HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
NETHERLANDS
GOVERNMENT
SWOOP ON NAZIS
AWARDS FOR
UNDERMINED COUNTRY'S WEST FRONT
EFFECTIVE NEUTRALITY
ACTION
"LONDON, May 4 (BWS)-The immediate award of the Military
"THE HAGUE, May 4 (Reuter) - Twenty-one leading Medal to a French agent de Haison Dutch Nazls were arrested during the night, including Dr. Rost van Tonningen, editor of the Nazi paper, Het Nation-serving with the Cheshire Regiment ale Dagblad, and a member of the First Chamber of Par- is announced by the British
llament.
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OPERATIONS IN
NORWAY
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craft guns, because the advance parties, after landing successfully, were subjected to very severe at tacks from the air.
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doubts on the honesty of the
G. H. Q.
The recipient. Sgt. George Announcing this in'a radio address this morning, the Lecointe, was in charge of a post Premier, Jonkheer de Greer, emphasised the arrests were manned by detachments of French made because of the men's conduct and not because of and Bri-ish troops when the enemy their political opinions. The arrests were made under rigorously attacked
the sector. martrial law, which is now in force, and on the ground of During the violent bombardment, danger to order and safety,
Lecointe, although wounded, con- tinued in command." giving good, Jonkheer de Greer said the clear orders to the men and set- Dutch Nazis had brought ting a fine example of courage.
ANOTHER AWARD country's neutrality and un- dermined the effectiveness of ambush is told in the announce- The story of a successful British that neutrality.
ment of the award of the Military Though their number was small Cross to Captain Mark Fisher. they had to be rendered harmless, Commanding a patrol of the War- and he was sure the "step would wickshire Regiment Fisher, pene- have the approval of the entire trated nearly a mile into the nation.
German Iines where he lay in It was not uncommon during a ambush for a probable enemy ap- Anti-aircraft guns, in whatever tral country to show
war, he said, for citizens of a neu-proach. When the enemy patrol quantities. "would probably have pathy for one belligerent than an-short range and, one German sub- more sym-appeared. I was engaged at very been inadequate to the task of other, but the difference in the pre-altern being killed, ran away after beating of these attacks and the 'sent case was that the citizens in returning are, leaving valuable supreme lesson, which emerges question showed no from the experience of the Allied patriotic feeling.
spark of detalls for identiscation in British troops round Trondheim, is that
hands. The Premier reiterated the deter- with the support of fighter planes. mination to maintain strict neu- operating from an airbase in Nor- trallty and defend the country's way, the force sent would have independence against attack from been adequate not only to its any quarter. The army's readiness original tasks but to whatever was additional demanda early German country's security.
the best guarantee for the
successes necessitated.
INADEQUATE
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FOLDED ARMS
Allied troops had most valuable support from the R.A.F. long-range The arrests follow the recent fighters and from the Fleet Air statement, attributed by an Ameri- Arm-support which" Is. generously can radio announcer, to Anton acknowledged by the military, au- Mussert, leader of the Dutch Nazis, thorities-not one Aghter squadron that in the event of Holland being based nearby would have made all invaded. the Dutch Nazis would not the difference between success and fight for their Queen but would sit
with folded arms."
fallure,
Lack of the right kind of support
The alleged statement caused in from the air, which it was not tense Indignation throughout Hel- possible provide in time, made in land and the Socialist leader in evitable the withdrawal of troops Parliament had given notice of a from round Trondheim carried out question to the Prime Minister ask-
GERMAN RAID
ON WESTERN
FRONT FAILS PARIS, May 4 (Reuter)-Yes- terday's French war communique says that there was fairly brisk artillery activity by both sides in the region of Moselle and Biles.
Last night the enemy attempt- ed an important raid in the region of the Saar on a wide front. This attempt "falled under fire of artillery and automatic weapons and the enemy retired in disor-
der.
CZECH AIR FORCE DEPOT
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so skilfully this week. The Im-ing what the Government proposed PARIS, May 5 (Reuter)-A Cze- portance of Narvik in the scheme to do.
BRITISH INTERESTS IN MEXICO
of expedition was due, in part, to the fact that it could provide e centre from which the Allies could operate less menaced by intensive aerial bombardment such as was to be expected, and was met with, LONDON, May 4 (BWS)-Arran- further south. Successful landingsgements. have now been made for north and nuth of Trondheim the Dutch authorities to look after found early justification in draw- British interests in Mexico. ing off the enemy and in bringing the needed moral support to the Norwegian forces.
NAMSOS FORCE
choslovak air force depot WAS set up at a French air base today.
when the Czech flag was hoisted.
CABLES
Mr. Ho Kom-tong, OBE, photographed with Mr. George She at the May Day Fair held at St. John's Hall, Bonham Road, on Saturday morning. The Fair was opened by Mrs. Ho Kom-tong, Report on Page 9.
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Roeros Reoccupied Norwegian Volunteers, Germans Driven South
STOCKHOLM, May 4 (Reuter)-According to informa- tlon received here, stated to be confirmed by several re- liable sources, the small Norwegian volunteer force which re-occupied Roeros on Tuesday has now driven back the Germans to Tynset, 28 miles to the south. It is reported that the Germans withdrew after fighting at Os and along the railway.
Major Rodd, commander of the Norwegians to the sec- tor, told a correspondent: "Whatever happens, I am deter- mined to defend the Roeros sector to prevent the Germans approaching the frontier."
The correspondent, who wit- in their primary object of ovel- nessed fighting only this throwing the Norwegian Govern-
morning, states that the Germent
MONDAY, MAY 6, 1940. -PAGE MR. ATTLEE SPEAKS ON NORWAY WITHDRAWAL
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Democracy Compared With Dictatorship
LONDON, May 4 (British Wireless) Mr. Clement Attlee, Leader of the Labour Opposition, speaking at Ipswich today, sald that events of the week in Norway had inevitably," caused a good deal of anxiety. It must be acknowledged that the Allies at present had been unable to prevent southern Nor- way from passing into the hands of Hitler, he said, that was set back.
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In the House of Commons next week the matter would be. discussed fully. It would be the duty of the Government .satisfy the nation that everything possible was done. The fact that the government must render an account of their ac- tions to representatives of the people, he hald, marked the difference between Democracy and Dictatorship. "Hitler has lost the greater part of the German fleet, and very many German lives, in his un- provoked attack on & peaceful neutral country, but there is no one in Germany who can call him to account."
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ALLIES LET
TIME SLIP
Criticism By U.S. Press
The fate of Denmark and Nor- way ought to bring home everyone the issues at stake in this contest, continued Mr. Attlee. The Allies were ghting to make a world in which small, peaceful peoples would be able to live their "NEW YORK, May 5 (Reuter)- lives in security free from the The British withdrawal frots menace of attack from predatory southern Norway generally has an neighbours. The Labour Party unfavourable reception in tha had always realised this could not American provincial press and the be achieved in an anarchic world. British Government and Ma. The Opposition Leader. went on Chamberlain himself are severely to draw an analogy between the criticised. position of small states in a world The Baltimore Sun, for instance, of armed anarchy and that of the declares "From the beginning the individual in a society nor-Government appeared to ing be- ganised for protection of thehind the popular will in the atti- weak.
tude towards the war for every de He claimed that it had been the lay, every fallure and every loss object of the Labour movement, there had been a plausible ex
The Washington Post sayu-, the Allies let time-sly through their fingers,
mans have only rifles and That Government is still in be- hand grenades, of which they x and Norway will continue to from its inception, to build up col-planation." are not making very good use be associated with the Alles. The lective security for ordinary men
tactical withdrawal will be redeem- The Germans greater losses than the Nor-led cause.
are having
ed by the final triumph of the Al- wegians.
GRIM DETERMINATION MORE GERMAN TROOPS
PARIS, May 4 (Reuter)The STOCKHOLM. May 5 (Reuter) newspapers deal frankly with the The transport of German troops lessor of the Norwegian campaign. by sea and air to Norway continues There is no deep pessimism, but with unabated intensity. sccording rather a grim determination for to the Gothenburg correspondent the future. of the Allehanda.
The correspondent adds: "Many German vessels have been observ ed daily of Steemstad crowded with troops when going north- wards and returning empty."
Violent and prolonged gunfire
CABLE NEWS was heard yesterday off Lysekil
IN BRIEF
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LONDON, May 5 (Reuter)-The Since diplomatic relations be-Berlin press reports that the Ger tween Britain and Mexico were man motor-car ndustry has been severed in 1938, the Danish Lega-ordered to stop the manufacture tion had taken charge of British of passenger cats except for ex- interests. The Nazi invasion of port and has been told to con- Denmark. has necessitated the centrate on lorries "for wai pur- change.
poses,
In order to conserve petrol, passenger cars still in use are to be further restricted."
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The Namsos force, under the command of Brigadier Phillips, in- cluded men from the 49th Division and their landing was unopposed. They pressed on towards Trodd- heim. It was, as will be remem- bered, while the British troops were
LONDON, May 5 (Reuter)-Br-. pressing forward on the northern day evening and was extinguished tish fighter planes on Saturday coast of the fjord that the enemy before the arrival of the Fire Bri-night went up to engage Naz! made use of mobility afforded them gade.
by the presence of German ships
in the neighbourhood and deliver-
A chimney fire occurred in a house in Cochrane Street yester-
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which were raiders
presumably looking for shipping. Gunfire was heard and watchers on lend saw
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ed a flank attack. For a time the what was turned into an unpro- bursts of fire over the sea. British were in a very bad position fitable commitment in the south, but they extricated themselves, and the Command of the North Wes-
PARIS, May 5 (Renter)-German reformed even though some of the tert: Expeditionary Force is in troops carried out advance troops been cut off.
Я rald on a The landing at Aandalsnes, some vigorously, in co-operation with the early on Saturday morning.
better position to push forward French post in the Biles sector 200 miles further south, was car
usual artillery preparation but Norwegian Command, with the The raid was preceeded by the detalls are not yet available of the result,
the
ried out under slightly more diff-scheme of operations more securely cult conditions, but Brigadier Mor based. It may be confidently as gan, who was in command, carried sumed the Allied military authori- through
operation despite enemy bombing. It is now known the intention of the British and BRUSSELS, May 5 (Reuter) - It' ties in Norway are fully aware of Brigadier Morgan was immediately faced with a difficult problem. He the effort they have promised to gian mail boat service between French Governments not to abate was announced here that the Bel- received an urgent call from the make in support of Hitler's latest Ostend and Folkestone will be dis Norwegians for help a considerably long way down Gudbransdal
Victims.
continued as from Tuesday.
NO WAITING
Without "waiting for reinforce- ments, Brigadier Morgan, respond- ed, and in a very short time had pressed forward to Lillehammer. His action is fully endorsed since It was the essential object of the. expedition to bring aid to the Nor- wegian forces in their resistance to Nazt aggression.
ITALIAN CLAIM OF INVULNERABILITY
ROME, May 5 (Reuter) The newspaper Tevere tabu- lates the following reasons why it considers Italy invulner-
General Paget. followed with a able in the case of war! French contingent and the German advance was held
up. Several
Firstly, the Adriatic is a closed sea because Italy holds
enemy tanks were destroyed but both sides;
the event at the base, which was
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Secondly, 121 submarines, form a continuous chain being formed at Aandalsnes, made from the Ligurian coast to the Strait of Otranto; it too dimcult to maintain supplies
Thirdly, the Tyrrhenian Sea is surrounded by great
and evacuation was ordered.
Persistent bombings were alded airports;
by shortening the nights and the Fourthly, the imposing fleet consisting of big battle- landing of further troops and sup-ships, 33 cruisers, 118 destroyers and 62 torpedo boats plies became too bazardous to war-operating between the Ionian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea. rant farther atttempts... Namsos,
too came in for severe attacks
from the air and some supplies and
munitions were blown up.
From the military point of view.
ITALY SAYS "NOT YET"
mind. because he ridicated that e Government efforts had been made plain in his talk with the Italian Ambassador."
the withdrawal from round Trond~ | WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuter) He déclined to say if he had helm is regarded by good judges as-Although President Roosevelt received
assurances from the by no means at all to the disadvan-did not name any specific
area Italian Ambassador bearing out tage of the Allies though it is not when he spoke abou; American reports that Bignor Mussolini had disputed that politically it cannot efforts to prevent the war spread told the American "Ambassador but be an occasion for some tem Ing. it is assumed in Washington that "Italy has no intention of porary loss of prestige. Freed from that he had the Mediterranean in going to war at present.”
Leon Blum, writing in Populaire, says: There is anxiety, and right- ly too, about the repercussions which events in Norway may have tomorrow⚫en the European nen- tráls.
"If, however, the neutrals draw the true lesson from then it will not be Hitler who will benefit.".
NAZI CLAIMS LONDON, May 5 (Reuter---The Berlin News Agency claims that in
MEN FOUGHT addition to sinking a British bat- tleship, a heavy cruiser received VALIANTLY direct hits by bombs and sank
OESTERSUND, May 5 (Reuter) after thirty minutes. A heavyThe ordeal of British Terri- bomb exploded close to the bows torfals who held of another cruiser, sending parts front must have
the Steinkjer been internal, of the ship sky high..
writes "Reuter's special correspon- dent.
A destroyer was hit by "a medium-sized bomb and developed a list and can be regarded as a total loss. Another destroyer re- ceived serious damage.
A transport of 12,000 tons - was. hit amidship and sank. A cruiser off Narvik was damaged in the bows by two hits and some of her guns were put out of action.
A fire started in another cruiser, arid a transport received a direct It is also claimed that since the start of the Norwegian campaign, 23 British submarines have been sunk
BRITISH ADMIT THREE SUBMARINES: LOST LONDON, May 5 (Renter)— The Admiralty have announc- ed the loss of three sub- marines hitherto in Norway. There is no confirmation of any other claims...
Well-informed quarters here re- gard "the claims as fantastic in character. to which the public la fast becoming accustomed.
NAMSOS EMBARKATION LONDON, May 4 (Reuter)--Inu. formation from Norrdli giving de-
week fighting conditions,
were
They spent a under unbelievable doundering waist deep in Know with hands 50 cold they
their hardly capable of holding rifles, and subjected to merciless machine-gun fire from German
whenever they planes
emerged
valiantly," de Wiart V.C..
trom cover.
"My men fought General Car:on told Reuter."
"They slept during the night in the snow without the slightest cover until they were finally burned out of Steinkjer."
The correspondent adds
that low-dying planes dropped hundreds of incendiary bombs
until the whole of Steinkjer was a roaring terno and it was impossible for human beings to hold out any longer."
The morale of the troops was excellent throughout.
ALLIED FLEET
and women.
that
PROTECTING THE WEAK The Trade Union Friendly So- the British Government knew of
"Mr. Chamberlain insists ciety and the Co-operative Society Germany's plan to invade Norway were all forms of collective debefore it occurred but being forT- greater security. The political La-being forearmed: "says the paper. fence designed to
bring about warned apparently did not mean legislative action, to protect those bour movement had sought, by
unable to protect themselves. Children, the sick and the aged had all received some degree of help from the Society.
ONLY A LOCAL FAILURE
LONDON, "Max S (Reuter)
comment on the
Allied
These things were good but More they "were not enough, said Mr.withdrawal continues to arrive Attlee. The Red Cross was a fine from abroad. institution. but it did not relieve
In Paris, the "Journal des De the necessity of abolishing war bats" says: "This local failure Unemployment benent was a great does not compromise the future advance but it did not abolish in any way." unemployment,
He declared in conclusion that the Labour Party in its foreign polley stood for get- ting rid of the causes of war, and in its Home policy for getting rid of the causes of poverty.
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In Belgium, the Labour organ "Le Peuple" says:-"The balange sheet of operations tirely "favourable. to Germany."
not
exi-
On Saturday nigh, the Spanish radio made a kindly reference to Mr. Chamberlain's hard and clear reality.
Chinese Gaining Ground
On The Anhwei Front
CHUNGKING, May. Ï (Central)—The Chinese counter-offen- sive in south Anhwei has gained tangible resulla, according to reports received here.
Nanling. Sihochen. Sanlitien. Lingrangchen and Yang tienkeng have reverted to Chinese control. The Chinese are swooping down on Fanehang where the Japanese from Naåling.
have retired.
UNIFORMS IN READINESS?
In south Honan the Japanese have launched a“ three-column northward drive. Their left wing has suffered heavy casualties at Ot Plagchanakwan to the west. the Pelping-Hankow Rallway. I has sent for reinforcements and Three hundred uniforms of brought heavy artillery into action "foreign ower" have been found but is closely. besieged by the in a small village near the Ger Chinese
man frontier at Aix-la-Chappelle.
Their right wing
la pushing toward Chengyang to the east of the railway. About 1,000 of their Vanguards were attacked while crossing the Hwal River, mustalo ing heavily losses.
COLUMN ADVANCING. Their central column is advanc- welcomedg on Mingkang and Chashan JD the rallway. north of Sinyang.
BRUSSELS, May 5 (Reuter)-
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A resident of Llege is said to have been arrested, and the Bei-. fan police are stopping all milk wagons farmers' carts and for inspection at the frontier.
The police are sald to have discovered that the walforms were brought into Belgium" in mikk-cans.
IN EGYPT
LONDON," May 5 (Reuter) → tails of the embarkation of Allied The arrival of an Allled battle troops at Namsoe shows that this feet, at Alexandria la was completed at am on Fri-in Turkey and, Egypt, day.
The fleet, which is reported to. The heaviest, fighting is raging at Namsos port having been com- include submarines, moved to its
these two points. The Chinese SWEEPSTAKE - RACE pletely destroyed by German berths in Alexandria without the
defences at Mingkang have been bombers, two British warships had usual gun salutes.
demolished by Japanese' air bombs but the Chinese are stubbornly holding out
to stand out in the fjord. Troops embarked in all groups in usa-
...AMERICAN INTEREST WASHINGTON, May 4 (Router) ing boats and Norwegian sloops, which made trips to the British Secretary of State, saw the Greek
"'Welles, -Mr. Sumner
Under- warships all throughout Thursday.
Minister with whom he is believed FINAL TRIUMPH
to have discussed reports of the LONDON, May 4 (Reuter)-The Italian massing of troops, war- news of the withdrawal of Allied ships and aeroplanes in the dodo- troops in central Norway has come canese Islands. as a great disappointment to the Norwegians, and, of course, to ali the Allied people,
In southeast Shans the Chinese are hammering at Japanese post- tions at Changchlh and Hukwan and meanwhile deaning up the remnant Japanese troops north- east "of Kaoping. About 1,000 Japanese were encircled and hea vily attacked west of Kaoning on April 29.
The Sweepstake race of the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club sall- ed yesterday resulted as follows:- AUISERS START 114
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Yacht
In southwest shansi the Japan-W14,
Finished Gor. Norena
......... 208.43 208.43 (Mr. P. C, M. Sedgwick), Tyrone
........ 3.06.27 2.09.03 (Mr. B. Herrschend), Highwayman... 3.29.38 2.39.40
(Capt. I. D, K. Macrae), "E1. EB. 253. YAO, E44. EAT, W13.
W24. and 174 DNF. 'ese on the Changtienchen-Maot-
YACHTS START 11.24 sintu highway have sufrared fur- ther losses as a result of Chinese Allsa
.....................................3.21.13 3.20.03 relentless attacks. The Japanese |・・・・ (14. T. A. J. Hitchéott). Allied vanguard of light forces at-The New Zealand Centennial remnant units which retired to True Blue the earliest possible moment to Exhibition closed today In
.............. 3.27 21., 3.27.27. the Changtienchen were defeated in (Mr K. A. Watson). Lillehammer is one of the mam, six months since it was opened another engagement on the morn reasons why the Germans failed 2.500.000 persons visited it
A3, A4, A8, AT, A8, AÐ, A14, A16, 03, and G12 DNF
But It is pointed out sem!- facially in London it was probably
true that the rapid sending of an
N
Z. EXHIBITION NOW CLOSED WELLINGTON, May 5
(Reuter)
ing of May 1.