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No. 16204
三拜禮,辦七十月七英港香
WEDN
JULY 17, 1940. 日三十月六
BINGLE COPY 10 CENTS
Army Insists On Konoye As
Konoye As War Premier
JAPAN'S NEW "GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY" GOVT
Rumania Norwegian
And The Dictator States
Opposed To Further Concessions
BUCHAREST, JULY 16 (Reu. ter) It is understood that Ger- many has advised Rumanian, Bulgaria and Hungary to settle the outstanding territorial differ- ences between them with Ger many as the go-between.
Negotiations to this end are stated to be in progress between Sofu, Bucharest and Budapest.
Germany is chiefly concerned with the future status of 800,000 members of the German minority in Rumania. Of these, a greater part ure in Trons- sylvania.
The German plan would be to con- ventrola the majority of them in onej region in Trans-sylvania and grant them nutanomous rights.
Strong objections are already ex- pressed in Rumanin to any further territorial coteesions which would be calculated to precipitate a deinand that such minorities should be re- pattinted..
Soviot Protest
BUCHAREST, July 16 (Reuter)
Protest To Sweden
LONDON, July 16 (Reuter), -It is learned iti official Norwe- glan quarters that the Norweglan Government wiil protest Lo Stockholm against the decision of the Swedish Government to
allow the transit of German war
material to the army of decupa-
of
on in Norway and the passage
German soldiers across Swedish territory to and from
NOTWAY
A statement issued by the Norwegian Government in Lon- den states; "The Swedish Prime Minister has stated as the reason for the for
lalent decision tiat hostilities have ceased between Norway Germany, but it is a
ah maller of fact that the struggle for Norway hay by
means come to an end.
ou
"In any case the transit of war materials to Norway will streng- then the German occupation of the country."
U.S. REACTION TO NEW DEVELOPMENT
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH
TOKYO, July 16 (UP).—It is reliably revealed to-night that an important conference of the Army Bureau and section chiefs decided to jaccept no candidate for the Premiership other
than Prince Kónoye.
The conference unanimously passed a résolution that the Army needs, at this time, a really strong Cabinet to. cope with the rapidly changing developments in the international situation.
WASHINGTON VIEWS
SPECIAL TO THE
"TELEGRAPH"
WASHINGTON, July 16 (UP).-Officials decline to make immediate comment on the Tokyo reports of the Cabinet resignation pending
Incessant Raids By Royal Air Force
THE "TELEGRAPH" SPECIAL TO
LONDON, July 16 (UP).-The Air Ministry com- The Soviet Government has lodged a munique to-day says that despite bad weather, the R.A.F., strong protest with the Rumanian Ambassador in Moscow and with the uninterruptedly guarded invasion points and attacked a
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INDIAN TROOPS KEEP GUARD IN AFRICA
MANY, INDIAN REGIMENTS are in the Afrienn Desert, where they are Trench digging, erecting barbed entanglements, etc. In all branches of warfare they prove to be highly efficient.
A very important part of their defensive operations is the erection of barbed wire entanglements..
New Emergency Powers Bill Rushed Through DESERT - WARFARE
DEATH SENTENCE
FOR
official confirmation but political circles widely be lieve that the military and naval leaders
encouraged the crisis for the purpose of obtaining a freer hand in the new expansion policies death penalty for looting and also for persons forcing in Asia on the theory that their way past a military picket or overpowering a sentry the present time is an un-will be granted to special civilian courts, according to precedented opportunity to Sir John Anderson, Minister of Home Secretary, who extend Japan's influence.
Informed circles believed that moved the second reading of the Emergency Powers Prince Konoya will exercise his Defence Number 2 Bill to-night. tious influence to guide the current trend; however, some sensationn! Japanesė moves would not surprise observers here...
TRAITORS
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH". LONDON, July 16 (UP).-Powers to impose the
characteristic astute but insons barge concentration and the Armentieres airdrome in
Rumanian Government niinst the alleged, mal-treatment of travelling from Rumania 10 Bessarabia.
Three Months
May See The.
Crisis Passed
England's Readiness
For Anything
{northern France.
Meanwhile three German planes were shot down on the
British coast to-day, the smallest bag for some time, indicating
The lessening of air assaults"on-Britnin in the last 48 hours."
On Monday, the R.A.F., at.
tacked the airdromes at LissieuxTHE PRESIDENCY
and Evreaux in Normandy.
Last night they bombed
the
airdromes at Nordtry and Dekooy,
setting are to the hangars, petrol pumps and grounded aircraft. The
ROOSEVELT
enu-
The United States continues to he particularly interested in any move towards the Dutch East Indies or the British Matuyon reglans, from where stic obtains rubber and tin supplies. The opinion is expressed that the United States Fleet will remain in Hawaian waters in the meantime unless Britain loses the "Battle of
oil refinery at Hanover was again NOMINATION Britain."
bombed, The aircraft parks ni Paderborn and Osnabruck were set
NEW YORK, July 16 (Reu-nre. Freight yards and warehouses ter)"Three months of endur- were bombed and set fro at ance might well see England past Willemhoord Harbour.
Wall Street Journal.
American Reaction CERTAIN SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
WASHINGTON, July 10. (UP),~- -Miss Perkins The "Washington Post" in an editorial the crisis," says a writer in the The blast furnace at Hamburg and
CHICAGO, July 16 (Reuter). in closing the Barina Road said it to-day regarding the British action a munition factory at Dortmund were
-Miss Frances Perkins, Secre- was an set adre.
"undisguised capitulation" of Mr.
Raids On Normandy
"In so far 19 tary of Labour, openly forecast to Japanese would contribute now as she was not a month ago, to
LONDON, July 16 (Reuter). An President Roosevelt's nomint in Chian's weakening and may lead to
closing the Road meet whatever is to come, and it is Air Ministry communique states: for a third term as President in her capitulation which would con- a very imposing aggregate of defen- R.A.F. bombers on Monday attack-a speech at the second day of the stitute a blow to all the powers with sive strength that he listed.
Far Eastern interests." Evereux in Normandy. During the Democratic Convention. night they again attacked aerodromes President Roosevelt, however,
"That is the meaning Churchill's summary of her readiness
Big Favourable Circumstanco
•
ed enemy nerodromes at Lisieux and
"In weighing England's chances of at Norderney and De Kooy in is still maintaining a sphinx-like beating off an invasion, there is a Holland, where hangars, petrol silence about his plans. favourable circumstance nat speci- dumps and aircraft on the ground
The galleries were only 'sparsely fically Included in Mr. Churchill's were set afire. summary although it was implied.
Last night other forces of bombers Alled to-day and there was an atmos Her armies are inside their uns repeated their attacks on an oil re phere of lethargy among the delegates who will take little interest in the whereas the Nazi war machine is now Anery at Hanover and an aircraft
proceedings until Thursday's nomina- dispersed over Central Europe, factory at Paderborn.
tlons begin. Norway, Denmark, the Low Countries "Hamm and Osnabruck were again and two-thirds of conquered France.'
visited. Fires
and explosions in good yards were observed by our bomber crows,
Blast Furnaco Bombed
DISTURBANCES
The session opened with prayer throughout the world." for "peace for our country and
•
.
LABOUR MEMBERS CRITICAL
SIEGE OF CAPUZZO CONTINUES
Italian Relief Column Forced To Withdraw CAIRO, July 16 (Reuter).-
communique- states that in the western desert
To-night's
war
artillery fire again forced enemy motorised
transport columns attempting to enter Capuzzo to
withdraw with the loss of one
vehicle.
Petrol and ammunition dumps at Capuzzo werd set on fire.
During the Arst air raid on Palestine, enemy planes dropped 50 bombs on Halfa without -obtaining direct
hits and there were two
Courts will be established in areas declared to be war zones for the purpose of abolishing the procedure of committal for trial to enable any type of offenders to be tried immediately without
juries.
He
emphasised that the casualties. Government has no intention of establishing Court Martial for Monday, the garrison at Moyale was
During the night of Sunday the punishment of civilian offen- successfully withdrawn. ders. He pointed out, however, Italien post at Gamuk drew enemy In Somaliland a night roid on the that after an attempted invasion reinforcements for a counter-attack, or severe air attacks, it would which suffered casualties before a deal with grave offences more be necessary to have courts to patrol of the Camel Corps withdrew.. speedily than would be possible under the normal processes of {justice.
Allege Favouritism In Evacuee Scheme
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”
abject to avoid estab-
con-
LONDON, July 16 (UP).— Allegations that the Govern-courts will also be empowered to Im- Apart from the death penalty, the ment's postponement of the pose lesser, but at the same time overseas evacuation schemo was drastic, penalties for tooling, etc. which well-to-do children could to a camouflaged system under | Not Military Courts
be sent to safety while the poor troducing
LONDON, July 16 (Reuter)-In- the Emergency Powers wore left behind, were made by Defence (No. 2) Bill in the House of Labour. Members to-day when Commons to-day the Home Secretary Mr. Clement Attlee, the Lord and Minister for Home Security, Sir Germany Short Privy Saml, told the House of John Anderson, said that it was the Commons that the Government shing anything in the nature of Of Vital Oils was shelving the plan to ship military courts.
The Government wanted to estu- 200,000 children to the Do-blish special courts which would minions and the United States operate only where, owing to military British Navy Has Cut "until conditions for their safety chinery of justice could no longer
the developments, ordinary mu- Off Supplies
are improved."
Mr. Attlee said that the threatened meet, or fully meet the requirements ISTANBUL, July 16 (Reuter). Invasion, coupled with the loss of the only so long as an emergency
of the case. They would operate Opposed To War,
Germany is facing a serious French feet, forced Britain to continues "A blast furnace at Hamburg, in IN HOLLAND the Ruhr, and a munition factory at as women they were opposed to war necessary for her. machines, those who were able to afford passage by sea or air, or possibly a severe air
Miss Perkins sald in her speech that shortage of lubrication bus serve her naval convoys for more
essential purposes.
"The sort of case we have in mind, He added that Dormund, was also bombed.
"The people of the New World do not
is where, after an attempted invasion LONDON, July 16 (Reuter).—. "Coastal Command aircraft carried need to share in the fatal hatreds be especially aircraft, according to on fast unescorted liners, could send Reports reaching Dutch circles in out an attack on Willemscord Harbour tween races, classes and creeds which a highly-placed British oil ex- their children outside of the Govern- which set of things prevails in London indicate that there have been on the coast of Holland, causing have turned the Old World into a port who arrived here from would be unable to assume the same establishing normal conditions, it la
ment's scheme but the Go
Governmen!
which as
as a part of the process of ru- serious disturbances at The Hague large fire among the warehouses. All shambles." recently.
Senator McAllister staunchly de-Rumania,
necessary to have courts in operation A warning has been issued, To-day despite bad weather con-clared that the United States, would
"The fate of the Arandora Star which can deal with grave offences threatening severe measures it theditions, bombers attacked enemy-never. compromise with the dictators | hava enough petrol for the tline belas cannot” always rely on speed for Possible under the normal course of The expert salt Germany might shows that even fast passenger liners far more speedily than would be disturbances do not cease forthwith. Turn to Page 5, Third Column or yield to threats.
but lubrication oil la almost certainly This has been one of the themes very weak in her war supplies.
safety." Mr. Attlee running through all the speeches up
Previously, the Parliamentary
War Zone Courts to now, whilo suggestions that the Before the war, she imported 90 per Under-Secretary for the Dominions. Suitable men of judicist rank or fullest possible aid should be given to cent. of her requirements from Texas, Mr. Shakespeare, told questionors qualified to exercise a high judicial the peoples fighting for liberty havo Mexico and elsewhere across the that 20,000 out of 200,000 applications office will be selected and been conspicuous by their absence, Atlantic, and the British Navy has for the Government's scheme Indicat net as Presidents of the special, war assigned to The reason is that the Democrats now entirely cut off these supples, ed a preference to go to the United zone courts. They will be empower have to contend with an even stron- ger Isolationist minority that had the Russia is reading her only small States rather than the Dominions.
ed to deal with offences of all kinds, Republicans and the interests of party lubricating oil for her own require
quantities, Rumania has not enough
Why Schemo Was Dropped- but it is contemplated that in practice unity require that it should be
they will only deal with the more ments, and therefore she is unable to LONDON, July 16 (Reuter)Mr. serious offences which are of import- plucnted.
Bend Germany anys, mag
Clement Attlee, revealing In, the ance from the military point of view LONDON, July 10 (Reuter)Gen-tion of the planes captured from the Dominions scheme had been dropped, the elimination of procedure for com-
The expert added that an examina House of Commons to-day why the in any area declared to be
evacuation
of children to the zone. It is proposed to provide for cral Sir William Dartholomew is ap- Germans showed that she is said that the Government realise mittal for trial in order to enable pointed Regional Commissioner for already experiencing lubricating oil hitherto performed by Sir Hugh have been found to be in such a poor scheme is bound to cause great dis-before the special courts,
of their offenders, to be brought immediately Civil Defence, taking over the duties ineuitics as the off in the engines that the postponement Elles, who has been released for spe-state that the British Air Force would Turn to Page 5, Fourth Column Turn to Page 5, Third Column appointment among parents in Eng These will be of a civilian charac- clol Civil Defence duties.
[nover dream of using them.
our aircraft returned safely.
Duke, Duchess to Take Clipper to New York
LISBON, July 16 (Reuter).The Duke and Duchess of Windsor have booked passages by clipper to New York and are expected to fly from New York to the Bahamas by a special plane immediately on arrival.
Their pass-ports have been visaed by the American Consulate, but no definite date is fixed for their departure. However, it is reported that they will leave this week,
responsibility.
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