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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

January 30, 1940.

HOLY LAND Hertzog Wants JUPITER HAS

HARMONY Independence

Unite Against The

Common Enemy JERUSALEM, Dec. (UP). The war may bring something Eke harmony to the Holy Land after three years of strife be tween Arabs and Jewa.

Both Arab and Jewish leaders havo nasured the Palestine Government of their support and observers believe that a truco between the two factions may be attained for the duration of the war:

Joins Republicans In South Africa

NEW MOON

Latest Discoveries In World Of Space PASADENA, Calif. What's CAPETOWN, Jan. 29 - (Rou-{now far out in space? tor).The new opposition group

Well, Dr. Walter S. Adams, Director in the South African Parliament, of the Carnegie Institution's Mount formed by General Hertzog and Wilson Observatory, lists the follow- Dr. Malan, took the unusual ing, among other things, in his annuat course to-day of debating the report released to-day: first reading of a bill to make certain emergency regulations.

Dr. Malan spoke from the side of General Hertzog in the front row of the Opposition seats, and the whole senting of the Opposition was renr- The war has led to a closing of the ranged in accordance with the 11- ranks of Jewish factions under the nouncement on Sunday night that the Vaad Leumi, the Jewish National two parliamentary groups Hac Council, now headed by Pinhas reached an agreement to form a new Rutenberg who has no party amila-party. Ulons and commands the respect and confidence of all groups.

the

de-

Discovery

low of remarkably candle power stars" one or two of which give out as little as one Ally- thousandth as much light as the sun. Discovery of two new moons for Jupiter.

Calculation that the sun and' its planots, including the earth, aro hurtling through space at a rate of 180 miles a second.

Conclusions that the surface of the moon "cannot be exposed solid rock,. This new party was made passible but must be porous like pumlee or when Gendal Hertzog accepted the light dust, which quickly loses the that the new party be called the by the sun is roughly midway be Republican polley. He alto agreed heat it receives from the sun."

"The quantity of light sent forth People's Reunited Nationalists or Party. Its aim is to achieve the in-tween the low candle power and the mos! Juminous stars," sald Del Adams. dependence of the "Republic of South But the sun's light does not compare Afrlen."

with that supernovae, exploding stars.

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Trond To Unity Necessity has partly dictated trend toward unity. Palestine Jews have always been large-scale im- porters, chiefly of finished products, During the last few years attempts have been made to establish Indus- tries, but most of these were

The two satellites or meons dis- "WINNER, TAKE ALL" with TONY MARTIN pendent upon somi-inenufactured LONDON, Jan. 20 (Heuter).~~The | covered by Dr. Seth B. Nicholson Imports.

British Press to-day commented on bring the total number of Wils com- Likewise large quantities of food- General Hertzog's motion, that plicnted system to 11. stuffs were imported because hereto- South Africa déclare peace with fore the Jewish seltlements have been' | able to supply only a part of the needs of the focal Jewish market.

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The tourist industry is at a stand- all. The American Express office in Jerusalem has been closed. It was the only branch in Palestine and Syrie. Other

travel Brents and tourist compnales are transferring to cargo shipping agencies. The Fast Ifotel, formerly the Allenby, has closed.

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Grave Situation Palestine orange growers face particularly grave situation. Most of their European markets are now closed, including Britain their chief customer. It is doubled that there will be sufficient shipping to transport the trop.

It is expected that only about half of last year's crop will be shipped. Certain quarters_bell-ve that many groves will not be harvested at all this year. At the same time there is a growing demand for increasing the manufacture and use of citrus by products.

Committees. companies, societies and co-operatives are being establish- ed in an effort to ensure sufficient upplies, primarily of foodstuffs and finally of raw and semi-manufactured

materials.

On the political side a new body has been formed to promote Arab- Jewish understanding.

Germany,

"Satellites X and XI are extremely small bodies," commented Dr. Adams, "umong the smallest known within The "News Chronicle," stressing the solar system, with diameters the value of a democracy to General

calculated at 18 and 10 miles, res- llerizon, says it was a free discussion pectively. Whether they once form- was the Union way." followed by free voting and, "this ett a part of Jupiter or were captured by the great planet is a problem of The *Times" points out that exceptional Interest." General Hertzog's objections to war were not based on sympathy with

the Nazis, but on a short-sighted EGYPT'S BUDGET

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view that South Africa did not need to concern herself with German doinge in Europe, There were Indi- cations, continued the paper, that the reply of General Smuts was found CAIRO, Jan, 20 (Reuter)-Owing convincing by an ever-increasing to the budget deficit the Egyptian number of South Africans, who Government has decided to increase realised that their security depends the tea duty by £1-10-0 (Egyptian the strength of the British currency) to 8-10 (Egyptian cur- Commonwealth.

General Smuts' decision is being reney) per hundred kilogrammes. steadily strengthened.

upon

REPUBLICANS FEAR WAR

Excise duties are also to be raised ns follows: benzino by 12 per cent. coffee by 50 per cent: sugar, 20 per cent; battled beer 300 per cent.

According to the newspaper Mokattam, the Government requires seven million Egyptian pounds to balance the budget, two millions of which will be taken from reserve, and the remainder is be produced by increased taxation, including the reimposition of the cotton tax and on increase in income tax.

SYLT BECOMES WAR ZONE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UP). The Republicans have renewed their attack on President Roosevelt's foreign polley on

trude reciprocal and export and belligerents,

to import loans

Representative Woodruff charged that Mr. Cordell Hull has reversed his own position of the trade pro- ramme. He said that when Mr. Hull was a member `pf the House Woys and Means Cominltice he at- tacked the flexible tariff policy an island of Sylt and six other islands

bureaucracy gone mad.”

Representatives Tinklian charged that President Roosevelt was leading Asio. He criticised the proposal to lend money to Finland.

BERLIN, Jan. 29 (Reuler).--The

running in line off north-west Ger. many from the Netherlands fron. military zones for the duration of the war.

N.Z. Sympathy For the road to war both in Europe and tier to Hellgoland flight are to be

'Quake Victims

LONDON, Jan, 29 (Reuter).---The

contributions of Britain and France

to earthquake relief in Turkey have been supplemented by a gift Iɛom one of the most far-flung sections of the Empire.

New Zealand has sent £5,000 to the Turkish National Fund.

LATE NEWS

NAZIS PICKED UP AT SEA

ADEN, Jan. 29 (Reuter)--Four officers from a German merchant ship have been innded in Aden by a British tanker,

They were pleked up in the Red Sen drifting ln á small boat, without food or water.

They are believed to have come from a German ship which sought refuge in a neutral port, but which had to leave.

UNITY MITFORD

IN HOSPITAL

LONDON, Jan. 29 (Reuter)=== Medical men state that i has been decided that no operation on the Hon. Miss Unity Mitford is advisable or necessary,

Miss Milford will probably return home soon in order to completo her convalescence.

All movement on the islands, i sz which include mine-laying and sea. restricted. planc bases, will be severely

NEW CANADIAN

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Ottawa, Jan. 20 (Reuter).The. Second Canadian Division, is Ro- Hing overseas as soon as possible, and this has aroused speculation con- cerning the third division,

This will probably be formed us soon as the Second Division reaches an advanced stago in training,

TWO TOMMIES INTERNED

BRUSSELS, Jan. 29 (Reuter)— The authorities have interned two | British soldiers, who crossed the frontier by misialce, it is reported from Rolleghem.

The men were found by a shop- keeper asleep In his shop. They Miss Unity Mitford is the "friend were numbed with cold and it took of Hitler's", "who recently was found a considerable time to revive them. In Berlin guffering from two bullet They declared that they lost their wounds in the head, shortly after way and did not know that they had England went to war with Germany. crossed the frontier..

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POLISH PRIESTS TOLD TO PRAY FOR HITLER

VATICAN CITY, Jan. 29 (UP).-Germany is charged with beating, torture and murder of priests in Poland in a barbarle programme of extermination of the Polish people generally,

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. (UP), chapel where the Holy Sacrament The Treasury armounces that the was being exposed. One man jumpa Stabilisation Fund during the quarter cd on a chair and shouted to he ending September 30 earned $1,248,- Blsters not to waste time in praying 000, chiefly on gold bullion pronts saying, here is no God. If there and gold shipment handling charges, were we should not be bare." although the Chinese yuan earned

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