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"IF EVER AN ENEMY FOOT ON OUR SHORES WE CAN BEAT HIM"-PREMIER
"Herr Hitler is in great need of doing something in the next few months. The defence of our beaches is complete all around the island. We have also a large army capable of moving at great speed and if ever an enemy sets foot on our shores we can beat him."'.
THESE REMARKS WERE MADE BY MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL, THE PREMIER, IN A SURVEY OF THE WAR SITUATION GIVEN IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YES- TERDAY, ON THE EVE OF ITS CHRISTMAS RECESS, STATES A LONDON MESSAGE. Mr. Churchill went on to refer to the British Army and said, "We must have an army on a large scale not only to defend this island but equipped and trained for other theatres of war. We are still only half-armed against a fully-armed German nation.
"IT TAKES. THREE OR FOUR YEARS TO MAKE, A ARMED AND WE ARE STILL 'COUNTRY, FULLY
WE SHALL BE WELL ONLY IN THE SECOND YEAR, ARMED IN 1941 AND TO THIS END THERE MUST BE GREATER EFFORTS IN OUR MUNITION FACTORIES AND PRODUCTION.
Situation Developing Favourably
ITALIANS HAVE NOT SHOWN HIGH QUAL
"We cannot say that the Ita- Hans have shown a high fighting spirit or quality in this battle,” sald MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL, Prime Minister; when he gave a few details of the British successes In the Western Desert to the House of Commons yesterday, states a London message.
Mr. Churchill looking ahead- to victory.
"At any rate." continued the
"Our Brat task is to improve conditions in shelters and every-
thing possible is being done."
Turning to shipping losses, the Prime Minister said that the sink- ing of merchant shipping, was on a disquieting level, although it was Referring to air raids, Mr.
not as bad as it was in 1917. that Churchill said.
every Their task was to find mearis to method for dealing with the counter the work of the German night bomber.
being submarines. was studied but so far they have not been successful in finding a decisive solution.
Looking to the future. Mr. | Churchill explained that when he spoke the other day of 1943. and 1944 he did not mean that the war will go on until then, but in matters of agriculture and ship-
"There have been improvements in various directions, but we must expect a continuance of air raids building they must look that much and must bear them.
shead.
Sir Atholl MacGregor
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Receives Insignia Commander Of Venerable Order Of St. John
HIS HONOUR SIR ALASDAIR DUNCAN ATHOLL MACGREGOR, KT., K.C., CHIEF JUSTICE OF HONG- KONG, received the Insignia of COMMANDER OF THE VENERABLE ORDER OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM at a ceremony at Government House yesterday from His Excellency the Acting Governor, Lt.- Gen. E. F. Norton, C.B., D.S.O., M.C."
The presentation was made
in the Ball Room, On the dals with His Excellency were the Assistant Commissioner of the St. John Ambulance Brigade and Association, Mr. Albert Raymond, Capt. S. H Batty-Smith, A.D.C., the Hon. Naval, Military and Air Aides- ́ de-Camp, and Mr. G. Treyer-· ton, Private Secretary.
The Assistant Commissioner of the St. John Ambulance Associa- tion and Brigade said "Your Ex-
Prime Minister." we have seen, saecellency, I present to you a Postu- spectacle of a whole Italʼan divi.
lant, His Honour Sir Alasdair Dun- slon laying down its arms. before a
can Atholl Macüregor, Knight numerically inferioris.
he
Mr. Churchill began saying that Bachelor. Chief Justice of Hong-
kong.
whose admission to the
was not going to give any venerable Order of the Hospital of lengthy details of the immense battle in North Africa which was being fought with swiftly moving mechanised columna.
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2. Public roup: Entries for 8. C. A, A, track meet. H K RA mid-week shoot; Inter-school com petition, Crossword puzzle.
3 Rádio programmes; Com ing events; Cinema notes. 4 British troops well estab
lished; Binking of the Western Prince; Germans embarrassed. by R. & F.; Vichy, crisis; Bituation in Albania.
5 Petition
of:
return for evacuees rejected; Extracts from HK Audit report; Finance Committee meet Ing: Legislative Council,
8 Leader: Combatting the
U-Boat Menace.
John of Jerusalem as a Com- Bander of the Order has been
sanctioned by His Majesty the King, the Bovereign Head of the Grand Priory in the British Realm- of the sald Venerable Order.”
GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS Addreasing the Postulant, his Excellency said: Bir Atholl MacGregor, by virtue of the Au- thority vested in me by Eis Ma- Jesty, the Sovereign Head of the Order, I am about to present to you the Insignia of a Commander of the Venerable Order of the Hos- pital of Saint John of Jerusalem in the British Realm.
Be loyal to your Bovereign, true to your honour, and faithful to "the Order.
that the Cross which you wear is the sign of man's Redemption; its arms symbolise the Christian virtues, prudence, temperance, Justice, and fortitude; its points represent the eight Beatitudes, which spring from the practice of those virtues; may its whiteness ever remind you of the purity of life required of those who fight for the Christian Falth and live for the service of the poor and suffering."
"Remember always
The Postulant, with his suppor ters, Sir Robert Ho Tung, Kt, J.P.,
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BRITISH FORCES BREAK THROUGH RING OF DEFENCES ROUND BARDIA: PRESSURE ON ENEMY MAINTAINED
British forces in North Africa are keeping up their pressure on the Italians and are reported to have broken through the ring of defences round Bardia, states a Lon- don message.
This Italian strongholi, the best fortified that the British have encountered, is much more than a town. For four or five miles outside Bardia, the ground is dotted with concrete pill-poxes, barbed wire and trenches,
attacked it very heavily.
confined teams and Jagan It is this position that the British are now attacking and the general plan of
attack is the same which served so successfully at Sidi Barrani.
THE BRITISH ARE SWEEP- of the RAF, which have already |ING THROUGH INSTEAD OF WAITING TO MOP UP EACH POST OF RESISTANCE AND ARMOURED UNITS ARE CIRCLING ROUND..
Plenty Of Evidence
Of German Penetration
Into Italy
-The circulating
being Beri and Are plenty
In the last seven days, the Bri- tish bave shot down well over 100 planes, while the British losses are no more than five machines.
ANOTHER BLOW
People in London are still dis- cussing the reasons for the swift African success of the British forces, states a London, message. The explanation, according to the DAILY HERALD, is ? that the
."
This method has caused the Away to the south-east, in So-operations were well planned and Italians to retreat towards Tobruk maliland, the capture of Iwak is the troops well trained and and Derga, but safety does not lie another blow to the enemy. There equipped.
WILD PROPOSALS that way, for British Aghters have was very little fighting here and machine-gunned the
For sixteen months, states the retreating the Italian commander fed in a troops and British mechanised mule cart when he heard that the Daily Herald, arm-chair crities
swept forces have
on beyond British were coming. Bardia
. Some of the Italian troops tried | Apparently Tobruk, 60 miles to continue their resistance, but! trom Bardia, is not regarded by after the fight of their commár- the Italians as a good place in er they lost courage and surren- which to put up a stand and Bri-, dered.
Hah reconnaissance" planes have Fifty Italians were killed in this have been seen them retreating to Derna, fighting and 120 taken prisoners. En troops are 100 miles from Tobruk. Turia, Naples however, is well within the range burned the buildings.
Geraan the
Some of the most convincing facts come from a neutral who left Italy a few days ago, and who spent "his time travelling through the country. Yesterday he told the DAILY MAIL what he saw.
He said that just before jexving Rome large numbers of German anti-aircraft gunners arrived in the Rome district accompanied by Nazi troops who were described as specialists or instructors.
The Italian public was not aware of this but an Italian officer wav
told the neutral about this dia ro hide his resentment and said that in his opinion it was the begin→ ning of a German attempt to re- duce the status of Italy from that of an ally to a vassal.
TTALIANS DISGUSTED
Tals neutral said uut derMMA' fofficers in uniform are seen in the {strpets and, the'r overbearing manner is disgusting the Italians.
It was only a week ago that a Swedish newspaper reported that Germany has claimed a colonial police force to go to Rome for fur ther instruction. Their curriculum no doubt Includes guidance of how
to bring about in Africa that state
of affairs which Herr Darre, the German Minister of Agriculture;: recently described as Germany's alm
our
Herr Darre told the sectional leaders of the Nazi Party that after the conquest of Yugoslavia. Ru- mania, Turkey and Greece, way is open to Africa. There We will adopt complete new methods.. "All land will be confiscated and distributed chiefly among the Cont'd Fage 7, Col. 4
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Valour And Devotion
Derna, The. British destroyed tanks and To The Cause
HEAR NO MORE
Steps Already OF WHAT IS
Taken 10 Aid Britain On The Line Indicated By
President Roosevelt
Reports from the United States suggest that active steps have already been taken to help Britain on the line indicated by President Roosevelt, states a London message.
The Washington correspondent of the NEW YORK TIMES states that Mr. Roosevelt assured Sir Frederick Phillips, Third Secretary to the British Treasury, that Britain can place her orders in the United States without worrying about dollar payment. This report is not con- firmed.
Today's Summary Of The War News
SPEAKING IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YESTERDAY, THE PRIME MINISTER, Mr. Wing- ton Churchill, said he had every reason to believe that the fighting in North Africa was develop ing favourably. British troops were now attacking the town of Berdia with strong and increasing forces. He did not consider the operations were at an end and said that reactions to the cam paign would enable us to take bolder steps elsewhere,
THE GREEKS HAVE CAPTURED A HEIGHT DOMINATING THE TOWN OF KLISURA, ten miles east of Tepelni, after advancing through precipitous gorges. Further Greek advance is being made in the northern part of Nemerzks range. In a speech to Greek agriculturists, General Me taxas, Prime Minister, confidently declared that the war in Albania would end in the complete de feat of the Italians,
Mr. Roosevelt, however, is! reported to have conferred with his Ministers about the speed-up of armament pro- duction and a new council. has been appointed to deal with the production of arms, The Press of Britain welcomes
the new munitions programme.
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"Our forces hera quffout 100 enemy at every turn" because, af their valour and their devotion to the cause for which they are „fighting," said MR. ANTHONY
· EDEN," Secretary for War, h speech in London yesterday, ko- cording to a Londen message.
MR. ANTHONY EDEN
Mr. Exten stated that with full
The DAILY TELEGRAPH says: "We don't need American man- 199 power or American money as such The only thing we need is the equipment and training there utmost flow of materials of war were no troops anywhere m the and we would ask America to lend world superior to those of the Bri us her productive power. In this tiah Commonwealth, and he was way the United States will not glad to say that production was only be fortifying her first line of going on satisfactorily, defence but will be making an in- I hope we shall hear no more valuable addition to her own of the anestion What is the Army armament.**.
doing?" said Mr. Eden
The Washington correspondent The answer is that the Army YORK HERALD is learning its job and the African of the NEW TRIBUNE reports that America war has shown the result of a bas arranged to buy 30 or 40 long period of training. The Army Danish vessels which are now tied now in Britain is the greatest we up to the United States and these have ever had in this country will be leased to Britain and that others will follow stundu
CONSIDERING PROPOSAL Officials in Washington are sald to be considering this proposal and also a plan to place at the dis- posal of Britain several American cargo-boats,
Another report states that Bri- tish shipping arms have bought 16 cargo-boats, totalling 160,000 tons, from the United States Maritime Commission.
"The President has defined ac curately the essential goal of
IN A SPEECH AT THE JAPANESE AMERICAN SOCIETY FAREWELL LUNCHEON to Admiral Nomura new Japanese Ambassador to the United States, the Foreign Minister, Mr. Matsuoka, be-American polley in the present sceched big American friends to think twice, thrice, nay a hundred or a thousand times, before they took a leap that might prove fatal to all humanity. He warned that Japan would remain loyal to Kuantan da v her Axis allies......
THOUGH REPORTS OF GERMAN CONCENTRATIONS IN NAPLES AND OTHER ITALIAN towns are unconfirmed there is plenty of evidence of Nazl penetration Into Italy and the strengthening of the Nazi grip on Italy, German, omcers are to be segu, walking on the street according to
neutral
crisis," says the NEW YORK TIMES, according to Reuter
That goal is the possible and complete assurance that never in any circumstances or for any cause will there be a cessation of that steady, flow to Britain,"
Nurses For Shelters
LONDON, Dec. 19 (Renter)— Following on Lord Hordez's re- port, it has been decided nurses as well as doctors must be available in all large, Lon- don shelters,
Already about 100 fully train- ed state-registered nurses have various been allocated
boroughs.
More nurses, either trained for auxiliary have been up-
plfed locally and the available for shelter work now over 300