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SECOND EDITION
FOUNDER 1001
No. 15004
三拜禮 號七月二十一英港香
DECEMBER WEDNESDAY,
7.
1938. 日六十月十
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Hongkong Telegraph.
BIG BRITISH ARMADA
GOING TO SINGAPORE
New Pacific Squadron to Include
Britain May Soon Act In Far East
LAST
AST NIGHT the House of Lords listened to a long debate on China, in which Hongkong's current position was freely mentioned.
Lord Elibank claimed that the principal reason for the Japanese occupation of Canton was to embarrass Hongkong's Irade.
He urged denunciation of the Anglo-Japanese trade aprezent, a reprisal for the obvious Japanese efforts to upsel British trade in the Far East,
"I would close longkong to all Japanese ships and cargoes between Japan and South China, and thus effectively block Japan. ese trade with Canton," he decla "d.
Lord Plymouth, for the Government. admitted the unsails- factory state of affairs in the Fa Easi, and added that the British Government was contemplating a firm stand.
He revealed that Britain was standing four-square with France and the United States in whatever action would be 1.dopter.
"The Government is prepared to consider all possible menures to safeguard British interests," he said.
Full Report on Page Five
France Fortifies Disputed Colony
ROME, Dec. 6.
FRENCH TROOPS are busily engaged in throwing up trenches along the frontier separating Tunisia from Italian Libya, according to a despatch to the "Giornale d'Italia." The paper recalls that the same action was taken during the September crisis.
ļ
It is reported that other forti- fications are being constructed
establishments placed in a state of war-readiness.-Trans-Ocean.
NEW PURGE and constal and air defence
Two Battleships
CONFIRMATION OF the exclusive pre- diction in a special article cabled to the Hongkong "Telegraph" yesterday by Mr. Hector C. Bywater, noted London Naval Correspondent, that a large Pacific Squadron would be created at Singapore was forthcoming from official sources last night.
During a defence debate in the Commonwealth House of Representatives at Canberra, the Australian Minister for Defence, Mr. A. G. Street, revealed that the British Government has already decided to create a new Pacific Squadron.
This squadron, which will Parliament. An unspecified por
£10,000,000 Will be include two battleships of the tion of the H.M.S. Nelson type, will be placed on the London market, and
the balance in Australia. stationed at Singapore.
BYWATER'S REPONT
"The British Government has assured the Australian Govern- In a special article in the Hong- ment that this new fleet will be kong "Telegraph" yesterday, Mr. adequate for the purpose of de- Hector C. Bywater, Naval Corres- fending the shores of Australia," pendent of the London "Daily Tele- revealed that the British the Minister declared amid raph"
naval estimates, which will be pre- sented to Parlament next February, "Under these circumstances, the provide for considerably larger ad- Australian Covernment has now de- ditions to the British Ficct than has cided not to proceed with the pubern expected.
cheers.
chase of une or two capital ships "The present standard of relative from the British Government.
by
"Our decision has been prompted strengths between
Britain's and
the assurance made to us by Great cher firets, which provides for a Britain, this assurance being forit maximum of 60 modien and ten old been cruisers, is no longer considered coming after enquiries had instituted in London with a view to adequate to meet defence require- purchasing the capital ship as anments in Europe, the Near East and
the toyal Australian the Far East," Mr. Bywater cabled.
Moncy which w to have been spent by Australia on the purchase ur 20 battleship and maintenance would, the Minister added, bel
diverted to other defence channels.
£00,000,000 DEFENCE VOTE
The Minister then climaxed his dramatic revelation by announcing that the Federal Cabinet had de cided to vote the record rum of! £60,000,000 for expansion of armaments between 1939 and 1941.
The sum, he pointed out, 10- presented a per capita obligation of
The new British plan, he added, contemplated n considerable strengthening of the position in the Far East. and Items with reference to Hongkong and Singapore were likely to cause considerable sur- prise when ife, estimates were in- troduced.
Trading Spurt
On London
france increases esTIMATES £10 for every inan, woman and child, Stock Exchange
Paris, Dec. 0.
in the Commonwealth.
the Australian Expenditure on The Chamber of Deputies Finance Comunission to-day examined the Navy will be expanded to £20,000,- naval estimates for 1939, ainounting 008, which is easily a record,
1938
DUN LOP ANG YEARS OF GROWTH-
DUNLOP Fort
The Tyre with 2,000 Toeil
BREAD FOR STARVING REFIKSEER—Trucks, each loaded with hundreds of loaves of bread, form a constant procession along the Tafpo Road from Kowloon as they take food to refugees in the various concentration camps in the New Ter itoriesStaff Photographer.
Dramatic Story of Last Flight of Condor
French Unions Willing To Co-operate
PARIS, Dec. 6. The readiness of the Con- federation of French Trade Unions to re-establish social peace is expressed in a revolu- tion of its executive committee, which declares that the Con- federation is prepared to enter into any discussions conducive towards putting an end to the conflict,"
The rezolution declares that in face of the national and International situation, it
to necessary to bring an end the "social troubles engendered by the illegal and repressive measures of the Government and emplovers, and to reeloro the urgently-needed Industrial peace."-Reuter.
MANILA, Dec. 7.
THE CONDOR, pride of German-civil aviation, lies in a hundred feet of water in Subic Bay, within sight of the Philippine Islands.
The story of her crash and the subsequent rescue of her crew is one of the epics of aviation in the Pacific.
"I WAS FORCED DOWN AT SEA"-See Page Six
It is interesting to note that the four Germans are the first airmen to be rescued from the clutches of the Pacific Ocpan.
Brophy, flying from Hong- kong to Manila, Charles Ulm, flying from Canada
to
New LATE NEWS
JAPANESE Zealand, Amelia Earhart, flying
THREAT TO CHUNGSHAN
the
"Central News" Confirms Kongmoon
Loss
from New Guinea to California, and Charles Kingsford-Smith, en route from England to Australia, were never seen again after they were lost in the vast expanse of ocean that borders three con- tinents.
ane Condor's last radio report to he Maullo Ale Port was sent at op proximately 3,30 p.m.
At 4
IN SOVIET
After this routine report, which gave the plane's position, there was YUNGYUUN, Dec. 7. COMMANDS
omplete silence, despite continuous London, Dec. 6.
to raise the CHUNGSHAN, one of efforts by Manila Remarkable activity was witnessed
richest districts in Sermans. to 8.175.000,000 francs, of which It will provide for the construc during the first two hours of trading
4 p.m. Mr. I. Sakowsky, the
Consul Kwangtung, is threatened | Japanese, pacing in front of the alr- General, WDS Many Arrests At Far
4,500,000,000 are covered by the Nation at the Cockatoo Dockyards in on the foreign exchanges to-day.
of two destroyers of the Sydney tionni Defence Fund. East Stations
The market opened with a resump- The
total represents an increase of Tribal class and twelve high-speed tion of the oversight trend in which by the Japanese.
sort office as American Air Force 3,500,000,000 francs compared with motor torpedo-boats,
sterling and the frane were very It has been completely cutanes sent out to search for the SHANGHAI, Dec. 6: 1938, as a result of the speeding-up Expenditure on the Army will be firm in terms of dollars and other off from the interior after ossing Germans reported that there
and the con- Increased to £20,000,000, the highest gold currencies. The sterling-dollar A LARGE-SCALE bulking programme,
struction of coastal defence works
Australian peace-tline history, rate was initially quoted at 4.0937 the fall of Kowkong and mutton cously
Almost simultaneously with the Soviet and anti-aircraft defence.
The Australion militia, which at pre-compared with 4.6950 last night, and PURGE in the
espatch of other search planes from At the same time it should be noted sent totals 33,000 men, is to be appreciated to 4.70, at which level Kongmoon.
Manila Captain Mark Lewis, In Russian fleet stationed at at 1,000,000,000 teanes has been doubled.
the British authorities came into the A Japanese aircraft-carrier charge of the original search fight Vladivostock and in the absorbed to cover the deficiency in In addition, the sum of £16,500,-market and absorbed a considerable and three warships are reported dashed the following dramatic radio
the 1939 budget.
000 will be expended on the Royal amount of dollars. When the wave to have arrived off the Chung-message. Amur River Flotilla in 11. Pietri, former Minister of Australian Air Force, Provision is of dollar sales had subsided, the con-
withdrew whereupon sterling shan coast. Nogaiwo Sovjetzki harbour Marine, regretted the shortage of being made for an increase of the trai
General Chang 18 reacted to 4,89. to
.D
Alr Force
Wai cheung.}.
has recently been carried lists and effectives in the navy Australian
He emphasised the necessity of a quadrons, giving the Common- Well-informed circles attributed magistrate and concurrently com
machiner.
out, according to reports substantial increase in pay for officers
and men, derlaring that specialists wealth which reached here to-day, were tempted from the navy to pri- The purge WAS directed, Vate and State-controlled Industries,
to owing
higher wages.-Reuter according to Soviet accounts, Speciat against "enemies of the people."
It Is bol.eved here that the action was taken in conjunction with the re- cent purge in the
Russian youth S'hai's Cares
movement, since numerous members
of that movement have been arrested For Kwangtung
in the Far East.--Tranc-Dccan.
More Money In Britain
War Victims
NEW SINGAPORE DOCK
to
the
"SHE IS SLOWLY SINKING"
"I have sighted the Condor. She is slowly sinking.” Dozens of Filipino fishing vessels were clustered around the sinking machine, and they took off the Ger-
mon crew.
Amphibien planes were despatched
(Continued on Page 4.)
King Gives Xmas Trees For China Relief
LONDON, Dec. 6. THE CHINA ASSOCIATION annual dinner was held to-
of guerilla units total of 212 Arst-line the volte face partly to a commercial ander
demand for American currency, and Chungshan, on whose shoulders rests A base for naval aircraft will be partly to a covering demand from the main responsibility of directing constructed at Port Moresby, the speculatora who sold dollars heavily defence of the district, has laun capital of Papua,
with the rate at 4:70 in the mistaken orders to all guerilla troops under It is significant that Port Moresby belief that the control would not hold his command to take strict vigilance and put up stiff resistance ngolst is In New Gunca less than an hour's the pound at this level.
Meanwhile the demand for the
any Invasion. flying-time from the former German]
Meanwhile, there is indication that mandated territory, and is also with franc is still described as "tremen-
the Japanese are planning to inten- in striking distance of all Japanese dous", and the authorities in Paris say tacir drive up the West River. South Sea island possessions.
are reported to have acquired farge About 1,000 Japanese reinforcements amounts of foreign exchange again equipped with tanks are cald to be to-day, one report mentioning the proceeding to the West River res Plans have been drawn up, in acquisition of nearly £2,000,000 in attack Szewul on a tributary of
the space of ten minutes.
river. Japanese planes re- co-operailon with the Brish Ad-
Despite rigorous official interven- connoitred over the district yester- mirally, for the constraction of a Chungking, Dec. 0. second Singapore Dock at Sydney. than spot frane appreciated to 177.53 day. day. at the close to the north-east of Canton, night. Following Batisfactory arrange- This proposed dock will be capable compared with 177.03 ments, several thousand Kwangtung
largest battleship yesterday, while francs for delivery Chinese and Japanese of decking the lassed an ad- In a month's time command a prein- locked in a bitter struggle between Mr. Oliver Stanley, President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Que -efugees in Shanghal, who were
ina of six centines over spot-Talpingchong and Tsunwolu, lying rendered hameless and destitute by Junct to Bingsport,
Tsungia,
which Bouth and 'he devastation of Honeicew
Finally, it is planned to expend the Reuter,
35 miles from Canton. Chapel shortly after hosilties broke
um of approximately £5,000,000 on
approximately 35 out in Shanghai, are now being taken munition factories, as part of the
Japanese reinforcements have been London, Dec. 0. cato of by the faint Committee of British Empire's decentralization
sent to Talpingchong and Trunwehu
The speeches were not reported at, December 9. Many beautiful Chinese their to consolidate positions. The Chancellor of the Exchequer the Shanghai Charitable Organs, ac-
Yesterday morning several hundred the request of Mr. Oliver Stanley. silks, ivories, jades, etc., have been announced in the House of Commons cording to a message from Shanghai. scheme for the production of muni-
presented by Madame Sun Yat-sen, that he had given directions at the These refugees, it is learned, were
Japanese infantry and cavalry men. About 180 were present.
King George presented two Christ- and Mr. T. V. Soong for the benefit of by tank units, started a request of the Bank of England, and formerly taken care of by the Kwang-
dedack
on the
mas trees to stand, one outside and the International Ponco Hospital, for Chinese under powers conferred on the Trea- tung Guild at Shanghai, but were sury by the Currency and Bank transferred to the care of the Joint
Chinese anti-tank guns and machine- one inside, at St. Paul's Cathedral, which already £1,000 has bem col- Notes Act of 1928, that as from Committee.
Of the total of £60,000,000 to be The Film censor has expurgated guns opened up and repulsed them. the latter to be the centre for ofter-lected.
The Bellish China Rellet Fund, December #5: the c fiduciaryam The number of Kwangtung
and for parishes two don damaged and
Chinese formerly the Lord Mayor's Fund, which was reduces from £260,000, forses tolniled 20,000 during the raised within the next three years from the latest Paramount News About 50 Japanese were killed. Two Ings for children In the poorer Lon-
for defence, Australia will borrow reel reference to Germany's anu- tanks werd
game a few now tops the: £150,000 markand) MA 000 200,000,000 is 1858, should height of the Shanghai hosiles.
Jewish drive, and also an appeal on machine-gune and many rifles were refugees. Most of these people were sub-only £10,000,000.
at For this purpose a Defence Loan behalf the Jews by Baron captured by the Chinese-Central The China Campaign Committee, la special Christmas appeal is being
holding A Christmas bautami onleened on its behalf,stenter. “ places in Kwangtung-Central News, Bill is to be immediately introduced Rothschild--Reuterá
For Christmas
re-
-be-fiber B:16:2233000/ | „euently sent back to their native
Lons.
Munitions manufactured in Aus- tralian factories will be used by the British fortresses and garrisons al Hongkong and Singapore,
NAZI FILM CUT
IN SINGAPORE
· Singapore, Dec. 7.
Neos.
of
troops nrc.
25
Mr. D. G. M. Bernard was in the chair, and the guests wero Tai-chi, Chinese Ambassador to London, Lord Alness, Sir John Wardlaw-Milne, Mr. Adrian C, Morcing, and Mr. W. M. Kirkpat- rick...
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