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Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 5 19

HITLER DELIVERS RAVING SPEECH: ATTACKS PREMIER: DISTORTS FACTS

THE FOLLOWING FULL REPORT OF HITLER'S SPEECH DELIVERED

TO THE REICHSTAG WAS RECEIVED IN HONGKONG THIS MORNING: Gallant Role by R.A.F.

LONDON, May 4 (Reuter). | After stating

reduced.

In Greece Evacuation

"Thus the peace of the Balkans, will 'they allow their lead to be tho German was broken."

Why Reich Kept Contact

The Future S version of the origin of the war,

Hitler paid tribule to the brave "I can only assure you that I look Hitler sald that a few weeks resistance offered by Groak soldiers, Inte the "future with perfect after its outbreak, the Polish with some faint hope of being able tranquillity and the greatest confd-

LONDON, May 4 (Renter) The great part played by the State, which had been reckless to contribute to a solution of ule pro- once. The German Reich and its | Allles, will present in military, not sovered relations with Greece. for the financial interests of

He was

however, in duty bound to pects a force which is superior to Greece is told by the Air Ministry news service. annihilated point out to the world that we would any warmongers, WAR

Thousands of men and women, it says, wore evacuated by and destroyed.

not passively allow a slow revival worldsible combination in

Concluding, Hitler said that looking the R.A.F. while British fighters, heavily outnumbered, guarded "Ir these clrcumstances, I consider of the old Saloniin scheme of the

up to the Almighty who guides the continuous stream of ships that went back and forth, ed I should make yet another appeal Great War

not human destiny, "Let us be particular-

enough to allow itself to be used [blem, Hitler continued, Germany economic and above all, moral ros Royal Air Force in the withdrawal of the Empire force from

to common sense and the conscience

t

inc

enough with the re-ly thankful that he has made it The order for withdrawal set the;

of those statesmen. On October 6, taken the sold, was

1930, 1, therefore, once more publicly sult

that the British began to

to possible for us to achieve those great. R.A.F. the biggest task of the

that Germany had neither establish bases for the formation of successes. We can only beg him not campaign, it says. Bombers, flying

demanded nor intended to demand a new Snionica army. They began to forsake our people in the future boats, captured enemy aircraft and Japanese France, and that it was madness to estab**** the necessary ground or this war but a

stated anything either from continue the war.

Britain or

by laying out aerodromes and as well. We will not only survive British fighters played an outstanding thousand years to part in getting Empire troops safely

and finally a continuous come.” "Just as the appeal on September stream of transports brought equip

1030, proved vain, this renewed inent for an army which, according appeal also met with almost indign-to Mr Churchill's idea, was to be ant rejection. The British war-landed in Greece in the course of a mongers and their Jewish capitalistic few weeks. backers could find no other explana- tion of this appeal which I made on humanitarian

•They

fcott,

grounds,

Italian Reversea

Matsuoka Makes A Suggestion

day and all night aircraft-of every type-bombers, flying boats, training machines and civil aircraft packed to capacity with human cargo now to safety and returned for more,

The R.A.F. has countless stories of gallantry to tell of the evacuation,

Ships Guarded

ing

Shipping

Hold-Up

Labour Shortage

than the The reverse suffered by the Italian, assumption of weakness on the part Army in North Africa, owing to cer- taln material inferiority in their of Germany.

In addition to thousands of men declared that on no account tanks and anti-tank guns, finally led

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" and women brought away by air, must such a peace be made until the Mr Churchill to believe that the time

thousands more were guarded as they

TOKYO, May 3 (Domel).—The German Reich was broken up and was ripe to transfer the theatre of

working day to 12 hours in view of the German people so defeated and war from Libya to Greece, convinced U. S. Visit To Japan made the journey in big and little lengthening of the present maximum

ships, reduced to such distress that they that he could now proceed to carry

which would ini would quene up beside the field out the coup

Personnel of no longer existing the shortage of inbour and in order TOKYO, May 4 (Reuter),-Dis- kitchens of their enemies begging for medintely set the Balkans aflame.

carding suggestions that he should British air forces in Greece scored to effect a speeding-up of the nation- industry, was jointly Thus did Churchill commit one of go to the United States, Mr Yosuko Perhaps the greatest triumph of six al chip the Commerce and Wel- the greatest strategie blunders of Matsuoka, Norway's Past

months of arduous campaigning, and proposed the Japanese Foreign

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time, the Norwegian this war. that

Minister. In an interview at Kyoto, though the R.A.F. suffered heavy fare Ministries at the Cabinet meet-

Friday. losses, the enemy suffered far greater. As soon as there could be no fur-asserted that it would be for more Government wan misled by the

Air Bases Lost

It is expected that the plan will be stubborn insistence of Churchill's ther doubt regarding Britain's intens appropriate for President Roosevelt

adopted after the Government confers When, owing to the enemy break-with shipbuilding leaders and Navy prophecies, and had already begun lotion to gain a foothold in the Balkans, or Mr Cordell Hull

come to Tokyo toy with the idea of a British landing Hitler said that he took steps to as- to learn about the conditions existing through on the left flank, the Army ofcials from May 7 to 18, at Tokyo,

commanders-decided to semble the necessary forces for the

withdraw to on their soil.

in the Orient. "It was thanks to Churchill's and purpose of counter-attacking any "I studied in America; I know new line, the R.A.F. Suntered the Nagoya, Osaka and Kukuoka, Boosting Birthrate Reynaud's

saud's tendencies to gossip that possible tricks. This section was not Americans and I can grasp the real severest blow of the campaign, They SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" the German

Government gained directed against Greece and Mus-situation now existing in the United were forced back to two or three

odd temporary TOKYO, May 3 (Domel).For the but I doubt whether President bases only and the against the Reich und the German place a single German division at his

Ministry's There was no doubt that the disposal for the purpose,

start, All the new aerodromes which familles, the Welfare true situation in the Far East. British design or

or. Norway was.

the Mussolini was convinced, and he

had been built were lost or were too Social Insurance Bureau is planning believe that Japanese-American most serious threat to Germany, vas of the same opinion, that with problems could be more easily solve close to the enemy lines to be used. the grant of 20 yea as a bonus for "Immediately after the fallure of the advent of good weather, theby President Roosevelt or Mr Hull The enemy hammered at the few each birth in addition to 30 yen to there plans, Increased

was struggle against Greece would be visiting Japan than by my going to remaining bases continuously so that cover confinement expenses. pressure

Health ins

insurance benefits are vast- it became Impossible to obtain exerted by British war-mongers on brought to a speedy and successful the United Sintes,” he said,

the Ministry's placements of Belgium and Holland. The aim was

conclusion.

aircraft. Nevertheless, ly increased under to advance the front to the Rhine,

the available planes took off at all plan which boosts the number thus threatening to paralyse German

times and inflicted great damage on those eligible from the present 650,-

to 1,000,000 the enemy forces iron and steel production centres?

salary carners by in- Six Months' Campaign cluding all earning below Yen 150

instead of the former Yen 100, Details of the campaign before Another important feature is the Germany invaded Greece show that wiping out of time limits for accident at the end of six months of arduous and sickness benents. The new mea- fighting against Italy, R.A.F. bombers

knowledge of the plans being made) solini did not even request him out or Mr Hull can grasp the lending grounds they used at the encouragement of bigger and better

people.

Greatest Battle

"On May 1, 1940, the enemy efforts were broken up in a few days and the stage was set for operations which culminated in the greatest battle of annihilation in the history of the world.

Why Nazi Troops Were There

• The

concentration

Gerinan of forces, there, was not made for the purposé of assisting the Italians against Greece but as a precautionary measure against a British attempt to strengthen themselves secretly in the Balkans,

the

Hitler then elaborated upon "On July 10, 1940, I convened the efforis he had made to establisà

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LONDON'S HOMELESS BUREAU

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of

had carried out more than 300 raida sures consequently will allow pay- ments to continue until full recovery and nearly 300 enemy aircraft were has been made, regardless of the confirmed as destroyed in the air be-length of time required. The Bureau

German Reichstag and again seized friendly relations with Yugo-Slavin The Homeless Bureau in Baysides the huge total of aircraft stated that the Bill will be sent to the opportunity of urging the world is an endeavour to prevent her be-ley Street, off Bedford Square, damaged in the air and on the the Diet following further improve- to make peace. I made It perfectly coming involved in a Balkan war. London, which started in October ground.

could Turkey's leaders. In preserving her

clear, however,, in the light of past He praised the practical attitude of with ten addresses, has now col-

After attacking "Jewish democratic independence and carrying out her lected nearly 100,000.

experiences, that such hope

he small."

only ha

own resolution,

to

People are writing from as far

sm," Hitler continued: "Euro- After repeating facts in relation

succeeded once again

capitalism, American war-mongers the adherence of Yugo-Slavia to the away as Canada to inquire about?

pean

and

in befogging Three Power Pact, Hitler sald that the sound commonsense of the masses on March 25, 1941, he left Vienna Even my warung against the might truly happy because he believed that Lombing

of evilion population was at the last moment German inter- interprated as a sign of German imvention in the Balkans might become potence. Again and again I uttered superfluous when "I heard of the warnings against this specific type of coup which caused Churchill to utter aerial warfare.

his joyous words that at last he had something good to report.

Assurances Disregarded "My assurance that from the given moment every one of Churchill's bombs would be returned if necessary a hundredfold failed to induce this man to consider even for an instant the criminal nature of his actions."

Hiller reiterated Germany's deter- mination to retallate for British raids

Deprived of Nationality

relatives.. A rancher who read of heavy bombing in the district: where his mother used to live,

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" sought news about her. He got

VICHY, May, 4 (UP)—By a decree reply by return, giving her issued to-day, Marshal Petain has deprived Eve Curie, Henry Bernstein evacuated address in Devon.

The quick reply was made possible and 27 others of their French citizen.

and confiscated their by the system of centralisation. As ship,

Properties 300 as evacuees arrive in a recep in the first application of the law tion area from counties in the South-empowering Marshal Petain to with- East, the local authority sends the draw the nationality of French citl new address at once to the Homeless zens abroad who by acts, speeches or writings seek to impede Petain's Bureau.

The Bureau was started by the national revolution or pursue a volley

lable to harm French nationals. Hitler described in detail the main London Council for Social Service. plan of the campaign against Yugo

Order To Attack Serba ~"I-at-once-gavo-orders-to-attack Yugo-Slavia because it was impos- sible for anyone to treat the German Reich this way."

оп Germany if necessary with 100 Slavia and Greece in co-operation Major Baseball bombs for every British one dropped with the Italian Army after a gen-

until

Coll. to Mr Churchill's stale-

stcured

the British nation gets rid of eral agreement had been

both with Italy and Hungary.

"He said that Mr Churchill had al- ment to Parliament last Thursday, leged that the Greek campaign had. Hitler declared that it could only be cost Germany 75,000 lives which were described as "symptomatic of a more than double the losses of the paralytic disease or the ravings of whole western campaign. a drunkard."

Balkan Theatre

The number of Englishmen. New, Zealanders and

Detroit

Trounce

Y. Yankees Australians taken N.

He then accused Mr Churchill of prisoner exceeds 0.000 officers and planning to transform the Balkans men, he declared, adding that the into a theatre of war as early as the booty cannot even be approximately winter of 1939-40. The sudden estimated at present. collapse, we witnessed in May and June last year caused these plans to

be temporarily

abandoned.

By

Booty Taken

The shore of booty due to the Ger man forces, according to present

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Veteran Airmen To Train Malayans

{ments in its contents,

Soviet Ships For

China Seas

CHUNGKING, May 5 (Central News) Nine Soviet steamers will soon ship articles of dally necessity

from Vladivostok to Shanghai, and a Soviet shipping company will also be organised to undertake shipping in China Sea, including the trans- the portation of rice and coal to Shanghai, says a Shanghai report.

Price of rice, coal and other com- modities in the port city are expected to drop considerably, if the Soviet shipping project is realised.

How Teddy Joyce

Found Fame

Teddy Joyce, the donce band leader, who collapsed in Glasgow re- cently after performing with his band, died later.

It was stated that he was suffering from spinal fever.

They will be taught by experienced jumped into fame as a conductor. aghter pilots-shy young Britishers For four years as a young man he who not so very long ago were earned £276 a week personal salary, hurling their Splitres and Hur- After working in Hollywood he ricanes at hordes of the German went to England and formed his own Luftwaffe raiding London.

orchestra.

Malayan pilots who gained their certificates in Malayan flying clubs and upon the outbreak of war joined the Royal Air Force in Singapore, are to be sent to a fighter squadron He was a Canadian, and his real now stationed in Malaya, which is name was Edmund John Cuthbert- speedy Brewster son. He was originally an eccentric NEW YORK, May 4 (UP)-equipped with Outstanding victory in the Major Buffalo fighters, to be trained as dancer, but in the hands of Louis K. Baseball Leagues to-day was the fighter pilots.

Sidney, to whom he owed his career, 10-1 victory of the Detroit Tigers over the New York Yankees in the American circuli. Complete scores were:

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Battery: Breuer, Peck, Dickey.

10 10 I scheme."

Battery: Nowsom, Sullivan. ment.

17 14 3 Philadelphia Hitler then what he described

For the operations in the southeast, Battery: Beckman, Ferril, Wagner.

11 "brief outline of Germany's 31 full and two half divisions were Chicago

Battery: Hallett, Groves, Haynes, Tresh, policy in the Balkans" in which he set apart, of which two infantry and Dickey. said that the Reich never puans Alpine divisions, six tank divisions, Washington territorial or other selfish political

three full and two half mechanised Battery: Masterson, Anderson, Zuber, interests in the Balkans. On the divisions of the army and armed Ferrell, Evans,

always en- S.S. contrary, the Relch had deavoured to build up and strengthen troops took part in the actual Dattery: Smith, Brown. Hemsley,

fighting.

The losses to the German close economic ties with these states,

autumn last year. Churchill began to estimates, amounts to 500,000 rifles. tackle this problem once again.

of machine-guns, "Meantime, however, certain dif-many thousands ficulties had arisen a result of anti-aircraft weapons, trench

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Political scherping out of England's quantities of ammunition and urge

equip- Detroit

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Cleveland

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Battery: Grube, Peacock. Battery: R. Harris, Kramer, Newlin,

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Hongkong's Big Part In Supplying Empire Ships

Hongkong's two big shipbuilding yards are working hand in hand with other shipbuilders in the Empire to supply cargo vessels army

for the merchant fleet, The Reich was only interested in and air force as well as 5.5. troops in

Both the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd and the one thing. If indeed there was any this campaign were the "smallest we wi NATIONAL LEAGUE question of political interest, namely, have ever suffered so far,""

Talkoo Dockyard are building handy cargo carriers up to 5,000 in seeing that internally her business Italy had more than earned any Cincinnati

Battery: Thompson, Riddell, Hutchings tons. The former last year built not only the hull of a fast partner was established on a sound territorial and political influence she want

modern cargo boat, but also her main propelling engines, the and healthy basis.

had obtained by the very great sacri- Philadelphla

Battery: Hughes, Warton.

largest marine power unit which has come out of this part of Greece and Rumania fices In blood she had made since

the world. "-tery: M. Cooper, Shaun, Hitler referred to the British October last year for the future of St Louis...

Cooper. guarantees to Rumania and Greece the Axis.

Boston

1 D A India, ancient builder of ships, of shipbuilding is shown by the and said that Rumanta had to pay

Hint To America

flattery: Salvo, Sullivan, Berres,

is preparing to launch vessels orders to the value of £250,000 for bitterly for the guarantee which was Referring presumably to the United puisburgh

marine propelling engines and Battery: Heintzelman, Lopez.

equal to the best of the West. enlculated to estrange her from the States, Hitler continued: "When to- Axis

powers.

day the democratic agitators of a

Battery: Hamlin, Swift, Grissom, Owen. Although South Africa has no real auxiliary machinery recently placed

in Queensland. Greece, who least of all required ountry, to which the German people chicago

8 shipbuilding Industry, Durban's well- this guarantee, was also prepared to have never done any harm and whose "Battery: French, Erickson, Halfenster equipped repairing yard and dry

Canada's Role Mooty, Presnall, Passeau, McCul-dock are most valuable to-day when to British persuasion to link utement shut the German peopo

with that of a country intended to do so is nothing but an New York

shipping goes round the Cape instead ·Canáda - has

more than her King with cash absurd lie, are threatening to choke

of through Sucz

doubled tho. 4,000 skilled workers and "and_orders.

the National Socialist people

In the last 18 months, Australia employed before the war in her 40 "Even to-day, I feel that I must state which have become irksome to

has greatly extended her shipbuild shipbuilding and repairing establish- distinguish between the Greek people them, by the force of their capitalls-

Ing resources. A now shipyard, em mente. Contracts for 18 merchant and that thin top layer of corrupt the system and their material produe

ploying 2,000 men, is being eslab vessels, each of 0,300 tons carrying Leaders who wero inspired by a king tion, then there can only be one ans-

Ished at Whyalla, South Australia, capacity, have just been placed in who,

was subservient to Britain and wer. The German people will never Thousands of women in Britain to build ships of up to 12,000 tons. Quebec, Montreal and Vancouver. had no eye for the duty of true again experience a year such as 1010 who depend on the skull of chemists The famous Cockatoo Island yard

It is expected that in about a year's leadership.

but will rise to still higher achieve to keep their golden tresses golden can bulid four ships at one Ume, As a result of violations of neu-ments in all branches of national are Going "blacked out by the while Mort's Dock, Sydney, can turn time the first of them will be sent trality in the Inte summer of 1940, resistine will profess more fanatical-saainsi luxury articles.

Government's restrictive

orders out two large and several small down the ways, Italy felt called upon to makâ' promot

vessels simultaneously Bath Port These ships from the Empire, to-

Empire posals, to the Greek Government and ly than ever the axiom Neither forto

*** Hairdressers are forecasting a re- Adelaide and Williamstown, ith gather, with the reservoir of new ton- important demand guarantees that would tend of arms nor time will over make us solution in hairdressing styles also experience of building ships in the noge in U.S.A., are an to put an end to conditions which yield, let alone break up. They because of the great hairpin shortage, last war, till possess expert labour, addition, increasing month by month, Italy could no longer tolerate. The will therefore, maintain superiority They predict a return to the shingle kahe equipment of the Common to the growing expansion of Britain's request was refused.

Cena of armament and in no circumstances or page boy boby get his unanwealth to handle the engineering skiej own war-time fleet of merchantmen.

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