1940-10-24 — Page 21

PEER ATTACKS H. G. WELLS

Not Fit To Speak For U.K.

LONDON, Oct. 23 (Reuter).-"I think it is dan- gerous to allow a man of this type to go to America,” declared Lord Winterton in the House of Commons to-day when, in a lengthy attack on H. G. Wells, he questioned the propriety of Wells being granted an exit permit in order ♬ carry on a lecture tour in the United States.

Lord Winterton referred to Wells' reference to Lord Halifax us the "quintessence of everything an Englishman should not "our praying be" and Wells' description of Lord Gort as General."

Lord Winterton added: “|_ MORE MEN

happen to be an extensive reader

of Addison, Steel and Pope. I

can imagine one of them saying CALLED UP

of this attack, 'Sir, these are indecent words, ny, they are worse, they are blackguardly'.'

Wells, Lord Winterton continued, had for years been attacking our

religion and constitution. Here Lord

un occasion

Winterton referred to when he (Lord Winterlon)

Britons Of 35 To

Register

LONDON, Oct. 23 (Reuter). was-An indication that the army is present at a lunch in America at now in a position to absorb more meeting of an Inter-Governmental Committee.

"There were present the mon is provided by the announce

Governor of New York State and also ment that men of 35 will have to the Roman Catholic Archbishop of register for service on November the Eastern States, the Mayor of New 9 and November 16. The great York-hinzelt a devout Catholle- and representatives of the Eplacopal majority of these men will have Church, the Methodist Church and reached the age of 35 but not 36, and a small minority will be the Jewish religion.

not quite 35.

was struck with the fact that

Broughout

the very

speeches there ran

cloquent

Therefore one group and a half will

a very strong he left before another royal pro- feeling of unity of the different faiths, clamation further extending registro- and yet we allow Wells to go to the tion dates is necessary. United States as a representative of The question of another Britain and British Herature-u mon proclamation does not inmediately who prides himself as being on oparia. Over three months have ponent of all religions and who says

there no such thing."

royal

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elapsed since the last registration. There is no inforniation with regard o when the next age groups beyond A Sixth Column

the present ep will be asked Lord Winterton alded: "There is register but it may be several months. another and more sinister explana-

As many of the men affeeted by tion of Well conduct. Fruney was the new registration are in reserved not only betrayed by her Loyals and accupations. It is, not possible to

by

who will be other traitors of the Right or estimate the number Communists of the Left. There was available for the Forces. whother clans of sixth columnists' who for years past had tried to shape the fate of Frenchmen in all the spiritual and material institutions of France.

These people, like Wells, professed a hatred of Nazi-ism and they abused and insulted their fellow countrymen. Like Wells, they

be-j

2,000 Jews In

Mediterranean

lieved in nothing and nobody." Seek A Home

Capt. O. Penke, Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs, declared that the grant of an exit permit did not give any sort of official standing or status.

Carol And Lupescu In Spain

Pitiful Plight

ATHENS, Oct. 23 (Reuter)-Two thousand Jews are at present afloat In East Mediterranean waters in a despairing effort to reach Palestine.

Thursday.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

October 24, 1940.

HONGKONG PHOTOGRAPHER WINS NEW HONOURS

Hitler Would Give Indo-China To Japan

Mr. Sit Tre-Kong, winner for two years running of the champion prize in the "Hong- kong Telegraph" amateur photographic comtest, has juật received news of gaining new Honours Competing In the Iowa State Fair and Exposition

which is Woman" secured second prize with his entry "Old reproduced above. In addition others of his entries were selected as outstanding work.

ZURICH, Oct. 23 (Reuter).-The Axis Powers recently laidat Des Moines this year, Mr. Sit

They are in four small steamers, the following proposals before the Vichy Government according

At to reports to the newspaper "Volksrecht" from Berne.

some of which were never intended to be taken to the open sea. least one is tiny Yugo-Slov paddle stenmer from the Danube without arcommodation for a large number of passengers.

Most of the passengers in the other steamers are women and chil- dren from Austria. Nearly all are suffering from poor food and bed= ding conditions.

Extradition May Be Sought

As they are without visus, they must be anxious about their chances NEW YORK, 23 (Reuter) of being allowed to land in Palestine. King Carol and Madame Lupescu Two of the ships are at Calla and are being kept under surveillance Lavreton, and another increased the by the Spanish police, it is re-puriousness of the passengers' plight ported. It is not confirmed that by grounding in an the ex-Rumanian King and his mistress have been arrested but

south-east of Crele.

Isolated spot

it is said that they have been France Won't

moved to new quarters at a distance from the greater Portuguese frontier.

Fight Us

Is General Belief WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (Router): Well-informed sourees here scoil

Even

1. France to hand over Alsace Lorraine to Germany and Nice to Italy,

2. Tunis to be divided between! France and Italy: Algerla to re- main French.

3. France to hand the northern part of Morocco to Spain.

Humanitarian Several other Hongkong amateur

Decision

photographers who compete an- nually in the "Telegraph" con- test competed at the Iowa State

4. The remaining French Afri- Medical Storer For France Exposition, although Mr. Sit-

can Colonies to be jointly adminis tered and exploited by France, Germany and Italy.

LONDON, Oct. 23 (Reuter).was the only one to gain an -The British Government is award. 5. France to hand Indo-China prepared to facilitate the im

portation into France and other

to Japan.

ranean Fleet and the Air Force

7.

6. France to place her Medier occupied territories of medical stationed in North Africa at the stores destined to be essentially of Germany for use and exclusively for the assis disposal

tance of the sick and wounded. against Britain,

these conditions were ac. This is clear from a dispatch cepted, Germany would evacuate the mafor, part of occupied France from the Ministry of Economic except for the Channel ports and Warfare in London to the In- the so-called closed areas from the ternational Red Cross in Geneva. Swiss frontier across Burgundy to The dispatch also gives the answer the Belgian franlier and

to the open leiter published in the Somme.

"New York Times" and signed by Those Against

Jarres Wood Johnson, ex-President These proposals the newspaper of the American Volunteer Ambu

ile

at hotel in Seville and enjoying people.

It is declared here that the sugges-majority. Marshal Petain and Gen-ger without in any way relaxing the

Madame Lupescu had been from Seville to Grunoda.

taken

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The extradition of the king and his! favourite may be sought by the charges authorities on Rumankan arising from the death of Codreanu. former chief of the Iron Guard, dur- at the idea, that France can be per- 'suaded to fight her old ally, Britain. ing the Carol regime.

At Seville Hotel

if Laval is willing, it is doubt-suys, were submitted and examined lance Corps in France, pointing out at a special inceling of the Vichy the danger of disease and epidemies

IRON IS ESSENTIAL for MADRID, Ocl. 23 (Reuter)-Ex-ful it Petain would be persuaded or

French Government and, following agitated in France this winter and saying that

at was possible to mitigate this dan YES.. by dincussion, were rejected King Carol in reported to be staying if he could persuade. The

to help build good, growing youngsters (and for grown- healthy, red blood. BOSCO adds to freedom at last inside the hotel al-

territory. tion was made to the French nuthori-eral Weygand, supported by several total blockade of enemy-controlled ups, 100) though he is "under vigilance.

The Ministry's dispatch says that milk fron tint is lacking in many And chiidrets drink more An earlier report said he and ties many weeks ago as the price for other Ministers, spoke against ac-

the return of Parts, but. it

wasi septance.

What decided the issue was the the British Government is prepared, foods. rejected.

Tho' bellef is that France will not consideration that the Vichy Govern- In accordance with the recognised milk with chocolate-favored BOSCO enter the war on the Axis side and ment could not prevent the French principle of international law, to Costs so little, too.

exclude substances which are capable SPINACH — that if Germany pushed Laval 100 Colonies from declaring for General allow importations as above but will IRON: Relative available amounis in far in this direction, the Vichy ad- de Gaulle should the proposals be ac- of medical use but are not exclusively | RAISING ministration will collapse and it will and Baudouin, Vice-Premier medical in character, such as food- BOSCO

very difcuit for the Germans tul be

and Foreign Minister respectively, stuffs and fodd extracts, clothing, London, Oct, 23 (Reuter)It was put up nay French aubstitute.

It is suggested that one of the citter and Admiral Durilu, it is stated, sup-blankets, fuel and household require- Mr. Valera, Eire Prime Minister, who

After the demands had been re-

STOCK EXCHANGE years of patient experimenting by suggested that mothers and children Gerinan purposes in attempting to portal ncceptance. from the bombed areas should be secure some form of French given sanctuary. In Eire. "Reuter" operation is to bring about the de-jected, says the "Volksrecht" corrug inobilisation of the considerable pondent. Laval went to Paris gain

LONDON, O. 22 (Reuter).~The Dr. Max Walletstelh, noted food understands.

Churchill Anticipated Mr. Dy Valera ivas moved to do French armies still fully mobilised and began the present negotiations.

Stock Exchange (ony was arrowly chemists, preceded his invention Nortli this by feelings of distress at the end on a war footing in

The correspondent declares, "It is irregular and business agath was of BOSCO. These experiments were followed by further ro sinking as the liner City of Benares Africa.

believed that these events were the smail.

Home rails were supported in view reason for Mr. Churchill's broadcast.

De Valera Offers Sanctuary

with

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of 70 children on their

of this Death Sentence For

the way the "news came

to Canada. tragedy, Mr De Valera put the sug gestion before his Ministers so that arrangements might be made as soon as possible by the British Govern-

ment.

9,000,000 Shells Per

French Admiral:

VICHY, Oct 23 (Reuler)-Ad miral Museiller, Commander of the

ments.

1.

to mix. BOSCO is

Stir ont ncentrated liquid. teaspoonful of chocolate-flavored BOSCO Into a glass of whole milk (hot or cold) ühd It's ready.

on Monday to the French people. It of the expected higher charges, searches to demonstrato la nutri- 13 declared that opposition between all-edged socks, after on the Im-tional properties, conducted at Pétain and Layal has become more:provement, closed around the pre- the Food Research Laboratories, New York, under the directiori of cute and it is pellaved Uint Laval haldus "Revel

Industrial Tenders Tegistered aholl Dr. Philip B, Hawk, been obliged to conduct negotiations

The Effect of the Addition of Hutter and fubbentrop on a new

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Wall Street was Orm. State, and provocation of insurrection statement that France intends to de

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ONDON OC 23 (Router) and insubordination

Year From Sydney

The Admiral Was diso sentenced to eventual aggressor. Sydney's production of 1,000,000 shells degradation of rank, “. Annually is byleged by the Austri

linn Government, it le revealed tha

The American authorities in Vielly have advised Atherteam to leave

A report which Australian delegates Trade Parley Halted France, the coresondegt.

have taken to the Eastem Group

Conference at New Delhi.

LONDON, Oct,, +23

(Reuter)

the Hungarian arid

Minesweeper Sunk

Australia within reach of pro-Negotiations which were proceeding

London, Oct 23 (iumiter) The viding most of the material needed between for defence and offence, and is ever-Rumanian trade elegations have minesweeper. Dundalk cut-Cindr coming her Jendency in machine been Interrupted, recording to A: Kirkpalfisk), háh her hunk by telegram to the official an enemy mure, mys the Admiralty. tools to an exterit not thought possible Bucharest

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