Thursday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
September 12, 1940.
FULL REPORT OF PRIME MINISTER'S
MINISTER'S SPEECH IF INVASION IS TO BE TRIED IT CANNOT BE TOO
DRAMATIC WARNING BY
WINSTON CHURCHILL
LONG
LONDON, Sept. 11 (Reuter).—Mr. Winston Churchill, in a broad- cast to-day, said that Hitler's preparations for an invasion on a great scale were steadily going forward.
There were now gatherings of German shipping from Hamburg to Brest and large numbers of German troops were waiting in order to invade this country.
"We must regard the next week or so as very important in our history," he said.
"Waves of German bombera, protected by fighters, often three or four hundred at a time, surge over this island, especially the promontory of Kent, In hopes of attacking military and other objectives by daylight, They are met by fighter squadrons and nearly always broken up,
and their losses average three to one in machines and six to one in pilots.
our
Crux of The War This effort by the Germans to secure daylighi mastery of the air over England is, of course, the crux of the whole war. So far, H has failed conspicuously.
"It has cost them very dear and we have felt stronger and are actually and relatively good deal stronger than when the hard fighting began in July
way to their тегу dangerous and) of Londoners, whose forebears played i
leading part in the establishment uncertain voyage ACTOwn the sear
and institutionM "We cannot tell when they will try of Parliamentary to come. We cannot be sure that in who have been bred to value freedom
far above their lives. fact they will come at all, but no one should blind himself to the fact that a benvy full-senle invasion of
these islands is being prepared with at German thoroughness of method and may be launched at any Ume in England. Scotland and Ireland, upon all three.
Cannot Be Long Delayed
ひと
"If this invasion is going to be tried at all, 11 does not seem li cau be long delayed.
The weather may break at any
time.
"Besides this, it is dificult for the enemy to keep a gathering of ships walling whout indelinitely while they
"This Wiched Man" "Thin wicked man, the repository and embodiment of soul-destroying haired: this monstrous product of former wrongs and shames has now resolved to try to break our famous
DELAYED
SO GOEBBELS'
ROSES ROSE
LONDON, Sept. 11 (Reuter). The Barlin news agency states that a heavy incendiary bomb fall about ten feet from Goebbels house in Her- mann Guering Strasse dur- ing Tuesday night's R.A.F. raid on Berlin.'
It made a large crater, spoiling Goebbels" ΤΟΜΕ bed.
Japanese Ship Robs Junk
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A Japanese schooner held up Chinese trading junk near Hongkong on Monday lost and robbed the master of his cargo, valued at over Arct $2.000 in Chinese $3,000
bland splet by a process of in-currency, discriminate slaughter and destruc
tion.
This in revented in a Police report issued this morning, which states that 10 Wong Chan-cheung,
"What he has done is to kindle cording
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a fire in British hearts here and master of the trading junk, the vessel left Shek Po Market on Monday all over the world which will grow
a cargo of poultry, long after all traces of the con-morning with Bagrations he has caused in Lon-medicines and sea products. He was on its way to Hongkong, and when don have been removed, "He has lighted a fire which will near Lin The Island was attacked by a Jupaese schooner and deprived of turn with saludy id consuming flame until the last vestiges of Nazis possessions,
The outrage
occurred In Chinese Europe and until the old world and
Lyranny
been bural out Ave
of
are bombed every night by our both hers and very often shelied by our warships which are waiting for thera
"Every
und womah will. theface, prepare himself to do his the There is no doubt that Hitler is duty whatever it may be with special; the news can jo hunts to rebuild using up his fighter force at a very pride and care. high rate, and if he goes on for munyi more weeks he will wear down andĮ ruin this vital part of his air force
Mr. Churchill continued: "That will give us a very great advantage "On the other hand, for Hier to try and invade this country without having secured mastery in the nir would be a very hazardous under-
All taking. Nevertheless,
hia pre- parations for invasion on Π grent scale are steadily going forward. Several hundreds of self-propelled barges are moving down the cost of Europe from German and Dutch har- bours to points, of Northern France from Dunkirk to Brest and beyond Brest to French harbours In the fay
Biscay "Besides this convoys of merebant- ships
very
"Our feet and Dotillas powerful and numerous Our air free is at the nighest strength it has ever reached and is conscious of ital proved superiority. nut Indeed numbers but in men and machines
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the temples of on's freedom and Iman's honour upon foundations which
will not or easily be overthrown.
This is the time for everyone to stand together and hold Drin as ey are doing. I express my
admiration for the exemplary magner in which
| waters
£160 Worth Of Jewels Stolen
A woman passenger aboard a Bri-
"Our shores are well forged and all air rak precautions of London fish liner which arrived in port this
fa larger and better equipped mobile army than we ever had beat fure.
the
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carc
articles worth
elto-
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are being discharged, expecially the week from Singapore was robbed of stringly manned and bebind them, are brigades whose work has been jewels and other valuables worth rendy to attack the Invaders, we have
heavy and dangerous
£100, according to a report made lo All the world that is free marvels the liongkong Police, the composure and fortitude with
the victim. Mrs. N. D. Wingfield, which the ellizens of London
are says that at 6 p.m. on September 0 "Jeniciem Diis, we have more thun faring and surmounting the great she had her luggage removed from 1,500,000 men of the Home Gardordeal to which they are abjected, the Raffles Hotel to the ship. Amongst new just as much soldiers off
the end of which or the severity of the luggDEO was a jewellery their status
which not yet be foreseen. Regular Army in
containing 17 why are deter. Grenadier Guards,
"It is a message of good cheer to gether £160. mined to fight for every anet of
our lighting forces on the seas, in the The following afternoon sho illage every
atk ely) ground in
ar and in our waiting armies in all spected her luggage aboard the ship street, tens and dozens are bring
their posts and stations that we send and found the Jewellery case with fla With Sure Confidence moved through the Straits of Dover
from the capital ey They contents missing. Into the Channel ond along from port "It with a devout but sue curi- know that they have behind them to port under the protection of the Adesce that i say Let God detenik | people who will not finch from us new batteries which the Germans
weary of the struggle, hard and pruordeal they are enduring. have built on the French shores.
These cruel, whsten
indistracted though it will be but that Shipping Concentrations er.minute bombings of Landon are, of, we shall rather drow from the heart
k uf in suffering sell considerable course, part of Hitler's insasion plan of now Katherings of shipping in German. He hopes, by killing large numbersdration and survival and of a viétory Dutch, Belgian and French harbours of civilians and women and children won not only for ourselves but for all the way from famburg to Brest, that he will terrorise and cow the "
"Finally there are some preparn- people of this mighty Imperial city Lona made of shipe to carry an and make them a burden and invading force from Nurweglun har anxiety to the Government and thus boura.
distract our attention unduly from the ferocious onslaught he is prepar-speech to-night is warmly welcomed that Nazi tyranny will be "burned here, where many hearts have gone uut of Europe" is taken as in indica- log.
will be ross the ocean in sympathy tion thut the RAF. the Betish nation or the tough abre with the people of London on the ercusingly active over Germany,
"There
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"Behind these clusters of ships are barges and very large numbers of German troopa are awaiting the order to go on board and set out on the
CHEER UP GEORGE-
WHAT'S
WRONG?
the right end
ari
"Little does he know the spirit of out
the
here expects While nobody Britab murale to crack, many who listened to Mr. Churchill were glud to hear his level tones.
Hin
all words wider?ned American correspondents have been Brace Fighting Speech
telegraphing about how Britons are WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (Hruter) | carrying on. Mr. Churchill's brave Nighting Mr. Churchill's confident assertion
in-
NEWSPAPER REPORTER NEARLY
I DON'T KNOW -NEVER SEEM TO HAVE ANY ENERGY THESE'
DAYS.
AT THE DOCTOR'S
IN YOUR CASE ALSO THIS HAS! LED TO AN .] EXCESS OF ACID WASTE PRODUCTS IN THE BLOOD. RECENT TESTS HAVE PROVED THAT HORLICKS AT BEDTIME IS WHAT
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WORLICKS!
LET HIS EDITOR DOWN
TWO WEEKS LATER
IT'S WONDERFUL HOW MUCH BETTER I FEEL
ALREADY
IF THIS IS THE BEST YOU CAN DO ƠONES, I'LL HAVE TO ASSIGN YOU TO LESS IMPORTANT
EVENTS IN FUTURE.
SIX WEEKS LATER.
JONES, THIS IS A MARVELLOUS scoop: FOR THE PAPER -
GOOD WORK,
SORRY SIR,}
1 CERTAINLY! SEEM TO HAVE LOST MY GRIP- THINK I'LL SEE
A DOCTOR.
|AOTIO3
THANK YOU SIR
(THINKST I'VE GOT HORLICKS| TO THANK FOR
THIS.
DO YOU FEEL WORN OUT, DEPRESSED, OR NERVY? DO YOU EVEN AWAKE TIRED?
AT THE DOCTOR'S
TIRED
VETRES 201
I EVEN YOUR TROUBLE WAKE IS NIGHT
STARVATION.] YOU SEE, WHILE YOU SLEEP, YOUR HEART, LUNGS, AND OTHER AUTOMATIC PROCESSES CONTINUE
USING UP
ENERGY.
DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS USE HORLIGKS
IN HOSPITAL TESTS.
RE
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It was found that thess people had an excess of acid, waste products in their blood during sleep.
This acid waste kopt the brain and nerves 'on edge' all night oven though the rest of the body was sound asleep.
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ITALIAN UNREST Members Of Royal Family Arrested
LONDON, Sept. 11 (Reuter). ---The "Stefani" agency, denying American reports of the arrest of a large number of Italian personalities, says that the Italian Prince Filippo Boria Pamphili has been interned and another Prince Allesandro Tor- Ionia has been interrogated by the Police but not detained.
The interned Prince is described as a "well-known defeatist and anti- Fracii,"
London Can "Take It"
(Router).
Neutral Comment LONDON, Sept. 11 Neutral Press correspondents agree that London can take a far worse bombing and still hold up its head.
Whether or not the German raids have reached their clinfax, it must not be supposed that in London there is a state of depression or lerrur, says the London correspondent of the Swedish paper, "Dagens Nyheter."
tile "The wounded giant bleeds a but he is far from gravely injured,"
of reports the correspondent Swedish paper, Tidnignen." who says that the damage caused to docks is small compared with their total
urea,
the
I would inke months of bombing
on the present scale to destroy the dock area alone, he says.
Using Light Bomba LONDON, Sept. 11 (Reuter)-In un London, the their recent raids
been chiefly using Germans have light bombs weighing just over 100 pounds although some of 250 pounds Dave also been dropped.
A few weighing 1,000 pounds were dropped in the docks area, but this is an exception.
The general impression is thus the are dropping the Gerinan planes smaller type of boils, of which they can carry more. In order to cause as much inconvenience and fright as possible to civilians and Industrial workers.
BULGARIA'S
NEW FRONTIER
Danube To Black Sea LONDON, Sept. 11 (Reuter). -The text of the Rumano-Bul- garlan agreement on southern Dobraja, according to a Sofia despatch to the German news agency, shows that the new frontier between Bulgaria and Rumania runs from the Danube, immediately north of Silistria, to a point on the Black Sea about five miles south of Magalia.
The Bulgarian Commission will be gl to take over at the end of this week.
The Bulgarian authorities estimated thut 45,000 Bulgarians will be trans- ferred from northern Dobruja to the south, while about 80,000 Rumanians from southern Dobruja will go to Rumanio.
Antonescu's Appeal BUCHAREST, Sept. 11 (Reuter), An appeal to all Rumanians to support the present dictatorial regime and work calmly and in perfect dis- cipline was made by Rumania's dieta- tor, General Antonescu, to-day,
The regime, ke said, "desires to relieve hardships but wilt not hesitate to deal ruthlessly with any attempt to upset it."
The General warned the country that he would punish severely any movement of an anarchist nature.
A communique issued by the Pre- sident of the Council to-day states that measures are taken to effect partial demobilisation of the army and reduce requisitioned articles to a minimum.
Opening Fund For Raid Victims London Mayors Meet LONDON, Sept. 11 (Reuter).-The varlous Mayors of London met, at Mansion House to-day to discuss with the Lord Mayor the fund he is opening to relieve people who have suffered the worni in the recent roids.
The Lord Mayor of Melbourne has opened a similar fund. Australians are contributing more freely than
hey have ever before.
"If there is need of cash or addition supplies, cable immediately," says a cablegram just received from Mr. Norman Davis, Chairman of the American Red Cross.
The American Red Cross has cabled money for 86 mobile can- teens and has offered to send large quantities.of hospital. beds and other
equipment.
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