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Refugees
But Is Shot Down In Flames
FROM OISE
FROM PAGE ONE
OR CHAOS Frank Warning By
Pres. Roosevelt
ARMY DICTATOR
FROM PAGE ONE
conceal a master mind which works with great rapidity,
This is the man who has been selected to take charge in the pre- sent theatres of war.
To Galvanise Enorgies PARIS, May 19 (Reuters) -Oc- eral Weygand's appointment the French nation.
was
ALLEGED PIRATES
12 Men Charged At Criminal Sessions
The story of how a trading junk.
allegedly stopped in Bris waters by a gang of pirates, and the crow forced to transfer the cargo into the robbers' boats, was related before Mr. E. L. Williams, acting Prime. Judge, at the Criminal Sessions this
when twelve mea were:
and sliver articles, diamonds, jadel, I at Noon, for the purpose of recoiv.... | Belgium was shot down in flames by and bridges, attenland · Dutch | 01 Foreign Trade week, rend # i pected to galvanlig, the energies of morning,efore him on a charge of
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High Command is undoubtedly pleased with the stccess that has al- LONDON, May 19 (British Wire-tended this delicate manoeuvre, des
WASHINGTON, May 19, less)-A German aircraft which at-pite the fact that the Germans liave tempted to bomb a steamer carrying been presented with three-quarters (Reuter)-Mr. Cordell Hull, the 700 refugees to England from of Belgium and most of its seacoast. U.S. Secretary of State, brond-
By destroying Highways, railways
they withdrew, the casting to-day on the occasion anti-aircraft fra from the ship.
French, Belgian, The story of the attack and the bringing down of the raider which forces were able to avoid costly con message from President Roose
M. Reynaud, in swift succesaton, their took place early on Saturday even-fact with the enemy.
has called to the nid of the home ing when the steamer was in the great retreat. The Germans
The message declared that hopes front, M. Georges Mandel, who was North Sea was told to-day when the is unable to take their customary for the future world peace depended the right fand man of M. Tiger
on the adoption of liberal economie Clemenceau, and General Weygand, refugees, the majority of whom were toll of rearguard units.
Everything the German navy, army
policies, women and children, landed at a
The promotion of such the right hand man of Marshal Foch: been or air force could used has Channel port.
General Weygand's pre
prestige has and the systematically destroyed, including policies would continue to be a vital
part of the foreign policy of the remained undiminished,
Thus States:
alone
In the oll and petrol stocks, shipyards, ware United
can nation seca in changes final proof the United 'States contribute
ta of houses and war materiais.
Government's ferocious deler economic reconstruction when temination to fight with cool Intelli
nee and relentless energy. genco destruction now in progres ceased.
General Weygand is known as the the doctrines of
of totalitarian auteman who has never been beaten." archy, so ominously sprestling to. It in declared that he loves donger day, became widely dominant In which lends him genius. International trade relations, man-
Two planes attacked the steamer and five bomb were dropped. All fortunately missed their mark,
The gun on the steamer fired many rounds and one of the bombers was seen to be hit when at about 1,000! feet. The plane burst into flames and crashed into. the sea. The second machine then tumed tall.
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Dutch Play Their Part The Dutch were able to save the remains of their air force when they destroyed and evacuated Beveland, Walcheren and the Zeeland islands.
Every bit of Dutch aviation materials and planes which could be flown were brought to Allied air- fields.
Whole regiments of the Dutch Army come out with the Allied forces in the slow retreat across Bel- gium.
Aim of Naxi Drive French military experts believe drive is that the present German aimed at the axis of the present salient, which is roughly between St, Quentin and Amiens.
Thus, it may be recalled, was the axis of the greit German drive in
the last war.
If they succeed in capturing this area they will succeed in cutting off the whole of the Allied north- ern armies bekveen Maubeugo and the coast from the Maginot Linc ard will also be able to strike through France to the coast ports in the English Channci
But there is a tremendous-con- of French, British, Dutch centration of and Belgian troops absolutely intact, having suffered comparatively amoil losses during the retreat.
It is this mass of more than a million soldiers which now blocks the Germans in the western side of the bulge.
Important Air Victories
The GH.Q. of both the British and .10/- n. French air forces continue to report .9.85 n. important victories over the German
.Gcts. n.
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During one fight over French ter- ritory yesterday, nine Hurricanes shot clown len German bombers without a single British loss.
12.00 n. ...8 b. .434 83. 104 D.
17 n. bers and heavy troop .8 n. n. .4 The 00-sa
The total estimated German air! losses yesterday, including the four. bombers shot down in a stymied air raid on Paris, was more
than 40
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INDUSTRIALS
Mr. Cordell Hull warned that if
kind would be plunged into chizon and impoverishment.
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ocating effects States commerce United of wor and agriculture, Mr. Cordell Hull said the difficulties provided answerable refutation of those who assert that the country can isolate itself and prosper.
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America mual. contribute towards the establishment of stable peace and orderly International relations.
The
country must increase its strength to make itself safe against an armed challenge.
́GERMANS IN
RETREAT
Continued From Page 1
48 hours in the Oise Valley and between the Alsne and the Somme. Overhead, the sky was black with bombers, which played an Important secondary role in support of the rival tank armies.
Nowhere in history or on battle- feld has there cver been. a more punishing battle fought than this tank battle of the Oise Valley, upon which, it appears, the whole German Invasion may probably turn.
GENERAL GAMELIN
Child Sold
For $19.90
Two Women Charged
This Morning
A the very least, to-day's successful barring of the passage to the German tank columns.by the French has given the Allies time to re-align their forces. Foodless, Sleepless For Wook 1 understood my mother-in-law was dying of starvallon and I was Both armies have been fighting for trying to raise some money to send machines. They were chiefly bom-more than a weeks in which time they to her, sald Wong Tal, a 48-year-old have had practically no sleep and al-woman, to Mr. H. G. Sheldon at the
· Admirable transports.
most no food. Yet there are no sign Central Magistracy to-day after she LONDON, May 10 (British Wire- of fatigue as the two armles meet in had pleaded guilty to a charge of un- ess)By concentrating in a single one of the first frontal engagements lawful transfer of possession, custody
War.
or control of another person for of enermotas momentum what of the
Rifles, machine-guas and small valuable consideration. many experts estimate to be a very
Another womun, Po Sze, 48, was 15. large proportion of their total avail-anti-tank attiliery are helpless against
German wall of tariks because the charged with a similar offen able strength-in-tanks-and-rep the c
Mr. G. W. Moreton of 21.10chanised units and supporting fir- Germans pul big tanks in front and
Secretariat for Chinese Affairs sald 114 eraft, the Germans have pushed buck alongside small tanks. 20% the French arnis on a
When on a limited sector
400
such monsters line up the father of the child concerned in they are immune to orderly attack.
odd job worker .10.20 n..of the Western Front.
this case was on They have cover 12 to 20 miles employed in a Military barracks and per hour, spitting deadly fire on all his wife had left him with their child sides.
in January last year and has not been It took a combination of French heard since. Wong was a friend of tanks and field runs to successfully the man and he had entrusted the break up the Germans steel wedges, child into her
11.
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STORES, &c
Dairy Farms $. Watsons $. Lane Crawfords Sinceres $.
Wing On (H.K.) Powell Ltd., $.
COTTON MILLS- Ewo Sh. $. S'hal Cotton Sh.
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H.K. Entertainments Constructions (old) Constructions (now) Vibro Piling $.
drive ot
The ground which the Allies have been compelled to give in this area of northern France is a natural cause of anxiety which has distracted at- tention from other aspects operations of the last ten days of great significance to the ultimate re- .21% Bult of the campaign.
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The alleged robbers were Tool You, Lam Lol, Lam: Yan, Tsoi Ho, Lam On, Chan Kunals, Ha Plus Trung. Hcp, Wong Sul-kam, Leung Kum, Wong
Cheung-kl, and Lam Chan Mr. J. Reynolds, Crown Counsel, assisted by Inspector R. Cunningham, proscented, and the following Jury Terry LW, was empanelled: Messra. C. E (Foreman) Doo Fool-sang, H Rendall, Ching Sik-wing, Jotoph Tam Hung, Loh Changor and Chan Ge-klang.
Mr. Reynolds sald trading junk No. T354H salled from Shaukiwan on March 14 with one passenger, Barce travelling traders, and eight members. of the crew. The junk arrived near when Fak Kun Tau during the night, 20 to 30 shots were fired at them of two boats. from the occupanta The people on the junk went into the hold, and they later heard the reb bers board the
The occupants Junk were searched and a quantity of their
taken. personal belongings
At 6 am. the next morning, the crew were forced to transfer the car- consisting of kerosene, sacks of rice.. colls of wire and rope etc., Into the two boats belonging to the rob- bers.
Police Round-Up.
While returning to Hongkong after the robbers had left, the junk mat a Police launch, and a report of the robbery was made.
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Sergeant F. Roberts and two Chin- cse detectives later went to Confe Island where they found the two rob- bers' boats and the 12 accused who were arrested. Part of the stolen property was also recovered.
Corroborative evidence was given ty Lum Leong-shlu, master of the Junk, who identited seven of the defendants in Court as being among the gang who had boarded his junk..
The hearing is proceeding.
DEATHS EXCEED
BIRTHS
#10
During 1930 a
of 40,075 total births and 48.317 deaths were regis- tered throughout the Colony.. These gures compare with 35,894 and 38,-
respectively for 1930,
the first quarter of the During eturrent year 10,050 births and 10,000 deaths were registered. The corres ponding figures for last year being 12,321 and 11,987.
During 1939 the Kowloon Death Register Office dealt with 20,500 0,855 during the previous year, and.. death registrations as compared with
In 1935. 5,813
Due to this expansion and con- sequent increase in staff, the registry
offence the fat the Kowloon Mortuary Office,
which has been shared with the Medical Officer in charge the mor- tuary and the Health Officer, New Territories, has become too cramped. In addition it has always been realised that being in, the mortuary compound the registry was badly
positioned of the
One of these is the admirable Beffielency and celerity with which 2.68 1. British forces moved to positions in
.3.
support of the Belgian armies-pon 1.30 n. tions from which they have sub- make sequently had regretfully to .4914 n. voluntary relirements, in conformity .230 n. with readjustments of the line which
strategic considerations made udvis .7 sa. table. 14. .in.
Ch. Govt. 5% 1925 G.$Bds. 48% 1.K. Govt. 4% Loan
..102 b. H.K. Gov. 34% Loan 97 Marsmans Inv. (Lon.) s/.12/- Maramans Inv. (H.K.) s/-..4/ n,
MANILA SHARES
Following are sales and bid prices:
Antarnok Atok
Baguio Gold Batong Buhay Denguet Coni.
Big Wedge
Coco Grove Cons Mines Demonstration East Mindanao IXL
Ipo Gold
logon Mining
Mambulao Conɛ, .. Marbate Com Mind. Motherlode .. Mine Operations .. North Camarines .. Paracalo Gumus .. Ban, Mimuricfo: 10 Surigao Com
Suyoc Con, 1999 Byndicate Invest.
United Paracale .....
May 19. May 20.
Morning
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in. Big Wedge gained one-half cen- tavo, while others showed losses ranging from fractions to one cen- tavo.
STOCK MARKET REPORT
Belgiant' Fine Work Another is the magnitude of the task accomplished by the Belgian Army itself. British military critics warmly praise the achievement of the Belgian furces in withstanding the furious onslaughts of the Germans using new methods of warfare.
'and German motorfaed Infantry The went to work for 20 centy while
Child Recovered
which followed the tanks into battle were annihilated with heavy losses.
On May 15 the father of the boy The Allled air
forces flew con- became suspicious of Wong and he tinuously during 17 hours of daylight kept a watch on her. He saw her to-day and did enormous damage to meet Po and then take the child to the German rear.
A new registry has therefors been itted out in the recently opened Tsim Sha Tsui Health Centre (old the Central British School) and transfer will take effect us from June 1,
It is hoped at a later date to in- troduce birth registration facilities at this registry in addition to death registration, thus giving Kowloon an up-to-date Birth and Death Registry:
Cross Street where a new outfit was Pontoon bridges across the Meuse, bought for him. Then, the child was which are the Germans vital com taken to a sampan. The Police munications system, were attacked by
were informed, and the child was re- dive bombers and at least eleven such covered. bridges were destroyed.
Mr. Moreton said Fo admitted that ALLEGED FRAUD: To-night the German pocket on the boy had been bought. for $19.90. French soil was a kidney shaped and produced deed to this effect. sack about 30 miles deep and
On May 17, the father of the child miles wide along the general line saw Wong in Queen's Road West and from Maubeuge to Landreoles, to had her arrested. Guise, to Vervins, to Reihel to Raucout and along to 'Bedau.
French Advantage Theoretically, the French should
They have thus succeeded {2} their first task of preventing a Ger- better communicatovantage of much man brenk-through. They have also The Germans are obliged to make
Both defendants were remanded
until to-morrow.
BATTLE FOR
$2,000 BAIL
Appearing before Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy this morn ing on remand, Charles Archer, 26, unemployed salesman, was again re- manded for 72 hours as enquiries Acting have not been completed. Sub-Inspector Byron is prosecuting
Archer is charged with fraudulent-
folled the hopes of the German a long haul through Belgium inasmuch AIR SUPREMACY|ly converting to his own 160
Command of encompassing the rapid as not one main road traverses the destruction of the Belgian forces Ardennes directly in the rear of the There are only themselves, for the Belgian Army has German pocket. withdrawn intact,
FROM PAGE ONE secondary roads and they were This dimcult operation, carried out quickly chopped to pieces by lanks
great numerical weight as we could In co-operation with other Allied and heavy trucks: forces and to conform to the general The Germans have been unable to wish. Allied plan, was made possible by move east of Sedan, where the ter The fighters main task has been to the excellence of the staff work and rain is still protected by the Maginot protect the ground forces from the the admirable precision with which line, so they are unable to use the German bombers, the movements had been executed.
in. arms Their British comrades pay the highest tributes to the un- daunted spirits and high morale of Belgian officers and men-of which a glorious but characteristle example is provided by the garrisons of Liege end the Namur forts.
Great
Rotrast Ends SPECIAL TO "THE "TELEGRAPH".
scale.
good roads across Luxembourg.
Thele_main_line of communica- tions follows the Mense river from Maastricht past Liege, Namur, and Dinant to Mozleres, but'as long as the Belgian foria at Lieto and Namur, hold out these roads kept under intense Are,
Bro
Among the systematic demolition
seek the latter out and shoot them down.
Profiting by their superior technical quality, our fighters have taken a
rest toll.
At night the bombers this week have given us the first real proof of the R. A. F. strength..
have bombed The bombers which bridges, fuel dumps and so on do so at night. The selected arcas have been a night Inferno,
Allies Fighting Wall
Our night bombers carry twice the
air faces
& Fritz' report on this morning's market!
WITH "THE FRENCH FORCES, and afterwards by civilians who re- The morning session on the Manila May 10 (UP) Following the strato-mained behind. Stock Exchanie was again dull withio withdrawal of tho Allied "left only-half-of-the-Blocks-being-traded wing, which has now been completed operations none were more thorough load of lenemy 'bombers. They have of le plans and of the or 1300 stafal than those carried dropped their missiles in the right quarters of Belgium and most of the out by the Dutch in their own terri- place. Belgian sea coast,
tory, particularly in the Zeeland - Pressure on the Allied, alr
faced as they are The extent of the Allled with lands, which have apparently been has been enormous, drawal, is not disclosed but it has evacuated in addition to the Belgian with a gigantle concentration hurled
into battle without regard of loss. apparently„bernon' a substantial area.
("Although no vames aro mention-
They have been fighting well For ***The withdrawal presents the Ger-ed in cabled roporis, the Allied front every Allied plane brought down, mans with a large area without op-Lines now apparently extend from three of the enemy planes have beca position.
either Ostend or Nieupork; on the similarly treated, By this withdrawal, the Allies have coast to: Maubeuge on the Franco- The enemy cannot go on indefinite- succeeded in sraightening their lines Belgian frontier, thence in
ly like this even if, as Gooring claims, from. Sedan to the Belgian coast and tinuous lins, along the French from the actual number of their planes is must have Inexhaustible. They have ended the German hopes of lex forifications to Switserland with
flanking movement the exception of the bulge into trained crews even if the number of whereby the Allied forces in Belgium from Maubeuge to Sedan The There must still be spirit in the drive
France,
nce, which extends approximate men-is claimed to be Inexhaustible. may have been dut 'off." n
The air forces onṛboth sides are Every road, railway and bridge in Germans would be in possession of ALITA:30"] "THE"EVILuzten Kren Has Been "uulisy, the Belgian coastal cities of "Berbruge=kiroda=Who-op-held-out-longos? edi fratly by the withdrawing British, 10, Le Caq, and possibly Ostend if Perhaps the spielt of the men will be
the deciding factor. Frenchi," Berlin" and ""Enich":"armfer ixan estimato la corocks=Ed} {c?
A quiet morning, though o few bargains were recorded at what may ultimately prove attractive to the buyers.
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