a net gain of 84,000 tons.

"During the first eight weeks of war, our net luss of teamage has been less than 130 per cent.

Government circles hope that widespread discussiona may com- mence, thus causing a slowly growing interest.

assured the "United Press" that the Well-informed quarters to-day

peace offer is merely a "erl de coeur caused through worry over the world situation in general, especially for the midst of Europe's battlefields. Dutch and Belgian nations in the

The enine sources emphatically de- clare that no threat has been uttered and by any party against Holland presumably not against Belgium be- cause King Leopold, and Queen Wii- have so noble a gesture inspired by

HITLER

ESCAPES DEATH IN MYSTERY EXPLOSION

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prcanda Ministry

110 Issued the fellowing bulletin on the explosion:

"The Fuehrer arrived at Munich) yesterday for a short visit in connec ion with the anniversary of the Old Guard.

"In place of Hess, the Fachrer him- self held speech at Buergerbrau

tlic "Since affairs of state forced Fuchrer to return in the course of the BuergerbrAD sooner night, he left

"The destruction occurred in cir- cumstances which made publication inadvisable at the time," he said. Lord Chatfield, Minister for Co- Ordination of Defence, revealed in the House of Lords to-day that add!- tional protective measures have been installed at Scapa Flow to prevent a repetition of the entry of German U-Boats,

Built For Australia

*

The Oxley was launched in England tor the Royal Australian Navy In 1927.

With her sister ship, the Otway, she was presented to the Imperial Government in 1931.

She was equipped with a four inch gun and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. The two Australian "O" class.sub- marines are similar in many respects to the "O" class vessels on China Station.

By a peculiar coincidence the first British submarine lost in the Great War of 1914-18 was an Aus- tralian vessel, the AE-1...She foundered with all hands in the Pacific Ocean a few weeks after the outbreak of hostilities.

Churchill's Warning

LONDON, Nov. 8. (UP)-Mr:

"It is interesting to note that one helmina, would be the last person to than expected and he entered a train/Winston Churchill, First Lord of the

of the most valuable of the recent prizes was captured from the enemy by the Ark Royal, which the German wireless has sunk so many times.

Churchill's Challenge "When I recall the absurd claims that they have shouted to the world, I cannot resist saying that we shall be quite content to engage the entire German navy, using vessels which at 'one time or anotlier they had de-

to lost.

In the firal fortnight of the war.clared they had destroyed. British shipping losses amounted to "More than 10,000,000 tons of 27 ships totailing 151,000 tons. Even cargo were brought into this country -this-was-far-sliort of the German-in-the-first eight weeks of the war

expectation of exceeding the April

and less than 250,000 tons had been lossca in 1917, which amounted 210 ships totalling $51,000 lons.

In April, 1917 the losses amounted to nearly ten per cent of the total clearances, and arrivals, whereas the losses in this war have been little more than one per cent. of total arrivals and clearances,

Negligible Losses

By the end of the first fortnight of the war British maritime trade de- fence measures. were beginning to operate and as a result British losses were greatly reduced. The average British losses in the last few weeks was only three ships n week, these losses being segligible, in compariren with the volume of British mercun- tle trade operating-simounting to more than 18,000,000 tons.

In desperation Germany sent put the pocket battle ships Admiral Scheer and the Deutschland to set as comunerce raiders, but as yet these ships have achieved practically nothing.

The reason is probably the British grip on supplies and of German ship- ping which might net as supply ships. German U-boats are now reluctant to attack conveys, and fali buck on Jaying mined in mvigational charmels and off the beatlands. This is con- trary to International Jaw, which demands an announcement of mined nrcas.

SINCERITY EULOGISED (Continued from Page 1.)

than we suffered in the first ning weeks of the last war.

Sir Archibald Sinclair, the Liberal Opposition Leader, also said that they Were grateful for Mr. Churchill's frankness and candour.

Many risks must be taken, and setbacks and disappointments would be unavoidable in the course of the

war.

"But over 100,000 tons of cargo consigned for Germany have

been curtured."

fear,

M. Spaak Receivos Envoys SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BRUSSELS. Nov. 8 (Reuter).-M. Spunk, the Belgian Foreign Minister. received the Dutch, Danish and Polish ministers this morning.

The topics discussed are not re- veated.

·A GREAT EMPIRE'S

which was held in readiness.

Admiralty, in the House of Commons Shortly after this, an explosion to-day warned that the Allies face

long and unrelenting struggle" with took place in the Buergerbrau cellar German U-boats, and estimated that killing mix Old Guards and injuring the Nazis are turning out two new

bonts weekly.

40.

the Nazis will have 100 U-boats "We must face the prospects that available in January, less whatever sinkings occur in the interval," Mr. per-Churchill declared.

tendant) seems to be traceable to The attempted assassination (at- foreign instigation and has aroused fanatle indignation in Municii.

"In order to ascertain petrators, a reward of 500,000 Reich- marks is offered."

the

*Owing to mutilation it is not known whether the Ministry's com

unique_says "attempted assassina- lion" or "altendant assassinations."

BERLIN, Nov.

500,000 Marks Reward

(Reuter),——Six were killed ond 60 injured in an ex- plosion in the beer cellar at Munich where Hitler made his speech last

POWER

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towns had to be erected to accommo- date them. And these men built boats, Mr. Churchill said it was very

Turning to the offensive against U- nearly 2,000 bridges,

While these silent builders, toiled difficult to give assured Ogurte be-in Sind, while a monumental and un-night shortly after Hitler's departure cause many marauder was sunk in paralleled structure of self-govern- for Berlin, states the official German deep water and left no trace behind, ment has been given effect over the news agency.

"But it will be a fairly sound and whole of India, carping, envious The outrage is staled to have been. conservative estimate that the losses voices have been bleating about the inspired by foreign agents and a re- of U-boats are between two and four Empire "tottering to its ruin." As ward of half a million in every week.

long as we "totter" in this fashion cltered for the discovery of the in- mankind will be all the better for it.stigators.

Compared with such titanic "totter- ing the strident boasts of totalitarian regimes stem hughable. They laughable when you reflect that such regimes cannnt outlast the ftful span

"We must assume that perhaps two new U-boats are added every week to the hostile strength and in the ten weeks of war this would be 20.

A Warning

"At any rate, our expectation is that we must face 100 U-boats avail-

ble in January whatever loss may vecur in the Interval.

"It will be seen, therefore, that a

big unrelenting struggle lies before us.

preparations

Arc

For this, our moving forward on the largest scale, Three times as many hunting craft are now at work as af the outbreak

of the life of one man.

LONG-DISTANCE MARRIAGES

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

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He pinced the Nazi losses at two to four a week so far. "We are gaining definite mastery over U-boat 11- tacks," he added,

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Other high points In His_an¬ nouncement were: firstly, one or two German pocket battleships are operaing in the Atlantic, but have donc

по worthwhile

Jamage: secondly, the aircraft-carrier Ark

Royal, which the Nazis claimed they Rank, flas captured 4 valuabic German prize.

Nazi Leaflets In America

OMAHA Five Omahans report Hitler left the beer cellar carlier receiving German propaganda kaf than originally intended as he was lets malfed from various Norwegian summoned back to Berlin by imclties. There was no indication as portant state business.

STATE ELECTIONS

Washington, Nov. 8. The election in California and Ohio BERLIN, Nov, & (UP).The Mini-dverwhelmingly defeated the old age of war and very large reinforcements ster of Justice Dr, Gueriner and Gen-pension plans, rejecting Mr. Hamege's of vesscis especially adapted to this eral Keitel have issued an order $50 a month for unmarried persona task will flow in Increasingly from permitting "long distance marriages" and $80.for married over 60 by almost the spring of 1940 onwards.

with soldiers on netive duty t the three to one. Therefore it would seem that judg- | front.

New York State approved lega]lsa-

to the source. None of the recipients was of German origin and nli sald they couldn't explain their selection to receive them.

The leaflets were entitled "Hitler's appeal to the German people to re- pel terrorisation,” “Germany's pro- posals for a peaceful settlement refused by Poland,' and "Molotoff on the Soviet pact with Germany." They were printed in English.

Some were mailed in Oslo. Other cancellation marks were blurred.

RAID WARNING

IN KENT

ed upon a material basis alone wa The soldier must give his battalion tion of the parimutuel betting. There were some Republican viciorles in mance the future with confidence. commander written notice of his in-

are exposed to a form of attention to marry, and the battalion Pennsylvania, which locally are hail- tack justly considered abominable, commander will forward the notifica-ed as a revolt, the forerunner of but we are malding successful head-it to the registrar. in the bride's Republican landslide in 1940 for the wny, against it...

The bride then goes to the reglary teen Johnson, was ro-clected as Go-was given within one, half hour."

The Kentucky New Dealer, Mr.

Losses Must Be Expected

"It must warn the House again that continual losses must be expect-

cd.

"No Immunity can be guaranteed! at any time.

"In addition to the U-boat attack, we have to face the menace of tho surface ralder.

"It is certain that one, possibly so-called pocket battleships have.

out on the Atlantie trado been routes during the last six weeks, but have attempted to cover up mistakes what is remarkable is that although

It was satisfactory to the whole House that Mr. Churchill should not

made in the past or conceal from the

these powerful vessels have been

kome town,

office and gives similar notice of her desire to marry, whereupon the mar- riage is declared to be concluded.

War Gift By

Ranchers In

South Africa

Presidency,

vernor,

Scores of cities and hundreds of

sub-divisions all over the country

elected outstanding personalities, of

whom the Mayor of Detroit, Mr Ed-

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Nov. (UP),~An air raid. warning was sounded in a Kent town this morning. The all clear signal

DUTCH FIRE ON FOREIGN PLANE

ward Jeffries, Jr., supported the Com- mittee of Industrial Organisation, the Mayor of San Francisco, Mr. Rosal, AMSTERDAM. Nov. 8 (Reuter).-- was re-elected, the Mayor of Salt Anti-aircraft guns here opened fre Lake City, Mr. A. B. Jenkins, was to-day on an unidentified plone. elected by 12 votes, the Mayor of WGB

SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH" Cleveland, Mr. Horold Burton, LONDON, Nov 8 (Reuter)The re-elected, and the Mayor of Bridge- Minister of Food has gratefully ac-port, Mr. Jasper McLevy, was re- sheep by the people of Janseville and district, Cape Province, South Africa.

House that an undue risk was taken i tying in walt for the stream of con- cepted the war gift of 1,000 head or elected.-Unlied Press.

at Scapa Flitw

"We are all more willing to accept that steps are being taken to restore to the anchorage at Scapa Flow is famous Immunity from submarine attack, said Sir Archibald,

voye crossing the Atlantic, they have not been able, or have not dared so

to make any capture worth con

sidering.

French Indo-China Lifts Restrictions

CHUNGKING, Nov. 8° (Reuter).——

Air, Churchill struck a note of and said that it seemed a wonderful warning because an element of risk thing that when France was making was never absent, 1.00

so great an effort upon land she However, up to now not only had should at the same time offer to the The French Indo-China Government's

ment upon the sea

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You will feel better and be nempietals weli. Indo-China Governments to assist China. In her war of resistance."

Anglo-Bulgar Trade the U-boat campaign been controlled. Allied cause so powerful reinforce-lifting of the restrictions governing

LONDON, Nov. 5(Router) it is officially announced that notes wore exchanged between Lord Halifax and the Bulgarian Minister, to London, embodying, an agreement to facilitate Anglo-Bulgar trade and payments.

attacks by surface raiders, both warships or armed merchantmen,

Concluding, Mr. Churchill said that had not developed in any serious way he fell after the ninth week of war,

Tribute To French Navy that ns.far as the seas were concern Mr. Churchill apoke of the remarked, they might cherish. good hopes able contribution of the French Navy that all was well.:

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