HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
CABLE
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1941. PAGE 7
UNITY AND FORTITUDE RELUCTANCE Damaging Effect Of R.A.F. GERMAN STATEMENT ON OF BRITISH PEOPLE WILL OF FINLAND
WIN BATTLE OF BOMBS
LONDON, Sept. 7 (Reuter)-Church leaders of all denominations took part today in special services to mark the Day of National Prayer to which the King had summoned the nation, and at church parades throughout the country, all branches of the armed forces, Home Guards, Civil Defence and war workers attended.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, more awful than dalk Russla, this morning broadcast at & ser- vice in which the Primate of Ire- land, the Archbishop of Wales and the Moderator-Designate the Federal Free Church Council took pari
special messages.
ان
or Russia's Government, we know, has been guilty of great wrongs to others and to Poland, but a people whose rulers have done wrong does not forfeit all is own rights."
AMONG RUINS
! TO FIGHT
FINLAND'S reluctance to carry on a war far from her own front. iers is indicated by articles in two Hotsink papers, says Reuter.
"From the beginning. Finland has been engaged in a war of de fence aimed at ensuring the con 'tinuation of her peaceful existence." writes the SUOMEN SOCIAL DE MOKRAATI
"If despite expectations, the Hus. sfan Army succeeds without under- going a decisive defeat in with
Daylight Offensive On German Industrial Plants
THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF THE DAMAGING EFFECT OF TAE R.A.F. DAYLIGHT OFFENSIVE ON INDUSTRIAL PLANTS IN GER- MANY AND OCCUPIED TERRITORY WAS RELEASED BY THE AIR MINISTRY YESTERDAY, writes Reuter's Air correspondent.
and other sources of
It has been built up from reconnaissance information,
Here ed:...
stre
some detaile disclos
one
After
altack on
the Iron and steel works north of the GERMANY A single American | Limuiden Harbour. 11 twas €25 Flying Fortress which bombed timated that production in the Emden on July 26 completely des works had been reduced by
Cardinal Hinsicy and the Arch
drawing into the interior of Rus-troyed દt least four industrial third, several large buildings and bishop of York als
The Chtel Rabbi Dr JH. Hertz, sta brandcivil
it is obvious that Finland's buildings. when Bremen was blast furnaces being badly dam- held a special service of Interces small army will not set out on an bombed on the morning of July 4 aged. The Archbishop of
Canterbury Slon among the ruins of the bomb- adventure far from her old front. said that a special prayer shoujeed 250-year-old synagogue in Ald- be to see and keep a clear vision: Kate, and similar
A
and that unity and birli
$nd the British people would win the battle of the bobs
In London
services were
lers
"That
several warehouses were wrecked. and the erection hanger of the
was hit. destroying 20 alr
killing over 100 workme]:
and seriousiy relarding produc tlun
A Lask for others. 11tactory making Junker divebom the true greatness of the Albed brid by Jews at other synagogues 1 is not possible immediately to bers
Dr Hertz said that the destruc- share. in our opinion, we are ap
replace the sword by the plough-craft, tion at the synagogue was the wurkproaching the stage in our war of enemy of both Israel and humanity, defence wisen the ravages of two
years of war will
begin to require the employment of the people in reconstruction "
TEOPLE OF RUSSIA
010 who Was the relentless
Un-
The Frimate also particularly i "The British and Jewish child- quested in prayer for the peuple aliran bear in gladuess their share Russia and the Hed Army of the services and sacrifice called Mercy ordeal, and for the nations for in this world cooler. oppressed by cruel tyranny, amute shakable is our conviction that vic- their esper inity Poland. Grectory will crown the righteous cause and Yugoslavia
of Britam and that {}} Tea
Cardinal Haley jald stress synagogue will rise again." The sufferings of the people al Europe, notably Pelund. where tyrants am 1 deliberate pix
termination of Polish culture and MESSAGE TO
faith. and at
the destruction of
lite and liberty of the whole ta tion
Poland has now concluded a pact with the Russian people," said The Cardb
nder that her
Nots
espertady PE VITIE
add
| MEETING OF
SOVIET
WOMEN
LONDON, Sept 7
(Reuters
girls, may be meltvored from slavery. Thirty eight representatives
every type of national work and religious. political social and sporting activities sent a message of greetings to today's great mass meeting 01 Soviet
Women pro credlogs of which were broadcast from Moscow in English.
SITUATION IN TEHERAN
Cont'd From Page 1
Bearly 90
The British message said women of Britain welcome Soviel.
Germans are still e- women is our comrades in the camped. They are
In this capital meanwhile, the
210W
vall
War Effort Of Australia
MK. A. W. FADDEN, Prime Minister, in a broadcast in Syd- ney, reviewing the two years of war, said that Australia's
effort war
strength,
is rapidly gaining
50
"With pride. I claim thal never before has the country of 7,000,000 people done much in the short years Dur- ing the current year, Australia is devoting 30 per cent, of fis total resources directly to the war effort," Mr. Fadden said.
"On this day of national prayer, we have dedicated our selves once
지 the supreme task of defeating the forces of evil,"
RIDE"
IN MALAYA
Record Tank Output
LONDON, The destruction 'or FRANCE
In announcing damage to power plants by the R.A.F. bombers was caused, and in Is reported that half of the pit heads at Lens were closed down
last month and those at the Mou les to stop work for 12 days while most factories in the little districi were working at half usual capacity.
01
a
GREER INCIDENT
Continued from Page I
"The Germans clearly give notice attacked we are going to defend that they will fire on any American them." ship entering their zone of opera
Senator Connally suggested that tions declares the NEW YORK the Berlin statement was merely a TIMES. commentbag or the Greer rose to make it appear that the Incident
U boat had not been sunk."
"NO COMMENT" WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (Reuter) "No comment" was the Navy De- "It is tire to repeat the Pro- partment's reply to questions hibition of Neutrally Act which has lost all sense and meaning. It is time to arm our ships and send them to their appointed missions under the protection of our Navy
"We vonnol and wii non rick! to that threat.” adds the
paper
news
UNBELIEVABLE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (Reuter -Oficials here regard the German harge that the U. . . Greer was the deliberate aggressor As un believable.
on
the German version of the Greer
afuit.
According to the bearings given in the German version the German submarine's attack on the Greer took place about 220 miles south- west of Reykjavik, capital of Ice- land)
COMMENT UNNECESSARY HYDE PARK, New York, Sept. 8 (Reuter) Whitc House oficials
COMA
Senator Connally, Chairman of declined to comment, “considering ¿Reuter Sept. 7
new record the Senate Foreign Relations Com-its source" on the German tank output.
"The Nazis munique regarding the Greer In- Beaverbrook, mittee, commented: Lord Minister of Supply, has sent the might as well learn now that we cident.
Mr. William Hassett, the Pre- following telegrams to fac are going to defend our ships and
stli
citizens. torles where tanks are produced:
sidential secretary, who was ad-
"To all those who build tanks,
"The fact that the Nazis adimit vised of the contents of the Ger
" will show You that a German submarine was in- man statement, sald for they shall win the war
an admission this to the President when I have have done it again. their
LU August Volved amounts to you produced double the number that it was acting under orders of the chance but considering its heavy tanks you gave U in the Nazi Government in firing on source I don't think any comment March five months ago.
Another our destroyer. in the attack on the steel works record. It is a burning and shin "This spirit of assassination and
Jille the recording light out Fives nea"
of thr
other think it is a typical comment con- darkness disregard of the rights of office was destroyed and work
'double again'. It is your nations and arrogant comtempisidering its source." shops, the buller house and the target for the next Ove
Asked whether he took the com- months for the United States dragged us administrative office hit, after Make January 1942. another milit into the last war. We do not want munique to mean definitely that i Je attack IM the Kahimann stone in the lank history of
the to become involved in the present was a German submarine which Chemical works at Checques. war against torture."
war but if our ships or citizens are tried to sink the Greer, Mr. Hassett
!replied "Apparently from
this, he added. "Your interpretation Is as good as mine."
at
INTERNAL DAMAGE
there was serious internal damage)
on the power house, direct hits on several large buildings while in! ine works of the plant was seen hu be Inactive and there WILS much less rolling stock on the siding than before.
F
Now
HEAVY AIR ATTACKS IN
LIBYA, SOUTH ITALY
At Le Trait where the ship building yards were several times A number of heavy and successful attacks by the RAF. and the allacked, many bombs fell among Fleet Air Arm in LIBYA and SOUTHERN ITALY are announced in the partially-bulli U-boats
and the Middle East communique Issued on Saturday evening according damage was cone to the surface to Reuter.
hit.
is necessary.
"It carries its own comment.
I
SERIOUS CLASH WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (Reuter) The story of the attack on the Greer is splashed in all papers under banner headlines.
Some quarters here have been predicting for some time that the Atlantic patrol, now so extensive and ships going to Iceland so numerous, that it is difficult to see how an incident with German eraft could long be avoided and that a serious clash might lead to anywhere.
reported struggle of all free peoples against GURKHA TROOPS of ships and machineshops were The communique says: "LIBYA: During the night of Sept. 4-5, have been surreptitiously armed the Nazi menace Day and night
heavy bombers of the B.A.F. and aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm raid- to have dug trenches and pravid Er our homes, in factories and in
HOLLAND. One result of the ed a number of objectives in Cyrenaica and Tripolitania, ed themseives with other meus armed forces we stand like you
two major daylight attacks on the "At Tripoli, many direct hit drop among the dispersed aircraft of defence.
beside our men in the front line. SINGAPORE, Sept 7 Reuter Harbour which has now become
were scored on motor transport and Jurther bombs fell among "We are stirred and encouraged Some 1,009 Gursha troops arrived the great terminus for the der depots, several buildings collapsed tents and stores where a number of This, however, does not appear Persian people are quickly sel- by your
in Malays-the first Gurkhas ever man coastal shipping on July 16 and large fires were started among fires broke out. heroism and steadfast- ling back into the groove of the ness
that the incident is likely to lead We look forward to the day to come to assist in the defence of and August 28 and others by night the vehicles and other buildings. 'TTALY and SICILY At Cotrone to a worsening of United States normal lives. Under the Govern when the women of the world will
this area.
had been that the engine shopa
However, there ment threat of prosecution, all
"In addition, a number of violent (Southern Italy) on Sept 4, bomb-German relations. play their part in building the
They are part of the reinforce and the assembly hall of the WI shops
er aircraft of the R.A.F. attacked is a belief that this is probably opened today. Sufficient future of freedom,
explosions took place. stability and
Įments reported on Sept. 3. They ton's shipbuilding yard had been bread and wheat are
"At Barre, a
strong force of the shipping which had taken re-only the first of an inevitable justice for all markind."
were trained on the rugged north severely damaged and warehouses able
heavy bombers attacked the rail-age in the harbour after the suc-series of such incidents. west Frontier of India and were near Maashaven suffered exten-
Congressional opinion SO far way sldings, workshops and bar-cessful attack on a convoy on the described PS ideally suited torsive daniage from fire and high-
racks and an aerodrome.
night of Sept. 2-4. One large mer- operations in this country.
offered, unanimously believed that explosives.
"A number of direct hits caused chant ship was hit and explosion the Greer is nothing to go to war Adepts at modern mechanised
about. warfare, the Gurkhas
fires to break out among the build took place aboard.
The Navy in carrying out neverthe
"During the night of Sept. 4-5, orders to defend self if attacked |ings in the target area. IMPORTANT POST
"In addition, low level machine-aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm drop-and this, and similar incidents.
do gun attacks were made on tents ped bombs on the Sicilan aeru undoubtedly
much towards FOR DENTZ
Gerbini and Catania unifying American opinton which and buildings and dispersed air-dromes of
where explosions and fres VICHY, Sept 8 (Reuter)-craft.
were alone will give the Administration caused, General Dentz, former Commander-
impetus to MALTA RAID in-Chief of the Vichy forces in "One
against the Axis, of our bombers also "MALTA During the same Syria, will be given an important machine-gunned A. A. gun post-night, enemy aircraft attempted post in close association with Ad-'tions silencing two of the guns, to rald Malia. miral Darlan, it is believed in well- "Aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm "RAF night fighters shot down-President Roosevelt said that the Informed circles in Vichy, accord-carried out a dive-bombing and one BR-20 into the sea and wound-Greer #25 attacked more
It appears that the probabl reaction of the Iranian public to
the British and Soviet terms of
will depend not occupation
80
PEPPER
THROWN
much on the temporary effect on While walking along Belfran Rd.less, are famed for their prowess the country's independence as on last night about 930, Tang Kiu, with the kukri (curved knife) in the extent
of domestic reforms 25, woman, was allegedly assaulted campaigns in 1914-18. going with them,
and pepper thrown into her eyes. The famous Scottish Yeomanry The present
special
con by a Chinese male who made an Regiment (artillery) has also ar- motiopolistic trol of trade and the system of unsuccessful attempt to snatch a' rived after undergoing land tenure have caused much wrist watch.
training In India.
hardship and discontent Any re
be expected to be widely welcom
forms brought about in them may
ed
GIRLS IN A.A.
BATTERY
LONDON, Sept. 7 Reuter
Germans May Decide To By-Pass Leningrad
Continued from Page 1
mine-throwers and automatic This hysterical outburst arous- ed only merriment among our "The enemy also hurled a large men.
arms.
The first mixed anti-aircraft number ot battery of men of the Royal Artil sector
aircraft against this "On the night of Aug. 28, after
On Aug. 8 the Fascist brief artillery and minethrower
lery and girls of the Auxiliary Command launched a concentrat prepartion, the enemy once more
Territorial Service is now in actioned offensive.
at a gua site somewhere near sure. London.
Under enemy pres-attempted to assume the offensive, our troops retired to new attacking our advanced lines near lines, but on Aug. & Our artillery | village N, but were again repelled enemy advance, with heavy lossEB,
SQUALL OF FIRE
ing to the Vichy News Agency.
GUNS SILENCED
machine-gun attack on the enernyed members of the crew were sub It adds that General Dentz, who landing-ground where bombs fell sequently rescued from the water. was recently berated by the Eri- 'all round the perimeter.
"From all these operations one | tish, is expected to reach Marseilles
"Incendiary bombs were seen to of our altcraft is missing." on Monday.
ZAPOROZHIE Rice Chief Contributory
STILL IN SOVIET HANDS
Factor To H.C.L.
Statistics just released by the Labour Officer, Mr. B. C. K. Haw- kins, reveal that the weekly cost of food and fuel per person has risen from $2.54 in July to $2.57 in August, 1941, as compared to $2 for August 1940, and $1.37 for August, 1939.
an
further action
MORE THAN ONCE WASHINGTON Sept, 7 (Reuter)
once.
than
Steps have been taken to track down the attacker which will be eliminated 11 found.
of
U. S.-NAZI MATTER LONDON, Sept.
(Reuter)-- British attention yesterday was focussed on the news from America the German attack on the United States destroyer but yester- day afternoon Reuter's diplomatic correspondent stated that official circles in London regarded the matter purely one between Ger- many and America and are mak- ing no comment.
Among the general public here the attack had caused something of a sensation, because it has been generally recognized here that for some time past the Germans have
MOSCOW, Sept. 7 (Reuter The "gun girls" have completed checked the
best proofs that the Among the their full training, first through silenced his artillery and then i
Germans have not succeeded in The Red Army is the theoretical stages and then turned all its might against his guard and all citizens capable of
a popular crossing the Lower Dnieper after at artillery practice camps.
manpower.
capturing Dniepropetrovsk nearly The chief contributory factor to this increase in cost between The men perform
bearing arms are staunchly and a fortnight ago is that the Zapo- Ang., 1939, and the same month this year is rice, the price of which the actual
gallantly defending Kiev from anj rozhle, industrial centre near the loading and Aring of the guns Firling was concentrated chief- invasion of the fascist barbarian." Dnieper Dam, le in aoviet hands. per cent. during the past two years!
rose from 6.65 cents to 14.6 cents per catty, or an increase of 119.5 while the ATS, girls operate the ly on the main direction of the fre
SOVIET COMMUNIQUE ontroj instruments-predic-German's drive, and unable to
writes Reuter's special correspon- Salt water fish comes a very mission of advanced cases of beri- tried hard to avoid involving them- tors, height Anders. Identification stand the squall of fire, the Ger-During the night of Sept. 6, our
MOSCOW, Sept. 77 (Reuter) dent in Moscow.
close second with an increase of beri and pellagra had risen from selves in any kind of incident with telescopes and go forth.
mans retreated on the evening of
112.5 per cent. from 24.75 cents to 445 in July to 599 in August. Of the United States in accordance troups continued Aghting the Aug. & from village G.
SAIGON, Sept. 7 Reuter)-Re- 52.8 cents, while pork is a good those admitted, 259 had died in with Hitler's policy of dealing with enemy along the
whole
front," ferring to the publication abroad third with 108.4 per cent. with a July and 315 in August despite all only one country at a time. says a Soviet mid-day com- of estimates of the Japanese cffee-price increase of frohi 53.25 cents efforts to combat the condition. munique.
tives in Indo-China, allegations to $1.11 per catty.
WOMAN COLLAPSES
Their section commander is de lighted not only with the girls' "By the evening of Aug. 10, our remarkable aptitude for the work troops had captured village G. We but with their reenness and the continued our offensive, throwing way they are picking up "gun- the enemy back southward, and on ners' spirits."
Aug. 13, occupied a new line of defence.
have found their
TS PLANES DOWNED
that the French Forces were dia- Dried salt fish rose from 23.25 A Chinese woman, aged about 45 MOSCOW, Sept. 7 (Reuter)-
armed and grouped in camps un- cents per catty to 45.4 cents, or 95.2 years, collapsed while walking in "In attacks on enemy aerodromes, der Japanese jurisdiction and that per cent, oll from 23.16 to 36 cents Canton Road by the side of the "After chasing the enemy from our pilots have destroyed 75 the Government-General of Indo (58.2 per cent.), and firewood from slope leading up to the Water Po- village G, our troops found numer-enemy aircraft, while over 600 China had been deprived of all 1.8 cents to 24 cents, or an in-lice Station at 1.10 p.m. on Satur- ALERT IN ROME ous grevcs of German officers and Nazi planes ROME,
(Reuter)-An men and heaps of corpses. The grave at the approaches to Lenin Reuter that such allegations were Sept 7 alert was given in
Germans also sustained heavy grad." Rome last
losses in wounded. night, saya an Italian communi-
This announcement was made que issued today.
"The 44th, 96th and 209th divi- by the twice decorated ghter Bomo line of defences opened a barrage documents were captured. of fire.
batteries
on the outer
without any foundation.
M. EGAL IN SINGAPORE
sions were routed and a field pos-pilot. M. Titarenko, broadenating SIR EARLE PAGE number of cases of starvation distance. The Sergeant-on-Duty at Commander-in-Chief
tal station and important staff from Leningrad yesterday.
power, a member of the Indo-crease of only 50 per cent!
day. She was attended to by a China Government declared to
SMALL PROPORTION
woman from a nearby shop who SINGAPORE, Sept, & (Reuter)--- On enquiry at Medical Head-was, however, unable to revive her. M. Roderick Egal, leader of the quarters on Saturday as to whe- A passer-by made a report to the Free French in Shanghai, who is ther this increase in cost of living Police Station and a European ser- now in Singapore, was received bad had any influence on the geant was sent to render assis- yesterday by Sir Geoffrey Layton. of British enses beri-berl and pellagrd) ad-the Water Police Station also tele- Forces in the Far East, and by Air He was one of several speakers
FOR LONDON TREMENDOUS LOSSES who talked over the radio to the
mitted to hospital, a Hongkong phoned for an ambulance.
Chter Marshal Bir Brooke-Popham, Daily Press reporter was informed "Orders of the Day of the Ger- whole of the Soviet.
In spite the fact that an am- who congratulated him on his re- SYDNEY, Sept. 7 (Reuter)-The by the Director of Medical Ser-bulance is stationed at the Ter- lease. man. High Command refer to the Ho declared: "In response to Commonwealth Prime Minister, Mr. vices that the overcrowded condi- minus Fire Station nearly it never- NEW YORK, Sept. 7 (Reuter) tremendous losses which, particu- the appeals of Marshal Voroshilov & W. Fadden, announced that air tons prevailing in the local hos-theless, it is reported, took over Rated half-an-hour and which took During the interview, which Jou Louis la proceeding to Green- forly those caused by shelling, to the glorious defenders of Lenin- Earle Pago, Minister of Commerce,pitals only permitted a relatively 25 minutes for an ambulance to place at the naval base in the pre- wood Lake to prepare for his were admitted by the Gormans grad, our pilota are fighting Its proceeding to London to discuss small proportion of such cases to arrive. Heavyweight Championship de-themselves in a special leaflets nd- ler and his gang with still greater varkus aspects of the war effort, be admitted.
sence of M. Charles Baron, Gon. fence against the challenge of dressed to Soviet gunners, warning courage
While awaiting the ambulance, De Gaulp'e dberate at Bingapore, and taring. We will including shipping, food suppiles Lou Nova, who has already start them that they will be given no ruthlessly smash and destroy this and the question of an Australian went on to say that, in one part of the roadway, with the sun at Marshal expressed sympathy to
The Hon, Dr. Belwyn-Clarke the poor woman lay in the middle the Vice-Admiral und "Air ‘Ontef ed training in New Jersey.
quarter if captured,
representative on the War Cabinet. oular Chinese hospital, the ad-most directly overhead
ward the Free French movement
onery."
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