HONGKONG DAILY PRESS JAPANESE FIRMS CLOSE NEW YORK BRANCHES
IN SPITE OF THE ARRIVAL OF ADMIRAL NOMURA, THE NEW JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES, IN WASHINGTON, JAPANESE RESIDENTS ARE, CONTINUING TO LEAVE AMERICAN SHORES AND SEVERAL BUSINESS FIRMS HAVE CLOSEL THEIR NEW YORK BRANCHES, STATES A SAIGON MESSAGE.
Admiral Nomura paid ar formal call on Mr. Cordell' Hull on Wednesday and ar- rangements are being made for the Japanese Envoy to present
credentials to President Roosevelt today, (Special)
his
"NOTHING SO DANGEROUS " TOKYO. Feb. 13 (Reuter)-II President Roosevelt's denial of war
BAD CASE OF JITTERS SHANGHAI. Feb. 13 Reuter)- Shanghal experienced a cad case of jitters today as a result of the issue by the United States Consul- General of a circular advising the evacuation of non-essential Ameri-, cans and a flood of wild rumours, including a reported declaration by Mr. Roosevelt that a Pacific war is evitable.
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Shares in the Shanghai Stock Exchange hit a record low for the danger in the Pacific is based on year following a spectacular.eot- the completion of a system of full lapse wherein some issues lost over collaboration between the United 10 points.
States, Australia and Britain for An American Consulate circular. defence of South Pacific which, is issued at the request of against Japan then "there is no- the State Department in Washing-
the
NEW U.S. ENVOY TO LONDON
Mr. John B. Winant, the new United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James's.
CABLE
DEMOCRACY MARCHES:
BRITAIN'S EFFORTS IN THE WAR TO SAVE THE WORLD
"A nation at war is like an invalid man, it must con- trol its strength and if its people will forego certain pri- vileges, then they will save their country, if by their sacri- fices they can preserve their liberty," said MR. SIDNEY HORNIBLOW, B.B.C: commentator, when he broadcast from London yesterday in the series "Democracy Marches
Mr. Horniblow, who was ad- ony the miraculous courage of our dressing his remarks particu- young fighting men that has saved larly to the people of the United States, said that even. if they were 3,000 miles away, their life would be upset.
"If we are to win, victory- decisive victory-we must have the weight of arms to strike hard at the enemy. It wil not be enough to hit him once. Herr Hitler is capable of taking more than one punch on the nose, We need weapons for "Tong attack and that attack must never cease until that victory is won.
100 PER CENT. EFFORT
thing so dangerous.". declares the ton says the advice is intended to FOOD. SHORTAGE long you may have to give up some effort does to the life of the or
to women, whose
Japanese military organ, YOMIURI"apply particularly SHIMBUN, commenting on Pre- children and those men sident Roosevelt's statement at the continued presence are not re- Press conference on Feb, 11.
The paper asserts that the Uni- ted States has actually sent a naval observer to Australls and is
reportedly planning to send ob- servers, to Auckland, Singapore and Capetown!. This places the waters east of the Suez under the, control of the United States.
garded as urgently or essentially required."
IN EUROPE
Germany Disclaim Hague Regulations
NECESSARY PRECAUTION "This advice is a further neces- being given in the interest of both} sary precautionary measure and is
LONDON, Feb. 13 (Reuter) safety and convenience of Ameri- The German claim that Interna- can nationals and in the interest tional Laws do not oblige Ger- of national security.
many to supply food to people
k
"The State Department does not outside Relch territory exposes the. The paper believes that as a re-contemplate sending special vessel emptiness of the carller Nazi .sult of the talks between Mr. Cor- or special vessels to assist the boast that they could guarantee dell Hull and Mr. R. G. Casey, Aus- withdrawal. It is expected Ameri- the feeding of everyone on the trallan Minister. the United States can nationals will take advantage continent, states, the Ministry of has been given the right to use of such transport facilities as may Economic Warfare. Australian ports and air bases.
be currently avaliable."
EXTENSIVE AIR ACTIVITY IN AFRICA
NEW DUTCH BATTLESHIP
1907
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1941. -PAGE 7
TURNING POINT IN THE HISTORY OF THE WAR
"YOUR DEEDS MEAN MUCH MORE THAN THE OVERTHROW OF THE ENEMY. THEIR EFFECT CAN EASILY MEAN THE TURN- ING POINT IN THE HISTORY OF THE WAR." declared the Aus- tralian Prime Minister, MR, R. G. MENZIES, when addressing Aus- tralian troops, states a London message,
A visit to Benghazi was a fitting close to Mr. Menzies nine days tour of the battle area in Libya. Travelling in an R. A. F. bomber escorted by fighters, Mr. Menzies returned from Cairo on Wednes- day, General Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander-in-Chief of the Aus- tralian forces, joined the party near Tobruk.
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RAID LOOTING INSURANCE
LLOYDS STUDY QUESTION
question of insurance looting after air-raid.
WHY SHOULD IT HAPPEN?
General Mackay, Commanding The "I know what you are think.
Australian troops in Libya, enter-against ing." continued Mr. Horniblow,
tained Mr. Menzies, General damage is being studied at Lloyd's "You are thinking that life was so
Blamey. General O'Connor, Aus- and by the insurance companies, pleasant, why cannot it stay like
tralian brigadiers and senior The British Government's refusal that? Then your President tells
officers of the R. A.. F. at luncheon to pay such claims is held to can- you that you must pay money in
after which the Australian Pre-stitute a definite ruling that loot- taxation. Many of your young men
mier spoke to pilots and man ofing is not a war risk. have been called up for nationali
Australian Squadrons and com- | service.
"I am trying to give you some gratulated them on their wonderful derwriters in the open market are It may be that
This is important, because un- before idea of what the 100 per cent. war work. of the luxuries you are used to dinary man and woman", con- awoke to the barking of A. A. guns. A leading Lloyd's underwriter under a pledge not to insure pro- Yesterday morning, Mr. Menzies perty on land against war riska. And therefore you say: Why ontinued Mr. Horniblow, who then ring at earth should this happen to us.' went од detail
Various years ago, One by one countries luxuries which the people of Britain in Europe were threatened and sacrifices they had made.
up and the "great many argued 'Why meddle in their
This war, he said, was costing affairs? Let them settle. It'.
the British people over £12,000.- 000 a day-that is round $50,000,- 000 and that means that the or- dinary men and women of Britain must hand to the state every penny they could spare.
And yet,
"That is what we said
three
"Then it dawned on us that this was not going to be a war
to save one nation or another it was going to be a war to' save the whole world. It was a war of good against evil, a war to preserve the Christian way of living and that this was the turning point in man's history. Do you see this con- flict in that light?
had given
the
three enemy. aircraft has expressed the opinion that which dropped their bombs harm the Government should include lessly into the sea-(Sepcial)
I
EXPORTS AS WAR WEAPON
looting in the cover given against war risks under Part I of the War Risks Insurance Act. At pre- sent this applies only to stocks of goods for sale and does not include personal effects or the contents of private houses.
LIABILITY DISCLAIMED Where private houses have been
in spite of these tremendous bur-New British Minister looted after air-raid damage this
dens, there were hundreds of thou-
sands who felt that they could On His Policy
contribute more to the war effort,
"
underwriter has disclaimed Kability under Lloyd's comprehensive po- licy when the pilfering has been There is to be nu change in the trom debris or trom premises Teft So they would invest their money British Government's export polica open and unprotected "after an in war savings and get about 2 The new President of the Board of air-raid.
NO ORDINARY WAR "Our women and children are
or 3
per cent. interest. These
and
directly.
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The Ministry denies the "Ger- iman disclaimer, pointing out that
The Hague Regulations of
Trade, Capt. Oliver Lyttelton, em-! When damage has been secured provide that "after legal authority being machine-gunned by Nix people, the ordinary men has actually passed into the hands armen. Our homes and business women, had already saved in this passed at a London conference and thieves have broken in, he is manner £500,000,000. They were
that the export drive begum by his prepared to give sympathetic con- of those occupying the country, houses have come crashing down helping to pay for the war in- Predecessors Sir Andrew Duncan, sideration to any claim made įthe latter are under an obliga- about our ears and our hopes and
now Minister at Supply, has been policies he has signed tion to take all measures possible ambitions have been smashed too
a great success and is to be can- ! LONDON, Feb. 13 (Reuter?
and to maintain public order
"But this is only the material "ORDERS NOT APPEALS"
If the Government persists in tinted. Just before the collapse of Hoi-safety."
position. We can bear it, though; It was the same story with re
disclaiming liability for looting The only land, a Dutch battleship, which
difference, Capt. after air-raids this underwriter is An official of the Ministry to-what we cannot bear is the loss gard to the manufacturers. Most Lyttelton declared, is that the po-also prepared to insure the risk Addis Ababa 'Drome was being completed, was brought day gave further evidence of the of someone dear to us-a tousle- of them had already given over lley must be given a different em- under special policies
across the North Sea by Dutch blockade for the food shortage, in headed, child, a frail old man, a their plant for war work.
His phasis to meet Bombed By R.A.F. sailors and dockyard workers to many parts of German-controlled wife or a mother. It is when we workers had previously enjoyed a war. We must mobilise and de- tatives of insurance interests are the needs of the It is understood that represen- CAIRO, Feb. 13 Reuter)-The
Europe which, he said, was ac-see these things that we know forty-hour week. That was at an ploy our exports as a military aerodrome at Addis Aba-
general discussing the question with a view Yesterday, this vessel was
One out of every four directs his army," he observed. to co-operative action, and that tually due to German depreda-, that this is no ordinary war. It be- end now.
comes a tremendous stroke to stem of these workers had been called "Exports are a vital weapon. in the before any definite steps are taken ba was among the targets bombed the first time. inspected by Queen by our.. aircraft in Abyssinia on Wilhelmina who was welcomed at
the tide of eyil.
up for national service.
prosecution of the war." Tuesday.
The manufacturer "That tide has already, crushed
there will be discussions between A number of bombs the dockyard by the Dutch Naval ed on the French coast, went into eight nations and they asked for adopted bis plant to increase pro-
Three points he stressed were:
representatives of the Government were dropped on the aerodrome Commander-in-Chief and the Ne-action across the Straits of Dover nothing but to be left in peace.
Our main need is foreign ex-land underwriters. and direct hits
duction. Factories were working change to pay for imports. We were registered, therlands Prime Minister. causing fres to
RETROSPECTIVE BASIS buildings and This new
yesterday morning for the third | And now they have to range them-night and day. The average weekly must Dutch battleship is now a valued part of the Allied day in succession, states a London selves on the side of good or evil. pay for men had been more than whose currency is in dollars or is One of the problems which will
message.-(Special)
We see a new crusade and it is doubled and they worked for six readily changeable into dollars. have to be considered is whether,
hangars.
The Keren-Asmara.
also subjected to a
a. British port.
for
tions.
German long range guns, mount-
of
area was Naval strength. number
BRITISH PILOT
URIN
OFFICER BURIED
were
raids. Motor transport convoys | between the two towns heavily bombed and also machine- gunned.
Stores and dumps north-cast of
Kezen were also attacked,
Fighters of a South African unit, Plane Shot Down In
which encountered Ave CR-42's
to
(Italian fighters) off Asmara on February 10, shot down two in nemes.
INTENSE ATTACK
"
took
Genoa Shelling
ROME, Feb. 13 (Reuter)—A Bri- tish flying officer, whose name is, igiven as Sub-Lieutenant Atten-
One of the most intense bomb-borough, was buried with military ing raids yet carried out by the honours at Leghorn yesterday. South African AL Force place on February 10 when a num-
He was described as one of the "ber of bombers dived of military occupants of the British plane objectives at Afmadu (Italian shot down by 'anti-aircraft fire at Somaliland), Several direct hits Leghorn on Sunday,
were observed.
Italian officers of all arms and Eighty-six unserviceable enemy a naval Guard of Honour attend, aircraft have been found by our
led the funeral at the English forces on the landing ground at cemetery."
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Benina, near Benghazi. These in A wreath from the Italian Navy cluded one E 111 and one JU 88 and one from the American Con- (German machines).
sui were placed on the coffin.'
The editor of the Admiralty the shelling of Swordfish plane
From all the operations under review, our alrcraft returned safe-communique on ly with one exception.
ERITREA ADVANCE KHARTOUM. Feb. 12 Reuter-
British
pere-
troops who have trated into Eritrea from the Noriz are now advancing beyond E Arena, writes Reuter's Special cor- respondent.
The
Genoa sald one was missing.
Eume
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SPEZIA
ADRIATIC SEA
CORSICA (FR.) Ajaccio
CIVITATE VECCHIA
MADDALENA
SARDINIA MAPLEST
(1=-)
TYRRHENIAN
AGLIARI
ITALIAN
NAVAL BASE
Tunis (Fr)
SEA
SICILY TRAPANI
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PALERMO
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(CATANIA
PANTELLERIA
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CRETE
Mites
Italy's many naval, bases around her coast are indicated in this map. Valona, the Albanian port, seen on the extreme right, has been bombed by the R.A.F.
NEW CHIEF OF Dive-Bombing Bases
SOVIET STAFF
1/
MOSCOW, Feb., 13 (Reuter)- Grena was General Zhukov is appointed the
capture of El announced yesterday by British new Chief of the General Stai, his
General Headquarters.
In Sicily Raided
German dive-bombing bases in SICILY and Italian aerodromes,
had also
and even seven days in the week. They all lived on the slogan "We want orders-not appeals”
"I emphasise this point, because the compulsory control by the state is, I feel, a step in the right direction and in the true spirit of democracy", sald Mr. Horniblow.
BRITAIN-THAI
export must to countries
We must fulfil the needs of the under the scheme for insuring pri- sterling areas, especially when they vate property which the are making munitions.
Z
Govern- ment is about to introduce on retrospective basta, claims for loot- ing will be included,
SHOULD BE MAINTAINED Exports to our Allies and friends
It will probably depend on the when decision should be maintained ever
taken whether Lloyd's the exchange is not
very attrac-and the insurance companies In- tive to us, so as to avoid undue troduce a special insurance cover. interference with their internal ing the risk.
economy.
Exporters of, goods considered have been pleading with the Board for
RELATIONS non-essential, who
BANGKOK, Feb. 13 (Reuter)-easing of restrictions
on their
NAZI MOTOR-
There is absolutely no change in trade, were offered no hope. CYCLISTS KNOW
the relations between Britain and
Capt."Lyttelton said he was un-
Thailand, said a high Government sympathetic to requests concerning BRITISH ROADS
authority, th
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goods that Empire countries had
Hitler has many motorbicycle He emphasised there is no mis- already stated they could do with- understanding whatever between out. He made it clear that, to troops who are familiar with Bri- the two Governments and pointed produce exports that would yield tish roads. out the customary courtesy of the us the maximum amount of money, In the last few years, and es. Governments in exchange of in-the consumption of non-essentials pecially since Hitler came to power,
German formation of defence preparations must be limited.
motor-blcyclists have
Britain was one of the places in
of their respective territories: ad- On the question of silk stockings taken part in events in practically joining the Thai-Malaya border he declined to be drawn.
every country in Europe, and whe- ther by accident or design, many Therefore, press reports of mill-
When asked about the effect of or them were serving soldiers. tary air force reinforcements on the Purchase Tax on reports to the Malaya side of the border came the United States, which for Cus-which they competed. In 1937 and as no surprise to the Thai Goyern-
tomas purposes is adding the tax ment.
again in 1938. German soldiers. to the value of the goods on which Stormtroopers, and even 8.8. men It is not in fact levied, he would from Hitler's own bodyguard, took
more than that "friendly discussions" were going on.
HOME FLEET IN SECRET ACTION
The British Home Fleet carried out a secret. action in the South Atlantic on Wednesday, states a message from Sydney.
No details have been given' but'
BRITISH CONVOY
ATTACKED
part in the international six days' trial in England and Wales.
There were also many civilian riders...
In both years the German riders
[had ample opportunity for study- Ing British roads, for they travel-
4 British convoy was attacked led from the port at which they
in the Atlantic on Wednesday but arrived through, the Midlands to
predecessor being General Meret- The British troops have in-skov who was made Vice-Commis- on the DODECANESE were raided by British bombers on Wednes- it was reported that the warships nothing is known of any loss or Wales, and for five days of the a London message Large fires were started at CATA-operated for three days and three damage, states a London message. trials covered nearly 300 miles a NIA and at least four planes were destroyed on the ground.
proved their positions in the hills sar for Defence and chief of staff day, states surrounding two important heights. In September, last. which they are after driving back strong Italian General Zhukov earned the title Enemy 'dromes on the "ISLAND; but they all returned safely,
counter-attacks.
Dow attacking
"hero of the Soviet Union" for his OF RHODES were also attacked A big raid was 'also made on
FI Grena is an important post achlevements in the miniature) and seven aircraft were destroy- | Keren. thirty miles south-east G1 the frontier war against the Japanese) ed.
nights without seeing a single enemy ship or plane-(Special).
RUMANIAN MISSION
CALLED HOME · LONDON, Feb. 13 (Reuter)
(Special)
day on all classes of roads, chiefly in Wales.
In both years the event ended TOKYO, Feb. 13 (Rehter) The with speed trials at Donington Government will try to increase Park, in the Midlands. the export of allk" to South Germany had 79 riders in the America, India and Indo-China, the 1837 events. In addition, there were.. The Rumanian Government has spokesman of the Ministry of Agri-many, mechanics. instructed its Charge d'Affaires and culture and Forestry declared in the Rumanian Legation Staff in the House of Representatives to-
attacked. A DOVER balloon bar-states a Legation official here ves-
terday.
MALTA RAIDED. " small frontier town
in 1939, General Meretskov is also
Considerable A.A. Are was en- of Karora
Italian arid German planes raid- which was captured last week- "hero of the Soviet Union" for his countered by the British planes ed MALTA yesterday but no dam.
part in the war against · Finland.
age or casualties were caused.. Both men have the title of
SINGLE FIGHTER
end.
Prisoners taken at Karora are now known to number forty-three "General of the Army of which NAZI RAIDER SHOT A single German fighter streak- as well as seven machine-guns and there are only three
DOWN IN SCOTLAND cd out of the clouds yesterday and London to return to Rumarila day. fifty camels
LONDON, Feb. 13 (Reuter) rage.
in Eastern Scotland yesterday Britain last night.
Last Saturday's 'R. A. O. benent meeting in Bombay has raised £3,750 for the Bombay war NEW DELHI, Feb. 13. (Reuter)-Fund, states a London message. It la understood that orders have (Special)
S. HONAN RELIEF An enemy bomber was destroyed There was little, activity over The Prime Minister and Mrs. LAOHOKOW, Feb. 13 (Central-morning, says an Air Ministry Planes flew over SOUTH WALES The Belgian Government has been passed; and are already in Churchill attended & memorial The War Zone Women and Child-communique which adds that it and the SOUTH OF ENGLAND called up for military service all operation that uniform must be service for the late Lord Lloyd | ren Feltet Commission has sent is now known that two enemy and "some enemy planes were Belgians of the 1939-1940 class worn by all ranks of the army in The people of New Zealand have held in Westminster Abbey yes- delegates to south Honan to relieve bombers were destroyed on Satur also seen over the WESTERN who are living in South Africa, India at all times except when on purchased a squadron of fighters! terday morning, states a London the women and children refugees day night and one on Monday coast but only a few bombs were Mozambique and Mauritius, states leave from thelf stations or en for the Royal Air Force, states a message.(Special);
who are in serious plight-
night by anti-aircraft fire
a London message.--(Special), gaged in sports.
London message. (Special)
dropped.
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