HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
New
Zealand
airmen ready
to board their
bomber for a trip to Germany
CABLE
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1940 -PAGE
"OUR AVIATORS ARE TEARING
AND WILL TEAR YOUR EMPIRE TO SHREDS"
GERMAN PRESS
OUTBURST
LONDON." Dec. 24 (Reuter)- An outburst of wrath in the der- man press reeted the appoint ment of Mr. Anthany Eden AA Foreign Secretary **.
Premier's Broadcast Hint
To The Italian People
The Boersen Zeitung writes... "With Eden there comes to the LONDON, Dec. 24 (Beuter)-A dramatic appeal to the Italian- Foreign Office a man whose acti-nation to disavow Mussolint and to follow the House of Savoy was vitles have been dictated by made by the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, broadcasting
pathological hatred of the authori- tarian States. With this appoint- ment, London experts Improve ment. in British-Russian relations and a stiffening of attitute to Japan, Spain ADA other members of the Axis,
FI
from London last night.
Mr. Churchill also revealed for the first time that messages had passed between him and Il Duce just prior to Italy's entry into the war-messages which disclosed that Italy only took up arms against Britain because of her treaty with Germany,
"To-night," said Ms. Churchill, "I déclare-and my words will "I speak to the Italian people and go far-that nothing that happen- "The answer to these Ilusions it speak to you from London, the ed in that Abyssinian quarrel can will be a crushing one. All these heart of the British islands and of account for or justify the deadly nations, including the Soviet, will the British Commonwealth and war which has now broken out
R.A.F. ATTACKS AIMED AT only see the true face of England Empire. I speak to you what di- between us. FORCING NAZI SURRENDER
of Eden."!
The
殖
and respect.
"We are at war-that is a very
THROUGH OIL SHORTAGE Those who have whipped Enx-strange and terrible thought the British and French democra-
LONDON, Dec. 4--It Germany runs short of all, she must stop fighting. It is with this uppermost in mind that the B.AF, has shaped its operations. And the RAF. knows a trick or two in connection with the bombing of oil wells. This was fully explained, among other things, by Hugh Dalton, minister of economic warfare, in the course of a press conference here today.
:
LOST LEGS AT DUNKIRK
He lost both legs at Dunkirk
but he still wants to have another amack at the Germans.
|
Dalton The British blockade, sald, is working well The enemy
is already growing uncomfortably sbort of
certain commodities. MARSEILLES
HARBOUR
The supplies of oil, rubber -and copper looted by Germany from
the occupied territories are
MOTI
exhausted, and Germany is back where she was six months aro..
SAFETY MARGIN
That's the spirit of Tommy Burns, Manchester fly - weight
The safety margin of oil in Ger. boxer. "When I get home Tilmany" has not yet been touched, have to start thinking seriously of but she is using more oll than she how I can get back to this war, is producing, as a result of the I want to do my bit right to the RAF attacks on her supplies, end," he told the Daily Mirror.. storage and transport system, and
the disappointing supplies obtain
from Russia.
TO BE "GREATLY
ENLARGED
or
But
more clearly for the appointment plomats call words of great truth ITALY'S NEEDLESS ACTS
SAYS: Deutsche Zeitung
"Then the great war between
land into war Churchil), "Eden "Whoever would imagine unticles and Prussian militarists
dictatorship begari again. and Margesson-are now on the the last few melancholy years that Nas ispot where they deserve. All three the British and Italian nations Where was the need for Italy to Where was the need are burdened with the guilt of would be trying to destroy orie intervenc?
at prostrate France? war and are now branded with another? We have always been to strike
the need to "declare full responsibility for Britain's de- friends. We were the champions Where was cline which their policy has of the Italian resorgimento.. We war on Britain? Where was the were partisans of Garibaldi, Max-need to invade Egypt" which is brought about"
Mini and Cavour.
under British protection? AN that great movement to- ITALIAN NEUTRALITY wards the liberty of the Italian
We are
content with Italian nation which lighted the 19th cen-neutrality. During the first eight tury was aided and was halled by months of war we paid great de- the British Parliament and public. ference to Italian interests.
HONOURED PLACE
this was all put down to fear. "Our fathers, and our grand- "Now that I have taken up my fathers longed to see Italy freed office as Prime Minister of De- from the Austrian yoke and to see fence. I look back to our meeting all minor barriers in Italy swept in Rome and feel a desire to speak away so that the Italian people words of goodwill to you as Chief Thousands of workers will be and their fair land, might take of the Italian nation across what given jobs when. Communication their honoured place as one of the seems to be a swiftly widened Minister. Jean Berthelot's huge leading Powers upon the continent gulf. Is it too late to stop the public works programme on MAT-and as a brilliant and gifted mem- river of blood from flowing be- sellles, whose harbour will be sober of the family of Europe and He was singing "Somebody Stole
enlarged as to enable 20,000,000 to of Christendom.
tween the British ana Italian My Girl" as he wheeled himself
peoples? 25,000,000 tons of merchandise to "We have never been your foes along the corridor of a northern He had recommended targets in pass through it annually, gets un- untu now. In the last war against hospital,
Germany to the air ministry. Dal- der way shartly.
the barbarous Huns we were your "My legs were smashed, at Dun-ton said, and in so doing had al-
M. Berthelot has just completed comrades. For 15 years after that and maul each other cruelly and kirk," he said. "When I was in a ways keat oil near the head of the a tour of the Marsellles region and the 'institutions which you adopted shack, holding up the Germans | Uşt
everything is ready to put his pre-after the war were not akin to ours our strife. It is idle to predict with my Bren gun, I was trapped. In Italy, Barl had always been ject into operation.
and diverged, as we think, from the course of the great battles MORTAR SHELL-
the number one target': of the Work will also be carried out on the sovereign-mpulses which had cow raging in Europe but.- I "Streams of machine-gun bullets. RAF as it was economically the banks of the River Rhone. commanded the unity of Italy, we sure that whatever may happen were pouring in at both sides of more important than either Milan which passes through Lyons on its could still walk together in peace on the continerit, England will go me and I couldn't get out. But I Turin. Most of the important way to Marseilles, and its tribu- and goodwill
on to the end even quite alone
did
damage before they oil stocks in Italy were stored inary the Isere..
"Many thousands of our people as we have done before and I be- that planted a mortar shell on me,
In a short address, M. Berthelot dwelt with you in Italy. We liked leve, with some assurance, As if that was not enough, they TRANSPORT DIFFICULTY stressed that "Marseilles must live each other, we got on well together, we shall be aided in increasing
There Speaking of the difficulty of up to its imperial destiny."
were reciprocal services; measure by the United States and NEEDS OF EMPIRE
there was amity: there was er-indeed by all the Americas. - surplus to Germany, Dalton said
1ETTER TO MUSSOLINI The war has shown that Itteem, And now we are at war:
'This is the gist of a letter ammable, it was nonsensical to needs of the Empire." he added. each other's ruin. Our aviators which I sent to Bignor Mussolini hat as crude oil is not very in could not cater sufficiently to the now we are condemned to work suggest bombing the Rumanian oil "A huge effort will be made to re- are tearing and will tear your when I became Prime Minister. I wells. It was better to walt un-medy this situation. Roads and
African Empire to shreds and make 10 comment upon. the "I am still young, and hope to I Germany had spent both time railway tracks leading out of the tatters.
Duce's answer. It speaks for it- have a lot of fun yet. I want to and labour redning and transport are to be improved. A large
self, anyone can see who it was de a bit more in this war yet. The porting the oil, and then attempt number of unemployed will be put "We are now only at the begin that wanted peace and who it doctor says I shall be walking onto bomb it.
ning of this sombré tale. Who can was that Ideant to have war. artiicial limbs in a month. That Dalton also asserted that Italy "Considerable dredging work will say where it will end? Presently One man, and only one man was will snit me fine.
much closer grips.
"How has all this me
some
bombed what was left of me as I
Bari.
H
lay on the quay at Dunkirk walt-transporting the Rumanian ing to be taken to a hospital ship."
Burns said his injury happened three weeks before his twentieth birthday.
TWO VAGABOND EXPLORERS
tʊ work in the harbour.
would feel the pinch even before have to be done prior to the con-
on Germany.
DIL "â 2,000-miles hike just to set aside for Britain and her allies, toughen up for the goal of their and ́added:
new explorations. the Lost City of the Mayas
"We certainly
:
"There has been an exchange of views with the United States on are getting put the matter,"
through the paces." the young couple report. Se
"It is a land of mud, rain and mosquitoes. Every trafi that was used by the natives in the dry season is now. Dlocked by dead. wood and vines that have been knocked down by terrific squalls.
Military Precautions In Eire
WANG'S PAPER APOLOGISES
SOMBRE "TALE
We can no doubt inflict grle- vous injuries upon one another
darken the Mediterranean with
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GOOD WISHES
FOR THE
CHRISTMAS
SEASON
THE WING ON CO., LTD
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Greetings
THE MANAGEMENT
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WISH ALL THEIR PATRONS AND FRIENDS
MERRY CHRISTMAS
"AND A
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
we shall be forced to come to resolved to plunge Italy after al CHILD'S LIFE SAVED BY TETANUS
SALL
SERUM DROPPED FROM PLANE IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
BONTOO, (PL) Dec. Zbis ordinarily droway... mountaËN town had its share of excitement this morning when a Philip- pine Army plane, piloted by Lieutenant Edwin Andrews, drop- pod ́a small parachute with a box of tetanux serum on the town, pizza. The verum was for the small - son of CaptainA George K. Tait, Philipging Army Reserve, who is in a critieni condition in the Bontoc provincial hospitalę
·Beveral days s80 Captain Tait's
BOOL
ACCURATE AIM
Germany, because the former had 'struction of new plers. On these
these years of strain and effort go synthetic of plants. There piers large ware-houses will be
about into the whirlpool of war. was little doubt that Italy's oll built. We hope that in five years and what is it all for?
"What Is the position of Italy supply was growing short, and the Marsellles will be able
take care
"Italians, I will tell you the today? Where is it that the Duce had to depend for replenishments of all the traffic to and from our truth. It is all because of one has led a distrusting, people after Empire, and that about 99,000,000 man. One man and one man 18 years of ducentorial «power? Two slim young American Taga- The minister of economic warto 25,000,000 tons of goods will alone has ranged the Italian peo- What hard choice is open now. bond explorers, Dana and Ginger fare expressed a desire to see the pass through her harbour each ple in a deadly struggle against it is to stand up to the battery Lab, are hacking their way increasing mobilization of reserves | year?
the British Empire and has depriv-
of the whole British Empire through Mexican coastal jungles of the United States' production
ed Italy of the sympathy and Intimacy of the United States of sea, in the air and in Africa, and the vigorous counter-attack" of America Pha
Greece... "That he is a great man I do not
"There Is one man and one man deny. but that after 18 years of
became = seriousty III with | · On the next flight serons toe anbridled power he has led yourly who has led you there.
Y leave this unfolding until the tetanus. Telephone and telegraph planą, from an altitude, óf' pers country to the horrid verge of
day comes-as come it will--when calls to various mountain- centers inaps 900 feet, Lieutenant Andrews HHANGHAI, Dec. 5. Wang ruin can be denied by none,
the Italian hation will once more prodused only three ampules of dropped a mail perschuts""" whe- Ching-Wel's Central China Daily
PAGAN, BARBARIANS
they he had the benefit of a Nor- News today published an apology.
"It is all one man who against take the shaping of its own the precious serum,“
The child, for want of the den or Sperry bombeight is not for
the typographical incident the crown and the Royal family, fortunes,
medicine, became steadly” worse known, but his the wig - remark- Jesterday in which the newspaper against the Pope and all the auth-
and it was feared that some ably accurate. The parachute xppeared with a gambling-house ority of the Vatican arid of the
serum which had been ordered gently noated down headed for advertisement carrying the line: Roman Catholic Church, against
time to save the youngster's life when it was twenty or thirty fest *." REQUEST FOR PLANEY of the ground a gust of wind Yesterday Captain Taft, at the caught it and carried it to a large suggestion of Governor Rudolfo acacia tree where it became, Baltarar, telegraphed to Major|tangled in the branCTOR Gen. Basilio Valdes in Manila sak-1 Hospital employees ing whether a plane could be sent Hilary P. Clapp, up to drop the serum on the town officer, were smutek, to plaza since there is no landing package of serum and 11 WAS field any place near Bontoc. This turned over-to-Dr-F-D "Together after the last War All British troops in Egypt are (morning: Captain Talt received a of the Bontoc prorineled how Italy and Britain both signed the having special celebrations for reply that Philippine Army The child bas responded naby covenant of the League of Nations Christmas, says a London message, plane would drop the medicine at to injections and it is hoped that By the trip will prove not to have which forbade all parties to that even those stationed in the West about eight o'clock
Almost to the minite, the been in VALLE, covenant to make war on each ern Desert, where the traditional other or upon fellow members of celebration will be carried out by Philippine Army plane was seen the League and aid of any mem- the officers giving a dinner to approaching from the south, As
MOSCOW, Dect Reu ber who was attacked by another, their men,
the plane circled the town, losing omcial Tass Agency General -- Bir Archibald Wavell altitude steadily, the people of COVENANTED EIGHT,
dental of "Presently Abyssinia came knock has sent a message to the troops Bontoć realized that this was nos in the Near East. He says: "We a routine passing flight and thes ing at the door Balding be a
to
that the Cha member. We British advised can close 1940 in spirit of con- rushed in swarms to the town against it. We doubted whether ndence for the future and pride plazs the better to see the low-
"Down with the traitor Wang the wishes of the Italian people GEN. WAVELL'S from Manila would not arrive in the exact centre of the plate, bit
We have to cut our way through this tangled
will"
with maze
our DUBLIN, Dec. 24 (Reuter)
Ching-vel”
inachetes. nearly every root of the tary authorities have placed bar The newspaper said the editors way. If this doesn't toughen us riers across many roads through were sorry that "malicious com up for the jaunt into the For- fout Eire with armed guards who munist succeeded in inserting bladen Land we don't know what have orders to are on any person "the rebellious phrase" into the jwho disregard the order to halt: paper. The apology said the mat- WIRY - COUPLE
An official announcement urged ter was referred to the Nanking The wiry couple leff their Santa motorists to exercise great care as ininistry of publicity" which re- Anu home last April, They are the barriers, which are semi-per-plied that "the paper will not be hardened vagabonds. Ou & 18,000-manent, may in many cases be en-suspended as it should be in view mile honeymoon started in 1933, countered around corners or benda, lur the paper's previous, merita.” they sailed down the west coast
of Central America, spent six munths on the treasure island of Coups, and finally piloted their 18-foot craft through the Panama Canal. The fruit of.....this honey moonias one of the best selling non-fiction books' of 1938, · "EN- chanted Vagabonds."-
They figure the new exploration |
Greek Advance Continues
Up Coast To Valona
THE GREEK ADVANCE CONTINUES UP THE COAST TO VALONA, STATES A LONDON MESSAGE
line.
A Greek broadcast has confirmed that in the Italian rearguard will be a matter of years. Lamb there are Fascists who are armed with revolvers and machine-guns is convinced from his research and whose special job it is to keep Italian soldiers in the fighting that a real scientific treasure is to be found in the Lost City of the Mayas. This he says, will be durary of which he hopes will add a thrilling store of knowledge about the lost civilisations of an elent Central America de
The news of the fall of Chimarra was received with great en- thusiasm and celebrations are proceeding in Athens where fees are flying in the streets.
* Antoher successful rald on the off wells in Central Albania was carried out by the Royal Air Force.
who had no lust for this war, has
Rome upon the side of pagan bar- arrayed the inheritors of ancient
barlans There is the tragedy of Italian history and there stands the criminal who has wrought it.
"What is the defence that ta put forward for his action? It is of course, the quarrel about sanctions
and Abyssinia. Let us look at that,
MESSAGE TO TROOPS
SPECIAL X'MAS CELEBRATIONS
they had reached a stage in their for the past and the present. nying plane. Lieutenant Andrew development which warranted their In the Near East there are re-first dropped a small package with Inclusion, but it was Mussolini who presentatives of our Allies the cloth trailer to determine insisted that Abyssinia should be Free French Forces, the Poles and direction and it landed on come a member of the League and the Osechs Now wit come the slopes of a nearby h who therefore, bound himself and real struggle for the principles for herd of cattle was bound you and us to respect Abys- which we are fighting for freether the people or the sinia's covenanted rights dom, truth, penes and goodwill, more startled 1-questio