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HONGKONG, MONDAY, JULY 28, 1941:
TOKYO CONCERN AT THE UNITED STATES' FREEZING ACTION: ONLY TRADE OUTLET WILL BE HER OWN
"CO-PROSPERITY
·
AREA”
The Japanese Foreign Minister, Admiral Toyoda, visited the Emperor on Satur-
BRITAIN'S
day night to report on the Far East crisis for the second time that day. THIS RE SHELTERS
FLECTS THE GENERAL CONCERN IN TOKYO AT THE UNITED STATES' FREEZING
ACTION DESPITE OFFICIAL REPORTS TO MINIMISE ITS EFFECTS, SAYS REUTER
According to the Japanese News Agency, Tokyo's Exchange bankers are calm
since they are hoping that silk and cotton will be exempted but stocks plunged heavily.
If the whole of the British Empire and Holland follow suit, Japan's only trade outlet will be her own "co-prosperity area" in Eastern Asia and a few markets in South America and clsewhere.
WILL BE
BETTER
VERY SERIOUS EFFECT ON called on the British Am- last night. He stated that the real
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TWO ENEMY INFANTRY DIVISIONS
CRUSHED DURING COMBAT IN THE
DIRECTION OF SMOLENSK
Germans Bomb Children's
Hospital In Moscow
Withstood Onslaughts
"During July 26 our troops continued to wage flerce For Hours
encounters in the direction of Porkhovnerel, Smolensk and Zhitomir. There is no important change to report in the How a battalion of the Soviet re- MOSCOW, July 27 (Reuter)-- positions of troops on the front," states a communique) giment withstood for 12 hours the issued by the Soviet Information Bureau at 10.30 p.m. onslaughts of the German unit is G.M.T, on Saturday, says Reuter,
told in a supplementary announce. meat from the Soviet Information
tack.
"During the combat in the direction of Smolensk our Board. "You can take it from me that our shelters next winter will be a
troops crushed two enemy infantry divisions. Our Air The Germans. it is stated, at- great deal better than last winter Force, acting in co-operation with land forces, struck tacked Soviet positions four times, and a great deal more numerous," blows against the enemy mechanised units and infantry and each time they were repelled. The United States Ambas- remarked. MR A MONTAGUE and against their air force on their aerodromes.
losing hundreds of soldiers. sador, Mr. Joseph C. Grew, when he broadcast from London
The Germans then launched a "Eighty-eight enemy air-area, with accommodation for 850 combined tank and infantry at- bassador, Sir Robert Craigie, danger to shelters was the shaking craft were brought down dur-children.
of the earth which also shakes the ing July 25. Our losses were and the Australian Minister,
The staff, mainly consisting of A Soviet battalion repelled the shelters. They had now solved 28 aircraft. Sir John Latham, on Satur- that problem.
During the women, valiantly fought the attack by artillery and machine- morning of July 26 several flames, prevented panic and saved gan fire and started a counter- Shanghai the effect of President Roosevelt's shelters and it was not likely that Moscow but were dispersed
They were not building big deep German aircraft approached all the children from two wards. freezing order on Japanese trade they would It would be too dif- and put to flight by our cult to keep them dry. There was fighter planes. Three enemy wisdom in the policy of dispersal
JAPANESE BUSINESS IN HONGKONG, SAYS CONSUL day."
"The freezing of Japanese credits in Hongkong has brought about a very serious effect on Japanese business here," said ME. S. KIMURA, Consul for Japan, in an interview yesterday.
Continuing. Mr. Kimura said, "I understand that the business
WOMAN
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It is considered
in the Far East will be almost wholly unfavourable.
ted States.**
moves
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so that bomby would not fall aircraft were shot down, among crowds.
BOMBS ON HOSPITAL
None were hurt.
attack.
Finally, the enemy withdrew, leaving more than 1,000 killed and SOVIET EFFICIENCY wounded. many wrecked' tanks, MOSCOW, July 27
(Reuter) machine-guns and aartomatie The fact that Moscow has had rifles. two quiet nights is not due to Herr Hitler's
but
Mr. Montague said that they LONDON, July 27 (Reuter) the efficiency of the BoGENERAL
had been hard at work and were Prevented from reaching military fighters and anti-aircraft barrage: making up the deficiency in the objectives in a raid on Moscow, German raiders have just not been shelters of last winter.
German bombers dropped their able to pierce this double protec-
DE GAULLE Training 17 A.R.P personnel was bombs on the largest children's ton. But, notwithstanding, a full IN BEIRUT
24
activities of the Japanese residents here will be obliged to suspend, It seems that everyone had ex This will, ou doubt, result in their leaving the Colony after liquidat-pected economic
against ing their affairs.
Japan but no one expected them "But," said Mr. Kimura, "the so quickly. first to be affected will be those Japanese interests in Shanghai employed In Japanese firms. The or..in other circles deemed hostile firms, unable to do any business, to the democratie front, will have will have to dispense with the difficulty in trading with the Unicontinuing and the possibility of hospital, saya the Moscow Radio many thousands of women and services of their staffa."
the use of gas warfare was very The hospital consists of children queue up with pillows The Japanese Consul stated, in Pro-Chungking Chinese inter-much in the people's mind.
buildings, spread over a large reply to a question, that the con-ests, or interests deemed friendly.
Cont'd Page 13, Col 3 tents of the Order, Issued by the to Chungking, will generally find Hongkong Government on Satur- little difficulty in securing permits Quite a sensation was caused in day. have not been clarified and for the withdrawal of their assets. front of the main entrance to the are not clear to Japanese from the United States unless such General Past Office Build ng about bankers here. The whole question operations are considered harmful 4.30 p.m. on Saturday, when a will be fully gone into today (Mon-to Chinese currency, young Chinese Woman was sçen day), and "the Consul-General
DISMAY CAUSED emplying the contents of a small will doubtless approach the com- The United States battle, believed to be lysol, down petent official (Hon. Mr. N. L. freezing Japanese and Chinese her throat.
Smith) on any point which needs assets caused dismay among the Attracted by the strange act. clarification," said Mr. Kimura. Japanese banks in Manila.
passers-by collected in no time. Later the woman collapsed to the
even
PREVENTIVE MEASURE
ground and was taken to hospital As A preventive measure, two in an ambulance, which had been ships of the NYK. line, the Nitta summoned to the scene by a Chl-Maru, from Manila, and the Nag
to Maru, have been telegraphically nese detective.
instructed to proceed direct to
The woman, who was stated to bu Shu Yin-fet, aged 24, of Shing On Street, was dressed at the time of the incident in a white Jacket and trousers, and wore a pair of white canvas shoes.
On her person was found a fare- well letter in which, it was alleged,
Cont'd Page 7, Col 1
JAPANESE SHIPS NOT CALLING
AT H.K.
order in
People wanting to make with- drawals were advised that their funds were in no immediate dan- ger and were pacified with the explanation that they were subject to official control.
The Finance Secretary, Mr. Manuel Rozas, Ys speeding the negotiations for the purchase of a reserve stock of rice,
The Civilian Emergency Art- ministration announced on Satur
ay that the training of 13,000 air raid wardens has been completed CHINESE GRATIFIED
Recent
Naval Operations In Mediterranean Described
SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE OF IMPORTANT CONVOY
BEIRUT,
274 (Delayed),' (Reuter)-A curtain rang down on the Syrian campaign on Friday morning with the entry of General De Gaulle in Beirut, writes Reuter's Special correspondent with the Allled forces in Syria,
There were scenes of Intense enthusiasm throughout the town when General De Gaulle, accom- panted by General Catzoux, travel- Ung in an open car drove in, escorted by a detachment of Lebanese motorcycle gendarmorle. The Cross of: Lorraine, the cedared Lebanese Tricolor, and the Union Jack fluttered from
LONDON, July 27 (Reuter) It is now. possible to give some account of recent naval opéra- tions in the Mediterranean," states an Admiralty communique issued yesterday afternoon, dat
"These operations, which were under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir James Somerville, re-housetops, while the balconies, sulted in the successful passage of an important convoy through the Central Mediterranean without loss to the convoy.
"One merchantman, however, was damaged. As already announced, our naval forces suffered the loss of the destroyer H.M.S. Fearless,, but the object of the operation was successfully, achieved and considerable losses were infileted on such of the enemy as ventured to attack›
"Enemy aircraft were seen to be
roots and street pavements were crowded with enthusiastic civi- lans, mingling with the khaki- clad Britishers and Australiana, SAFEVER FITCO
As the procession drove through
1.
"On the morning of July 21, our two enemy bombers were shot ships were sighted by the enemy's down by our naval aircraft, and searching unsuccessfully with the the Place de Canons, enthusiasm reconnaissance aircraft. That night two others were probably des- alt of large numbers of flares reached fever pitch, the crowds she explained in great detail how: The branch offices of the Jap-
a U-boat delivered an attack which troyed.
Early on July 26, the convoy and cheering and breaking away from she had been unjustly turned out anese steamship companies in CHUNGKING, July 27 (Reuter) was unsuccessful and it is possible
-ALL CREWS SAVED
its escort was attacked by B-boats. the Police cordons and rushing Into the street on the grounds of Hongkong reveal that Japanese -A Chinese Government spokes-that the U-boat was destroyed by
"Three of our aircraft were lost was during this attack that one after the French leader's car. alleged adultery and beggingly ships have cancelled calling at an expressed gratification today the very strong counter-attack to
ship of the convoy received dam-, Free French fightera, marked asked for justice to be administer-, Hongkong, says a
in this engagement but the crews age. This ship, however, was able with the Cross of Lorraine, Bew the Domel report,
which it was subjected. Anglo-American step
·ed.
During the says Reuter from Shanghai.
against Japan.
"Next morning the first of a of all were saved.
to continue, under her own power overhead. series of air attacks developed afternoon further air attacks by and one boat, was certainly sunk This was by six torpedo-carrying bombers and torpedo-carrying air and probably damaged.
with high craft developed.
ASMARA NOW TOWN OF "GRASS WIDOWS"
BY REUTER'S CHIEF CORRESPONDENT IN EGYPT KHARTOUM, July 27-ASMABA, in Eritrea, is a town of "grans widows," The population includés 30,000 Italian women -- wives of prisoners of war or evacuated from dangerous parts of Abyssinia. Here are the wives of all the Italians in Gondar where Italy's last force, which is being steadily depleted by dasertion, awaits the final .assault on its eyrle, perched on top of almost 3,000 feet of almost
unclimbable effe.
Asmara's strects are thronged While hostilities were in pro- by Italian women living on allow gress, the difficulties of carrying tances granted by the British out any measure of this kind with- Government. Italian civilian rest-out interfering with much of dents go about their work peace- military operations were obviously ably, showing a remarkable dis too great. position to co-operate with the
British
at
,༔
These attacks
While well-informed quarters do not think war is imminent, be- cause Japan is trying to avoid any level bombors. Of the six torpedo- were abortive and two bombers
aircraft synchronised
General Catroux had driven out to meet General de Gaulle in battle-scarred Damour.
The ebony-faced Benegalese band. struck up the Marsellaise and the March of Lorraine.
In the afternoon, General DK
personalities,
and religious
SEPARATE ATTACKS new conflict, they are of the
Three separate air attacks then opinion that the next aggressive carriers, which pressed home the were shot down by our fighters and
developed on the convoy and its move by Japan must result in war. attack. three were shot down by a flying boat was damaged.
Chinèse reports claim that our anti-aircraft fire.
"m the evening. our ships and escort between 6.30 and 10 am. 250,000 troops have been mobilised "H.MS. Fearless was hit by a convoy were again unsuccessfully The third of these attacks was in Japan in the past fortnight and torpedo and had subsequently to attacked both by bombers and tor-carried out by German dive-bomb Gaulle received at Grandserall
At this ers at the same time that the ships leading Lebanese that the Japanese forces in Kores be sunk by our forces. The num-pedo-carrying aircraft, and Manchuria have been in- ber of casualties was not large but critical period, the convoy was were being subjected to high-level military. elvillan
sections. creased to 17 divisions, with the names have not yet been received. close to enemy bases, but it eluded bombing... largest concentrations, east of Ear-
"The high level bombing attack the eneiny's air forces by deter bin. Large concentrations are also was completely unsuccessful and mination and skilful handling. reported in Hainan and Formosa: The Taushima Straits are said to have been mined by the Japanese Navy.
Cont'd Page 12, Col. 5.
RESTRICTION REMOVED
Today's News Summary
OFFIC
OFFICIAL REPORTS ARE ATTEMPTING to minimise the effects. of the United States action in freezing Japanese, assets but Tokyo concern in the matter is revealed by the fact that the Foreign Min- ster, Admiral Teljito Toyoda, twice proceeded to the Emperor on Saturday to report on the Far East crisis. Meanwhile, Gen. Sumita is already at work in Indo-China where occupation by Japanese troops has begun
nited States forces in the Far East and the force moludes 150,000 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HAS CREATED a now command for wipinge, General MacArthur, who retired as a Field-Marshal, hiss been recalled to take charge.
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"Enemy air attacks also develop ed against the Fleet, but no dam- age or casualties were suffered by our ships. Shortly before the de- velopment of the most serious of these last air attacks, two flying-" boats were shot down by our fighters Page
The main attack was delivered both by torpedo-qarrying aircraft and high level bombers. It was, intercepted and broken up by our fighters. Two bombers were shot Cont'd Page 12, Col. 4
THAI CABINET MEETING
Now that as was announced re- British authorities who have shown 'cently, fighting in East Africa has great leniency in treatment of the virtually come to an end and the. DAMASOUS, ''July 27 (Reuter) Italians.
Government, in con- With the return to normal con All Italian Colonial police, in formity with their statement of ditioris, it has now been found their distinctive uniforms, aastat, Feb. 4, are collaborating with the possible to remove the restriction the British Military Police to con- Nogus for the speedy re-establish imposed by the Vichy authorities trol traffic.
ment of an independent Ethiopia, permitting cars to be used only The patrol shortage is rapidly it has been thought possible to re on alternate days, consider the question,
A special meeting of the Thai- The Order, cancelling the ze Accordingly, as Router had been issued free.
to consider the new situation" in DETAILS OF RECENT NAVAL OPERATIONS in the Mediter-
the Far East, saya a Japanese re granean and the successful passage of an important convoy are disport, Troops have been ordered
bed in an Admiralty communique
...........
(doing' overcome.
DISTRESSED ITALIANS LONDON, July 27 (Router)...The stantly under sympathiele reviewmont are in communication with oral,
stylty over Germany on Saturday night. Britain was also raidland Cabinet has hoon convened
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN‹ SEVERAL WEEKS there was no RAF
British Government have had con- tively learns, the British Govern- General Catroux, tied by TAILS OF RECENT
the maiter of evacuating from the Italian Government about the The monthly petros ration for hlopis a large number of di- posibility of carrying out such a private cars and pubile vähletes tressed Thalian civilians who are scheme and rotation are con- had also been substantially in
tinuing
dreased. without the, means of support.
LITTLE CONCERN IS EVINCED IN TURKEY over the dis- closure at a German plan to attack the country. Reports of press enre being brought to bear on Turkey are categorically dented
to be ready for any emergency.
Án air raid, prbosution unit expected to be organised soon,
2---Lawn bòwis notes: H.KR.A.
miniature rifle section, 3-Radio programmes; Coming
events.
4 Signature of joint defence' pact announced; Economic warfare between U.S., Japan foreshadowed; Heart Bertin blasted; If Japanese, should attack Singapore: German designs on Turkey Funerals Japanese
th Colony trozen: "Bow Rice oarpaign.
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