1939-12-27 — Page 17

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Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 27, 1939.

Allies' 'Touch of Genius'

Mr. Loula Fischer, the Ameri.. can journalist, now in Europe, has written from Parts to the New York Nallon (reports Timo and Tide) as follows:-

“I and that the Allies' con“ duri of the war thun for has had the lunch of genius. Dilcilanten expected Frence to attack violent- ly on the West, but the French General Staff excrelsed re- straint unusual in the milltary mind.

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"Anglo-French strategy consists

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In obtalning All economic stranglehold on Germany by means of blockade naut a

with cautious.comly to grips the Reichswehr on German soll. "The longer decisivo combat is postponed, the better prepared will be the Allies, whose rearME» ment started lait, snil the worse off Germany will be for want of vital importa.

The German air force has not

interfere altempted to

with French and Billah mobilisation

Or

Vie meticulously planned transport of the first large British contingents to France,

**The Allies are the stronger, financially

industrially, and They will get old from tho colonies and Dominions, and they do noi hope from Anserica. thlink France and England want or require active Uulted States military participation. The chief problem of the war is materials, not men. The Allies can con- tinue the war alone for years."

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By The Convicts

"Churchill's Last Quiet Days"

Stockholm.

The United States are now re- garded in Germany as "practically in the war" according to the Ber- In correspondent of the "Tidnin- Gen."

Germany, therefore, he adds, dues not mean to awalt ibe arrival of the American planes ordered by the Alles before striking.

The German publie heing gladdened by the prospect held out of the Brith Flect as the sufferer, Well-informed cireles declare that Mr. Churchil) is enjoying his "last quiet week-end,”

"The public are assured that the air eperations against Poland wil be insignificant compared with what is being prepared for Bri- tain."

The "Tidningen" also reperis from Bern that G0,600 spring mattresses are to provide "winter comfort" for the German soldiers In the Siegfried Line,

AMAZING STORIES OF CONVICTS WHO "RULE" BRITISH PRISONS, OF "HELLS ON EARTIP" WHERE MEN IN GAOL HAVE SUCH MASTERY THAT THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY LIKE TO WARDERS, ARE REVEALED BY PRISON OFFICERS IN THEIR MAGAZINE.

Like a film of the American "big house," they tell a tale of men who say in effect: "If we don't do what we like we'll pull the place down."

This is the astonishing climax reached in the Prison Officers' Magazine:

"Prisoners decline to carry out orders, often in the knowledge that they have achieved a position of such mastery that no punish- ment will befall them for their disobedience. Officers find them- selves in an impossible position."

"To put it quite bluntly," says the magazine, "they have

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and intractable prisoner can do, and does, almost what he likes within the four walls of his prison.

"As one oflicer recently remarked: 'Nothing seems to matter now, so long as we keep them inside.'

"In one southern prison recently the probability of serious disorder was so great that representations were matle to the governor on the subject. He apparently was indisposed to take any special precautions.

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A campaigns to rise four thou- |longkong sand winter garments for Chinese troops on the China front ins been

ipoh aried by the students of the Can- „Every description of Banking ton University, now continuing their Exchange Business transacted studies in Hongkong.

TRUSTEE AND EXECUTORSHIP

UNDERTAKEN, The students have organised therm-and Fixed Deposits at Rates that may be Interest allowed on Current Accounts selves into the Canton University ascertained on application, Students' Committee for the Sofiella-

D. BENSON, tion of Soldiers Winter Garments, The members have been entled from devarsments of the University, which has over 1,000 undergraduates mean to exered their aim of col- of both sexes.

(lesting 4,000 garments, each of which

will cost $1 to make,

Manager.

Yesterday afternoon a ten party was given by the Committee to re-

When the required sum has been "In a certain establishment to-day.presentatives of the Hongkong Press, raised, it is proposed to remit the prisoners are encouraged to believe both foreign and Chinese, to explain money to Mine. Chiang Kai-shek In that the bigger the nuisance they the objects and aims of the cam Chungking, where the garments will make of themselves the more con-

paign.

be made.

Several pressmen spoke in support Mr. Fung Sze-min, Chairman, said fat Mr. Fung. the work of raising funds to pur- The performance at the Po Hig chase the garments was proceeding Theatre on December 20 will be by means of subscriptions from the from 12 noon to 4 pm, and tickets students, and by the sale of tickets jure priced at $5, $3, $2, $1 and 60 to a theatrical performance at the cents.

Po Hing Theatre on December 29, nt which a sumber of the lending Chinese stage and screen artists will give their services.

THE sensational charge that the torpedoing of the battle sideration they will get. ship Royal Oak at Scapa Flow would not have happened had Lord | "The time is rapidly approaching Stanhope been removed earlier from the Admiralty was made by when, unless the prison commis- Mr. Herbert Morrison, one of the Socialist leaders, in Parliament, sioners are prepared to insist upon discipline being reasserted, the ser- vice will itself have to consider what courses are open to it to bring Intolerable rapidly approaching situation to an end."

Mr. Morrison was crilicising the Prime Minister for the "lunny choice" of some of his Ministers,

Of the Earl of Stanhope, who was First Lord of the Admiralty until

HE RENTS LAND

Mr. Churchill took over, he said: IN FRANCE

"If anybody on the Government

side of the House were to put his FOR THE B.E. F.

a

In another arilcle a prison officer writes:

WINTER GARMENTS

Chungking Dec. 18.; "Prison oflcers cannot go on much

The Committee is also arranging Enthusiastic port is displayed longer under this unendurable strain. e cinema show in the Nathan by the overseas Chinese in Cuba for Nerves and physique, apart from per-Theatre, Kowloon, next month. the winter garment campaign initiat Except The Trenchesonal pride, will not stand up to it Eight of the leading America died by Madame Chiang Kai-shek

indefinitely, and something will distributing companies in the Colony Contributions amounting to $93,000 And Fighting Positions crack.

and promised to lend films for the hove been remitted to Madame "There_can_be_no_doubt that all function... If possible, the students_Cliang-Central News..... danger that he should have been of the busiest specialists of the prison officers are,gravely apprehen-

B.E.F. is the Director of Hir.ng sive.

hand on his heart and ask himsell whether Lord Stanhope was likely to to make a fest-class First Lord, the answer must be No

"I" say ̄ ̄thát "it was û public"

in that office right up to the time le rents from the French all the We are determined not to have, of war."

buildings, land for urlleidis, land 10: for one thing, any more Dartmoor "Why was he left as Firal Load base depots, dumps, hospitals, and so 1032 incidents, but something must right into days of war?. I do not like, forth, that are necdia for more or les. be done quickly to avoid them. to talk about persons; It is distastetul. permanent occupation as long as the But it is part of our duty.

"Lord Stanhope had been in other) olliers, and may have good points. I du not know.

"When war came Mr. Churchill was brought in as First Lord, rather,] belleve, considerations off force majeure than on the choice of the Prime Minister. If it was right| that he should be First Lord when the war broke out, surely it Was equally right that he should have ben First Lord before.

"If it were not for the unrelaxing British force is in France.

effort of the uniformed staff to main- Fer the benefit of men about to tain some sort of order in a wolfer go on leave, he is now inspecting of chaos, Dartmoor 'incidents' would and rending suitable houses at the be a commonplace occurrence." ports where the ten zay, If necessary, Epend a night on their Journey to England. They will not

Earth

Finally, another ofeer, in a letter be asked to spend it uncomfortality referring to

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In hulments, as so many of them tween representatives of the assocta- tion and the prison commissioners, writes:

did last time.

For training purposes he is hiring "As one who is serving in one of ranges, training grounds for runs and these 'hells-upon-earth. I cannot but tanks, areas for manoeuvres and the feel that it is just about time. The day has come when prisoners talk to

"My own belief is that the Scapa Ilke, Flow disaster would never have Bi-Lingual Agreements all and sundry in authority in vile happened it Lord Stanhope hod

In this matter, as in so many others, and Althy language, and, for the most been removed from office earlier we work invariably through the part, treat prison officials with con- than he was."

French authorities.

Jtemnt and abuse.

man

Of Sir John Gilmour, the Minister The Secretary of Slate for War, Ja "When are the authorities going to of Shipping, Mr. Morrison said: whose name the lease is drawn, has deal with this intolerable impertin have a warm regard for him. No, the right to terminate it at

seven once, when are they going to stamp member is more fully respected as it days' notice, or immediately if

But his cholce as Minister of through enemy action the property are

out for ever the idea that prisons places where Just

'big-niiots" Shipping when ships are being sub-btcomes useless to h.m;

must be allowed to do and act just marined and blown up is just cle- He does not pay for any damage as they please?" mentary Idiocy,"

done to the properly through what, the agreement calls "faits de guerre." He does not pay rent for land used for trenches or other. Ughting post- tous,

or Lord Macmillan; "Its appoint ment as Minister of Propaganda is another. mistake."

Mr. Morrison had a general charge to make ngainst the whole Ministry: "In rationing, the Government go hither and thither according to the latest blast from Fleet-street. They wobble all over the place according to the pressure that Lord Benver- brook or some one else brings against them."

Germans Fish In View Of French

Parke,

A vivid description of the complete Mr. Morricon was supperting the calm obtaining in Strasbourg is given Socialist amendment to the Address by a visitor who was there last week. It was the third day of the debate Near the Rhins bridge at Kehl Ger- and the first div'sion of the now man anglers are indulging peacefully session followed just afterwards, in their favourite pursuit. The Socialist amendment was de- The bridge itsell has been closed to tested by 303 votes to 125.

traffic by a concrete barrier erected The amendment demanded the use just on the German alde of the half- |of all the nation's resources in pro-way mark. On this, facing the accuting the war, the maintenance of French shore, a piece of rod cloth standards of life, and the solution of has been stretched across the bridge. post-war problems on the basis of It bears in huge leliers the following social justice.

words, "We do not wish to make In fact, the three days' debale war against France." showed more unity than division, except that the Socialist Porty stres ed the need to develop postwar nims! now, while the Government said the thing to do was to win the war frat.

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