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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH D. June 28, 1940.
PANAMA CANAL ZONE, June: 27
(UP) The US, Army Headquarters RUMANIA SUBMITS TO
have revealed that they are
сод
structing an underground "command post" at Quarry Heights-the Canal Zone GHQ-to house the Army's communications centre.
LATE NEWS
H.K. Enlistments' In The Army.
RUSSIAN DEMANDS
Russlo yesterday served a note on Rumania demanding that Rhe restore Bessarabla and North Bukovina to the Soviet. According to a Berlin report control of Constanta and Tulcea were also demanded.
Confronted with 10 p.m. as the deadline for its decision, the Rumanian King's Council met at Bucharest after the delivery of the note and, according to a report from Berlin, submitted to the demands.
:
reforming the
Italo-Gorman Pact
King Carol 18 Rome, June 27. The Sicfani News Agency Cabinet include several Iron
to Bucharest correspondent reported Guards-United Prein. to-day that M. Molotov, Soviet The Hongkong military authorities Foreign Minister, had delivered a this afternoon issued the following note to Rumania, demanding the
New York, June 27. statement respecting the recent an- immedinte restitution to Russin of The New York Times to-day quotes nouncement that only British sub- Bessarabia and North Bukovina, a Rumanian leader who recently ra Jects of pure European descent would which are inhabited chiefly by turned from Berlin as declaring that be eligible to join the Regular Army Ukrankuns, and control of Con- secret agreement had been in Hongkong:
con-
"Every man in the Colony, who fa stanta and Tulces. The deadline cluded between Germany and Italy regarding the establishment of thele a British subject is encouraged, in was 10 p.m.
fact in some cases compelled, to join M. Molotov received the Rumania splieres of influence in the Balkans. the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Minister in Moscow and presented The report says that under the Corps.
the domands.
The King's
are
"This Corps exists for the Defence
theatres
ΟΙ
agreement Germany will place under Council met at her control Slovaklo, Hungary, p.m. while Polund and Rumania, and Italy will
embarks
Shanghai Abduction
of Hongkong and residents are best Bucharest at 12.30 serving the Empire, the Colony and Russlan planes few over Bessarabia have her influence over Yugo-Stavia themselves by joining it and making and Bukovina, clearly showing thaand Bulgaria. themselves efelent volunteers.
were backed up by According to the some feport, the "There is no bar to the enlistment the requests
territorial claims on the part of in the Corps or persons who are not military force.
Officials at first refused to con- various Balkan States will · Jin- of pure European descent and there
irm the demands and censors mediately be settled before Germany such serving in J.
the upon many.
independence "Enlistment into Regular units in stopped all communications. Use British Army is limited to per However, just after the expira-movement in Ukraine-Doncl. sons of pure European descent be-tion of the deadline, it was official- cause such units may be called only announced that the Council had to serve in any part of the Empire or accepted the demands. In any, theatre of war. Many
Allled quarters in Bucharest in- these places would not be suitable sisted that Germany would ald for persons whose parents were no Rumania in the event of Russia at- both Europeons.
"Asiaties are enlisted into the Re-tempting to take over Bessarabin. war supplies were gular Army for service in complete claiming that units or sub-units in those parts of arriving from Bessarabia daily..
Shanghal, June 27. of War They said that 200 Messerschmitta the Empire or
Representations are being made to where the climate and other condi-arrived this week alone. However,
Axis circles accuse Allied quarters the American authorities over the tions are sulted to them.
Thus the garrison of Hongkong of wishful thinking only in this alleged kidnapping of Mr. John Costa, chier accountant of the American- largely composed of Indian Troops, connection. FLEMING
while there are Chinese sub-wilts in
Reports of Russian aviation and owned the Shanghai Evening Post the Royal Artillery and Royal Er-military activities on the frontier and Mercury.
Mr. Costa is reported to have bren gineers.
were clarified to, some extent io- ISTANBUL, June 28 (Reu-day. It was disclosed that early abducted from his home in the out- this week Rumanian anti-aircraftske roads area last night by three ter).--Units of Turkish Fleet guns fired on Soviet planes, which, one of whom is stated to have been a Japanese. While they covered" have left for Black Sea in subsequently apologised for flying him with a pistol he was handcuffed order tis believed, to police jover Rumanian territory by mis-and led away. The kidnappers told his wife that he would be brought Turkish coastal waters.
Tour Soviet planes crossed the back soon. TOKYO, June 20, (Domel)-Mes-
The American authorities have sage from Bombay reveals that the border and appeared over Cernauti, reuson for the closure of the port of Fired upon by tumanian frontier been informed of the circumstances.
Mr. Fu Salo-en, Mayor, and the Bombay was the siricing of an Indian gunrds, one crashed and the Government of Greater Shanghai patrol vessel (previously reported as low away after dropping bombs. having been sunk by enemy action) by
now a mine. It has
become to sweep part of the mine necessary fleld laid by the British authorities and in the meanwhile the port hus been closed in order to protect uther shipping. It is expected that the port will be re-opened at the end of the
closed month. The port was were explained, considerable com- in Tokyo by the ment was caused detention of Japanese ship in the
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THOMAS MITCHE
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DOUBLE CRIME
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VICTOR FRANCEN
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The Rumania Aviation Company has temporarily suspended its ser- vices-United Press.
it
Italy And Germany Knew
Bucharest, June 27.
have promised to help and the City and Government police are assisting in the investigations. Reuter.
Wednesday and, until the roal. Indywere handed over to the Soviet with- The victim was Li Chi-fung who was
harbour.
Officially announced this afternoon that barbed wire entanglements have been erected in New Territories dur- Ing last week.
Official communique from G.H.Q.. commenting on this fact, says:
During the last week It has been necessary to erect barbed wire en- tanglements in the New Torritories. This has unavoidably caused interference in normal agrietural | life.
some
Far from showing resentment to- the wards the working parties, farmers and villagers have volun- tarily assisted by carrying wire and in many cases have given presents of fruit to the troops' carrying out the work.
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"The G.O.C. wishes to place record his appreciation of this exem- plary behaviour."
Another Accident
Chungking, June 27, is authoritatively stated that A kidnapping of a political nature Bessarabia and North, Bukovina) took place in Shanghai on June 25. out Aghting with the knowledge of forelbly taken from his room in the Sun Sun Hotel, Nanking Road, by Germany and Italy.
It is understood that the demands three men, who were arrested by the police. They were made in conjunction with Bul-Shanghai Municipal garla, where demonstrations were confessed that they were members held at Sofa urging the restitution of of the so-called Peace and Recon- Dobrudja.
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