1940-01-22 — Page 3

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

January 22, 1940.

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World Highflowreed

SEA VICTORY CHEERED

Crew of the British steamer Fannd Head, sunk off British coast by German U-boat, cheer returning British airmun re- ported to have sunk the submarine. Plane pilot Bashes mes- sage. "Help is coming," which is good news ton.

Her

France Doubles Maginot Line Defences

PARIS. The French Maginot Line of steel and con- crete now has a second line backing it up, according to an authorised announcement.

According to this atatement.] the doubling of the Maginot

Line in its weaker stretches SCHOOL

along the Belgian border and also in the south, on the Swiss border.-along-the-Jura-moun- tains, has so strengthened the endy of the line as to remove any danger of the Germans' attempting flanking movement at either ex- tremity.

M.P. DENOUNCES HITLER AS SPY AND COWARD

Conditions under which [the German people “will not, for 30 years at least, desire again to try to rule the world by force," are envis- aged by Mr. Harold Nicol- son. M.P., as an outcome of the present struggle,

He urges that when the Nazis are overthrown, the nations must endeavour to build up a new world order, based on the conception of the United States of Eu- rope.

This project is discussed in the conclusion of "Why Britain Jis at War," a new Penguin

Special.

Mr. Nicolson proposes that the entire air strength of the nations should be pooled under a recon- |stituted Lengue of Nations. - Absolute national sovereignty must be aban- doned by all.

The earlier part of the book is

brilliant

Indictment of Hitler

and

AUTONOMY FOR ABOS

ORISBANE,—The aborigines of the Torres Strait Islands, off the North Queensland Coast, have been given self-government in domestle affairs as the result of new legislation passed by the Queensland Labour Govern-

ment.

The Island natives now have the right to appoint council of three to five members, and all natives over the age of 13 have the right to vote to elect count cillors. Rates and taxes will be coliccled, and each island in the group will be a local authority. with its own council. --ཆའདི་ཁ་མདཏ-;་་་་ཡ་4་ {{--{-t#-

Prisoners

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on the

There are 19 schools islanda with 1,038 pupils, ot which nine are taught by Euro-

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Increase

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WASHINGTON.—Prisoners' taken fand French embassies, and keeps a In the current conflict between Ger-check on Allied properties taken over better dent than those captured dur many and the Allies are getting a by the Germans for war purposes.

Thus far, Germany has no general internment of British sad his methods, in which the authoring the World War.

French citizens, and those at liberly shows how the cynical brutality of The American Embassy in Berlin frequently ask American "Mein Kampf has been put into now is conducting diplomatic rela- facilitating travel and adjusting LONDON, Jan. 21 (Router) —The LONDON, Jan. 21 (Reuter).—Tho practice.

behalf of ernment.

other problems with the Nazi GovNetherlands minister to London isDritish National Sayings Campaign tons with Germany on Mr. Nicolson recalls an interesting, Great Britain and France. One of

inquiring into reports that British has now been running two months Germany did not call verdict on Hitler that was given

on the planes Blew over Holland on two and already £31,000,000 worth of in 1928, when he was temporarily its chief duties is to see that British United States to represent it in Lun-successive nights last week, presum-certificates has been issued. in charge of the British Embresy in and French

are well don and Paris, but arranged for Swiss ably in connection with R.A.F. recon- This is £4,000,000 more than in any

representation to Great Britain and naissance Berlin. His informant was an oid treated.

flights over north-west two consecutive months of the last Swedish representation to France. friend who had long been active in

Iwar. German polities.

prisoners

In Washington, problems arising from American diplomatic repre-

Allies sentation for the

are being IC-

Ran Away After Rising "Hitler can never become a serious handled by Hugh Wilson, who menace." he was advised, "for three signed recently as Ambassador to reasons." These were his strong Germany. Bohemian accent, the fact that he was known to have acted as a spy

FOR ainst his comrades, and the fact

POLISH CHILDREN

MADAME OLGA MALKOW¬

that in the rising of Noveinber, 1923, he had run away.

No Major Complaints Officials sald that Mr. Wilson had received no major complaints re- garding Germany's treatment The-Bohemian-corporal-who-bad Prisoners-and-that-they-know-of-no been proved mully of treachery and representations from Germany as to cowardice, addert Mr.

hantling Nicolson's the Allies

of captured friend, could never become eminent soldiers. In Germany.

Under a Geneva treaty of 1939. Britain's motives in declaring war Great Britain, France, Germany, and

It adds that completion of this de. /SKA, founder and chief of the against Hitlerism, says Mr. Nicolson.other nations pledged themselves to

Polish Girl Gulde movement,

ferrive works will enable the French

are self-preservation and the preser-observe definite rules regarding the go beyond the may start a school for Polishvation of humanity.

conduct of prison camps. Among High Command to defensive phase whenever suits its children in Devonshire.

other things, "the "protecting power" are fighting against a civthe nation taking over diplomatic "We sation which is lower than. that Mme, Malkowska, who escaped to which we, through centuries of trial representation for a belligerent has England after leading her pupils to and error, have ourselves been able the right to examine prison camps at

Mr. Nicolson pays tribute to the prisoners.

purpose.

要

Has Full Equipment

commenting on the announcement,

use of a house in Devonshire, in which she will start her school.

The French newspaper Le Matin,fety in Rumania, is hoping for the to evolve, he dedares.

ceeding.

ing full

any

and to interview the

maid that the new fortifications conNegotiations for use of the house. Government is described as repre- the investigators. They are entitled propertied classes, whom the present The latter can make complaints to lain all the feature its famous which may be no loan, are now pro-seating. runner has, forts both big and small,

“Qquité deliberately, know- to food enint to that given troops in eusements, dugouts, tunk and nvmour»

well the consequences of base campa. must be clothed by the ed car traps.

She already has in her charge five their actions, they are prepared to nation which has captured them. T'alish chidren who are being cared sacrifice all their possessions rather must not be murched more than 13 French and British are for in Oxford wall the opening of than to allow this evil to triumph. miles a day and must not be exposed newspaper said, are protected now by "impregnable" fortresses from the the school. She is working with the Seldom has a while class committed to danger nestlessly.

Polls Reiler Fund, and spends her suicide in so great a cause." tine travelling around the country

The restoration by Germany of Poland and Czechoslovairia, and att

Jura Mountains to the North Sea.

"The assault of 1,000,000 which might break over the laginot money. Line," Le Matin said, " would] have to take the second line."

Russia Not A Signatory

State Department reports indicate

mea assisting Poles with comforts independent choice for Austria, must that all the belligerents have ob

The completion Maginot Line No. 2," reported by Le Mintin, was said by semi-oficial sources to have "doubled" French defences from Switzerland clour 10 The English Channel.

The reinforcement of the defence system, these sources said, was in- spired by knowledge tha Gorman | gun plants were concentrating on making heavy artillery with the idea

|be, according to Mr. Nicolson, among served these requirements and that The rest of the children for her our war alms, Beyond these, we conditions are much better than they school are now on their way from should declare that we desire no were during the World War, when Rumanis, Lithmanla and Hungary, territory, nor wish ruin to Germany prisoners often suffered from a lack They are being chasen by volun-politically or financially.

of food and clothing. helpers those countries.

tary

Who

went out after the Polish campaign. A child chosen need not necessarily be an orphan, but only the very destitute cases are being sent to Mme. Małkowska in } England.

Two of the children now under

URBAN COUNCIL

Problems regarding the handling of prisoners have not yet risen in the Finnlah-Soviet conflict. Finland is a signatory to the 1929 Geneva treaty, but Russfa is not.

Besides taking a hand in the prob- Jem of prisoners, the American Em- bassy in Berlin is ́sceking to protect

It has taken charge of the British

piercing the Muginos Line anti by school who will attend the Nominations Invited To British and French property righte fears of being out-Ranked.

later on are agged six and four. Their mother was left alone 75 miles from tlic

Fill Vacancy

Notification that a vacancy in

on the Urban Council

Le Malin said there was a stag-with them gered system of pillboxes over Lithuania frontier, where she had wide area both before and behind the walked with the children. She met occurred Maginot tortincations which it zug her husband, also a refugee, quite necessitating an election was given in gested would have offensive as well by chance, in n street ir ilgi. as defensive qualities.

the Government Gazette on Saturday. This impregnable system."

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TOMMY-LINGO

Mme. Malkowska found the family Nominations of candidates to all the LESSON FOR newspaper sald, will give our in one room in London, practically vacancy are invited. Armies pence of spirit in being able destitute, the mother in a state of It out that each nomina-

to await the moment when they will nervous collapse, the children more tion must be in writings, signed by NEWRECRUITS

have to manoeuvre.

or less starving.

(All words pronounced as hiero

spelled)

two electors, countersigned by the Meanwhile, French pntrols Hd- Pollida students, many of whom candidate and delivered in a sealed vanced almost to Germon defence lines, rallitary quarters reported to were studying here and were strand-envelope to the Preading Oleer at Court, not day, in night excursions following with no money, are helping Mine, the Registry, Supreme

Wednesday, Shove your bondhook there, German resumption of patrol activity Makowska to look after the chil- later than 1 pm on

dren. They may assist her later in January 31.

grub your dixie, and jildie to the on the Western Front..

Nomination forms may be obtained coolthouse. What is this the at the Registry, Supreme Court, subcheese? No duff? Never where the registers of electors re-

Near Siegfried Lino

the school.

Numerous patrols were sent out as has been their custom these quarters said, some of which past. penetrated to points near the Sieg- fried fortifications system, - - -

The French returned in the coura

of the night without reports

serious, Achting.

in the ferred to in section 3 of the Urban mind, we'll drum-up and make a Council Ordinance, 1035 may be drop of real sergeant-major’a. At daybrook the French nector Inspected.

char ourselves. Wo'ae got bags commander ordered a counter-attack

It is pointed out that it is the of rottle and pozzy, of which forced the Germans back to duty of every candidate to satiary

their lines.

himself that his abmination form is

Military advices said German The French reported infantry fire correctly, completed before delvery patrols has been halted by French; along the Rhine Kilver front, a sector thereof to the Praiding QMoore machine-gun and artillery fire, but which has been quiet except for The vacurity men to the scat heid they dug In Instead of withdrawing occasional artillery bursts.

by Dr.It

Translation

·Bandbook-rilia, Aixte-nei tin: Candle-rush; subcheesomalij

Drum-ligboil or brewijcher-tory "Koolls=bread; "porty-Jam;

Germany.

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