HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
FANTASTIC ITALIAN
LOSSES IN OF BRITISH
MEDITERR'N BATTLE
H.M.S. Ark Royal Is Again Hit In Fierce Air Attacks!
LONDON, MAY 15 (REUTER)-WE HAVE JUST BEEN LISTEN- ING ON THE RADIO TO FANTASTIC ITALIAN CLAIMS of ships and aircraft brought down during last week's alr attack on British warships escorting, a convey in the Western Mediterranean, writes Reuter's Special correspondent with the Mediterranean Fleet board H.M.S. Ark Royal.
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We were steaming merrily along quite unaware we had been struck by three torpedoes and the glowing account of the damage inflicted on our ships gave us a good laugh after the grim eight- hour battle between British fighters, ships, guns and Axis bombers.
The simple truth is that, the Italian bombers, escorted by hordes
Stukas and Messerschmitts, with favourable weather, falled
to
secure even a near miss on any ships but were given such a rough
NOTABLE FEAT
CABLE"
CLAIMS Redoubling
Efforts To NYASALAND Assist In
GIFT
Production
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Netherlands Part In The Struggle For Freedom
FLIGHT OF HERR HESS HESS REVEALED DISORDER IN GERMANY ITSELF
"This is indeed a war of surprises and Rudolf Hess is the latest and most dramatle His flight from Germany is like a flashing meteor which, in a brief and vivid moment, lit up the scene in Gečmany
viser to the National Government of Chlña when he broadcast from London yesterday.
LONDON. May 15 (British Wire- LONDON, May 15 (Reuter) itself," said SIR FREDERICK WHYTE, R.C.S.I., former Political Ad-
re-
"Exactly one ycar 350, she Netherlands Government came to London. To all appearances they were defeated, but the Queen, and her ministers came here not as refugees, but to continue the struggle with Britain and the
from
only of the European countries,
less)-The Nyasaland Protectorate Members of the United States on its 50th anniversary yesterday. Chamber of Commerce are announces the gift of £29.150 to doubling their efforts to assist in the British Government,
production.
"THE NAZIS SAY THAT HIS FLIGHT ITSELF REVEALS HERR This is in accordance with "the In response to a message from 11ESS'S DISORDER. BUT WHAT IT HAS REVEALED IS THEIR OWN Protectorate's previously announc-Sir Ronald Matthews, President of DISORDER. ed policy of offering as a free gift the Association of the British "We may conclude that he fore being driven at high speed. As others and to carry on the Govern- to the United Kingdom the whole Chamber of Commerce, expressing saw the ultimate defeat of the the demand for equipment Increas-ment from here and in the other amount by -which- its Surplus appreciation for the help given by Nazis. He had taken full measure ed some of the slow moving parts parts of there realm", said the balances at the end of each year the United States, the President of the British determination and of this machine might tend to PRESIDENT OF THE NETHER
of the United States Chamber of he understood what American help throw the whole lot out of gear LANDS COUNCIL OF MINISTER'S, of the war exceeding 100.000.
The £29,150 is the Anal gift in Commerce at Washington has re-to Britain would mean."
and what the House of Commons when he broadcast from London respect of the years 1939 and 1940. plied that the annual meeting just
wanted was to secure a clear ple- yesterday, Sir Frederick recalled that he It brings the total to £117.000 for held, committed the entire mem
ture of the whole problem.
-SPIRIT OF ENTÉRPRISE two years.
bership to redouble efforts for ex-had mentioned the month of May
"There are some who say that it as being one that might be fateful is merely a waste of time to bring London, the Netherlands Govern-
The speaker said that The British Government has tending production. at fighters and assisted by Nazi came at dusk, when the last attack gift of the Government and the dent added. that what is needed)ther any soothsayer in Berlin would to give an account of themselves struggle for the independence not The day's most notable feat gratefully accepted this further The Chamber knows. the Prest. for Herr Hitler. He wondered whe-ministers to the floor of the Housement was now participating in the was made by torpedo-bombers, people of Nyasaland towards the is production and then more pro have dared to prophesy the continued Sir Frederick. "I am
duction while at the same time a force of war effort of the Empire.
and that time is the pending fate for Herr Hitler, Pro-
not one of these. The Nation essence of everything.
bably not, because nobody in Get- owes much of its achievements to but of the whole world. - many was allowed to forecast it.
He referred to the spirit of the judgment of the House of TO WHOLE WORLD
OWN DESTRUCTION
Commons and the nation will al enterprise of the Dutch people and (Reuter LONDON, May 15 Commenting on the American Am-
Sir Frederick said that he had ways be better on after the House sald bassador, Mr. John G. Winant's apparently been proved to be wrong has had its say on these matters. monetary agreement between the Netherlands and the British En- speech to the Eng ish-Speaking for Herr Hess had now warned his
PRIVATE COUNSEL
pire had made a valuable contribu- Union yesterday, the DAILY TELE- leader, who seemed to be deter-
"No one knows this better than tion to the cause for which they GRAPH says the Ambassador was mined to go forward to his own the Prime Minister himself. He were fighting. speaking not only to Britain but destruction. To Herr Hitler, Berr knows its strength and its weak-
Hess's landing in Scotland would be nesses and he will be the first to second nature to every Dutchman",
"The spirit of
Is SHANGHAI, May 15 (Reuter)-the whole world." Commenting on the British Am- This is a larger, significance of ja fateful moment.
welcome any evidence that the sald the speaker, "and so it was Herr Hess had flown to Britain members have something to con-not long before the Netherlands... Sir Archibald Clark the memorable declarations that the gallant bassador, alert, for everywhere in the low-little group of British fighters Kerr's appeal for recrúlts, Mr. H.the time has come for democratic because Britain was the only place tribute to the nation's stock of Government here had Its
W. Woodhead, well-known nations to prove they have the where an honest man could be safe war experience.
offices and own press services. hanging clouds were enemy bomb-from all sides but they maintain- G.
from the Gestapo. Once the Nazis "I know that the Prime Minister er formations.
ed their attack until the enemy British commentator, writing in power and will to act'.
the EVENING POST, suggests that
knew that Herr Hess had landed does not like secret sessions, but while the B. B. C. has given us quailed.
permission to establish our Nether In Britain. they had moved heaven this is clearly a time to take the British Government take
and earth to discredit it.
private counsel between the Goy- lands broadcasts."
WORK OF DUTCH NAVY further step and create, machinery,
"Whatever we may hear about jernment and Parliament without the meaning of this dramatic night, allowing the enemy to hear our work being done by the units of The speaker next, referred to the designed to relleve both firms and Individuals of the responsibility of deciding who can be spared and when..
ers.
30 Stukas, protected by six fight- were cruising in the clouds handling by our fighters and with the obvious intention of tremendous concentration of near-making a simultaneous assault. ly 100 A.A, guns that they lost. seven aircraft for certain and Ave more badly damaged.
Four actual attacks materialised In a day of perpetual threat, two by torpedo-bombers and two by high-flying bombers.
Suddenly six British fighters dived among them, machine-guns spitting venomously.
One Stuka dived into the sca in
flames and two fighters staggered
off into cloud shelter with smoke Every minute of the day the pouring from them.. Bullets rained on ship's Aghters were constantly
We were steaming between Cagliari naval base and Sicily, so
Hopelessly the scattered Stukas that the Italians
able dropped their bombs into the sea were to accompany their, bombers with and fled, leaving our fighters hard
well-hit but victorious.
many squadrons of fast. armed land fighters. "
FURIOUS ATTACK
While the ships' guns belched shells in an almost daylong bar- raze. spattering the clouds with dancing fire and Innumerable
Japan's Shoe Pinching Severely
..
WHO CAN BE SPARED AND WHEN
а
A
that the conclusion of a
enterprise
own
"Several members of Presi- dent Roosevelt's administra- tion had recetly spoken drastically but none bad been so downright as Mr. Winant with the admonition that the tasks had been made more difficult because they were not has found Nazi Germany an im-to the recent speeches made with the British Navy and the ser- done yesterday”.
possible place to live in and that by Lord Halifax, the British Am-vices being rendered by the Dutch Throughout the speech, Mr.is surely enough for us at the bassador to the United States in merchant fleet." These merchant winant associated himse't fully moment."
the course of his tour of the Mid- ships have had the privilege of
the fight Itself shows that Herr secrets." Hitler's oldest and nearest friend Sir Frederick
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next referred
the Dutch Navy co-operation
He proposes the establishment of tribunals in all principal treaty ports in China as in 1918. before which employers with employees and freely with the British effort. Sir Frederick went on to say that die West,
carrying British troops to the of military age should be asked to
"He used 'we' where a more while Herr Hess was coming down
most distant battle-fields, while appear and in effect show the cautious
FOUR QUESTIONS diplomat might have in his parachute on Saturday
Dutch submarines, cruisers, tor- cause why the latter should not been content with you'.
"The American. wants to know pdeo boats, night, London was having it again.
mine-sweeps and join up.
"In this, he gave expression to German propaganda had described mostly about four things," said Sir mine-layers had come to reinforce All those found physically unfit what is plainly a dominant sent!- that raid as one of revenge. The Frederick, "First, he wants to know the British Fleet.
about the Prime Minister. That is He expressed the heartfelt reasons should be a sentiment which has found a Hall and Westminster Abbey, which around the ships could be seen with our enemics and aiding and tant business spouting columns of water
black puffs of smoke, fighters fashed twirled and dived among the clouds in a furious and relent- less attack on the enemy bombers. LONDON, May 15 Reuter-A|
service.
Many times in the far horizon country which is in open alliance or unable to go because of impor-ment in the United States today. Houses of Parliament. Westminster natural and Lord Halifax wil be thanks of the Dutch people for as abetting them in every way. short given a certificate tantamount to practical outlet being much effes had been ruined, were the shrinde table to give them all the informa-the help they had received from
tion they want. bombers jettisched their projec- of war. has naturally forfeited formal exemption from military tive help and which, tomorrow of a good many years of Engilsh
may became still more effective." history. The Germans have not about London and how London is
"Secondly, they want to know Britain. He knew and all. Dutch- men knew that Britain would only tried to destroy these historic taking these air raids and here never compromise with their, com buildings but the spirit which they again Lord Halifax will be able to mon enemy. represented.
That was impossible. tell them much. "Herr Hitler believes he can des troy things of the spirit with brute what Britain is going to be like "Thirdly, they want to know
force and so this revenge rald
after the war-whether state con- has left Britain with these ruins trol of everything will remain and but with a spirit that make these Britain become socialist. Lord buildings brighter than ever," said Hallfax is a Yorkshireinan and Sir Frederick,
probably won't say much on shis ! subject.
tiles and fed from the blazing their claim to indulgences and ex- guns cf British fighters, despite emption which we might readily the scores of fighters protecting extend to friends or genuine neu- them.
trals.". declares the DAILY TELE Against such overwhelming odds GRAPH. commenting on Japan's complaints against certain econo- time and Again our fighters smashed up a formation: of bom-mic restrictions applied to- British;
bers lurking in the clouds await ing a favourable moment to swoop down and bomb the ships.
FALLEN OFFICER
HONOURED
territory.
"It seems indeed necessary to infer that the shoe must be pinch- ing fairly severely when Japan ap-. pears in the role of a complainant about British economic politics.
CHURCHILL DID NOT BELIEVE NEWS
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BECAME CERTAINTY
CALLERS CHECKED
NOTE OF CONCERN
Mr. Churchill told the House of Officers of the Special Branch of Commons yesterday that while the Scotland Yard throughout the day
Sir Frederick said that messages "Fourthly, what are we interview was proceeding between have been checking all callers at had been received from all parts going to do in Europe ENORMOUS LOS'S
the British officer and Herz Hess, the hospital where Rudolf Hess is of the world, especially from the after the PPLY. Our Am- *During the four years since she the German announcement of the detained.
Dominions and India, and the bassador spoke about that China, Deputy Fuehrer's fight came out!
A. military guard also bas beer-United States, expressing a special last question in two speeches.. SHUIKWAN, May 14 (Central)-started running amok
she has shown not the smallest and, with that surailse became a posted at the gates, only authorised note of concern and personal af- He spoke of the war in general, Official and public circles in
damaging British certainty.
persons being allowed to pass. fection for Westminster in Its hour as the battle for the rights of Shulkwan yesterday pald tribute compunction,
The Prime Minister was replying i economic interests whenever it
man. 'Any peace settlement, he A horde of newsreel men yester-of trial. But there was more than suited her and she has, inflicted to questions regarding the flight
said, must guarantee the indivi- day descended upon the plough-concern and affection from these, loss directly
dual against enslavement and You could hear in them a shai- restore the welfare of the com- pened note of anger," sald Sir mon man." Frederick. "That raid on Westmins- McLean declared: I am nutter which was lit up by flashes! wanting to be a film star--I have from the Nazi bombs, ift up the no time to go to pictures,"
Was
to the late Col Liu Ping-chun, battalion commander. who Killed in action recently at Kal ping, on the West River.
enormous
or ind- of Hert Hess from Germany anaiman, David McLean,, and begged overseas voices.
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rectly.
Japan can scarcely imagine we Col Lin's coffin arrived here a few shall go out of our way to open days agc from the front and sacrifi
the doors of trade to her when she
on us.
.
cial services were held here yester-herself is so busy planning them day and attended by a large num- ber of party, military and civil officials, representatives of various public organisation, and studenta. More than 10,000 persons went on exalted demands or vegetable diet for the day.
place, burial
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contumelies.
IRAQI A DANGEROUS BOIL LANCED IN NICK OF TIME
his landing by parachute in Scot-bini to re-enact his part in land on Saturday.
that the Deputy Fuehrer insane, the Prime Minister sald: "It may be just as well that the Minister of Information did no such thing since the first German broadcast WAN later contradicted by a füller German explanation.”
capture of Hess.,
ver."
the
OPERATIONS IN SIANG RIVER VALLEY PROGRESSING
DAMAGED IN,
RAIDS
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St. James's Palace from which King Charles I was taken on the morning of his execution and to which his body was returned, also received a German bomb...
..
At the Old Bailey, two porters on duty were killed.
The scope of damage of the Lam- beth Palace was revealed today."
The Archbishop was spending the night in the Palace when a basket of incendiaries fell on the building and in the grounds,..
tule
more
A thousand books in the Eccle- Mr. Churchlannounced
siastical Library were destroyed but that he would take the first
fortunately many U3 opportunity to make a state-
valuable volumes had been.removed ment to the House but the
brutality of the Nazis themselves.
to safety on. the outbreak of war. time he chose to make it must When newsreel men said that And so worshippers at the Abbey
SEVERELY DAMAGED "Every concession we have made
be governed by public Interest. they would come back later, Mcmust now find a new place of
Queen's Hall, centre of Britain's In the recent years has merely
When asked why if Herr Hess's Lean replied: "It will need to be prayer and the House of Commons
classical musical life, was severely been a signal for new and more landing in Scotland was known on later. A ploughman's work is a new place of debate.
damaged in recent air raids, and Referring to the recent debate in
the rains include thousands And the Arm front to the present Saturday night. the Minister of never done.
of The coin will shortly be re complaint is unlikely to cause any bad not taken steps to forestall he said: 'You can take me while this time last week, Sir Frederick Information (Mr. A. Duff-Cooper) In response to their entreaties, Churchill was just finishing at
the House of Commons, which Mr...
pounds worth of musical instru- moved to Wuhua, Col, Liu's birth-further deterioration of relations
FANCHENG, May 15 (Central)-ments belonging to the London the North River, for which Japan shows so little initia-/the German- broadcast alleging am plowning." So the cameramen said that that debate was not really Braving heavy rains for two days;
Philharmonic Orchestra. tive in taking steps to improve."
was staggered over the ruuan ploughed finished. There was still much to and nights, Chinese forces in Cen-
Members of the Orchestra, az field and McLean, greatly amused, be said. It was not only the contral Hupeh carried out relentless riving to give a concert and con- sald jo his horse: "You can think duct of the war in Athens, but the attacks on the Japanese pushing fronted with the wreckage, decided lot more of yourself today, all-whole conduct of the war and the along the banks of the Slang River somehow or other to give their
scheduled concert. strengthening of the whole Home and have routed their advance When the photographers had front that had to be debated, units with considerable losses.
An impromptu meeting was finished. McLean told them::“You
held in the middle of the road. "The power house of the Home On the west bank, the Chinese people coming up here and keep-base Is the Government itself and have captured successively Liuhou-
and trantio phone calls 'remit- ing me off my work has been more everyone will agree that last week's chibi, Anchiachih and Lichlatang
ed in sufficient instruments trouble than the German was.” debate raised the prestige of while on the east back after re-
being borrowed and permission. Government, both at Home, and covering Fengloho the Chinese are
readily given for them to play abroad,” said Sir Frederick,
in the Royal Academy of Muslo. [thrusting towards-Yangtze, "It made people realise how The position of the Japanese in the road handing transfer tickets The manager sat at a table in able, as arst of all they had too signs that Hess deserted in himself."
hung mountain 1s becoming in arrived and redirecting them to establish the identity of the injured consequence of hallucinations.
Sir Frederick declared that when creasingly untenable as According to
the Basler Nach- the debate on the Home front con- columna are closing in on them in airman.
where the concert was being held. richten correspondent in Berlin, cerning questions of production:
The original programme an encircling movement. this is officially stated in Berlin and transport were dealt with in a
The statement, the correspon- secret
In the Yuanan sector, the Chi-given to a crowded house which re- other Ministers session, dent adds, warns the public against would be there to share that res-
nese have driven the Japanese back ceived the performance with in-
terse enthusiasm. drawing conclusions from state-ponsibility....
to Tanyang.
NOTHING TO REPORT ments about Hess from England
There is nothing to report, staten which Britain is using for propa
this morning's Air Ministry.com- ganda purposes and which already
munique, on last night's enemy have been branded as obtained
activity over Britain. under duress.
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LONDON, May 15 (Reuter)—“We shall see it through,” de- clared Mr. L. S. Amery, Stcretary of State for India, speaking at Coventry last evening and referring to the Battle of the Atlantic. After recalling how the first air Battle of Britain last sutump "put an end to all Hitler's dreams of walking into, and over our unarmed England," Mr. Amery said: "A second air and sub- marine battle, covering both Britain, and its Atlantic approaches, iz in progress. It calls for all our energy - and skill to mæer it. "We shall see it through and how had been developing. We had ever long it continues Hitler will forced Raschid All and his clique be no nearer the goal of his ambito show their hand in a vain hope tion here than he was when he that German help could reach gave up the first Battle of Britain them in time. six months ago."
NOT UNFORTUNATE Pressed to say that the delay of 48 hours was unfortunate, Mr. Churchill said it was not unfoT- tunate and if there had been
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PUBLIC WARNED -
·BASLE, May 15 (Reuter)--The
delay it would have been unavold, letter left by Rudolf Hesa contains much depends on Mr. Churchill the northeastern slope of the Tato members of the public as thes,
MR, ERNEST BEVIN, Minis- fer of Labour and National Service, speaking in London yesterday said that Herr Hitler was behind the flight and be did not believe that Hitler did not know that Herr Hess had gone to Britain,
TOKYO, May 15 (Reuter)- The
HARDSHIP IN REICH LONDON, May 15 (Reuter)
INDUSTRIAL EFFORT · Turning to the war in the air. Sir Frederick said that the shoot- ing down of 33 German planes on one night over Britain showed that
Chinese
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FOOD SHORTAGE IN ANHWEI
SOUTH ANHWEI, May 14 (Cen-
the RAF were on the job as traRice is now sold at Jap- usual. It had taken six months to anese-occupied Hofel, ertswhile, a
WKA
We had lanced a dangerous boll Alluding to the Balkans. Mr. Just as it came to a head. Amery said: "The strain thrown
"In the action we have taken upon Germany in the wholly un-we have entertained no designs expected campaign in the Balkans against Iraq's Independence for may well have thrown out of gear which we as a country-and. I
CHESS RESULTS the whole of Hitler's plans for a might add, I myself when formerly: Asalf Shimbun reparts from Nan- victorious march across Turkey. In office-bave done everything in king that Italy la preparing to re- Hexs is reported to have told farm develop the new Aghting power of rice-producing center in central Results last night in the Colony
"Its effects upon Germany's com-jour power.
open the Consulate in Nanking, as people of the hardship now being the air force and it was clear now Anhwel, Most of the poor are Junior Chess Championship Tona-. munications, and sources of supply "We ask for no more than ful-a prelude to a formal recognition experienced in Germany and of the that the RAF. had gone a long subsisting on vegetables and bark.nament were:-R. C. Gardner drew may indeed
be felt fully in the filment of those obligations of an of the Wang Ching-wel regime great distress amongst the people way towards finding the secret of Plundering and seizures of food with Uni Kwal-yung, A.-Eurrik-beat course of the coming months" alilance which Iraq accepted freely A Japanese report from Asinking there over the bombing by the night défence.
| stuffg by Japanese troope accen- Wm. Lee, R. C. Danenberg beat J Dealing with Iraq. Mr. Amery as the only effective' guarantee of says that Bulgaris recognised Man-RAF. and of the suffering of the Bir Frederick said that Britain's tuated the shortagė In the Grefalda and A. Morton beat J. E. said a highly dangerous situation her own security."
chukuo yesterday,
civilian population.
whole Industrial machine was" now "occupied” areas in Anhwei," b ̈¦d'Almeida.
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