Tuesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 20, 1940.
"The German threats as to impending action against vessels in United Kingdom waters will again strike all those who have been engaged in trade with this country as being particularly humorous
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DEFIANT BRITISH REPLY
TO NEW NAZIS
BLOCKADE - THREAT BY THE
Heavy Fine Imposed On Nazi Agent
PANAMA, AUR 19 (Reuter) Auto
Emil Wolff, described as a Gerinan chemist,
sentenced wis
to three
Rumania Gives In To Hungary
H
Bulgaria Now Seeks Her Spoils
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
LONDON, Aug. 19 (UP). The authoritative British reply GOERING IS
to the German declaration of a total blockade suggests that the
German announcement is likely to be the forerunner of "some WORLD'S
fresh act of lawlessness and brutality on the part of the Germans,"
of
The British reply was as follows:- "The seafaring world has had enough German experience of British and conduct at sea to
the #ppreciate German statements at their proper value.
scamen Many
been -con- nationalities, who have months imprisonment on a charge.
trade with tinuously engaged in that, being German, he was not re-
Britain since the beginning of Great gistered with the United States
BUCHAREST, Aug. 19 (Reuthe war under the protection of the Sceretary of State, and fined $1,000 on a charge of being a Nazi agent, ter)-It is understood that British Navy, are also well qualified the to judge the fantastic character of proposed The gaol term was, however, sus- Rumania pended on condition that the fine was cession of four departments of the German claims with regards to pold and this is expected to be forth-Transylvania in reply to the the losses of merchant shipping at coming from the $10,000 hall de- ungarian demand for 13 de-the disposal of this country.
posited by the German Legation.
Wolff was arrested and taken off the Japanese steamer Yasukuni Maru seven weeks ago when it arrived at Panama from Los Angeles.
has
1,204 Were Lost Aboard
Glorious
Official Casualty
No. 1 LIAR
LONDON Aug 19 (Reuter)-The unreliability of the German - news service has again been convincingly demonstrated by neutral observera. The German wireless claimed on August 18 that the German planes "In unprecedented number have been for many hours over London. In the opinion of foreigners living in London It was the greatest air offensive the world has ever witnessed."
American Yet an
commentator List Revealed
broadcasting from London sald LONDON, Aug. 19 (Reuter). Street neither
"American correspondents in Fleet saw nor heard any Casualties in the aircraft-German planes." carrier Glorious, which was lost
Piling In On Delegate Returns
With regard to the great quantities off Norway in June, total 1,204, BUDAPEST. Aug. 19 (Reuter)~
The American commentator who M. Hory, head of the Hungarian defc-of shipping now serving the Allied it is revealed in the casualty list closed one of Britain's biggest ports.
with cause, the Norwegian, Dutch and
to investigate sald on August the negotiailons
went gation
Captain G. D'Oyly-Hughes, D.S.Q.18: "n thorough and unrestricted in- Rumania, is reported to be returning Belgian fleets are operating steadfast-issued by the Admiralty.
spection of the vast docks showed frora Turnu-Severin to Budapest to ty and successfully under the con-
trol of their own national committers DS.G., In command, was among 33
was also Lieut.that ships from all parts of the world London. French
Danish officers killed, as und
of Sir were unloading cargoes of all kinds.. in
whent from Canada, oll from the vessels whose owners are subject to Commdr. C. H. Wells, Mon German pressure will be restored to Richard Wells, M.P.
United States, mests from Australia with proper compensation 43 Officers Missing
and minerals from South America." ther
partments.
LONDON, Aur. 19 (Reuter) night. Several liners carrying about 700 children from Britain entered un eastern Canadlah port. late ta-day,
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The Rumanian reply to Hungary's proposals is considered to be entirely unsatisfactory.
Calm prevails here, however, and no immediate action is expected.
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ufter the war.
In addition, 43 officers are posted missing.
British minefields have been in all Bulgaria's Demands BUCHAREST, Aug. 19 (Reuter) cases properly notified before laying The Rumanian and Bulgarian dele- in accordance with the established gations met at Craiova for negotia- practice and no complaint can be laid tions which are expected to lead to against the recent British declarations an agreement ceding Suuthern of dangerous areas in the English and 36 missing.
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This Sounds Like
Another Threat
"The German threats as to im- pending acllon against vessels in
strike all those who have been
Again the Germans said they had
Nazis' New
Threat
LONDON, Aug. 10 (Reuter) -- Germany, through the Swiss Govern- ment, is said to have sent a note to the British Government describing the uniform and distinguishing marks of German parachute troops.
After referring to previous In- stances in whileh it was alleged that
United Kingdom waters will again NAZIS TRANSFER German parachute troops were ill- engaged in trade with this country SUSPECT CONSULceive any
at
used
used, the note states that if they re- treatment not in con- formity with International Law, the reply will be serious reprisals against It is stated in authoritative cireles embers of the British Air Force."
yet received this note.
US Ships To Take
Child Evacuees
as being particularly humorous. "Germany has already
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10 (Reuter),! against all shipping in the vicinity of WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (Reuter). these islands, irrespective of the Mr. Sumner Welles, the Acting
German Embassy spokesmanships nationality or nature or des-Secretary of State, announced that that the British Government have not here mid to-day that although the tination of their cargoes, every kind Germany had advised the United American Leglen, which is carrying of illegal weapon. These attacks on States at Dr. Friedrich Reid, onc American citizens from the Baitle shipping have been carried out large-of her consuls in New York, was be countries back to the United States, ly the expense of Innocent ing transferred from America as the would not be attacked by German neutrals with calculated barbarlly result of the State Department's in- air or naval forces, the refugee trans- which shows the principal object is vestigations into his activities.
It is understood that Reid will be port was probably in an area of intimidation. "grave danger."
"In this they have signally falled appointed Consul-General In Kobe. as witnessed in the uninterrupted] stream of supplles which continues to enter British ports from overseas. unlimited destruction as they fore "The present culminations against rhadow in their recent decfuration. neutral vessels trading to the British "They do, however, finally as LONDON, Aug. 19 (Heuter)-A Isles can therefore make no differ- soclate the German Government with further contingent of loggers from ence whatever to the cost of war many acts of barbarism which might| Newfoundland, the fourth to come since the German forces have long otherwise conceivably have been as here..arrived.al a British port to-day,' been pursuing just such a policy of cribed to Individual Nazi' bullies."
He added: "We are concernext about the danger of mines which we no longer can control.".
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Continuous Raids
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LONDON, Aug. 19 (Reuter).—The fifth Newfoundland artillery contin- gent arrived at a British port to-day.
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