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POLAND is looking ahead to the day when she can play her part In 3 reconstruction Europe based on the ideas of justice and freedom, ns opposed to the "new order" of Hitlerism.

This was the message, given by Poland's President, M. Racz- kiewicz, at Edinburgh Univer- sity recently when he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.

Was

In a brief, outime of Poland's his- tory before she

partitioned between Germany, Russia, and Aus- tru-Hungary, be told how she had always been a unifying fores ir Eastern Europe, linking up with and at times protecting her smäller neigh- bour States.

At one Hime even the Prusslans aimed at union with Poland "fo free themselves from the Teutonic yoke,"

"Geographical situation and history Tavoureil voluntary unions of fic nations ritunted between Russin and Germany," saldi M. Raczłowicz.

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"The course of the present again, after many bitter experiences, confrms the expediency of unch ucions."

FEVER

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 29 1941

By Ernie Bushmiller

DROP VOTES HERE

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CAPTURED-Four mon died-a policeman, a guard and two convicts, when the two men above made a dramatic shooting and escape from Sing Sing Prison, N. Y. were free seven hours, when blood-hounds trailed them and they surrendored.

loft: Joseph Riordan and Charles McGale, at Ossining Police Headquarters.

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YELLOW Drury Lane Is Strangest CARRIER Theatre In World To-day

After months of scientific re- search in South America, the Rockefeller Foundation recently reported what was considered important progress in the fight on yellow fever.

BRITAIN HAS NO REGRETS

Daphne du Maurier, author of "Rebecca," broadcast to Canada and Amerlen recently on the spirit of Britain.

The occasion was the Ameri- ean and Canadian publication of her latest book, "Come Wind, Come Weather."

With Miss du Maurier at the microphone was Tom Osborne, a bombed-out grocer from East Ham. und one of the characters in "Come Wind, Come Weather."

Britons don't banker after the things that are gone, sald Miss du Muurier. In spile of suffering and separation, the spirit of everybody in Britain is that the past is closed for ever, and they look to the future.

Royalties from "Come Wind, Come Weather," in Canada and Britain, will go to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's dependents,

DARING RESCUE IN AFRICA

Further details of the daring rescue of a British pilot from an enemy aerodrome by a colleague flying a single-seater fighter have been made known recent ly by the Air Ministry.

The incident occurred after Dirednwa aerodrome. Abyssinia. had been attacked by a South African squadron, which de- The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, is the strangest theatre in the world to-day.stroyed at least. 10 Italian No play has been performed there since just before the war. The theatre is now the planes, headquarters of ENSA, the organisation which has sent 53,000 shows to entertain the forces.

But the hustle and bustle and the telephones and temporary Raymond B. Fosdick. presi- offices in every spare corner have not destroyed the unique at- dent of the Foundation, said mosphere of "The Lane." In one room, called "Theatre Control," that institute scientists had thirty columns of cards on the wall show the movement of shows come_to_the_tentative_conclusion for nine weeks ahead-rexues_in_blue._plays_in_green,-hands-in- that yellow fever was primarily | yellow, and so on.

a disease of jungle animals, But this bare, yellow-dis- transmitted to human beings by tempered mosquitoes.

The animals, bitten by the mos quitoes, do not entry the virus for

more than a few days, but it is then transmitted to other

mosquitoes, which harbour it for the reminder of their lives,

New Specics

The Foundation has also dis covered two new mosquito species that carry yellow fever, lu addi- tion to the identilled Aedes aegypti. The new species are known as the sabethlue and the harmagogus. Dr Fosdick reported, too, that the Foundation had prepared more than 1,000,000 doses of yellow fever vaccine for the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, the US. Army and the U.S. Public Health Service.

room

Garrick's dressing room, and Edmund Kean's and Macready's arch Irving's, and every leading male uctor's at Drury Lane for the last 270 years.

Next door is "adies' dressing room." This is the Green Rock, where the actors met and talked with their friends, where bad-tem- pered Charles Mocklin, the first man to play Shylock as a serious charac- ter, killed his brother actor, Hallam, in dispute acut a wig-for which he was severely censured and sus- pended for three months.

Garrick's Mirror

On the wall is a big mirror in. a dingy git frame, in which Garrick used to take a last look at himself before going on the stage.

GERMANS TRY FOG SCREENS

WHAT CAUSES

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Sir Robert B. Greig, speaking recently at Stirling Rotary Club. said that unless we succeeded in gelting over the difficulties of geographical boundaries, were bound to have another war in 20 or 25 years time.

So long as geographical boun- Messages reaching New York duries existed, when each little from neutral sources in Berlin or large nation desired to main- say that German armedtain its prestige, desired to manczuvres recently involving make itself wealthy at the ex- extensive use of new types of pense of its neighbour, and had smoke screens developed in the backing of science, we were laboratories of the Reich De-bound

to have continual fence council.

anarchy.

"Selence will run away from us altogether, and we shall destroy civi- ation unless there is a contralling power,

and the first controlling power chouk be that of the prevention of war, because without peace we can not to make use of the enormous potential wealth which science offers

" he said. Lt." The larger particles fall farther

"Therefore. than the smuller. It is thus possible Federal Union which has an over

unless we have A The great auditorium is halt to control the depth of the shielding riding government over and above curlained off to hide the effects of cloud by varying the sizes. a bomb which fell a few months ago.

national sovereignties, I do not see Coloured Smoke A young girl, one of dozens who

how we can prevent war." "ome for auditions in the hope of is in the form of pellets which may than a mere matter of Government Another type, these reports state, Federal Union was a a bigger thing joining ENSA shows, was singing to also be dropped from planes. They machinery, and if adopted by peace-

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One form is said to be a grey sundy material, with particles of In another little room now: labelled differing sizes stored in air- Publicity Office.", mid occupied by tight containers. It

be W. Macqueen Pupe, whose family strewn from planes and de- have been connected with Drury velops a heavy screen on contact Lane since 1740, every leading lady with the oxygen in the air. from Sarah Siddons to Mary Clare hus dressed.

II. has sat.

the Duke of Cumberland's despatches that the Young Pretender hnd been benter at Culloden Moor,

Royal Room An Office The royal room behind the box in now an office. From it are control- led the munition factory entertain- ments,

The box-office is the contracts department, and tho fanious Rotunda, where

Georgo III. clouted his son, later George IV., In front of the assembled com-

Dany, is a reheamat room.

Krey variety,

civilisation on the right ines.

FLORAL SHAVING

The rescued pilot, a D.F.C, captain. said: "I was forced to land and was Just going to set fire to my machine when I noticed another plot of my Aight Aring at enemy troops to keep ihem

away from NIE. I never dreamed he would land. for anti- aircraft guns were firing at him con- -tinuously

DUTCH TRICK ON GERMANS

A Dutch professor said his countrymen launched two sub- marines after the Germans invaded Holland and this happened: One, carrying a Dutch crew and a few German officers, kept right. on going at its launching until it reached England; The second! carried a German crew to its death.

The story of the submarines, | aald Dr Peter de Bruyn, 81, of Leiden, Holland, was typical; of the way the Dutch were resist ing the German occupation.

Dr de Bruyn, who is now America with his wife and two chil- dren, said the first submarine was nearly completed at n Rotterdam shipyard when the Germans Invaded the country.

The Germans told the shipyards

ALASKA HIGHWAY SCHEME

Assurances of British Colum; to co-operate in

to continue their work, he said, add- bia's desire ing that when the vessel was com-

picted the Germans put aboard a constructing an 1800-mile high- Dutch crew and a few Nazl officers. way linking the United States The sub kept right on going at and Alaska were given by Pre- the launching, to England," he said.

"Our grapevine in Holland told us mier T. D. Pattullo of British that the sub arrived safely."

Executed Workers

anished a few months later, the Ger

When the second submarine was

mans put an all-German erew aboard, he said, and declared:

the bottom."

Columbia to the Alaska Inter. national Highway Commission recently,

The highway would be used to transport supplies to U. S. "This submarine went down-to military bases in Alaska.

The Commission, of which The

Germans were reported by Representative Magnusson, De- him to be so incensed that they mocrat, Washington, is chair. arrested 00 engineers and shipman, went into a closed session workers and executed 18.

to discuss possible routes and Dr de Bruyn is to teach neurology ways of financing the project, at the University of Chicago.

Bomber Fund Gets Boost

which would cost an estimated $25,000,000.

After both, governments have ugreed on the, route and financing, a treaty would be drawn.

Members of the Commission suld twu general routes were under con- sideration. Each would extend to Fairbanks, Alaska, from the high-

The War Fund inaugurated by the way that now' terminates at Fort St South China Morning Post, Ltd. and James, B.C. One route would in- bonularly known as the Banber Fund, passed the two million dollar mark quite clude Atlin and White Horse. An- easily yesterday, when the Hongkong and other would run through Finlay and Shanghal Banking Corporation sent a Dawson. second donation of the magnificent sum of $100,000. In addition, the Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company donated $25,000, and Sir Vändeleur and Lady Grayburn (a second contribution) Rent a cheque for $10,000. Within nim- ber of other donations, some of them sent in commemoration of the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck, the total reached yesterday was $2,110,581.05, as follows:

Hongkong and Sisanglant Bank-

Ing Corporntion (second dona- tlor).......... $100,000 Talkoo Dackyard and Engineer- Ing Co., of Hongkong. Limit-

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Mr & Mrs C. M. Hall (second

donation) .............. Sit Vandeleur and Lady Gray. G. C. W. (seventh donation). Cathy Ceramics (Hongkong) Another Prybro Board per Bill

Bogley (fourth donation! Anonymous

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Company, 2nd Battalion, The Royal (eighth donation)

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M. E. P. 9. (nkth donation)..

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young Bismarck)

The Central Trading Co., lid, "Von Tirpitz next, plense Kowloon Women's Sewing Party

•Hourth donation) Anonymous, Haiphong Sale of words and music

"There'll Always be an England:"

Co.. Tsang Fook Plano

per Miss Alleen Woods Lane, Crawford, Ltd., Per Mr J. G. Meyer One Copy .............

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BIGGEST BOMBER

The largest and most powerful bombing 'plane in the world, which; has just been completed at a United Statca factory, is shortly to begin a trans-Atlantic test flight.

It is the 82-ton Douglas B 19 which is capable of operating across the Atlantic with a load of 18 tons of explosives.

The craft has accommodation for a crew of ten, has a cruising speed of 180 miles per hour, and could carry 125 men with equipment.

Canadian Wheat For China

A Toronto newspaper has an- 14.40 nounced that arrangements are under way to give the Chinese people 15,000 tons-about half a million bushels of Canadian

EUGENICS LEAGUE "When I saw he had landed I ran as fast as I could and ellimbed

The Hongkong Eugenies League grate fully acknowledges the following sub- en the plane, clinging to his shoul- seriptions and donations thus far receive wheat, ders as he taxied along, with theed following the annual, meeting at Bie Italiana firing at us all the ilme. Eventually we made a pretty good Honorary Treasurer wishes to announce such a suggestion, officials of take-off."

now in progress, and that new subscrip- the Dominion departments con- will be gratefully cerned are not very hopeful that

All the rescuer would say was:

Gloucester

Hotel, May 6, 11. The

that the financial trive for 1941-42 13

tions and donations welcomed.

While entirely sympathetic to

"It wasn't very comfortable with two p. Lee, $27: Dr P. S. Selwyn-Clarke, 325:

Mr Lawrence Kadoorle, $50; Mr J. 1. such a gift can be delivered.

There are two obvious obstacles in of us in the cockpit."

Professor Gordon King, $25; De and Mra

Stockings Go Gay In America

E. W. Kirk. $23: Mr W. T. Stanton, $25; } the way-lack of ships

the Pacific

De J. Lanchester, 820; Dr Li Sliu-Xan, $20; and activity of the Jupanese Navy. Dr and Mrs Li Shu pul, 800; Misa A. M

The Chinese war relief committee Davies, $12: Dr S. Y. Cheng, $10; Mr and Mrs G. A Goodban, $10; Dr T. J. Hua. was credited with having the scheme $10: Mra H. Kennedy-Skipton. $10; Mr I in lund E. Lanepart. $10: Mr Fung Koug-un. $10: Dr and Mrs J. H. Montgo it. Y. Cheng. $10; Mr Ngan Shing-kwan $10; Dr

$5; Mrs J. Giftens, $5; Mrs F. W. Kendal). $5; D. Daphne Chun, 15; Mir Von Kobza- Hagy, 55; Dr, K. T. Ko. 83; Mr George She. 15: Mr V. R. Aferret. 35; Mr and Mra Walter Wong. 33; Mr A. Vago. 35 Dr and Mrs K. C. Yeo, 35; Mr D, 6. Silver, $3; Miss Eden B. He, $2; Mrs 8. K. Yes, $2, Dr I. Frommer, $2, Dr A. IL, Darwell. 52; Miss Mai Chien-iseng. $2; Miss A. 1. Young. $2: Mrs Lum Taai- yan, $2; Anonymous. 3; Anonymous, 12; Dr T.. P. Wu, $10.

Money can be sent to the Hon. Treą-

Tau Wet Road, Kowloon,

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SALVATION ARMY

A NEW stocking fashion is sweeping America. Women by the thousand

are wearing coloured peasant stockings. Aurer, Hongkong Eugenies League, 200 Ma They are smartness.

the list word in

and are made in two varieties gratefully

The stockings are full length

sportswear and the one of wool for country and sheer lisle for more dressy occu- other of

sions.

The colours are vivid and gay.

Salvation Army Headquarters acknowledge receipt of the following donations, which have · boen, credited" to the Annual Appeal for 1941: Previously acknowledged, $6,511; Mr A F. Wood, $12; Miss R. Rumjahn, $2. Total to date. 38,325.

Found Expense Too Great

The liste are made, in such shades na lemon yellow, deep lavender, gloves. They are worn for dancing Uright pink and have matching

and can be made by home knitters to blend with their dresses.

Many of the wool stockings are made in an open lacy pattern which allows the stocking to fit the leg like An officer who appeared at a "glove." This eliminates the bulki-court-martial at the Duke of ners of the old-fashioned wool stuck- Ing.

MUGS ARE BACK Flanders General

Nobody would have believed it possible, but the time has come to drag grandfather's shaving mug from among dust and cobwebs in the altic and whisk it down to the barber shop.

Barbers in London report told business of shaving. Since the

Said Freed

Officer's Letter

York's Headquarters recently was said to have stated in a letter given to his commanding officer: "The mode of living in the company has been far too expensive for one who has to rely entirely on his army pay na a lieutenant."

The offleer, Lieut William O'Reilly-

was alleged to liave applied a cheque for. £35... received for the Improst fund to his own use:

Count de Brinon, Vichy's represen- tative in Paris, is reported to have stated that Gen. Prioux, who com The tong Regency bar is partition- | ghaving boom beeguse of a lost war I don't suppose I've doue manded the 2717 Army Corps and Patey, of the London Irish Rides,] ed off into a long row of once shortage of razor blades. Old more than 20 shaven a day on the "The Last Mile" they call it now.

was a prisoner in Germany, has been The pinils, bar, wrecked by the time initialled shaving mugs are

released on parole by the German nosecap of the bomb, has been done appearing on shelves.

authorities. up.. Now it is the home of ENSA wielding electric razors have ave brought back the rigs they rearguard netion, made desperate He was doing to pay the men of the

Girls

In evidence he said he had no Gen. Prioux's army, tropped in my oldest customers Flanders, after fighting a "gallant | intention of defrauding to fund, broadensis. The staff bar is the airheen recruited to help meet the kept in my abop 25 years ago," said efforts to mated way through at from a legacy, but payment of the

self de about 50 in a morning." uverane. Now my assistant and my

"Three of

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raid shelter:

The room where Sheridan wrote rush. "The School for Scandal" is now,

another. "They say they can not be Camel. 20 miles south of Dunklek: leuney had been held up because ha "I've put out my harker's pole bothered, to hunt for blades, and On May 30 the dormats claimed to had gone bankrupt some years ago, with its blitzed ceiling, ENSA'S the centuries-old bulge of my trade," come in every morning for once have captured the general and hi The court's findings were ; to: be board roomi

sold one barber. "I'm back at the over

staff

made known later.

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