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April 17, 1940:
A Look Through Degrading Exchange At LETTERS RADIO
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50 YEARS AGO
April 17, 100g.
If "no news is good news" this is a There isn't Jewelled-in-eight-holes issue. a single thing doing in town.
It may be interesting to mention that
export porta" at the com mencement of the year, two steamers have loaded 1,000 tons of coal for Singapore and alx ateamers left the same port for Hongkong with 11,200 tone.
"new repening of Maji, one of the in
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plaint and a had touch of fever ata rather
more than one's share of the lie of this lifecoming altogether-but when added to this comes a strike among our com- positore, our cup of anguishi la expected to overflow.
German Broadcast
Radio Play Set In Crown Colony
The following extracts from a Nazi German broadcast transmitted in
over
all German stations recently may give Hongkong readers a slight ilen of the depths of degrading bru- tality to which Nazi propaganda has German people hate England. sunk in its campaign to make the
The broadcout began with the sinte- Special ment, "Achtung, achtung. minouncement. England shoots no- tives who don't want to fight Ger-
many.
"A report from Rome states that three natives In Britisi Crown Colony were condemned to death und executed because they refused to fight on the Western Front."
The announcer's voice faded out. Suddenly there came a crack, crack of a whip with fearful yells of an
We are at present setting up this paper with one man and n apprentice, walia the editor writes the leader and the "locals" with his head wrapped up in Jee. We hope this alors explanation" will in rume Way serve as an excuse for our hav ing no report in this issue at the crickst match, as our reparier was engaged cor-guish, followed by roars of brutal· recuing proofs and our only compositor Getained both days at our bedside, minis. fering lee and plasters and pawdern and all the other nasty things ordered us by our medical attendant. Truly Day. This is a time of won."
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we may
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To Bomb Radio
Stations
Nazis Boast Of Their
"Erbert 'Iggs Again
To The Editor,
The "Hongkong Telegraphi."
deer mister editer-corlumme
you wants a bit of sport you' wants to go dorn the honkong postoffice to cash a money order.
abart two months ago old alf baggs got a mo, fer arf a crown (alla ene of these are remittance me yer rends abartout cast) so we goes darn the ole p.ó, ter cash it. well we nd ter Iork La B lot of them sunburnt blokes darn there an arter abart two hours one of the blokes sez we carnt ave the cash becos the confurmanhun alat arrived.
so all an me keeps on goin darn there twice a week reguler but the bloke always sez nuthin doin until yesterday we goes darn and we bocks #winner
the bloke sed to all wots yer name and alf tells im then the bloke! sez wot yer address and alt tells im then the bloke sed who sent yer the money and alf tells im then the bloke sez wots the senders address and when
we gets shoved all tells i along to snuvver blake wot makes alf write is name all sorts of ways a. baggs alt baggs alfred baggs umpleen blinkin times until alt gels is dander tip un wants to op over the counter becus he thort the bloke was avin Im on
yores trewly
Ume we finished it was time to ave "Me no want to go to England."
Latest Intention
the two sum supper so we takes screamed, a voice in a purexysm of
bucks wot nit got an goes darn er terror and pain. "You damned nig-
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEONÁPH"
see ole dutch where we ad sum luvly. HCT, you are not going to England,
Take that. BERLIN, Apr. 16 (UP)-In an you're going to France. And that, Ha, ha, ha," (More luthes.) effort to prevent broadcasts from the supper in big mugs with e stenk as Native: Me no want fight German. Norwegian Government being heard big as a collision mat ter help it along German good man.
by the Norwegian people, German we cum ter the conclooshun that if title ole winny churchill wants to What, you dare planes hove received ordered English soldier:
polish ule adolf off e orta serve the my that to one of the King's soldiers! attack all broadcasting stations still ads plenty of uh beer
but he careful if you ever goes Take that, you black swine. Ha hu.in the hands of the Norwegians.
This was oficially stated fo-day by dorn that way mister editer sex reers It the gentlemen in London only
"Planes
ines have been used in attacks its ugly cad-lamune you orta been subjects In Nigeria are volunteering
the DNB news agency. on Norwegian radio stations which there in the blackcou for the army. (Fade out.)
placed, themselves at the dis- have
of the enemy propagandists", posal DNB regian
1 Government The
two broadensting stations operating in Norway. In addition Finland has Lord Fisher: We are not getting placed one broadcasting station at enough native soldiers, There are Nurway's disposal, and an official only 200,000 English soldiers in Norweglan Government broadcasting only France, and that is not enough. We station is being set up in England. want thousands and thousands from In the meantime, the the Colonies.
MacDonald: But we must leave disposal of Norway, some natives to produce our materials.
COLONIAL SECRETARY
I have the authority of the Vatican to Announce that the Pope would consent to armament of European nations. The ques
was put directly by the "erald" correspondent sa-night and the was equally direct,
The next characters introduced are Leo XII has taken a bold stand. 11 of immens
Mr. Malcolm MalDonald, Secretary holds that the existence
for the Colonies, and someone des- armies which are draining the wealth of Europe and inflicting rent suffering soon the masses, is anti-Christion. The Ger-cribed as Lord Fisher. The following nan Emperor wrote an autograph letter dialogue ensued: inviting the Pope to zend an Ambassador to the Berlin Inbour conterence.
In reply, the Pope sent an autographi letter saying he could not consent unless his representative was given precedence over as the delegates. Then the rope in wrote another letter, urging the Pope in the interest of mankind to take part in the conference to far as he could, and at least give his moral support. To this
His Holiness recogniter le as a e Pently has warmly responded. opportunity, for the church to put furent at the head of the world: wide retora demanded by organised latiour. Be that the nations must adopt the principies of Christianity and that the church is the anly power competent to deal with the tremendous issues involved in this social
Industrial movement.
The German Emperor has frankly ed- mitted that gavernments cannot accom plish much unless organised Christianity comes to their aid in this erisia.
25 YEARS AGO
April 17, IDLE. Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam states that a Constantinople communiqua Rays the E-15 has been sunk in the Dir- tonellen and that three officers and 21 men of the crew of at were rescued and British captured, including the former Vice Consul at Dardanelles.
The Tally Mall" correspondent at Sofia states that Dr. V. adostavalt, the Pre- mier, has acknowledged the possibility of Secretary,ulgaria sining the Entente Powers, owing to Germany's refusal to deliver munitions paid for, or to make an advance on the Apri loan as agreed.
The Inspector, 49, Pokfulam Road, 1st floor.
The inspector, 82 Stone Nullah Lane, 2nd. Floor:
The Inspector, 12, Sa! Yeung Chot St., Kowloon.
10 YEARS AGO
April 17, 1930.
raw
Fisher: Ha, ha, raw materials is the right word. I come from Vick- ers, representing the shareholders. They want some native raw materiai in the form of soldiers to bear the weapons they make.
B.B.C. 105
ERDERT IGCH
BRILLIANT R.A.F. RAIDS ON NAZI BASE IN NORWAY
FROM PAGE ONE
ZBW, 355 metres (845 kc.c.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) | Sir Nevilo Henderson On
Nazi Rule
- Radio Programme broadcast by Z. B. W. on a Frequency of 845 k.r's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. on 0.82. m.e's per wind 6-11 pan. second,
H. K. T.
12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter-. cession.
12.30 Mozart-Symphony No. 36 in C Major ("Linz"),
Sir Thomas Beecham conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea- ther Report,
1.03 Dance Music. 1.30
Rugby Press, and Announce-
and Reuter Weather Forecast ments.
1.45 Variety with Bobby Breen, Connie Boswell, "Hutch" and Others,
2.18 Close Down,
0.00 Compositions of Brahms, 0.40 Closing Local Stock Quota-
Llons.
6.42 Ballads by Derek Oldham
Mavis Bennett (80- (Tenor) and prano).
7.00 Light Orchestral.
7.30 London Relay The News. 8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
and Dance B.03 Latest Variety 8.30 London Relay "What I saw Speech by Sir Nevile Henderson of Nazi Rule in Germany"
Music.
at one of Foyle's Literary Luncheons.
9.00 Concert Waltzes. April Smiles (Depret),
Spring Waltz (Lincke), Vienna Boheme Or
Waltzes (from the. chestra; "Eva"
"Eva"-Lehar), Carmen Sylya-Waltz (Ivanovicl), Interna- Operetta tional Concert Orchestra,
9.15 London Relay-News Suni- miary.
9.30 Studio Talk on "The Chinese Post Office."
0,45 Coleridge-Taylor- "Otello"
Sulto.
placed one of ils transmitters at the biozing flereely at the southern end | (from with Plano accompanyment.
Canton-S'hai Air Service
MacDonald: Very well, we under- New Japanese Venture stand each other. We are all in this, the rest of the Government too. I shall see you get the natives.
are
effort.
Inaugurated
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH“ TOKYO, Apr. 17 (Domei).
of the aerodrome.
Direct Hits Scored Direct hits were obtained on run- ways, a heavy bomb burst close to the civil aerodrome and the control tower, and another started a tlerce fire nearby.
Alded by the light of the moon the bombers traversed the aerodrome
New Symphony Orchstra conti, by Malcolm Sargent.
10.00 Flute Solos by Marcel Moyse. Madrigal (Gaubert), Scherzettine (Taffanel), Polonaise and Badinerie
Sulte No. 2 in B Minor B010 The Kentucky, Miusirels.
Love, Could I Only Bingham-Capel), Whisper and I Shall Hear (Piccolomini), conducted by Leslie Woodgate with Herbert Dawson at the Organ, Soloist: John Duncan,
19.20 Beethoven--Quartet in E
Busch Quartet.
in successive waves destroying air-Flat Major, Op. 127. craft and buildings. They plted the surface of the serodrome with bomb craters.
The ground defences put up un
different
11.00 Close Down,
Tell Thee
"IRREPARABLE MUTILATION”
OF. NAZI FLEET CONFIRMED
FROM PAGE ONE
A voice supposed to be a B.B.C. announcer is then heard announcing:
The chiefs of Wuhula and Kuala A new air service between Can- opposition and the searchlights strove
the British
singly from supporting
approached ton and Shanghai has been inau-vainly to hold the bombers as they Volunteers are pouring in."
gurated by the China Aviation angles to launch the attack. THE NEXT SCENE
The light anti-aircraft batteries set The next scene opens with the Company.
whips, with 11 native
It is expected that the service will up a barrage over the centre target. Despite opposition from the ground sound of
"Mè no want go to war,” shortly be extended to Nanking. screaming:
defences all the British aircraft re- British
Planes leave Shanghal at 2 a.m. on soldier: Thought you'd escape, eh.
False Nazi Claims Cut off your nice little Mondays and Thursdays, arriving at turned to the bases safely. black fingers, would you. Old Eng-Canton at 3.30 p.m. on the same days.
LONDON, Apr. 16 (Reuter)Annaud said that Allled troops had dis- land needs you at that damned Ger- Departures from Canton are at 9
official Air Ministry report states, embarked and added that "more a.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays. man West Wall. Take that and that.
the capital of Formosa, is the German High Command falsely troops were on the way." Tailokate port.
Following M. Reynaud's speech, the alleges that five British aircraft were an
The company maintains services lost yesterday. It claimed that two Senate adjourned after agreeing to go between Pelping, Kalgan, Paolow, Lockheeds were shot down in atlucks into secret session only on the reports Tientsin, Dalren, Nanking, Hankow on Stavanger and a Sunderland fly-by the Army, Navy and Air Force
ing boat was destroyed. and Shanghai.
"No aircraft was last in any -Another-service... operates from
yesterday's attacks on Stavanger and Talhoku to Japan-proper..
no lying boat is missing.
In another, scene a Mr. Curzon, described as Resident-Commissioner of a district in Nigeria, is visited by Capt. Douglas who complains about
slowness of recruiting.
In the House of Commons, Comdr. Ken- worthy asked whether, in view of the access conclusion of a tripartite naval treaty, was proposed to proceed with The Inspector, 52, Argyle St.,ine Simmpore naval base, especially the
th Kowloon,
provision of facilities for dacking and repairing-the-largest-battleships..
Mr. Alexander replied that the malter required a very careful review in the 1 of the treaty we are hoping shartly will be signed by the Naval Conference. This review would be undertaken with as little delay as possible, and in full con- sultation with the Dominions Governments concerned,
All further steps will be laken, and expenses borne, by the Society.
The Informant's name will be kept strictly private, except in cases where malice is proved.
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Apr. 17.
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Condr. Kenworthy asked If the position was not very much altered by the an nounced British policy of looking to the eventual disappearance of the battleshi What is the use. then," he asked, ' building battleship Cocks?" Mr. Alexan der said no useful purpose would be served by discussing that at present and declined to endorse Mr. Churchill's mig- geatlan that there be no alteration of the Government's existing polley for, an In- perial Conference in the autumn.
The Irial of ten members of the German minority organisation. Deutschum Bund. at BydgosIOC, for conspiring. against Poland, has resulted in sentences of a month to a year, varying from confine ment Inn fortress to the benefit of the First Offender's Act. The Couri found extenuating circumstances.
5 YEARS AGO
April 17, 1935. · The League of Nations Counell 2 passed a resolution condemning Germany for the violation of trenty obligations, and has appointed a committreto devine economic and Anancial penalties, by means of international action. against future At the same time it treaty violators. heard M. Maxim Litvinoff declare tha! Germany !! dreamed of revenge and conquest. The vote on the condemnatory resolution was unandinous. There was Abstention. Denmark. Even Poland voted with the majority,
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Mr. Curzon: I tell you I am doing my best. It is more dimeult than in 1914 because the natives have been so exploited since then. Do you see that lanky nigger? He tried to get away. He is just about to be hanged.
Capt. Douglas: It is interesting to watch the effect on the eyes, don't you think. See how they roll. The foam at the mouth is rather amusing I am in a hurry. too. Now buck up,
CAPTAIN'S IMPATIENCE
4
Dutch Ban Nazi
Meeting
AMSTERDAM, Apr. 17 (Reuler). The military authorities have ban- An awful choking sercam shows ned a Nazi meeting at Zutphen lo- that Capt. Douglas's Impatience is day. not prolonged.
A
Dutch
M. Mussert, Chief of the Douglas: Hello, they look threaten-Nazis, was to have spoken on "The
machine-End of the Democracies." ing. Have you got the
Town Under State Of Siego guns ready? Good. Give them
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH dose.
AMSTERDAM, Apr. 17 (UP).--- The Dulch military authorities have banned Dr. A. Musert, leader of the Dutch Nuzi Party, from address
The rat-tal of machineguns and screams of pain are heard.
In the next scene Mr. Macdonald is heard talling with "Lord Fisher,"
Zutphen is in the section of the Fisher:. We ore very pleased withing a meeting in Zutphen to-night. shares y verone up 20 per Netherlands now under a State of
cent. have
Slogc. 20 per Macdonald: Incidentally
Dr. Mussert Intended to talk on ingers died on the way The End of Democracies" cent. of the niggers
This is the first occasion on which across. What a droll colneldence.
The Nazi wireless announcer then action of this nature has been taken stated: "You have seen the brutal,
in Holland. bloody
draw English the way dividends out of human lives by forcing black
fodder to cannon serve the English plutocrats. Eng-
SALVAGING FOR
Argentino, Chile, Mexico, Spain, Turkey, land flights to the last Frenchman PRECIOUS CARGO
Italy, France, Britain. Czecho-Slovakin, Australia and Portugal approved the_resolution.
and the last nigger. Volunteers for- wards. The money-bags have need of you."
of
"Two of our pireraft which were engaged on a reconnaissance fight over the North Sea yesterday have not yet returned."
Rush To Fight For Norway
Thousands Offer Aid
In London
LONDON, Apr. 10 (Reuter).-So many applications for enlistment in the Norwegian forces have been re- be
Committee.
The secret session" was postponed.
on general policy
Gorman Version BERLIN, ADE. 16 (UP)Narvik was and still is in German hands", says the German High Command's omletal communique to-day.
Possibly British troops have land- ed at Harstad which is north of Narvik but this hos not endangered the German troops at Narvik.
On Monday afternoon
British destroyers opened an aimless fire en Narvik harbour but, owing to strong German, defences, the British made no attempt to land in or near Narvik harbour," the communique asserts..
AIR FIGHT OVER BELGIAN TOWN
ceived by the Norwegian Legation here that a special depot is to opened to-morrow to deal with the
official of the Legation stafed
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" that at the moment it was only
(UP).-A possible to register volunteers who,
BRUSSELS, Apr, 19 could he understood, be of any Belgian soldier is reported to have
ationality.
been wounded by a machine-gun later bullet from a foreign plane when
KUDN anti-aircraft Belginn brought into action to-day, during a
German dog-light between Allied planes over Huyin.
said, They lmped, he devise a scheme in association with British officials for using the men's Services.
A number of Norwegian pilots ure
already serving on British warships.
AUSSIE PILOTS WELCOMED
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
17 (Domel)-A TOKYO. Apr. bare resume This
of the
is to Nazi Japanese salvage association broadcast cannot give more than make a new effort this month to sluht idea of the revulsion
salvage the valuable cargo of gold France and lily, blocked the mendments disgust which any civilised person bars and precious stones which lie at weaken the resolution. We should not must have felt on hearing it in full the bottoin of the Sea of Japan in the Group Copluln F. H. Macnamara, the
M. Litvina, the Russian delegate, ot- tempted to produce an amenitment, pro- viding for the punishment not only of European but of all trenty violatora.
However, the former allies. Britain,
Sir Jalin Simon asserting: "It spread our eftaris over a wido field," M. Litvinoff also accused Germany of cher- Jubing hopes of revenge and conquest.
"All staten loving peace have à right to arms to protect their security. But should arms be granted to a nation which is not merely seeking revenge but is also cherishing unilmited territoriai ambition
Her four enginer pounding rhythinically ne alie swept in from the sea, the Oriental Clipper Pan-American Airwaya new pas senger-carrying giant bullt especially for the trans-Paelite trade, nccomplished her first night from California to Hawaii to-
day,
Nazis Piling On The Agony
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”
LONDON, Apr. 10 (UP) The German controlled broadcasting station at Oslo announces that any person desiring to travel from Ger- man-occupied Norway to any other part of Norway, or to Sweden or Denmark, must first obtain à visa from the German Military Com- mander at Oslo.
and
LONDON,
Apr. 17
(Reuter).—
were
and
1 is ofcially announced that two people were injured and one wns- killed when French plane crashedl in-flames after a fight with superior numbers of German machines over Germon territory.
Egypt's Taxes To Be Increased
Australian Air Liaison Officer In Lon- with all the tricky and effects of P. & O. liner Nic.
don, welcomed the members of the modern radio drama. It differs
The Nile sank off Kamisoki twenty-Royal Australian Air Force when Hittle from similar broadcasts by five years ago. which the German pubile
baye
Previous efforts at salvage have they arrived in London last night to reinforce the Australian squadron, gradually been enarsened and bru- failed because of the prevalling strong which arrived in England last Christ- SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" tulised to a pitch of which presumably i
CAIRO,
10. currents and the great depth in which
Apr. mas and has since been
(UP)-The they can listen to such disgusting the sulp lies. The last attempt was service with the Coastal Command Egyptian Government has decided to
and announcements without being shock made in 1932.
Increase all taxes by one per cent. of the RA.F. ed.
Several members of
the Royal in order to meet the increasing ex- Austration Naval Volunteer Reserve penditure on defence. also arrived at the same time,
Norwegian Rural Party's Appeal
An attempt will be time to raise the Nile.
mode this
Aid For War-Torn
Countries
torn
countries.
on active
NAZI ECONOMIC EXPERT FAILS
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHI STOCKHOLM, April 10', (UP),—
WASHINGTON, Apr. 10 (UP),—| The Agrarian Party, has published an The House Foreign Affairs Com- BUCHAREST, Apr 10 (Router).- tha German appeal to the Norwegian rural party, mittee to-day approved a plan to Dr. Karl Clodius appealing to all Norwegians to sup- spend $15,000,000 for the aid of war-economie expert, is expected to re-
turn to Germany at the week-end, port the Government.
Its understood that he has The fund was originally designed to help Poland, but was expanded to neither succeeded in getting the lei LONDON, Apr. 10 (UP)-Mr.
Include "similarly affected areas," rate decreased in terms of Reichs- Neville Chamberlain stated to-day which Rep. Sol Bloom sold would marks nor obtained any considerable
to Germany, that he had no intention of resigning permit it being used in Chim or increase in the export of foodstuffs the Premierslip.
Norway.
More Iron Guards Released
'SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH", BUCHAREST, Apr. 1G (UP)-The Rumanian Government has released n further 85 from Guards (Rumanlan Fasciata) from concentration camps.
The 15 men pledged their loyalty, to King Carol and Rumania.
In recent weeks over 100 Iron Guards have been released,
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