BERLIN IS ANXIOUS
British Navy Movements Gives Concarn
ZURICH, Feb. 23 (Reuter). There is anxiety in Berlin as, the result of what is described as "the activities of the British Navy in the northern seas," nc cording to the Berlin correspon- dent of the "Neue Zurcher Zeltung."
This correspondent says; *• - - ““Efie'. nervom misgivings in Berlin con- cerning the activity of the British Navy In Norwegian territory are growing more and more and are de veloping fais an anxiety fest Britain may start a
War STORL
offensive launched from North Europe.
The German authorities, there fore, ure trying to give the impression that not moment will be lost in starting a big offensive before the British Navy or the Air Force will have Inunched these big attacks."
ANGLO-NORWAY TRADE PACT
Will Be Signed In
London Shortly
OSLO, Feb. 23 (Reuter)-It has been officially announced that a trade agreement between Britain ant
be Norway Is expected to signed shortly in London.
The statement says: "Negotiations have been going on for some time in London and Oslo on Norwegian and British trade during the present extraordinary conditions and with the alm of obtaining modißentions of British contraband control regarding supplies for Norway.
"An agreement hus reached."
now been
It has also been ofeially announced that a German-Norwegian protocol regulating trade between these two countrica during the war was to be signed to-day.
Now It's A 'Sitzkrieg'
And Gormany Can't Win It
LONDOI", Feb. 23 (Reuter). A survey by the "New York. Times" on the Rumanian ban on gasolene exports to Germany says that 'it "has all the marks of a major victory for Britain and France."
EAT-
The paper says that while Ger- many may have ample reserves of
"altxkrieg" ganolens for a
with support A Britain, she can hardly
bombing of unlimited campaign operations in the air or a great land offensive on the western battlefields Ποιν of Rumanian oil, without an uninterrupted
Only Potential Buzzia is potential source but nothing more, for there in every indication that transport troubles in the winter have prevented Russian supplies from reaching Germany in anything more than driblets.
The survey says that the German compulsion to seek other methods was suggested to the German trade envoys at Bucharest.
They
"All neutral neighbours of Ger- many know from experience what these other methods mean.. mean pressure based on a tacit threat of an armed invasion if the neutrala do not stand and deliver," says the paper
"But in Rumania the Aliles' have ways and means of counteracting, ut least in part, the fear of a German attack. In effect the Turks have told Rumanin not to be afraid of Germany's anger since the powerful Turkish Army stands ready to help.”
Berlin Shows Anxioty AMSTERDAM, Feb. 23 (Reuter).— According to the Berlin correspon- dent of the "Telegraaf. Dr. Clodius, German economie expert, has left for Bucharest to clear up the question of Germany's oil supplies.
Its departure has been taken us a clear indication of the anxiety felt in Berlin over the oil position.
It has been slatest that Dr. Clodius will endeavour to persunde the
STOCK EXCHANGE Rumanian Government to exempt oll
CHEERFUL
LONDON, Feb. 23 (Reuter).---The Stock Exchunge to-day maintained a cheerful
Kafirs,
disposition with
diamonds and industrials at the fore- front of activity, and offerings for profit-taking were quickly absorbed. Gill-edged securities were well-
exports to Germany from the recently Imposed 25 per cent, advalorem duty,
Britain Still
Rules Seas
supported and the Irredeemable Why She Is Assured Of
Inilian loans were sharply marked-
up on news of the proposed con- versions.
Home rulis, after easing. were stendier.
Of the commodities, shellac was
Últimate Victory
LONDON, Fob, 23 (Reuter) -The Cairo paper, "El Mokattam," in a leader headed "Who Rules the Seas?"
firm and there was a fair trade de-emphasises the fact that whoever does mand.
Wall Street was irregular.
NEW RECRUITS IN H.K.D.R.
The following have been en- rolled in the Hongkong Defence Reserve.
"COMBATANT~~~GROUP: Davis and W. C. Low.
S. G.
this is sure to win the war, and proves that Britain still rules, and is there- fore assured of victory.
The article points out the insigni- ficance of the German naval measures, and in a concluding reference to the German threat after the Altmarkt Incident, the article says that it does not worry the Britons as Germany has done its worst and its ultimate
fate is sealed.
Senator Mahamed Abdul Magid Abd Roy, writing in the same paper, said that England's pulley never was hostile to Moslems, recalling occasions KEY POSTS: D. G. Cairns, E. A. of friendly co-operation in history. Chater, J. Gelintly, A. E. P. Guest, Cormany Stigmatised B. C. K. Hawkins, J. Jolly, N. C.
The Argentine paper, "Accion," McLeod, J. McGowan, W. 5.
Σ. Smith,
J. P. WH
Whitfield, R. H. Wood-ays: "The British were justined the Norwegian failure in its owing man. J.
J. Angwin, H. Barrett, F. W.
duty as a neutral. Neutrals can Bradley, พ. Bruce, W. J. Buller, A.
claim respect of their terrierial W. Hodges, D. Korsick, B. A. Mansell. waters only when acts favouring one Isaac Newton, H. V. Pearse,
Abeillgerent are nut committed in McArthur Thomson.
them." ESSENTIAL SERVICES:
Lang
J.
C.
The entire Press of Beyrouth has strong sympathy with, and approval TRANSFERS: Julius Ring has of, the British action in connection: been transferred from the Essential with the Altmark case. This action Services group to the Combatants described as brilliant navigation group.
full of courage and heroism worthy of F.B. Winter has been granted per- British naval traditions. mission to quit the Defence Reserve,
an editorial, with effect from February 15.
JEWS AND ARABS GET TOGETHER Happier Relations Being Restored
LONDON, Feb. 33 (Router).—-An American agency message in New York papers from Jerusalem states: "Arab boys and Jewish girls are dancing together In Jerusalem enbarets. This is symptomatic of the greatly
Jewish-Moslem re- Improved lations as the result of Palestine's war preparations,
A tour of the Holy Land provides evidence that the Jews and Arabs have forgotten their differences in the new economic life which the British troops constantly-arriving have injected into Palestind.
In many places. Jews and Arabs are seen working peacefully side by side digging trenches, alling sand- bags and building barracks.
Hongkong Singers
The "Annabar," in describes the episode as stigmatising Germany with piracy while establish- ing once again Britain's indisputablo supremacy overseas.
WAR MINISTER'S BULLS-EYES
Saturday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
February 24, 1940.
wo publish
HONGKONG PREPARES:t of photo.
sories, specially taken by Norman Soong, of Hongkong's defonco preparations.
photographi will oppoar dally in the "Telegraph",
Thesa
THE BOOM across the main channel into Hongkong harbour. A submarine going
out for patrol duly.
Praty
3
Communist] HITLER'S And Fascist BARBARITY
Defeated
By-Election Result
LONDON, Feb. 23 (Reuter).
Moro Neutral Ships
Sunk From Air
LONDON, Feb 28 (Router). -Nazi planes were busy over
-Voters at the by-election at the North Sea to day looking for Slivertown-the docks and in- unarmed merchant shipa.
As
lustrial area on the East End (usual, the neutral ships auffered. outskirts of London-registered Several Norwegian ships were al- a striking victory for the tacked, one being det on Are and
another sunk, national cause.-
The vacancy, caused by the re- signation of Mr. Jack Jones, a Labour member of over 20 years, resulted na follows:
Alderman 3. IL. Hellina (Labour) 14,343.
A lifeboat stood by the ship that was on fire while repairs, werd being made. Later the ship continued on
voyage,
Searching For Crow !!
Her captain told the men in the lifeboat that another Norwegian
Harry Folllit (a prominent Com-ship, whose name he did not know,
munist) 960.
Thomas Moran (British Union Fascist) 161.
A
of had been bombed and sunt.
British naval vessel is now searching for the crew.
Pollitt and Moran fortelt
the election deposits of £150 each, owing vates they to the paucity of the polled.
ΟΙ
Solid Determination Mr. Hollins told "Reuter" after the declaration of the poll that the result was an expression the opinion by workers of this country that they were standing solidly in their determination to wipe out evil things from the face of Europe.
"Silvertown has again sent a mes- sage to the Labour Movement and to the nation that it is prepared to see that the men who are manning the ships, trenches and aerodromes get all the support that the working class movement of this country is able to give,"
HONGKONG SHIP Dutch Anger
Flares Up
CAPTURES NAZIS
BERLIN, Feb. 23 (Reu- ter)According to a Ger- man news agency message from Lisbon, the British auxiliary cruiser, Comorin, stopped 2 Portuguese steamer, Nyasa, bound for Mossamedes from Lourenco Marques, and removed, 12
ing the wives of two.
A Belgiant captain reported that his ship was sinking and the captain of another wirelessed that his vessel was "being taken in tow by a wur- ship."
Norway has also lost another ship, the 1,000 ton Teines, which has not been heard of since February 9. She was bound from New York to Hol- land and Belgium and had on board
crew of eighteen.
►
British Ship Machine-Gunnod
LONDON, Feb. 23 (Reuter)-The 2,429 ton British ship 'Gothic which left port last night, returned within two hours having been attacked by enemy planez.
were
gun
Captain J. Cooper. Nesbitt and the second male, Mr. Laxton, seriously injured by machine bullets and are now in hospital. The ship's superstructure heavily riddled by tullets,"
Heavy Soviet Cam
Caualtics HELSINGFORS,
was
Feb. 23 (Reuter). An omelit communique issued to- day claims that the Finns have re- pulsed two enemy attacks between Hot Criticism Of The
Muolajnervi and Ayrapaanjaerve after each of which the Russians left U-Boat Campaign
approximately a whole battalion of AMSTERDAM, Feb. 23 (Reu- dend.
The enemy detachment which at- ter).The anger and conster-tacked Syskiemi across the Ayrapann nation caused In Holland by the Lake were driven lack, losing 800 sinking of Dutch ships is re- men who were killed and 100 pri- flected in the "Algemeen. Han- sonets,
In the course of cleaning up a the northern district of Lake Ladoga, an abundance of war material was captured including 12 guns and over 3D machine guns and tractors
German passengers, includ- delsblad," which describes tor- stronghold captured on Wednesday in
Nazi Shot
In
******
Plane
Down Essex
R.A.F. Attack. On German Warships
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Feb. 23 (UP) Anti-aircraft guns fired on and
shol down unconfirmedly German raider off the coast.
#
Essex
People in Essex said they saw
MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS in action in Hongkong härbour.in the far distance-a-big-puff. They operate against surface craft with torpedoes and against undersea craft with depth charges,
TRIBUTES TO RIVER PLATE FIGHT HEROES
Mr. Churchill Finds New Slogan LONDON, Feb. 23 (Reuter).-The men of the Ajax and Exeter filed diffidently and quietly into the famous to-day, but soon banqueting hall of the Guildhall regained their self-possession and a hum of conversation
of smoke directly under the raider after which a black object, believed to have been the plane, hurtled to the ground.
There were no air-raid alarms and no bombs were dropped.
The rolder was first sighted coming in from the sea at 11 a.m.
It is also reported that a German raider Dying at high altitude was sighted off the Norfolk coast. R.AF., fighter planes darted to the scene and shortly afterwards bomb explosions and machine-gun fire were heard.
pedoing without warning as an act of injustice and unworthy of a seafaring nation.
The paper points out that not a slogic Italian or American ship has been lost this way. It is Netherlands and Scandinavian shipping that is made to suffer.
"There is a deliberate plan not only to torpedo without warning, but to pick on ships sailing on behalf of which are small neutral countries dependent en supplies from neutral lands overseas."
-Berlin Annoyed
other
Government circles in Berlin are
Investigating
Altmark Raid
British, Nazi Consuls At Enquiry
OSLO, Feb. 23 (Reister)The
very angry on the bien com meout British, and Gempap Consuls were in the small neutral countries about present to-day at Juossing. Fjort
campaign, Neutral respondents in Berlin were told when a Norwegian court of enquiry
sea
to-day that a "very sharp answer will be forthcoming if the Press ut tacks on the Nazi methods of warfare are continued.
The amelals declared: "Neutral Dutch tho particularly papers, Press, must mend their manners. Germany can no longer tolerate the accusations being made against her submarine commanders whose conduct in even being called bar- barous,"
started investigations into the Alt- mark affair.
The main object of the enquiry is to take statements of eye-witnesses and Norwegian naval officer with a view to establishing the facts of the
case.
The British and German versions are in sharp contradiction, ench maintaining that the other fred arst.
Several officers of the Altmark were present but the authorities do- They refused to comment on the cided that they need not make state- statement of the captain of the Dutchments unless they wished.
The Court of Enquiry has decided. ship, Tara, that his ship was tor- pedoed without warning, resorting to not to reveal its proceedings.
Nazi Indignation the stock reply that they must uwalt
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 23 (Reuter). commander's report the submarine
The Liberal paper, "Dagens Nyheter." comments. Ironically on the indig- nation in Germany at the alleged sympathy in Norway in the Altmark
i fore expressing any opinion.
FOD
OLD RESIDENT DIES IN HOME
casa.
At the same time, says the paper, the inventive mind of Goebbels ins hit on the idea of making a move will leave neutral public Marin which
opinion with no vestige of right to nake itself heard.
The death occurred early this of Miss Sophia morning Inhabitants in the Roker dis- trict of Sunderland reported they Franco, at her riskience, 35 Robin- Road, Miss Franco was 76 years
The German Press has been in- sighted a bomber flying so low that of age and was born in the Colony,
structed to develop the theme that it the swasilka was plainly visible.
with true neutrality To all the foregoing, however, the where she has resided all her life.
inconsistent An esteemed, and respected mem-is mine-Air Ministry officially denied now ber of the Portuguese community, for public opinion in a neutral-coun- flotillas of the Grand Fleet,
express filled the hall.
Miss Franco was known among a try to ledge of any German air activity
"Gernan sweepers and all warships' auxiliaries,
wide circle of friends, to whom her nnan propagandists could not Captain Bell and Captain whose number was now about 1,700 during the morning.
Attack On Warships
passing comes as a grent loss. She more unblushingly admit that they ure seeking to undermine the free existence of neutral states. Hitherto they had not had much success in their campaign
Woodhouse, the commanders of and which was rapidly rising, that
London should show its approval of Air circles so far have no informa-was one of the oldest residents of
the. Lord
to
She leaves behind four sisters and The funeral will take place this
afternoon, passing the Monument at
{4 o'clocks.
Proposed Loan To Finland Quashed
itself.
Naxi Propaganda
The Social "Demokraten" COM- ments that the unrestrained propa- ganda In Germany in connection with exploit the Scandinavian reaction but, comments the paper, Scandinavian Gertriany which has deliberately and WASHINGTON, Feb, 23 (Reuter), frequently violated the Scandinavian
to
free shipping.
the Altmark case is an attempt to
the two cruisers, sat on either the way the Navy was carrying on, tion regarding the extent of the Hongkong. side of the Lord Mayor. Mr. and was going to carry until damage the R.AF. infleted on Ger-
un, Winston Churchill, Sir Samuel not only the cargoes by which we man warships yesterday, pointing a brother.
most dificult LONDON, Feb. 23 (Reuter).-Mr. Hoare, Sir Kingsley Wood. Lord lived but the high purposes we had out. that it was
port. Oliver Stanley, Minister of War, Chatfield and Lord Hankey sat in hand were all brought safely into ascertain, since the action occurred in
the darkness,
The number of RAF., planes was tried out a Bren machine gun at Al-
nearby.
Churchill's Warning dershot to-day.
Proposing the toast, With his ac ond burst he scored a
The Admiralty and the Fleet were not mentioned; however, a German Mayor referred to the courage, daring.learning together the special con-communique, mentioned three Wel- bulls-eye.
visiting the Canadian skill, seamanship and tenacity shown ditions of this bard, novel war, but lingtons of which one was alleged to He was
in the battle of the River Plate, he warned that mistakes and ac- have been shot down. troops and Major General A. L. MacNaughton, Commander-in-Chief, which merlied an honoured place in eldents would occur and that sorrow
the annals of the Navy.
would fall from time to time upon us. was present.
What Naxis Can't Build To the glories of the action of the On Thursday, Her Majesty the Queen sent gifts to ameers and men They had heard stories of the new River Plate, there was recently added destruction which the an epilogue, namely, last week's re- of the Toronto Scottish Regiment of engines of which she is Colonel-in-Chief. They enemy was about to produce, he said, scue under the noses of the enemy could und nimid the tangles of n one-sided are training, at Aldershot.
but there was one thing he not bulld-boys of the bull-dog breed, neutrality, of the British captives by
LONDON, Feb. 23 (Reuter)-Atives. some of whom they were honouring the Coasick, proving that the long
The proposal was in the form of long arm of British sea power could denial by the official "Tass" agency to-day.
nodestly-phrased and be stretched not only for our fees that Sovjet aircraft had bombed the an amendment to the Bill-already loudly-applaudes speech by Captain but also for our faithful friends. Swedish village of Pujalo was broad-approved by the, Senate-te increase LONDON, Feb. 23 (Reuter)-It is counter with the Grat Spec curly in England Expects Every Man todo cast on the Moscow tudlo to-night, the capital of the Export and Import
added, learnt that the Rumanian reply to a the morning on a nice fine day with His Duty," might now be recent British enquiry concerning the plenty of room had made them the "The Navy In Here,"
Anglo-Rumanian
Trade Discussions
Woodhouse, declaring that their en-
To Nelson's
signal,
The Hongkong Singers' next recital will be given in the Great Hall of the Univeralty on Tuesday, March 12, Control Board, and the reasons for Winston Churchill, the First Lord of at 0.30 pm, when a selection of part the Increase of Rumanian oll supplies the Admirally rose to speak.
He said that the ties unlting thei songs by Brahms, Parry and Vaughan Williams will be rondered. The Singers will be assisted by Ettore Pellegatti, celllat,
purpose of the newly-formed Oll envy of the rest of the Navy, Mr. Britain Replies
The King's Exequatur empowering Mr. H. A. Keller to act as fionorary Consul for Switzerland in Hongkong has received His Majesty'a signature
to Germany, is regarded by authori-
were
To U.S. Protest
Soviets Deny Pajala Raid
pintou will not forget that it la
A proposal to permit a loan of right
$30,000,000 to Finland for the pur- Norway To Seek Arbitration chase of military and other supplies In the United States was overwhelm-
OSLO, Feb. 21 (Reiter) it is ingly defented in the Banking Com-learned that the Norwegian Govern
ment Intends to propose to the British mittee of the House of Representa Government that the Altmark'affair bo submitted to arbitration if he Anglo-Norwegian negotiations now. proceeding do not lend to an agree-
Gallant French
It was declared that not a single Bank to permit loans to Finland and Soviet plane had flown over Pajala other countries for military purposes. nor generally over Swedish territory.
Rumours that the Soviets had de
and manded from Estonia, Latvia Lithuania the cession of new naval bares and the increase of Russian garrisons, in coded bases were like wise described an baseless and com
tative circles in Britain os forming navy and the nation, or the navy an adequate basis for further discus- and the mercantile marine
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (Reuter).pletely false. slon designed to improva trading re-never so strong. The brunt of the
tho United reply to Intions between Rumania and war had fallen to the sailormen and Dritain's
The Hon. Mr. A. B. Furves, M. Inst. their comrades of the R.A.F. Constai States note of December 6 protest- Britain,
The two Governments are now in Command, and they had lost barelying against the British blockade of CE, has been appointed to be an
Cauneli. close contact with a view to achiev-3,000 lives in a hard unrelenting Germon exports was received by the Omelul member of the Legisintivo
struggle.
State Department to-day. ing that result.
brilliant Aght which they It is understood, that the Note de
The King's Exequatur empowering celebrating hand warmed the tends the British position and recalla The jurisdletion of Don G. S. de The King's Exequatur empowering were
that some concessions have been Mr. K. Okazaki to net as Consul- Erice y O'Shen, Spanish Consul at Monsieur L. O, F. Reynaud to act as cockles of the British heart in Bombay, has been extended to in French Consul-General in Hongkong dark, old winter. It would be com- made for German exports already General of Japan, in Hongkong has
received His Majesty's signature. the paid for by Americans. encouragement clude Hongkong.
has recolved His Majesty's signature. fort and
to
Pilot Decorated
PARIS, Feb. 23 (Reuler)The young French sergeant pilot who shot
down four Nazi planes has been awarded a military medal.
On November 7 he chased a Ger- man territory before shooting st man bomber for 12 miles into Ger
down.
T. K. Abbott, M.B, B.B. (Sydney), ... (Lond.), has been appointed to be a Health Officer.
ment.
Red Denial
MOSCOW, Fch. 23 (UP)The Tass Agency officially denies that Russian planes bombed or oven flew over Pajala, or "over Swedlih ter- ritory in general."
It also denies reports that Russia
Eathonia, Latvia or has demanded now naval bases from "sheer fabrication."
Lithubila as
Mr. A. Hitchlo, of Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Matthews, hins been appointed liquidator of the affairs of Mr. C. G. Melchers, formerly of
Hongkong. Messrs. Melchers and Company in