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
DEFIANT BRITISH REPLY
"
TO
BLOCKADE THREAT BY THE
PREMIER' THANKS
THE R.A.F.
LONDON, Aug. 19 (Reuter). -The Air Minister has received the following message from the Prime Minister:
Rumania Gives In To Hungary
Bulgaria Now Seeks Hor Spoils
BUCHAREST, Aug. 19 (Reu. ter)It la understood that Rumania
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
NEW NAZIS
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
fresh act of lawlessness and brutality on the part of the WORLD'S
Germans."
The British reply was as follows:- The seafaring world has had enough experience of British and German conduct at sea to appreciate the German statements at their proper value. Many seamen of nil nationalities, who have been con-
1,204 Were
Lost Aboard
inuously engaged in trade with Glorious
Great Britain since the beginning of "Please convey to the Commander-
war under the protection of the In-Chief, Bomber Command, the con-
sh Navy, are also well qualified gratulations of the War Cabinet on
has proposed the to judge the fantastle character of the success of operations against cession of four departments of the German claims with regards to Germany co Friday night. The War Cabinet impressed by the skill with Transylvania in reply to the the losses of merchant shipping at which both these operations and Hungarian demand for 13 de: the disposal of this country,
those against italy and Germany on other retent occasions have been pre- pared and by the cool sure courage and effelency with which the fight- ing crews of the bomber squadrons
have carried them out.
partments.
Delegate Returns
BUDAPEST, Aug. 19 (Reuter),---
Oporating Steadfastly
Official Casualty
List Revealed
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No. 1 LIAR
newa
on
LONDON Aug 19 (Reuter).-The
of the German unreliability service has again been convincingly demonstrated by neutral observers. The German wireless claimed August 10 that the German planes "In unprecedented number have been for many
hours over London. In the opinion of foreigners living in London 22 it was the greatest air offensive the work has ever witnessed."
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any
Yet an American commentator Bald from London LONDON, Aug. 19 (Reuter). broadcasting -Casualties in the aircraft- "American correspondents in Fleet carrier Glorious, which was lost Street neliher saw nor heard
German planes."
Is On With regard to the great quantities off Norway in June, total 1,204,
Piling Again the Germans said they had M. Hory, head of the Hungarian dele-of shipping now serving the Allied it is revealed in the casualty list
closed one of Britain's biggest ports. gation in the negotiations with cause, the Norwegian, Dutch and issued by the Admiralty.
who The American commentator Captain G. D'Oyly-Hughes, D.S.O., Itumenkt, is reported to be returning Belgian flects are operating steadfast- "Bolts night and day, bomber from Turnu-Soverin to Budapest toy and successfully under the D.S.G., in command, was among 33 went to investigate sul on August
blows night.
trol of their own national committees squadrons are dealing hard
10: "a thorough and unrestricted In- showed against Italy and Germany. They
spection of the vast docks that ships from all parts of the world deserve the thanks and admiration of
were unloading cargoes of all kinds- wheat from Canada, all from the United States, meats from Australia and minerals from South America,"
their fellow-countrymen."
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The Rumanian reply to Hungary's in proposals is considered to be entirely unsatisfactory.
Cahn prevalis here, however, and no immediate action is expected.
Bulgaria's Demands.
BUCHAREST, Aug. 19 (Reuter)
wns
also Lieut. of Sir
London, French and Dunia officers klied, as vessels whose owners are subject to Commdr. C. it. Wells, son German pressure will be restored to Richard Wells, M.P.
with proper compensation them
43 Officers Missing after the war.
British minefields have been in ali In addition, 43 olcers are posted cases properly notifed before laying missing.
Of the ratings, 71 were killed, one The Humanian and Bulgarian dele-in accordance with the established gations met at Cralova for negotia-practice and no complaint can be laid jdied of wounds and 800 are missing. R.A.F. casualties were five killed, tions which are expected to lead to against the recent British declarations
the English and 30 missing. 072 agreement
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and has saved man battleship Scharnhorst which, tien on the Danube.
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aircraft-carrier as well as the armed merchantmun Orama,
Technical details are to be worked cut, including an exchange of popu- tation and the question of compensa-
len.
This Sounds Like Another Threat
Particularly Humorous "The German threats as to im- pending action against vessels in
Nazis' New Threat
10
United Kingdom waters will again NAZIS TRANSFER of German parachute troops.
strike all those who
have been
LONDON, Aur.
(Reuter),go Germany, through the Swiss Govern- ment, is said to have sent a note to the British Government describing the uniform and distinguishing marks
to previous After referring
in- stances in it was alleged that as being particularly humorous. "Germany ios already used
used, the note states that if they re-
treatment not WASHINGTON, Aug, 19 (Reuter).ceive any
In con- against all shipping in the vicinity of WASHINGTON, Aux. 19 (Reuter), these islands, Irrespective of the Mr. Sumner Welles, the Acting formity with International Law, the -A German Embassy spokesman ships' nationality or nature or des-Secretary of State, announced that reply will be serious reprisals against here said to-day that although the tination of their cargoes, every kind Germany had advised the United members of the British Air Force." American Legion, which is carrying of illegal weapon. These attacks on States that Dr. Friedrich Reid, one It is stated in authoritative circles American citizens from the Baltic shipping have been carried out large-of her consuls in New York, was be that the British Government have-not countries back to the United States, ly at the expense of innocent ing transferred from America as the yet received this note. would not be attacked by German neutrals with calculated barbarity result of the State Department's in-
engaged in trade with this country SUSPECT CONSULpurachute troops were ill-
air or naval forces, the refugee trans- which shows the principal object is vestigations into his activities, port was probably in an "grave danger."
area of intimidation.
It is understood that Reid will be "In this they have signally failed appointed Consul-General in Kobe, He added: "We are concerned
as witnessed in the uninterrupted about the danger of mines which we stream of supplies which continues to no longer can control,'
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culminations against shadow in their recent declaration. neutral vessels trading to the British "They do, however, Anally os LONDON, Aug. 19 (Reuter).A Isles can therefore make no differ- sociate the German Government withi 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 nt a British port to-day." been pursuing-just-such-a-policy of cribed-to-individual Nazi-bullies.".
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PANAMA, Aug. 19 Emil-Wolff-described-as-a-German chemist, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on a charge that, being a German, he was not re- gistered with the United Stales Secretary of State, and fined $1,000 on a charge of being a Nazi agent.
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