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EXPLAINS
PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT HAS
BEEN MEET
IN VAIN: "WE MUST CHALLENGE:
WEB
CAN ONLY DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR US"
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LONDON, SEPT, 3 (REUTER) →→→ BROADCASTING TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE, KING GEORGE VI SAID: "IN THIS GRAVE HOUR, PERHAPS THE MOST FATEFUL IN OUR HISTORY, I SEND TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD. OF MY PEOPLE, BOTH AT HOME AND OVERSEAS, THIS MESSAGE SPOKEN WITH THE SAME DEPTH OF FEELING FOR EACH ONE OF YOU AS IF I WERE ABLE TO CROSS YOUR THRES- HOLD AND SPEAK TO YOU MYSELF.
"For the second time in the lives of most of us we are at war. Over and over again, we have tried to find a peaceful way out of the differences between ourselves and those who are now our enemies, but this has been in vain.
"We have been forced into a conflict for which we have been called, with our allies, to meet the challenge of a principle, which, if it were to prevail, would be fatal to any civilised order in the world.
‘ALL I HAVE
WORKED FOR
IS SMASHED
IN RUINS"
PREMIER
悲
"It is the principle which
permits a State, in the selfish
pursuit of power, to disre- CHURCHILL
gard its treaties and solemn
pledges, and which sanctions
the use of force, or threat of
HEADS
force, against the sovereign independence of other States. ADMIRALTY
"Such a principle, stripped of all
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disguise, is surely the mere primi- "LONDON, Sept. 3 (Reuter)-The tive doctrine that might is right, new British war-time Cabinet has and, if this principle is established just been announced. throughout the world,, the freedom Mr. Winston Churchill becomes LONDON, Sept. 3 (Reuter) of our own country and the whole First Lord of the Adiniralty (the "All I have worked for and British Commonwealth of Nations post he held in the last War). hoped for has been smashed would be in danger.
Sir Samuel Hoare. Home Secre-
"This is the ultimate issue confronting 123.
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All other principal offices are unchanged.
in ruins. There is only one "But far more than this, the peo-tary, becomes Lord Privy Seal. thing left for me with my full ples of the world would be kept strength and power to form the bondage of rear and all Lord Bankey. (Secretary to the ward our cause...
hopes of settled peace, and of last war-time Cabinet and to all "I hope that I may live to security of justice, and the liberty successive Cabinets up to last Fear) becomes Minister without see the day when Herr Hitler of any nation would be ended.
portfolio. and his Government are des- troyed and so restore liberty of Europe," declared the selves hold dear and of our world's Prime Minister, Mr. Neville order and peace it is unthinkable Chamberlain, In the course of that we should refuse to meet the his statement in the House of challenge. It is to this high_pur- Commons, when he announ- pose that I now call my people at ced that Britain is now at war home and my peoples across the with Germany.
stas who will make our cause their own.
Mr. Chamberlain stated that the instructions to the British Ambassador in Berlin. Sir Nevile Henderson, was Your final note." As no such received undertaking. ""wäs from the German Govern- ment this country is now at
WET.
The Prime Minister fur- ther stated that the French
"For the sake of all that we our-
"I ask them to stand calm. firm and united in this time of The task will be hard trial.
and there may be dark days ahead and war can no longer be confined to battlefields; but we can only do the right as we see the right and rever. ently commit our God."
canse
to
Government's demarche pre TURKEY IS
sented in Berlin was the same as that of the British Govern- ment with the same time. limit.
Mr. Chamberlain said:— "When I spoke last night I
FAITHFUL
TO ALLIES
could not but be aware that ISTANBUL, Sept. 2 (Reuter)- there were doubts and bewil- The Cabinet met for two hours last
night, according to a 'telegram |
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STORY OF LONDON'S FIRST "AIR RAID" IS TOLD
LONDON, Sept. 3 (Reuter)-Obeying the instruc- tions of the Government, the population of London scampered to shelter upon hearing the first air raid warning at 11.30 am, this morning. Mr. Chamberlain had just;
By His Excellency Sir Geoffry Alexan- der Stafford Northcote, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of anished informing the nation Hong Kong and its Dependencies, and Vice - Admiral of the same.
CHEERS
over the radio that we are
Impatience gave way to cheering. now at war with Germany at Whitehall that the moment of when the news came to the crowds. when the walling of strens decisive action had come and BI- indicated to all within hear-tain was at, was with Nazi aggres-
themselves
I, the said Sir Geoffry Alexander Stafing that they should protect slon. ford Northcote, being satisfied thereof by proaching enemy aircraft.
from the ap- information received by me, do hereby pro- claim that war has broken out between His Majesty and Germany.
As Big Ben slowly struck the hour of 11. a wave of expectancy "Streets and offices emptied with passed over the silent crowd and.
anxiously remarkable rapidity but with the people
graned their
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria, Hong Kong, this 3rd day of September, 1939
minimum of bustle or excitement necks toward No. 10 Downing
Indeed,
Renter's correspondent Street and eagerly questioned each took a taxi from Charing Cross other as what the Prime Minister
through the Strand in bilssful would say.
ignorance that anything unusual A motor car radio in the For was happening until his arrival sign Office, Square told the crowd... at the once. The taxi driver did the news is had been waiting to not think it worth while even to hear-that war was inevitable; mention the alarm,
RELIEF
Published by His Excellency's Command. Meanwhile, the big Reuter staff on duty had been marshalled with R. A. C. NORTH,
clockwork-like regularity by mem- Immediately, the whole attitude bers of their A.R.P. staff to the of the crowd changed. The experi Colonial Secretary. shelter of the big underground cant silent save place to cheering
GOD SAVE THE KING.
LOYALTY OF HK CHINESE
Immediately on the ADDŊUNİCO.... ment of the war between › Great Britain) and Germany, the Hon. Sir Robert Kotewall called on His Excellency the Governor on behalf jof himself and his colleagues, Hon. |Mr. T. N. Chau, Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo and Hon. Mr. Li The-fong, to reiterate their pledge of, loyal, support and their readiness to render any assistance not' only' in the maintenance of peace and order, but also in assisting the de- tence of the Colony.
ssed b
His Excellency expressed his deep appreciation of this renewed expression of loyalty from the Chinese community, of which hẹ had never any doubt.
"
He asked Sir Robert to thank bia colleagues and the Chinese, com- munity.
|CHINA WAR:
shelters,
and a wave of relief that the bat-
There was no sign on the un-tle had at last been joined. derground railways that anything The crowds broke through from out of the ordinary was afoot, al- Whitehall and packed Downing: though, as was recalled later, the Street from side to side, the police train lights were extinguished at preserving only a small clear space About the time that the warning around No. 10 Staëlz
Outside the Houses of Parliament, however, carried on as usual. every pavement
LAMMA CHANNELS given The trains themselves.
OSED TO ALL
SHIPPING
In exercise of the powers conferred on him by sec. 37 of the Defence Regulations, 1930, Bis Excellency the GOT- ernor,. Str Geoffry Northcote, la * Government Gazette Extra-ordinary published yes- terday, ordered that as from 4 am. G. M. T. 1(12 noon ̧ Hongkong time) on Tuesday Sept. 5. passage through the East and West Laima. Chan- nels is prohibited to all ships.
Ships other than river steamers "entering or departing from Hongkong Harbour shall use the Lyemun Pass. River steamers may use the Western entrance by way of the Kay Shul Mun Par
the air at noon Jaakas, the House ( the King and fugin-pore- assembled to hear Mr. Chamber”) in their private recu lain deliver the announcement that had spent the morning qu he had broadcast earlier,
EMPIRE AIR MAIL SUSPENDED
LONDON, Sept. (Reuter)-The Postmas- ter-General, Major G. C. Tryon, announced to-day that arrange- ments whereby all first class mail would be for- warded by air for Em- pire destinations from England and for Egypt and Irak has been sus- pended...
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EMPIRE SCHEME. Correspondence for any coun- tries hitherto served, under the
CANTON-KOWLOON RAILWAY Empire air mall scheme can still
be forwarded by air mail if the
it
Aggression SCENE OF HEAVY FIGHTING sender destres in which case is
derment in some quarters as from Ankara,
LONDON, Sept. 2. (Reuter)-The to whether there was hesita~!
Marshal Fevzi Chakmak, Chief Dominions Secretary, Sir Thomas tion and vacillation in the of the General Staff, was present. Inskip, received the Dominion re- Government. “
A BITTER BLOW The Prime Minister said, "I have to tell you now that no such date ment has been received and that consequently this country is at war with Germany,”
His listeners could imagine what a bitter blów that was to his efforts for peace. Yet he still felt that if there was aný» thing that could have been done he would have done it.
"They had tried to arrive at a peaceful settlement, but Herr Hitler would not have it He had made up his mind to attack Poland, whatever happened.
He had stated that he had, mada certain proposals. Those had not been received by either Britain or Poland."
Britain ⠀ had a clear con- science. Now that war-bad started sho la resolved to finish -
It
must be fully prepaid at the rate: of 13. 3d, per, half ounce. The rate for postcards is 7d.
The air mail läbel must be at- tached.
11.15 am. they listened to Prime Minister's broadcast.
Outside the Palace there was only a handful of people, grouped, with serious faces around one or two motor cars whose owners. had: turned on their radios.h and
When Mr. Chamberlain lett.. Downing Street to go to the House of Commons, the chauffeur placed hi gas mask and steel hemmet t the car.
“I WILL GO TO
THE FRONT”
HITLER
BERLIN, Sept. 3 (Reuter)-A the end of a proclamation to the German nation, Herr Hitler said, "I myself this very day will go to the front."
Jean Laborde Returns To Hongkong
From Our Own Correspondet SHAKWAN, Sept. 3.--Heavy fighting is in progress at Cha- shan and Nansha, on the Canton-Kowloon Hallway, south of Sheklung, between the Fence Preservation Corps, under Gen.
The French Hner Jean Laborde, Later, President Ismet Ineonu representatives and is keeping them Li Han-yun, Chairman of the Kwangiang Provincial Govern- Approximate times of transmis- | which left Hongkong for Shang- ceived the British Ambassador who in touch with the latest develop
ment,, and Japanese troops. Guerillas are assisting in-the alon cannot be quoted, "
hal on "Friday, evening, returned reported that he had received an ments.
attack assurance that Turkey will remain
with Sheklung and Tungkuan as the objectives.
There will be two services weekly to port this afternoon at 8 pm. A message from Wellington states
When nearing - Shanghai, the falihful to the Peace Front and that the acting Prime Minister of have reached the northem sectors no time to take off to intercept United Kingdom and Sydney and Captain of the ship moved or
Vanguard of the Chinese troops swiftly that enemy fighters had in each direction between the at the side of Britain and France.
New Zealand, Mr. Fraser, declared of Pao The 'Ambassador
An county, hence the the Chinese riders. bas com-
taat New Zealand concurs entirely Japanese forces in Shumchun and municated, this message to the
with Britain's attitude. The Gov- Bias Bay are withdrawing to some King
SIRE VICTOR SASSOON HERE
Enemy On Defensive
one a week in each direction beders to return to Hongkong and tween the United Kingdom and immediately turned round.
a Kimura
ernment ofices were besieged with distance, possibly by troopship It On the Canton-Hankow Rai./ Durban and the United Kingdom was at 5 pm, on Saturday
volunteers för services.
2,000 Homeless
seems that the enemy in Pao Anway. Chinese troops are attack- The Australian Cabinet will meet county is trying to avoid contact Hsinchien about 40 miles north of Canton. There are no in Melbourne during the week-with the Chinese forces.”
serious attempts to push down to Canton, but the threat is intend- Bir Victor Bassoon, accompanied end and Parliament at Canberra on Wednesday, Mr. R. G. Menzies, by his secretary, Mr. A. Arkwright,
Chinese troops operating in the ed to prevent the Nipponese from Prime Minister,
inviting 19 arrived in the Colony on the Pan Opposition leaders to a conference Kowloon Hallway succeeded in lung and Tungkuan. At the same southern section of the Canton-sending, reinforcements to Shel- American Airways China Clipper on Monday, it is believed, to dis- from Honolulu yesterday after-
cur their participation in the noon.
FARMERS SHOT BY JAPANESE ON BORDER
The "Japanese-shot to death driving of the Japanese from Pao time, Chinese forces north of the about 15 Chinese farmers at the The well known financier who National Government. He declared Club, about 25 miles north of New East River are shelling Theng-border near Lown about midnight
Territories. Before they retreated, cheng. has been vacationing in Hawall that there was unity in the Empire the enemy burat over three nu
is hurrying back to his offices in ranks. "One King," one nag, odred houses among the villages Shanghai and plans to leave cause. We stand with Great Bri-
Hongkong shortly for the north. Other than favourable.com inent on his trip via the Clipper across the Pacific Bir Victor had
At such a time the assurances of little to remark about the Euro- support she had received from the pean äituation other than that Empire were a source of profound the news was most distressing. encouragement The Government
had made all its plans for carry-
ing
on the work of the nation and
tamrs."
STATE OF WAR
IN AUSTRALIA.
CANBERRA, Sept. 3 (Reuter)
near the railway. Over 2,000 home- less males have now joined the guerillas to swear revenge on the] Japanese.
The Chinese, Air Force is BUD-
Japan Stays Neutral
porting the Chinese troops fight-|----
on Saturday for
There were a number of Hong- kong passengers aboard, including some Germans,
S TENSION ON BOARD
On the journey back there was a distinct atmosphere of tension and the lights of the ship, were dimmed. Some of the passengera appeared to be in a nervous state.
The Jean Laborde, on the way. back, passed the Empress.-" of
It is learned that a party of Japan, one of the President line about 25 farmers were driving boats, and a Dutch vessel all head- their water-buffaloes to the hum- ing for Shanghai chun River with the Intention of crossing into Hongkong territory
under cover of darkness Soviet Envoy
The Japanese sentries at Shum chunheard the cries of the
ing the Japanese along the Can- SHANGHAI, Sept. 3 (Reuter)- animals and immediately turned ton-Howloon Railway On Sept. 1. It is learned from reliable sources ont to search. They located the
A stata of war declared in the over fifteen Chinele warplazies that the Japanese Clovernment has farmers and opened are; and Ell" Commonwealth of Australia soon bombed the aerodromes in Canton given an assurance to the British ed the majority, call on its peague to do their part, vall concluded the Prime Minis after Mr. Chamberlain's statement despite heavy ground Are. The Government of Japan's neurality The Oring caused some constar Be
in the House of Commons,
vigorous, raid" was carried out so in the present Furopeas certain that right will pre. ter
nation to villagers in the vicinity.
In Berlin