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Austrian Workers | BRITISH TRADE
Anti-Hitler
WITH RUSSIA
LONDON, Oct. 25 (Reuter)! LONDON. Oct. 25 (Reuter)\—In workers the House of Commons to-day, Mr. manifesto from Austrian
for declaring their determination to It A. Butler, Under-Secretary "making Hitler's war Impossible Foreign Affairs, stated in reply to a that the possibility of was road in the Paris radio German question
following up the recent agreement language broadcast.
exchange of The manifesto declared that Aus-with Russia for the trian workers would sooner sacrifice timber against rubber and in by themselves in the struggle against further arrangements suitable to war Hitler than fight on the side of their condtilons was now under examina-
tion. oppressor.
*** Printed and Published for the Proprietors by FREDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN at 1 and 3, Wyndharn Street in the City of Victoris, Hongkong.
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
Thursday,
Contraband
System Criticised
Dutch Shipowners Dissatisfied
OPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 25 (UP). -Despite the British assurances that they would interfere as little as possible with neutral! countries aliipnients of food, Dutch shipowners are very dis- satisfied with the way in which
UNITED STATES
October 26, 1939.
OF EUROPE TO Cruiser
FOLLOW WAR
LONDON, Oct. 25 (Reu- ter).It was announced in the House of Commons to- day that the Government would bear in mind the aug- gestion of informing the German
people that would consider the forma- tion of a United States of Europe after the war.
We
the British are applying their Ministry Of
contraband control.
the
The shipowners charge that British abuse their power by keeping Dutch ships sometimes for six weeks before allowing them to proceed.
30 Ships Waiting
It is estimated here that an average of thirty Dutch merchant ships are the Downs for kept waiting in investigation.
customs.
Information
At Large
Deutschland Sinks More Shipping
OSLO, Oct. 25 (Reuter). The British steamer Stonegate 5,044 tons) was attacked and sunk by the German pocket battleship Deutschland on a voyage Eng- from Valparaiso to land, according to a member of the crew who has arrived
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The crew were taken on Deutschland, the board
proceeded which north until she met the United States steamer, City of Flint.
They were then transferred to the City of Flint with a German prize crew.
LONDON, Oct. 25 (Reater), -Lord Camrose, speaking in the One of the chlet complaints of the Ministry of Information debate owners is that the British contraband in the House of Lords to-day controllers are military men who said he had arranged with Lord he should no often do not have even an elementary MacMillan that knowledge of international shipping longer occupy an official position
Al the same time the owners have in the Ministry itself.
He added that the machinery was
The Germans intended to take expressed confidence that the negotin-
now in running order, and given a tions at present being carried on by
Dittel deirgation in London may fair chance, he had no doubt that the American ship to a German soon result in a more effelent British Lord MacMillan would make it fune-harbour, but she ran short of control system. since commercial tion properly. ciretes here are convinced that Britain is anxious not to force Dutch business Continent, completely towards the which would mean that the greater part of it would go to Germany.
Lost Himself A Job
Lord Camrose added that as a re- suit of the organisation, he managed to organise himself out of a job, but he would gladly give what assistance he could from outside.
EMBARGO CAUSES Lord Middleton, Initiating the de-
BIG LOSSES
TO U.S.
BPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (UP) The State Department to-day die closed that the Imposition of the arms embargo nullified $78,808,525 worth of arms export licences held by belligerent Powers.
Of this total Britain held $14,077,- 030, France $68,418.113, and Australia $3,078,700.
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bate, said that people seemed to have been brought into the Ministry al- most haphazardly, and in referring to the total number of staff on October 8, described them as "eleven hundred incongruities."
Lord MacMillan, in reply, stated that as a result of a re-arrangement. headquarters staff had dispensed with 67 oficials, with corresponding re- ductions in the auxillary staff, re- presenting a payroll of about £46,000
a year.
water, probably somewhere off Greenland, and called at Tromso on route to Murmansk.
Another Victim
·OSLO,
Oct. 25 (Router).The stener Lorentz W. Hansen, which was reported on October 20 to have been sunk by enemy action, ens sunk by the Deutschland, which has been manoeuvring, in the cast and south of the Newfoundland, according to newspaper "Aftenposten."
4,400-Ton Tafna Sunk'. LONDON, Oct. 25 (Reuter)~~An- other, British steamer, the 4,400 ton Tafna, has been sunk,
Thirty-one of her crew of 45 have been saved.
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Lord MacMillan also revealed that the Blue Book on the origins of the destinations wor had reached 192 throughout the world.
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~R.A.F. Casualties
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Clan Chisholm Survivors LONDON, Oct. 25 (Reuter}.—-All the European officers of the Chisholm,, which was sunk by the enemy, were saved but only 17 of the 80 Indian seamen are at present: reported to have been rescued.
20 Still Missing LONDON, Oct. 25 (Router).-It is now reported that lie survivors of 18 Clan Chisholm comprise the Europeans and 60 Indian members of the crew, leaving about 20 unsc- counted for,
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BPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BERLIN, Oct. 25.(UP).-It has been disclosed that GermURY negotiating with Russia regarding the disposition of
captured -American steamship City of Flint.
The negotiations are understood to include the question of the release of the crew.
the
Offlelais here said they have no Information on the subject or as to; the whereabouts of the captured ship. It is also learned that the United States Lines representatives have no information, despite offelal Inquiries. The Nazis claim they were forced to take the ship to the Russian coast due to the absence of a chart of the minefrids guarding Nazi ports.
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DEAF AND DUMB Annual Demonstration At! Heep Yunn School Many attended the Annual De- monstration of the Hongkong School for the Deal held in the great hall of the Heep Yunn School yesterday, members Those present included
o the Fellowship of Youth, members of the Women's Fellowship of St. other or- Andrew's Church, and ganisations,
The demonstration comprised var- luus drills provided by the Higher and Lower Primery classes; com- versation by lip-reading between two demonstration of pupilo; and a
dening activities.
At the conclusion of the demonstra- tion, Madame C. C., Wu distributed the certificates, followed by a thert report given by Miss L W. LI, prin- elpal of the school..
Miss Li said, "It is a great pleasure to welcome you here this afternoon. We are very grateful to the Principal of Heep Yunn School for lending us the Hall for this occasion. We are honoured by having Madame C. C. Wu to distribute the certißentes to our first graduates. This your wa have three children graduating from Lower Primary and two from Higher Primary. We are sending our two senior gradualen to learn printing in the Memorial Press, and one of the Lower Prinary kaques to sear leather work in his father's shop."
"We try to train our pupila to be useful members of society. We do hope you will help us by employing them. Handwork is another way to help the children.
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