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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1940.
B. AND S. BRITAIN SPENDING £9 TWO STEAMER MILLION DAILY ON WAR
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HUNDRED TONS OF
B
MARK MOVIES
SNAPSHOT COST
WITH A
Filmo
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dingla Coper: 10_omata,
Price Per Month $3.00.
BOMBS
ON LONDON IN ONE OF WORST
RECALLED Expenditure On Fighting ENEMY
UTMOST SECRECY
OVER REASON. SHANGHAI, Oct. 16 (Reu- ter)-An air of mystery sur- rounds the return in Shang- hat, 12 hours after she left for Tientsin yesterday of the Butterfield and Swire steamer Shengking.
Services Doubled
-BRITAIN IS NOW LONDON, OCT. 16 (REUTER) SPENDING " £9,000,000 DAILY ON WAR PURPOSES, AN INCREASE SINCE JULY OF £1,500,000 DAILY.
This fact was revealed by Sir Kingsley Wood, Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, in a statement given to the House of Commons on the new £1,000,000,000 vote credit.
The vessel docked early Britain Has
"this morning and was met by members of the French river
police and Customs officials.
secrecy is
being
Utmost maintained over the reason of
-the ship's return.
Bought Enough Food
LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuter)--
An official communique issued Britain had secured, bought and
He stated that during the four weeks ended last Satur- day, Britain's total expendi ture had averaged over £64,- 000,000 weekly. The daily rate on fighting services was now £7,500,000 dally and other services cost £1,500,000 daily.
1. Expenditure on fighting services since last had nearly doubled
by the British naval authorities paid for enough food to place her March and this was encouraging states: "The British authorities re-people in a very good position for evidence of the progress of the ceived information which indicated the coming year, stated Lord Wool-war effort. that it was desirable to recall the ton, Minister of Food, speaking mi ship to Shanghai for examination. She was therefore recalled and examination is in progress.
"It is expected that she will sail again shortly."
London.
He added: "I hope that the rate of expenditure will be even fur- The selection might suffer, hether increased.” said, but the quantity would not. £1,000,000,000 granted in "July "We shall have enough to eat would last into November and at and we shall have enough varlets the present rate the new vote to keep the people happy," he con-would not carry beyond the early
It is widely believed that there was some question which arose cluded. over cargo carried by the Sheng- king. The Chinese Press suggests that there have been attempts of sabotage.
SECOND ANSWER
TO THE CALL
SHANGHAI, Oct. 16 (Reuter) Mr. O. D. E. Shotter, M.B.B., En- gineer and General Manager of
days of March
ANOTHER LARGE SCALE BLACK OUT SHORTLY
Special to the Hongkong Daily Press Subject to official approval being granted, the Colony will have another large scale black-out exercise in the first week of November, the Hongkong Daily Press was in- formed by Wing Commander A. H. S. Steele-Perkins, Di- the Chins General Omnibus Com-rector of A.R.P., in the course of an interview yesterday. pany is resigning the post after The exercise will be on the ten years service to foln the Royal Australian Air Force, it is learned same lines as the last one car- ried out early in September today.
RAIDS YET EXPERIENCED
Mainly
To
Damage Confined
Houses, Industrial Premises
LONDON, OCT. 16 (BEUTER)-IT IS UNOFFICIALLY ESTIMATED THAT LON DON ABSORBED ABOUT 200 TONS OF BOMBS ON TUESDAY NIGHT, IN WHAT WAS ONE OF THE WORST AIR RAIDS YET EXPERIENCED.
AS USUAL BOMBS WERE DROPPED INDISCRIMINATELY BUT DAMAGE CAUS- ED WAS NOT AS GREAT AS THAT PRODUCED BY THE EARLY SEPTEMBER RAIDS.
Damage was confined mainly to houses industrial premises and utility services and it was spread by some 250 planes.
At least two bombers were brought down by anti-aircraft fire.
Notwithstanding the intensity of the raid, all the utility services were functioning as usual with the coming of dawn.
EARL OF ATHLONE ATHLONE TO VISIT
UNITED STATES letterboxes, postmen delivered let
The Earl of Athlone, "Governor-
Newspapers were thrust through
Eers milkmen and bakers were on their accustomed rounds and
electric railways,
and steam,
Alice, will be visiting the United General of Canada, and Countess States shortly, according to a news buses and trams took up their bulletin from Daventry last night, usual task of transporting Lon- don's imperturbable millions to This follows a precedent created
work. by the late Lord Tweedsmuir when he visited America in 1937 in re- turn for agit which Fresident Roosevelt bald three years belőre that.
"HEAVY NATURE”.
An official communique confirms that two enemy abaratİSS brought down and described the attack on London as "of a heavy nature."
The amount of damage caused was not as great as that done in the raid which took place in early September
DIRECT HITS IN BENGHAZI RAID" CAIRO, Oct. 16 (Reuter)—An RAF. communiqué says that the which will eventually be cap- RAF. successfully raided Benghazi A town in the Midlands was able of providing protection and direct hits were registered on also attacked where a number of for 1,000,000 people.
the main mole, three ships in the dwelling houses and many res Concrete blocks and tunnels are harbour, main railway sidings. Jef were started, This is the second time that he when an all-night black-out for protection of the populace in ties and barracks, causing huge. Some persons were killed and others wounded, but the casual- has responded the call, as he has was declared and exercises the more congested areas.
All our aircraft returned without des were not numberous, having served with the Royal Flying Corps were carried out under war- Colony scheme includes also the
provision of Anderson shelters a loss. and later with the RAF through-time conditions.
Other raids were made on Bardia regard to the scale of the attack.
Cont'd. Page 7, Col. 1 out the Great War.
and Bugbug. He was engineer on the airship It is expected should the exer-iew of which are already available R-34 when that vessel made the cise be approved, that all the de-from the ARP. Department.
fence services, including the medi- memorable trans-Atlantic Hight, the first airship to accomplish such cal units, will be called out...
a feat
Mr. Shotter will be attached to the engineering side of the RAF where his experience will stand him in good stead.
He is sailing on Nov. B.
"BRITISH REFUGEES
FROM RUMANIA ISTANBUL, Oct 16 (Reuter) The first batch of British refugees trom Rumania, numbering about
Questioned regarding the rumour current in town yesterday that all ARP. workers had been asked to be in readiness to report for duty at a moment's notice, the Director of ARP. told our representative that this was not correct and that! the only instructions of auch a nature issued to A.R.P. personnel was that they should notify the authorities should they leave the Colony even for a few days.
WORK ON TUNNELS Work on the tunnels is progress
109 arrived together with 200 re-ing satisfactorily and it is still not fugees of other nationalities. possible to say when they will be They came in a Rumanian completed. Boring is being done steamer, Bessarabia, and were by day and night shifts, however, nearly eight hours late, having and good headway has been made been delayed by exhausted formali- * It is expected that the work will go on for the next 12 or ties of searchers carried out by the
18 months and the Government' Iron Guard at Constanza.
envizages the continuous pre- parations of tunnels, trenches and special deserted areas
British passengers stated they went through hell" at the hands of the Iron Chuard.
Heavy Calibre Bombs On Naval Base At Kiel
LONDON, Oct. 16 (Beuter)The main strength of the BAF. bomber offensive on Tuesday night was concentrated on naval bases at Kiel and Hamburg where large numbers of heavy calibre bombs were dropped on shipping (and wharves,
Oll plants in Gereskirchen, Magdeburg and Balzerbergen were attacked by other forces of bombers, states an Air Ministry com- munique, while two depots in the neighbourhood of Kiel were also hit Good yards at Schwerte, Krefeld, Hamm and Boest were at- tacked and the railway junctions at Mordhausen and Halle were damaged.
aircrätt which
objectives
A number of industrial targets munition factori Tactories and power stations were raided by other air owing to bad weather did not reach their prim
The offensive against Channel ports and gun-emplacements at
Cap Oris Nez was continued."
All our Aircraft returned safely
The
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Just Peace
By Victory Guarantee
Cannot Be Dictated
A Alone: Must Be
Violence Against
18 ENEMY AIRCRAFT
DESTROYED
LONDON, Oct. 16. (British Wireless) - Enemy air losses in yai- terday's engagements over Britain, which ap to 5.30 p.m. were known to number -nine against ten R. A. F. planes lost, were found checked.
to total 18 when later reports were examined and
These included 17 destroyed during daylight hours and one after darkness had fallen.
Fifteen of our aircraft were lost yesterday, but the pilots of nine are known to be safe...
GOVERNOR IN SYMPATHY
WITH EVACUEES
by MRS. C. E. CLARKE, of No. 17, Homontin Hill Kowloon, who ha taken an active part in the appeal' against the compulsory. OUR of the remaining British women and children in Hongkong and who led the protest committee at the last public session of the Evacus- tion Advisory Committee, sends is the following letter which wa received by her from His Excellency the Acting. Governor, LIEUT.» GEN, E F. NORTON, C. B., D. S. 0., M. C., in reply to the ples she made for a system of voluntary evacuation to take the place of the order now in force.
Government House,
Hongkong,
Oct. 15, 1940.
ANOTHER RAID
ON KUNMING
Dear Madam,
In reply to your letter appeal-... ing for a system of voluntary CHUNGKING, Oct. 16 (Reuter), evacuation from Hongkong in Kunming was again raided by place of the compulsory system Japanese aircraft yesterday, sc- now in force, I first wish to assure cording to information reaching you of my fullest and deepest here, but no details are yet avail- sympathy with those who are able
A Chinese press dispatch from suffering hardship and unhappiness because of the evacuation order. Kunming reports that trains on I myself am suffering in common the Chinese section of the French with them, and at this very mo- Indo-China Railway are only run ment my family in India is having ning at night beginning from yes- great difficulties in Anding a house terday and can only reach Chuan- to live in. I have a wife and ha Station about 30-kilometres three small sons to consider, and from the French Indo-China it goes without saying that 1 border. understand the hardships: as;, well
EDEN GOING TO MIDDLE EAST
Many Americans have already given thought to the role we must play in secur
Chinese engineers are removing ing a world peace and the conviction is growing that we must accept our full respon-
Ba most
ralls from, the Chinese section of sibility... The peace that is to come, if.it. is to be a Just peace, cannot be dictated
However, the question of In the French Indo-China Railway in by victory alone. It must be a guarantee to nations against violence, it must provide for a union of nations and nothing must be allowed to stand in the way of the freedividual suffering cannot over a most efficient manner.
ride more important considerations niovement of economic forces."
In these critical times, and I am uncertainty. The new pact with sure that the women of Hongkong Japan is indicative of this un-are prepared to face dimiculties certainty and is well explained in and hardships in the common the story of the two businessmen cause no less than those in other who were discussing Japan's al- parts of the Empire, Hance with the Axis Powers." In answer to a question from one of these men as to what could have PAGE 2-Boccer review, Har-induced Herr Hitler to take Japan
bour race sequel, Colours for Varsity athletes Softball
MR. JOHN B. HUGHES, well-known American com- mentator on world affairs, made this significant obser- vation when he broadcast from San Francisco yesterday on the international situation.
The war," he said, "appears to be taking the course that most observers have been predicting för a long time. Recent events in- dicate a clash of German and Russian interests and observers throughout the world have said that this would take place.
"Such a clash of interests will! not, however, mean that Herr Hit ler himself will be fighting Russia and Britam at the same time, He
-On Other- Pages
notes. PAGE 3Radio programmes; Coming events; Cinema notes. PAGE E MB Ajax wins laurels in action of Sicily, Gandhi sees himself as peace Instrument; Commons query Premier con war aims; U E nationals In Free China
has cunningly placed himself in a || PAGE 5-$1,000,000 vote for position to prevent this, but there
is a definits indication that Russla and Turkey might be drawn to- gether against him. Particularly significant of this is the Russian dissatisfaction over the fact that Germany had given, Moscow no intimation of her intention to send troops into Rumanis
STATE OF UNCERTAINTY The Axis moves of late have been showing more clearly than ever that they are in a atate
A R. P. Waitress falls in breach of promise suit, Per- mission to appeal refused, PAGE 6-Leading article: The
Balkans and Russia, PAGE 8 Round the Police Confth Cook on two counts
Crosswo of wounding:
PAGE 9 Japan's mask don Food problem in Kwanga
12:122 Training rallopt
into his deal, the other replied: Well, when business is good don't take a new partner!
The evacuation order was given originally by the Home Govern Cont'd on Page 7, Col. 3
news bulletin from Daventry last night announced that the War Secretary, Mr Eden, is going to the Middle East where he will have conversations with General Bir Ar- chibald Wavell.
TODAY'S WAR SUMMARY
LONDON EXPERIENCED ONE OF THE WORST RAIDS yet an Tuesday night when the capital absorbed about 200 tons of bombs. All utility services, however, were functioning at the coming of dawn and London's imperturbable millions were transported to work as usual On the other side of the Channel the main strength of the R.A.F. bomber offensive was concentrated on naval bases at Kiel and Hamburg.
That brings us to events in the Far East and Americans have been wondering what the evacuation of Americans from the War Fast por- tends What is obvious, however, is that the United States Govern mant means business. Reinforce- ment units of the navy are moving west towards the Fecific and the embargo which the United States has placed against the export of and gasoline to war materials Japan now comes into effect
BURMA ROAD hen, there is the opening of the Burma Road and speculation, is goin
whether it will bring rLA ing
Japan, reprizats Men the United States to meet. As now
Cont'd Pare. 8. Col
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER REVEALED in the House of Commons yesterday, in a statement on the new £1,000,000,000 vote of credit, that Britain is spending $9,000,000 daily or war, purposes. The expenditure on the fighting services had nearly doubled since last March, he added.
THE BRITISH TRADE MISSION BAILED FOR SOUTH AMERICA yesterday and will be away for about four months: Lord Willingdon, former Viceroy of India, and head of the Mission, said they hoped to establish close trade relations between Britain and each country
South America. Res
AGERS
CONFERENCE OF PARTY IT IS REPORTED THAT: was summoned in Canberra, Australia,to discu achieving a stable government A deadlock threatens the Country Party with disintegration.
THE UNITED STATES EMBARGO ON FRON AND STEEL SCRAP to Japan was brought lato effect as from