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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 23, 1940.
Vichy Threat: "France Will Take Necessary Steps" Against Britain
SPECIAL STORY OF ATTACK Eye-Witness's
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Blockade of Continent
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Special to the “Telegraph” VICHY, Aug. 22 (UP). Britain's refusal to lift the blockade of France is an Recreio "A" "act of hostility."
· This
(130)
FIRST DIVISION
C.C.C. (135) K.C.C. (811)
declaration was made in Vichy to-day by the K.B.GC. (722)
By HARRY HICKINGBOTHAM Petain Government's Minis- CS.C.C. (754)
UNITED PRESS STAFF CORRESPONDENT
BY
STRAITS THE
OF
DOVER, Aug. 22 (UP)—Ger-
resulted
v. Recrelo """
(430)
v. L.R.C. (700)
v. Police (513) v. K. Docks (553) v. HK.F.C, (874)
SECOND DIVISION.
ter for Foreign Affairs, M.C.C.C. (458) Paul Baudoin.
Talkoo (593) K.B.G.C. (770)
Tong (90) Police (247)
v. C.S.C.C. (429) v. K.F.C. (783) v. Recreio (831)
v. H.K.C.C. (450) V. K.CC. (201) THIRD DIVISION
He announced that the British man long-range guns on the Government has replied to Vichy French coast shelled a convoy of representations regarding the Electrie (351) v. ILK.F.C.. (315) 18 vessels in the English Chan-[blockade, after delaying Its P.O.C. (071) v. H.K.C.C. (32) nel for 80 minutes to-day. [answer for three weeks.
I saw the convoy enter the It has refused to lift the blockade. Straits of Dover proceeding castward. It included warships, while British fighters flew over the convoy and others patrolled between the ships and the French coast.
wan,
PRETENCES
Indian R.C. (285) v. K.I.G.C. (731) Ticket numbers 385 and 207 drew Craigengower and the Kowloon F.C. "The French Government will take non-starters" in the Third Divis- the necessary steps to ensure that the ion. Kome
country will not suffer," declared M. Baudouin.
The French Minister called the ALLEGED FALSE
"Inhuman." It
he blockade sald, unworthy of a Christian coun- try. Suddenly I saw four huge spouts.
Continuation of the blockade would of water thrown up some distance
be "disastrous for those who apply it, from the slips on the French side. These were followed by terrific ex-warned M. Blaudoin.
The
Minister referred Floxons which shook the town where Winston Churchill's speech
to Mr. the I am staying.
few minutes Inter I saw a flash House of Commons.
France, he declared, had sought an from the French cliffs and there fol-
because armistice with Hiller lowed three other explosiona. Then,
could no longer continue to fight, either on her metropolitan or colonial fronts.
after a short interval, four splashes appeared in the water around the
for continued
about
This
40
In
she
Cheng Sau-ming, 26, manager of Holland House, and residing in Hill- the Ton Wai Trading Company,
wood Road, was charged before Mr. G. T. Lowry at the Central Magis- trney this morning with obtaining money by false pretences.
Mr.
He is alleged to have obtained $1,000, $250 and $1,000 on July 8, 13 and 18 respectively, from Chồng Hwan-chang manager of the Ton Wat Company, Shanghai, by pretending that he could obtain so bags of cement from the
Mr. Island Cement Company for
freight space
for Chang and obinin the
goods to Shanghal
Green
M. Baudoin stressed that be light share during the height of the fight- minutes, but the slips still pusheding on the Somme front consisted of on without altering their speed,
two divisions comprising 50,000 men. Throw Out Smoke Screen
le declared that only one tenth of Then 1 saw smaller boats moving Beltain's available force was used. at a terrific speed which appeared He denied that France could have Det.Sgt. J. R. Sykes Is prosecut- en the scene together with some helped Britain in Somaliland and Ing. and Mr. B. C. Hobbs will re- British destroyers and they made revealed official statisties showing present Cheng. He was granted ball smoke
screen which completely of that France had only 6,000 troops at of $3.000. August 29 was fixed for scured the convoy
Djibouti, 60,000 troops in Syria and the hearing of the case. Some of the shells fell about 20 two divisions in French Africa. miles from the French coast.
He urged the cessation of the dive-bombers blockade "before all Europe collapses“ afterwards Soon streaked from the French shore and and warned that all nations on the began attacking with bombs of Contineat would be bound solidly heavy calibre which sent up spouts together by a common hunger, of water hundreds of feet into the air.
The warships and merchantmen
Firing Practice
Kowloon residents will hear the send of big guns ring on Tuesday night next wrek.
But there is no caure for alarm, The ammunition will be blank.
replied with a savage anti-aircraft Huge New Bombers that artery ring will be carried
barrage and apparently prevented
the bombers from diving low enough; to nim accurately.
British fighters then climbed Into the air and engaged the raiders in
Berce battle.
All the planes vanished suddenly into a rain squali and I did not see them again.
It is pointed out that with regard to the advertisement in the Tele- graph" that the closing time for the issue of permits for the export of Bank of England notes is 5 p.m. on August 27, 1940, and net 8 p.m.
was
For Britain
Secret Disclosed LONDON, Aug. 22 (Reuter),~32 disclosed tonight that new of which are o bombers, details closely guarded secret, will soon be available to the BAF.
The military authorities announce
out in the neighbourhood of Kowloon between B p.m. and mid-night.
GERMANS OFF AIR All Broadcasts Stop LONDON, Aug. 22 (UP) ——All
alr German stations went off the before 19 p.m.. DST to-night. For Although gigantic, they are sur-l prisingly fast and are stated to have the third night in succession,
news: the manoeuvrability of much lighter station gave any midnight
Only Bratislava was working and craft.
They are believed to be much morej gave local news at 11 p.m., BST. powerful than those which regularly bomb Germany and Northern Italy.
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