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"Hongkong Daily Press". Oct. 3, 1939.
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HONGKONG, TUESDAY,
MYOBER 3, 1939.
TIME ON SIDE OF ALLIES: NAZIS WILL WASTE STRENGTH ATTACKING MAGINOT LINE: ECONOMIC THERE CAN ONLY BLOCKADE TAKES EFFECT
Russian Aid To Germany Must
Be Seriously Restricted
LONDON, Oct. 2 (Reuter) - At the beginning of the sec- ond month of the war, forecasts on future possibilities are united in emphasising that time is on the side of the allies and a waiting game is their best tactic, allowing the Germans to waste their strength in attacks on the Maginot Line while the economic blockade. takes effect.
IN THIS CONNEXION, COL. HESSE, OF THE GERMAN WAR ECONOMIC BUREAU, IS QUOÏED FROM THE GERMAN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION AS WARNING THAT RÚSSIA'S RAILWAYS, WITH A SMALLER MILEAGE THAN FRANCE OR GER- MANY IN A TERRITORY 30 TIMES AS GREAT, IS TOTALLY INADEQUATE EVEN FOR HOME NEEDS AND MUST SERIOUSLY RESTRICT RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC HELP” TO GERMANY.
The report that Gen. Gamelin, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces, is per- mitting newspaper correspondents to go to the front saying, "It is time to raise the curtain of silence," suggests that the allied position may be considered to be fairly satisfactory.
GERMAN AEROPLANES ARE APPEARING ON THE WESTERN FRONT IN INCREASING NUMBERS AND ARE FAR MORE NUMEROUS THAN THE ALLIES, BUT LOSSES AT LEAST, HAVE BEEN EVENLY DISTRIBUTED
Frequently British aviators, month ago, numbering now when outnumbered, succeed least 50 divisions. in escaping by feigning to have been shot down and righting themselves when out of range of pursuit.
Aviation critics discuss the new problems presented by heights attainable by modern machines which can all easily climb 20,000 feet, many 30,000 feet. It is not improbable that airmen soon will have to be provided with air prest sure cabins, as well as oxygen.
How aerial wartare will develop
RELATIVELY QUIET PARIS, Oct. * (Reuter)—A last night was relatively French comun unique says
that
quiet
and there were no raids or am- bushes in the different parts of the front.
French newspaper reporters zre now allowed to be "with the British Expeditionary
Forces,
any
They are not discusing vital information by giving the locality of British troop but are
the
is still mystery. Abyssinia, writing stories of the troops them- Spain and China afford Do selves. They comment on criterion for conflict between fine organization and cheerfulness Powers adequately matches both of the British soldiers. for offence and defence.
NAZI REINFORCEMENTS
A recent picture of M, Daladier, the French Prime Minister.
PARIE, Oct. 3 (Reuter) During JAPANESE BOMBER CIRCLES
the past four or five days Ger-
many has been quietly sending
reinforcements near the Siegfried OVER BRITISH TERRITORY:
Line, says the Moselle military
correspondent of the "Petit Parl BORDER SITUATION QUIET
slen,"
the
They have distributed to whole front 'but seem to affect the Rhine and Forest sector less than the line between the Rhine and Moselle.
The forces facing the French are probably double those of a
GERMAN TROOPS ENTER WARSAW BERLIN, Oct, 2 (Reuter)-A Ger- man High Command communique stated that German troops entered Warsaw yesterday and the occupa tion of the suburb of Praga, com- pleted.
ACCORING TO INFORMATION FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE A JAPANESE MONOPLANE, described as a single- engined bomber and coloured dark grey with black spots on the wing and a red band across the fuselage behind the cockpit, flew well into British territory yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock,
Two men were observed injbe using artillery.
This is con- the plane which circled twice firmed by the local military au- over British Shataukok and thorities.
the district and then flew in once over the Chinese area in
the direction of Im Tin.
The plane travelled at an altitude of about 400 feet.
Calm has been restored on the TRIUMPHANT ENTRY
border following the surprise gue- rilla attacks on the Japanese gar- COPENHAGEN, Oct, 2 (Reuter) — According to the Berlin corresponsons on Saturday night and the dent of the "Berlingske Tidende retaliatory bombing by Japanese
in the border territory. planes on Bunday of the villages
Police stations in the vicinity of the frontier as well as the mill situation was quiet yesterday, tary authorities report that the
Heur Hitler is expected to lead a triumphant entry into Warsaw on Tuesday,
The correspondent. now gives the date of the Reichstag meeting Thursday or Friday.
DIFFERENT PACT:
CONFLICTING ́REPORTS Several conflicting accounts of
Our informant estimated the total number of Chinese operating in the area at 10,000, He said that he understood from Chinese sources that a division of regulars had been sent into the Po On tres to clean it up' preparatory to a major - Chinese attempt to re- take the border territory. Simultaneous raids on the Jap- anese garrisons in the villages from Namtau to Shataukok were carried out by guerillas after, cat- ting off the Japanese lines of com- munication. The meagre garrisons Continued on Back Page
BE ONE END TO THE WAR
According to a British Wire- less message from London the "Manchester Guardian" says, "The People in this country are hardly likely to be m- pressed by this latest example. of Hitler's peace-making tech- niques The democracies know there can only be one end to the war on which they have. embarked and they are deter- mined to carry on relentlessly until victory is achieved.
"Hitler's eagerness for peace betrays indeed his own anxiety. If he were confident in the success of a lightning war against Britain and France. he would
not now, bé': inviting Mussolini's mediation?
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PARIS," Oct. 2 (Beater)-TWO French air pilots have boeil de- corated by the Franch Al Minister with the Military Cross.
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Group photograph taken outside the offices of the Chinese Telegraph. Administration you- terday on the occasion of the retirement from the post of manager of Col. Leang Shin-hang (seated in centre as marked). Col, Leung is returning to the front as Special Adviser to the 4th Route Ariny," (Photo: China, Studio).
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GENERALISSIMO DENOUNCES WANG: PERMANENT OUTCAST OF NATION: CONGRESS NOTHING BUT TRAITORS' GATHERING TO SELL COUNTRY
FINLAND AND LATVIA TO
One fighters and bla gréithe riddledpur
was surprised by enemy BE APPROACHED
with bullets which forced to dive LONDON, Oct 2 (Reuter)The down. When it neared the ground Home Radio quotes a MOSCOW It soared up again and shot down broadcast as saying that both Fin an enemy machine. When the land and Latvia will be approached French pilot landed there were 28 by Soviet Russia with the sugges- holes in the fuselage.
tion that they should conclude a The other pilot's machine was similar pact to Estonia heavily fred an by the enemy and he had to tump by parachute to j safety. To revenge for this, he vent up the rext day and brought down a German fighter.
PAN - AMERICAN AGREEMENT ·
sat
PANAMA, Oct. 2 (Reuter) The Pan American Conference again to-day and after prolonged meetings triroughout the day, il- most complete agreement has been reached concerning the Neutrality
Act:
It is believed that the proposal tó ber submarines from all Ameri- can ports will likely be amended
M. Sarajoglu, Turkish Foreign Minister, is expected in Bucharest on Wednesday on his retum four- ney from Moscow, mys Rauter,
CHUNGKING, Oct. 2 (Central) - During an interview. yesterday with a number of Chinese and foreign corres- pondents, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek clarified several points concerning Wang Ching-wel's convocation of the so-called sixth Party Congress in Shanghai and his efforts at forming a bogus regime under Japanese protection
Generalissimo Chiang said that Wang, by his amilation with Japan, has made hing self a permanent outcast of the, Chinese nation and people. His congress was noth- ing but a traitors' gathering for the purpose of selling their own country. By his move- ments, Wang has become the common enemy of the nation and forfeited all chances of being forgiven by the Party and of returning Gen. Chlang to its fold.
If there was a last vestige of conscience in him, Wang should immediately commit suicide to redeem himself in the eyes of his fellow countrymen, he said.
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Over 18,000 And Men
ARMED ENEMY RAIDER NOW
to permit each Republic to adopt OPERATING IN
its own measures.
S. ATLANTIC
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Japanese
Officers Killed In A Fortnight
CHUNGKING, Oct. 2 (Central) — An official release by the military authorities here to-day states that 18,216 Japanese officers and men were killed on all fronts during the second half of September. In addition, 3,289 officers and men were made captive.
The Chinese war spolls during the period included 231 horses, 638 rifles, 19 machine-guns, five field pieces, andTM 18,766 rounds of ammunition. LONDON, Oct. 2 (Reuter)—An DANISH PROTEST armed enemy raider le now operatese armoured cars and tanks were During the fortnight, Japan-
-The Danish Minister in Berlin states that the British steamer Cle- sink, and 58 kilometres of railways COPENHAGEN, Oct. 2 (Router)ing in South Atlantic, according to immobilized or destroyed, 60 armed as official announcement which launches and other vessels were has been instructed to protest in ments was attacked by an armed on the Japanese rear were torn by mediately against the sinking of enemy raider whose identity is not Chinese operations. the Vendla. í
yet known.
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A survivor revealed that the ship was sunk only three seconds after the submarine had fred warning shots and even before the Vendis, could possibly heave
to.
It is added that steps are being down by Chinese. infantry during Ode Japanese plane was brought taken to combat this menace,
The South African naval au-chines shot down during air bat
the half month." Japanese ma- thorities say that it is reportedles, or by anti-aircraft fire, were that an armed raider is operating not counted. off the east coast of South Africa.
Indian Rifleman Killed In Taipo Lorry Crash
ONE INDIAN SOLDIER LOST HIS LIFE AND ANOTHER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED when a military truck, occupied by a party of men of the Kumaon Rifles, went off the road near Taipo Market about 1.30p.m.
Statement Of Japanese Policy
dressing the Provincial Governors TOKYO, Oct. 2 (Router)-lin
conference here Admiral Nomana, A total number of 337 major and that Japan did not intend to be the new Foreign Minister, declared minor engagements were fought on involved in the European war but all fronts during the period under would concentrats all her efforts review.
on settlement of the China
Making this announcement, Admi Nomura said that he was
MR. CHAMBERLAIN alterating the Government's state- LONDON, Oct. 2 (Reuter) There ment of policy made on September is no indication, that Mr. Cham-
able to make a statement in the that there was no ground for berlain, Prime Minister; will be The Foreign Minister repeated. House of Commons to-day on the third Powers fearing the Japanese Russo-German Agreement. Hle "New Order in East Asia” would weekly review of the war will be wipe out their rights and interests made to-morrow.
in China but was of the opinion that more must be done in a con- crete manner to remove these apprehensions.
Admil
Sunday's fighting have been re- WARSHIP SHELLED yesterday. BERLIN, Oct. 2 (Redler)-Ac-ceiving in Hongkong, but from en- cording
to the
official News quiries made from reliable sources, KINHWA, Oct. 2. (Central)-A The truck, which was driven at the time by a member Agency, the Lithuanian Minister it appears that the attack was Japanese warship, camouflaged as of the 1st Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment, lett Whit- in Moscow has gone to Kaunas in carried out by Chinese regulars a merchantman, steaming near the field. Barracks, Kowloon, about 1 p.m., and was conveying
STATEMENT TO-DAY connexion with the Soviet offer whose numbers are estimated at mouth of the Ngoa Taver, in South & number of Kumson Riflemen to the frontier.
LONDON, Oct. 2 (Reuter)-In of friendly agreement with Lithu-about 5,000. supported by guerillaz Cheklang, near the Fukden border, The vehicle was going down a
According to a European who was shelled by Chinese shore slight incline when it met with truck One Indian was killed in-R Atlee, aid that he would the House of Commons to-day All the men were thrown off the . Chamberlain, replying to Mr. The Agency says that the agree- returned to Hongkong from Sha batteries last week The enemy the accident, and plunged several ment contemplated is not a mutual taukok yesterday the fighting in vessel replied tre but was forced feet into a Beld. It is believed stantly, while another was injured make statement regarding the assistance pact like that between that territory was on a very large to leave after a duel lasting about that the truck skidded owing to the seriously. The latter was rushed Russo-German, declaration Russia and Eathontal"
scale, and the Chinese appeared to 20 minutes, y
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