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GREAT BATTLE REPORTED DEVELOPING EAST OF
EAST OF BRUSSELS
"WE CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE IN FINAL VICTORY" - GORT
LONDON, May 14 (Reuter)-Viscount Gort, V. C.. Com- mander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, issued the following Order of the Day:
"I congratulate all commanders of units and their offoers" and men on the admirable way in which the advance was made with the invaluable support of the R. A. F
"We are today on the eve of a great moment in the history of the Empire. The struggle will be hard and long but, we can. have confidence in the final victory.
Dutch Govt. | TO RESUME
Headquarters
In London
DR. VAN KLEFFENS SEES HALIFAX
All 11 members of the Nether
headed lands Government,
by Jankheer D. J. de Geer. Prime Minister, have arrived in London. stated the Dutch Minister, accord- ing to Reuter
News of Queen Wilhelmina's arrival in England was given to the Dutch people yesterday.
The Dutch Minister in London said that Queen Wilhelmina in tended to leave Amsterdam for Zeeland but the Germans got, to know of it and dropped bombs in advance of her arrival there just as her Majesty and some members of the Council were about to sall.
HEADQUARTERS
REGULAR SCHEDULES
DUTCH SHIPS IN FAR EAST
SHANGHAL, May 14 (Reuter)--| Dutch ships in Far Eastern waters; will resume their regular sche- dules
immediately, cording to officials of the Fara- Chins-Japan Line.
almost
Last week ships were instructed to call at Allled ports but were not expected to be held for
every night.
have stopped payment on 'German accounts.
The Banque Beige
continted transaction with German counts.
SOUTH HOLLAND SITUATION
IS UNDOUBTEDLY SERIOUS
Full Weight Of German Attack
w
Not Yet Felt By Allied Forces
MILITARY "CIRCLES IN LONDON REGARD THE SITUATION IN SOUTH HOL- LAND AS UNDOUBTEDLY SERIOUS, WITH THE STRONG GERMAN ATTACK PRESS- ING HARD IN BELGIUM,
British and French forces are co-operating with the Belgian troops covering Brus- sels in the early stages of a great battle developing east of Brussels.
It is likely, says British Wireless, that one northern fort of Llege has fallen and it Is possible that the town itself is isolated but it is thought that fighting is still going on. in the citadel.
ROTTERDAM BOMBED FOR FOUR DAYS
"It was hell and the noise alone podean anough to drive one mad, tisual. Only those who were there can ac-realise how tremendously glad we are to get away from there "
There is no reason to be- lieve that Liege has fallen, or is likely to all, in the near future.
The full weight of the German attack does not yet appear to have been felt by the Allied forces whose successful advance" into the Low Countries was carried out, in ac-
PIRATES FIRE OVER HUNDRED SHOTS AT CRAFT: 3 MEMBERS OF CREW KILLED
THREE PERSONS WERE SHOT DEAD, AND ONE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED, when pirates attacked and robbed a trading junk after firing over 100 rounds of rifle and re- volver shots at the defenceless vessel in the early hours of· Saturday morning, looting its entire cargo of 580 tins of kerosene oil.
A feature of the outrage was the amazing escape of a nine-year-old boy, Chan Fuk-lee, who saved himself by crouching in the prow of the boat while shots sped past him in all directions, leaving a trail of marks in the wooden
GERMAN AIR beams beneath which he hid
ACTIVITY
IS CEASING
* ;)
Desperate Fighting In Region
Of Dinant
PARIS, May 14 (Renter)-d The order was accompanied by communique issued today states · e burst of fire from the would-be that the German attack is deve- robbers, two of whóm had ·rines, loping with increased violence. and four other revolvera. Over 100. There is nothing of importance course of which his father and well as reached the Mense
NO NEUTRALunds were steak his huik, is to report in Central Belgium
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Report of the attack was brought to Hongkong only yesterday "when Chan Fat- wing, 31-year-old joint-mas- ter" of the plundered junk, LONDON, May 14-(Reuter)-Re-cordance with long prepared plan. LONDON, May 14 (Reuter) long. The Tisadane. after being fugees from Holland, including 100 There is some inevitable ob- German air activity over the Low gave the Water Police graphic
scurity regarding the position in Countries seemed to be dying down
details of what occurred. detained at Hongkong for a brief seamen from Rotterdam. mostly these opening stages of what the as, for the first time since the Ger Chan said his vessel was. Hong- period, is expected to arrive in British seamen from the east Shanghal on Thursday. Dutch coast, but including Australians beginning of one of the greatest wireless stations gave no warnings safting about a mile north-east of Prime Minister described as the man invasion, Dutch and Belgian kong-registered No. T993H. He was boats will probably be blacked-out and Canadians, arrived in Britain battles in history and, according of Nazi, air activity during the San Mun Kwan when a medtim
in a British worship.
to the latest French communique night.
size fishing junk hove to and order- On receipt of instructions from their
They say that Rotterdam has the German attack is developing On previous nights such warned him to stop. head omices. two main been borbed continuously for four with increasing viclence.
ings were frequent trom 5 pm. Netherlands banks in Shanghai days.
There is 20 inclination in mil- onwards. {itary circles in London to under- estimate the altningance of the breach in the detenes of Albert Canal and of the fact that Gler- mans are reported in the Maas- tricht-Hasselt-Tongres triangle.
Commentators pay warm tribute to the magnificent resistance being put up by the Dutch, further north, and all agree that the abandon- ment of the Zuider Zee provinces
CARGO TRANSFERRED is of no great military importance,
Accounts
31 IN WEEK. the vary regarding
The desparadoes then boarded success of the German parachute
LONDON, May 14 (Router)— the craft and, after transferring raiders Holland but The Times The Admiralty announces that the cargo, salled away. Later, 'an says the situation of defence has during the week, ended May 12, no unidentified sampan appeared and LONDON, May 14 (Reuter)-The Stockholm paper. SOCIAL DE- improved and it is gradually gain-Alifed or neutral ships had been helped those in the water to re- MOKRATEN, says: "The reconstructed British Government, with the ing the upper hand. It is, how sunk by enemy action, and only galri their vessel. co-operation of the Labour Party and with Ir. Winston Churchill at ever, recognised that, to a large one British ship, about 6,000 tons, the head, will guarantee earnest warfare on England's side with the extent, raiders have accomplished was sunk, while the Germans lost found total resources of the Empire.
"The German war machine is fearful, but it is improbable it willing forces in their efforts to hold 31 ships, totalling 171,000 tons, wounds and one injured. In a most intense efforts, chiefly by.. be able to conquer people defending their own soll, their own rights up the main attack. and their future,"
The Dutch - Government will carry on the Queen's Government L'Etranger in London both for Holland and the Netherlands Colortal Empire from headquarters similarly as the Polish Government which is ad- ministering its affairs from Angers. The Dutch Foreign Minister, Dr. E. N. van Kleffens, spent some time with Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary, yesterady morning.
The Dutch Minister in London sald that many Dutch Nazis are still creating trouble in the coun- tury.
He said that Nazis, wearing Dutch uniforms, came out of houses and mingled with Dutch troops and fired on them when the opportunity offered.
Some parachute troops were even disguised as nuns.
BRITAIN'S FRIEND IN FAR EAST
Special to H, K. Dally Press CHUNGKING, May 14 (Havas) "We expect Mr. Winston Churchill
to take & serious view of the Far Eastern situation," 3375 the Takungpao in an editorial, prals ing the new British energy and farsighted policies and emphasis
fed to deal with Asiatic problems with competence' and sincerity."
New British Government
Will Guarantee Earnest
Warfare On Britain's Side
BELGIAN
EMBASSY APPEAL
their object by distracting defend-
The development of activities further sonth is indicated French communique.
One of the most important aspects of the present, battle is its bearing on the struggle for air supremacy, Without giving way to undue optimism, all newspapers find prospects in this direction couraging.
most
en-
2
OR ALLIED SHIPS SUNK
GERMANS LOST"
during this period,
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AUSTRIAN JEW SENTENCED
SHANGHAI, May 14 (Reuter)
two others were killed. The re- from Liegs to Namur and Sedan. mainder jumped overboard but the The latter town hag been evacuat- robbers continued to pepper the ed water with rifle, fire as they 'swam away.
t
On returning on
arid particularly desperate fighting is taking place in its in- mediate vicinity, as well as in the region of Dinant.
The battle continues from the southern outskirts of the Longwy to the Moselle.
ENEMY REPULSED Enemy attacks were repulsed in the region of Wissenbourg. Every- "where our troops and Allies are the fighting" gallantly against board they
who is putting forth
three dead from bullet
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enemy
corner they discovered the boy, means of tanks and aircraft.
By the end of yesterday, 18 Chan Fuk-lee, "who had remained in hiding while the robbera re-
enemy aeroplanes were brought down. These must be added to moved the cargo.
the number given in yesterday The craft arrived in Hongkong evening's communique. yesterday morning.
During the night our affcraft carried out numerous reconnais- sances.
The "Injured man, Chan Yau-on,
DR. P. MANION RESIGNS
The CHICAGO NEWS, comment- ing on the invasion of the Low. Countries, says: "There are things we can, and should; do here and elsewhere...... One is to help in every way, short of war itself, those who are now fighting the bestial
F H. Nanseck, 23, an Austrian was found to have a bullet wound monster that is making shambles
Jewish refugee, was sentenced to in the cheek and was very weak of Europe, flouting every essential
18 months in prison for mis-from loss of blood. He was re- of international good faith, des-
appropriation of $107,900 from moved to the Kowloon Hospital potting lands and killing men of
British and French official re-Mestre. Charles Redolph and Com-where he is lying in a serious con-
dition. weaker neighbours, and reducing Baroness J. Guillaume, the Belgian ports leave little doubt that the pany where he was employed" as
OTTAWA, May 14 (Reuter)—The The others
have returned to Conservative Caucus has accepted all European civilisation to the Ambassadress, makes an urgent balance in destruction of aircraft bookkeeper.
appeal to all Belgians and friends is, up to the present, well in
The sentence has been suspend-Chinese territory to bury their the resignation of Dr. P. “Manion The WASHINGTON POST, com- of Belgium to come to the assis favour of the Allies.
ed for three years.
dead;
from the leadership of the Parts. menting on President Roosevelt's tance of the Belgian Red Cross So-
THREE FACTORS speech, writes: "President Roose-ciety.
The Manchester: Guardian "em- velt undoubtedly spoke for the
Donations may be addressed to phasises, however, that in the end
this field, namely, relative merits,
level of cavemen's morality."
SHANGHAI, May 14 (Reuter)......
I
ing that Britain is. "highly quali- American people..... Neutrality the Belgian ́Embassy, or credited three factors will be decisive in has no meaning, when such a mer- to the account of the Red Cross of the planes, fighting efficiency of ciless military machine as Ger- Society with the Banque Belge the pilots and resources in petrol many's Is.in full operation and no pour L'Etranger, states an country can possibly be indifferent bassy announcement.
Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the paper says, looked for compromise with Japan, but Japan rejected his overtures, for she was bent destroying the British Empire,
China, on the other hand, "fer- vently wishes to keep, and further
on
to á war of this kind, for it is a
challenge to elvillsation to which
we have become accustomed...
8 AFRICAN HELP O CAPETOWN, May 14 (Reuter)
"Nations in Europe are no longer The National Assembly has voted divided into belligerents and nea- £100,000 for the relief of suffer tighten, her friendship with Bri-trals. All those not actually at ing in Holland and Belgium. tain. Mr. Churchill will have to war, or poised to strike at a strate- discriminate between Britain's gic moment, are preparing to fight"
"As regards our material, it is encouraging to note that the new Boulton Paul Turret machine has proved highly successful in its first encounter. Moreover, all the evi- dence so far obtainable, tends to show the Allied pilots are more than a match for their opponents. On the "all important matter of petrol supply, the resources of
true and false friends in the Far for their independence, nor can it DEMONSTRATIONS the Alles are infinitely more ex-
East,"
GOLD FOUND "NEAR GREAT
be realistically said that the United States is any longer neutrái... "The United States do not, and cannot, condone to the subjugation of independent countries and the slaughter of people to gain 'a military': ob- jective. That inexcusable prac-.. tice is a crime against tree nations in general.” The paper continues to say that new Prime Minister has a covered somewhere between Pa1- united nation behind him and he
WALL
Special To HK,' Daily Press...: PEKING, May 14 (Havas)---Rich gold is reported to have been dis
the
1.
were
IN ITALIAN TOWNS
BOME, May 14 (Benter)—There student demonstrations against the Aliled contramand com, trol in many towns today, accord- ing to the Stefani areney
in Rome many thousands of students marched through the
tensive than those of Germany.”
Heuter adds there is no con- famation that the Germans have been using
nerve #aa.or even that such a gas exista.
The Dutch radio broadcast s Dutch High Command communique which states: "Yesterday morning German planes attacked ships of the Netherlands Royal Navy in Dutch waters off northern Holland. The attack was unsuccessful
"Of four German planes which
shuhleng and Likushan, near the has the ardent "goodwill of every streets and gathered at the Piazza few: Over Denhelder (naval, base)
Great Wall, cast of Peking.
civilised people. He has, also,
what is indispensable-a rapidly Venezia where they shouted for three were shot down, Later, two Large Chinese and Japanese developing war machine capable of Duce who appeared on the bal-more were brought down. mining companies have jointly giving the Nazis blow for blow, cony,
sent 50 technical experts to the new driving into their consciousness In Naples students gathered be iritne to carry out a survey and the lesson that to exercise ruthless fore. the Royal Palace demonstrat prepared for the actual mining of force will bring equally mercilessing loyalty to the House of Bavoy,
retallation.
Duce, the Army and 'Navy,
gold.
"Yesterday evening German artillery was active, for one hour preparing to take the dam separat ing Yosel Lake from the North Bea. The attack was beaten off!"
Beaten Up By Captors: Smeared Over With Tar: Thrown Into Ditch
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PAGE 2-HK, footballer at St. Dunstan's; US, baseball; „HKRA, shoot; Home soccer scores; Tennis League be- glas,
PAGE 3-Radio programmes; Coming events; Crossword Duwie, PAGE 4-Treacherous devices" exploited by Germany; New Cabinet appointments. PAGE 5 Rotary Tiffin talk: Naval olcer Aned: Wed- `dings; Airport news.
- PAGE 6-Leading Brticle, .....
PAGE 6-Gift to British Relfet Unit; Newsettes; Donations to BW.OF. China Under- writers' - annual meeting,
·PAGE 9-China War news. } PAGE 10-Finance and ̈' coin-
merce, WA PAGE 11-Raub Australian
Gold Mining
Allegations In Kowloon Manslaughter Hearing
Allegations that, after being beaten up by his captors,
a man, CHONG KWAI, ́aged 43, was
Smeared over with tar
Bound up with a length of rattan; Carried aloft some distance suspended from a pole by his arm-pits; and .......
Finally, thrown into a ditch of muddy water, were made at the Kowloon Court yesterday when hearing was commenced, before Mr. Q. 4. A. Macfadyen, of the case in which three boatmen, FUNG MUN, LÓ KAU. and "WONG KAM-SHING, are charged with man- slaughter.
The deceased was found sers down to his knees, and soak- loitering aboard a boat off the ing wet He was sent to Kowloon Wo Shing Wharf, Kowloon, Hospital where he died the same and taken into custody after day before a dying deposition could the alarm had been raised be taken from him. and several men had given Det.-Bergt. N. B Fraser, pro- chase.
secuting, in relating to the Court Chong was found by District the story of the alleged assault on Watchman 74 Iping by a ditch, his deceased, said that between 3 and arms bound with rattan, his trou-.
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