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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
May 14, 1940.
Tuesday,
ON DUTCH
FIGHTING COMPANY WIRELESS
REPORT OPERATORS
TERRITORY Morcantile Bank Pays CHARGED
Invaders Have Almost Split Country In Two
By J. A. MORRIS
UNITED PRESS FOREIGN 'EDITOR
NEW YORK, May 13 (UP). The German armies have suc- ceeded in splitting Holland al most in two and have broken Belgium's strong first line of de fence by crossing the Albert Canal.
Twolve Por Cont.
The annual report of the Mer- cantile Bank of India, Ltd., for the year ending December 31, 1030, states:
The balance of Praft and LoBS
ed.
Serious Offences Alleged
with the
Two wireless operators, Loung Account for the year amounts to Tse-hong, 33, and Lung Chiu- £105,000. 139. 10d, and the amount kong, 29, of the Water Police avallible atter adding £177,770 Os. 11d. brought forward from last ac- Stations appeared on remand be
143 count is £373,038
From fore Mr. E. Hinsworth at the this sum has to be deducted £63,000, Kowloon Magistracy to-day with being the interim dividend of per offences connected cent, less Income Tax, on the "A" "g" and "C" shutes paid in Septem- Tele-communication Ordinance ber last.
and Defence Regulations. The Directors have added £13,000 Another wireless operator, Cheung to the Officers' Pension Fund, written Sau-wai, 35, said to be from Macao, the other two and £25,000 off Freehold Banking Fre-appeared with miacs, and made on additional alloca with them he was accused of having 25 tion of £30,000 to Contingencies on divers dates between February Account.
and April 25 conspired together to They now recommend final dividend on the "A" "B" and knowingly send or transmit by tele- "C" Shares of 6 per cent., leas In- graph instructions for utilizing means receiving or come Tax (making 12 per cent, for of secretly conveying, balance of recording Information. the year), tenving
£179,030 iis, Od. to be curried for- Mr. J. Reynolds, Crown Counsel, appeared for the prosecution and Mr. d'Almada Sr., represented Leo Leang, Mr. G. S. Ford represented Lung and Mr. Alfred Y. Hon acted for Cheung.
This is the most obvious result of the fighting in the Lowlands for the past 24 hours, By erossing the Meuse River and King Albert Canal, the great forres- ses al Llege are compromised, as are the Belgian defences along the southern bank of the canal itselt.
The removal of the Netherlands Government to London Indientes that the plight of the Dutch Army Invaders now Is serious and the apparently threaten The Higur
An agency of the Bank has been Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
reached posi-opened at Jaffna, Ceylon. Allled armies have lons in Belg
Belgium's secundary de- fences behind Liege, and bats aldes predict that it is here that the greatest battle of all times will be fought.
The Germans claim to live laken 18,000 prisoners in the operations in the Netherlands,
Gronigen Occupied Meanwhile, the Germans claim to have thrust forward on all fronts in Holland, particularly in the Zuyder of Zee
The area.
occupation Gronigen
Province, in the extreme north, has been completed,
German arited forces clashed wiir te Netherlands troops in, a severe
word.
The following Directors relire by rotation, under Articles 110 and 117 of the Articles of Association, but, being eligible, offer themselves for Charles A. Innes, re-election: Sir
Mr. P. R. Chalmers.
It will be necessary to appoint auditors. Messrs. Cooper Brothers and Co., and Messrs W. A. Drowne and Co., the retiring auditats, offer themselves for re-election.
The report was submitted to share holders ut the annual meeting held in London last month,
Swiss-Paint-Out-
Mr. d'Almada applied for an ad- journment until 11 am, on Saturday and as there was no objection from those concerned, the adjournment' was made.
The Police was represented by Detective Inspector A. E. Carey.
Charges In Detail
Leung was on two counts of "means of secret communication" and WOS | alleged to have had, on April 25, in bla possesslon two marked printed documents and a document with writ ten_characters,-being-tele-communica- or call signs, for utilizing a means
. On the same recording uformilon. day, he was alleged to have had a document with Chinese. und English characters, for the same purpose.
pitched battle south-west of St. Caricature On 'Plantaerely conveying, receiving
Trong, and the Germand (quoted by United Press) elohim to have repulsed the defenders by overwhelming air co-operation.
DNI claims that a Dutch General and his staff were taken prisoner Hear Tibus Communique
BASLE.
or
A enricature a! Mr. Winston Churchill was painted on the side of the Demiler bomber which landed at Basle yesterday and whost crew of four were interned,
Airport offelals gave no reason for SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" the Dornter's call. Their only com- GEIMAN
7 4 10 FIELD HEADQUAR-ment was "Switzerland is neutral.“ or by a person licensed under the
TERS, May 13 (UP). The following But they painted out the caricature. official communique has been issued
At dawn to-day Swiss airmen by the Common High Cohumand:
The Genuan armies attacked with ped aboard the Dornier and flew
it to the interior of Switzerland. good wide progress on May 12.
The Dornier was equipped with "Cur troops
advaneing
incendiary bombs and machine-guns. Holland west of the Suhr-Vellim An hour earlier another. German Canal. They have established co-bomber cressed the Upper Rhine at tact
with our troops whleb landed at Huninngus on the French frontier a Rotterdant from aeroplanes.
mile from Basle. Anti-aircraft open
are
"In. Belgiún a passage has beened are but the German airplane con- forced over the King Albert Cunal tinued on its flight. north-west of Hasselt?
Dutch Communique Itadio-Hilversum has
Broadcast LATE
the following official Dutch com- munique!
"German armoured cars have cop- lured Lagstraat.
NEWS
(Continued from Page 1.)
"A small detachment of heavily It is significant that the Labuur armed German parachute troops are Party's decision to join the Govern- still operating in south Rotterdam.ment was ratified by a majority of They are not equipped with stillery 2,400,000 to 127,000. As it portent, and are now being, successfully such a vote deserves to rank with the attacked by our forces."
Commons vote of confidence by u Dutch Withdrawal
majority of 381 to nil. Such is one LONDON, May 13 (Reuter),-A of the unconsidered effects achieved Dutch High Command--communique, by the latest 1 Hitler outrage Broadcast from Hilversum this after- noon, stated that the German troops which crossed the Yssel River were in contact with the Dutch in West Gelderland,
"At the Yssel Lake," continues the communique, "the Dutch have with- drawn with slight losses.
"In the region south of Rotterdam there are still some Germans they are without artillery.
the
"The Times," taking a similar line, writes that the House had only one duty to perform, and Mr. Churchill's brief speech calling it to that duty was in every way worthy of a wor leader in anxious times.
Just as Garibaldi in the darkest hour offered his followers "hunges, forced marches, battled and but tenth and found men willing
suffer these things in order perish, sn
to
that Mr.
"Dutch aviation is putting up u
should tyranny against a much larger Churchill offered the nailon, blood, brave defence
toil, tears and sweat unill the same enemy air force."
The Berlin offcial news agency an-high purpose is achieved. He too, nounced to-day that
German will Inspire the whole nation ta Foreign Ofice had presented a sustain and support him in the strug- nemorandum to the governments ingle
Parle London, Brussels,
and The Hague, through neutral representa- tives, stating the military position of the German parachute pilots and threatening most violent counter- mcusures on prisoners I Inter- national Law is violated in the treatment of German parachute troops.
Leung was also charged with hav- Ing on April 20 and April 18, while he wis telegraph officer at the Water Police Station, transmitted by | telegraph twn messages on which the charge prescribed by the Government Tele-communication Ordinance No. 18 of 1936 had not been paid, thereby Intending to defraud the Government or that person.
a
Leung was further accused of hav- ing, on April 18, at the Water Police Station, transmited by telegraph message which he knew to be false or fabricated and that he, on the same day and at the same place, used a wireless transmitting apparatus other than as provided by order of the Post Master General by transmiting
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a message.
The final charge against Leung was that he, on April 25, had in his possession instructions for utilizing a means of secretly conveying, recely- ing or recording information, a docu- ment with Chinese characters there- on, contrary to Regulation 12 (1) of the Defence Regulations of 1939. Lung was charged that, while being telegraph of leer on April 22' at the Water Police Station he transmitted by telegraph a message on which the charge prescribed had not been paid. thereby intending to defraud, and that on the same day he transmitted message which he knew to be false or fabricated. He was also accused of using, at the Water Police Station on April 22, a Wireless transmilling apparatus other than ns provided by order of the Post Master General.
cr
New Fraud
Method
Prison For Chinese From Singapore
The new Government has ac- cepted office at the moment that the real struggle begins. A battle
A new "racket" for obtaining on the scale now engaged cannot money by false pretences from shop be expected to pursue from first keepers has sprung up, and the first. to last earning the Government case of its kind was heard before applause. It is not applause they Mr. H. G. Sheldon at the Central
or the men in the thick of tie Magistracy this morning.
battle want. It is unwavering and A Singapore Chinese, Luk Kan- The German High Command states
unfaltering endurance in Food! yuen, 27, canvasser, Was charged that for every German parachutist times and in bad and in the face of with attempting to obtain $12 from shot'ten French prisoners will be shot
national and personal affictions. Chu Hung, of the Kwong Ming tea Brighter News
Hitler's Plan
house, Ewo Street, by presenting a AMSTERDAM, May 13 (Reuter). Discussing the German campaign forged document purporting to have While the situation between Roller-plan, the "Times" writes that all in- been issued by the Sing Po; and dam and The Hague is still uncertain dications suggest that Hitler intends possession of six forged documents. there is an encouraging sign in the to prosecute the campaign regardless
Fraud Described
►
fact that the Rotterdam authorities of cost, with the object of bringing Det.-Sgt. J. Bentley said that about have called on carpenters, brick layers the war to an end by the coming 4.30 p.m. on May 12 Luke went to: and buttling workers to start repair autumn.
the tea house which recently opened
work,
Grabbing Denmark, and the ut- business, and said he had come to Earlier the Dutch authorities had tempt to grab Holland represent collect money for their advers forbidden the people to gather in streets in groups of three or more. All must have their pages and identity ends ready to show, Dis- abedience may mean instant death.
The Amsterdam-Radio has told the
"it makes and on seeing this, Luk threw six people not to accept cigaretes or probable that he has made up his bills on the floor. When the Pollee chocolates from strangers.
A bright note is provided by Radio-
Amalerdam, which announced at 1.40 am. (3:40 am. H.KT) that French motorised units had intercepted and held the German advance west Tongres.
of
gambles on a rapid success, and a ments in the Sing Po, and produced very similar imitation of the un-a blil. Chu who had settled the bill restricted warfare of the just war. for advertisements in the newspaper,
fact that Hitler, cor- very
detained
Luk Chu telephoned to the newspaper, tuin respects, has worsened his post-
Lion
in terms of next year,
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BUCHAREST, May 13 (UP).—- from the menace, of this race, which
Both Rumanian and Russian anti-like, warrior ants, destroy all within aircraft batteries opened to against range with
an unidentified plane which flew emciency.
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his wife and two children had gone. The prosecuting officer said it was
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Luk was sentenced to three months' hard, labour.
Landings In Dutch W.I
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WILLEMSTAD, Dutch West In-. 13 (UP)-Munitions, dles, May tanks and addillonal troops landed tg- day from two British transports.
Tires, British destroyers are now in -harbour,
About 400 Germans have been in- terned.
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