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HITLER'S Over 6,000 Ships Guided To Safety
CONVOY FEATS BY
BIG BLUFF
Throats To Neutrals
Is War Technique
LONDON, Jan: 21 (British. Wire less).-Commenting editorially on the German threat to Belgium and Holland, the “Sunday Times," under the heading "War of Nerves" anys:
THE BRITISH NAVY
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Incorporated by Royal Chartér 183 Pald-up Capital .....................................000,00 LONDON, Jan. 21 (Reuter).—Except for the loss Herve Liability of Proprietors £1,000,00 of three submarines, there has not been much news from the sea this week, commented the naval observer of the B.B.C. in a weekly review of the war to-day.
There has been nothing spectacular and it is, therefore, easy to conclude that nothing has happened. This was what "the American papers were saying just before the Graf Spee was sunk. They asked, "What is the British Navy doing?"
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"If at the present season litter) cannot unleas: his monster armies, at least by moving them' about he can try to terrorise the public of Arst thin, and then that, neutral State. At one moment it is Holland and Bel- slum. At nnollier, Hangry and Rumanio, At yet another it may be Denmark and Scandinavia, or Jugo- The Navy, polnis out the observer, ; lacking' the ships of small neutral Calcutta Stavia or Switzerland.
fs only in the public eye on occasions, nations. “Thic advantage of such and then we reatho that there is one. Meanwhile, the Royal Navy's cruis manoeuvers is that his possible vie-Itut ance the excitement
of aers are hunting down Germun mer-Canton Ums
them. They particular incident is over, the Navychant cannot ignore
Talders. It 13 Bhips and must watch and wait in full force again becomics rather, a mysterious dangerous work, but as we have Colombo and expensive effort and nerverack service and disappears behind censor- ample evidence, the Navy Icnows Delhi Ing tension,
ship and the "horizon. However, is what to do with them when it finds tambur
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CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and be quoted on opaliestion,
"On the other hand the cost to
Full Control Of Scas Germany Is ilille or nothing. She has to keep her reserve armles soie" The Navy now holds control of the observer concluded, because of the where, and frontiers like those of
In other words, the
baille German preponderance of the main Belgium and Holland, where they ate feel, such as it is, is not free to tour fleet, which provides a shield behind immune from bombing or theilire, the oceans and to threaten trade which the powerful trade of the world and handy for reinforcing it required routes. It is impotent, and the goes on. at the warfront, nec very well adapt-normal life of the people away from ed for depols. The same may be the actual scene of the conflict goes Bald of the eastern front."
Dr.
The "Sunday. Times" coulinues ta The enemy, however, cannot Le point out that it is not only by troop completely stopped, and they try to movements that Germany attempts become nuisance, attempting to to terrorise her neutral neighbours stop goods, clc., from renching Thrents and denunciations in her Britain and interfering with it by Press are also aimed to keep them means of U-boats, raiders, mines and on tenterhouks. Another method is aeroplanes.
R. A.F. Attack Nazi Ships
LONDON, Jan. 21 (Reuter)-The that of objcel lesson. The swift| These new inventions mean that Air Ministry announce that while over-running of Poland was one such command of the son cannot be ablengaged in reconnaissance in the The undisguised atrocities now prae- solute, and so the Navy has ie job North Sen this morning, British, air- tised on that country are another of escorting merchant vessels
and craft eighted four enemy patrol Germany wants neutrals to be per-focating and sweeping minez.
vessels, which opened heavy anti- ; aircraft fire, sunted not only that B is hopeless
to resist her, but that in any country that does resist, the most ruthless cruelties will be suffered by the population. Like a woman tyrant, she does not mind being hated pro- vided she is miðleiently feared,
Ruthlessness
Colossal Convoying Tasks
FIXED DEPOSITA received for One Y or shorter periods in Local or Other Cur rencies of rates which will be quoted sa application.
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS also opened in Local Currency and Sterling with interes allowed at rates obtainable on application
The Barks tead Office in Lendura undertaken Executor & Trustee busines and claims recovery of British Incont Tax overpaid, on torina which may br Acertained at any of 11s Agencies" and Branches.
B. A CANIDUR,
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LETTERS
Another Sort Of Vandalism
The British aircraft retaliated by To the Editar. dropping bombs, some of which were Great areas are swept daily, what-seen to fail within a few yards of ever the weather, for mines. It is a the vessels. colossal job; but the Navy is dealing: Our aircraft did not suffer any very successfully with it,
feesualties or damage,
Since the wär started, 6,500 mier-; chani ships have been convoyed) · by the Navy with the loss of only 12.
"The same ruthlessness, partly from the sume motive, being de- veloped in her treatment of neutrali A huge army of soldiers has been shipping, Acts like the sinking of conveyed to France, it is being fed the Dutch ships. Sliedrecht !! and supplied, and the men come and Arendskerk, the Danish Canadian Reefer and the Norwegian Steamer- end, cannot be defended on any prin ciple known to international law. They are defiant acts of arbitrary brutality, committed for no purpose but to terrify the nations whom they have wranged."
RESTRICTIONS AGAINST H.K.
SHANGHAI, Jan. 22 (Beuler), Effective to-morrow. all pussengers from Hongkong are required to PUSSCRA vaccination certifestes not) more than 12 months old,
KAN TONG гO.
Chief Managet.
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES
Bringing Cargo from Marseilles via Saigon.
Consignces are hereby informed that their goods with the exception or Optum, Treasure and Valuables are being landed and stored into the Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon Whart and Godown Co., Ltd., Kow- loon, whence delivery may be obtain- ed immediately after landing.
All claims must be sent in to me on or before the 27th January, 1940, or they will not be recognized,
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The "Hongkong Telegraph."
Damaged Packages will be examin- Sir-One has only to look at the trees in Statue Square to see evidere Messrs-Goddard and Douging in the by the Company's Shrveyor
to the careless parking of cars.
hi 10.00. number of small trees have no iron
h.m. on Monday, 22nd railings around them, and through Officer in attendance when any duti
Consignees must have a Revenue
of vandalism of another kind--I refer presence of the Considry, 1940.
1 Dead, 5 Injured this Colony being blessed
In Lorry Smash
with a
number of poor drivers, so these trensable goods are examined by the must suffer. If these, in such a
Company's Surveyors. public place, suffer, how much more No Fire Insurance will be effected A motor lorry which crashed into these growing away in the less by us in any case whatever. a concrete verandah pillar in Cheung-public parts of Hongkong? shawan Hoad at 8.30 p.m. yesterday responsible would be appreciated, In A little more attention from these
we no
go on leave. A contingent from Cannon has been conveyed across the Atlantic and 35 U-boats have been sunk
Typical of the Navy's work is that was rest serious injury to dive others this era of tree-stealing and tree- of just one escort vessel which, from man and serious injury to ave others damaging, for after all, September 3-to December 31-119-all of whom were passengers. advertise this Colony as being a days had spent 103 days nt se admitted to hospital.
beautiful spol. Then let us keep it During the remainder, it had to re- fuel so that it was probably never ed, apparently, was the driver.
The only person to escape unseath, for "only God can make a tree".
RESIDENT. in port for more than few hours t
alleged to have absconded, a time.
While at sea, the crew were al · ways at action or defence stations for long periods keyed up, and this was a great strain on both men and. machinery, But this escort vessel is only one of many,
been The five Injured men have
Border Meeting
BUCHAREST, Jan. 21 (Reuter)--| M. Gafencu, the Rumanian Foreign Hunting U-Boats
Minister, had a two-hour meeting This is the result of the Shanghai] U-boats have been so successfully with the Yugo-Slavian Foreign Minis Customs declaration that Hongkong hunted that they now prefer to ter, near the common frontier of the is small-pox infected:
operate further afield, preferably at-two countries.
Russian Dies
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R. OUL, Ансти
GUNS TO FIRE
"Elring practice will be carried out between the hours of 7.30 am, and 6. p.m. to-day.
Alternative dates and Wednesday.
are jo-morrOW
Firing Area 'C' will be affected. Light gun firing practice will also be carried out between the hours of 6 pim. und midnight to-day, tom
Firing Area 'E' will be affected.
A tragedy occurred aboard the de-morrow, Thursday and Friday, tained Soviet ship Selenga on Satur- day, when Fireman Serge Ivanovitch Profino, aged 25, was killed by falling coal as he worked in the bunker hold.
The Selenga, which was brought; into Hongkong under naval escort
recently with suspected contraband & METROPOLE
cargo, i8.at present at the navel on- chorage in the middle of the harbour. Details of the fatal accident have not yet been released.
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