Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
April 16, 1940.
DONALD DUCK
DOGGONE SUCH A JOB!
DEPOT
PHOOIE! "WHAT D' THEY THINK THIS IS, A
DAY NURSERY?
FRAGILE
FRAGILE
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SIDE UP
HANDLE WITH
CARE!
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World Richts Rel
Thousands Of Norwegians Said Cut-Off NAZIS SCORING SOME EARLY VICTORIES
STOCKHOLM, Apr. 15 · (Reuter).--Latest_reports indicate that the Germans are having considerable local successes in Norway.
Attention is focussed on the south-eastern front, where the Germans are reported to have cut off several thousand Norwegians.
The situation at Konigsvinger
is considered critical.
The петирарет, "Social Demokrate" estimates that the Germans have at least 16,000 men in this sector and the fall of the town in considered imminent despite the Norwegian resistance.
Count For Little, Unless- Military circles, however, say that these swift successes count for ittie unless there in a constant Row of reinforcements
Furthermore, it is pointed out that the Germans need heavy artillery and other supplies which cannot all be transported by air.
Evidence that the Germans are already faced with a fuel shortage is provided by the fact that two planes made forced landings in Sweden yesterday owing to inck of petro).
Norwegian Troops Intornod LONDON, Apr. 15 (Reuter).— Yesterday's war news from Norway reported that in the south-east the Germans are trying to widen their sphere of Influence.
Danish Ship Ignores Nazi Instructions
Arrives In Hongkong
For Protection
IGNORING Nazi instructions from Copenhagen to remain in neutral Danish
port, the 6,000-ton motor-vessel Panama arrived in Hongkong early this morning to place herself at the disposal of the British naval authorities.
FRAGILE
KEEP RIGHT
HERE is an interesting picture of the Stavanger aerodrome in Norway which the R.A.F. have been repeatedly bombing with great success since it was captured by the Germans last week.
New Attack JAPANESE
On 'Drome
Great R.A.F. Activity
Over Norway
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
this operation.
AT BAY
Chinese Press Their
New Offensive
Chinese troops have intensi-
By Walt Disney
Italy Hints Entry Into War Soon
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BERLIN, Apr. 15 (UP). "Italy only awaits a favourable opportunity," de- clares the newspaper "Der Angriff."
"That moment is much nearer."
now
The German newspaper was referring to the radio broadcast by Giovanni Ansaldo, editor of Clano's organ, the "Telegrafo," in which he referred directly to the possibility of Italy soon entering the war.
Why Hitler Invaded Scandinavia
Inside Story Revealed By Dr. Rauschning
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
NAZIS
FRESH WHITE-BUTTON
MUSHROOMS
$225
per lb.
LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.
REDUCED
1 Battle-Cruiser
1 Pocket Battleship
1 Light Cruiser
TO
11 Destroyers Half The Number Of U-Boats
LONDON, Apr. 15 (British Wireless).-Now that more de- tailed reports are available of the naval action in Norwegian waters, it is possible to give a fair estimate of what part of the German fleet, as it existed at the beginning of the war, is now. left capable of action.
Authoritative London naval circles express the opinion that the effective strength of the German fleet consists of one battle cruiser, possibly one pocket battleship, one light cruiser, 11 destroyers and half the numberof U-boats.
Of her two battle-cruisers, the Gneisenau has been elaled as sunk by the Norwegians, and the Scharn- horst was seriously damaged by the Renown.
the
With the Graf Spee scuttled and the Admiral Scheer torpedoed, there is the Deutschland left of only pocket battleships, and she has sud- denly become the Lulzow, leaving her former name to be given to one of the new battleships recently Inunclied.
At the time of the announcement, the German practice of handing on the names of sunken, ships to new vessels was recalled.
Cheap Rice Campaign
Shanghai To Launch $1,000,000 Effort
SHANGHAI, Apr. 16, (Reu- ter).—A campaign to raise $1,000,000 to finance cheap rice sales for the benefit of the city's poor will be launched in the near future with the co-operation of businessmen, Relief Committee and city officials.
Public contributions will be sought in a big charity drive
Members of the Committee handl-
How Ships Have Been Lost Of the two heavy cruisers, one, later announced by the German Com mund as the Blucher, has been sunk, LONDON, Apr. 16 (UP)fied their operations along the
but it is thought that this announce- The Air Ministry has announced Yangtse River below. Hankow,
ment was probably made to cover the loss of the Gneisenau and the Blucher This action on the part of the that the Royal Air Force this according to reports from East
or another "Hipper" class vessel the Hupeh. On Sunday night, a Muster of the Panama is taken morning again bombed to indicate that the Danish ship- Stavanger aerodrome.
Chinese column recaptured LONDON, April 16 (UP), which has been sunt as well.
One light cruiser was sunk by the to relieve the plight of many The Ministry clums
that there Lushengkang, south of Haishui, Hitler's invasion of Denmark Ursula in December; one was hit by thousands of poor and underfed. owners or their agents and Mas-
and Norway had a two-fold ob- a torpedo from the Salmon in the ters in Far Eastern waters have were no British losses as a result of and advanced on Lanki.
It is further claimed that another jective, in the opinion of Herr. same month in circumstances which ing the sales of rice have already no intention of aiding the Ger-
Daylong Activity
column passed over the hilly regions Hermann Rauschning, former raised a strong presumption that she personally man occupation of Denmark by LONDON, Apr. 15 (Reuter). The at Kwangtsi on the same day and President of the Danzig Senate on April 6; one was hit by a bomb
sank; one was sunk by a submarine $300,000. Three hundred Norwegian troops who crossed over the Swedish frontier tying up their ships,
Air Ministry this evening announced: pushed toward Wusuch and Tien-
well-known of Bergen on April 9; the Karlsruhe have been interned,
The Panama was safe in Manila Reconnaissance of the Norwegian chtachen. No active resistance was and author of the
was sunk on April 10 and one was when the Germans invaded Den-const has continued throughout the put up by the Japanese, says "Central book "Hitler Told Me."
hit by three bombs on April 10, leav mark.
day, Despite unfavourable weather News."
Firstly, he believes, it is Hitler's probably one of this type still In North Hudan, several Chinese She left Manila on Sunday for an conditions, the Stavanger aerodrome
iron ore supply serviceable.
The sales are sold to have been unknown destination. Rumours on has again been bombed. Several units swooped down on Yanglowsze aim to guard 'the
11 Destroyers Sunk
held at big losses to Die
to the Committco. the Manila waterfront stated that she sections of Air Force aircraft un the Canton-Hankow Railway on from Sweden.
22 destroyers, of Mr. Yu Ya-ching, Chairman of the Germany had would attempt to run to the United engaged, all
which
Saturday night. They broke through
Secondly, he wishes 10 secure which I definitely have been sunk, Committee and a prominent business States for
the Japanese barbed-wire barricades safety.
revealed mon and philanthropist, Indignant Denial
and set fire to the railway station and favourable U-Boat and aerial hases with a strong probability of two or
to permit him to carry out a massive three more.
that he and the Committee have Japanese supply depots nearby,
allack against the United Kingdom.
In the week April 8 to 14, 19 petitioned the National Government German transport and supply ships for foreign exchange at Government were destroyed, and one of 8,514 tons rates so that the purchase price of ind three trowlers have been rice from Saigon will be lower. captured.
There is no further news from Narvik but it may be significant that on Sunday night the Admiralty was able to publich a list of casualties from II.M, destroyer Lardy which ran aground on Wednesday.
When these rumours were conveyed
in
of the
safely."
were
returned
Reinforcements Routed
Herr
of The list only gives the names of 15 killed out of a total complement
Raid On Air Base of 175. It will be remembered that
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" some of the Hardy's men were seen to the Master of the Panama he sent LONDON, April 15. (UP)-The going ashore fully armed on a lean indignant radio denial to flangkong, Brkish Air Ministry announces that A Japanese forage party of about
Invasion Of England military expedition of their own.
stating that he was en route to the R.A.F. bombers have carried out 100 men is said to have been wiped It is reported from Stockholm that British Colony as per schedule. new raids on the Nazi air base at out by Chinese troops at Nameng, on "An invasion, of England does not seven German soldiers from Narvik
The Panuma is one of 25 ships of Sula, outside Stavanger.
the Kwangtung-Kwongsi border ale outside the strategical plan of the
Ollie transports have been bombed have crossed the Swedish trontier and
Germon explosive few days ago, high
High Command," the East Asiatic Line, one
Incendiary and
and at least two convoys were tor- are now interned.
biggest shipping lines in the Danish bombs were dropped on the ground Japanese reinforcements counter- Rauschning declared.
pedoed, but precise details are as yet Naxis Uso Parachutes"
which defences, registry..
were subsequently { attacking" in the "Anyl sector, "about
to lacking. "Geering personally intimated LONDON, Apr. 15 (Reuter)-The
Hongkong of this vessel | machine-gunned by constat recon-20 miles north-west of Nanchang me before the war that he was pre-
It is probable that certain Nazl darkness were routed by
last the Chinese Norwegian Government Radlo, quoted
here to indicate that many planes during by the Stockholm Wireless, states other Danish and Norwegian ships and a heavy rain squall.
Friday with heavy casualties..
pared, in case of extreme necessity, ships, which were building at the that German parachute troops landed will follow sult.
Heavy anti-aircraft Are was C11-
In North-west Klangsi the Chinese to use and sacrifice Germany's entire beginning of the war, are now in yesterday near Dombaas the railway. Junction for the line from Oslo to proximately 70 Danish and
It is estimated that there are ap-countered but the raiders suffered no are pushing toward Juichant. They air force in an effort to permit an commission but such naval strength
Nor- damngte.
have reached Hochlagu, some dis- army of occupation to invade Eng-ns Germany had is gravely impaired. Trondheim und the linc from
tance west of Juichang. Transports Bombed wegian ships on the China coast. The Anndalanes.
aggregate is over 30,000 tons,
LONDON, Apr. 15 (UP).-The Two More Ships Expected BERLIN, Apr. 15 (Reuter}-The With 2,000 tons of cargo for Hong-Admiralty officially announces that official German news agency claims that Norwegian
numbering kong on board, the 0.050-ton Danish fifteen planes of the Fleet Air Arma over 2,000 have surrendered to Ger- motorship Panama of the East Asla-successfully attacked German trans- mt troops in the Christiansand re-tie Co, arrived here this morning ports and airplanes in Bergen yester
clay.
Latest German Claim
forces
1,000 Soldiers Interned
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH STOCKHOLM, Apr. 18° (UP).
નવું
leved
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
flying-bont was
of the Panama in-uned and set aüre.
The newspaper states that many of ignoring the Nazi instructions joven the officers and soldiers are mentally over die Copenhagen radin. depressed because of their inability
to fight the invaders.
They attribute their surrender to the fact that their machine guns und rifles have been sabotaged. When
the Brearms were issued they could not be used because they lacked in- portant parts.
War Without Scruples
Canadians To Mount Guard
Quisling Resigns Say Nazis
LONDON, Apr. 15 (Reuter). The German-controlled Oslo Radio an-
land," he added.
The attempt secure operational More Border Raid
in Norway is
to an attempt bases realise this German plan.
"The plan will be preceded by the
Victims
occupation of Sweden, which may Five Chinese, Ko Ying, Wong Sun, well occur within the next few days."Wong Yuen, Lau Tai and Wal Chai, have been admitted to the Queen Mary Hospital following the bombing of shayuchung on April 13.
Colourful Ceromony Inn Oslo by the Germans, has resigned Germany she will, in all probability,
London To-day
from Manila and Europe.
Russia Unpredictable Several hits were obtained and one Two more of the same Company's flect the 8,597-ion Afrika and the transport was set afire.
Whether Soviet Russia will play a 10.517-ton Danmark are expected to A small storeship was sunk announced that the Quisling Puppet part is unpredictable, Herr Rausch- The "Aften Bladet" reports from i arrive at Hongkong early next month. large
Government has resigned and that ning said. The arrival of
the administration of the German-
suppose, however, Russia will Karlistad that over one thousand dicates that Danish ships are evident- One of the British plones failed to
occupied regions in Norway is taken take advantage of the opportunity Norwegian soldiers, including several following the request of the return.
over by an "Administrative Com-Hitler's invasion of Scandinavia pre- oficers, have crossed the fronter end British Admiralty and are concentrat-
mittee" headed by M. Christensen, seals to try and secure access to the have been interned,
ing at British ports. They are thus
Chief of Lac Oslo Municipal Council. Atlantic.
Failure Admitted
"It is
is conceivable that there will be within SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" Russo-German co-operation
of prior military STOCKHOLM, Apr. 15 (UP)-the formality Stockholm-Radio announced to-day allance.
with "I Russin does co-operate that Quisling, the Nazi puppet set up
make a simultaneous invasion of all his "premiership".
with
the failure of the puppet the Baltic States-Latvia, Lithuanio, government to obtain any support Estonia and Finland.” LONDON, Apr. 15 (British Wire from the Norwegians, the Germans less).Detachments of the First have decided to establish a Property
Other Speculations will Division Canadian
march Council to administer German-occu-
LONDON, Apr. 15 (British Wire- when the Royal 22nd
The first act Commissioner for Danzig, are the French Canadian Regiment and the publish a warning against sabotage. of Denmark and Norway, stress has motiva inspiring Germany's invasion feature of Professor Burckhardt's Toronto Scottish arrive to take over
King Haakon of Norway held a been Inid in some quarters on what report to the League just published. short period of Guard duties at the State Council with his Defence were stated to be the augmented WASHINGTON, Apr. 15 (Reuter), On August 14 last, Hitler told Pro-Royal Palaces.
Each unit is sending about 80 men, misters to-day. They reported on steres of petrol in Denmark as well
the military -Mr. Henry Morgenthau. Secretary fessor Burckhardt that he would not
slation to His Majesty, as Danish food supplies. of the US Treasury, announced to-wage war like the Kaizer, who al-all chosen for duty at Buckingham
Successor Found
Authorities in fuel questions in SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"* day that the Treasury is studying the ways had scruples regarding the ap-Palace being six feet tall.
Britain are not inclined to place very Orics To King possibility of setting oft possible plication of all the means at his dis
STOCKHOLM, April 10 (UP) high Germany's gains in petrol. The losses to American lavestors in Nor-posal."
of the Grenadier Ingolf Elster Christensen, the
60-total supplies avallable in Denmark Ifler sald that he was certain that Guards and the Welsh Guards will year-old Norwegian Nazl
writer way and Denmark by taking over
who was are put by one
nt 200,000 Danish and Norwegian funds im he could count on Italian and Japan- attend the Mounting of the Guard Prefect of Oslo and was
former tons, equal only to a fortnight's Ger- ceremonies and the pipe band of the Minister pounded here.
hos of War,
replaced man peace-time consumption. Toronto Scottish will be augmented Quisting as the puppet Premier of If this figure is compared with the by that of the Scots Guarda.
Norway.
Fenerally-accepted estimate that in Apart from their guard duties, the
Germans Quisling becomes
of the Polish campaign the Canadians will furnish a sergeant Demobilization in the German-used 2,500,000 tons of petrol in three from cicli unit to serve as orderlies occupied areas,
weeks, It is seen to represent a very
On Swedish Bordor STOCKHOLM, Apr. 16 (Reuter), — The Germans are reported to have
der at two points.
Is Hitler's Dictum
(Reuter),
15
GENEVA, Apr. Professor. Burckhardt, the League Saturday
reached the Norweglan-Swedish bor-Sensational utterances by Hitler to through Lonton to-morrow and envied territory, of the Council was to less).In the speculation on the
Dino at tho
ese alliances.
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Handbag Snatched supply Germany.
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also that Germany scized the whole of this, Danish Ingriculture would be deprived of motor power and would be unable to Moreover, to come by this mall Germany has been involved in Mr. A. C. Jeffreys has reported to Mrs. R. Maglen of Kennedy Road, a campaign which is costing heavy the Police the theft of money and Military quarters, reported to the expenditure in petrol. jewellery from his house at Prince Police that
Incdentally. Germany is reported Edward Road. The articles, valued snatched her handbag, valued with to be experiencing grent difficulty in at 302, was taken from his bed its contents at $38, whilst he was obtaining Rumanian oll owing to the
I walking in Battery Path yesterday, flooding of the Danube,
room
unidentified Chinese
subscribed more than
Guilds To Subscribe It is expected that the rest will be obtained among the business guilds. Rice sales are discontinued until $1,000,000 has been raised.
British Legation Arrives Home--
LONDON, Apr. 15 (Reuter).~ Members of the British Legation and Consulate staff in Denmark, includ arrived in England to-night. Ing the British Minister to Denmark, Party Of 82 Safo LONDON, Ápr. 15 (British Wire- less)-A party consisting of British diplomatic and consular officials and
from released
Ben- their relatives mark arrived in England to-night.
They numbered 82 and included the British Minister in Copenhagen, Mr. Howard Smith,
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