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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
September 5,⠀
1940.
ROUND THE WORLD with our
Hitler Is Feeling Effects Of Britain's Powerful Blockade
Special to the "Telegraph"
LONDON, Sept. 4 (UP)-Britain's tighten- ing blockade of Germany is strikingly revealed în official figures released to-day by the Ministry of Economic Warfare, which reviews the first
¡year of the war.
Many Dead
The Contraband Control ordered the seizure of 763,344 tons of enemy cargo
In German during Troop Ship
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DISHONOUR DIVIDES AN EMPIRE
·ALGERIAÍ Molin
SOUTH AMERICA
OCE
CEAN
EQUATORIAE
AFRICA
| theofon Possen-CIONI
the past twelve months and considered the Second in importance only to the British Commonwealth, France's colonial empire comprises territories in all the quarters of the position of 3,979 ships. world. The most important, together with metropolitan France, The Empire's area is 4,617,579 It is emphasised that the are marked black in this map. Special to the "Telegraph" tonnages mentioned "represent square miles and its peoples, white, black, yellow and brown,
GOTHENBURG, Sept. 4 only a small fraction of what
number more than 65,000,000. (UP), Confirmation of the Germany has lost owing to the torpedoing of a Nazi troop- contraband control because most ship off the Skaggerak has of her normal imports never been received from Swedish fisherman.
sailed."
The Ministry also announced that the number of anvleert applications |
It is believed that the since the system was introduced at casualties among the Ger-he
man troops aboard are high.
So far only 100 of the entire; complement aboard the ship! have been saved.
beginning of 1940 und up to September 3 was 63,525
3,979 Ships Held
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LONDON, Sept
(truter) Britain's year of economic warfare
The vessel was of about 12.000 is having definãe effect on Oerinany's
naval unit as it was
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tons.
It was torpedoed
Basti
the
northern tip of Denmark
According
Swedish eye-wit
rensen, the vessel sank rapidly
Communiques
U.S. WARSHIPS
Royal Air LEAVÉ HAWAII Force Raids Continued
hidustrial machine, according to un official statement made in Loudon The following Official Com- Since war began, the Contraband meniques (received through Committee has held 3,978 sh.ps and UP, Reuter and Domei) were ordered the seizure of 783,0 tons of
of 230,000 released yesterday. cargo, consisting mainly
The hundred survivors were handed tons of theta, 182, of R.A.F.: New Targets
at Skagen, In Denmark
War Factories
Intact
Nazi Raids Fail LONDON, Sept. 4 (Reuter) - The Midlands area of Britain 108 Det
heavily attacked in recent Nazi au ruids but only slight damage has been done by these night raiders seeking cripple war production, My un Amer.can correspondent in Bitoz
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After a survey of Birmingham stal its environs, he says he found only two factories so badly damaged that productum has to be stopped are small planta,
Unsed survey was
They
petroleum and allied prisfurts, 83.000); tons of food and beverages, 74,000) tons of all seeds, 30,000 tons of fred-¦
ing stulls, 37.000 tons of texÜle
Bombed in Raids New targets were bombed lust { **
34,000 tons of sun-metalle mineralsight by Royal Air Force bom
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHI HONOLULU, Sept 4 (Domei).—Unite of the United States Fleet, in- cluding nine botteships, sailed out of Pearl Har- bour оп Tuesday for
manoeuvres,
The warships are sche- duled to return on Septem- ber 13 when the main body of the Fleet is due to arrive for a normal fort- night's upkeep.
SAIGON BLACK-OUT
Special to the "Telegraph"
SINGAPORE, Sept. 4 (UP). Passengers from Saigon by airplane to-day describe the French and Japanese delegates in Hanoi as entering an "increased huddle."
of
After the announcement the Japanese ultimatum, Saigon was partially blacked out yester- day evening.
The passengers added that residents of Indo-China are very uncertain regarding the future of the colony.
Chungking Denial
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH“ Government spokesman to-day denied CHUNGKING, Sept. 4 (UP)-A the Hongkong "China Mail report
between Chungkinh and the Indo-
of
that na agreement has been reached
China government concerning defence measure to be adopted in the event Japanese invasion of Indo.Chlau. The spokesman termed the report a Japanese rumour and suld Chúng- king has received no such informa- tion from Admiral Decoux.
NUFFIELD'S GIFT
£250,000 TO THE AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND
LONDON, Sept. 4 (Reuter)-Lord Nuffield has handed a cheque for £200,000 to Lord Wakefeld, Chair- man of the Council of the RAF
which Benevolent Fund, with
to
found a fund to be known as the "Nuffield Endowment,"
Interest from this BLIXTY will be appiled to relief of all forma of dis- tress among the dependents of R.A.F personnel killed or Incapacitated by wounds or injuries received in aetions.
This represents only a very ambers in Germany and Italy. Panama Defences To
fraction of what Germany lost owing
over
The ti
Inters
attacked the
To the Brtiial Contraband Control dynmadle veneks at Schlebuch north-
There have 1xer
03.000 cunt of Cologne, St. Pierre, Durena applications under The navterrt and Genoa. system.
When the system became comput. sory in August, applications.
nearly three tines those of July
Japanese Representation
on Navicert System
SPECIAL TO THE **TELEGRAPH' LONDON, Sept. 4 (Donet). The Japanese Embassy has presented
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For the second successful night, frish planes bombed objectives near Calogne, the Dortmunidirés catal near the French port Lorient and the gun eisplacements at Gris Nez. GERMAN: Claims
Further Sinkings, Raids
were
Be Strengthened
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4 (UP)Colonel Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy, disclosed to-day that the United States is negotiating for the use of the Galapagos and Cocos Islands to strengthen the defences in the Western Hemisphere.
R was plating the acquisition of further Pamu bases. He said that the President
| told him, “any more bases are
the window."
out
Sixty-two British aircraft Colonel Knox wald that
make the destroyed Onl
Tuesday paramount to
Camal kopregnable.
No Further Bases WASHINGTON, Sept, 4 After conferring with Roosevelt, Senator Jol Bankhead ❘ment churging that It violated the law sand the United States is not contem-when Congress was not consulted.
His estimates of the damage are representation to the British Foreign when Nazi planes conducted
on personal observation. The Loafer in this form of a letter regards fresh stabbing assaults on thei
ng the treatment of Japanese steas British aerodrentes, ports and trade without flelmi knowledge. He simply bred a 6414 mers under the Navirest system i
industrial centres. and told the driver where to go. Empire ports
Firemen Quell Blaze In
N.Y.K. Passenger Liner
Special to the "Telegraph"
Forty Mix British planes were downed during dog fights, one was shut down by anti-aircraft are and 15 were bombed on the ground, the tommaritanique claimed. Ten Nazi planes were sad to be missing.
plines bombed Liverpool, Briston,
(UP)-
Meanwhile, the Republican mem- President bers of Congress attacked the agree-
'Cobber's' Mother Meets King
LONDON, Sept. 4 (Reuter).----Mra. Kain, mother of Flying During the night raid, our War Officer "Cobber" Kain, the New Zealand ace who was killed Avonmouth, Poole, Rochester Mid- some months ago, to-day received from His Majesty the King dlesborough, causing huge conflagra at Buckingham Palace the D.F.C. medal won by her son.
Mrs. Kain and her daughter, accompanied by the High
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at
of First Lieutenant Endrass which
KOBE, Sept. 5 (Domei).—A fire broke out in No. Hold of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha liner Haruna Maru 11 o'clock on Wednesday morning while 4,500 tons of Bombay cotton were being unloaded.
A Nozi U-boat under the command Commissioner for New Zealand, were received in private by has returned from a lengthy cruise, the King.
six armed British merchantmen
The ship which originally was totalling 51,500 tons. scheduled io sail for Yokohama this
morning, will stay here until Sunday CAIRO: Ten Words to undergo repairs
The fire was believed to have been caused by an ignition of steel bale atraps.
The fre
completely tinguished at 6 o'clock in the after-Maru whlle
moon.
WDA
CX-
Part of the passengers aboard the! liner continued their Journey
the Yokohama aboard
Kamakura
others proceeded
Tokyo by train.
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I attended a most enjoyable party last night, and 'I'm feeling much the worse for M
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shall see more of each other. Much more. Are you by any chance free in dine tonight Wonderful how these aisance encounters change the course of one't whole life.”
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Sum Up Situation
On all fronts there is nothing of importance to report. LONDON: Widespread Raids on Germany
German objectives attacked by the R.A.F. yesterday were oil storage tanks at Magdeburg, goodsyards at Hamm and Schwertz, a blast furnace at Merzig and several Dutch and German aerodromes.
Aircraft of the Fleet Air An
operating with the Coastal Command attacked barge concentrations in the Beveland Canol and at Terneuzen in the mouth of the Scheldt.
Forces of Coastal Command air- craft attacked docks.
All our aircraft returned.
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4 m/s L/C USA.
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4 m/s France
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$1,314,657.77
Remitted to LONDON £81,389.19.64.
·U.S. Cross rate in London 4.0231⁄2
| U.S. Cross' rats in N.Y. 72.4.0331⁄2
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