1940-06-21 — Page 13

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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

June 21, 1940.

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OBODY knows who gavo the cry, whore it came from; nobody will ever know. No newspaper gave it, no wireless announced it, but it was there. .. everywhere throughout Czechoslovakia. In the big banks, in the hotels, in the factories,

Fight smiling. That was the cry!

A slogan, clear as if it were cut in marble. Words which wl live in history like tho words of Luther, Nelson, or Washington. Words which

are stronger than tanks.

The Germans were there, the destroyers of the rights of man! They had settled down in

the

heart of the Iruest Hopublic that ever was,

Over the

HITLER'S

Wencesios

Square,

Prigue. thundered the Prussiati battalions

on the march. The

greedy hordes of Himmler stormed

Into the houses like panthers for hooty. Rob, rob, robí

Eight hundred machine guns, elght hundred of the world-famous Bronn guna, the best in the world, stolen from the factory in Bruenn, on their way to Germany.

SMILING

Every

TANK, parade Uzi

Wenceslas every Square. The crew in charge of the tanks are sitting like Tibetan idols.

The crowd walks culmly around the tanks. The young fellows curiously inspect the engines, touch the armoured plates, the enter plars. Laughs and julies.

The soldiers do not understand one ward; they are wet, tired, and bad-tempered." Pretty girls are flirting with them to divert their attention while the Jads fumble with the tanks,

Signal to stort. The motors begin to work. The tanks start, stop, Silence.

The crowd Is, kughing. The officers are cursing. The column comes to a standstill. Engineers uppeur. Confusion,

The crowd double up wiila laughter. Inspection, Result There was water, milk, sugur, and even raw eggs in the potret tasks.

Ever since, the Prague people have

called the Anniles Hiller's' omelcites.

Bohemia is larious. Who has done it?

How? The Gestapo – yestigates, cross-examines; hun- dreds are questioned. The same typical answer from smalting Ups: Ne rosimin—"I do not under- stund.

THE Skoda works in Pilsen. The famous weapon forge of the

Rest

country, moreover, one of the big- I machine factories of the world. marvel of organisation rind technical skill.

Α

When Hiller seized Skodn. 1 caw legionaries cry Hike boys. The

Huns have Skoda, the sun is setting for us!

But the watchword lifted their hearts. Fight smiling! Do not ery -fight, smile.

It started in the steel works!. There where the knowledge, the experience of the individual decide whether steel turns out should.

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A year ago Switzerland hnd ordered 10 tanks from Skoda, Neither light nor heavy machine- gun fire was able to damage these tanka. Even light artillery was paiverless against Skoda steel.

In April Germons offered fur- ther tanks to Switzerland. They referred to the good results of the recently delivered Skoda tanks, nade concessions and obtained on order.

In July the new tanks were taken by German officers to the Swiss fortress of Thun.

A

A

complete

A debacle. Even light machine- gun fre riddled them. Heavy Run fre caused collapse.

"We have enough cheese in the country, we need not buy it from Germany," Jeered the Swiss officers. The expression "Cheese Tanks" spread.

Himmler, Hitler's bloodhound, came raging to Pilsen. Hundreds were arrested, beaten, tortured.

Two thousand men were sent to the Rhineland, to the Krupp fac- tory in Essen. There they spoilt everything that could be spoilt, for they did not understand the orders given them. They smiled Inno- cenily when the Prussians cursed. Ne rosumin.

NIGIIT in the suburb. German patrol. A young girl walks slowly through a narrow lane.

She smiles coquettishly at the Germon sentry. Disappears into block of houses. After a little while another girl appears, then another.

TX),

wotnan, child. sabo-

every opplied taste. By day and night, with every thought, every feeling.

The rufe rolla northwar in the Moravian Spring.

Bohumil

Bohumil

Alpam

Alpamy

Kally smokes his short pipe, shows the

ENEMY

And they all smile when they speak to the enemy.

Nobody commands, nobody leads, and the effect on the enemy is ter- rible. There are no leaders to be

seized! And a million people can-

not be arrested.

The

smiling flight continues along the whole ne, it Is the mos! spectacular conspiracy of an entire pation, a sight of stirring great-

ness..

THE entire nation of the Czechs speak with devation of Bohumil Alpamy. A national hero. was on engine driver.

Ite was superintending 1 train from Bruenn into the Rhineland. The train has a precious load. In each of the fifty wagons there is a German official of the Gestopo.

And on the engine one of the Blick Guard.

shovel.

man of the

Black Guard the flourishing landscape, Jokes and smiles.

T'wo short whistles. The Bremen in the tender lifts hi

With a split skull the Black Guard fulls heavily.

"Jump off." shouts the engine- driver to the freman. He puts the brakes on. The fireman" jumps, falls, gets up, disappears in wood, Full steam headi

1.

the

The next curve. A cracking, splintering. Eight hundred Brean guns torn away from the arch enemy.

Alparty lies on his bier. He smiles in death like a victorious

hero.

in

Innumerable Alpamys live Czechoslovakia. In every heart glowing love for the fatherland, in every soul a burning stred against the enemy.

Hearis of steel, smiling Ups. Woe to Hitler, when they open to utter the battle cry.

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AND

GESTAPO RULE

JEWISH life

under

the

Jazis in Holland and Bel-

gium proceeds according to the well known pattern worked out in Poland Denmark and Norway,

From omcial reports of the Nazi- controlled radio In Amsterdam and-Brussels, and from information

BOMBING

What the Air Ministry's technical bombing terms mean

HIGH LEVEL

LOW LEVEL

DIVE

GLIDE

-COLONY CROWDED

Committee To Investigate Hongkong

Problem

An official communique, issued by the Government of Hongkong yester- day, itales:

Anxiety has been felt for some time un nccount of the overcrowded condi- tion of the Colony. All available housing accommodation is occupied und large numbers of people are Upstairs a dozen young fellows sleeping in the sireels or occupying and girls are sitting with drawn insanitary hovels on

the

hillside curtains. Everyone has before him With the advent of hot weather the manuscript which he coples about danger of serious epltemics la in- twenty times during the night. creasing. Moreover owing to the in- in the morning a hundred leaflets terruption of communications due to are ready. Each leaflet is copied the present abnormal conditions the all over the country by thousands importation of certain essential com-

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of men and women. The numbermodities such as firewood, vegetables swells in geometrical proportion.

The "Ten Commandments” be-

came

famous. Instructions

for

the smiling, fight against the oppressor.

and at tina been greatly restricted.

In the circumstances it is felt that steps should be taken without delay to reduce the excess population of the Colony and to control Imunigration. His Excellency the Omeer Admini- stering the Government has accord- the coun-ingly appointed a Commlitce under try sold at the end of his sermon the chairmanship of the Attorney the following words! "In these General to investigate the problem, difficult times follow the Ten Com and the report of this Committee is mandments."

expected shortly.

A few days elapsed and every priest in every church

HIGH-LEVEL BOMBING

The safest but must highly skill- ed and perhaps least accurate form of bombing employed by riders. The aircraft approach the torget al a great height, make rapid calcula- tions involving speed, wind, tem- perature, etc., before carefully aiming their bombs.

Ff they seure à direct-hit- (und-it- is not easy) the tremendous pene- trative power of a heavy bomb dropped from height makes it certain that the destruction will be great. On the other hand, the pilot has to drop his bombs 14 miles away when flying at, say, 10.000 ft. and at this height a simple mis- calculation of wind strength. Is enough to deflect the bombs 70 or 80 feet.

Under ideu! conditions the bomb timer would like a clear, stenight run in of 5 or 6 miles across his target to ensure anything like accuracy. In practice, gunfire and fighters confuse his aim and inake it is difficult as possible for him to sight his target.

LOW-LEVEL BOMBING

Very dangerous for the aircraft because they are open to pom-pom, small arms and other fire from the Kround as well as running a risk of meeting obstructions such as ballcon barrages. Nevertheless, It is an accurate method of bombing which can be very telling if the pilots are determined and retain their nerve.

Heaviest calibre

bombs are not usually suitable for such attacks owing to the danger of blast damaging the aircraft above.

DIVE BOMBING

The most terrifying form of bombing, but not necessarily the most destruellve. The bombers are open to the same and even grenter risk than in low-level bombing, but dwing to the fact that they dive and alm their alrcraft at the target they can usually ensure · greater accuracy. Moreover. the bomba fall at an angle which may enable them to cause more superfleint damage above ground. GLIDE BOMBING

The bombers come in at a great helght, then switch off their en- gines to avold detection and glide towards the target. Essentially a form of high-level bombing except, of course, that the aircraft are losing height all lo lime,

As between day and night bombing it must be understood that there is a world of diferente. Except on a bright night, under a full moon, where shadows cre not confusing, it is never so simple to pick out a target by night as by day. Certain objectives, such as bridges, harboura, glinting railway

lines, roads, ships at sea, etc. fall of which are known to the R.A.F. as "self-illuminated" targets), show up even by starlight. Other sight objectives usually have to be llu- minated by parachute flares before the bomb aimer can feel confident of hitting them.

G. E.

DID YOU

WONDER?

Why Flowers Are

Perfumed

inu-

Some flowers and certain insects have a relationship that is tually beneficial. From the asso- elation the insects obtain food, in the form of nectar or polien or, both. In return (quite unluten- tionally) they carry pallen from flower to flower, assisting in cross- pollination.

I thought that the 'carliest Bowers offered only pallen as an inducement to insects to visit them. Later in their development, flowers added the sweet liquid known as nectar as {} added attraction. About the saine time perfumes or odors came into use by flowers as alda' in the important business of Juring insects, As a final complet- ing touch, showy colours and strik- ing markings were used to attract and guide insects In their quest of pollen and nectar.

The scent

given off by some flowers serves the important pur- pose of attracting_flying_insects to ihe blossoms. Experiments in- dicate that it the flower retning is perfume, insects will continue to visit it even after the 'petals and other showy parts that might at- tract the sight have been removed.

Other experiments indicate that bees are not so much attracted by scent in flowers as are fles, butler- flies and moths. This is supported by the strong, aromalle perfume of flowers attractive to butterflies, and the stronger erent to the eve- ning of flowers vleited by night- fying moths. Moths released hun- dreds of yards from and out of alght of a honeysuckle bush y straight to the flowers.

In general, the amount and type af pertume given off by flowers. varies directly with the type of insect which the flower wishes to attract.

It is of interest to note that after cross-pollination has been accom- plished, the flower will cease to make neetur or give off perfume. The showy petals; too, will shrivel. and fall. No longer needing to bttrnet insects; the flower censes to provide a lure for them.

obtained from refugees appears that the procedure of dealing with the Jews in the Low Countries is somewhat as follows:---

Jews who had migrated from Poland to Holland and Belgium fre being sent back to Poland into the so-called Lublin Reservation. Jewish refugees from Germany are being arrested, detained in the local prisons for several days to ascer- lain the whereabouts of their for- tunes, and then sent back to Germany. The native Jewish populations of Holland and Bel- gium are treated in very much the same way as the Danish and Nor- wegian Jews, that is, with greater severity than the rest of the popu- lation and with a marked tendency to introduce the anti-Jewish dis- criminatory regulations prevailing in the Reich.

At the same time, the process of stripplag the Jews of nit valuables, foodstuffs and stocks of raw ma- terials is proceeding in a nore ruthless manner even thun in Po- lund. All day long one Kees German military trucks in front of Jewish shops and private houses, whether the occupiers are there or -not, removing everything that is of value, including furniture, kitchen utensils, linen, clothing and food- stuffs for despatch to Germany.

Following the method introduced In Poland, the Nazi authorities of Belgium and Holland have ordered the Jewish communities to provide certain number of Jews for forced labour, to clear away the, debris of the bombed cities. The Leader

the Nuzi Labour Front, in speech at Nuremberg, anounced that 150,000 Jews fruen Poland, who are now doing forced labour, in Germany will be sent on to Holland and Belgium to "make good the destruction which Jewish capitalists have wrought in Holland and in Belgium by bringing them into the War".

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IN the occupied territories of Holland and Belgium, the Nazis have issued appeals to the populn- tion to co-operate with the Ger- man. Among the promises made In these appeals figures the phrase "Hitler will solve the Jewish pro- blem in Europe after winning the war". The appeal indicates the manner in which this "solution" will be effected, namely: Jews will be departed from Europe, to the various French and British Colonies in Africa, " make room for Arynns",

The Jewish question is a world problem", one appeal continued, "but the big nations have hitherto done nothing to solve it; therefore the Fuehrer promises to undertake the job."

A graphic Illustration of the Jewish scene under the Nazis is supplied by the official Nazi Radio in Brussels which announced thai the German Military Command had ordered the execution of fourteen Belgian Nazle end four Genna soldiers for looting. Jewish homes. The executions were announced in the streets of Brussels to stop the private looting of Jewish houses. It is for the Nazi State to loot the Jows, not private individuals.

In Brussels, the Ainerlean Con- sulate has oponed its doors for the registration of Jews wishing to emigrate to America, The Consu→ fate is besieged by Jeys whose only hope is in escape from Nazi tyranny. The staff is obliged to work soven days a week to keep pace with the appllentiens.

FURTHER particulars of the fate of Jewish refugees who fled from Belgium to France show that ap proximately 100 Jews were killed In the bombardment of Rotterdam, 31 in Brussels, 20 in Antwerp and

similar numbers in Liege and other Belgian towns.

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