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一拜禮 號一月三英港香
MONDAY, APRIL
1.
1940.
日四十月二
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Prelude To Large-Scale Offensive Suspected
ARTILLERY ROARS
ON WEST
THE CHENG HO
Cheng Ho Afire On Round World Trip
FRONT
SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH”
PARIS, Mar. 31 (UP),~Violent action by German artillery on the Western Front to-day, together with the launching of a series of raids on French outposts lead experts to believe that the activity is the prelude to a large-scale attack.
Despatches from the front state that French artillery in the Vosges sector replied strongly to the Nazi guns : positioned in the Saar region, while two German raiding ¡parties were trapped at a French outpost near Nied, where many Nazis were killed and several taken prisoners.
AERIAL DOG-FIGHT
Villages in the Vosges sector were heavily shelled by Ger- man batteries, whose fire was directed by 15 Nazi planes.
An official communique reported that there was unusual activity between the two air forces.
This supports, to a certain extent, the official Berlin report that a big dog-fight was staged to-day along the, Western Front between 36 French warplanes and 25 Messerschmildis.
The German communique went on to claim that seven French planes were brought down, "while there were no German losses."
Lively Fatrol Work
Reporting on other activity, KARELIA
BECOMES U.S. S. R.
the D.N.B. (German News
the front.
An
AFIRE AT SEA in the Gulf of Tomini, the Hongkong-Agency) claims that there was luxury junk Cheng Ho, which left here on Boxing Day, lively patrol work effected on had a narrow escape from destruction last month, "In the course of violent encounters
taken. many prisoners were according to information just received in the Colony, enemy sergeant-major and four pri- The Cheng Ho left Randanganates were captured in an engagement in which the enemy lost ten dead and River on February 25 and was large number of wounded," well out to sea when the switch-etudes the Nazi report. board in the engine room short-l circuited.
MR. J. FANT
CHANGED TACTICS
Propagandist Goebbels Sings A Now Tune
were dropped down the engine-room
con-
Machine-Guns v. Loaflets PARIS, Mar. 31 (Reuter),
ww
Soviet Parliament Approves Cession
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
$30.00 PER ANNUM
NEW
MINX
DISTRIBUTORS:
GILMAN'S the car
people
FRENCH TOWN GIVES BANNER TO R.U.R.'S
THE INHABITANTS of a French town have presented a Regimental banner, hand-worked by the people
of the town, to the Royal Ulster Rifles (the Second Battalion of which was stationed In Hongkong before the war), in recognition of the esteem in which the Regiment is held.
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The Battalion recently gave a party to the children of the town, with which it has had previous Re- gimental associations.
The photograph above shows the Colonel taking the salute. With him is a French nurse of the Great War, now in charge of the local A.R.P.-British Official Photograph.
NAZIS' FIRST SUNDAY RAID
ON
SHETLANDS.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
LONDON, Mar. 31 (UP)—The Nazis carried out their first Sunday raid on
the Shetland Islands to-day, although it was the 21st attack on the islands since the start of the war.
The air raid alarm was sounded for
40 minutes in the Orkneys and for ten, minutes in the Shetlands.
The raiders were driven off by Bri- tish fighting planes and anti-aircraft shells,
fragments of which fell in the
streets.
One Spilare plane over the North Sea dived from an altitude of 10,000
MOSCOW, Mar, 31 (UP)-A feet and caught a German plane. Seven auto-gas fire extinguishers There has been considerable Joint Session of the Supreme black
which was last seen with a trall of smoke pouring from its ventilator in an effort to cope with activity again between the Saar Soviet to-day unanimously up-starboard engipe.
and the Vosges, artillery fireproved the inclusion of the Kare-
the outbreak.
motor boats.
The territory will be independent (except for matters of defence and Anance. It includes Viborg, Kekslioìm and Sortavala but not the strip ad- jacent to Leningrad.
As it appeared at the stage that being heavy at certain points... lian territory into the Soviet as flames might gain the upper In Upper Alsace, the Germans yes- a Finnish constituent of the 12th hand, all the junk's personnet notierday continued their pacifist and Republic of the U.S.S.R. alding in combathug the outbreak anti-British propaganda by means of were put off in one of the sluip's streamers, placards, etc.
The French replied with machine- The junk, thick smoke pouring gun fire. from its engine-room, had meanwhile There was little air activity.owing anchored in seven fathoms of water to the weather, but there were a few
Outbreak Quelled
reconnaissance Alghts by the French Ultimately, the crew succeeded in and Germans over the respective quelling the outbreak by knocking enemy territories. Hole through the after bulkhead and putting
The
Air Forces Active hose through. The engine- PARIS, Mar. 31 (Reuter)-To- For was literally flooded with water day's communique says that there
Precautions taken by was fairly intense activity of both ; of the junk, Mr. T. Fair forces. Kiikenney, undoubtedly saved the stalp from more serious damage. In the Cheng
the
addition to Ars-nipped with fire-
Ho was liberally
apparatus.
app the engine-room, how-
to
ever, was fairly substanini.
Included in the personnel nboard the Cheng Ho are two indies, Mrs. D. Archbold, Washington coclety woman and one of the two sponsors for the expedition, and Mrs. Fairchild.
well-known in
Captain J. Fant of the vessel. j
Hongkong, is
Student Kills Gestapo Agent
Death Sentence For Alleged Assistant PRAGUE, Mar. 31 (Reuter),
The Chief of the Communist Party at Leningrad, in proposing the in- corporation, said: "Until recently these territories were a springboard for attack against the Sovici. They have now been liqukinted and made
a haven of peace and security."
New Railways Planned.
It is proposed to build a series of rallronds to link the old and new Karelia, Tho
Soviet Finance Commissar announced that this year's budget totalled 170,900,000,000 roubles which 18 per cent, Increase ever lust year's. The military allocation $7,000,000,000 as compared with 40,- 000,000,000 roubles last year, he said. The Session was adjourned until to discuss the budget
Mr. T. F. Kilkenney, to whose designs-The Gestapo is still looking Monday
the junk was constructed, is in charge for a Czech student who is said | separately,
Mr. Fenton
KII-
that
Mr.
of the expedition. Ife is accompanied to have shot a Gestapo agent by his nephew, Renney.
ten days ago and to have killed It Is understood
Dtwo Nazi frontier guards two lubrecht, who joined the Junk in days later. Hongkong, has left the expedition.
LONDON, Mar. 31 (Reuter). -During March there has been an interesting thing about Nazi propaganda, says the B.B.C. ob- server, presenting the monthly review of Nazi propaganda. slipways.
Dr. Cloebbels' Propaganda. Ministry is now trying hard to make people bellave`in : ils. truthfulness. There are aigns that Dr. Gochbels dis. turbed by reactions to the fantastic
Late on Saturday night, the special The Cheng Ilo was the biggest craft leourt in Prague passed sentence of to be launched from the Al. King death on the man who is said to have warned the student and to have helped him to escape, while another: man was sent to gnot for ten years for withholding Information from the Police.
Floods Threat
Nazi claims at the beginning of To Thousands
the
war in connection, for instance, with
the Graf Spec battle-which the Ger-
mans first claimed as a great victory Many U.S. States Now
the --and the repeated sinking of
Ark Koval.
Under Water
These false claims have left their SPECIAL TO THE mark. The Germans are now trying
NEW YORK, Mar. 31 (UP).
to re-establish their reputation even Heavy floods are threatening to the extent of apparently frankly thousands in New York State, admitting their own losses. These admissions are not necessarily truth-Pennsylvania, West Virginia and ful but they have admitted the loss, California.
of one plane almost as soon as the However, In most vicinities the
Many arrests have been made of people belleved to possess informa- ilon about the student,
So for the Nazl attempts to find
the student have not been successful.
NOT TO USE THE
DARDANELLES
SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH"
LONDON, Mar. 31 (UP)It has 'been ometally announced that Britain has not requested, nor received per
May Paralyse New York's Transport
Strike Threat By 50,000 Workers
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”. Transportation workers NEW YORK, Mar. 31 (UP).
threatening to paralyse New
are
York's subways, elevated rail-
waya, atreet car system, bus lines and taxis, which normally serve 7,000,000 people dally, by going on strike next Monday.
However, Mayor La Guard'n de-
$69,000,000 Dispute
Governments Agree Upon Arbitration
OSLO, Apr. 1
LISBON NEGOTIATES ON
MACAO INCIDENT
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
LISBON, Mar. 30 (UP).—The official spokesman of
Courageous Audacity
the Portuguese Office stated to-day:
Foreign
"Problems resulting from the occupation by the Japanese forces of Islands and Chinese territory in the Macao region are the objects of negotiations between the Portuguese and Japanese authorities at Macao. "Negotiations are also taking LONDON, Mar. 31 (Reuter).-Dls-place between the Lisbon and cussing recent events at Skager Rak, Tokyo Governments." the strip of water
British Submarine At Skager Rak
separating the. north tip of Denmark and south
Latest Macao Report SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”
Norway-avents which included the (Reuter)-An sinking of the German Edmund graph" Special Correspondent). MACAO, Mar. 31 ("Tele-
and Hugo
said
agreement for arbitration in connee- Heddernheim tion with the $00,000,000 claim for Stinnes,
by British submarines the
Investigations here reveal that compensation brought by Christopher Naval Observer of the B.B.C. Hannevig against the United States to-day that one of the most interest- while reports of actual Japanese Government has been reached by the ing features of this activity was that demands on Macao are doubtful, governments of Norway and the Skager Ruk might justifiably be con-in most delicate situation prevails United States.
sidered the home base for the Ger in the Portuguese Colony. 1 mins.
The Portuguese authorities are be→ toning by the United States Ship-icon-ore carrying ships, he said that lieved to be soft-pedalling objectiona
German Discussing the routes of ping Board in 1917 of shipbuilding the first part of the trip is easy, being to the increasing Japanese encroach- yards with contracts and materials in Norwegiun In which a Norwegian, Christopher where the enemy is not allowed to It is learned, for instance, that a
The claim arises from the requisi-¡
Hannevig, held large interesta,
Protracted Dispute
operate.
territorial
ments,
waters,
Alternative Routes
When the ships reach Skager Rak, Hannevig's chilms for compensa-
different tion have since been the subject of however,
circumstances protracted disputes between the two Prevail. Two routes lle before the ships, The quickest in down the west coast of Denmark to Hamburg, Under the agreement, two a good port for unloading Iron-ore governments have concealed to ex-cargoes. It means a dash across change pleas within certain time- Skager Rok with the enemy lurking” limits, and if within six months after in the North Sea.
governments.
the
the last plea is presented they have: The other route is down' the cast not agreed on a settlement, the mat-coast of Denmark, This is almost as ter will be referred to an American good as home waters, The wholej
Court of Claims.
Journey could be made in neutral, and German territorial waters, but The agreement is subject to rat- the latter part of the journey is more fication.
dangerous owing to rocks and other navigational dangers.
ADMIRAL BYRD ON WAY HOME Antarctic Expedition Is
A Success
Knowing that the cargoes are ur-|
the ships decide to gently needed, run the risk of making the 60-miles dash across Skoger Rak. Protecting| ships can be held ready to guard them.
Scams Incredible
Air Ministry has announced it in floods are expected to recede to-imission from Turkey for British war-clared to-day that the trouble would tie, has arrived at Punta Arenas / abound and have to be discovered ar
London.
Things Slip Badly
The idea is to create an impression of frankness, but things slipped badly' over the Nazi raid on Scapa Flow and the R.A.F. rald on Sylt,
Take the case of Scapa Flow. Lon- don announces that, one Warship was PLEASE Turn To Page 7.
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night.
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Thousands have abandoned their ships to use the Dardanelles,
-
homes on the advice of lio Red Cross. Property damage is high, especially
Mr. A. van Byner, of No. 7. Jaffee where 200,000 acres of low-lying Police that between, March 17 and crops in northern California, Rond, Wanchai, une reported to the
form lands ore inundated.
March 20, during his absence, some Two deaths. are reported from one broke into his flat and stole West Pennsylvania, one from New clothing, money, pletures and other York, and Avo from California. articles to the total value $521.00.
The
wlitch
elen.
On the other side of the picture, SANTIAGO, Mar. 31 (Reuter) of being in someone else's garden. the Royal Navy has the disadvantage Admiral Richard Byrd, who has been Mines and anti-aubmarine devices teading an expedition to the Antare-
(Chile), be settled before then,
Then too, the naval units have to Transport Workers Union, He said that he was very; satisfied operate some 600 miles from their controls 50,000 transportation with the results of the expedition home base and as they have to travel workers, is demanding that the City and that a very wide region had the same distance horne again, the the Closed Shop and to give recogni- rological data. accepta Union contracts, including been covered by air to gather meteo- operating time is limited. They have also to try to give no warning lon to the right to atriko,
Admiral Byrd added that they had of their approach, Mayor La Guardia has approved of sailed 7,000 miles by his ship, North
But German ships have been sunk. the demand, but requests that a Star, without encountering ship or Here again, things are dimelt for settlement be left to a court decision, land.
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Japanese
entered crat actually Macho harbour two weeks ago whilst chasing a Chinese Junk, on which it fired Inside the harbour limits.
The Portuguese authorities have accepted the Japanese explanation PLEASE Turn To Pago 7.
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