HONGKONG DAILY PRESS Possible Measures China Can Take Against Japan's Attack On Singapore, D.E. I.
CHUNGKING, NOV. 21 (REUTER)— THERE ARE SPECULATIONS AS TO WHAT POSSIBLE MEASURES CHINA CAN TAKE AGAINST JAPAN'S ATTACK ON SINGAPORE AND THE DUTCH EAST INDIES. It is suggested that China Would be in a strong. position to help the United States and Britain in the Far East by launching an attack on the Japanese bases in French" Indo-China.
Many circles here believe that the United States and Britain will
EUROPE'S FOOD supply China with aircraft and
other military supplies, Chinese SITUATION
forces in the field would be in a position to launch a large scale Continued from Page 1
counter-offensive on all, fronts believe make some sort of arrangements. and some Chinese even Belgian relief, for instance, cost that the Chinese might be able the Ailles £200,000,000, which by to recapture Nanchang, Hankow every principle of humanity and and Klukiang, driving the Japan- by the rules of war itself was the ese eastward to the lower Yangtse
of the Kaiser Valley. responsibility Among the goods that came from outside for this relief work, one- third came from Britain and the Zealand gave "Dominions. New
more money per head of popula- tion than any other country.
"Then, as it is now, the res- ponsibility for the relief of the civil population never entered Into the calculation of either the Kaiser or Herr Hitler. The Germans regard the accumu-" lated food stocks in the terri- tories they have won as the normal way of replenishing their own larder.
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Chinese forces on the Kuungsi-Yonnan border might ever attack the Japanese flank in northern Indo-China bofter thereby seriously ob- structing the Japanese opera- tions in the South Seas against the United States and Britäin.
CABLE
On the South-East coast where a German plane crashed on the beach
CHINA'S RED ARMY IS SET FOR
FIRE OUTBREAK BIG OFFENSIVE: NEW
ATTACK ON JAN. 1
AT NUNNERY
A fire which, but for the prompt
PEIPING-CHINA'S FAMOUS RED ARMY, WITH THREE FULL action of the Fire Brigade, might YEARS OF PREPARATION BEHIND IT, MAY TAKE GREATLY IN- have assumed serious proportions, TENSIFIED ACTION AGAINST THE JAPANESE ARMY OF OCCUPA- broke out in the basement of No.TION IN NORTH CHINA IN THE NEAR FUTURE, writes JD. White, 13 Staunton Street, an old-style in the Manila Bulletin. Chinese dwelling house the ground
Unless practically every Chinese in these parts is a liar or a fool.
While the Chinese are not over four of which was occupied by the Reds will go into a central, counteroffensive sometime around Jan. optimistic about the chances of the Fook Shing nupnery..
inflicting a decisive defeat on the'! Caused, it was sald, by a fuse, 1, 1941. This is what every Chinese belleves and talks about.
Japanese Army in China, they feel the names obtained a firm hold on
AND IT'S NOT ALL TALK. Be-j
that at least their counter-offen- I rattan-waste and other inBam-ports Altering in from the Red China unyway, but otherwise the sive would be a valuable assistance mable materials stored in the base-controlled interior lend support to raid obtained certain definite re-
this Chinese belief. "Then, as now, they blame the to the United States and British ment
forces in the Far East.
the British on consequences blockade, making po mention of the privations of the Polish po- pulation crushed under the Hitler heel The British-blockade could not be responsible for that.
SAME TACTICS -
NEW FOURTH ARAY The recent Central Government order for the Communist new Fourth Army which has been operating for the past three years
"I cannot say that the nature in the Yangise Valley, In Klangsu of the beast has changed mucha 1 Anhwei provinces, to move to since the last war, but I can see new positions, was the subject of a very close parallel between the
at questions raised many
this tactics employed today and the afternoon's Press conference. tactics employed then.'
Four appliances. ander Mr. J. C. Fitzhenry, Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, were scon on the the scene. Within 40 minutes Are was brought under control.
There were no casualties:-
AUSTRALIAN MINESWEEPER TRAGEDY
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story.
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 22, 1940. —PAGE 7
ITALIANS THROWN BACK ON WIDE EPIRUS FRONT
ATHENS, Nov; (Router)-Striking new successes and the capture of a large amount of war material and prisoners are recorded in the latest, Greet High Command communique.
The ftalans have been thrown back on a wide front in' the Epirus and the Greeks are advancing northwards. This is the climax to the Grecks successful action of the last few days in this area.
Tanks, 200 lorries and, matérial jot every kind have fallen" into Greek hands and also prisoners.
The Greeks have now gone be- yond the high ridge of mountain range of Morava (which over- locks Koritza) and have advanced on its western, spurs. “
Greek aircraft have been very
of
i
NEUTRALS NOT IMPRESSED
A Vienna telegram to the Stefani news agency weaks of the conver
- Continued from Page 1.
Mr. Raymond Gram Swing, the } active · bombing and machine-noted American, radio commenta- co-fur,
on commenting gunning retreating
the Axis enemy lumns and also successfully bomb-moves said: "We were told that ed the Argyrocastron aerodrome. the Pact was meant to prevent the SERIES OF EXCUSES Ang spread of the war. We know that "ROME, Nov. 21 (Reuter)-And sooner was the alliance formed series of excuses for the standstill then the war spread not because of Marshal Graziani's forces in of an attack on any of its mem- the Western Desert was made to bers but because of Italy's attack a long, statement by the official on Greece,
. "When Rumania joins it s Italian news agency last night.
After referring to the "dificulties Importance will be precisely the same, The job that still presented by the terrain, torrid
remains to oust Britain from desert climate and the shortage!
Egypt and Greece and the new of water the statement continues:
alligriments do nët provide an Because of these conditions ex-
answer to that." tremely careful preparations have!
Among a number of financial ' to be a prelude for further ad
agreements which were in Vienna The Japanese went into Indo-vance towards Mesa Matruh,"
was one raising the value of the WATER PROBLEM The statement says that the reichsmark over Hungarian" cur. sults. It knocked out the railway problem of water is being solv- rency by three per cent. says' a
message, into Shans! for a whole month (ted by the construction of an London
STAGE BEING SET REVEALING STORY
is still not completely repaired) aqueduct and the discovery
LONDON, Nov. 21 (Reuter)- For instance, a man (we cannot and for at least two months pre-wells. It is also stated that the give his name or nationality bevented the Japanese from bringing bringing up of material for the With General Antonescu. Premier · jesuse bus still around) arrived any coal from Shansi and central next advance is now almost com-let Rumania, on his way to Berlin, ¡indications are that the stage is pleted. here recently with a revealing Hopel provinces.
The statement emphasises that being set for another small coun- Chinese arriving from the ralded He had been captured by thei Chinese Communist army within a areas speak of very heavy Japanese "never before in history has the try to line with Hungary in joining few miles of Pelping and held at casualties, much heavier than the conquest of Egypt been attempted the Axis Pact one of their bases in the interior Japanese admit officially. So do from the west on account of the The official German Diploma "other intimating that individual Japanese who got out desert" and added that British tisch-Politische Kerrespondez is al-
have also beenteady preparations ror a considerable time.
alive. This is what he and others like
The Chinese claim the raid es- thorough and says that Marshal Powers" will shortly take this After confirming that the order
him told when they returned
tablished the paucity of Japanese Graziant faces the best divisions course. "The desire to help these, po-
MELBOURNE, Nov. 21 (Reuter)
CLEAN UP BANDITS
troops guarding the rallways, and of the British Army,
HEROIC AIRMEN pulations in Europe was as strong was issued by the Chinese High
Command, а Chinese military-An Australian minesweeper with
During the past year the Reds predict that the next Red offensive in England then as it is today..
ATHENS, NOV. 21 (Reuter)-The sations Herr Hitler had there as But an adequate guarantee is re-spokesman declared that the High the entire crew of four officers and have diligently driven out or killed will be much more severe.
heroism of the Greek Air Force proving that the step aken by quired by the British Government Command would proceed in ac-13 men was sunk at the entrance utf all bandits; bandits masquerad
SPREAD OVER COUNTRY
was highly praised by the Greek Hungary "is part of a vast plan' Port Philip Bay last night.mg as Reds, and other undesirable that cargoes of food ships will cordance to plans, adding that the to
The Reds have spread all over Commander-in-Chief, den. Papa-of political action." reach the people for whom they Central Government troops would when retuming to port, after a elements in north China so that the country into north and east gou. who congratulated the "vali- are intended and not turned di- take over the area at present gar-collision with a merchantman.
they are now the sole remaining There were no casualties on the anti-Japanese military force
Hope and even Into Manchukuo ant air, force units on their cour-
The Bilards Association uppeals rectly or in directly into the Oer-soned by the new Fourth Army.
They malbtain regular communi-age and self-sacrifice. In combat this area.
cations with their forces there and against an incomparably superior for billiaris tables for the troos There was a high sea and rescue
They have carried out an inten- claita that their counteroffensive adversary and also for the help Full-size, three-quarter or half- attempts proved in vain.
sive propaganda campaign to win in north China will extend into they are giving to the heroic size tables will be acceptable either
as gifts or on loan the peasantry back to their cause yianchukuo as well.
Aghters by land." and, according to this man and
Regarding all these and other other similar sources, have had considerable success despite the sign the Japanese army display abuses which have been curient the same calm confidence that they have shown throughout the entire the interlor for the past two years. when outlaw troops exploited the war. They apparently feel people in the name of Chinese heir efficient system of keeping
communications open will continu Commitmian;
successful, on the whole, as in the PAID FOR GOODS.
past. But about the whole subject What the Red troops take from of the growing strength and in- the people they pay for, and a creasing activity of the Reds they. 1 Fires were started in several counts are strictly and honestly keep "very and perhaps signifl-
towns in the Midlands and high kept Taxes kre no higher than in cantly-mum,
Foreign observers, meanwhile, explosive bombs demolished some Japanese-occupied areas, and what houses and damaged 'others. As most important to the Chinese listen to Chinese predictions of a to which increasing attention is gency shelters on the surface. number of people were killed and peasant, they are consistent. Once large counteroffensive with their being pald. That is the effect on "Night after night." the Daily paid, he doesn't have to worry fingers crossed, Such promises have the plastic minds of the younger Mail said, "thousands of children
been made in the past, When they |
in the danger areas are suffering about paying them again.
The Reds, who have been recruit materialized they either fizzled or
ATMOSPHERE OF TERROR the terrors of constant bombing. ing and training for three years. succeeded at best in supplying the Children are growing up in an Many are being killed. Some have now control about 90 per cent of Japanese with local Irritations such atmosphere of terror, especially in seen their parents slaughtered, er the entire territory of north China, as the attacks on Pactouchen and Britain and to a lesser extent in have watched their world crumble only the railway zomes and most Kalfeng last year.-
the countries of Europe and Asia. before thier eyes, -county-seat towris remaining in
Even in our country, the children. Japanese hands.
are reading or hearing about the bombing of historic spots which they normally would be taught to
% respect and love.
man war machine.".
The spokesman declined to re- latter. Mr. Ingrams went on to describe real details of the orders issued by how the Germans in the last war the High Command.. had done to Poland what they were doing today as regards food supplies and how they had not only taken out of the country to- day everything they could lay their hands on, but had a huge army of occupation living on the country. Unoccupied France was expected to export her surplus food into Germany and was pre- vented from feeding her own fellow Frenchmen In German occupied France.
Widespread But Desultory Enemy Air Activity
LONDON: Nov. 21 (Reuter)-Enemy activity over this country last night was widespread but desultory and the attacks made were Intermittent and on a minor scale, states an Air Mini.try communique.
Bombs were dropped in the London area, in the Midlands, at many widely separated points in the santhern half of England. at one point in North-West England and in South Wales.
In
Refugees The Colony
"It is impossible, as it was in the last war, to obtain guarantees from the Germans," said Mr. In- grams. "German guarantees are | worth less today than they were then. I know myself that the pos-,
others injured in this area. sibility of accepting tulalment of such, undertakings by the
Elsewhere, although some dam Germans is so futile that it is not of refugees and destitutes accom-age was done at several points, the worth going to a conference table modated to the Colony, in Govern attacks were generally ineffective to discuss the question.
ment camps, etc., in Urban and and the number of people killed Rural Areas is recorded in the re- and injured very small. turns for the week ending Nov. 16.;
any
A decrease of 69 in the number
LONGEST RAID
"One after another German contracts and promises have been broken in the years pre-Urban Areas (Civilians):
The German air raid on the East ceding the war-neither the King's Park 1,279 against 1.286)
Midlands town during last night on Nov. D letter nor the spirit of a con- tract has the slightest in- Mau. Tau Chung 1,009 against was the longest this town has, hi- fluence in Hitler's Germany. 1,181 on Nov. 9.
therto experienced but subsequent In the last war the Belgian North Point $1.391 against 1.396 checking up showed only seven rellet organisation was able to on Nov. 8. "
casualties of whom none were fatal make sure that the terms under Morrison Hill 538 aradost 538 on and comparatively little damage jan extraordinary number of bombs which supplies were allowed were Nov. 9..
having fallen in the outskirts, ex- fulfilled, because the people In Urban Areas (Soldiers): /
ploding harmlessly in the fields. charge of these supplies had be- hind them the American diploma- tic machine which worked to see that the German authorities kept their contract.
In Hospital 17 against 18 on Nov. 9.
Argyle Street 706 against 704 on Nov. 9. Nevan Areas (Squatters Camps): "The question of guarantees is
Tai Hang 2,557 against 2,557 on the whole crux of the matter to- Nov. 9. day. Given these, we should be Ngau Tau Kok 798 against 798 happy here to see supplies, reach on Nov. 9. our friends in Europe in quantity. Rural Azcas:
+
but I feel sure that the British Kam Tin 1,829 against 1,836 on Government will not, in any dir-Nov. 9.
curristances, accept the signature į Total: 10,422 against 10.491-on of Herr Hiller on any agreement" { Nov. 9.
READY TO GET GOING
in
Good crops in the Red areas. this summer assure a food supply, for the winter for both the population and the troops.
..
Ambitious Y's Men's Programme
that
TERRORS OF WAR WILL HAVE A PROFOUND EFFECT ON YOUTH
This war, whatever. Its outcome, is going to have a, profound effect on the political, geographical and economic set-up of the world, writes Louis F. Keemle, in the Manila Bulletin.
Berlin, Rome and Tokyo are out to divide the world into spheres of influence, in which small nations will be subservient. There is another effect, however,commodations of the smaller emer
generation,
The question has arisen in many minds whether they will become inured to wanton har- "barism, or turn to revolution against such methods of war-
fare.
"The search for safety is a pilgrimage of misery. In 1940. there are no proper beds for the children. They are con- demned to sleep in the humid. atmosphere of tube stations," or to He huddled among strangers': in surface shelters, unhealthy The Reds say, at least, that they
and without sanitation.” are about ready to get going. They
MASS EVACUATION explain that the first stage of their
The paper went on to say that war against Japan, that of "prepa The weekly tiffin meeting of the FUNDS FOR SPITFIRES
The Daily Mail of London posed only 1,000 children are being ration," is already over, and that Hongkong Y's Men's Club was the question in a recent issue į evacuated at the present rate, and BATAVIA, Nov. 21 (Reuter) The the second stage of "stalemate" is held yesterday at the St. Franc which, being published under cen- that it would take about seven Java Spitfire Committee is now nearing its end. Counteroffensive Hotel "There was no speaker but worship in gland, was reasonably months to remove the bulk concentrating its efforts on the is planned as the last and final an ambitious programme was Dru-frank in revealing the extent of them to safer quarters. Its sug→ – |coming · birthday of Mr. Winston stage. .⠀
mised for the next fortnight. destruction in the capital of the gestion was for immediate evacua- Churchill on Nov. 30 calling on all People coming back from thei Mr. K. F. Wong announced the empire. It presented no pretty tion en mase into communal cen contributors to make it possible to Red areas all confirm that the speaker for next Thursday picture.
ters, to overcome the reluctance of wire: Mr. Churchill that day that Reds move freely about the coun-Mr. H. Lockwood, his subject to · DREADFUL ORDEALS
some parents to commit their "we have some news for you Mr. try and that the Tapanese no be "The Far East Through An "These dreadful ordeals," the children-to, strange-private homes, Churchill, this time good news." longer engage them in hand-to- American Historian's Eyes On widely circulated paper told Eng | The paper further deprecated Funds for another two Spitfires band fighting. The Reds cross the the following Thursday, Dr. Chan land. "must be spared the genera- the idea that the people are taking have already been collected but it Japanese-held railways freely with wah, only recently returned from tion to whom we shall look to the terrific bombings of London is hoped that more could be oner-out being molested They swagger Europe, will speak on Impress build up our brave new world when a joke, saying: "ht ed on Nov. 30.
past isolated Japanese garrisonsona of a Trip. Abroad." On the war is over. Get them out." The Japanese close their stockades Thursday, Dec. 12, Dr. Lel Ying: A hint of the ghastly devastation MUST BE REPLACED
and pretend not to notice.
lam. of Lingnan University, will of London's crowded east side NEW YORK, Nov. 2(Reuter)-
"A, most important factor is that Whatever the losses may be in Er- the Reds seem to have settled of speak on "A Trip To Kwangtung areas; of the bombing of St. Paul's, Mr. Lum K, Chu extended an The Temple, Buckingham Palace. tala's war output, as a result ofFectively their differences with invitation to all Ys Men to attend hotels, apartments. museums and German raids, they must be Tê- Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. a "Camp Fire Evening at the historic shrines can be read inta placed quickly by American fac- Their big attack on the railways in Chinese Y. M. CA Waterloo the Daily Mail's editorial tories. declared the NEW YORK {TIMES today..
It is not enough for us to send 46 Army bonera. It is not enough
to scrape our cupboards, H
north China in August came after a conference with Chiang's trusted deputy, General Cher Cherig
"A lot of nonsense has been " written about the wisecracking!: Cockney making a joke of the horrors around him," There. horors are no joke, nor, does the averige Cockney think, them funny. These people are, suffering and their children Road, on Saturday from p Civilization, as we know it, would are suffering with them." when a programme of entertain-seem to be crumbling, if the Daily
BARNADO'S HOME ment will be presented by the Y Mall is not being too pessiuristic In the column next to the Boys' Club, the Boy Scout. Troop And pessimisin is almost a state of editorial appeared an advertise and the Rover Scouts of the treason in the current will-to-winment of the Barnado homer for Chinese Y. M. CA
which prevails in England, foundling children. It safe:
."
PLAN SEVERE OFFENSIVE The conference, which took place "What is needed is an all-round at Bianfu decided to raid 500 miles expansion or our war materials on of Japancas-operated railways to Mr. Lum also extended an in- FRANK SPEAKING "Barnado's have been hat very a scale beyond all our previous try to divert the Japanese from vitation to all Men to attend Hence, Lord Rothermiere's paper hard by the hazards of war-eight conceptions so that the air raid sending more troops to Indo-China a presentation of Stage Plays to speaks with extraordinary frank branches damaged there are 8250 losses can be offset and the offen- and south China, and to test the be given at King's Theatre in ness under the conditions. It men boys and girls in the Barando sive strength of the RAF increas- Japanese strength following reports Sunday morning by a children's tions the foul air and inadequate family, including 350 children of ed until it can become a declare that some troops had already been troupe. This will commence at sanitation facilities of the subway fighting fathers. Please help by
ahifted: factor in the war "
shelters, and the even worse ac gift or legacy,”
battery of anti-aircraft guns on the coast of Britain.