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BELIEVE Hitler's Germany has passed

its peak and is on the

HITLER HAS

decline. I believe Hitler LOST ALREADY

has lost the war.

Those two sentences sum up my conclusions, based on an objective study of the internal situation in Germany- a study made at first

By Edwin Hartrich

Formerly Berlin Correspondent of The Columbia Broadcasting System

there of any anti-Hitler man,

Winston Churchill, brought home to them the

hand and facilitated by movement. If there are backed by Jews, has caused grim fact that two can play all the freedom to see and hear for myself that any Communists I did the war that at present he the game of aerial warfare.

not see or hear them. believes it. I enjoyed as a neutral. There was no unrest or Whether he will continue first R.A.F. raid on the Nazi

On that Sunday night the

As one American corres- pondent covering the war

I do not expect a sen- sabotage of which I to do so in face of a first- capital took place. sational crack-up, but

class military defeat is heard.

doubtful. crevices will appear.

Of course, there were Hitler is still regarded strikes in the Rhineland When I say that I believe from Germany said: I was as a wonder man and when workers protested Hitler has lost the war I as surprised as any of the miracle worker who will against lack of sleep mean the Nazi regime and German civilians. We had thought that war was far removed from the interior find some magic man- caused by R.A.F. raids, its leader and not neces-

of Germany, that Britain ner to cross the English but the Nazis were quick sarily Germany itself.

Here are some reasons to and Germany were fighting Channel and smash Bri- to deal with them.

support that conviction. it out over the narrow tain. He is not close

First, to win this war, waters of the English to German hearts like "Uncle" Hermann Goer- THE intelligent German Hitler must successfully in- Channel.

takes official Nazi state- vade and conquer England, ments with large doses of Scotland, and Wales.

WHEN the war had started Hitler is above that, salt, but the average man

Second, he must do, this of Berlin "that, come what may, seems to believe them, as -- He is the Germans' god. far as I could see. The Ger- soon before the year is out. wall of fire will protect the Nazi capital, no enemy plane will Third, because of the pro- ever penetrate our anti-aircraft defences." The air raid of

Hongkong Telegraph. ing.

Thursday, April 3, 1941. Wyndham St., Hongkong Telephone: 20015

I have to report that man is essentially a patriot. bitter hatred against the

Goring assured the people

THE probx "Special to the Teleph there was no noticeable He does not entertain any section of England itself as August 25 was considered by

is used by the "longkong Telegraph to

provisions the

eations Ordinance, 1936. Such news beats the indication PUITM is received in Itongkong on the date of publication by the United Press Associations, who re serve all rights and forbid republications, either wholly or in part without previous arrangement

indicate news list of fil Telecommual evidence whatever in English, but has been told premier objective in this many to have been an accident Germany while I was so often that this wicked war, all other military suc- that can happen in any war. However, to emphasise that it cesses elsewhere will not was not, the R.A.F. carce again Janswer the demands of the the following Tuesday and Wed-

nesday nights. German people.

These raids and those that fol. Fourth, if Britain is able towed did much to destroy the to repulse a major invasion illusion that Germany could pro- attempt by the Germans tect itself against British planes. Hitler has definitely lost the

GOVERNMENT HOUSE GOVERNMENT House, for

89 years the official résidence of His Excellency the Governor, and a prominent island land- mark, is in the process of dis- integration. It is no longer fit for habitation. The un- pleasant news is dramatised by the swift progress of the damage In less than three months the building has become a mass of cracks and broken masonry. Similarly disturbing is the cause for such a state of affairs.

contribution, but primarily the building has been the victim of the Colony's defence

pre- parations.

Sad Plight of Refugee Jews in Shanghai

war.

.

The raids continued on an average of three nights a week. While there was relatively little However, despite the last damage done to Berlin, the Ger- mians head exploding bombs and consideration I have to re- the crashing welcome of anti- port that Germany has re- aircraft guns to R.A.F. planes sources to survive a long apparent to all was that the overhead. The paramount fact SHANGHAI, which for nearly a States currency or have relatives

century has been a frequent city with jobs in the elty.

This barrier was too great of refuge, has again assumed that

for war, perhaps two years at R.A.F. can pierce Goring's wall role, and for two years now, has been many to surmount, but the chief haven for Jews from central stream continues. An estimated 30 the most, before an internal of fire and they can bomb Berlin.

to 60 arrive in every vessel from collapse would set in,

during the night at will. Europe.

Dalren after having crossed Asin on the trans-Siberia railway.

still the

Repeatedly this great city of the east absorbed countless thousands of

Shanghai is not an ideal site for a streaming refugees to its doors who were escaping from China's troubles, Jewish colony. Since China is a and for several years after 1917, land where the white man ordinarily

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This realisation came doubly hard after the successes of the blitzkrieg.

Old age has possibly made some Shanghai was the harbour-for-thou does not do manual labour, many un-NEUTRAL observers, for The morale of the civilian po- sands of Russians fleeing from the skilled Jews lock the possibility of eign military and naval pulation in Berlin may be sum new regime in their homeland. going to work. Meanwhile, Shang-

Since the anti-Semitic outburst in hal's business, curtailed by the Sing attaches in Berlin, as well med up in one sentence: They Europe reached its present intensity, Japanese war, offers little possibility as the German people at are generally uncagy,

home, wonder night and day Though they have not lost nearly 20,000 Jews, chiefly German of employment, and Austrian, have landed in Shang- And the fact the Jews are virtually har's Bund, and have made their forced by circumstances to live in why a blitzkrieg invasion confidence in ultimate victory, Hongkew under somo apprehension was not launched. in late they cannot understand why war homes here.

has not ended or why the force Historical records show that China of Japan, Germany's tripartite Ally;

also is of no help to their living con August or September of the Blitzkrieg through the once before-1,000 years ago...was a refuge for Jews. These ancient re- ditions. Many Jews are also handi- against England. With each Low Countries and France did cords indicate that Jewish refugees copped by

England. came to China probably soon after after many months of browbeating passing day our puzzlement not span the Channel and smash

a result of Babylonion in Europe, and most of them lock grew.

command of English, the universal business and professional language in Shanghal.

Forty feet below Government House has been constructed an

A.R.P. tunnel. In consequence of this work the Government House grounds have suffered a subsidence and the effect upon the Governor's residence has been devastating. The sub- sidence is continuing and at the present time there is scarcely n room unaffected. In some parts the walls have been split from top to bottom; the wall in one upstairs room has come apart and daylight now permeate through a two-inch crack; a water pipe in the gardens has been forced out of position and the stone steps leading down to the the lower levels of the grounds have been thrown out of alignment. From its appear- ance, Government House might well have been the victim of an carthquake.

The building is manifestly unsafe und it appears that His Excellency must seck elsewhere for an official

residence; this is hardly the happiest

form of welcome which could have been made to Sir Geoftry upon his return to the Colony. If expert technical opinion to agreed that the boring of the. A.R.P. tunnel beneath the house is the principal reason for the damage, the maiter calls for sirlet official investigation.

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It is now certain that 'Government House is beyond repair, and when normal times return to the Colony,

the question arising will be what to do with such a valuable site. The obvious alternative appear to be

either to build now Government

offices or to use it for the construc- lon, of our much needed city hall, museum and library. This, however,

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Asecutions.

Since Shanghai was probably the only place in the world where Jews were able to come without visas, this

0150

defeatist

psychology

In late August we Ameri-

Jewish circles in Shanghal acichow-can correspondents were THE general line of propaganda at the moment ia: "At the city soon became known to Jewish ledge that the United States, or pos- waiting from day to day for circles throughout the world as the sibly some Jewish colony established the war to move to its cul- proper time to be decided by the Mecca where freedom could be under a powerful democracy, in obtained.

Alaska, the Philippines or the Domi-mination of an invasion of Fuehrer himself, the attack against England will be started

that the date had been set thin prophecy or explanation has

However, when Jewish immigrants nican Republic constituted the chief Britain. We heard reports and victory will follow." This

to stream into Shanghai, they hope of most of the Jews in Shang-

hal, says United Press. started to settle in Hongkew, Shang- hal's Japanese-controled "Little Tokyo,

"where freedom was presum-

Early Jewish Pioneers for August 15, then Septem- not sold itself completely to the ably least guaranteed. Thus Hong- Before the onrush of German Jews ber 1, and then. September home front. kew, home of some 20,000 Jews, now in Shanghai, this city was already the 15. The German civilian German friends and acquaint- has its own "Ghetto," with Jewish home of many Jews from inany parts population had been told ances of mine living in Berlin

shops, cafes and industries.

of the world, with Russian Jews con-

The reason the Jews settled in stituting the largest numbers. In the that Britain was about to have been receiving letters from friends and relatives living in Hongkew is simple to explains: there, days of the European persecution, succumb to the Germanother parts of the Reich suggest- food, rent and clothing are far when relatively few Jews went to cheaper than in other parts of Shang Shanghal, these longtime residents power and might on the day ing and pleading that Berliners. hai where foreigners Eve. Some contributed much in putting the new that the Fuehrer chose to leave the capital and seek safety Jews estimate expenses there at 50 comers "on their fect."

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in the country. It was an in- However, Wy of per cent. less than at the Interna

with the rapid increase push the button.

'on - how teresting sidelight the French in numbers, many of them pauperised tional Settlement and Concession. Moreover, Jews found by German authorities, the support The German propaganda stories of bombed Berlin and in little infringement of their activities of the Jews became a financial pro-

Ministry scored heavy blows much more exaggerated form forthcoming from the Japanese,

have spread throughout the ed to deal with it. Soon outside help in telling the civilian popu- Reich, and what alarm they have was called on, and New York's Jew-lation that the evacuation caused.

Immigration Bar -

However, as the alream of Jewish immigration swelled into torrent

there were 15,000 by August 1930-

blem, and committees were establish-

Ish

Joint ca

committee began contribut- Ing the bulk of the support for from Dunkirk meant that The more the Nazi propaganda' Shanghal's Jewish immigrants. By

regulation adopted on Aug. 11, 1039 person a month,

the end of 1938, hundreds of Jews England could never hope to strayed from the military situa the Japanese decided it was line were subsisting mostly on the com- resume military operations tion into the name-calling, nose- to raise the bars. An Immigration mittee's allotment of U.S.$3.30 per that would directly affect thumbing stage, the less respect with the agreement of the Municipal By July, 1940, local committees Germany. Council and the French Concession were keeping 2,200 Jews in refugee Counel, provided that ull German camps, serving 8,143 meets daily with Jews, who were distinguished by the the cost per person varying from one Letter W on their passport, would Chinese dollar in the

to

be prohibited entry into Shanghai $1.30 in the Winter (roughly and THEN came the night unless they possessed $400 in United eight.cents, American, respectively).

Sunday, August 25.

and belief it commanded in public circles.

The people has been focused on one objective-the physical of conquest of the British Isles, Propaganda and reporting have been grooved to promiso that That may prove to be one when the Germana conquer Bri- . the Colony can only regret that such business, while others are establish of the decisive dates in world tain then they have won the This has its boomerang pos- a fate should overtake Government ng their own, although it is admitted history.

Heartening Shanghai commlitees, however, is the fact some of the re-

is all in the future; for the present fugees aro. finding places in private

some of the refugees are men-

House and to express sympathy tab to fit In normal society, Thờ

His Excellency that he should be

war.

. and physically unable ever For Hitler's Germany, it sibilities. For unless Britain is ls conquered, there will be placed in such a predicament at a was a day when the scales invaded, and soon, unless Britain time when the necessity of perarsaing overal community projects, such as began to slip from the eyes general belief that Germany has a central and accessible residence is a Jewish hospital and

of the people. That day lost the war.

greater than ever before,

well-equipped school.

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