HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
AERODROMES AND OIL DEPOTS
CHINA WELL SUPPLIED
BOMBED BY R.A.F.
CHUNGKING, June 23 KRUPP WORKS IN ESSEN
(Int'l)—China has suffi- cient arms and munitions to continue the war for three years and is not affected by the closing of the route via Indo-China, it is learned here.
Since the end of the Soviet-Finnish war, large quantities of arms, muni- tions and warplanes have arrived here from the U.S.S.R. which is in a different position from · the other arms route.
HIT BY BOMBS
LONDON, June 23 (Benter)--An Air Ministry comuni que stated that yesterday the RAF. reconnoltred over. north-west Germany and bombed two aerodromes and oli refineries. All the machines returned safely.
"
The bombers last night extended their activities over a wide area of northern and western Germany and attacked military targets of major importance. Two aircraft are missing.
One of our reconnaissance aircraft today attacked and sank a large enemy supply ship in the North Sea..
INTERNATIONAL Aircraft Works, Bremen, and six supply ammunition trains between
The Air Ministry News Service announces that important Ger man aircraft factories and storage bulldings at Bremen, Kassel, Ro thenburg and Gottingen were attacked last night by heavy bombers. There were two violent explosions after hits on the Fockewulf Osnabruck and, Bremen were wrecked. Trains" at other points were also wrecked. Several hits were also registered on the Krupp Works. Essen,
A message from Cairo says the
NO PANIC DR. LOCKIE'S WORK Defence communique
Egyptian Ministry of National ALEXANDRIA, June 23 (Reuter) on yester-All AR.P. services worked splen- IN CHINA
day's air raid alarm on Cairo says: didly during the air raids and am-
RED CROSS
*
CABLE
Exactly why an artilleryman should be engaged in making a "model of an airplane is 'something of a mystery, but nevertheless
that's what this one is doing, and it's not at all bad either
for an artilleryman.
No aircraft appeared but anti-bulances were on the spot a few UNITED STATES ATTENTION DIRECTED TO MANY PLACES: among the population whose gen- THE FAR
A very interesting account of aircraft batteries opened fire on an minutes after casualties were re- his two years' work in Chins with RAF. machine which had been ported. the International Red Cross was sent up immediately to deal with riven by Dr. M. A. Lockle lasta "possible enemy attack.
There was no sign of panic night when he spoke before
The mistake was quickly dia-eral feeling appears to be one of meeting of the European Y.M.C.A. | covered and ring ceased Discussion Group.
mediately.
indignation at the bombing in view] Unfortunately, there was one casualty caused by falling
of Italy's promises to Egypt. anti-aircraft shell"
KENYA RAIDED NAIROBI, June 23 (Reuter)—An
IN ALEXANDRIA
Dr. Lockle, who is leaving short ly for Canada on his way home, spent most of his two years in China in Hunan and Hupeh pro- CAIRO, June 23 (Reuter)—Ac. | announcement here today said vinces and had much experience cording to a naval communique that three enemy bombers raided - of work in, hospitals near enough the first three air raids on Alexan-Marsabit" (Kenya) on Thursday to the fighting zones to be crowd-dria yesterday resulted in one kill afternoon. Thirteen bombs were ed with wounded soldiers straged and 33 injured, including two dropped. No damage was done to buildings while two Askaris (native Twenty bombs are reported to troops) were wounded. have been dropped indiscriminate A Djibouti report says Italian
gling in from the front.
MALARIA TOLL"
The work Was dificult and malaria, Dr. Lockle said, took as dreadful a toll of the men as the enemy did. He was on the last but one train to Hankow before that city fell, and had the un- fortunate experience of being stranded, somewhere near Hankow without a knowledge of where he W25.
An Irish Catholic priest he met finally directed him to the nearest mission hospital, a journey that required passage through the Japanese lines. -
HITLER'S PEACE PROPOSALS
Italians..
ly and most of them fell into the planes raided that city
times yesterday,"
sea,
...
EAST SITUATION
MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1940. -PAGE 7 ITALIAN FRONTIER POST CAPTURED BY BRITISH Blenheim Bombers Find
Marks At Tobruk
CAIRO, June 23 (Router)-A communique from British G. H. Q. says there has been further activity of our forces, patrolling the Northern Kenya Frontier.
They encountered a heavy concentration of enemy troops which had been reported from Nairobi.
A small column of one troops raided an Italian frontier post and, brushing aside minor, opposition, captured their objective,
While they were completing the era, One was shot down and one destruction of the Italian barracks, badly damaged. Our machines re- which contained plentiful supplies turned safely to their bases. of ammunition, the enemy, coun- Aden and N Guddi were again ter-attacked with. considerably raided with considerable success. superior forces, Including an arm-Several aircraft on the ground were oured fighting vehicle which was seen to be on fire after the attack held in reserve
at both places. Other small fres were also started. One of our air- craft is missing.
ENEMY HELD
A small detachment of our troops successfully held the enemy
MALTA RAIDED at bay while the major task of The enemy made a series of raids destruction of the Italian post was on Malta on Friday. "In the space being carried out with thorough- of nine hours five separate attacks Hess.
were carried out, three by single Our small force then withdrew, aircraft, one by two machines and There the Italian frontier post a mould-were no casualtes and no damage. ering mass of ruins.
Machaca aerodrome was again
having achieved their sim, leaving the other by 10 aircraft
There were only four casualties, successfully attacked by our all- personal; enemy losses are
one of them 'serious, among our | craft.
known.
AT DAWN
Garissa (Kenya) was bombed by: enemy aircraft yesterday morning. There were no casualties and, nò damage.
T. V. Soong Leaves Manila BLENHEIM'S RAID camar
On Important Mission
CAIRO, June 29 (Reuter)-The following communique was issued yesterday by R A. F. headquarters here: Tobruk was the centre of
R. A. F. activity on Friday.
TRAWLER TAKES SUBMARINE
I WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuter)-In a warring world. the American Government has directed its attention to- wards many places towards assisting Britain to win the democracies' fight in Europe, combatting totalitarian trade several attacks from any quarter on the 21 American republics and
towards the threatening situation in the Far East where re-bourgy Milk and me, Sohaim formerly of the Grimsby naning ports describe Japanese naval concentrations near Indo- China.
WORLD KNOWS VALUE OF HITLER'S WORDS
Our Air Force As Strong
Now As Ever Before
LONDON, June 23 (Reuter)-In a leading article entitled "Hit- ler's Fables," the "Daily Telegraph" emphasises the Fuehrer's 'theat- ∙rical talent in setting the stage for the armistice but points out that
the world knows the value of his words,
The paper says we should take his assertions in chronological
order.
BORDEAUX, June 24 (Reuter)— The French Government sat for the greater part of the morning discussing Hitler's complicated pesce terms.
Acts speak louder than words rushed into war, They spent two
In 1914 the Reich" only wanted to hours examining the first summary of the peace terms. Two hours rample down Belgium and destroy
France, later negotiations at Compiegne"
First comes the protest, tediously repeated ever since Germany. began to lose the last war, that the German Government and
people did not want war,
were rerumed.
The war was an outrageous in Meanwhile, France will conduct | Jury done to gylleless Germany by separate peace negotiations with nations who dared to object to be- Italy with a separate delegation. ing destroyed and those who French and Italian plenipoten- marched to save them taries will negotiate after the negotiations with Germany häve ended.
** DID NOT WANT WAR! The Relch of 1939, with equal
sincerity, did not want war; it only
demanded the right to stamp out freedom in Europe and pillage east, north and west.
ARMISTICE SIGNED LONDON, June 23 (Reuter)-An announcement from Hitler's Head- quarters in Berlin confirms that
The second part of the fable is the armistice has been signed.
that Germany "wart neaten FRENCH TROOPS. CAPITULATE 1918, The army and people col- LONDON, June 23 (Reuter) lapsed because they believed the The Berlin High Command an- promises of the Democratic States. nounced that the French troops.
Let Prince Rupprecht, the army surrounded in Alsace Lorraine commander of 1918, bear winess. capitulated after bitter resistance. I don't believe there is any pos The announcement says that al-sibility of our holding out. What together 500,000 men capitulated. ever happens we must obtain peace among them the Commanders of before the enemy breaks through the Third: Fifth and Eighth Army into Germany. If he does, woe on ́Corps beside, many other generals. 08.”*
The announcer added that only scattered sections in the Maginot Line, Lower Alsace, Lorraine and scattered sections along the Vosges still offer resistance...
MINISTERS MEET BORDEAUX, June 23 (Reuter) It is authoritatively stated that a Council of Ministers considered the German communication morning and afternoon, and further meet
Our ses power holds Germany in as tight a grip as ever. and the British Fleet has acquired a greater superiority by the course of events."
The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell: Hall, declined to be
drawn into any new state- Children For
ment on American policy in the Far East, but he refer- red the press to the recent pronouncements indicating America's concern that the status quo of the Pacific should not be upset.
Mr. Hull said that he had not
Dominions
FIRST SELECTED PARTIES WILL LEAVE SOON
LONDON, June 23 (Reuter British armed trawler has aCOOK- raid at dawn, and after the attack of capturing a large Italian sub- Henheim bombers carried out aplished the almost incredible feat heavy smoke was seen pouring marine in the Gulf of Aden. from a large warship in the har- The trawler, H.M.8 Moonstons,
feet, was on patrol when she spotted the submarine's periscope,
Depth charges were dropped and the submarine forced to surface.
Our formation was intercepted by two Italian fighters but when met by the concentrated. fire of our bombers the enemy' planes re- tired so badly damaged that it is unlikely they reached their bases.
It is not yet known what damage was done in the Fatia,
The submarine engaged Moon stone with torpedoes two 3.5 inch guns and smaller armaments. The trawler replied with her 4-men sun, as well as Lewis guns,
EL GUDDI ATTACKED Subsequently there was a rald by Several direct hits, were regista another formation of Blenheims. ed on the submarine, whose DID- One of our fighters; during are mander surrendered and the connaissance over the harbour, Italian craft was taken into Aden was attacked by five enemy fight as a prize under her own steam.
Domini CHINESE TROOPS BEGIN
LONDON, June 23 (Reuter) yet received official advices con- The first selected parties of thit- cerning the report of naval concen-dren evacuated to the Dominions trations. In the Hainan area. It will leave within three weeks, Mr. was obvious that the Administra-G. H. Shakespeare, Chairman of tion was concerned over the possi-the Children's Overseas Reception ble spread of hostilities to the Far Board announced in a broadcast. East.
He added that if an earlier. start could be made it would | *be done and thereafter there will be a steady stream of de- partures,
Dominion
CARTEL SYSTEM
NANCHANG DRIVE FROM SEVERAL DIRECTIONS
While it was suggested that the
CHUNGKING, June 23 (Central) Chinese troops have cartel system for the Americas
commenced a drive on Nanchang from several directions. should be directed primarily at trade attacks from European
"Declaring that th
One column has wrought havoc with the highway totalitarians, it would apply also to Governments, had STRONG AS EVER ⠀⠀
stated their seven kilometres east of the city. "After taking a heavy toll of Ger from the Orient and it may not be 20,000 children Mr Shakespeare Kinklang Hallway has re-occupied Shangtang and damaged similar trade, methods practised readiness to welcome immediately Another column pushing down along the. Nanchang- man aircraft throughout the Bat without significance that the cartel said that the scheme must be Japanese fortifications west of the city. tle of France, our air force is as announcement came while the limited to the numbers the Do- strong as when it began,
A third column has wrested back Tzumuwan, about 10 Japanese diplomats from American minions were able to receive miles southeast of Nanchang. able armies to defend our shores. cuss trade and other subjects fol- of 20,000 might be regarded as a We have never had such formid-countries were meeting here to dis- though he was assured the Agure
Fighting is reported to be nese hands after heavy fighting The Compiegne histrionics yslowing the visit of Mr. Sotomatsu beginning. terday and the Fuehrers fables Kato, former Japanese Ambassa- Shipping capacity was a fur-areas of Nanchang.
drawing near the suburban Chienyangylch is about 4 miles will go down in history with the dor-at-Large to China, to more they limiting factor and it was In east Hupeh 1,000 Japanese horizontal Hankow-Ichang lines
north of Bhasi at the crossing of the vertical Blangyang-Shari and of conquests which were stages on Kaiser's triumphs, the celebrations South American countries.
dangerous and stupid to talk glibly troops at Wuhsuch and Tienchia- the way to defeat.
Mr. Kato is leaving here in the about sending hundreds of thou chen, 30 miles above Kinklang severely beaten with more than A Japanese force of 3,000 was next few days for Tokyo and much sands of children overseas in the Yangtse River, attacked 1,000 casualties. An armoured car interest has been aroused here by few weak left Manlia by air for the United information that Mr. T. V. Soong
chiachai and Tachinpu in the dis- trict of Kwangs, a few days ago. unit was surrounded, and 57 cars LISBON; June 23. (Reuter)The They lost about 300 men In
destroyed. France's heroic resistance in the an important mission. Chinese M. Pierlot, crossed the Spanish-
to States two days ago reportedly on Belgian Government, headed by engagement with the Chinese
Fighting on the Ichang sector bloody battle now in the dual circles here are uncommunicative Portuguese frontier in 14 Caza yes- column is driving on Yanglowaze, suure with superior Chinese In north Hunan Chiese continues to rage on the eastern stage, and declared Germany does concerning his visit not intend to give the negotiations with such a brave, opponent' a shameful character
·FRANCE'S ·HEROISM - terday's preamble to the armistice The News Chronicle" says yes conditions : paya
atribute
This would almost sound like chivalry if we knew less about the Nasisten
ONE STRIKING: DIFFERENCE There is one striking difference between November, 1918, and June. 1940. When the German delegates not only the war in France but the
It is clear matter wants to end
terday on their way to Lisbon,
Scharnhorst Leaves Port Under Heavy Escort
LONDON, June-23 (Reuter).A series of attacks on the 26,000 came to Compiègne the war was war with France, and if he does ton German battle cruiser Scharnhorst, in which the Nazi warship lost and won. Yesterday, Hitler refrain from causing the French was considerably damaged, are announced in a joint Admiralty and could only beast that France had people unnecessary humiliation it Air Ministry communique lasued yesterday, afternoon. been beaten at ang
will be a sign that he fears a con- The communique reveals that the Scharnhorst was sighted by one The British strength is greater tinuance of French resistance over-of our submarines after the Nazi warship had left Trondheim Port today than when in his freaky he seas
(where she was hit by RAF, bombe last week). She was obviously on her way to safer port for repairs. "
Although the Scharnhorst was heavily escorted, the submarine
ing of Ministers are expected LARGEST NUMBER OF MACHINES attacked and scored a hit with a torpedo
After the Degotiations with the Germans have terminated the French plenipotentiaries will meet Italian plenipotentiaries and only after the discussions with the Italians will the French" Govern- ment be able to form definite judg- ment and take a decision in, cón- formity with the Interests of the country.
IN SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME
The brotherhood which binds the makers of British aircraft to the "pilots and gunners who man them is shown in the air- craft industry's response to a message from All Chief Marshal Sir Cyril Newall, G.QB. CMG, C.B.E., Chief of the Air Staff, thanking them for their "outstanding contribution to our air effort."!
Bir Cyril's message been posted
in every aircraft factory in the country,
"I have a boy of 12 and a girl Employees of factories engaged
of five, and I want to bring him. in making the famous Fighter
up with a little mercy and charity aircraft have sent this reply to
in their hearts. Mra Violet him
Séuming, who took flowers to
funeral
endeavour will be to support them in their magnificent: work with the lar number of machines in the shortest possible time which” -Indi vidual endurance will --(British Wireless) cßlt Cril Newáll
to all ranks of
that our constant
ber of the Air Cou
37 miles north-east of Yoyang, on numbers exerting increasing pres- the Canton-Hankow Railway. Its sure on the invaders. At Tung-- spearhead has reached a point abanasu, a strategk_bright out-,
·within one mile of the town side Ichang, the Japanese haye Pingshulpu, and several other abandoned more than 1,500 bodies. strategic points around Tanglow- Tangyang, historical battle- sze, have fallen into Chinese ground of The Three Kingdom, hands. In one of the clashes the has been completely surrounded mountain guns and more than in the last two days at Tangyang Chinese captured two Japanese by Chinese forces. Japanese losses
nity rifles,
are estimated at over 1,000,
East of the Slang River Chinese
H
On the south bank of the Chien- tang River in Cheklang the Chi- forces are leading the Japanese in nese are launching an attack at a tiring game of merry-go-round Blacshan, opponite Hangchow. among the dimenit Tahang Mom- Japanese defence works and bar- tain range. More than 500 Jap- racks in the outskirts have been anese have fallen victims to the severely damaged. Clashes com- Chinese tactics in the vicinity of tinue in the southwestern suburbs. Wangklažo. The result of the attack was Next attack on the Scharnhorst
JAPANESE BOMBER CRASHES SIEGE OF WINING wirelessed to the Admiralty and was to have been made by HINGTSI, June 25 (Central)-It Coastal Command aircraft were units of the Royal Navy who, how is reported that a Japanese bomber Nanchang, is now under a vigorous Waning, 70 miles north-west of sent out to contact and shadow ever, were folled by poor visibility war damaged by Chinese anti-air-Chinese alege the damaged battle-cruiser,
and further contact was not made craft-ure while on a bombing The Chine
MIETY-PLANE ESCORT mission in the Chinese rear and
crashed at a village northwest of str It is authoritatively stated that Chiehhsien on the Tatung-Fuchow
_____POOR VISIBILITE
Later an attack on the Scharn- horst was carried out by torpedo bombers No hits were registered the Scharnhorst was escorted by Railway in south Shansi a few but one of the escorting destroyers destroyers and Messerschmitt days ago. The plane was a com- was hit by a torpedo One of our nanters Two RAF bombs struck plete wreck and all the ave airmen
alongside No, and No. gun were killed. rets and another full on the stern. The enemy" ships were shadowed
lays of reconnaissance air- for nearly nine hours in
Coastal Command aircraft then made
Scharnhorst in the course of three of our
(REGAIN”
tween