1940-01-31 — Page 29

Wednesday,

NANCY

OH, NANCY! --- I WANT YOU TO GO FOR SOME" GROCERIES!

AW-- I DON'T FEEL LIKE GOIN'

TO THE STORE.

NOW, DON'T FORGET YOUR RESOLUTION ABOUT DOING EVERYTHING WITH

A SMILE!

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH January 31, 1940.

By

Ernie

JENIS BUSHMIR ALERT »

NINOTCHKA

Three Russian agents sent lo Paris to sell the jewels of the former Grand Duchess Swana, find their deal, with Mercier, the jeweller, blocked, when Count· Leon d'Algout presents himself as the agent of Duchess Swana, with an injunction against the sale of the jewels, or their removal from France until a French court has heard the case. Count d'Algout, the lover of the Duchess, by means of champagne and a friendly manner. wins the confidence and liking of the Soviet agents, and he writes for them a telegram to the Commissar of the Board of Trade in Mos- cow suggesting a fifty-fifty split with Swana.

THE ENVOY

COMRADE IRANOFF was at the tele- phone when Comrade Buljanoff entered the Royal Suite two days later.

"You can't hurry such things, Leon. You must give Moscow a little time. Why don't you drop in later? ..Au revoir."

"Mischa! Mischa!" cried! Buljanoff excitedly, “Here's a telegram from Moscow! It must have been all day!

From the novel by M. LENGYEL

It says: 'Halt negotiations Adapted from the M.-G.-M. immediately. Envoy Ex-

film by Lebbeus Mitchell

in Hongkong.

traordinary arrives Thurs-which will shortly be screened day sixten with full power. Your authority cancelled herewith. Razinin.'

"This is Thursday!" ex- claimed Iranoff.

"And it's six o'clock

ready!" said Iranoff.

work.

"I thought it my business to warn you,"

"I am ashamed to put the pic-gering. If I add it all up I must it. ture of Lenin in a room like this? have spent years waiting for. said Ninotchka, nevertheless plac-signals. Imagine! An important life wasted between ing it on the desk. "Comrades, part of my your telegram was received with whistles," great disfavour in Moscow."

"We did our pleaded Kopolski.

"I hope so for your sakes. What did the lawyer say?"

"In other words, you don't best. Comrade," know."

"We didn't want to get mixed up with lawyers," said Buljanol. Let's not waste time. "They are very expensive here." Shall we go?"

"No."

SHE turned her attention nway from him to the map in her hand.

"Can I help you?" asked Læōn. deference in his voice.

"You might hold

Bushmiller

Let me see

Eiffel Tower

. Your finger, please."

11 E took her finger and pointed

to the map with it.

"Why

do you

need my finger?""

ahe asked skepti- cally.

"Bad

manners

to point with your own. Here: that's the Eiffel Tower."

"And where are we?"

"Here we are." He shifted her finger back to the hotel. "Here

Feel it?" you are and here I am.

"I am interested only in the shortest distance between these -two-points-Must-you-lrt-???---

"I don't have to, but I find it

י

"We dealt directly with the re presentative of the Grand Duchess, Nina Yakushova stooped to if we call him I am sure he will al-off hastily called for a porter.

pick up her suitcases, and Iran- give you a very clear picture."

Comrade Ninotchka sat at the She refused to surrender them. desks and drew a sheet of paper "I always said it would

before her. "I shall not repent this map for me." "Why should you carry other your mistake.I will have-no-deal-'d love to." be Siberia!" said Kapolski,ople's bugs?" she asked the ing with the Grand Duchess nor Ninotchka examined the map. entering the room. "Iranoff, Porter.

her representative." She began to "Correct me if I'm wrong-we-are, naturni.” "Well, that's my business, write. "Comrade Buljanoff, do you facing north, aren't we?" tell the manager a Special

spell your name with one or two

Suppresa It. For my inferma- "Facing north repeated Leon,tion would you call your approach Envoy is coming from Mos-Madame."

1'87" cow and will occupy the

bewildered. "I'd hate to commit to me typical of the local morale?" "That's no business. That's With two," stammered Buija-myself without my compass,

"Madame, it is the kind of ap Royal Suite and to move fused to let Kopalski carry the

social injustice." She even re-nolf in fright.

Pardon me, are you an explorer?"" "Comrades, I am not in a posi-

proach which has made Paris whit our things to the smallest baga.

ition to pass final judgment but at) "No, I am looking for the Eifel it is."

the best, you have been careless Tower."

"I have heard of the arrogant room he's got. "We'll have

"How are things in Moscow ?" in your duty to the State. You "Is that thing lost again?" Listen male in Capitalistic society" a taxi waiting in front." asked Buljanoff to make conver-were entrusted with more than a if you are interested in a view→→→ "A Russian I love Russluna!.

The train had already sation.

mere sale of jewellery. Our next I am interested in the Eiffel Comrade, I have been fascinated a technical stand-by your five year plan for the past arrived when they reached "Very good. The last mass year's crop is in danger and you Tower from

know it. Unless we can get for-point."

Bfteen years!" were a great success. the station, Not knowing here are going to be fewer elgn currency to buy tractors there "Technical? I couldn't help you

"Your type will soon be extinct." the name of the Envoy but better Russians."

will not be enough bread for our from that angle. You see, a real she said, and left him as the traffic

Parisian only goes to the top of whistle blew. Extraordinary, they were The three Russians glanced

people."

We acted with the best inten- the lower In moments of despair trying to discover an au- at each other in covert panic.

tions-"

to jump off." thoritative, Russian-looking In spite of the new Envoy's "We cannot feed the Russina "How long does it take a man man among the scurrying being all for business, she stop- people on your intentions: Fifty to land?"

ped before a hat shop in the per cent, to a so-called Duchesst "Now that's too bad! The last passengers, when a woman lobby of the llotel Clarence. Half of every loaf of bread to our time I jumped I forget to clock with two suitcases address-"What's that?" she asked, in-ones to our Embassy and get the fenemy! Comrade Kopalski, go nt ed them.

Inddress of the best lawyer in

trials

dicating a hat.

"I am looking for Michael "It's a hat, Comrade. A wo-Paris. You, Comrade Irunoff, go to Simonovitch Iranoff." Iran-man's hat," replied Kopalski. the public library and get me the "Tek, isk, how can such a section of the Civil Code on proper- off acknowledge that he civilisation

survive which perty. Comrade Buljanoff, you might was the person she was mits women to put things like xet me an accurate map of Paria. looking for, and she con- that on their heads! It won't want to use my spare time to ia- tinued: "I am Nina Ivanova be long now, Comrades."

Yakushova, Envoy Extra- ordinary, acting under direct orders of Comrade Commissar Razinin. Pre- sent me to your colleagues." NERVOUS-

SITE took a map of Paris from suitcase and left

apeet the public utilities and make a study of all outstanding technical COMRADE achievements in the city." Yakushova glanced around the enormous Royal Suite, and inquired serious- ly: "Which part of the room is mine ?"

them.

SUSPECTED SPIES

Two Britons Sent To Prison

LONDON, Jan. 30 (Renter). Two men, Claude Felix Pierre Duvivier, born in Belgium and a naturalised Britisher, and WII- She was step-lum Alexander Crowle, in em- ping off the safely ployee of the Devonport Dock- isle in the middle yard, wero each sentenced to LY they shook

of the street six months imprisonment at her hand

It's dif-Clarence when the signal for street Exmouth to-day. Part of the cuse' Iran off preferent here. They don't rent a raffle to go was given. She atop was heard in camera. .sented them, room in pieces. We had to take ped back on the isle of safety, just confused at the whole suite."

as

finding the

Special Envoy a woman, and fearful of what her in- structions might be regard- ing them.

"You see, "began Iran- off diffidently, "it

"How much does this cost?"

"Two thousand franes."

"A week?"

"No, a day."

front of the Hotel:

Duvivier was elurged with. possex- as did Count Leon d'Algout on hission of a document containing In- way to see the Soviet agents.

You, please,"

Ninotchka ad- formation which might be useful to "Could the enemy and tieting preparatory lo dressed him imporsonally. you give me some information: the commission of an offence under How. font do we have to walt the emergency powera of the De-

fence Regulations. .oh, until the poller- "Well

"At what intervals does he cows! whistic?"

"That's funny! I never gave it a thought before1":

"A day! That is the price of hero?"

a cow, Comrade Iranoff! If I

"What a charming idea

Russian people soven for Moscow to surprise us And who am I to cost the Rus- with a lady comrade," said sian people seven cows?!? Iranoff.

"We had to take it on account of tho afo," explained" Buljanoff, "Don't make an issue of my viatons of exile to Siberin inds womanhood. We are here for mind's eye.

stay here a week it will cost the man whistles again."

A

com-

Link With Fascists. Crowel was charged with |municating to Duvivier Information which would be useful to the enemy. Duvivier was stated to have beeri n member of the Union of Fascists and "Have you never been caught in

janother organisation, known as the a similar situation?"

"The Link" (formed for the purpose "Have 17 Do you know, when I of strengthening Anglo-German rela come to think about it, it's stag-itions)..

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