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Wednesday.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 22, 1940.

BRUSSELS

IN GERMAN

HANDS

PANORAMA AND COMPOSITE photograph of Brussels, the Belgian capital which was evacuated by Allied forces during the wock-and. The large photograph shows an aerial photograph of the capital, twice invaded in the last quarter of a century, Balow, from left to right, are the Hotel Albert, the Palace of Justico, the Porto de Hal, the Hotel de Ville, the Colonne du Con- gres, the Malion du Ruo and St. Gudulo's Cathedral,

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HERE IS THE ARK ROYAL

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Siverymati des Mogriffs: Der Augenfilter Pictures Taken

Power

Captain (right),_of_the Ark Royal, show, Inga, group of no w z papermen' zhe, aliip's scrap-. book, which con taina, corldons- and newspaper comments on the alleged "destruc- tion of the air, craft carrier.

group is at the

At Portsmouth HAVING repeatedly sunk the

Ark Royal, thic Nazi propa ganda service will no doubt be surprised to see these pictures of the famous' air- craft-carrier, taken at Ports- mouth.

She came home from her. long voyage to take on stores, Lidy herself up and give her crow a well-carned leave.

Vatican Hostility _To_The_Nazi_Regime

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HITLER PLANS TO

GET RID

CAP N N. (man after Cap'n Kettle's heart) /

IS READY to take a sock at 'em

THAT fery, red-bearded lite skipper-of-fletion, Captain Kettle, would be proud to know seventy- year-old skipper-of-fact Captain 3, Cooper Nisbet. They are of a similar up-and-al-'em, tem-. perament..

Caplain Nisbet Wha shot through the thich when his 2,- 500-ton ship Gothic was altackeil by Natl aircraft in the North Sea. Ho left his home at King's Lynn, Norfolk, and went to ra-

command of his vessel, sitme

Fragments of steel are still lodged to bla knco-reminders of how, in the first night air at-- tack on English abipping, he to- fused to take cover, and steered. his ship through ́a hail of bullets.

His second

officer, W. B. Lax- tom of Sutatham, S.W., dled from wounds

When Captain Nisbet left hospital he ́said he had one wishi -to return to the sea and hit back at the Naxis,

He, now awalts his malling or-

ders.

OF POPE

By Madam TABOUIS

HITLER is so worried about the strength of anti-Axis influance

in Italy that ho is seriously considering a fantastic plan for forcing the Pope to seok rofuge outside the country.

Ever since Ribbentrop's chilly reception at the Vatican, the Nazi leadem have realised that their regime can hovor, find favour in the eyes of the present occupant of the Throne of St. Peter,

Hitler wants to drive Pope Pius XII out of Italy, and then try to have his election announced an invalid on the grounds that, as Gardinal Pacelli, he took part in international politics, and owɑs his afaction to the influence of anti-Fascist and non-Aryan cardinals hostilo to the Ama to the Axis..

The Futter is mad enough to Ribbentrop pointed out to Clano

beliove that he could form a pot fall to lupreus deeply the Ger- group of Pro-Nazi Cardinals and man and Italian peoples, and still more' the Allies. Clano merely 10- ather Princes of the Church, plied that he would inform the Duce which would be powerful enough of the suggestion...?! to "elect an Anti-Pope and pro-

The Fuhrer awaited the telegram claim a modificaton in the con- with great curiosity. On receiving stitution of the Roman Catholic it he showed violent anger followed Church.

by dumb consternation. It contained

The new, constitution would pro- only wishes for the victory of the vide for the appointment in every German people." country of "fither Cardinals," whose Ribbentrop, immediately drew up task would be to adapt the "National a reply, declaring that final victory Church" to the character of the was to be achieved, by "Germany people. The Pote would assume only and Italy in" tomaton." Since then the centre control of Church admin- Mackensen, German Ambassador in istration, without having any power Rome, has shown such Insolence to- to influence questions of doctrine or wards Clano that Mussollal had to mornis.

aak Berlin for an explanation. There This fantasile project has been was even "Mackensen-Clano 146 worked out by Hlosmler (the Gestapo den!” but ik hiữ been Chief), Baldar von Schirach (the

The Fahrer was awes

Hitler Youth Leader), and others, in not receiving a telegram of birthday, order to counter the anti-Nazi forces congratulations from Stalih. - 'Ho in Italy which are capable of pre- way also disquieted by a report which venting that country from slding with Schwartsoff, Eoviet Ambassador in the Reich.

Berlin, delivered fo Ribbentrop from Hitler was bitterly disappointed Molotov

|by the birthday telegram which he According to this the Soviet h

received from Mussolink. ~~lie had tends to remain "above the meles": Instructed Ribbentrop to arrest to to mfeguard is frontier: to reinforce Ciano that he make this message of its military strength, and to mainfal good wishes sensational diplomaile good relations with dyhoever is will. document. It was attest the ing" without "favouring any body" "Joint struggle" of the two peoples and without allowing itself to be in- against the "Western plutocracies.”

to

A group of stokers photographed on board the Ark Royal at Portsmouth. They, in common with the rest of the crow, thoroughly enjoy the joke of the supposed catastrophe.S

ADMIRALTY TO REWARD WOMAN

by "anybody's verbosity." Russia, moreover, is anxious to improve relations with her immediate neighbours, especially those situated south of her territory. She wantă a rapprochement, "at all costs"," -with Turkey."

On Friday, April 26, the Fuhrer summoned his principal colleagues and the General Blaff, and informed them that the invasion of Sweden was imminent. The Order of the Day in Scandinavia, he said, "Vanquish or perish

cede, an lach" of ground vera has.

Eapplles-of: iron ore

bo

Assured at all cost, in order to strike a_great_blow, Al the Alles before winter. This would be done with the did of Haly and Russia, who would" not hang back, bace the Belo

Felch

had possession of the ore. The General. Staff again raised

secured

objections to the project of a general offensive. Hitler thereupon molemnly promised them not to create any new front, except In Sweden, until he is certain of effectivo ald from Italy,

EVANS AIDS

HAAKON

DHIRAL Sir Edward Evans

Evans of the Broke is at King Hankon's headquarters in Norway.

The two are great personal friends. Sir Edward Evans was appointed naval attache in Scandinavia Just King after Norway was invaded. Haakon was

delighted.. Now, at his secret headquarters, ho la helping to encourage his country, alded by his oldest English friend Norwegian Bride

King Haakon frst met Evans after the sailor, "then a commander, had returned from his Antarctic expedi- tion with Scott in 1918..

Sir Edward Evans has seen much service In Scandinavian waters and speaks Norwegian fluently.

In 1910, before he made his name world famous by defeating six Germ man destroyers while in command of ELM.S. Broke, he again visited Nor-

There, at a dance in Oslo, he was introduced to the beautiful Elsa And vord, known throughout Norway an "The Belle of Christiania." It w908 "love at first sight."

They were married in London KingTM Haakon was very happy, that his friend chose a Norwegian brido,

Tommy Farr Not To Drive For 6 Months

MIS. MARY THOMPSON, of Mrs. Thompson said she found the and when he came back the tarpedo

Gloucester magistrates recently banned Tommy Farr, the heavy- | ALE Wilsthorpe, near Bridlington, is torpedo a mile south of the village of was secured by a rope.”

to be paid a reward by the Admir-Wilsthorpe, where she lives,

The theory that the Germans are weight boxer, from driving for six alty for the discovery of a Nazi torr had an idea what the thing was using a now type of delayed action, months. They found him guilty of pede on the bench at Bridlington.

and ordered him to pay £1 106. The amount of the award is not dis- 5000 5 1 saw it," she said, "It torpedo was advanced by a Danish dangerous driving fined him £10,

really looked beautiful as it littered military expert last October. costs

costat closed, makanan

Lin the sun.

It has also been reported that tho

Farr, whose address was given as An official at the Admiralty told auf went straight away and told my Germans are using a new type of Stratton-street, Mayfair, W. pleaded reptærter that the torpedo" "was an hulbend, who is a special constable, armour-plereing torpedo.

[not guilty, fo ordinary model slightly altered for

use by an aircraft.

It is no different from, any other derpodo,” he said, "and there is nothing particularly inter about it.

The torpedo ds dont

Ca it is painted a portrait of Mr. Chamberlain with his umbrella.-

RADIO SPIES JAILED

sentesend in "Amsterdam to six years' imprisonment such for

It was stated that on January 14, Farr, driving from London to Tony pandy in "foggy weather, tried to overtake a lorry on the main Chil- tenham-Gloucester road, and collided,

18-YEAR-OLD German Journalist, N. Dreves, head of the Weal with small sports car EMER

TAT EL kiht when he and the Car

behind the lorry, but bir car wielddadig

They were accused of operating a secret radio set and, sending reporja) on the lay road find the com

was probably dropped by h; Heinkell from Betterdamn do

followed, old

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