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五拜疆 號九十月四英港香 FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1940. 日二十月三
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Saturday, Sunday, Monday-and then, there begins in the "Hongkong Telegraph" the most grip- ping story that any news- paper has ever published.
It is a story that will dis- close to you the tremendous secrets that lie behind tire
Wau".
The author is a man who kumes more of these secrete thau any other Englishman....
Be is Sir Nevile Henderson, who was Britale's Ambassador in Der-
in until lust September.
MIS STORY—THE FIRST FILL ACCOUNT OF TWO UNEASY YEARS OF PEACE—WILL AP- PEAR EXCLUSIVELY IN THE "HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,"
SIR NEVILE, HENDERSON. believes that the way to prevent war breaking oul again is
"first to give the Germans thorough thrashing on the field and show them that aggression does not pay and that Ifiller has led them on a path of destruc- tlon."
He thinks the victorious Allies. should murch to Berlin.
Once there they should negotiate "without runcur and without pelinesa, fair honourable pence, a peace that will be genuine und Jasting, one that will free the Ger- man nntion for ever train the curse of Nazidom."
.
Sir Nevile will tell you-from his
long experience of the Nazi leaders
why he has come to these cont elusions.
NEW VICTIM OF AGGRESSION
A
LONG QUEUES lined up at the polling booths in Shanghai for the Shanghal Municipal Council elections, which resulted in an overwhelming victory for the "Anglo-Saxon bloc.“ This photograph, Just received in Hongkong,, shows some of the voters.-Domci.
Nazi Spies In
Peace Memorial Scholarship Result
United States Orient's Highest
BREAKING THE DIPLOMATS More Active Than They Scholastic Honour
TRADITIONAL RESERVE, HE
WILL GIVE YOU THE INSIDE STORY OF THOSE THREE DRAMATIC MEETINGS DE- TWEEN CHAMBERLAIN
HITLER.
AND
Were In Norway
WASHINGTON, Apr. 18, (Reuter)Mr. Martine Dies, Chairman of the Congression- Committee investigating
al
MORE U.S. PLANES un-American activities, stated
FOR ALLIES
-WASHINGTON, Apr. 18 (Reuter).
Mr. Arthur Purvis, head of the)
Purchasing Anglo French
Com- mission, has announced that contracts were signed in New York yesterday. for "huje quantities" of Curtiss pur- suit planes and Douglas bambers.
He added that another contract was concluded and would be signed in- mediately for a type of plane which Mr. Purvis did not litentify but which is one of the remaining late types of planes released for foreign sale by the War Department last week.
that Nazi and Communist ngents, for the purpose of sabotage and espionage, have penetrated key American in- dustries "vital to the country In case of war and also to the Allies if large shipments to them are planned." =
Mr. Dies said that his Com mittee was looking into the situation and added: "E AR going to show that in the United States we have a Tro- jan horse situation worse than Norway's,"
Torpedoed Crow's Shocking Experience
15 DIE FROM SLOW
STARVATION AND THIRST
SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH”
LONDON, April 18 (UP).—Of twenty-four members
Won By C.B.S. Boy
__TO_WILLIAM_PRYDE, prominent-Central British School footballer, cricketer and athlete, has fallen the greatest scholastic honour to be obtained by British boys in the Far East-the Peace Memorial Scholarship of £1,350.
The scholarship entitles the holder to three-years residence at a University in England as well as a first-class passage to Hame and back.
Follows Brother's Footsteps
Pryde's achievement the more remark- able by Frasin Di the fact that i hag
in followed brother's footsteps. Two years Walter Pryde whe was also a C.B.S. student. won the Peace Memoriall prize and is now! studying at Cain- bridge University." These two brit- liant boys are the Sons of Mr. Walter Pryde, chairman of the ifongkunsa. Football Arcocia 1lon. and thelr SUCCENSES werd gained in the face of siff opposition,
China.
from all parts of
:::
Previously two scholarships were
onc
Turkey May Be Dragged Into War
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
ANKARA, Apr. 18 (UP). -A French military mission has arrived from Syria to commence talks with the Turkish General Staff.
rancan
FURTHER PRECAUTIONS BY NEUTRAL COUNTRIES
LONDON, APR. 18. (REUTER).—FOLLOWING MR. CHAMBER- LAIN'S STATEMENT THIS AFTERNOON, “REUTER” LEARNS ON RELIABLE AUTHORITY THAT ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO FEELING IN LONDON THAT THE BALKAN COUNTRIES ARE IN IMMINENT DANGER OF ATTACK, LITTLE DOUBT IS HELD THAT ALLIED FORCE WOULD, IF NECESSARY, BE USED TO PROTECT THE INDEPENDENCE AND INTEGRITY OF THE BALKAN COUNTRIES AGAINST ANY THREAT THAT MIGHT ARISE...
IT IS POINTED OUT THAT DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT WILL BE FORTHCOMING FOR THE BALKAN ENTENTE IN ITS ATTEMPTS TO IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH BULGARIA AND TO DEVELOP THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE BALKAN COUNTRIES.
It is recognised in London that the independence of each country is of common interest' to all and anything that can be done to promote real Balkan solidarity will be done.
TRADE ASSISTANCE
It is understood that the work of the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation will be directed to supplementing rather than supplanting the existing channels of trade.
The purpose is to develop commercial exchanges on a permanent basis.
It is understood that this involves assistance to the Balkans to develop their own resources.
NAVAL GUNS GO INTO ACTION
Stavanger Shelled From The Sea
TIME
FOR THE FIRST SINCE 1918 BRITISH NAVAL GUNS HAVE GONE INTO
To a considerable extent the trade will likely be on a barter basis and the question of enabling the Balkan countries to buy production goods on a kind of instalment system and paying for them with their own products ACTION AGAINST AN OB- would receive the most sympathetic consideration. SWITZERLAND PREPARED
JECTIVE ASHORE.
Recalling the bombardment of Gallipoli just twenty-five years the guns of ago this month, ZURICH, Apr. 18 (Reuter).—“We will attack ener- H.M. ships off the Norwegian getically everywhere" are the words in a decree signed coast poured a rain of shells into M. Marcel Pilet-Golaz, President of the Swiss the Nazi airport outside Stavan- ger at down yesterday, accord- Confederation, and General Guisan, Commander-in-Chief ing to a "Reuter" message. of the Army, regarding arrangements in case of a surprise invasion.
by
Soldiers on leave, except those abroad, and all military vehicles and draught horses will be im-] mediately mobilised.
measures
The deeree envisages against parachutists, saboteurs and propagandists serving the enemy, and enjoins the civilians to obey the (military authorities.
The decree is not due to a deteriora-
tion of the situation, which is con- sidered to have improved slightly.
Swiss Mobilisation SPECIAL TO THE "TELEONAPH**
ZURICH, Apr. 18 (UP)The Federal Council has called up 65,000 more territorials, of which about 32,000 will be called on May # and June 17%
Body Found At Deep- Wtr. Bay
Identified As Mr. L. G.
H. Peris De Silva
The body of Mr. L. G. H. Peria de
Silva, aged 27, a native of Galle, Ceylan, who was employed by Messrs. A. J. Windsor and Co., of Hankow Rond, Kowloon, was found by the Water Police at Deep Water Bay yesterday afternoon.
The deceased came to Hongkong precisely two years ago as a jewellery salesman, and he had been missing since Saturday last, which was his birthday.
An Easy Target · The naval bombardment was pre- ceded by two heavy aerial attacks by British bombers. The main aerial rald was carried out at dawn, the British planes thoroughly bombing runway and some transport planes on the edge of the field.
Simultaneously with this adrial bombardment, the guns of the British warships went into action.
the
The aerodrome provided an easy target for the warships, which stood
PLEASE Turn To Paga. 7.
LATEST
WARNING TO SKIPPERS
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” WASHINGTON, Apr. 10 (UP),— The Norwegian Legation issued a warning to caplains of all Nor-
Falso instructions, sald the Lega-
were being issued to the Nor- - wegian captains,
These instructions purported to come from the Norwegian Ship- owners' Association in Oslo,
But the Germans in Oslo were
-the forcing shipowners and the Ship- owners' Association to give orders
Meanwhile, the return of the British envoys to their Turkish and-Balkan posts from the con- ference in London is expected to mark new and firmer Allied
Swiss Manzuros
A unique Buddhist ceremony in the of the crew of the Stanhope Steamship Company's new awarded annually to British boys in
policies towards Germany.
SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH"
Sinhalese language will take place at BASLE, Apr. This may inspire German mill-
18 (UP)-Tite the
and Colonial Cemetery.
the steamer Stancliffe, who took to a lifeboat after the ship China. Last year only
Federal Council and Swiss was tary action
Army cortege will pass the Monument at in south-eastern Command have issued a joint state- 5 p.m. to-day. was torpedoed without warning, only nine survived the available and strong competition was Europe when the Allied plan be-ment, announcing that measures have terrible ordeal of slow starvation and thirst before rescue sin and Shanghai.
forthcoming, especially from Tien-comes effective.
been adopted in order to meet the LONDON, Apr 19 (Reuter)~~Ad-wegian ships in foreign seas to-day. Some quarters even predilet a menace of any surprise Invasion of miral Sir Edward Evans, botter come to hand.
The object of the scholarship os luld that she can no longer remain aloof
situation in which Turkey will find Switzerland, "In addition, the explosions killed) The Stancliffe was torpedoed three deck Omeers, the radio operator, down by the founder is to encourage from the war, despite the
The announcement is directed to known perhaps as "Evans of Broke current the civilian population and militia- en appointed as Naval Attache to Scandinavia. He is also regional Inst Friday and the nine sur-the gunnery officer, the first and third boys to turn to the laboratory, the Italian manoeuvres in the Mediter- PLEASE Turn To Pago 7. A.R.P. Director In London. vivors spent a week in an open Engineers, the chief and second, workshop or the land. lifeboat without food.
stewards, the messroom boy and two
The winners of the scholarship Two Germans were expelled to- scamen Dramatic stories of their
may choose any University for the day. **They were All In the dining continuance of his studies, but it is Turkoy's Precautiona ordeals were told by those of the saloon, having breakfast, when the stipulato that one of the following ISTANBUL, Apr. 18 (Reuter) -- survivors who were able to explosion occurred. Wo never saw subjects must be taken: Electrical A Bill ensuring "national safety from speak to-night.
them again.
Engineerlag, Synthetic Chemistry, within" will shortly be introduced in Practical Farming, or Horticulture. the National Assembly by the Tur- "The remaining 24 of us took to a
kish Parliament, it is reported from The successful candidate is chosen Ankara. lifeboat.
Acuta Sufforing
by the Examination Syndicate of Cambridge University.
Military courts will be established "We suffered most acutely from
at each army corps headquarters for of offences coming under the irial "We were 40 miles off the Scottish exposure, wel and cold during the
category of, firstly, espionage; second- The incident occurred on April 51 the attack Best appeared before the const last Friday when a U-Boat time we were drifting helplessly in fired two torpedoes
Like his brother, William is not ly, knowingly spreading false news when Judge Burgis was stabbed four Tribunal of which Judge Burais was only a brilliant scholar, but a rst- detrimental to the country's Interests; unes in the back at the station applic us without the sea. warning.
class sportsman. An excellent all-thirdly, spreading false news relating while awalling a train. He was taken
Best's application to be registered "The terrific explosions completely "We sighted a warship about a round cricketer he has for two years to national defence; fourthly, divulg to hospital in a serious condition. as a conscientious objector was dig- destroyed the bridge, and the blast mille nway on Friday night, and been captain of the C.B.3. first eleven, ing military secrets, p
znlased. either swept the Captain overboardt burned flares. But she did not see and this season has made a name for These found guilty will be liablo to The defendant Best reserved his or killed him. We never SAW him us
i 1 himself in Hongkong league football, severe penalties from which there defence and was committed to trial.
PLEASE Turn To Pago 7. will be no appeal
Carpentor's Story
One of the survivors was Willlom Hickey, the ship's carpenter. He said:
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Fino Sportsman
the
PACIFIST ACCUSED OF STABBING JUDGE
LONDON, Apr. 18 (Reuter),~~A man named Best appeared In the Manchester Police Court to-day and pleaded not guilty to stabbing Judgo Burgis, Chairman of the LancasKire-Cheshire Conscientious Objectors, Tribunal.
It was stated that on the day before
Judge Burgis was not sufficiently recovered from his Injuries to appear in Court to-day,
under duress.
The Norwegian Foreign Minister has Instructed masters of all Nor-
wegion vessels in the Far East or in. American waters to contact, the Nor- wegian Consulate in New York.
Gorman Announcement GPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH" CRISTOBAL, Canal Zone, Apr. 10 (UP) The German Consul, Herr PLEASE Turn To Pago 10,
Son Back · Fago. Fou Purther: Kata News".