HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
AMAZING TRANS-ATLANTIC JOURNEY OF CHURCHILL AN OPEN CHALLENGE TO HITLER
LONDON, Aug. 19 (Reuter)-Escorted by destroyers of the Royal and Royal Canadian navies, the giant battleship, Prince of Wales, has reached a British port and thus ended the Prime Minister's amazing journey. I was in one of the British destroyers which form- ed the escort and never once did we sight any hostile craft, either in the air, in the sea or beneath, writes Reuter's Special correspond yent with the Royal Navy.
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It was truly an amazing voyage-amazing in the first place in the significance that the Prime Minister should travel across the At- lantic and hold a series of conferences with President Roosevelt, and in the second place that he should return in a blaze of pub- Belty.
Officers aboard
destroyer, dashed through the lines of mer- our scratched their heads and looked chantmen we could see that they realised who it was paying them this novel visit, and we saw men running to hoist the V signal in flags, while others stond on the
at me for an explanation when they heard over the ward-room wireless that Mr. Churchill was re- turning in the Prince of Wales.
It seemed to as that an open challenge had been issued to Hitler to do bla worst, for here we were, many hundreds of miles out in the Atlantic, with all the dangerous U-boats in- fested waters still to go through -but it was a challenge that was never taken up.
ATLANTIC RENDEZVOUS
decks waving and cheering. The Prince of Wales proud sight She had cocked all
JEWS REPLACE
CHINESE IN HOTELS
SHANGHAI, Aug. 19 Reuter- Four hundred German-Jewish
employed by the management of emigres, both men and women, are
CABLE
Axis
Libners, Supreme Court
Insinuations On Anglo-U.S. Declaration
Discounted By
By Facts
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LONDON, Aug. 16-Axis propaganda has been attempting the last few days to discredit the Roosevelt-Churchill Declaration by means of derogatory comparisons with the famous 14-points made by. Presi- dent Wilson,
The following facts, however, clearly discount the Axis insinua-
the Cathay Hotel, the Cathay Man- | tlons:— dons and the Metropole Hotels, 1. While the 14-points was pure- three of the largest in the city.ly an American declaration the
to take the Jobs of the striking declaration on Aug. 14, 1941, was Chinese.
made jointly by Britain and Ame- consi-rica thus ensuring the complete
Anglo-Saxon Powers, unity of purpose of the two great
The Hotel management ders the strike ended.
Three thousand Chinese workers walked out yesterday after 12 em ployees of the Cathay Mansions were arrested for allegedly trying to instigate a joint strike with the
French Club.
The twelve arrested are believed
SHIPMENTS TO SYRIA
AND LEBANON
2. Britain today is not as she
SHANGHAI, Aug. 19 Reuter) was in 1918 tied by prior and con- lieting commitments in the form The British Embassy announces that shipments to Syria and Le-
of secret treatles,
3. The 14-points was largely banon will, in future, not require
FL was to be the leaders of the Nanking-concerned with the creation of a navicerts unless they will be ship-
her 14-inch guns to their highest sponsored Hote: Workers' Union
levels, and it Mr Churchil was thrilled it was nothing to the ex- citement among the vessels of
the convoy. We steamed on for about two miles ahead of the con- vey and then the Prince of Wales and her escort turned round and
It was a glorious afternoon as once more we all went through we sailed out of the naval base the lines of plunging ships,
Shanghai Business Standstill
new States following on the dis-ped via Iran or Iraq in which case, ruption of pre-war empires. It was navicerts should be applied for in therefore largely devoted to ques- the usual way.
meaning that import licenses have been granted, or are not needed.
Syria and Lebanon were declar-
tions of frontiers. The Roosevelt- The shippers are warned, how- Churchill Declaration is concerned ever, that a strict import licensing with restoring the sovereign rights system has been introduced by the and self-government of existing Syrian and Lebanese authorities States which have been the victims and the issue of navicerts is mere- of 'aggression, It, therefore, con- ly an indication that H. M. Gov- centrates on general principles and ernment have no objection to not frontier questions which will goods being sent, via the Perslan to keep the rendezvous with the i If there had been enthusiasm be- SHANGHAI, Aug. 19 (Reuter) not be the main issue in future Gulf, and must not be taken as Prince of Wales somewhere infore it was nothing to wbut greet-BUSINESS REMAINED AT A settlements. the North Atlantic, and at that ed
us the second time. Every VIRTUAL STANDSTILL TODAY time no one but the captain of merchuntman had bad time to pending clarification of the for- the ship knew the importance of hoist flags and the crewś lined eign exchange situation. the task ahead.
the rails, waving their hats and The Mongkong and Shanghat British and American statements, ed to be no longer enemy-Occupied Early one morning, some days shouting. We wished them God Bank merchant selling rates fore. g., President Roosevelt's four territories as from today after leaving the naval base, we Speed and then resumed
legitimate imports remained our
al freedoms. the declaration pays sighted a smudge on the horizon original course which was to bring 3-5/324., and not 3-3/32d, as er particular attention to economic and as we approached it we could us to Iceland.
roneusly reported yesterday, and problems (paragraphs 4 and 5 of see through our glasses' the Im
5.5/16 United States cents.
the Declaration) and the Idea of mense outline of a glan. battle-
However, Uttle business was freedom from want in paragraph ship, flanked on both sides by
We stayed one day in Iceland possible pending clarification of 6. This shows a realisation of the Canadian destroyers.
during which the Prime Minister what constitutes legitimate im- baste role played by economic well- reviewed the British and Ameri- ports.
DAY IN ICELAND
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
4
In common with other recent
SENTENCE ON HAYASHI
being in a lasting settlement-a can troops, and that evening we Meanwhile, business was done realisation of which there is little Yukichi Hayashi, 69, who shot NAGASAKI, Aug. 19 (Reuter).... sailed again for a British port. unofficially in US Dollars al trace either in President Wilson's and wounded Mr. W. J. Keswick. Earlier in the day in which we rates between 4-13/16d. and 5-14-points or in the settlement that chairman of the Shanghai Muni-
met the convoy. the Prince of 1/16d. Wales carried out a practice shoot!
anti-aircraft
The great ship was truly EL noble sight, plunging through the Atlantic swel and throwing up great clouds of white spray as she dipped her bows in the waves. We approached from head on
take and as we swooped to
our
guns, JAPAN & FOREIGN position there
sudden Watched by the Prime Minister was Fi
WAR MATERIAL flurry of destroyers all round the and his party. ship.
In a very few minutes we had taken our position and were!
with
ber
that morning
was based on it.
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elpal Counell, Mr. Issaku and Mr. In the 14-points, paragraph Okamoto, Councillors, and others
4 called for a general reduction at Race Course meeting on Jan.
However, according to a semi-
of armaments. The Roosevelt-23, was sentenced to one year's Churchur Declaration takes She first fred a smoke shell TOKYO, Aug. 19 (Reuter-The the far more realistic view that
on imprisonment with hard labour. compact Government spokesman told for-right principles must be backed by official Japanese report, the sen which exploded into Д zigzagging with the other war ball of smoke high in the sky eign correspondents at 8 press the force required, and in. para-tence was suspended for one year
and, using this as a target, she conference this ships.
graph 8 that in the first stage by the Nagasaki Appelate Court During the afternoon Catalina let loose with her guns, plaster-Japan cannot remain indifferent aggressors alone still be disarmed
ing the area round the ball of to foreign war material shipments until a more general system of against the decision in the Lower
to which flying boats patrolled the air
Hayashi appealed over us and one of them report-smoke with exploding shells. to neighbouring countries.
security can be worked out. This was followed by a barrage The statement was made when ed a large convoy some 50 or
8. In general, the weakness of 80 miles ahead, bound for Bri- of Bre, using every anti-aircraft the spokesman was asked to con
the 14-points lay largely in the ment on reports of possible United fact that the Anglo-Saxon Powers aboard. gun
The battleships !side
States war aid shipments to Vladi-were not ready to ensure their fall geemed to be constantly flaming, so great was the rate of
implementation. There, is every fire and the air all round her
indication by a greater readiness
tain
The Prime Minister hed never seen a large convoy at sea, so with a slight alteration
or
of course we made towards them. After two
three hours we could see the convey on the horizon. It was an in- credible sight. As far as I could see, there were ships, tankers, freighters, supply ships. big slips, little ships and ships of every conceivable sort, all loaded to the waterline.
NOVEL VISIT
They were ranged in Knes- over eight miles of ships. Around them scurried their escort of cor- vettes and former American des- troyers keeping the stragglers in line and always ready for the possible approach of danger,
We ateamed straight towards them and then passed straight through the middle of the con- TOY. Bach of the Prince of Wales' escorts chose itse opening among
vostnek
Was black with exploding pro- MOBILISING WOMEN this time on the part of both
jectiles.
It seemed unbelievable that one ship could put up so de- vastating a barrage.
FOR WAR WORK LONDON, Aug. 19 (Reuter Compulsory powers will, if neces sary, be used in mobilising women On the journey from Iceland for war work and choice of oc- to Britain there was nothing to cupation will be more restricted, | tell. With her escort screening sald Mr., Ralph Assheton, Parlia- her, the Prince of Wales, plung-mentary Secretary to the Labour ing ahead at speed, reached home Ministry, announcing in London safely after a most astounding yesterday a firmer policy regard- trans-Atlantie voyage.
ing women in war work.
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ROUSING WELCOME FOR CHURCHILL
Cont'd From Page 1
At the conclusion of official geting in touch with his Mints the ships and 45 we formalities, Mr. Churchili walked, terial colleagues and within a
down the long platform, arm in short time of his return to Lon arm with his wife, and, as he don, he presided at a meeting of passed the engine, raised his cap the War Cabinet.
375 JAPANESE
LEAVE MANILA
in greeting to the driver and fire.
man.
round
Anglo-Saxon Powers to jointly accept the responsibilities of leadership which victory, will put on them
U.S. AIRCRAFT FOR MIDDLE EAST
Court.
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The WING ON
Measures To Prevent Social Disintegration
MONTREAL, Aug. 19 (Renter) - Measures must be taken on a vast scale in order to prevent social disintegration, unjustified suf- fering and lasting loss of man-power after the war, says' a: 12,000- word memorandum on post-war goals issued by the INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE here.
Reports are being submitted to The report recommends substan- the ILO: conference in New York tial improvements of living con- fn. October, when the entire field ditions, especially housing, pro- of post-war social problems will motion of health and productivity be surveyed.
amongst younger age groups.
The document stresses the 'need through the facilities granted to for compulsory sickness insurance the parents of large families, and for all groups of workers not yet economic for demobilised men and covered, such as agricultural and their rehabilitation.
FERRY SYSTEM TO SPEED DELIVERY WASHINGTON, Auge (Reuter) the necessity for guaranteeing a past," the document declares. "No domestle, and places emphasis for "The time for half-measures is -President Roosevelt disclosed yesterday that the delivery of air-ably through a system of compul- sources under the ground, can con- definite purchasing power, prefer-nation, however abundant its re- craft to the British forces in the Middle East would be speeded up sory insurance for elderly or in- tinue to waste its man-power with
valid workers. through a ferry-system conducted
Impunity" by Pan-American Airways,
This organisation will ferry air- craft from the United States to West Africa and from thence to the Middle East
Pan-American is establishing an
RUSSO-GERMAN WAR
Cont'd from Page 1
'His first task will be to give the members of the Cabinet a detail- TERRIFIC CHEERS
ed account of his conversations in air transport service from Africa by German aircraft but only one commanded by Major Bashmagov. Terrific cheers swelled
the Atlantic with President to the Middle East and plans are machine managed to penetrate It says that Major Bashmagov's TOKYO, Aug. 19 (Reuter) The them as they crossed the station Roosevelt and the world survey under way for a similar service Moscow's outer defences, Manila correspondent of the Nichf approach to their car, and the made by the British and Ameri- from the United States to Africa.
FOUGHT WAY OUT Nichi Shimbun reports that 375 Prime Minister repeatedly raised can representatives who 'were. It was atated at the White House How a Red Army unit, cut off by Japanese evacuees, women and his cap in acknowledgement, be with the President and
Prime that children, have called from the fore entering the car to drive to Minister in the battleships Prince Philippines yesterday afternoon Downing Street,
of Wales arid Augusta. aboard the French liner Marcbal Jofre.
The party includes the staff of The Manila branch of the Ishiwara Industrial Company which has sus- pended business due to, export control and the freezing restric- tions.
Most of the naval, military and air advisors who accompanied Mr. Churchill on the journey. return- ed to London with him.
Prominent among them General Br John Dill, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, who conversed lengthily at the station, with General Pownall driving to the War Ofties,
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unit, supported by two artillery. batteries, attacked the enemy near a village. Government-owned planes the enemy, fought its way out and The Germans hurled tanks and operated by American personnel inflicted considerable loss on the armoured cars into a counter- would be used,
enemy, is told in a supplement to attack. One of the immediate tasks
Delivery would not pass through the Russian communique, says A Russian bomber squadron of the Cabinet is to select
the actual warfare zone nor is the
Reuter.
commanded by Captain Comakins. Ministers and personnel to re-
location of the African terminus The unit, commanded by Gen. took off to bomb German ma- 'disclosed. present Britain in the three~
Zagordonov when cut off, operated chines. Fighting between enemy Power conference with Wus
The White House announcement for 20 days in the rear of German machines and the-
Soviet aircraft Russian and United States re-
described the new system as pro troops and forced their way to lasted an hour and a half and presentatives in Moscow. vid
viding "direct and speedy delivery" the territory held by the Red ended in a defeat for the Ger of aircraft from the arsenal of When the House of Commons Democracy to the critical, point
Army,
"Preserving their equipment, before reassembles, the Premier will give in the front against aggression, the Red Army men strove to cause destroyed Fabic Broke out in the Sixteen German machines were A CORRECTION
Mr. Churchill did not drive to course of his first review, after direct
account in
the adding that the importance of this the enemy the greatest possible German ranks. Le Through an unfortunate in-thin front entrance of his official the recess, of the war situation.
communicationline
Jasses.
They mercilessly exter- In this fighting, Major Bash- Health Drink and Tonic laxative advertence on our part, the name residence, No. 10, Downing Street,
Shortly before 13.30 am. the not be overestimated...
strategic outposts in Africa can-mitated groups of German soldiers mayov's unit inflicted heavy losses BUY BRITISH IN ECONOMY TINS of Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, Bri- but entered by a side door. There New Zealand Prime Minister ar-
they met, destroyed transports, upon two German Infantry bat Sold at all Compradores & Chemiata tish Ambassador” to China, was) were few people about..
batteries, truck columns and talions. About 500 Germans were rived by ear and entered No. 10, mentioned in a Reuter cable from Shortly before 19 a.m., Mr. Atl
headquarters, and killed 240 Fas- killed and wounded and 120 taken Bole Agents: BANKER & Co., Ltd. Downing Street. Hö was followed Shanghal, referring to the report lee, who had been Acting Premier a few minutes later by the War
olet soldiers.
prisoner, while the booty taken The commander of the unit included seven tanke. that Mr. J. Archibald, Eritish during Mr. Churchill's absence, Minister, Capt. L. D. Margesson, publisher of the Central China arrived at Downing Street by car Sir John Dill, Air Chief Marshal
and the political commissar fed out of encircleinent 820 Red Army Post, had been the object recently and entered. No. 11,
Bir Cyril Newall, Mr. Anthony The Australian War Cabinet mot men, troluding 28 wounded, with- of two unsuccessful kidnapping A few minutes later, Mr. BronEden and the First Sea Leri, Ad- yesterday in Canberra, says Rou out losing a single gun, machine-a 24-hour delay due to a typhoon, Pattemptá.
dan Bracken, Minister or miniral Bir Dudley Prandtorv formation, entered the Foreign, dust before noors the Changel Mr. Mensics, the Prime Minis,ROUGH HANDLING
lex of the Exchequer, Birter ould that he was not prepared The supplement also tells of the slightly less than the greta convoy, ese troops, reported to number LOSEN NO TIME V Kingsley Wood, arrived by car to to gland unless un Parties rough handling of two Naxi bat began disembarking at Bekon you Mr. Churchill lost no time In a hurriedly entered, No. 10, were agreeshid to this step callons by another Russian unit ferday.
error is regretted and we anblugieo to Bir Archibald for any inconvenience this confusion of names might have caused him.
Office.
MR. MENZIES AND LONDON VISIT
to
SAIGON, Aug 19 (Router)-After
the second detachment of Japan-
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