Dishonourable Proposal By Ex-Promior
HERTZOG WANTS TO "RAT" ON ALLIES
Hertzog,
JOHANNESBURG, June 20 (Router).-General former Premier of South Africa, has written to General Jan Smuts, the present Premier, proposing that South Africa should "Immediately take all necessary measures to withdraw from the
war."
Generál Hertzog asserts that the Allied cause "is doomed to failure" and protests against the "reckless risk to national: freedom and the senseless sucri- fice of African youth in a fruit- less struggle.'
He declare that further measures of compulsion for the prosecution of the war might lead to far-reaching disturbances.
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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
EMPIRE'S EFFORT
War Contributions Flow To Britain
LONDON, June 20 (Reuter). -Some Indiention of the huge and varied contributions in cash and kind which have been pour ing into Britain from all parts of the Empire was given by Mr. Bryan Meredith in a talk from
LETTERS Daventry to-day. Rizal Day
And
MORE BIG CHEQUES
FROM PAGE ONE
Mr. Lo Koon-ken
Mr. Mr. R. K. Valentine
Mr. & Mrs. J. F. Macgregor Sybil ond George Owens Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. Roht. Cryan
& Mrs. Ella
Mr. & Mr. A. Mactioe... Messrs. Encamačno, Hammond & La
air. G. 11. Cuthill it. Cuth
Mr. 4.Mr. M. I. Hourihani Br. & Mrs. 7. It. Parsons David Maryley Parsons
Mr. M. O. Frederick Mr. & Mrs. A. 8. Farquhar Mr. & Mrs. W. E. J.
Maxiin & Co.
It is a long list which grow longer as cach day and hour.nd Mrs. i. E. Sinne passes, he said.
Mr. E. G. Stephen... Mr. & Mr. F. F. Fincher A. E. & Ch
It ranges from heavy material. & Mr. V. E. Ferrier.
The War Fund support to heavy spiritual sup-lo pa
To The Editor.
tif
Alexander Family Mr. & Mrs. A. McKellar Mr. M. J. ting The
several Mr. & Ms. J. C. Lang sum total Is million pounds of comforting Mr. D. M. Taylor cash.
port.
of
Que list entitled "Military and
the
Mths Heather Watson Me, 11. D. Williamson Messrs. Join D. Hutchison & Co, Alan M. Monik
Brown! Mahan Bingit Anonymous
The "Hongkong Telegraph." Sir,-Due to present trend Dishonourable Proposal
world events, our Committee decided General Smuts, in a letter replying that all arrangements for the
Herizon, sold that this musical programme and tea dance at other gifts" has been made by the Mr. & Mrs. A. L. Eastman diationourable proposal" had already the Filipino Club on Sunday, June 23, Colonial Governments, chichi of memory of the late Mr.
decisively rejected by Partinare cancelled, been
various bodies, Individuals in ment and that he did not doubt, that' If re-submitted, it would suffer the of Dr. Jose P. Rizni, will be received Majesty's Government organisallons. Donations, in memory of the birth British Colonial Empire and His sume fate.
from the Filipino Community and
This list goes for pages and pages, General Smuts added
contributed to the British War Fundnot only because so many peoples could not be expected, solely on opened by the South China Morning have contributed, but also because the General Hertzog's personal pressure, Post Lid.
gifts are so many, in varied and so to violate the decision of Parliament.:
human. General Sinuts added that friends and advocates of
thut
Hitler. who look
expectantly for a Nazi victory, will mast probably meet the some disap- pofutment as in the lust war.
Neutrality, A A Broken Reed Germany herself had exposed the falsity of General Hertzog's argument | that the Union could be kept from danger by renuining neutral.
trality had not
profited
Neu-!
Denmark.
Norway, Holland and Belgium.
Germany had shown malice to the Unim by continuous
hostile pro-
paganda and the formation of a Fifth Column.
C. L. AMPEN,
Secretary, Committee on Rizal Day
Celebration.
League Tennis
CHINESE R.C. “B” BEAT FILIPINOS IN "D" DIVISION
Money For War Organisations
Dick & Peggy Dedear
Mr. Albert Haymond
|
Atika D. Silan
Miss R. Marley
Mr. & Mrs, Oscar Zylelt
Sir Robert Ho Tung
Mr. I. Caudrou
Mr d. 8. Coxhead
500
3,000
100
100
30
June 21,
1940.
HULL CALLS FOR UNITY
Slashing Attack On Isolationism
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. June. 20 (Router).—A slashing attack on 100 solutionism and a call to men and nations who love freedom. to gather In- an unconquerable de- 200 fensive force was made by Mr. Cordell Hull, the Secretary of State, at a speech at Harvard 500 University to-day.
100
200
800
Mr. Hull sakd: "These are black days for the human race, for there are at work powerful forces, the signiflennce which no individual nation can ignore without falling Into 200 the gravest danger
utmost and 800 jropos Lust For Power
100
"They spring from the godless and 100 soul-fosa lust for power which seeks 2,000
to hold men in slivery and spiritual degradation, and displace peaceful, orderly international relations by anarchy or wanton violence and brute force.
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品
10
1900
30
tou
10
3,000
100
400
15
100
Hongkong Hotel Staff
W.S.D. in memory of old Com-
radce. 3rd. Chy London
Yeo-
manry (Sharpshooters)
30
Mr. E. Ponsford
100
Mr. & Mrs. J. 1. Ingiis
100
Mr. B. V. Stevenson
35
Factory Sta!T,
ume Pipe Far
Ex Ltd.
45
60
There has been lashings of money for the Red Cross, St. Dunstons, the Y.M.C.A. and other war organisations na well as money for war expenses or some specific purpose, such giant bombers.
Then
there are many homely Items, not in cash but in kind.
In Tanganyika, for instance, some chieftains and their people have given portions of their 1039 harvests of coffer and malze.
Reae, Kiki, Yvonne.
Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Tribble
Mr. & Mrs. E. A. dos Remedios
Mr. J. 11. Corr
Mr. & Mrs. J. A. Burrows Mr. 1. A. D. Morrison
Hongkong Tratowaya Lid, Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage
Co. Ltd.
Humphrey Estate and Finance
Co. Ltd............. Mr. & Mrs. W. A. Stewart Allan & lan Grimble .. Mr. & Mrx: T. R. Hawell
(Masseure), Kowloon Hospital, "Selnatat"
Jbs. Another tribe sent 50 ONLY THREE MATCHES
of The Union Government
tobacen for the services, while an- would were played in the "D" Divi- other sent 10 tons of rice to the King's Mairon, Sisters & Miss Tablity carry out its policy on the mandate sion of the Tennis League Afrienn Rifles. of Partiment and should not allow its execution to be nuifiled by poll- yesterday. Late showers fell tical propaganda or threats of vio-in the afternoon and caused the postponement of the re- mainder.
Jence.
Evacuation
Plan Approved
Effect Of Scheme Explained
LONDON, June 20 (Reuter). -It is authoritatively stated that all the Dominions concerned have accepted the scheme for the evacuation of British children.
Liaison offices are being established in the London headquarters of the schernu,
When the doors opened at this morning, 3,000 were waiting.
Weekly Evacuation
a.m.
It is explained that the scheme dices not contemplate the despatch of masses overseas, but that it is pro- ceeding on in orderly expanding scale week by week.
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50 Turtles For Navy
hos
In Jamaica, 50 live, turtles have been given to the Royal Navy by a The Central British Association last rm which specialises in them. The da to Cralgengower though only five lonely attle island of Tristan games were played.
sent woollen comforts The Chinese Cunha Recreation Club "B" beat the Filipino knitted by 25 inhabitants. Club 6-3, and now together with the
Organisations C.R.C. "A" team and South China have sent gifis." are the only teams unbeaten in the Division,
The Kowloon C.C. lost heavily to South China-only E Gillard and E. Eymard winning it set for the K.C.C.
The complete scores were:
C.B.A. V. C.C.C.
Central British Association were losing 5-8 to Craigengower when rain ret in and the remaining games were abandoned.
E. Bull and C. Semmelmann lost to g, M. Au and C. M. Lee 1-6; lost to N. Legnard and A. Hung 0-6.
T. Lockhart and V. C. Bond lost to Au and Lee 0-1, lost to A. B. Jason and H. P. Lim 1-8.
G. Gurevitch and N. Dunne lost to Leonard and Hung 4-6.
C.R.C. "B" V. FILIPINOS
Chinese C.R.C. "B" beat Filipinos
It is not regarded as a substitute 6-3. for the Government's major policy for
A. Ribeiro and F. Gonzalez lost
the evacuation of children to pluces to YY. Lam and S. Cheung 0-0, bent within Britain.
L. F. Hon and Y. W. Chung 0-4. lost to
The scope of the scheme is limited Y Tro and C. Y. 150-3-0-
by the offers made by the Dominions and the shipping facilities available.
The suggestion of the evacuation of schools en bloc is regarded as entirely Impracticable.
Sydney's Offer SYDNEY, June
20 (Reuter),
Over 1.000 British children
been offered homes here.
have
L. Sten and A. Kwan losi to Lam
and Cheung 1-4, jost to Hon and Chung
2-5, Joat 1o Tao and The 1-4.
A. Benker and L. Souza lost to Lam
and individuals too
The Chinese section of the Red Cross of Trinidad has sent money for two ambulances.
Lepers Contributo
In Fiji, 000 lepers have contributed half of the money raised for their support.
The list could go on for hours and hours as it is so ust.
Mr. & Mrs. E. W. Coulson
Johnny Chùa
Cissy Cloa
Arthur Chon
Mr. R. G. Parker
Miss E. Best
Slug Lamblo
M, 8
Miss Ellen Witchell
Mr. & Mrs. C. C Roberts Mr. Mr. . . Puckle Mr. & Mr J. Finnie Mr. Harold F. Shields
Mr. M. L. Everett
Mr. & Mrs. R. Mor Mr. & Mrs. G. T. Byrne Mrs. S. W. Moreton ....
Corrections
500
"Never before have these forces flung so powerful a challenge to the freedom of civilised
PTORTURA.
Never before has there been a more desperate need for men and nations who love freedom and cherish the to tenets of modern civilisation gather in an unconquerable defen- alve force, every element of their spiritual and material resources, and every ounce of their moral and physical strength.”
Folly Of Isolation
Continuing. Mr. Cordell Ilul said United States history was nut
fc-
bieved by Isolation from the rest of
100 mankind. There was no more dan- $25,000. Ecrous folly than thinking that its achievements could be preserved in
13,000.Isolation.
5,009.
1,000.
500.
IDO.
733.
Nation after ontlon had bcen crushed into surrender, over-run and enslaved.
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our con-
"And the mencing shadow tolia blacker and blacker 25.tinent and the very instinct of self- 21. preservation bids us to beware," sold
Mr. Hull.
200.
3.
15.
50.
100
#100.
£70.0.0
20.10 0.
3.0.0.
3.0.0.
20.0.0.
2.0.0.
In yesterday's list a donution of $50 Bettnowledged frota Mrs. F. W. Chandler should have read Mr. F. w. Chandler,
To the people at home these gifts SITUATION STILL
represent good will and prayers that are both humbling and heartening.
9 Rescued
After Days Of Horror
New Dunkirk Drama Comes To Light
LONDON, June 20 (Reuter).
and Cheut, 0-8, beat Hon and Ching-Details of the rescue of nine 0-4, beat Tso and Tre 7-5.
SOUTH CHINA V, KOWLOON
South China beat Kowloon 8-1. K. T. Ng and K. C. Wong beat E. | Gillard and E. Eymard 6-4, Dent H.
Stokes 0-2.
STOCK EXCHANGE. Crabb 6-2. hent A. E.
ACTIVE
C, S. Wong and S. T. Li
French soldiers by a British fast motor boat some time after the withdrawal of the Allled troops from Dunkirk have become known in London.
For nine days these survivors
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OBSCURE
FROM PAGE ONE
fulfillment of the Italian colonial claims, declares Signor Gayda writ- ing in the "Glornale D'Italia."
The now peace must be, he stated, "more just than Versailles."
He also prepares the Italian public for America becoming Britain's ally. Want Fight Continued CAIRO," "June" 20 Reuter-The French colony has sent a telegram to M. Lebrus and General Weygand urging France 10 continue the struggle,
They offer to place the entire ser vices and property of the colony at the disposal of France.
COALITION
lost to had existed on board a wreek, CABINET FOR US. Culard-and-Kymard 4-6, boat Turpin. sunk in shallow water within-a- jand Crabu 5-8, beat Perry and Stokes
LONDON, Juur 20 (Reuter),-On]6-2. the Stock Exchange to-day, gilt- K. Sung and K. C. Win beat Gillard And edged hoklings were active and rase and Eymard 6-4, beat Turpin
Crabb 6-1, beat Ferry and Sløken 6-0. on continued deinand.
LEAGUE TABLE
lar.
industrials were narrowly irregu;
Chinese R.C. "B" Foreign holdings were more active) S.C.A.A. on the removal of the ban on deal- Chinese It.C. "A" ings in certain securities.
Filipino Clut Indian R.C. Oils were easy. Shell and trans- K.LT.C. port holdings declined following the K.C.C.
C.C.C.
announcement that there will be noj č.DA. further dividend for 1939.
Wall Street was narrowly irregu
Jar.
FW D L p A TU 3 3 -18 B 8
-1314 215
11
Match was declled on live sets.
SIX AGE GROUPS Escape From
TO REGISTER.
War Zone
LONDON, June 20 (Reuter)-Two
Newsmen, Refugees age groups are being registered this month and arrangements are being Land In England made to register four further age groups in July.
LONDON, June 20 (Reuter), This means that by the end of next month the men of 33 years of age wil-From war torn France we have registered for military service, arrived here
this
evening,'
The men of 29 years of age will states Reuter's chief correspond register next Saturday,
In all more than 1,000,000 addi-ent in France from a port in the tlonal men will have registered by July.
South of England.
few miles of Dunkirk.
No Food Or Water
After nine days without food water they were rescued.
נט
The party had orighally consisted of 20 but 11 perished.
Four men built a raft and set out for England not to be seen again,
Seven others had died after drink- Ing sea water,
The survivors had burnt their boat partly to supply warmth at night and partly to attract attention.
CANADA'S FINE WHEAT CROP
LONDON,
Junc 20 (Reuter) Cables from Otinya suggest in con- trast to the gloomy food outlook in Nazi-occupied Europe, that Canada promises to break all records in grain
production.
neres
There are ncurly 1,500,000 and more under whent this year, while in the maritime provinces the
rains have induced excellent growths In the pastures and forage crops. "We arrived in a vessel which, in
In addition, Canada will have a audition to its normal complement of record carry-over of 241,000,000 passengers, brought over 1,300
bushels of wheat with the new season.
"Welcome" Awaits refugees
Parachutists
"Many have come from Brussels from where they have been driven alowly southward by the German
NEW YORK, June 20 (Reuter) — advance.
The entire output of a firm which Tev had slept in a bed for a week manufactures sub-machine guns is or måre. being sent to Britain.
This ineurs 5,000 tommy guns n present.
The factory is trying to speed its output ni fust pa possible.
Notables Aboard
One-Day Secret Session
> FROM PAGE ONE
for a Coalition Cabinet and I do not regard this 19 Coalition."
Is It A Prelude? Senator Clark expressed the opinion that appointments were a prelude to put the United States Into war.
"No more vital test has ever con- fronted the American people thon that which is confronting it to-day. Our national Independence and our kherished Institutions
not pre
im-
mune from the challenge of lust for power which already stalks so much of the earth's surface."
CAUSES OF DEFEAT
Bordeaux, June 20... "Too many children, too few. arms, too few Allies-there is the cause of our defeat," said Mar- shat Pelain, Premier, in a broad- cast to-day,
"French People, I have asked the enemy to conclude hostilities. The Government yesterday appointed plenipotentarles to receive their con- ditions. I took the decision with the stout heart of a soldier because the military situation imposed it.
the "We had hoped to resist on Somme-Aisne line. General Wey- gand he'd regrouped our forces and presaged victory. his name alone
under The line yielded, however, enemy pressure,
The request for an armistice had been inevitable since June 13."
Marshal Petain proceeded to give reasons for it, saying "On May 1, 1917, we still had 3,200,000 men under arms, despite three years' murderous fighting; on the eve ol the present battle we had half million fewer. In May, 1018, we had 85 British divisions; in May, 1940, we had only 10. In 1918 we had with us 58 Italan and 42 American divisions.
"The inferiority of our material was even greater than of our effec- tives-French-aviation-had-fought-at- odds of six to one"
Marshal Petaln added that the French people did not deny the blow
hey had suffered.
they
All the people have known ups and downs," he said. "It is by the way they react that they show them selves to be weak or great. We will learn a lesson from the battle which has been lost.
Senator Wheeler' said he believed
"Since the victory of 1918 the that Colone! Knox and Mr. Stimson spirit of pleasure has prevailed over would be glad to see America go to the spirit of sacrifice; the people have the aid of the Allies to the extent of demanded more than they have declaring war.
given; they have wanted to spare Both Colonel Knox and Mr. Stim-themselves effort. To-day
misfor Ison have been staunch defenders of tunec have come. I was with you' President Roosevelt's foreign policy.in the glorious days. As head of the
TRAWLER AND
CREW LOST LONDON, June 20 (Reuter)An Admiralty communique states that
H.M. trawler
Was
Jupiter, which operating in northern Norwegian waters, is now overdue and must be considered last.
The next-of-kin have formed.
are missing but it is possible that some of them may be jarlsoners of war.
The crew
ART
Government I shall remain with you in the darle days. Stand by me. The fight still goes on. It is for France, the soul of her soli."— Reuter.
INDUSTRIALISTS OFFER AID
to
SYDNEY, June 20 (Reuter).. Eight leading Australian Industria- been fasts have agreed to help the Muni-
obtain tions Board in order maximum production.
Boards of Management have been set up in each State with wide pow- crз to extend the present fuetorles
to build new ones. Unlimited resources are available, states the Prime Minister,
More Money For The War
COLOMBO, June 20 (Router),—— The Times of Ceylon" has sent Recond sum of 100,000 rupees to London for the purchase of another
EXHIBITION
Under the auspices of the Associa- lion for the Advancement of Chinese Culture, the Chinese-American In- stitute of Cultural Relations and "On board the ship were. Sir
LONDON, June_20_(Reuter) —Be-Sino-British Cultural Association, an Maurice Peterson, the former French fore the House of Commons went exposition of paintings by artists in up Minister, M. Pierre Cot, Baron Robert into
secret session-to-day. Mr. Hongkong and Macno will be held ut de Rothschild, the French dramatist Clement R. Attler, Lord Privy Scal, the Fung Ping Shari Library of M.-Henri Bernstein and the Belgian said that it would be undesirable to Hongkong University on June 27 and Foreign Minister M. Jaspar,
continue the debate to-morrow.
20. METROPOLE
The Czecho-Slovakian Minister, M. It, however, the members wanted! The sending-in day was yesterday,ghter plane, Ossuski, was not on board. He're another day it would be possible to and, it is understood that, over 70 The first sum was sent only three HOTEL
turned at the last minute to Bordeaux arrange it be a debate by the more than 150 paintings both in the
artists have sent in entries, tatalling days ago, to look after alx Czecho-Slovakian There FCENTRAL - CLEAN
alimen.
Mialstry of Supply, baxi Thursday. Chinese and western styler, including One of the Belfish officers on board COMFORTABLE - FIREPROOF was
Mr Attien said that if the House members of the Hongkong Working among the last to leave the desired it part of that debate might Artists' Guild and the Hongkong Art: Maginot Line.
-be, hold in secret.;
club.
"Gold Coast'a £500,000 Loan LONDON, June 20 (Reuter)-The Gold Coast his offered the Govern ment, £500,000 paa loon, free of Interest, for the duration of the war.
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