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THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF WAR OUTBREAK IN S'HAI
GESTAPO CHIEF EXPELLED
BUENOS AIRES, Aug. (Reuter) The
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Argentine Government yesterday or- dered the expulsion of Karl Arnold, described as Gestapo chief and one of the most active of Buenos Aires Nazis. It is alleged Arnold associated with subversive-organisations.
U.S. ENVOY RECALLED
Ten Thousand Armed Men
Mobilised For Emergency
OVER 10,000 ARMED MEN HAVE BEEN MOBI-
LISED IN THE INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT AND THE
FRENCH CONCESSION to enforce strict emergency mea- sures in view of the third anniversary of the outbreak of They include the police, war in Shanghal tomorrow... volunteers and troops, says Central News.
Barbed-wire barricades have been erected in many roads and some streets and lanes, where traffic is not con- gested, are blocked. The trams and buses have shortened their routes.
Cudahy Reprimanded morning of August 9 will be Mollere, where neither made any
OPERATIONS IN AFRICA
Neghelli Aerodrome Bombed
NAIROBI, Aug. 11 (Reuter)--A communique issued last night! states: "Our ground forces today occupied Korind after slight op- position. We suffered no casual- ties,
"Our bombers carried out a 'suc- cessful 'raid an Neghelli, two These special emergency. The Japanese gendarmes and Capronis being destroyed and two measures enforced since the police later went to No. 43, Rue others damaged,
search. The salt inspectorate in ufted on Wednesday morning Route Duplex was searched but but may be extended for nothing of importance was found. LONDON, Aug. 1 (Renter)-three days if it is deemed
PUPPET KILLED Mr. John Cudahy, former US. necessary." "
By Washington
went
Accom-
Mao Yu-feng, a puppet agent,
Ambassador to Belgium, who was On Friday morning a party of recalled by President Roosevelt more than ter Japanese gen- was shot dead in Shanghai last for his indiscreet statement in darmes entered the French Con-Friday by "two gunmen at the en- London. left England by air for cession and asked to search for trance of the Grand Hotel, in Yu Ya Ching Road. The gunmen Lisbon yesterday. From Lisbon, anti-Japanese elements. Mr. Cudahy will take the Clipper panied by the police, they first made good their escape. to the United States,
to A French missionary Chu. He- kao, a doctor, who was An earlier message states that school in Rue Lafayette. The kidnapped in the Western District Mr. John Cudahy, US. Ambassador | school authorities refused to ad-on July 24 escaped on Friday to Brusse's, has been reprimanded mit the Japanese gendarmes. The night He had been imprisoned in
State Department by the
for a party left after the police had a hut west of Tsaokiatu and a press interview he gave on his ar asked a few questions. rival in London on Tuesday, and President Roosevelt has told him
to return to Washington.
CONDITIONS IN BELGIUM
In bis interview, Mr.
Cudahy
"spoke of food conditions in Bel-
gium and
other aspects of the
big ransom was demanded.
JAPANESE BLOCKADE AREA EXTENSION ANNOUNCED
TOKYO, Aug. 11 (Henter)-An' extension of the Japanese block- "German occupation. He also saldade area was announced by Vice-Admiral Shimada. Commander- that the German troops who have in-Chief of the Japanese Fleet in China waters, states the Domel invaded a peaceful neutral behav Agency.
ed better than American troops
would under similar circum- stanceL
The reprimand was contained in a formal statement by Mr. Sum ner Welles. U.S. Under-Secretary of State, who said that the inter- view was given in violation of the
Admiral Shimada has noted
foreign diplomatic representatives and maritime Customs officials, through the Japanese Consul- General in Shanghal, as follows:
AREAS AFFECTED "For reasons of strategic neces-
standing instructions to US diD-sity I hereby proclaim the follow- tomate
Material U.S. Aid For Britain
ing areas added to my proclama- tion of July 15,"banning shipping traffic along Hangchow Bay, Siangshan Bay. the ports of Wen chow, Fodchow, Santuao, and Lo- yuan Bay, and that these additions to take effect at midnight on Aug. 14:
Japanese Press And Withdrawal
Of Troops
TUKYU,
(Keuler)— Aur. '10 Britain's decision to withdraw" her troops from China was made the Hinghwa Bay, Pinghal Bay, leading story in nearly every in Japan yesterday Melchowpu, Sipu, the port of newspaper NEW YORK, Aug 11 (Reuter-Chuachow, the port of Shenhu morning. The formation was announced by and other areas embraced by a Colonel Charles Wood of an avia-line connecting Highcone, on Kerr tion division of the Committee to Island, the Pyramid Point at Ping- Delend, America by Helping the
hai and the Shenhu Point." Allies..
HAIMEN ATTACKED TOKYO, Aug. 11 (Reuter)-A
The division, which has inauer-
tial support, will strive to obtain
Despite the British- reservation
"In Accition one machine-gum post was destroyed and a mechani- cal transport convoy. carrying petrol and stores, set on fire.
"Hangars and buildings on "the" Neghelli aerodrome were damaged by direct hits.”
also
GALLANTRY IN THE DESERT
D.F.C. FOR R.A.F. OFFICER
LONDON, August 11 (Renier) ---
Mr. and Mrs. Low Cheng- how after their wedding at the Registry. The bride was form.
Marie merly Miss
Sim (Klár's Studio).
MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1940. -PACE
PETAIN GOVERNMENT TO YIELD TO JAPANESE?
USE OF FORCE THREATENED
LONDON, Aug. 10 (Router)—The Petain Government is expected.
to yield during the next few days to Japan's demands about Indo- China, "writes the diplomatie corr respondent of the London Daily "Herald.), Chief Japanese demand is for the right to establish mill-
tary, naval and air bases in Indo-China and the right to march. troops through French territory into the province of Yunnan,
Beyond any doubt, writes the correspondent, the Japanese re- "gard this as a polite formula, preparing the way for military oë- cupation and eventual innexation of the whole of Indo-China,
NO ULTIMATUM
Omcially the Japanese have not CHINA TO OPPOSE
ultimatum,
presented officially they are hinting that un- less the French give way they will use force,
It may be taken that the Ger- man and Italian Governments will advise Marshal Petala to comply with the Japanese demands, and quickly
Meanwhile, with Instructions from Tokyo, Major General Nishi- hara, chairman of the Japanese "inspectorate" which went to Indo-China to supervise the French undertaking to cut off all supplies to General Chiang Kai- Hanoi. shek has returned to states the Domei agency from
CABLE NEWS TO
IN BRIEF
CALL ON GOVERNOR · He is accompanied by an öficial
An R.A.F. officer born in India, LONDON, -August 11 (Reuter-of the Calmusho. educated in England and who a decree was issued in Berlin After receiving a report on the served with the south Rhodesian yesterday authorising compensa development of negotiations be defence force before
the war. tion for
movable property des-tween the Japanese inspectorate has been awarded the D.F.C. for
troyed in BIT ralds: previously and the French Indo-China sutho- gallantry in Aying
operations
rities, Major-General Nishihara compensation was limited to Over Libya, "
movable property
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INVASION
OF INDO CHINA
SHANGHAI, Aug. 10 (Hen- ter)--Chinese troops would march into Indo-China in the: event of a Japanese Invasion. of that country, declare re- ports from Chungking pub-, lished in the Chinese yesterday.
premi.
During the past two days, these newspapers state, over- five crack divisions, including mechanised units, have been ordered from Kweichow to the borders. of Yunnan and Kwangs on the Indo-Chinese- frontier
R.A.F. ATTACK GUERNSEY
Continued from Pars 1
is expected to call on Vice-Admiral Germany and Holland received the He is Squadron-Leader Gerald
Decoux, the Governor-General, to customary attention.
A salvo of bombs at Schiphol, Kelly.
A Reuter message states that continue the negotiations under The "Gazette" yesterday men-
brought from the airport of Amsterdam, began the
Overseas British
Airways instructions he
a series of explosions and started tioned his "special and very valu-flying-boat Clare arrived back in Tokyo,
numerous fres able reconnaissance fight over
the
CHINA'S POSITION England yesterday from Italian territory.
United States. She made the re- He was forced to fly low owing turn flight from Botwood, New-that General Chiang Kai-shek has aerodrome was interrupted by a
Reports from Chungking state to clouds and was attacked by foundland, to Boynes, Eire, in 12 made it clear that China cannot British raider which started sever five enemy planës. His air gun- Iner downed one but was wound- ed. Kelly carried on, and .com- pleted the job with the wounded man leaning against him.
FIGHTERS FOR RAF.
CANADIAN'S GIFT
OF APPRECIATION LONDON, August 10 (Reuter)--
[hours 20 minutes
1
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A Reuter message from New York states that President Roose- velt yesterday left Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on the start of a tour of inspection of key points In the east coast defences,
It was authoritatively stated m London that the garrison of Aden has been substantially increased since the beginning of the war
states a Reuter message.
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FLARE-PATH Night-flying over the Eindhoven
remain indifferent to any Japaneseal large fires, while at another Invasion of French Indo-China aerodrome, near Trier,
U.S. NAVAL OBSERVER
FOR LONDON
EXPERT TO STUDY
sèverai bombs fell across the flare-path just as an enemy aireṛaft was taking on.
Bombs were also dropped on the aerodromes at Gilze, Werlmunster, and in a low-level attack on the Dutch aerodrome at Venio several bombs, it is believed, fell on or near the main hangars. MET ME
Other aircraft of the Coastal.
Command bombed oil tanks at Flushing and fires broke out after
NAZI TECHNIQUE the attack,
all possible moral and material zid Japanese naval squadron yester-40 years there will now be no horn) with enough money to te- Squadron of General de Gaulle's other officers for the purpose of was inleted
for Britain,
ין
day morning attacked the Chinese
Halmen, garrison at
12 miles "A Japanese bombing plane south of Swatow, says a despatch which went to raid the Chinese to the Domei agency.****
The attack was followed by the positions at Yuncheng in south Shansi is reported to have been landing of a party "of Japanese brought down. The machine was sailors. The operation was under wrecked and the crew all killed taken in connexion with the tight says Central News
ening of the blockade.
Wood Oil Godown Hit: 90 Planes Raid Chungking
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CHUNGKING, Aug." 11 (Router)-Ninety Japanese bombers, in three flights bombed Chungking at 2.40 pm. yesterday afternoon, making the largest group of snemy planes to attack the city at one time.
SAFETY ZONE BOMBED
LAST EXPEDIENT
Thursday.
American-buft fighter planea,
NEW YORK, Aug, 10 (Reuter) Munition factories at. Ludwigs- regarding her rights under the
from France when the-Rear-Admiral Robert Ghormley, haver and Cologne were the main Peking Protocol, the general ten
A Canadian who is a member of flown
Government capitulated United States Assistant Chief of objectives in last night's opera dency is to assume that the Br the House of Commons yesterday Petain
against tish soldiers, once outside China, presented the Minister for Air will sun be in action will never return.
craft Production, Lord Beaver Germany, reports Reuter. They Naval Operations, is en route to tions over Germany. Our aircraft "After being on Chinese soll for Brook (who is himself Canadian- belong to the Number One Fighter London from New York with two crews report that heavy damage acting as special "observer at the Other aircraft attacked-railway- i more British soldiers in China," place all the 16 British fighters army and General de Gaulle this American Embassy, according to communications in the Ruhr and
déclared the Hochi Shimbun.
lost in the Channel air battles on week at an airfield somewhere the Washington correspondent of aerodromes in Germany, Holland
in England inspected the "mi-
and Belgium.
From these day and night The correspondent adds it is un- "It is a small device.' states the
The money was given by Mr. caines now tuned up for action the New York Times yesterday.
derstood Rear-Admiral Gharmies operations all our aircraft return... Asahi Shimbun, adding that "it Willard Garfield Weston, who was and veteran French pilote cannot but be regarded as a last returned unopposed in the Lye-
is being sent on direct orders from Jed safely. It is reported a Reuter mes-
President Roosevelt
An Anson machine of the Const expedient, on the eve of Ger election" last November as Con-
This is the first time an Amerial Command" was lost on routine many's landing on British soll
servative member for Maccles-page that the Duke of Gloucester has been appointed chief. Baison
san officer of such high rank has patrol. "If Britain sincerely desires a field.
officer at GH.Q. Home Forces
been detalled for observer duty
...” NIGHT ACTIVITY rapprochement, it will be neces
Since he arrived from Canada
The Correspondent adds some The Air Ministry and the Minis sary for her immediately to re-
six years ago, he has built six
US Navy · Department, officials try of Home Security communique build her policy fundamentally in order to co-operate positively with large factories in Britain. Japan." Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, handed Lord Beaverbrook killed and five soldiers and 12 indicate President Roosevelt is states that enemy activity ever new technique | djghit, and was almost entirely the Foreign Minister, commented yesterday a cheque for £100,000 Arabs wounded when Italian air. Calling for expert reports in ex- this comtry during last night was "on learning the news, according "in appreciation of the fire per craft raided Aden yesterday morn should Germany attempt an at-connned to Bouth-West England. Ing. Material damage was slight. formance by the RAF”
to the Hochi Shimbun
CHINESE VIEW
CHUNGKING, Aug. 10 (Reuter) The Chinese press in Chungking Damage was widespread as the yesterday gave prominence to the bombs fell from the north bank withdrawal of British' troops from of the Chialing river to Shanghai and North China but the south bank of the Yangtse, without comment but although seven Dres were
Some Chinese in' Chungking ex- started the casualties are estimat-pressed the opinion that Britain CHUNGKING, Ang." 10 (Reuter)ed to be under 100.
is preparing for the worst even -While figures regarding casual- Three hours after the bombing tuality in the Far East and is ties in Friday's Japanese air raid all fires were extinguished except concentrating her efforts to de-|
Singapore, on Chungking are not yet avail-one large confiagration on the fend Hongkong and able. It was learned in the Chinese south bank of the Yangtse river while other Chinese quarters fear capital yesterday that the "Total is which was caused when a wood all the step may be the result of an probably about 500 killed and godown was hit This ofl was understanding with Japan involv wounded.
destined for the United States, as ing Britain's withdrawal from security for the loan in the spring China on Japan undertaking to delay the attack on Hongkong. of 1940.
temporarily! YMCA. DAMAGED « Bombs fell around the banking——
· Casualties, were particularly heavy on the south bank of the Yangtse," where many persons were not in dug-outs because this area has been re- garded as a safety zone. Three Japanese bombers
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ADEN, Aug 10 (Reuter) One soldier and three Arabs Were
EVACUEE CENTRES IN MANILA
CLOSED AS VISITORS
DEPART
AS THE LAST GROUPS OF HONGKONG EVACUEES ARE "ABOUT, TO LEAVE MANILA FOR AUSTRALIA the Philippine by it for the Red Cross announced that centres operated evacuees during the emergency would be closed this week, slates the Manila Bulletin of Aig. 7.
There are 11 centres which will be closed, but the one at 139 "V Mapa will remain open for people who are convalescing, ac-
cording to the Red Cross,
pectation of
sault on Britain:
WAR DONATION
FROM US.
Bombs dropped in a town in Bristol in the Channel area, fell on houses and dightly damaged
the railway embankment nearby.
Reports, so far received, show that there were a number of east- NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUalties some of which were fatal. SETTS, Aug 11 (Reuter) Mr. Walter Langshaw, who worked as
a mill hand in Lancashire, where WINTER GARMENT
'he was born, and afterwards be-"
CAMPAIGN
came a millionaire millowner in the United States, has cabled
The Board of Social Adairs $25,000 to Mr. Winston Churchill the Central Kuomintang Head- for war relter.
quarters has instructed the Kuo {mintang- organs in various "pro-
About 300 women and children lorca Hotel, supervised by the Red
campaign between mid-Angust Palma de Mallorca was open to evacuees left late yesterday after-Cross, will be closed also. BOGUS RATEPAYERS inces and municipalities to launch noon on a Dutch liner bound for
COMMITTEE
and the end of October for calsing this being the fifth evacuees who elected to lodge in "Australia,
$10,000,000 for winter garments for this hotel, while hundreds of The bogus Shanghal regime evacueeshly,
The last ship, a British passen- other evacuees were assigned under Tu Biao-en his appointed Chinese soldiers and refugees ger Hner, arrived at the break-piracipally in Ermita, some in twenty-one persons to form a so for uniformity winter, clothing water at noon yesterday and there European boarding houses, others called Readjustment Committee of for soldiers will be made by the district but none of Chungking's in the hills some distance from water at coal for the return trip in furnished apartments and in the Chinese Ratepayers Associa Commisariat of the Ministry of large modern bank buildings were the Yangtse river bank
to Australia. This British ship apartments furnished andiequipped tion in the International Settle Military Affairs and for refugees.
by the National Relief Commis were hit, although a bomb destroyed
FOREIGN PROPERTY "go badly damaged that they the stone wall front of the Young
It is understood that the objeeson, says Central News. Looking from the Chungking will dock at Fier 3 today to em- by the Red Cross. The Red Cross ment, says Central News. were probably unable to return to Brothers Banking Corporation. A side of the Yangtse apparently no bound for Australia,
bark the last group of refugees also announced that all its nurses
who were on duty in thess cen-tive of the committee is to reor their base.” It was officially direct hit seriously damaged the damage was done to either British
tres during the emergency would ganise the Chinese Ratepayers ITALIAN CABINET
members be returned to their respective | Association expelling claimed.
Y.M.C.A. balding.
or American_gunboate, foreign CLOSED CENTERS
Stalions.
loyal to the National Government MORE MANS RAIDS
Fire at the Wanlungman ferry embassies, firma or residences Centres which will be closed by
in Chungking,
LONDON. August 11 (Reuter) Three batches of 27 Japanese landing destroyed the Chungking though some stray bombs must the Red Cross are those located at
Rome Wireless says, the Cabiner bombers cach converged over branch of the American Asiatic have landed in their vicinity, the National Federation of Wo
dealt with war measures, Chungking and bombed the city Underwriters but this was brought It is recalled that only a few men's Clubs, 727 San Marcelino,
cluding a proposal to "Increase Bimultaneously at 2.40 yesterday-under control before reaching the days ago the Chinese authorities 1534 General Luna, 1227 Herran,
the penalties for offences TIN- afternoon marking the largest Dupont offices,
wamed the populace against go 600 Taft Avenue, Manila Club, 407 The Methodist Mission compounding to the south bank during air Perez, 1167-0 Bingalong, 94 For The Dnieper-Bug Canal, forming WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuter) ing from the wir conditions group of Japanese planes to At- tack the city at one tirona In the outskirts of the city recely raids, explaining that the Japan- tune, Pasay, 923 F. B. Harrison and part of the 900-mile waterway-The State Department disclosed Libya, East Africa.
chessurances that the south 1800 Cordeleria, Damage was widespread but ni-ed several hits
ink between Danzig, in the Baltic that the United States is reopen The German news agency states though several fires were started, Details of the mouth bank bomb bank was recognised as a so-called The centres located at Bulphur and the Black Beu, has now beening the consulates at Dakar and that Italian Cabinet also decided by the completed and open to naviga strierre, capitals of the French upon measures to safeguard the casualties are estimated at undering are not available yet but the safety zone could not be depended Springs Hotel, adr
de Malition
islands of Newfoundland 100
Fargest are was probably located open.
Red Cross and st
DNIEPER BUG CANAL OPEN
MOSCOW Aug 10 (Renter)
U.S. CONSULATES RE OPENING
MEETING
meat supply