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JOFFRE'S TROOPS WOULD BE AMAZED

By RICHARD CAPELL,

"Dally Telegraph" War Correspon- dent with the French Army

begins

A commonplace of every day is the saying that thin

where the other left off.

war

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.}

FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

HEAVY BOOKINGS AT GRIPPS FOR WEEK-END

BY FAR the biggest and most joyous crowd will gather af the Hongkong Hotel's "Gripps" for the Christmas week-end festivities, if advance bookings are any criterion.

What to do to help a child

Anyone knowing of a child who has been assaulted, neglected, or

Reservations already in hand, HI-treated In a manner likely to indicate that the Colony's most cause unnecessary suffering or injury popular centre will be to health, or knowing of

the parent rendezvous on who is seeking advice on any matter and Sunday nights of an un- both Saturday concerning a child, would be doing an net of kindness by communicating | precedented crowd. at once with-

Д

Secretary,

The Hon. General H.K.S.P.C., Old City Hall,

The Inspector, 40, Pokfulam Road,

1st floor.

The Inspector, 15, Star St., Wanettal. The Inspector, 12, Sol Yeung Chol St., Kowloon.

The Inspector, Kowloon.

52, Argyle SL,

All further steps will be taken, and expenses barne, by the Society.

The Informant's name will be kept strictly private, except in cases where malice is proved,

TRIBUTE TO

THE B.E.F.

Saturday night's Gula will be ex-i tended to 2 n.in. while on Christmas! Eve Sunday Nightthere will be an extension 10 21.271,

br

Rousing Welcome For Canadians

Arrival Of Force Is Big Surprise

Fancy or Evening Dress may be worn.

Cnbarel entertainment will provided by popular June West and Kay, ultra-modern dancers who have LONDON, Dec. 19 (Reuter). originality to this type of Terpsichore. Canadian Expeditionary Force introduced a breath freshness and-The arrival of the first Demure Mignone, casily the most verzatlie and smooth dancer of her has aroused great interest, and type ever seen in Hongkong, will also newspapers give them a great give two numbers. These three; deal of space. favourites will be joined from Satur-

day night by the Six Gripps Graces, The first news of the Conadions' who arrive from Shanghal on Thurs-arrival was given by Mr. Winston day to open a Hongkong season with Churchill, the First Lord of the the Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd. Admiralty, in a broadcast.

In view of the heavy bookings, the Management of the Hongkong Hotel which they landed did not realise who

Even the people of the Premier "Amazed" By of bol the Christmas and Now they were until the men spell out in advise immediate bookings for all Progress Made

You hear it said again and again LONDON, Dec. 19 (Reuter), when the mighty engines of destruc--Mr. Neville Chamberlain paid tion and defence are exhibited for a high tribute to the B.E.F. in a your admiration and awe. But it is

also true of the treatment accorded to the humble human servants of the great machine.

A paradox of 1014-18 was that as time

went on and the people at home felt the pinch more and more the food we got at the front grew more tolerable.

it

broadenst to-night.

He said inter alia;

"I have been impressed by every- thing I have seen of the troops and eir components.

time the force has been in France, "When I consider the shortness of

conditions of the weather and other

Year seasons.

port at

unison. C-A-N-A-D-A and then

In addition to the gala nights shouted "CANADA." already mentioned, a Dlaner Dance will be held at the Gripps on Baxing Night. The New Year season will

Route March To Camp

They were promptly given a warm conmence on Saturday night, Decem-welcome. Those

clzarettes, the

ber 30, with a Gripps gala extension them packets of op shore threw

to 2 nm, and New Year's Eve will Canadians replying with apples. be celebrated on Sunday night with an extension to 3 a.m.

They were transferred to the base

Early in the war we were.fed with dificulties, I am almply amazed by Hotels. The Cabaret artistes who are with mattresses, hot and cold water

truly wonderful

incompetence.

the progress made.

Complete Confidence

plen

December 20, 1939.

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Hongkong, China and Macro at 2

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OUTWARD MAIL TIMES

stered and Parcel Malts aro 15 minutes earlier this the ume given below unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertis- ed to close at or before D a.m. regis- ered and parcel nails are closed at pr. on a previous day. When. nails are advertised to close after 5 J.M. Registered and Parcel malls ire closed at 5 p.m.

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Dec, 20,

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Dez. 22. .Dec. 22. Dec, 22. .Dec, 22.

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In addition to the Hongkong Hotel, by train and marched through the have arranged galas and carnivals for They found their camp Atted with the Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd, quiet country headed by their band. both the Peninsula and Repulse Bay

every amenity, including iron beds appearing at the Hongkong Hotel will wastefully and sickeningly. As the

over at the Peninsula on showers, a large mess room and in rolled on years

up-to-date kitchen, there came milk for

Christmas Eve and Christmas Night. "I must congratulate the Comman- our ten, vegetables for the siew, und der-in-Chief upon the way his pre-swing until 3 am, on Christmas Eve camp "Hore-Belisha Palace."

The Peninsula will remain in full They have already named a margarine ration. An effort was in parations for defence have been fact made to provide a more or less progressing, and upon the obvious Night, and will be the only hotel

smartness and efficiency of the troopson Christmas Night.

providing extended Dinner Dance A Rose Room under his command.

carnival, at which Fancy Dress or "I have been delighted to hear of the excellent relations existing be-on New Year's Eve.

Evening Dress is optional, will be held| tween the B.E.F. and the French in- Christmas Eve will be celebrated at habitants."

the Repulse Bay Hotel by a Ballroom concluded by Gala until 2 a.m. and a Grand complete con- Carnival will be held until 3 a.m. on: of the BE..New Year's Eve.

balanced diet.

have asked a large number of French soldiers in a variety of cir- cumstances about their fond, Not one has complained, though I have| had every opportunity of talking with them confidentially.

Put On Weight

A middle-aged réservisi, who sported a row of medal ribbons, sald to me that the soldiers of Joffre's armies would have made eyes like saucers at the food that is served to the troops to-day.

And be it recalled that in Joffre's days the tsaliness of French Army food was the envy of the British, while our wastefulness was a by- word with the French.

My reservist, a little man, told me that he had put on six kilogrammes, or nearly a stone, during his two months at the front this autumn.

The French soldier is also much better off then he was Inst time in the provision of the French equiva- lent

of our YM.C.A. huts, name of this equivalent is "Le Foyer

du Soldat."

J

The

It existed in a very modest way in 1014. Help from the American Y.M.C.A. made possible a large de- velopment, and in 1918 there were

1,000 foyers nearly -French lines.

behind

the

Mr. Chamberlain saying that he and Adence in the ability to tackle any task.

Murder Of Nazi Echo

Proof Of Our Naval Power

Three Tasks Carried Out Simultaneously LONDON, Dec. 19 (Reuter). special commentary issued to-day states that

the recent news reveals the full extent of the British naval power.

At these functions the Band of the 2nd Bn.. The Royal Scots, will provide. the music, by kind permission of Lt. Col. D. J. McDougall, M.C., ollicers.

and

Nazis Gagging The Press

New Restrictions

10

Linguistic Borgin

Talks To Newsmen in

Four Languages

LONDON, Dec. 18 (Reuter)-En- tertaining members of the Foreign Press Association at a luncheon, Mr. Leslie Burgin, the Minister of Supply, evoked rounds of applause when he declared that "almost all the civilised world-with one solitary exception- is represented here to-day."

Mr. Burgin added that the Allies were fighting to put truth back on a pedestal and the correspondents might rest assured that every cam- would be strictly factual. munique they received in Britain

Mr. Burgin delighted the cosmo-

LONDON, Dec. (Reuter). A special commentary states that the German authorities have devised a new method of preventing news world despite the boast of not Im-in French, German and Spanish. about Germany reaching the outside politan audience by speaking to them posing censorship.

While fighting successful actions In the North Sea and Montevideo simul- taneously, the Royal Navy was also It is already known that neutral engaged in the gigantle task of con- correspondents are able to expulsion voying the first contingent of Cana- if they send out unfavourable new ́dian forces across"the"Atlonile ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ Now it is stated that they have So many Is not too many. A regi-

The successful performance of three] been warned that if colleagues in ment the equivalent of our brigade such arduous tasks over this wide neutral countries outside Germany comes out of the line. The men area sheds light on the foolish Ger-send home unfavourable news the are muddy and weary. They have man boast of control of the North Sea correspondent in Germany will be not been through heavy fighting, but] and Aflantle.

prevented from working. their spell in the line has, all the

same, been no holiday,

They come back to billets in barns and stable lofts, which do well enough, but are not wonderfully cheerful on a wet autumn evening.

Comforts Appreciated

At such a lime the modest com- forts of the foyer are well uppre cinted, The men pow in. There are hot drinks to be had.

Communism

Growing In Austria

BUDAPEST,

BOXER IS ARRESTED Sensational Turn

POLES TRAINING

TO HIT BACK

Navy And Land Forces To Join Allies

LONDON, Dec.

10 (Reuter).-art Poland's war efforts in the Allied enuse were discussed by a member of the Polish Military Mission to: Britain.

An agreement has been reached with the British Government for units of the Polish Navy to operate with the Royal Navy for "the duration." marines, which are manned by Poles, They comprise destroyers and sub- Few Polish merchantmen are now in enemy hands.

Polish land forces are new train-

New York, Dec. 19 (Reuter). At the counter, chocolate, cakes, SOME anthentic facts aboutThe boxer, Ernie Haas, has Sorp, writing paper, pencils and the situation in Austria have been arrested in Toronto in con- fountain pens are on sale ni manu- facturers' prices. Many of the men just been made available here.

nection with the murder of Herring in France. come in for a hand of cards. They A growth of aggressive Com-Walter Engleberg, Secretary of play belote the pontoon or brag of muniam among Vienna workers, the German Consulate in New the French Army,

Sometimes a foyer will boast the Stalin and partly because of low

partly because of the pact with York. luxury of a billiards or a ping-pong wages and the poor quality of bed with his skull split open, ap- Engleberg was found dead in But if anit has Just come out food, worries the Nazis,

parently as the result of a blow, Strikes have just occurred several factories, Including a locomo-on December 6 at his residence.

table.

in

of the line what most of the men think about is the letter home. The foyer du soldat is, ke the tive works, where hundreds of work- Y.M.C.A., undenominational. It may ers held up their hands in reply. to be said to go further: it takes par- the question "Who is dissatisfied?" ticular care to avoid giving the im- put by the Gestapo (Secret Police) pression that it has a didactle sim. after they had occupied the bulld

The directors of the foyers knowing

would be the mistake

their

men;

B.B.C. broadcasts are widely list of mistakes to raise the suspicion ened to despite the ban. The broad- that the welcome, the lighted room casts are criticised because of too and the free writing paper were in- much talk of Austria's present plight tended to influence anyone's religious and too little of Austria's future or irreligious opinions or outlook. should the democracles win.

Counsellor And Friend

The directors are in practice direc- tresses. The directress of euch foyer is a motherly Frenchwoman of the educated classes whose business is not only to sea that the provision of hot coffee and writing paper does not fall, but also to become a counsellor and friend to the men.

Many of these women have de- voled their lives to this work-for the foyers continued their activity In garrison towns and In

the

More

colonies between. Die wars. than a few are women who sulter- ed bereavement in 1914-18.

Well

Not all the foyers are as yet too equipped. They have not enought games to go round. Let me then mention the central address of the organisation.

It la: La Dircetion Generale du Foyer du Soldat, 165, rue de Nome, Paris.

Roaders can easily guess what kind of gifta will be serviceable.

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LONDON, Dec. 10 (Reuter).- About £10,000,000 worth of engines and rallway equipment bave been

INDEPENDENCE ordered for the case of the B.E.P. in

OF LOWLANDS

France.

The order includes 240 freight: engines, 10,000 covered wagons, per- manent way material costing

Paul Spank, the Prime Minister, in a for docks.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 19 (Reuter).-M. 750,000 and mechanical equipment | speech to the Chamber, declared.

"An Independent and neutral Holland is indispensable to Belgium'a neutrality.

"It would be imprudent to deter- miue now the attitude we would take it the situation

Graf Spee Crew To

Interned

Be in folland

changed, but, I would be equally imprudent to state that the new BUENOS AIRES, Dec, 19 (Reuter). situation would leave us indifferent."The Argentine Government hus

decided to intern the afficers and men of the Gruf Spee, who landed at Buenos Aires following the scuttling

ALLIED SUPREME of the battleship.

WAR COUNCIL

PARIS, Dec, 19 (Reuter).A meet-

Those who returned to Uruguny have already been interned.

ing of the Supreme War Council was French Patrol Takes

held in Paris this morning, these attending Including Mr. Chamberlain, M. Edouard Daladier and General Gomelin.

They met at the war Ministry,

LONDON, Dec. 19 (Reuter),The)

Nazi Prisoners

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PARIS, Dec. 19 (Reuter).-A num- ber of French soldiers volunteered on Monday for a special patrol,

They penetrated for some miles

death occurred suddenly on Decembehind the German lines and brought ber 18 of Mrs. A. W. Burkill, wife back a number of prisoners, includ- of a former Shanghal businessman. ing two officers..

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Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Monolulu and U.S.A., by the "Pan American Airways Direct Service"-due San Francisco, 29th December.

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Saigon

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..Dec. 23, 5 D.. .Dec. 23, 5.30 p.m. Manila, Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South Africa, Egypt and Eur- ope via Naples-due Naples, 17th January 1940.

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Dec. 26, Noon.

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