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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Documents Give Lie To Nazi Claims

HUN ARMIES WERE BEATEN IN 1918

LONDON, Nov. 12 (Reuter).-Political commenta- tors in Britain draw attention to Hitler's reiteration in his Munich speech to the "fact" that Germany did not suffer military defeat in 1918.

November 13, 1939.

RADIO Exchange At

ZBW, 355 instros (845 k.c.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) "All-in-Bec" From Studio

Law v. Medicine

zow on a Frequency of 849 cc., Radio Programme Brondenst by

and 8-11 p.m. on 0.52 m.c.'s per second and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m.

J.K.T.

12.15 pm. Short Service of Inter-

Britain and France, he said, did not defeat Germany on the cession. battle-field. That was a lie.

It is interesting, in view of this, to recall that on September 29, 1918, at a council of high political and milltary officials, presided over by the Kaiser,. General Ludendorff declared that the situation of the army demanded Immediate armistice.

Gorman Findings

An

The German Parliamentary Com- mittee was formed after the war and snt for six years enquiring into the catuses of war and why Germany had

lost.

The President of one of the Sub-committees subsequently issued a report in three volumes in which he stated at as Germany was not vic- torious, she was in no poallion to. make terms for peace.

The Foreign Office had clearly warned that military operations might fall and that there might be a need for diplomatic action.

Another German müitary writer wartis Germany that if, she did no! realise that the Great War was lost for purely military reasons nut on the Itome front but through the night ing forces of the Allies who brought the German armles to ruin, Ger-

miny would be facing another fall in a short time.

Services Defeat Club-Police At Rugby

(Continued from Page 6.)

When Fay came on play became more equal,

12.30 Don Cossacks Choir.

12.43 Kalmar Pal (Vocal) and hingyari Imre and His Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra.

1.0 Local Time Signat and Weather Report.

1.03 Dance Muslo by Harry Roy. 1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wen- ther Forecast and Announcements,

1.45 Rachmaninoff Suite No. 2 For Two Planos, Op. 171 Vratky and Babin.

2.15 Close down.

The first score was a result of clever

6.0 "For the Children". Richards and Paul in turn, with Pauling Eight Nursery Rhymes), The New play and splendid backing up

Nursery Rhymes Medley (Introduc by finally drawing D. Taylor, side-Century Quartette with Orchestra; stepping him, and passing to Richards You've Gotta Eat Your Spinach Baby, who scored midway between the

Mce Questel; Story by Aunt Susan; I'm Popeye. The Sailorman, Sydney corner ing and the post. Paul con- verted. This ended the first halt Kyte and His Piccadilly Hotel Band; scoring.

Lullabyland (Ma Carly Hended Baby, Honey, Hush-o-Bye-Baby), Len Filla,

Midway through the second half, Paul, dodging his way back towards the scrum, eluded all attempts to grass him, and scored near the posts. converted easily. Just on time, Ridsdate scored his try which has been referred to above. Club charged the kick, before the ball was pinced on the ground by the serum-hall.

No charge was given. Paul went forward and placed the ball to his thing a second time, with the result that the kick was disallowed. The full-time whistle further play.

went without

Dr. J. A, R. Selby refereed, Teams:

Blayers

A Glance

SELLING

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6.30 Closing local Stock Quotations. The following quotations 6.32 Louls Kentuer in A Piano issued on the Hongkong Stock Recital of Liszt's Compositions.ket this morning. Benediction De Dieu Dans La

Scherzo, Solitude,

Les Palincurs (Meyerbeer-1[szt),

70 Puccini's "La Tosca" Act III.- Singers in order of appearance- Giuseppe Bettini (Boy Soprano), Piero Paull (Tenor), (Soprano), Nello

Cormen Melis Giovanni Azzimont) (Bass).

Palal (Tenor),

Ends" Sefeciton, Organ Solo by Sidney 7.30 Quilter's "Where The Rainbow

Torch.

7.39 Marcis Wéber & His Orchestra. At The Tehnikawsky Fountain, Fantasia (Urbach): Forest Idyll (Eslinger); A Night in Venter. Porpourri (Strauss, arr. Weninger).

8.0 Local Time Signal, Weather Re- port and Announcements.

8.03 Studio"All-In Bee"-No. 2: Law v. Medicine. Compered by the Church.

Figuras Which Can't Lie United Services-Pay Lieut.

(R.N.): Gunnr. Hichards. After the battle of the Marne, L/Gal. Watte (R..), Tel. Paul General von Moltke said that signs of Cockrane (R.N.); Lleut. Cdr. victory were the capture of prisoners Derry (Max. R.), Litut, Hewitt (Mix, It.). Clark N., Liett, Carter (RN) Pte. and equiparent of war.

1/de. Evans á AARA); FL Lirut. Taylor (RN), 2nd Lieut. Pinkerton it.9.); Between August 8 and November Capt. Duke (RS.), Lleut. Ridadate Hayal

8.30 Compositions of Mendelssohn. 11, 1918, when the Germans were Norfolk legt) and Lieut, John RN

Combined Club and Police.-D. 11. Tay. Fingal's Cave Overture, St. Louis being driven back, Britain, France, lor (Police), H. W. E. Heath (Police), J. Symphony Orchestra; Song Without Unlied States and Belgium took C. Charter (Club), J. Hutchison (Club), Words, Ignaz Friedman (Piano); "A over 365,000 German prisoners and E. C. Luscombe (Polica), A. Walkden Alidsummer Night's Dream." Wedding

D. H. Stewart (Club), D. C. Fay (Pellee), captured almost 7,000

guns (Captain) (Club), I. G. Castleton (Club), March, Nocturne, Sir Thomas Bee- roughly one quarter of the army. Cullinan (Police), F. W. Stout (Clup), chum conducting the London Philhar- LA. Searle (Polica). . . G. Taylor monic Orchestra: On Wings of Song, and half its guns.

(Club), J. D. Dempsey (Poilce) and W. J. Richardson (Club).

Gulla Bustabo (Violin), Gerald Moore at the Piano.

Studio Comments on Recent 0.05 Events,

0.15 London Relay-The News, 9.40 Tino Rossi (Tenor) and the.

This did not include the number of killed and wounded, and the military equipment surrendered after the armistice,

1

Navy 14 Army 6

IN AN ENCOUNTER which

The German plenipotentiary, at the armistica conference, said that Mar- lacked the finer points of the Orchestro Raymonde. shul von Hindenburg gave him game, but abounding in power to accept any teins, even thusiastic unconditional surrender,

whole-hearted

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play, Navy "A" defeated Army The case for complete military "A" by 14 Pts. (a goal, a penalty victory, political commentators point goal and two tries) to 6 Pts. (two out, could hardly have been more penalty goals). amply proved,

Enthusiasm may be said to have run riot nt times, with the result that penalty kicks

were frequent. The

Island Beat Mainland Navy three's disappointed, showing

(Continued from Page 6.)

opened the score from five yards oul. Shortly after this the Island forwards again swept down the field, and from "some" clever" dribbling the bali was brought to within three yards of the Island goalmouth for Nz Sul-lap to

add to the score,

MAINLAND RECOVER

A SCRIMMAGE in front him his

10.0 An hour of Dance Favourites, 11.0 Close down.

Munich Bombing

GESTAPO HOLDS 100

very little team work. Unlike them, Nazi Press Changes

they were frequently out of position. On one occusion, when a scrum was taken about ten yards from their line, they had four men marking the blind side.

Boe was the prime instigator of Army attacks. The soldiers retted mainly on forwards rushes to bring the bail up field.

were

Its Tune

LONDON, Nov. 12 (Router). -Neutral-sources-report-"100" arrests by the Gestapo" in con- nection with the Munich bomb- ing..

to talk about

People have been warned not

them frightened even to discuss the and are

bombing.

Pascoe for Navy, was safe in his The Mainland came back from the tackling, handling und kleking. Kay, breather and stormed the Island's at stand-off, was worried by Boc, and defence. H. Matthias was the best did not settle down his usual game, forward on view, boing both fast and Hall was an opportunist at scrum-

The Nazi Press continues. to half. His neat punts over the heads an exceptionally clever dribbler.

try and put the blame on Britain, opposing · players

very effective. Hook and March were, and in the absence of facts, The latter's kicking was again dangerous combination for Army, tries to bolster up this case with Island goalmouth gave

quotations from the speeches of chance, and he ran in to scure for the

Mr. Chamberlain Mainland. Shortly after this there Both packs strove hard to goin as-

and other was a mud scramble for the ball centeney, with neither bettering the statesmen who have expressed within the Island's penalty area. E. other. Bayley, Brown and King dialika of the Nazi regime. Randall lobbed the bail cleverly, and, were the plek of the Navy forwards, the best face

At the same time, they try to put in attempting to clear. Leung shot while Page, and Bousted were Into his own goal. This seemed to Army's best.

on the bombing by All the Mainlanders with added zest.

saying that after all it was really to Nuvy scored tries through Hall, Germany's advantage. Matthing was very much in promin- Bayley, Kennedy, Kay converted ence and culminated a fine day's play the

нecond one, and, In addition, with a fine goal from 10 yards out.

kicked a penalty goal.

feature of lils play.

the

Marsh kicked both Army's penalty goals.

Lieut. Pirie (Royal Scots) referced Teams:

For the Island, Cheng Yu-kun played well between the sticks, and was very ably supported by the two: backs. The Castilho brothers formed Navy "A"-Mr. Pascoe ("Lowestoft") a dangerous right flank, und were Burg-Lieut. Corcoran (Tamar). Flytag always trying. For the Mainlanders, er Wright (RAF), Ldg. Wu, Barlov M. Xavier played a very fine game, MT..) A. B. Key (C-in-C's Office "Tomar and Bub-Lieut. Kennedy elearing strong, and his passings were and Tel.

HAU (M.TESO LOR. Sig Ingie very neat. He later moved to the Tamar"), Leut, (E) Brown (M.T.B. contre-forward position. and

A. B. Palmer ("Thracian"), L. S. A. Yen- was dall Lowestoft"). Lag, Wir. Ferris responsible for many of the Main-Tamar), Lleut. Bavey ("Cicala") Pay landers' thrusts at goal.

Lieut. Charles (C-in-C's Onice) and P. d. King ("Tomar"),

Army "AL/Sat. Lang (RAO.C., Island Cheng Yu-kun; Yu Kwok-kul, R.C.S.), Laut, Hook (8th II.R.A.), Bomdr.

Capt, Scriven (AMS) Sigma, WI Kwok Ying-woon; LAW Loung Tze-lak, E. Yusuf J. Casulo, C/Cpl. Smith (Seaforth

Tre-cheung Cph Smith (Statorit it, Bus (RS.) Castilho, Aloysius Chan, Ng Sul-lap and (RAO,C.), Gunnr. Cook Tam Lok-yan

(8th ILRA) L/Cpl. Besford R.CB.): Sergt. Disckma Brainland: Greenwood: C. Whitfold, MILE), Guner. McDermott (sih KRAJ Xavier; L, Wong. P, Kwok, E. Landall; Sergt. Fage (Sih A.A.R.A.), L/Cpl. Foler Leung Pin-hong, J. Rosa Pereira, P. R.E.) and L/Cpl. Sheldrake (RE). Mall, Wong Sul-hung and H. Mattias.

The teams;

MYSTERY RAID EXPLAINED

No Steamer Bombed

In The Channel

Americans Gave $500 For Poppies

Wave Of Unrest LONDON, Nov. 12 Munich explosion has caused a wave

(Reuter). News from Germany reveals that the of unrest all over the country.

The Nazi Preas still accuses Bri- tain of trying to kill Hitler, and in au effort to prove this contention, refers to history.

Nazi editorials talk of the "British habit of murder" Henry IV in an endeavour to con- and go back to vince their readers of this fact.

Neutrals Not Fooled OSLO, Nov. 12 (Reuter)-That neutrals are not the slightest con- Britain for the Munich bombing is vinced by German attempts to blome shown by the most outspoken com- ment of the Norwegian newspaper, "Morgen Bladet."

The paper says that if normal considerations guided the German press suggestion that British terrorists could penetrato Germany's thousands of lines, find their way into Munich and set up their bomb at the exact spot where Hitler was going to speak, If would at once be absurd,

If that had actually been the case,

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Dead Pilot Brings

Back His Photos

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" PARIS, Nov. 12 (UP),~- battered and riddled French reconnaissance plane with its wings almost in ribbons lands behind the lines and miraculous- ly fails to overturn. Troops rush up and vainly wait for the occupants to climb out. Finally they look in and find both men dead, their heads and bodies riddled with the bullets.

Beside the observer, still clutched In his hand. is a movie camera intact with its valuable photographs of the Siegfried Line. The reconnaissance mission has been carried out success- Lully.

The pilot had been shot some time before and the observer, despite the bullet in his head, had enough atrength and courage to save the plane from a crash and bring it down bebind the French lines. Ho died a minute before or after the landing.

This is one of the stories brought from the front about the heroic ex- ploits of the French airmen to-day- were exploits which so far are anonymous Mar- as oficial glory has not yet been attached to the men who died in the air.

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Amazing Exploit

A less tragic tale is told about a lone chaser pilot on a mission in the high clouds above the Siegfried Line, 8. Below him he saw three Messerchmidt

.plares bound for

airdrome. They were alrendy slow- the Saarbrucken

ing down for the landing.

Before the Nazi fliers spotted alm

71 b.the French pilot, dived at full speed 205 b. at the first one and fired anne- 400 sa curate volley of machine-gun bullets 1 n. before the German knew he was .175 n. being attacked. The German plane

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Veering quickly before the others could gather speed, the Frenchmani taoped and returned Over them, and a few seconds later sent the

second and inled bewildered pilots to their destlt.

observed

This triple victory Why from the French side, but was not officially recorded because the planes.

fell in German territory! Another story is reported of a young .4.25 8. Sergeant-pilot attacked by 11

Mes- 14.40 n.serschmidt squadron and sent out of 204 n.control. Dropping like a stone io- ward the ground, the Frenchman re- fused to take to his parnehute but 18/- n.fought desperately to regain control. ..0.75 n. Just 300 feet from the ground, while 4 a. the enemy planes circled overhead 34 Cis. n. waiting for the crash, he righted his machine, executed a rocket climb and brought one Nazi plane down with a volley underneath the fuselage. Then 44. he managed to reach the French llacs 334 3. safely.

par. n.

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PARIS, Nov. 12 (Reuter)---A Comm- 4.30 b.munique issued to-day states that .100 n.locally some attempts by the enemy

were repulsed during the day.

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YINGTAK, Nov. 13 (Central), -Military despatches received here report considerable activi 1.tles by Chinese forces on the .15% Japanese position near the New 4.90 n.Territories border in the vicinity

of Shumchun.

20:5. On November 10, Chinese 19 n.guerillas in a night attack storm- 7.95 scd tho Japanese station at Sun- 180 wei, and killed scores of the .41 m. invaders."

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BIG SHIPPING FIGHT OPENS IN HIGH COURT

LITIGATION over the affairs of the Hongkong branch of the Ching Kee Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. was carried a step farther in the Full Court this morning, when an appeal was brought against the recent decision of the Chief Justice, Bir Atholl MacGregor in ordering it to be wound up.

by Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell and Mr. three were engaged in ordinary The appeal, which is being heard wore chartered to Japanose interests, shareholders of the Company holding August, 1937, been lying in the Justice J A Fraser, is brought by business and the other six had since 50,000 shares as well as the Dairen waters of the Kishen Kalsha, a Japanese concern

The Chiler celaton was

It is revealed in the list issued by Germany would have nothing else to the Earl Haig Poppy Day Committee do with its Secret Police, the most in Hongkong that the American numerous body in the world, but to community made the magnificent tack it. donation of $500 for the purpose of Herr Himmler, bend of the Gestapo, LONDON, Nov. 12 (Reuter).-An making the poppies which were gold would be put on a trap heap. Ale Ministry reference to the report on Friday. that German aircraft attempted to Due to the disorganisation of ship-sraph" is used by the "Hongkong Justice's decision was made following in process of dissolution, an order for THE prefix "Special to the Telo- and one of the creditors. The Chief that as the Company in Ching was bamba Channel steamer, states that ping between Europe and the Far Tolograph" to indicate news which a petition by the Shiang Kee, other the winding up of the Hongkong an noroplane, apparently uncertain of East, the poppies made by disabled strictly copyright under the pro who known as the China Merchants branch ought to be made. Referring its position owing to the low clouds, soldiers did not arrive in Hongkong visions of the Telecommunications Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., one of to the Sino-Japanese hostilities, he descended and flew over a prohibited in time for sale on Poppy Day. area in Boulogne.

French anti-aircraft guns opened The American, community gener Hougkong on the date of publication.

Ordinance, 1936. Busb-pows as bears, the shareholders. fire, and the shieli splinters falling ously offered to donate the poppies by the United From Associations, when the Lower Court proceedings, it of conditions on the China consta the indication. "UP": "is_received in into the water gave rise to the report made in Hongkong, and the Tundraservo All rights, and forbid re- wow stated that the Ching Ken Steam-state of war oxists between Chine

Japanose Interost of bombing, but actually, no. bombs benefis to the extent of their dona- publication, either wholly or in part, Navigation Co., Ltd. owned and and Japan, and has existed at all were drapped.

without previous 'arranges Cut operated 20 steamships;. 11 of which Emes material to this application

tion.

said in his judgment; Not, only on the authorities, which I have cited but also on my Inescapable knowledge