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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH..

November 14, 1940.

USED CARS

Make Buick Sedan

1935

Morris 10 Saloon

1034

Millen Reg. No. Price

38847 3285 $2,400

35508 0007 $ 900

Humber 12 Saloon

1934

32420 54 $1,000

81804 2018 $1,400

Singer 11 Saloon.

1935 Studebaker Chainplon Coupo

1040 Studebaker Champion Sedan

1940

2302 300 $3,000

1543 6417 $4,200

Vauxhall 14 Salcon

1034 ...... 35213 3202 $1,300

Studebaker Sedon

1930........ 16887

70 $1,750

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Thursday, Nov. 14, 1940.

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Telephone: 26015

THE preix "pecial to the Telegraph"

is used by the tongkong Telograph", to

under the previsions of the Telecommuni cation Ordinance, 1936. Such news as

the indication "UPH

Hongkong of the date of publication by serve all cigits and forbid republications,

the United Press Associations, wtta ro-

other wholly or in part without previou arrangement,

QUO VADIS, JAPAN?

THE thoughts of responsible people in the Far East are again centred on South China where events are reported to be hap-

Have you booked your seats for pening which, if only some of

Someone

at the

Door

?

Presented by the K.C.C. in aid of

the BOMBER FUND on 15th,

and 17th, November at 9.15

Scats at $3.00; $2.00 and $1.00, bookable at the Club or Mosars. Moutrie & Co., Ltd.

HANDSPRINGS ETERNAL

16th

p.m.

"Do you gain merit by standing whole course of my life-how to on your hands, Philip, or are have a good party and feel folly you merely giving your feet a ❘ fit next morning? rest?"..

"You're not by any chance refer **Bet you a good cigar you ring to Rose's Lime Juice?"

*** Why ---- have you heard about

it too?**

·couldn't do it!”.

The attitude would no doubt

be a congenial one for a bat or å | “Heard about it? There isn't cloth, but to my eyes, Philip, it'| a man on this continent who jachu zalogamouend, moreover, doesn't know that Rose's is a contributes nothing to human

ogress..

you must know, I'm celebrating discovery, which will alter the

remarkable therapeutic agent with the exception possibly of one or two odd people who spend theirs, Ulvent: stadding 'on their bands)

theni are true, portend new ac- tivities menacing the security and status quo of one or more of the national units in the

South and China Seas.

NAZI

RUTHLESS

PLUNDERING

IN OCCUPIED COUNTRIES

Everywhere the purpose

of early potatoes from Holland

Slaughter of Stocks

What often happens in these

due to war and occupation. AII that is behind the new money is a bundle of German bonds. (which in normal times the Central Banks would not have touched with a barge-pole) or German promises to harour the issue in the day of victory. It is sheer inflation.

Nor is that all. The decop- tion is greater. In all the "op="

The Germans can manipulate

The ration cards do not tell

Day by day the Ger- similarly being taken from Den- carry the Hongkong Holck Garage mans are plundering the mark to the Western districts of totalitarian days is that the Pressed countries the Reichs- the Reich. Holland lost nine- Germans take what they want mark is over-valued; more goods countries they have en tenths of her large butter re- and promise to pay for it in can be bought with it than it is slaved. They make no serves in a week. Out of machinery or in acrvices Inter at worth. Recently decrees have bones about it. It is un- 28,000,000 poultry in the Nether- their own price and in their own "ggravated the disproportion by pushing down the value of the Even before the war

local currency, while at the fitting, Dr. Ley has de- lands 22,000,000 are being killed time.

many Balkan countries found

same time prohibiting any com- Hongkong Hotelclared, that Poles should this autumn.

"The slaughtering of pigs in that German barter was one-pensatory rise in prices. A presume to have the

Holland," says the Kolnische way traffic.

German concern, using doubly same standards of life Zeitung, "is being accelerated." Perhaps it was the success or trebly over-valued marks, The The meat which cannot be sold in which Germany gained in those can therefore purchase goods as the Germans. standard of living of the Holland will be sent to Germany pre-war days that encouraged for a mere song and shares in Dutch must be lowered, "where more storage space is Dr. Schacht and Dr. Funk in local industrica for a trific.

The result in the unfortunate writes the Deutsche available," a neat way of saying their present system of "trad-

that Germany will take the lot, ing" in the countries now under countries concerned is that even.

Germany. In the pre-war days the little which seems fairly- · Hongkong Telegraph. Volkswirt, if the con- as she has begun to do.

Only the other day came the the Reich received great imports good is deceptive. The whole quered country is to supply Germany. with German wireless boast that Ger- from the Central European and economy is on thin ice. A food. We, Germans, says many had taken 43,000,000kgs. Balkan countries, and, instead crack or a thaw and the whole the Volkischer Beobach- within three monthe-whereas, of paying for all of them, let thing collapses. Meanwhile Dr. Indicate news which is strictly copyright ter in the true Goebbels the wireless added, Holland's the debt run up in the clearing Schacht and Dr. Funk hope that exports of carly potatoes to all account. Sometimes a country by filling Germany with goods. style, have as much in countries in the world amounted would become recalcitrant; its they will put off the day of un- terest in the French to no more than 27,000,000kgs. Government would point to the controlled inflation at home. harvest as the French in a normal three-months period. German debt owing to them and From the enslaved countries threatened to send no more themselves. The econo-

as a whole Germany has added goods until it was reduced. But money and credit. They cannot mic system of Europe 2,000,000 tons of wheat to her generally there was no trouble, manipulate food. There are no must be organised, says own reserves; and has just de The country had the German fake Scheine to take the place

manded 780,000 tons from

promise to pay and had to be of the supplies they have taken Dr. Funk, to guarantee France.

out of the oppressed countries. content with that.

Proof of the lack already de...... to the German people

For the people in the oppress- veloping is seen in the compara- - the highest possible

ed countries there is now no tive rations for the Germans... possibility of protest. The Ger- and for the people under their standard of well-being.

"mun debt, the promise to pay, control. These are only a few of the can run up endlessly. The Ger- is the same; to turn the en- slaved peoples into helots in statistical examples that have the service of the German come recently of a process that mans accordingly let them run Herrenvolk, the lordly ones, is general and continuous. From "P. They take goods from Hol: all the story, for many of the Norway, Denmark, Holland, Bel- land, Denmark, Belgium, Nor. oppressed people find that they It is not politic to put into the master bullies. The pro- gium, and now from both halves way, and France, and in return cannot buy even the amounts to blunt words what many people mised golden age is one in of France, comes evidence of give German bonds, or paper which they are limited. What the ration cards show is that the fear; it is not wise to guess at which all other nations will general decrees for the com- money in the local currency

agricultural, mandeering or the slaughtering based on. German bonds. Their Germans are deliberately under- because be placidly happen,

feeding the people whom they alarmists are undesirable and hewers of wood and drawers of stock. From Norway Ger- promises give the transaction a

declare are under their protec- One of water for the Nordic en- many takes 200 tons of fish legalistic form, but it is no more

tion. In almost every com- may-speculate-endlessly-on-the-gineers, mechanised war- daily. From Belgium she takes than a confidence trick.

all-the-available.eggs, and Bel-

modity, the amount of food is reasons for the Japanese with- riors and men of science, gian producers have been warned

In some instances those drawal from the strong, if That is for the future. But of penalties should they try to Payment in Paperless outside the Reich than in- At the moment its effects are "protected" are given less than economically unjustified garri- for the moment there is no sell without a German-controlled sons they held in Kwangsi and pretence at laying the foun- licence. Exports of herrings Kwangtung, and the subsequent dations even for that cheer- from several countries have disguised. Shopkeepers and in- half of what is allowed to the

been prohibited; all are to go to dustrialists in the oppressed Germans. concentration of their troops in less future. The Germans' Germany. Out of the Bohemian countries sell goods to Germans Wherever the German oppres-, chief concern so far has been Protectorate, the Germans aro on demand, and in return xion is examinéd it is found to Japan appears to have found to plunder and to stock their taking wheat by the wagon it profitable to follow Hitlerian own granaries at the ex- load. Even the depleted Polish they receive either paper money be based on ruthlessness, cynical

stocks are systematically raided. în

currency or exploitation, deceit. methods in undermining the pense of their oppressed The story is often told of else Reichskreditkasscnschcine | sovereignty of Indo-China. peoples.

how Blucher, fresh from Water- (Reich credit office vouchers), What was accomplished so ensi- In every country which they loo, looked at London from the ly in that case will certainly have over-run they have com- dome of St. Paul's. "Was fur which they can pass through tempt them to try again else mandeered outright nearly all Plunder!" he was heard to mut their own Central Bank, and in where. There is little to gain in the food reserves and have ter under his breath. What a return are given money in their ordered the slaughtering of city to plunder-the Germans of own currency. The seller is left China at the present time and much of the livestock.

to-day say it aloud ng they gaze believing that he has not done! by retaining Canton and the During this week alone, Sep- round their oppressed countries. so badly. True, he is short of acroplane propeller is a Pearl River, the invader is keeptember 16 to 22, Germany is Their manner of getting what food and consumers' goods like electrically-operated type. Intro- ing open the door for re-entry taking over 17,000 sheep from they want varies from place to when the time is appropriate. Denmark, 16,000 for immediate place. In Bohemia and in Po- all the reat of his countrymen, duced by Rotol Airscrews, Besides, the Japanese navy can slaughter, 2,000 for grazing, land in the first days they used but he has money for his wallet joint producing firm with which the methods of loot pure and and can buy whatever is going. Rolls Royce and the Bristol always smash up Chinese coastal Over 11,000 head of cattle are simple. Wheat and other food

Aeroplane Co. co-operate... What he as yet only dimly and riparian units and land

were piled high on wagons and realises is that the money is in- By manipulating switches it

can be worked as a' constant:: heavy forces because of its un-

the Dutch East Indles produces, be-driven away. Elsewhere they disputed control of the sea. cause it would be impossible to have used forced labour, forced substantial and inflationary. In speed, a manually controllable,

protect the Dutch East Indies from sales, forced prices. Sometimes essence what is happening in or a fixed blade propeller. What better opportunity then Japan, or to Jerve adequate protecthere is a show of bartering, every enslaved country, is that Until recent years all alrscrews presents itself for another coup

tion there without weakening Japan, The Germans always speak the Germans are taking goods were of the fixed-blade kind and were

strong naval Powers took offensive in the south? Thailand is weak action against communications be- genially of their bartering sys- out as fast as they can and are themelet except at a small range of

rotational

Variable-pitch tem as though it recaptured the putting only paper money in blades much increased the speed the two countries. and, since the Japanese pene-Reports from Tokyo do not convoy simplicity and the brotherly They are in control of all the range, enabling aeroplanes to take off tration of Indo-China, Thailand the impression that the recent onrush spirit of the days when Solomon national Central Banks and with heavier leads and then, by alter- is doubly vulnerable. The Dutch of nationalistic spirit has survived its sont measures of wheat and have ordered them to run off in the pitch, to fly.

No brilliant diploma-

By efficiently at East Indies are well garrisoned first impulses thembjugation of measures of pure oil to Hiram, more issues of their currency to speed.

From the two-speed propeller con-, and protected by a small fleet. Indo-China is counted) have resulted King of Tyre, who returned him meet the German purchases, or trolled by the pilot the feathering

from the galaxy

of talent that Mr. cedar trees and fir trees, accord- the Reichskreditkassenschoine, atrscrew was developed. By means But could they successfully re-

Matsuoka was to raise to office. It ing to his desire.

or the increased expenditure of a "governor" it adapted itself to sist a strong attack backed up

different conditions of Alght while would seem that there is now some

the engine's revolutions: rocnained. by naval aircraft, battleships confusion of objects and reasons in

constant. This was an important step. and submarines? Once inside Japanese policy; military "achieve- ment" has given it no new leads;

towards greater economy, and, it also saved engine, wearin

what

may

prophets are ill-informed.

Hainan..

tic moves (unless

stronger

undis, Japapaired

she is

their own

THE RATIONING TABLE

the country, the Japanese would find thousands of their own and materialy

The following table shows the disparity between German and Communists. citizens, in addition to thou- sands of able-bodied Germans by groping in the dark; by throwing rations and those of the enslaved peoples, figures being given now interned, to help in keep-down her arms and getting back to

ing in action the productive and her fields and factories and ships she in ounces por weck:

administrative machinery with which, no doubt, they are fami- Har

It is to be hoped that Japan plane

would invite and receive profitable trade with customers in a position to offer, all she needs; by following path of good sense and humanity she would fight fras again in deserted and poverty stricken homesteads in

Bho

"Germany an

-

Protectorate mark "NOTWEY

•Netherlands

no such grab. Indeed there are good her own, country and give her harde berertion reasons why yisha should not pressed/¿people, something more to his supplies uuall Cette Jahnally, in her attempt to weak ifie bilver.com than destruction; and self (oil;=<rubber cauit, other, goods, which I destruction: dea

Itroad

Restricted: Itestricted

not equal to official, rationa,

Coffee

Ubelituto)

estricted

NEW TYPE OF AIRSCREW

The most advanced form of

new:

speed.

'Pilot's Easier Task

1

The feathering alrscrew could have

a braking function, which was valtt» able for manoeuvring on the ground

For on waluates are retained In

All thes

electrically-operated

airscrew

ich is an improvement: oh Sthe; hydraulically operated kind, Electric control makes the pilot's part in the operation inplor, Power for the phanging of the pitch of the blades In developed through an electric motori delven off-the aircraft's batteries: