HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
THE CONVOY ISSUE
U.S. Speakers Argue For And Against Sending America Into The European War
U.S. LOST IF THEY ENTER
BATTLE
By Hamilton Fish Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Congress
EUROPE'S WAR IS AMERICA'S
FIGHT
By Major-General John F. O Ryan Lawyer and wartime Commander
of the 27th Division, A.E.F.
PROPOSED U.S. LOAN TO BRITAIN
WASHINGTON. June 20 (Rev
The Federal Loan Adminis trator, Mr Jesse Jones, announс- ed that he is considering a loan to the British Government.
ers The Poderal Loan Adminis
FINANCE & GENERAL
WAR'S INCENDIARY BOMBS: POTENT WEAPON OF SIEGE AND ASSAULT
On war's new civ.uan frout, the incendiary bomb bas re-instated ftre, in eclipse since the invention of gunpowder as a potent weapon of s.ege and assault. According to Dr. J. Enrique Zanetti of Columbia for "Life," the Luftwaffe infiers ty, who prov.ded a dem ›nstration missed its chance to set all Loudon afre by incendiary bomis before British fire defences were properly organized.
Mr. Joars said that the Recon struction Finance Corporation was Like other weapons of the pre- studying the loan under Q new sont war, incendiary bombs were: law authorising such a loan and first tested in World War 1. It was! added 'The purpose of the loan then established that the mag e would be to provide the British siumthermite bomb is most effeo-
for live with dollar exchange to pay
My position is simply this. 1 am
I should say first that I speak in favour of all ald to the denno- for myself alone and that neither war supplies in this country with- any out having to sell their American with cracies consistent
Dur own the War Department. national del nce, but opposed to other Department of the Gover:securities and Investments ony involvement in European or ment has any responsibility for my Astatic Wars unless atpacked I views am willing to maintain that pos tion until the cows come home.
I do not believe that the Euro-
or that we thor pean war is our war
forced sale."
common
the loan would the magnesium casing of bomb. Seti hundred million off by a flash of priming powder,
both thermite and casing combust. ||
be
THE INGREDIENTS
three Ingredients are at a and useful metals, iron, aluminium and magnesium Iron oxide and Mr. Jones did not name any aluminium mixed in a granulated tt powder make thermite, which fills When the American people gave amount, but in some quarters Their support to the "Lease Lend is reported that Bil they confirmed their convic-be for "several
Britain's Bght is our dollars." that
15 well the fight of Reconstruction Finance Corpora- in an intense flame that burns) had anything to do with staring light, and
and eannot hinted through metal officials, however, 11. If it is our war, then we are a other peoples not yet biltzkrieged. Man
contem smothered ur put out by water or lot of cowards and craveris for not Obviously their purpose was to give, that a smal) gure was
chemical extinguishers, having been in it year and a to Britain war materiais and food plated at the start.
Small thermite bombs sown by had! ngo.
supplies needed to keep their peo- Mr. Jones said that the
Ht random are well Let us get the convoy Issue ple going while we create and train 'teral of the proposed loan would thousands
investments and adapted to German style of in straight Convoys means shooting. turces adequate to meet the Hitler include "direct
bombing. But the diversification of stocks discriminate
Germans falled to achieve the
incendiary ultimate 73
bombing. the merging of many fires into a general conflagration.
Ed
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THIRD DAY OF NAZI ATTACK
Continued from Page 4
of the fighting will probably available anmedlak 9
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domination a wide The challenge wai shooting means
for world Further I believe it is the par- and bonds ronvoying of ships into the zones is an act of wal” The Score
American people to the United States. pose of the
Of these WAT tary the Navy Frank Knox a insure the delivery well-known Interventionist. made materials i the British, and ot this emphatic statement before the permit them to be destroyed Hous Committee
Poreign while en route to Britain. The Bri. Affairy It should be perfectly, Mah cannot spare the shipping or
enable them to! clear to every school boy by this paval craft t time that if the President orders "come and get di To gave, 15 to Gur war vessels to cOLVOS British deliver Any other polley would ships or sends our ow merchant be fato It would mean an in feet with war material to EK- vitation to Hither to make of the
VILNA FALLS, REPORT land. he would be deliberately put Gargon, reworks, or bod for the
Another Regter report from the wit Se ato" stes ting into
Therefore We Bre certainy
Vichy declares that according to George Chairman of the Senate to convoy such shipments Foreign Relations Caminitiee, sa d The job in hand to arm the Hungarian ficial newspaper
Pest the ancient Lithuanian cap recently "I have always stood
tal of Vilna. which became in- against conveying vessels by the
11) Russian occupied American Heet
because co-
corporated Poland. has been entered by Ger- Voying would fead us into actual taip
man trouação war."
1 am unwilling 4 believe that President Roosevelt has any inten- tion of violating or repudiating his repeated promises and pledges to the American people to keep 13५ Although I belong to out of waXF. the opposition party and have op
sures
British. Jeed them
50 Sen as and them with all m
sustain them. we can support power for Bet Dow Diaying the Fole of The lee pollerman butting
ail behalf against the foree of evil
ا ما
On
anter
eports that Reuter also
gun- civilized peoples
We have tire has been heard from various
the
Stockholm on other cholew, for Britain at the places in moment is standing between usjanelagh Firing was also heard
Yesterday of the west cuasi. and potential disaster.
GERMANS DRIVEN BACK
(Reuter
26 MOSCOW, Jutie
cavalry Lucoin How Sover
drave back
Faci
POTENT WEAPON
By now, the defence of the British cities insures that no such conftagration will get started. In- cendiary bombs nonetheless, re- main poten; weapor for haras$- Iment and help guide high explo
gives to their objectives.
Because magnesium is itself an incendiary. it. voliaborates w tł thermite powder to make the mos efficient possible incendiary bomb. The two materials complement one another to defeat the two chief
methods of fire fighting.
Thermite flames cannot be killed by smothering. while magnesium burus readily in standard chemical! extinguisher and even sets water!
With big asbestos itself on fire. "snuffers." however, the flames can be restricted until they burn them selves out British scientists more recently have developed a chem!- cal sand extinguisher which
oxygen-excluding slag.
There exists at prisel no world! organization for the maintenance! posed many of the new deal meal world law and order
the said that our nation could not live the German and Rumantan troublankets the burning bomb with yet the President of
And the who had crossed the river Prulh United States is my President as half tree and half slave
world cannot ve hallinto Bessarable Livon well as that of 130.000.000 the civilized
RANDOM DISTRIBUTION Americans
free and hat! slave We shall lose midway between Jussy and dialata our freedom unless we are willing's described in
Elective a dispatch by a sperial correspondent or Investia, calls to fight to maintain it
organ of the Soviet 14-12 the official dovernment
The correspondent entier Kuards made
PRESIDENT HASN'T RIGHT
I confess that the repudiation of solemn promises, involving
and the lives of our youth
Ebe This
Ruch
security and destiny of Aunerica 15 Hitler
NOT EUROPEAN WAR
18
European war not has ne confined his am
says.
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H.K. Stock Exchange
BUYERS
H.K. Banks, $13171. Bank of East Asia, $72. Canton Ins, $215.
H.K. Fire Ins., $180. B.K. Steamboats. $8. Indo-Chinas Wharves, $88 Docks, $15.50.
Pret,), $80.
Providents, $5.50.
Hotels, $3.
Lands, $32,25. Realtles. $3.
Star Ferries, $52.
Yaumati Ferries. $21.30.
Lights (0), $6. Lights (N), $1,30 Lights Rts. 30cts. Electrics 10) X. Ris. Electrics (N), $20.75 Teletphones (0) $22.25 Telephones (N), 39. Cements, $14.10. Ropes, $8.
Dairy Farms, $17.25. Watsons, $10.25, Entertainments. $6,30
SELLES
Ropes, $8.50
SALES
Ducks, $15.50. Providents $5.5075.60. Trams, $16.50. Electrics Rts.. $11. Cements. $14.25. Ropes, $8.8.25. Watsons. $10.25/30.
32175.
SEASONAL RAINS IN FUKIEN
now
FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1941. -PAGE 9
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Volume of Business Transacted on Thursday. June 26, 1941. SALES
Government Move To Prevent Profiteering China Lights (0)
LONDON, June 26 (Reuter)-A China Providents determined drive to prevent pro Steering in fish was announced by the Food Minister, Lord Woolton, in the House of Lords yesterday.
Britain gets no more than 25
H.K. Docks
per cent, of former fish supplies since the Admiralty requisitional 75H.K. Rectrics Rts per cent nf the country's fish trawlers for mine-sweeping
200 $ 6.05
1,000
5.50
850 5,50
500
5.55
500
6.60
500
15 50
200
15.50
341
11,00
250 11.00
150
14.25
58
17.75
Ropes
500 8.25
Macau Electrics
500 8.30 100 18.05
5,049
Cements
The total value is $47,618.00.
LONDON, June 28 (Reuter) --
Secretary, British Foreign Mr. Anthony Eden, in addition to
The
NEW YORK, June 26 (Reuter) his interview yesterday with the American maritime sources re- Spanish Ambassador, also saw the Indicative of sufflelent
Tal port that a plane from the Bri-Netherlands Foreign Minister, Dr. ial, there is a rise of several feet tish Fleet attacked and probably E. N. van Kleffens, and the Unit- John in the Min and other rivers 1: sank the German liner Elbe, 8,000 ed States Ambassador, Mr.
G. Winant tons in the Atlantic, the province
Fish prices to a house wife have Dairy Farms risen disproportionately. An order will shortly be issued controlling the price at the quay, in ships and (Central) – YUNGAN, June 26
at all intermediate stages so tha: After experiencing a long spett or will no longer be profitable to drought since the beginning of speculate in fish. the summer.
has Pukien
been
The average price w be 8s 10d
stone compared afforded a great relief by season-per
with last Incendiary bombing, al rainfalls all palvo or the month's ruling price of 138 6d for random distribution of province during the past two
Measures will also be taken to 2-lb bombs. In a elty like days.
insure fair distribution to all parts which London, in
the ratio of
Farmers are beaming with smile of the country. "Our buildings to open space is one to as paddy fields are
well herole four, not more than 20 per cent of watered and a good autumn bar- inconceivable and unthinkable to billons to Europe His troops and me Moreover, I do not belleve bombers are now in North Africa. efforts to prevent the crossing of the bombs dropped ten or twenty vest is assured. the President has the right to or- An army of Fifth Column experts the river but could not withstand der the convoying of ships into the are hard at work in South Ameri- the pressure of the enemy who war zones without the consent of
in Mexico and here
our bad an rnormous numerical su- Congress. The use of convoys, on own homeland. His ships of war periority. the authority of the President, are at large in the North Atlantic. "Having concentrated a powerful; would be a deliberate attempt t In the present state of the world force of infantry and tanke on the to start a really troublesome fire. drag us into war, and would make only resolute and forthright pec- Soviet bank, the enemy began Most spectacular British con President Roosevelt the foremost ples who will fight and sacrise the offensive. I! was; Decessary | tribution to Incendiary warfare repudiator of his word in American for their freedom and rights, cant, deat him a terrific blow imme- | were the "calling carde” dropped by
would constitute a survive. We propose to survive diately.
British bombers over German farm- brazen betrayal of the millions of Re-read our war history
CAVALRY CHARGE
lands last autumn. These were loyal Americans who had faith in Let every American Ehroughout
"Bombers and fighters hurled discs of absorbent paper, impre- nis assurances and plighted word the land resolve tonight to sacri-
themselves
he crossed the gnated with a solution of phos- arid voted for him.
fice his personal comfort, ambitions
frontier. raining down bombs.phorus and dampened with water. Somewhere between 8 and 90 and distracting minority views in
Numbers of enemy tanks were Harmless as long as it 15 kept per cent of the people, according the common interests of our cu
their moist, the phosphorus bursts into to the various Gallup polls, are try. The situation warrants that immediately destroyed and
losses. flame as soon as the water has opposed to mar entrance into war he do sc in the words and with Infantry unless attacked We are not in the selflessness
those wing Disorder broke out in the enemy, evaporated. the war now, as some columnists founded the Republic, and who in ranks during this rald and, tak- and Interventionists claim. That the Dreiaration of Independence (ing advantage, the Soviet cavalry
history
La
גנ!
suffered heavy
time in "Molotov bread- baskets." can be expecled to take eflect. Chance duds and well organized defence reduce the per- centage further, so that not more than one in twenty bombs is likely
"CALLING CARDS'
Scattered far and wide in the
is defeatist and Interventionist pro- publicly, and at the risk of their charged their lines using their open country, "calling cards" offer paganda, No shots have been fired. vs. dedicated to its freedom and sabres
and chasing the
enemy
no American ships have been sunk, the war then being fought to hack towards the bridge. to American has been killed and secure 1. their lives, their property "The avalanche of cavalry des- no attack has been made on the an their sacred honour Eternal troyed all in its path and cleared American flag.
vigilance and sacrifice make up the bridge of the enemy "
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No member of Congress, whether the price of liberty And our first he voted for or against the Lend- step is "all-out" support for the LONDON June 26 (Reuter) Lease Bill wants to see any of lone British policetoan in his in- Moscow Radio announced that i An important element in incen-Room 621, China Building, 6th the articles for the defence of spiring resistance to tyranny
¡Saylet Dikmes yesterday raided diary bombing ja variation England sunk. If the sinkings geri
Helsink), the capital of Finland. materials for purpose of confusing defenders. As demonstrated by Ger- BLACK SEA FLEET LONDON, June 26 (Router) mans in attacks on London, this
worse we could transter
more of of Pennsylvania Avenue leads the our merchant ships to the British. American youth to war in spite of and possibly some more old des- his promises and pledges for peace, The Russian submarine flotilla in calls for the occasional use of less troyers for additional bases, but know of no language strong the Black Bea has recently been effective oli bombs, which require the responsibility for conveying enough to denouce such a betrayal reinforced by Admiral Kuznetzon, different extinguishing techniques, and getting the war suppiles across of trust.
Commander-in-Chler of the Rus-Blunt-nosed
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incendiary bombs, Experienced Book-keeper Wants Is up to the British navy First. In that case his dulcet toestan Navy, according to news dropped from altitudes above 5,000 Students to form a class. Guararı- last and all the time.
like the Piper of Hamelin Town, reaching Ankara, says
the Indet.. strike at speeds of about 380 ft. tee students to keep a whole set of Between losing a shupload of war would be equally deceptive and
per sec.
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The Russians finally decided upper storles, Stil to be exploited of incendiary American boya to final step to war, by ordering that the defence of the Caucasus is a wide variety
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I President Roosevelt takes this vole to send
watery graves trying to get to without the consent of Congress was more important as a Europe. Africa and Asia,
and the American people the con- centre of the Red Army.
supply
However, the signal bell ringing voying of ships into the war zotles. The Ruslans are sald to be
in the engine room of an Ameri- he and he alone will be responatble constructing cam naval vessel to start the arst to God and country. convoy would be equivalent to a declaration of an undeclared war make their views known to the planes on the ground,
by the President.
REPORT DISBELIEVED
The American people
President and to their Senators
underground dromes in the Ukraine with a view
the should to avoiding
destruction
acro-
of
Jimmy's
AT
WASHINGTON, June 29 (Router) -Shipments from the United
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and Representatives in Congreas billions of dollars and the ruin of States to Britain in April totalled I want to make it very clear now. The only time to wage war our country and its free institu- $120 millions. This represents the that I do not believe the reports against war in peace. Wartions,
18 Circulating in Washington, that would mean disaster to us-bank-
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largeat amount of goods sont to This
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