THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 13, 1940
RAIDERS STILL ACTIVE
SUFFOLK, NORFOLK AND THAMES VISITED
London, To-day.
GERMAN AIRCRAFT AGAIN raided the East Coast Anti-aircraft guns and fighter yesterday. 'planes went into action in Suffolk, Norfolk, Yorkshire and the Thames Estuary area. In all cases, the raiders were driven off and no bombs were dropped.
As in the case of Thursday's raids, no air-raid warn-
DEFENCE BILL APPROVED
Washington, To-day.
The House of Representatives by an overwhelming majority and without a roll-call, yestër- day passed the Emergency De- fence Appropriation Bill,
The Bill has now gone to the Senate.-Reuter.
|U.S. POLICY IN
AID TO FINLAND
LEADERS DISCUSS METHODS
Washington, To-day. President Roosevelt stated at yesterday's press confer- ence that he had asked Con- gress leaders of both parties to work out the problem of
R.A.F. RAID giving assistance to Finland.
ings were sounded and many people watched the RANTUM
bursting puffs of the anti-aircraft shells with interest.
night, the
re-
On Thursday-Friday R.A.F. carried out a successful connaissance flight over western and north-western Germany. The Air Ministry communique states that
GERMAN
R.A.F. patrols visited Nazi seaplane LECTURER
bases in the Hellgoland Bight.
This is probably the flight referred to in a German communique which states that British 'planes raided and bombed a German island but "caused no damage."
During Thursday's Nazi raids on shipping in the North Sea, a small vessel, the Keynes, was bombed and sunk. All the crew have now been landed safely.-Reuter. *** The Keynes was a vessel 1,706 tons built at
of
New-
castle in 1915, and owned by Stephen- Com-
and Associated son Clarke panies, of London. She was about 260 feet long.
NEW HKVDC OFFICERS
has
Goldman
to
WAS SPY
BAY
He added that the Russian attack on Finland and the need of maintaining Finnish independence should not be a party matter in the United States,
In the meantime the President said he had no idea of what specific stops would be taken.-Reuter.
Loan To Sweden Too?
Washington, To-day. There have been informal discus-
sions regarding a United States loan
to Sweden, on the lines of those made to Finland and Norway, Mr. Jesse
London, To-day. During the latest R.Á.F. patrols over German sea- plane bases in the North Sea one pilot observed a row of lights in Rantum Jones, President of the Reconstruction Bay, which were doubt-Finance Corporation, told his less a path of flares to known here, was exposed to guide German minelay- day as a master intriguer ing aircraft. whose activities "appeared to Six bombs were dropped and the come within the category of espionage."
New York, Dec. 29. Dr. Colin Ross, a German
author and lecturer well
The Martin Dies Committee Investi- gating un-American activities, who make the allegations, recommend that he should be prevented from ever set- ting foot on American soil again.
The committee's report states that Ross
drove about the United States in a special Mercedes car equip- ped with motion-picture cameras and photograph several attempted to specialised industrial plants.
He is said to have been a German
His Excellency the Governor been pleased to approve the follow- ing promotion in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps.
Sergeant Lawrence be Second Lieutenant.
Second Lieutenant Kenneth Myer Arthur Barnett to be Lieutenant.
Battery Quartermaster Sergeant Ross was last in the United States George Stainburn Wilby to be Se-in the spring. Later he left for Japan. cond Lieutenant.
Battery Quartermaster Sergeant Henry Stephen Jones to be Second Lieutenant.
Bombardier Sidney John Burt to be Second Lieutenant.
George
COPPER COIN EXPORTS PROHIBITED
The following Order is gazetted:— I, Eric William Hamilton, by virtue of the powers vested in me under the Defence Regulations, 1989, with the consent of His Excellency the Gov- ernor, hereby PROHIBIT THE EX- PORT OF COPPER COINS of all kinds, except by licence under my hand, or under the hand of an officer of my department on my behalf.
spy during the last war, and high Government officials here have issued secret orders regarding his recent af- fairs.
The report alleges that many of his speaking engagements were arranged by Nazi consular officials, and that he spoke for the German-American Bund.
ed.
lights were immediately extinguish-
The German ground defences fired and many searchlights worked in co-operation with the guns.
One bomber was momentarily held by a cluster of searchlights over Bylt, but all our aircraft re- turned safely.
press
No specific amount had been men- tioned, he said.
conference yesterday.
Mr. Jones added that the United States would certainly be glad to help all the Scandinavian countries finan- cially, and saw no reason why a loan should not be made to Sweden.
Reuter.
cover an equivalent distance of the Ireland. to Atlantic crossing from Newfoundland-1,700 miles.
In addition to the security patrols, several aircraft flew over Hamburg, Frankfurt, Bremen and the Ruhr dis- trict, obtaining much useful informa- patrols tion.-Reuter.
OVER HAMBURG Between them, every two aircraft which go on the security
H-K. PROHIBITS CERTAIN IMPORTS FROM MACAO
Referring to photographs he took of SURREPTITIOUS IMPORTATIONS of German
American social life, the report states: "There is indisputable proof that Ross doctored the pictures so that they did not depict the facts, but were vile distortions with the view of showing America in the worst possible light.”
NAZI DIPLOMAT AND U.S. MECHANIC
Peter who
in the dispute between Herr
A further development has occurred Riedel, the well-known glider, is an Assistant Air Attache at the German Embassy in. Washington, and an American mechanic named- Werner.
goods into Hong Kong from Macao, goods taken from Hong Kong shortly before the outbreak of war to evade seizure, had a sequel to-day when an Order was issued prohibiting the importation of certain merchandise from Macao:
The Order reads:
out-
Whereas shortly before the
Provided that this prohibition shall break of the present European war not apply where a camera is brought large quantities of merchandise of into the Colony from Macao by a per- enemy origin, manufacture or owner- son who has after the 3rd day of Sep- ship were removed to Macao from tember, 1839,, taken such camera from Hong Kong to escape liquidation un-Hong Kong to Macao for his personal der the Allen Enemies (Winding Up) use and who can-produce the certificate Ordinance, 1914:
Fof, or can otherwise satisfy, the Super- And whereas there is reason for intendent of Imports and Exports that believing that attempts will be made such camera had d so been taken by him Herr Karl Resenberg, First Secre-by devious ways to re-import such to Macao.
MERCHANDISE ABOVE tary at the German Embassy, stated: merchandise into Hong Kong for
REFERRED TO "We do not consider the affair a per- the purpose of sale thereby conter-
Aniline dyes and dyes of every other sonal one, but an issue between the ring benefits on an enemy: " His Excellency...the Governor has German and American Governments." "And whereas the merchandise of description and paint of every des- made the following appointments in On armistice day Werner objected the descriptions, set out hereunder is cription; the Hong Kong Naval
to the diplomat's car being parked considered to be solely of enemy ori- Force:-
with one wheel on his flower-bed. gin, manufacture or ownership and Instead of letting the matter rest, was not consigned to Maçao-accord- Herr Riedel called the police, who ing to the normal custom of trade constructional, steel bars; summoned. Werner to court. Werner, Now in exercise of the powers con-
SHANGHAILANDERS
IN H.K.N.V.F.
Volunteer
To be Acting Sub-Lieutenants, with effect from 20th December, 1939.
Alfred Brim Palmer,
Cedil Jesse Austen ray Esquire. Francis Roynon Latime
Raymon
Anthony
Duncan
Beattie,
Esquire.
| his wife and two daughters were pre-terred by Section 3 of the Importa-
| sent, but Herr Bledel failed to appear, tion
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The
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Drugs, medicines and chemicals * every description
Toilet requisites
Photographia
ment, Exportation Ordinance, 1915, and
not in Council makes the
following pro
have passed tony
ort into the
merchandise
set out.
of
cloth, glass and
pparatus and equip and surgical apparatus
description:
and equipment
ellery