Harmonious British War Cabinet DISUNION
DENIED
BY CHAMBERLAIN
LONDON, June 30 (Reuter).—“All members of the Wor Cabinet are working together in complete harmony and agree- ment," declared Mr. Neville Chamberlain, broadcasting to-day.
"Anyone who lends himself to
German propaganda by listening
to idle tales about disunion GERMANY'S
among us or who imagines that any of us would consent to enter into peace negotiations with the enemy la just playing the Nazi game.
Solid, United Nation
"We are a solid and united nation which would rather go down to ruin than to admit the domination of the Nazis, put we intend, under the leadership of the Prime Minister, to attack our enemies and meet
UNSOLVED
PROBLEM
Conquests Cannot
Beat Blockade LONDON, June 30 (Reuter), their altacks upon 15 with -Discussing Germany's metal esolution and a nighting spirit which position, the "Economist" points
a great people.. Though we are left alone to de-out that it was proved in the last fend freedom and civilisation, our war that scrap metal cannot brave men and women will only be replace imports.
her
shortage of copper and other needed
braced by the knowledge that we The paper than examines the must now rely upon ourselves, under problem of how Germany's conquesta Providence, to win through us We can help her to overcome have won through before.
"I do not for moment under-metals. rate the military might which has overwhelmed the gallaal
Fernch iron and steel industries, Army and reduced France to her largely on imports of coal, manganese, French the "Econornist" points out, depend present poallion. We all know that the enemy is now free to fall upon
us.-
jete.
A Nazi Dream The German dream of controlling Only 'A Profuda
the iron ore resources of Central "Doubtless the air raids we have Europe and North Africa, and the lately experienced uro only the pre-building up of fron, seet and metal Jude to something more serious, for industries to rival the United States the Nozis are staking everything is far from realisation. upon a chance of winning a short war.. We know they are even now completing their preparations for an attempt to invade this country,
Manganese, nickel, tungsten and other metals are not available in any quantity, Europe and North Africa are held by our blockade.
"At any moment an invasion may
Britain, on the other hand, has an be launched by sea and air, but the ample supply, and get supplies of enemy is divided from us by a more iron ore at home and in the Empire formidable anti-tank obstacle thanne well as from the resources of the uny he has yet encountered, namely American steel industry. the ACD.
In 1038 the United States produced
"Our navy which is still growing 73,000,000 tons of steel. Between is vastly superior to the German, and them the English-speaking countries warships must be eluded arcan produce twice as much as the driven of before any sea-borne ex- whole of Europe combined, pedition can land on our shores.
our
"Even If the expedition is landed sately, it must still be supplied, inain- ly by sea, with all tui a modern
army, requires to glit on in face of
erce resistance.
Is
Explanation Not So Easy
Nazi Propagandists In The Toils
Seasoned Army Ready "Our Alr Force, which numerically stronger fo-day than at uny time since the beginning of the war and superior in equipment, truin ing and morale to the enemy, would have to be destroyed or driven off before the enmy could fand safely-A German communique claim from the sea or alr
LONDON, June 30 (Reuter).
ed to-day that German air raids
"At this moment, there are larger on England were armies In this country than there: have ver been during the whole of objectives only.
a
Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
SOUTH
"Hongkong GREAT TREK Squadron"
Beaverbrook Names Gift Warplanes
The Governar of Hongkong has ro- ceived the following telegram from tise Secretary of State for the Colonies:
FROM PAGE ONE
tions will be sent out to any person, As was first intended.
No Exemptions The Government has omphasised that no exemptions will be made Any woman or child who does not register his or her name to-morrow will be evacuated after Friday under conditions that will be decidedly uncomfortable.
July 1, 1940.
Indo-China
French To Resist Attack
Shanghat, June 20. Best-informed quarters believe the Japanese at present are considering that Japanese invasion of Indo-China
necessary despite the risks of Ger man disapproval, the United States repercussion and of Soviet reaction, for the achievement of the objectives against Chungking.
It is emphasised that all evacuees
Invasion of Indo-China, the Japan- "With pride and joy I send my
ese belleve, would assure their sou- must have offcial amoll-pex vaccinathern bases if necessary to enforce thanks for the generous gifts of 250,- lon certificates, otherwise they will str. Arlin's Monroe Doctrine in sou- 600 and 400,000 dollars reaching us experience great dimculty in landing thern Prefile. fram contributors to South China in Manila. Morning Post and Hongkong Tele-
Vaccination certificates, for which ters here, characterise
Non-Japanese authoritative quar- graph funds.
a charge
of $2 was made on Saturday, Catroux as a "real fighter," and pre- Governor Vill you please convey this ex-will henceforth be issued free at the diet total Indo-Chinese resistance. pression of my gratitude to the con Port Health Omice, Queen Mary Rumours are circulating here to the tributors and the newspapers.
11 Hospital and Kowloon Hospital to all effect that n Japanese fleet con a fine testimony of devotion in an
persons affected by the evacuation centrated at Yop Island as a shield hour of perl.
scheme.
- "It nowspapers approve we shall purchase fleet of powerful bombers and name it Hongkong. I will shower deadly blows upon our enemies anal bear victory upon the wings Beaverbrook."
WAR FUND GROWS
Large Donations Received
operations. How-
Any hopes that ladies may have of for Indo-China evading evacuation by Joining the ever, there is no confirmation of the Nursing Detachment of the IF.K.V.D.Cumours yet. have been dashed by announcement that no more mobile an official members can under any circum- stances be accepted,
held tion
Dramatic Touch
Pre-
There is the possibility that the China to aid the French as hinted by Chinese will send troops to Indo- the Foreign Minister,. Dr. Wang Chung-hul in the recent declaration. -United Press.
Anglo-French Co-operation
A dramatic touch to the evacuation wu's provided yesterday evening when On Saturday
the American President liner
Chungking, June 30. sident Coolidge, which was instructed
Sir Archibald Kerr Clark Kerr, Donations exceeding $30,000 were by direct radio messages from the British Ambassador to China, and received on Saturday morning for the State Department in Washington to Post., Ltd., and by 12.30 p.m., when President Coolidge had left Hongkong Shanghal, it is learned from diploma- War Fund organised by the S. C. M. return to Hongkong for orders. The M, Henri Cosme, French Ambassador The to China, had several conferences in the accounting was closed, the totals carly American liner is now
yesterday morning for Monila. tie scurces. had reached $1,191,579.18 and £2,762.
being It is seld that Britain and France until midnight to-day for evacun- will continue their co-operation In 145, Bd.
Anong large donations
purposes but it is emphasised the Far East and their Far Eastern were $10,000 from Messrs. Wo Fat Sing that no instructions have been given Ltd., $10,000 from Mr. Eu Tong-sen. by the American Consulate to Ameri- policy will remain unchanged-t
Central News. The latest list of subscriptions is as cans to evacuate. American subjects follows:
realding in the Colony-there 10,000. about 1,000-have been unofficially advised that the present time would 130 500. be a good one to "take that holiday." The American gunboats Tulsa and Asheville are being held in the Colony, in Casc cvacuation of Americans should become really necessary and Is not anticipated that the Pre- 40.sident Coulidge will be held
midnight.
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The Netherlands Consulate has in- 171.05 strueled all Dutch subjects to hold themselves in readiness for evacua- tlon. Similar instructions have been 14.25 issued by the Norwegian Consulate, 10. The French Consulate states that it Bwill be gulded by advice from the
Hongkong Government.
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The communique adinits, R.A.F.
our history-an army, of which large part are seasoned troops who ralds on Germany but keeps up the have not only met the enemy already pretence that these were on non- in batile but have felt their own military objectives only. superiority to him.
This sort of information has become That army is daily growing stronga dally feature of German in numbers, preparedness and muniques, equipment.
er
"Lastly we have the other great
Empty, Falso Boasts
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J. M. Fonseca
M. A. Simoes
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A. J. Camund
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After boasting the night before of
army of men and women who are attacks on troop concentrations and putting their whole strength into the embarkations at the Channel Islands, tusk of furnishing us with weapons the Germans now realise that this and food or devoting themselves to story is too tall even for Dr. Gocb- the work of civil defence. One and bels admirers to swallow, all-they-are-animated-by the saine fighting spirit which will never yield.announcement
To-day there came a bold that the British Channel Islands have been evacuated "If the enemy does try to invade and that 50,000 inhabitants have been
brought to England.
"We Will Fight"
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this country, we will fight him in the air and on the sea:
England had withdrawn all mili-Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Guterres fight him on the beaches with every tary forces from these islands. weapon we have,
The communique apparently did "He may manage here and there to not see it also to mention that the make a break-through: if he does we German air raids following the demilitarisation of the islands took a
will fight him on every road, in every toll of 30 lives, 20 civilians at
Rev, 11. A. and Mrs. Wittenbech Mr. C. B. Nelson (Manila). Markar→→Jeweller
Record Clipper Bookings The Pan American Clipper will 150. evacuate a considerable number of 30. people who are not covered by the 20, compulsory evacuation order,
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By 9 o'clock this morning, over 60 Intending passengers had booked to depart by the Clipper-a record Agure for any trans-Pacifio fight. The air-liner is capable of carrying 84 passengers on the four-hour hop to Manila.
Pan American Airways advised this morning that the Clipper will not now arrive until Thursday. It will leave again on Friday morning.
AMERICAN FLEET
Washington, June 28. President Roosevelt, at the Press conference to-day, ngòla parried all questions regarding the location of there was no news on the subject and the United States Fleet, He said he did not know when there might be news.
Ilo declined even to say whether the Fleet is still in the Pacific and know the location of the fleet by added that he, personally, did not latitude and longitude.
When pressed further for clarifica- tion, President Roosevelt joyfully re- minded the correspondents of the fanciful stories about wings being at- tuched to warships so they could float across land and the report that a tunnel was being dug to send the fleet under the Rocky Mountains-United Press.
Fleet In Atlantic
San Juan, June 20. Admiral Leahy, former Chief of Naval Operations and now Governor. of Porto Rico, believes that the U.S. Flect is on its way to the Atlantic. That is where we are going to leave it," he comments-Reuter.
Equal To Any
Camden, N.J., June 20. The ex-Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Charles Edison, in a speech here to-
BLAME FOR day said the United States Navy,
DEFEAT
London, June 30. The French Army were beaten without being able to fight. This is the opinion of General de Gaulle as quoted by Prof. Saurate, Director of the Institute Francals, at a meeting in London.
cause
"man for man; ship for ship" was equal to any In the world. United Press.
Assistance Urged
New York, June 29. The British, French and United States Fleets should come to an un- derstanding which would bottle Hitler up in Germany, said Senator Key Piltman in an interview.
He did not suggest an but he thought that an "understand- open alliance, ing" would be enough. France and Britain could guard one ocean and the United States could patrol the
village and in every house until he of Guernsey and 10 civilians at Jersey. M. C. A. for this week. It stated only 60,000 soldiers had been killed other.-Reuter,
we are utterly destroyed..
"If he is driven to evacuate as we
had to evacuate from France, there will be no friendly fleet walting for
him. There will be nothing waiting
for him off the beaches of England; but death and disaster,
"I have given you material reasons why we should be able to beat off any enemy attack, but we have
own
BALBO DID NOT
DIE IN BATTLE
FROM PAGE ONE
something even stronger on our side. Balbo could not have been in a fighter We will be fighting for Our hearths and homes with the conviction plane.
The Italian account of his death
couse
of
that our cause is the humanly and prace against cruelly that he was killed in action has, and persecution, of right against therefore, caused some surprise in the wrong- cause that surely has the
R.A.F. blessing of Almighty God.
"It would be a faint heart indeed that could doubt our succeas,"
MANILA *PREPARES
Red Cross Ready To Look After 5,000
Manila, June 20. The Red Cross is anticipating and is prepared to handle 6,000 refugees from Hongkong In the event of an emergency.
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The B.AF. pilots who took part in Friday's raid on Tobruk state that they did not meet any large passenger type of plane. They saw plane burning on the ground but were un- able to Identify it.
MALTA'S 50TH AIR RAID
VALETTA, June 30 (Reuter) Maila had its 60th air raid at 9 am. when an alarm was sounded.
No firing was heard.
An hour later, there was a second machine-gunning was heard. air raid, Heavy anti-aircraft fire and
A number of bombs were dropped.
ed fixture list of the European that a concert was to be held in the
European Y. M. C. A. on July 4 at 8.30 p.m. in aid of B. W O. F. This should read in aid of the S. C. M. Post War Fund, and it commences at
9.13 p.m.
War Fund Benefit Ing for the variety entertainment to There is no dearth of artists offer be held at the European Y.M.C.A. on Thursday in aid of South China Morning Post. and Hongkong Tele- graph War Fund.
The Professor said that in the Interview he had with General de Gaulle, he asked him to explain the the French defeat. General de Gaulle had estimated that where and perhaps 300,000 wounded, 350,000 prisoners were taken in Belgium and later. In short, the General said the France in the first phase and 600,000 Local Baseball Army had not fought, not that it lacked courage and decrmination, but because the French High Command were trying to fight the German's 1914. new tactics of 1940 with methods of
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The great lesson of the war la France was that the civilian popu fation should stay put. Prof. Saurete added that General de Gaulle satd A notable artist will be Jenn followed the Insructions given them
that if the populations of Britain Gibson, who has not previously ap- by the authorities and, whatever they peared in the Colony. She was lately in the Glasgow Orpheus Choir and homed, then the actual civilian losses
saw or heard, remained in their own the week-end proved very one-sided.
On Baturday the H.B.
team will be heard in several agreeable would be very small and mechanised trounced the South China A.A, 14-1, contralto songs.
Other artists, old
Implements used by the enemy would and yesterday the U.S.5, Mindanao and new, who not be very dangerous, Reuter, have offered their
overwhelmed the Royal Engineers services Include Robert Bunney, Gaston d'Aquino,
15-0 and Chung Hwa beat the Hong- Ernie Perry, Les Gibson, Doreen Ma,
kong B.C, B-2. The following weddings took place Anno
H. B. Opened their game with four Organ, Stanley Hinchliffe, on Saturday before Mr. T. 6. Whyte-tallica in the first frame, and after Maude Read Winnie Cox, David Smith, Registrar of Marriages-Mr. adding one more in the third ran riot Waller. Kossick. Claire Shand and Maude James Ormiston (widower), mer in the fourth and crossed seven men chant, and Mrs. Ida Murici Nelson over the home plate. The remaining (widow), or Humphreys Buliding, two runs came in the fifth. South the witnesses being Messrs. K. B. China were white-washed until the Nelson and D. B. Evans; Cpl. George last inning when they managed a Bedford, Royal Corps of Signals, and solitary_run. Miss Hilda Mabel Humphrey, nurse, of Lyemun Married Quarters, the witness being Mrs. M. A. Humphrey and Mr. J. Digmont Mr. Tong Er
tsik, of Leighton Hill Road..
STOCK
MARKET REPORT Hongkong Stock Exchange official summary Issued Saturday says:
Sales were reported of Lands at
shares at $3.05, Dairy Farms at $17% and Telephones at $19. There were but no business transpired, buyers enquiries for H.K, Banks and Unions
and sellers Ideas being too diver-
SAFE RETURN TO $30, China Lights Old at 50, New chang, merchant, and Miss Chen Shu-n, the 18-0. Powlawski plich-
ENGLAND
A Coordinating Committee was established last year when the Colony was threatened by the Japanese and now operating again arranging accommodation in private houses and LONDON, June 30 (Reuter)-The hotels,
steaner Monarch of Bermuda, with The United Sintes Army is co-diplomats, consular officials, Journ- gent operating and will eatabllah accomplists, their wives and families, from modation in the barracks at Fort Italy, arrived at Glasgow to-day. McKinley,
It is estimated that a large num- ber of Americans will be included among the first batch of evacuees
from Hongkong.
Hitler Visits Maginot Line
The Red Cross suld they will be LONDON, June 30 (Reuter) able to handle any number as there Hitler vialled Mulucini and Upper is sufficient funds and they are better Alsace, inspecting the fortified works prepared than in 2037 when hundreds of the Maginot Line, which, according arrived. from
Shoughot-United to the official news agency, are Print.
shortly to be.demolished.
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Scoring in each of their six In- nings, Mindanao-men went 1-3-5-
wonders for the first four frames,
Afth, the latter continued the good
J. Reynolds, Deputy, Registrar of work.
The wedding took place before Mr. and when relieved by Ruel in the
Marriages, on Saturday, between Mr. The Hongkong B.C. tallied one in Chau Sum-shong, teacher, and Miss their first time at bat but allowed the Chiong Wal-chow, nurse, of Caine Chung Hwa nine five runs in the Road
opening Inning, and a further three in the second,
Chung Hwa have thus taken the lead in the League table, which is s
The following forthcoming wed- dings are announced-Lieut. Lawren ce Dudley Kilbee, R.N.V.R., to Miss follows: Grace Evelyn Martin, of Hongkong: Mr. James Gordon Smart, master Chung. Hwa marinar, ta Misy Georgina Marin, e/o Mindanao, 92 Waterloo Road; Mr. Becy. Peter H.B.. Chorr Fletcher, engineer, to Miss Hongkong B.C. Eloisa, Volaquez-Vazquez, of 1 Bel-South China fram Road, Kowloon, Tong.
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