1940-06-10 — Page 3

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

June 10, 1940.

MAGAZINE PAGE.

Nazi Spies In The

TALY

HUNGARY

VONIA

YUGO

ANLES

BELGRADE

Spin SLAVIA

Nazi efforts at the slow infiltra- tion of Yugo-sluvia is any in- dication of the nearness of that country's fate to that of. Holland and Belgium, it may only be a matter of a few weeks before Hitler trumps up an excuse for marching in to protect that country from the Allies.

IF the intensity of

it'

For the past three years Be Germans ve doubled and doubled their effort to perfect the network of spies that intests every department of life in Yugo-Slavia to-day. On each sucve, sive journey to this country 1.Jave observed with growing horror and denira- lion the organisation of the Geg man spy ring"

Unders you bad black hair and an abvienly non-Aryan nose, the Butural reaction of every member of the hotel staff where I stayed in Belgrade, was to address you in Ciezman. I certainly heard more German poken than Serbian dar Ing, the whole time I was there. This win not, as might be assumed, because German : the lingua fran-

Co

of Yugo-Slavia, but

because

a foreigner is more likely to be a German than a member of any other nation.

Before the present war started this German infiltration was mostly dane

made by "visitors" (who curiously prolonged visits) and by so-called merchants and technical advisers.

Since the war the visitors have been neither so popular noe so them- They may call num.

elves "assistant attaches" to the German Legation, or sapei numier, Lury servitrins in the various con- sulates dotted about the country. There », of course, the dual army of technical experts ar bankers whose presence in the country is Inevitable as part of the general maciintry for German-Yugo-Slavy trade relations.

The hotel lift-by--a gooi-bank- ing young fellow of 14-showert me his heavy silver watch. "Look at

this beautiful present a kind Ger- ma gentleman gave me last week. he said with prent pride.

"Very nice, too," I replied.

"And it's got a message in it- Bok!" He opened the watch to glow me engraved in the back a team- #ation into Serbian of one of the liberian platitudes about Lebens-

* Mum.

But what does all this mean?... Du the Yugo-Slay people like being made the prey of the Germans? No. they hate it

The memories of their bondage under the Austro-Bungarian rule are far too vivid to let them forget foreign domination. But

became

the Germans have.. managed so successfully to control the greater part of the commercial life of the country the Yugo-Stavs have been forced to tolerate every sort of in- terference.

The kingdom of the seven million Serbs, four qud a half million 'Croats, and half a million Slovenes

Balkans

also contain n hal? a

Germans and manny thatisinds of Magyars. Al- barians and Ma- cedonian.

To

the early years' of the Yugo-Slav federation, the Croats were con- stantly at lug- Kerheads With the Serbs, while the Comitalis of Mucedonia mate themselves hated and feured in their campaign for Home Rule.

For the moment the Macedonian problem is quiescent, but there is no doubt that it will flare up again if and when the Bulgarian 'ter- ritórial claims are ever zettled.

Yugo-Stavio had frontier with NOVOR different contries before Italy reized Albania. One wonders what Macedonia's fate may be if Italy were suddenly to copy "Hifler's protective custody precedent and ernes this new frontier. Very near, the old Albanian frontier are rich

deposits of copper, auxile and Iron. Yuxo-Slavia can produce manually 5,000,000 tour of coal, 50,000 tons of copper. 75,000 tons of lead, 650,000 tons of fron. well as chroms, zine and antimony.

In the 1914 conflict the Serb proved themselves. to be Ashling men of great courage and almusi unbelievable powers of emitrance. It remains to be seen whether they will resist the invaders tes the N- wegians have done, r whether Hitor's sy ring will have, proved too effective.

Whatever the Clonts may think about the war, there will surely be In the hearts of the Serbs on - dying admiration and gratitude t Die British for the part we played la ng side by side with them for the return of the icingdon m the Great War.

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Much

the win depend Crunt, is through their territory that the invader may come. In the past they have had a raw deat, but pchaps the present danger will bring together both the Croats and! the Serbs in one common sim-the independence of Yugo-Stovia from foreign domination.

WARSHIPS OF

Philip Thornton

GRIN AND BEAR IT

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By Lichty

BUSINESS

1 MENS GYM CLASS EVENINGS 5-8PM.

“I think I'll quit now—it I don't make the 6:15 train, I'll

miss the station bus and have to walk home!”

THE WORLD POWERS-2

o Dr. RODNEY AVON.

puts Child Psychology in its Proper Perspective

LITTLE LIARS

*A CHILD may be ocension. ally untruthful, but we need (not brand him as a liar,... Up....

to the age of seven or eight children make frequent excur- sions into the realms of phan- tasy, and there they live a life of make-belleve.

So it is not very easy in come down to the brass lacks of so-called modern civilis:- tion after that.

We may be certain that if a boy or girl adopts what might be termed the "profession" of estab lished tar, there has been 'some- thing for wrong with his early training,

round the

If the whisper goes nurseries of the parish that Tommy Tipple is a boy who "tella lles." It Is his father or mother who should blush for aliamu.

In practically all cases, the child begins his lite belleving in truth and hating ininity. Circumstances may arise in which he finds out that. athers are not so particular no be

Ls.

"Oho," he says to himself. " #co."

If a mother should tell her daughter of seven a palpable fairy tule about the origin of the baby,

To Commandant, WATS. Thank you for sending us *tc3000231-Franicy:-for-and-make-elumay mess of her this job, we were hoping for rather more the Mata-

Harî type

"explanation" so that the little girl goes and winks the other eye, neod she be surprised that history will be twisted to suit the sitúa-"),

tion when later, in the nursery, some awk- Ward contretemps is being investigated? Romance is not dent.

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A boy will tell lies because his experience is that when he stuck to the truth and con- fessed his sins he was punished severely. Punishment can never be standardised. single smock may be an awful infiction to one boy, while a good biding may mean nothing to the next.

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Remember well that the boy starts lite with complete confidence in the parents, and If he finds that he is victimised Arst by de- ception, and secondly by unjust treatment, he will have no sere ples about twisting the truth.

Training up a child in the way he should go should emphatically have a basis of the selence of psychology in it, but let parents bear in mind that they. may not be able to see the wood for trees,

After all, Instincts are instincts, and personality is personality, and mothers and fathers would be in- human they stuck to a routine of soulless science. It is the exhibi lion of the touches of Nature that makes the family kin in the old established sense

The psychologist is the physician of the mind, and Although the latter is closely allied to the body, there is no need to stani the or dietary family doctor's thunder and jook

Upon mumps or whooping cough as dependent upon this com plex or that. Psychology is intidi- cusYou can talk yourself.bantse "over it, and in the end' you may

rench your starting point.

A child brought up in the atmos phero of pills, powders and medi-

POWERS-2.... FRANCE

clue botiles at his bedside becomes a hypochondrine; there is tile or na difference in the child who han grown in att environment of special toys, special games, special school- ing and special methods of expres-

Bion,

Therefore it seems that the glowing reaction ngainst "psycholization" in the nursery is a perfectly. good natural one, and entirely characteristic of homo sapiens.

but

A rogue passés, fundamentals remain.

Don't forget that a chill may be nervous or out of sorts mentally, because he

ta growing quickly, and perhaps a little tired of the late Professor Freud.

And remember, too, that Prividence makes men

LED ROOVID

and women of us. eventually, despite all our shortcomings. Therefore,

if John and Mary appear.

more

to bo shining Intel- lectually than others of their age, don't be too sure that you are right be you' proudly tell the neighbours what psychotherapy has done for them,

Perhaps, Indeed, the dication of this may be that you yourself requice the psychoanalyst. Think it over.

CHINESE FESTIVAL

Dragon Boat Races To Bo Hold At Two Places

Although celebrations will not be on such a grand scale uz fri previous years, Chinese throughout the Colony, especially the fishing population, will be holding speelal feasts to-day on the occnsion of the Dragon Boat Festival.

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Taiping

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(Bhukat)

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Colony, and yesterday, hundreds of flankow

A number of Dragon Boat races Peini wil be held in various parts of the Hamburg

New York

Yokohama

Haiphong

Helping

(Faking)

Fenang

tomary among Chinese firms to setlle Agencies: all their outstanding accounts Un that day, and to celebrate with aj Cawnpore banjuct in the evening.

people were attracted to the water- FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General

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COMMENT ACCOUNTS opened nåd

Five of these craft, each holding renetos at rates which will be quoted on between 30 to 40 paddlers, complete "BAVINGS ACCOUNTS ako opened in will banners and drums, will can- Local Cartoney and Sterling with Interest pete for trophies at West Point about allowed at rates obtainable on application. 1 o'clock this afternoon. The boats undertakea Excculor & Trustee busine

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Manages.

Mr. W.

J. Carrie, Secretary for Branches. Chinese Affairs, and Šir Robert Kele- wall, are expected to attend of the Chula Shing Bathing Pavilion, where the races are to start and

nich.

Large crowds are also expected at the North Point bathing beaches, as races will also be sponsored by the newly-opened Eastern Alliletic Asta-i clation. A swimming gala and water] polo match among the club members | will be held in the afternoon.

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