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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1940.
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CONTINUED SOVIET RECOGNITION OF ATTLEE ON
GEN. CHIANG'S ADMINISTRATION
Italians Streaming Across Albania AS ONLY
Towards Santi Quaranta: Fall
Of Argyrokastron Imminent
The Italians are streaming across Albania towards the port of Santi Quarants and are also reported to be leaving Argyrokastron, according to a message from London yesterday.
Although the occupation of Sant! Quarants and Argyrokastron has not yet been amelally claimed," a report from Athens says that Greek troops are already on the outskirts and that the fall of these cities is imminent.
Greek successes are also reported on the snow-covered mountains to the west of Pogradets, while another "report states that they have occupied Mount Kania and captured many prisoners and large quantities of war material,
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GREEKS ADVANCE ON ALL FRONTS SHI"following retreat'ng Italians the Greeks have advanced well beyond Pogradets and serious revolt against the Italians is re- ported from Elbasan. The Italian79 are streaming across Al bania and the fall of Santi Quaranta and Argyrokastron are imminent.
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An Important British Air Victory Announced
ATHENS. Dec. 5 (Benter)ån important British air victory is announced at British headquarters.
In a fierce battle over the memy lines yesterday, British fight- ers without loss to themselves shot down a large number of enemy aircraft.
Greek sources state 10 enemy planes are destroyed but official
-confirmation is awaited.„
Enemy troops retreating hurri-
Two enemy aircraft did not at, edly in the Tepelini Kelcyre sector, temps to intercept the British
attacked were successfully
RAF. bombers and fighters.
by bombers.
British Fighter Aircraft Now Have Cannon
LONDON, Dec. 5 (Reuter)—Bri- tish fighter, aircraft are now equip. ped with a sanon in addition to machine-guns and a number of German machines were recently brought down by this new equip ment.
The cannon has a longer range and more damaging power than machine-guns.
It is reported a long-barrelled cannon of 37 milimetres will be Afted to Boering fighters which will soon be delivered to Britain.
The new machines have a speed of, 500 mph. and have been suc- cessfully tested over Lake Ontario, Canada
DIRECT. HITS
NATIONAL GOVT OF CHINA
THE SOVIET UNION HAS
INFORMED JAPAN THAT RUSSIA WILL CONTINUE" TO RECOGNISE GENERAL- ISSIMO CHIANG KAI- Alr attacks are reported to be
SHEK'S ADMINISTRATION taking place along the whole Italian front and the Ailles are AS THE NATIONAL. GOY- stated to have destroyed 17 Italian ERNMENT OF CHINA AND planes...
NOT THE WANG REGIME,
SAGE.
The Rome radio cannot and STATES A LONDON: MES- anything to say, except that there is no change and that heavy attacks and counter-attacks have been made in the northern region. A Moscow report states that the Italians have dug themselves in on the mountains which dominate the Albanian shore of Lake Tokedo and that operations on a larger scale are imminent as the weather has improved.
REAL ISSUE
On Saturday last, Japan sign-
ed a treaty with Wangi Ching-wel, classe three of which permitted the Jap anese to retain troops for an Indefinite period in North China and Inner Mongolia, the latter place!
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IMPOSSIBILITY
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PEACE
GERMANY
The impossibility of making peace with Nazi Germany was mentioned yesterday by MAJOR C. R. ATTLEE, LORD PRIVY SEAL, in the House of Commons when he said, You cannot make peace with a people who do not accept the beginnings of the decency of modern civilisation. We have seen mangled bodies and wrecked homes but there is 'something worse than killing bodies-it is killing the soul."
In the meantime, reports of peace moves continue to reach London.
A message from Budapest suggests the possibility of German mediation in the Italo-Greek wär. Barreptitious peace feelers are also being credited to Germany for a negotiated peace, the mes- sage pointed out that German propaganda had not been able to conceal the weakness of her Axis partner, the unbroken, spirit of the British Empire and the rising momentum of the United States as- aistance to Britain.
It is not Britain, but Germany, that must be feeling herself in a very dangerous position.
New Trade Agreement: Turkey Will Find Market In Britain For
Her Agricultural
Products
The most significans item of news yesterday was the announcement of the signing of a Trade Agreement between «Britain and Turkey, by which Beitain will get a birge share of the Turkish misz- -ket, states aƐ message from London.
Parebates by the British Government will be paid for promptly in sterling and Turkey 'weži find a market in Britain for her agricultural products.""
Turkey is shortly to receive a number of kicomotives and gadway' seulement from Britain and the delivery of these will again prove the British mastery of the sens so well 'ng Britain's shifty to maintain her export trade,
Germany had until now, beld
of which is within the the trade of the Balkans, but has Russian sphere of Outer led to pay for the goods the bought. Tarkey was one of the Mongolia,
Countries to cubose this method A day after the trap mas
A Turkish General, commentins. on the situation in Albania, says. "The Great Laste- of the Albertan var depends on the operations rou around Argyrokastrum If the Ita- signed, the Soviet Ambagsakankama Harts fall to defend themselves here, der in Tokyo, M. Smetanin, agreement needs no emphasis. By the whole of Albania will be ex-called on the Japanese Vice. Its signature: Turkey rendirme, her posed if Argyrokastron falls and it Minister for Foreign Affairs determination to stick by her al-
Hance with Britaina. will do extremely dimcult for any and demanded an explana- Meanwhile, the British Trade Italians to remain in Albania. Ition of this clause and he was mission to South America. is re- the Italians leave Albania, "the Italian attempt to destroy British given the assurance that it parted to be meeting with great supremacy in the Mediterranean was not directed against the success.
FORCED ON HUMANIA. will dissolve with the snow on the Soviet.
In contrast to this trade agree Albanian mountains".
sador found it necessary to inform ment with Turkey, which was ATHENS, Dec. 5 (Reuter)-A the Japanese Government that its freely negotiated, is the announce Greek communique records the polley towards China would remain ment of a pact which Germany occupation of Premeti with heavy unchanged. This means that Rushas forced on Rumanta. By this enemy losses and says the Greeks slan aid to General Chiang Kai-Pact Rumania will have to buy took over 500 prisoners, six can-shek against Japan will not be German railway machinery at
withdrawn or modined. AN nons and" much war material.
PREMETI OCCUPIED
Nevertheless, the Soviet Ambas-
Government Determined
To Fight Night Bombing
LAUREN Boe.) I ¿¿Rentem)---The Cray
deförmination to
, combat, night bombing wis emphastmed by Captain Harold Balfour,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary for. Afr.•
Speaking to the Eagle Squadron of the B. A. F. {k" squadrum composed of United Stater volunteers), Capt Balfour said the B. A. F's efforts have driven the mass day rälder out of the'"kles and forced the enemy to adopt the policy of indiscriminate night bombing, particularly in industrial arena,
"Just as indiscriminate bombing raids, failed,” said Captain Bat- four, "so will the crest from this present form of attack, be coun
tered
a request to the Eagle Squadron
"While in the air we work an leasures to oppose night raids, Germany's brice and Rumania's in the factory we will mend. The Italians abandoned new Three great Powers with inter-own goods will be sold to Germany patch, replace and rebuild.”-
Capt. BaHours peroration was positions in several sectors of the ests in the Astatic are therefore to at prices which Germany 'wants to Albanian front apparently in order help China in her battle for free-pay
A report from Bucharest states to tell United States citizens that to avoid the vast encircling move-dom-“
that Germany plans to use the there is no limit to what Britain The United States, which re- ment by the Greek Army.
cently announced a loan of armies of the small European could face and accept and that SOME DIFFICULTY -
$100,000,000 to China and which countries in her campaign next Britain is now more certain of LONDON, Dec. (Reuter)--
victory than ever before. *
is now discussing further aid; Greek troops on the northern
The Soviet Union, which is Albanian front who had advanced
offering to send planes, tanks far from their bases, are now
and other war material; and having some difficulty in obtain-
Great Britain..which is doing w ita utmost to facilitate the trans-- ng supplies, says Reuters Epecial correspondent on the Tugoslav
port of supplies to China along frontier.
the Burma Road..
All was quiet yesterday in the
sector near the Tugoslay frontier.
The terrain and the terribly difficult roads are almost impas
off the coast at Santi Quaran- sable owing to heavy snowfalla. ta, British bombers also attacked Two-thirds of the Italians and to the an enemy destroyer, two direct Albanians surrendered hits being scored and several near Yugoslav authorities at the fron- tier in the morning and the missen.
The destroyer had stopped and Italians stated that the morale of was sting heavily when the Bri-their comrades was falling.
The Albanians alleged that tish aircraft left the scene.
All British crews and aircraft Italian troops are terrorising the returned safely.
civil population of Albania.
Today's War Summary
THE CAPTURE BY THE GREEKS OF THE KEY VILLAGE OF FREMETI and the commanding positions they occupy threatening Santi Quaranta are regarded by the British Press as opening up pros- pects of still further successes in southern Albania. The Italians are still in retreat and the fall of Santi Quaranta and Argyrorastron are reported to be imminent.
CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S ADMINISTRATION IS RECOGNISED as the only National Government of China by the Soviet Union who has Informed Japan of this following the treaty signed last Saturday be tween Wang Ching-wei and the Tokyo Government.
Japan's hopes of a new order for Ázia have, thus, been rejected.
ANOTHER BLOW TO GERMAN. ASPIRATIONS IN THE BAL HANS is the ligning of a trade agreement between Great Britain and Turkey which is heralded in the London Press as an effective chal--- lenge to the Nazi plans to exploit economic domination in the Bal-|| kans for political ends."."
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION TO COMBAT night bombing was emphasised b Capt. H. H, Balfour, of the Air Ministry. Meanwhile it is reported that British fighter aircraft are now ptditionally fitted with a cannon and several German planes "have een brought down by this equipment
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2° Y'a Men's Cim tikin meet
ing: Badminton League ti tures; Entries for 13th extra race meet: 8.C.A.Arack
field meet,
3 Radio programmes, Coming. events: Crossword puzzia.
4 Nazis off supplica chief ob
jecute of RAF, Bens tional changes in Western Europe forecast: Terrine Nan losses, No British za- cognition for Nunɛng “Gov- ernment.
Smart Police work; Rice price, fixed by Government, *ARP. Orders,
6 Landers: Profitearins:
Racketeering
Round the Polk Japanese in Ha between US, policles, Ruman
spring.
Britain's Financial Position Never Stronger"
RETAIL PRICES FOR RICE B's
STRONGLY CRITICISED
Excellent
Opportunity For Unscrupulous Dealers To Continue Ramp
STRONG CRITICISMS OF THE RETAIL PRICES FOR RICE FIXED BY THE CONTROLLER OF FOOD, and pub- lished in a Government Gazette Extraordinary yesterday, were voiced by all those approached on this question by a Hongkong Daily Press reporter yesterday afternoon."
NEW YORK, Dec. 5 (Router) Britain's financial position WRE never stronger” declared Sir Frederick, Phillips, Third Secretary to the British Treasury, when he arrived here by Clipper last night, en route to Washington, to confer with Mr. H. Morgenthan on the financial position 2. Lof general
·Britain-
Rending the conference, he de-. clined to discuss what he hoped to accomplish or what ald Britain might expect and said that the British purchases are at present being paid for before delivery but. "we can't go on buying from re- serves forever no matter what they Asked whether he had come discuss credits, he replie
The consensus of opinion such as manual labourers-the new is a stage farther on appeared to be that the price will inflict a terrific hard-fessed lack of knowledg
ship" on those whose lot was, at reported proposal to prices fixed were most un- the best of times, not a happy one. $2,500,000,000. He ad satisfactory in three respects, For the No. 3 Grade, the price of not been discussed by Brit!
his knowledge, such
namely,
They are much too high; They still offer an excellent opportunity to unscrupulous dealers to continue the ramp and
No penalty has been fixed by Government.
Courts.
As to the first point: one of the caught
informants stated that the" bro- Tokyo
kent quality used to be sold at lost
between $8 and $8.50 per cul,
mination challenged. Controls Nax economie, do- 9-10 Finance and Commer
11 Sant Quaranta in shadow
Af Greek artillery,
against the Government" allow "ance of $1x50′ (st-bought by scatty: 1018) cx 312 If bought by the ratty """"As this quality is principally consumed by the poorer ciats.
14 cta. per catty (or even $13.80 Der ernment circles connected with pleni) is ridiculous, as this quality nnances fr used to be sold at $9.10 per picul -AWARD OF CONTRACTS The most reasonable increase NEW YORK Dec. 5 (Reuter) seemed to be in connexion - with The award of contracts for the No. 1 quality which was formerly constriction of at least a part of sold at round about $14 per picul the 60 vessels stated in the House,
in
as against the new price of $15
Government, said the informant, appeared to have allowe crease of about respect to Grade be sold at
or $12.50 per
SQUEEZE OPI The Gover have lost Kant
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in
of Commons on Dec. 3, to have been ordered in the United States by the Ministry of Shipping is expected within the next few days, accor ing to the Journal of Commerce
ONDON Deck 5 (Ree
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