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MR. HULL'S
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1941.
16-19 Marina House, Queen's Road Central... Q.P.O. Box No. 1
URGE FOR SPEEDY Ex-China
SUPPLY OF WAR MATERIALS TO BRITAIN IS WELCOMED BY CENTENARY
AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS
THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE, MR. CORDELL HULL'S STATE- MENT BEFORE THE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRE- SENTATIVES, ON THE AMERICAN AID TO BRITAIN BILL, WHEN HE URGED FULL SPEED AHEAD FOR SUPPLYING WAR MATERIALS TO BRITAIN, HAS RECEIVED A GREAT DISPLAY IN THE AMERICAN PRESS, STATES A MESSAGE FROM LONDON.
The emphasis with which Mr. Hull declared that, unless the United States rapid- ly turns herself into an arsenal, she may be too late to save herself, has caused a deep impression,
The NEW YORK TIMES says: No one can accuse Mr. Hull of an attempt at war-mongering. He is the strongest advocate of non-intervention and of the functions of International Law."
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The NEW YORK HERALD-TRIBUNE states: "The totalitarian attack is real. Strategic facts are real and the importance of Britain for the preservation of the Uni- ted States, is a reality. These are facts, which the Secretary of State placed before the Committee and we cannot face facts half-way."
Financing Of Orders For War Supplies
British Wireless states that some interesting details on the financing of the orders for war supplies placed by Britain in the United States were laid before, the Committee by the Secretary of the Treasury, MR. BENEY MORGENTHAU.
They showed that Britain had paid for and taken delivery of €331,750,000 worth of material by Jan, 1, and Britain would need £754.750.000 to pay for the purchases of this year.
Of that sum. £366,000,000 would be in excess of British "dol- lar funds". available for buying in the United States.
JAPAN COMPLETELY ENCIRCLED BY ANGLO-
U.S. INFLUENCE
Comment. has also come from MR. HENRY FORD, who in the past has displayed strong isolationist tendency. He said that his great indus- trial organisation would do everything. possible to help the President. -
The isolationists in the country
are attempting to revive the E-
gument that it is not worth adopt- ing President Roosevelt's plan, be- cause in any case, American aid could not arrive Britain in time to help her by the spring.
LOYALTY MESSAGE
At the commencement of the meeting of the Legislative Connell yesterday afternoon, His Excellency the Acting Gov- ernor, LT.-GEN. E. F. NORTON. C.B., D.S.O., M.C., moved tuni the following message be sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies for transmission to His Majesty the King-
That the Legislative Counci of this Colony, on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the Colony's foundation, hum- bly renews the expression of its loyalty to the Throne, and Its devotion to the Empire's cause,
HON. MR. J. PATERSON (Senior Unofficial Member}} Sir, I have yeży great pleasuIG in seconding that.
HON, MR. K. LO: Sir, on behalf of my Chinese colles- ques and myself, I desire most respectfully to associate our- selves with the resolution.
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Submarine
Italian
Supply Ships
News of a further British success in the Mediterranean was announced in London yesterday when it was stated that the British submarine PANDORA (well-known on the China Station) had sunk two Italian supply ships each of 5,000 tons.
One of the ships was carrying a cargo of motor vehicles.
The Admiralty announced yesterday that H.M.S. Southampton (9,000 tons) which was damaged in the Mediterranean action has now become a total loss.
Fire broke out on board as a result of the damage and reached such proportions that the vessel had to be abandoned and she was sunk by the RA.F.
FULL STORY OF HOW ILLUSTRIOUS FOUGHT OFF
NAZI BOMBERS
DETERMINED ATTACK BY
.... A correspondent who was on board H.M. AIRCRAFT-CARRIER ILLUSTRIOUS has now told the full story of how the ship fought off the most determined attack made by German dive-bombers, states a London message,
He declared that 14 or 15 German planes dropped 100, 1,000lb, bombs in a des- perate attempt to sink the ship. The correspondent said that he himself was in the mess room, when a heavy bomb exploded on the flight deck,
The guns of the Illustriousį were crashing out simultan- eously, and although the Ger- man bomb dropped close, the
crews kept to their stations
GERMANY WILL
WILL TRY
guns went on aring and the TO IMPOSE PEACE ON in spite of flying splinters. GREEKS
GREEKS BY TAKING
Whenever the attacks slac- kened, those on deck had to carry the wounded
wounded below ACTION IN BULGARIA
One heavy bomb burst so The suggestions that the Germans will try to impose close to the ship, that the ex- a peace on the Greeks by taking action in Bulgaria, and plosion threw him down the that they will, first occupy Bulgaria, and then threaten haten
Greete are Made In an Australian menace o Between 230 and 7.30 pm, there
A Turkish paper, according to a message from London, was never a two-minute lull from
Bir Walter Citrine, General Se exploding bombs and the contine-discusses the suggestion that German troops might be President Roosevelt's supporters cretary of the Trade Union Conous rattle of guns of every calibre. sent to Bulgaria and declares that such an intention
would not fail to upset everything in that area.
The Turkish paper goes on
15 already reaching her, was con-
TORPEDO ATTACK Just before... the attack Was
state that Britain with such aid gress, is being invited to visit Aus- fident of being able to repel Herr tralia, according to an announce-beaten of, a torpedo attack was to add that it would be a mis- Hitler's attempts and could gain ment of the Commonwealth In-delivered. The order was given formation Department. Last month to push the lustrious out at top A quick decision whenever and if
visited the ever, he makes it. It was for the Sir Walter
United speed and the torpedo which was would remain unaffected by counter-offensive" that the great States where he addressed various dropped, swished into the water a such arbitrary methods. weight of American war industry meetings.
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was necessary.
WHOLE, COURSE
The partnership was not design- ed merely to meet an emergency in the next few weeks or months.
The Japanese Press reports uneasiness over the Jap-but for the whole course of the anese new order in the Far East, states a London message war and for the whole reconstruc-
The Yomiuri Shimbun referring to the strengthening ion of the world.
was
of HONGKONG and SINGAPORE states that it is no ex- This was the reason why Lord. appointed British aggeration to say that Japan is completely encircled by Halifax Anglo-American influence. Japan should go ahead and ambassador to the United States and Sir Gerald Campbell, at pre- seek the only way out of her difficulty.
ent British High Commissioner in
.PETERS' APPEAL
SOME TIME BEFORE WILHELMSHAVEN CAN RESUME WAR WORK
It will be some time before WILHELMSHAVEN can re- In a reference to Indo-Canada, as Minister to Washing-sume its war work, stated a London message yesterday, when announcing a heavy attack delivered on the town by China, the paper refers to the ton.
Sir Gerald's "appotritment has R.A.F. bombers. This was the third attack in seven days, HEARING
growing influence of General
been generally welcomed and he and the main objective was shipbuilding yards. TOKYO, Jan. 16 (Reuter)-The de Gaulle's supporters in that will take up his duties on the ar- appeal of Vincent Peters, the Bri- territory and urges a nation-rival of Lord Halifax,
Wilhelmshaven has been raided 40 times already, but tish merchant resident in Kobe, wide drive to bring home!
in Wednesday's night attack, the port was hit harder than against the
on any previous occasions. sentence of eight to the Japanese people the years' penal servitude on a charge seriousness of the position. - of military espionage, is due for
According to
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take that Soviet neutrality ABYSSINIA
The Moscow Radio has repeated the official denial that Russia had consented to the movements German troops into Bulgaria.
of
REBELLION LIKE FIRE
ITALIANS RUSH UP FORCES
A rebellion is running like a fre
in Abyssinia, states a message from. Australia, and the Italians have
Reports are still being received in London from various sources) that Germans have been entering] Bulgaria by the hundreds as tourists and commercial travellers, bat the Bulgarian Government i has denied that any foreign troops had to rush up reinforcements to have entered the country, or that help the garrisons on the frontier. she has made any protest in this connexion.
MUST BE READY
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Numbers of chieftains have ar- rived to prostrate themselves be- tore Emperor Haille Selassie."
A London message adds that the Another comment states that RAF dropped leaflets over Aby- Bulgaria may have to be over-sinis containing Halle. Selassie's come by force and adds that Bul-announcement that. he will lead his garia must be ready for sacrifices army against the Italians. In Aby- at any moment.
ssinia.
The British successes in the Mediterranean have been respon-
NINETY PER CENT. WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (Reuter) Great Britain is now getting 90
Wilhelmshaven is the cen- the crew were killed, except a man per cent. of America's production Australian second hearing at Osaka on Jan. message, the newspapers in that Roosevelt's 50-50 rüte of the thumb and it will be some time be-
fighter planes as President tre of German war activities, who baled out.
This man knocked at the door The first hearing of the appeal words used by Mr. Matsuoka, the Washington correspondent of the
country give prominence to the has been set aside, states the fore normal work there can of a house and called out: "Ger- the war and have also safeguard on Monday, was a secret.
Mr. Peters was arrested on Jan. Japanese Foreign Minister in an NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE.
20.
interview which he granted the
of last year, and was sentenced in Australian Press on Wednesday. September.
-On Other Pages
Page
2--Colony budget introduced;
B.F.R.D.C. receipts and ineet- payments; Council ings.
3--Radio programmes, Com- ing events; Crossword puzzle; Cinema notes. 4-Mr. Cordell Hull and Pac-
fic "New Order"; "Mussoll- ni a four-Ausher? Abys- sintan tribes' uniting under standard of Negus; Berlous plight of Italians; Czech spirit unbroken 5--Increased duties on liquor,
fuel oils.
-Leading article; Naval And
Air Superiority.
8 Criminal Bessions; Educa-
tion report; Round the Police Courts.
9-10-Finance
merce.
and
Coin-
...
man, German." The Inmates of
sible for keeping Bulgaria out of
ed the balance in the Far East.
PRISONERS
be resumed.
the house took him in and In-GREEKS, CAPTURE Practically all of the November The Germans admit that fires formed the authorities. He was production went abroad. The cor- were started and that the raid was taken to hospital and was seen to NO NEW DISCOVERY
respondent adds that as a result apparently directed against mill-be wearing the Iron Cross, The SIDNEY MORNING POST of this new policy less than 40 tary objectives. states that its readers can find planes, were delivered to the Uni- no new discovery of any great ted States Army in the last quar-raids over BRITAIN, two enemy another fire raid on LONDON in day night's comminique, contributions to the understanding|ter of 1940.
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Today's News Summary
BRITISH - CORRESPONDENTS IN NEW YORK EXPRESS THE OPINION that in view of his reputation for caution and accuracy a powerful effect, will be created throughout America by Mr. Cordell Hull's statement in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives that if Germany won the war the Atlantic would provide but little barrier to attacks on the 'Américas,
THE FULL STORY IS NOW: TOLD
BY
In Wednesday's night's German
raiders were shot down by the R.A.F.
It is interesting to note that the British night fighter is scoring increasing .successes: against the night raiders and on Wednesday night they were helped by bright moonlight, and they must have gained valuable experience" för the future.
One of the two German bomb- ers was shot to smithereens and CORRESPONDENTS the other crashed" in flames. All. OF HOW THE British aircraft-carrier Ilustrious held off one of the most determined attacks by German dive-bombers in the Me- diterranean.
GEN, WU TE-CHEN
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BUILDING DEMOLISHED
ATHENS, Jan, 18 # (Reuter)--- Successful local' encounters and capture of prisoners and much London's fire-fighters prevented material are reported in Wednes
dealing with the incendiaries dropped by the raiders, who also dropped some explosives, but "the] casualties were not heavy. Most of the casualties-occurred in one building, which was demolished by a bomb.
New Type Of Barbed Wire
Several RAST COAST and MID- A new type of barbed wire is LANDS towns were also raided, being produced in Australia. It is
MOVEMENT: SPREADING ·· Reuter's Special correspondent on the Yugoslav-Albanian frontier
says, the insurrectionary movement in Albania is centre many in the district between Berat and "Eiba- san, but spreading both north and south.
According to reliable reports, the last two Albanian battalions to be
staffed by the Italians have beer. disbanded, as the Italians are no longer able to rely on their obedience.
The Albanians, it is said, arẻ coming more openly hostile.
NAZI OPPRESSION
but throughout the country the the invention of a young Adelaide { ". IN BELGIUM
damage was not extensive.
According to Reuter, Italian communique states that British planes on Wednesday night bombed CATANIA. Material damage was stated to have been small, but there are
some casualties.
man, says an Australian imessage,
LONDON, Jan. 16 (Reuter)— and It CANNOT BE BROKEN UP an
News has been received in London BY BOMBING ATTACKS. →
from reliable sources to the "effect The Australian Army is now that a well-known Belgian indus- being supplied with deld engineer trialist from Ghent has been shot ing equipment made in Australla. by the Germans for aiding British All manufacturing plants are fugitives, says. Reuter's diplomatic working overtime to supply the correspondent. Catania airport is believed to Army with such equipment as
Two of his friends were sen- be one of the bases, from which collapsible boats, searchlights and tenced to deportation in Germany. German dive-bombers attacked signalling apparatus, etc.
Another victtin of German op- the British aircraft-carrier' lus- Most of the equipment on order pression In Belgium is a lady, tzlous. This airport was bombed is pouring into Army stores and well known in Brussels society. by the RAF on Sunday two days large quantities will also be sold who was sentenced to two years' strike hard and even harder at the weakest point in the Anis armour arrived today and was given an after the attack on the Ilustrious overseas after the A. I. F. needs imprisonment for pro-British BC- -the Mediterranean.
enthusiastic reception,
tivities.
IT IS ANNOUNCED THAT HM. SUBMARINE PANDORA, FORMERLY on the China Station, has sunk two Italian supply abips, each of 5.000 tons, in the Mediterranean
'THE 40'RAIDS TO DATE CARRIED OUT. BY THE ROYAL AİR
FORCE on Wilhelmshaven renders it impossible for this big German
industrial centre to resume war work for some time.
IN RANGOON
ATHENS, Jan. 16 (Reuter)
Chinese goodwill mission head JEA by General Wo IN A BROADCAST, ĐÓ THE UNITED STATES, THE BRITISH
Te-chen. for MINISTER of Shipping said that it
Affairs, Overseas was much more necessary to Minister
began.
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