HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
NAZI
SUCCESSES
IN
NOT COMMENSURATE TO LOSSES IN MEN & ARMS
Blitzkrieg Behind Schedule Despite Extravagant Claims
MOSCOW, July 22 (Reuter) — "The Germans; despite their claims that the Red Army and Air Force have been annihilated, have al- ready long passed the assigned dates for their entry into Klev, Le- ningrad and Moscow," declared M. Lozovsky, Vice-Commissar for For- eign Affairs on Monday.
The real explanation for the Nazi detay was provided in an order signed by Major-Genera) Nebring, condhanding the 18th German tank division, Lozovsky added. This order found inside a captured tank. says: "It is obvious that our losses in equipment, aring and machines have been unusually great and despite a successful advance they greatly exceed the captured trophies. Continuation of this situation is intolerable in the longrun for we shall go on winning vie- tories to our own perdition.”
the
M. Lozovsky recalls that today nearest point the German
planes
German "blitzkrieg" against miles distant. Some recent warn izuesia "This war will go on for inga had only been tests. many months and we can discuss Lozovsky doubted whether the results of the first month In Germans would attempt any raid one of our press conferences." on Moscow
CROSS - CURRENTS
GERMAN CLAIMS
the
CABLE
RUSSIA "V" Campaign SINKING OF THE
“V” Captures The
U.S. LOAN TO Imagination
BRITAIN
Of Americans
яю
how Mr.
of
"LADY SOMERS”
SURVIVORS PRAISE SPANISH SEAMEN
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GIBRALTAR, July 22 (Reuter) - contracted for prior to the enact-
LONDON, July 22 (Reuter)-As The gallantry of the crew of A ment of the Lease and Lend Act, vidence of
Churchill's Spanish ship in remaining for two was announced in the House of
campagn has caught the hours in submarine danger area Commons by the Chancellor of themagination Americans, Mr. In order to rescue the crew of the Exchequer, Sir Kingsley Wood, this exander Stewart, father of the British
auxillary Tessel Lady afternoon,
film star James Stewart, has somers, was revealed by members
2 Lex-foot I believe that the House, with erected
aluminium or the crew when they arrived the terms of the agreement before painted "" on top of Indiana here, writes Reuter's Special cor- them, w) agree with me that this County's court-bouse
respondent represents a satisfactory arrange-! The sign, which hangs 300 feet by ment and once again reflects the "ver the street. Is illuminated readiness of the United States ad- floodlights each evening. roinistration to extend their as-
The Press continues to give con- sistance to us.
siderable prominence to the cam- "The execution of this agree-paign. The New York Sun yester- ment will require legislation and day in a leader says: "Now the opened fire. the Treasury will need to retain Nazis have decided to use the let- [special powers until the loan has ter v for victory. This German
They state that the Lady Somers was attacked at 2 a.m. by two sub- marines which fired torpedoes al- most simultaneously. One hit her satern and then came to the sur- face but, crash-dived when the ship
SECOND ATTACK Five minutes later
the second the surface.
con-
Į been fully repaid, whereas the imitation & doubtless intended to submarine came to marks the first calendar month of had got to Moscow was over 100 present emergency powers of the confuse but it is doubtful if many The Lady Somers fired at this sub-
Act will, in the ordinary course. Will fooled. When Europe's
marine which rose up and disap- lapse for that time.
captive people heard the word peared vertically. MATTER OF URGENCY
victory or see the sign on the
As their ship was settling down, "The Government intend to ask walls. there is no doubt in their the crew of the Lady Somers took the House to pass the necessary inluids whose victory 1s meant to the boats except the Captain iegislation as a matter of urgency. The only victory worth the name and crew of one gun which M. Lozovsky dwelt on the differ
LONDON. July 22 (Reuter) The text of the Bill will be avall is the final victory over Nazi ty-tinued firing at intervals to scare ence between the Nazis and their "The Soviet Army have been com- able tomorrow and the Prime ranny What seems & cute trick off the submarine. Ko-called Allies. stressing the peiled to throw in their last re-Minister authorises me to say that may prove
boomerang for Five hours later. a second tor- cross currents of hatred and cove serves." said a message from the it is proposed to ask the House to Geubbels department."
ipedo struck the Lady Somers, caus- tousness which existed between
official German news agency. The consider it and to pass it through The Christian Science Monitoring a terrific explosion, but those Be German Romanian, Slovak and message also claims that the Geralf its stages on the fourth sitting on Saturday sald: "Beethoven on board were saved with the rest Hungarian camps. All of them, he mans are now 375 miles from the day new week.
would never have been a Nazi. of the crew. They were all picked said were full of internal squab former Russo-German demarcation "Tollowing is, inter alia, the text. He would be glad to know that up by the Spanish tanker, Cami- bling compared with the demo-line and "once more the vast battle of the announcement in the United the motir of late knocking at the peche. cratic nations who were fighting of annihilation is in progress," this States "The Collatoral includes door with which the fifth sym- unanimously without wanting to time cast of the Stalin Line. "We securities of United States corpora-phony opens has been turned into take anything from each other shall not allow the спету the tigns listed on the New York the motif of inevitable krocking A survivor declared: "The Asked whether Moscow would breathing space he so much de-Stock Exchange having an aggre-jominously on doors and windows Spaniards could not do enough for follow London's example of main stres."
gate value of present quote prices wherever Nazi oppressors Passa. They gave up their cabins for taining the city's normal traffic Miltary commentators nete point of approximately $205,000,000 and by."
the four days we were aboard and during air raid alerts, Lozovsky out that the penetration of 375 sted securities of United States
shared everything they had. It is said that Moscow Was likely
to miles is most generously measured corporations are estimated to be INDEPENDENCE DAY possible to speak too highly of adhere to the present system of and would put the German advance ¦ worth $115,000,000 and capital. clearing the streets of people.
at Smolensk which has long been The stock of 41 British-owned
į admitted, and that "the throwing United States insurance companies
OF BELGIUM LONDON. July 22 (Reuter}
them."
GAVE UT CABINS
The Lady Somers, of 8.194 tona, was formerly a passenger vessel
Steamships.
on Belgium's BENGHAZI,
TRIPOLI RAIDED
MOSCOW RAID POLICY
In or the last reserves" by the Ru8-1s estimated to have an aggregate "Germany must not be in a pom-longing to the Canadian National | Among the purposes of high dis-
stans would be a more convincing net worth of something of $180.-tion to say and torture cipline maintained in Moscow dur-claim if Berlin had not thrown in 1000,000,"
Europe ing alerts was the desire to reduce the Soviets "last" reserves several
once every thirty years," declared "There will be no change in the the British Foreign Minister, Mr. casualties to the minimum. Work times already. in factories, however,
control of management in these Anthony Exten, broadcasting to would be It is also pointed out that the direct investments, including in the Belgian people continued until the imminent dan radio cothmentator speaking from surance companies. ger signal was given.
Their strong National Day of Independence On Berlin said, "Conditions on the financial position and stability will Monday. A warning was sounded in Mos-Soviet front are much more diff-continue unaffected. cow as soon as it was observed at cult than' in France so that the
Mr. Eden declared that twice! the front that planes were tying required time with necessarily
"Funds with be avaliable to the within 50 years Belgium had to BY THE R.A.F. In the direction of the capital. The longer."
be British as needed to meet their endure the ordeal of invasion.
commitments at the approximate This time also the final result CAIRO, July 22 (Reuter) rates of $100,000,000 monthly." would be the same, but this time Benghazi and Tripoli were raid
we will not lose the peace. We will ed by the R.A.F. and Tripoll was build a better world." The Belgian ralded by the Fleet Air Arm Army in this country was gather-Saturday night,
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Enemy Post Harassed
BRITISH SORTIES ROUND TOBRUK
LONDON. July 22 (Reuter)
On Saturday night, says Cairo
H
raids on the around Tobruk,
on
are
R.A.F.
ing its strength and awaiting the Details of these activities day when it could assist the whole given in the following Allied army in the war of bera-Middle East communiques: tion.
"Heavy bombers of the R.A.F.
attacks continued their
on the harbour at Benghazi, On the night of July 1920 bombs were drop- ped at the base of the Cathedral
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Kwangtung Administrative Conference Called
General LA Hon-wan, Chairman of the Kwangtung Provincial Government, has summoned a Provincial Administrative Conference to be held at the beginning of August to discuss administrative pro- blems on the basis of the resolutions adopted at the recent meeting of the Provincial People's Political Council,
FACTORY BUILT
-
IN MEMORY
OF AVIATOR
A circular telegram has been despatched to the administrative commissioners, magistrates
other administrators throughout the province summoning them to the conference which will be held in Shlukwan, while various bur-- eaux directors and departmental heads of the Provincial Govern
ment have also been circularised
Mole, near military headquarters. One of the unique monuments communique, British and Indian tamination squads were summon Government buildings, and railway ever erected in China is a factory to submit proposals, troops carried out a further series ed W two scenes of "bombed" sidings. Fixes and explosions, were attuated on the outskirts of
in Yaumats and Mongkok. caused by a bombing attack on the Kwellin which was built in memory items on the agenda of the forth- It is understood that the chief enemy positions areas
prevlong night,
of Chen Hwal-min, a young aviator, These were remarkable not only Meanwhile all traffic in these "Our bombers also attacked mi-who, disabled in an air battle over coming conference will be enforce- for their success but for the light-two districts was held up while itary objectives in Tripoli and Hankow on April 29, 1938, rammed ment of the New Halen Adminis- ness of the casualties sustained by the "bombed" areas were being bombs were seen exploding on the his damaged craft against an trative System and collection of
power station, blowing masonry enemy plane,
Iand tax in kind as decided-upon An attack on one enemy strong; The "black-out on the mainland into the air. Fighter · afferaft of
sit the recent National Financial The factory erected with the Conference. point was particularly successful, last night proved to be even more the RAF, drove off a number of
bombers escorted by German fight family of the war hero is known government pension granted to the
Other problems to be deliberated ers which attempted to attack our: $B
the Hwat-min Experimental pon will include the readjustment shipping off the North African Machine Works. The management of taxation, military service for hopes to make every employee the civilians, spread of education, "The aerodrome at Catania, Sir shareholder and turn the factory relief, police administration and cily, was bombed and machine- into a training ground so that opium-suppression
our troops,
cleared.
serious losses being Infilcted on successful than on the, previous
the enemy
BAYONET CHARGE
In another sector of the front. an Indian patrol was attacked by the enemy but a counter-attack with the bayonet was launched,
night.
TRAM COLLISION During the black-out, two tram- cars were involved in a collision outside the Talkon Docks about 10.20 p.m.
The enemy was driven off after No person was injured and the suffering casualties while the Intars were slightly damaged. dians rogained the base without
1068.
GETTING THEIR OWN BACK CAIRO. July 22 (Reuter) - Mechanised Indian cavalrymen who gallantly fought their way out from Mechili during the Ger- mab advance
"getting are now {their own back" on the Axis forder
watching Tobruk.
For the first time on Saturday, the Italians attempted counter action but the Indians dealt
coast.
gunned by aircraft of the Fleet
President Roosevelt Warns Congress To
The administrative polley and the provincial budget for the next fiscal year will also be discussed, it 16 learned.
Air Arm durings the night of July every employee has equal chance to
advance to better positions, 18-19. Two aircraft are missing."
To realise these aims the man- agement applies co-operative prin ciples to the finances of the factory Considerable progress has been and holds classes for the employees made in the political administra- with the factory's engineers serving tion and economic reconstruction as instructors. A laboratory and a in Kwangtung during the past two separate experimental workshop years since General LI Hon-wan sin plement the training.
assumed the chairmanship of the The factory, besides manufactur province ing instruments standard welghts A Three-year War-time Politicaj and measures, operates an iron Administrative Programme is being foundry, a machine shop and a carried out to co-ordinate the pro- motor car repair shop. Efforts are vince's political machinery with the being exerted to improve and ex-military situation. The programine pana the machine shop When at-lays special emphaals on the one ted with the right kind of tools and forcement of the New Helen Ad- machines, the management hopes ministrative System, regulation of to use it as nucleus for a new food supply and emergency relief industrial school.
for war refugees
Keep Army Intact
WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuter) - Presidens Roosevelt, yesterday swiftly and successfully with asked Congress to authorise the extension of the one-year period of supertor enemy numbers who withdrew in disorder in the face active service in the army for selectee National Guardsmen and re- of a bayonet attack.
servists,, declaring that America was in “tufinitely greater" danzer Every British raid is estimated.
than a year ago, to have cost the enemy between
30 and 40 casualties.
Unless "this" axtabaton was granted the nation would be taking a grave national risk, sald President Roosevelt, and disintegration of the army would be under way within two months. The respon- siblity for maintaining the efficiency of the army rests solely with
MODEL VILLAGE the agislators.
CHUNGKING, July 22 (Central) Preslaume Roosevelt dramatised particular time would in my Judg The Chinese Women's War Re his request by trying an Indra- ment be an act of bad faith to Het Aanoclution fe rushing plane tion-be transcribed his message wards our neighbours." for the inaugurating of a $8,000,000 on records so that his words mightTime counts. Responsibility Model Village near Chungking for be broadcast
rests solely with Congress."" b
Mr. Oben Tien-ho, brother of the aviator, is manager of the factory.
working deer chinens with enthusiastic overseas Chinese practical engineering experience. (Central News)
JAPANESE TROOPS ON THE MOVE? PEPING, July 12 (Repfer) — A
the benefit of disabled soldiers on President Roosevelt said, there- RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED August 1, the fourth anniversary fore, it would be taking a rave Immediately after Fresident day of its extablishment national risk unless Congress were Roosevelt's message to Congress, second train was taken off the Pas
In regard to the New Halen. Administrative Bystem, It is already enforced in 20 districts includms Kukong Tolshan and Tingyun, Twenty six more districts including Youngkong in southwestern Į Kwangtung, whl also enforce 1 by
the end of this year (Central- News)
* Since its formation in 1937 in to mate possible the maintenance the chairman of the House Military, ping-Fusan (Korea) run pusterday live further trains are likely tô Nanking, the Association has estab of the present full effective Committee, Congresshin May, in- afternoon. This follows the with, by withdrawn shortty. ished branches in various parts of strength of the army during the tradured two resolutions, to retain drawal of the crack Peiping **** the country and rendered various coming year, and give training to the army in service and to remove proat fatt When when lenda mund | kinds of ald to the fighting forses as many additional, Amarigans as the fimilt on the number of keleo, that Yarede millary mini kompe
and their families as well zus the zombing GUDA
teen, but making no emergency en were the reason.
refugees and war, orphans, "To weaken our Army at this behalf of Congress Itself.
De bollahod on the
double