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The
FIRST EDITION
Hongkong Telegraph.
No. 16202
FOUNDED 1981 ... 拜禮 號三廿月九英港香
日二十月八: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1940.
Bangkok Demands Territorial Concessions
THAILAND TO ABROGATE NON-AGGRESSION PACT UNLESS VICHY ACCEDES
Special to the "Telegraph"
THE PREMIER OF THAILAND, LUANG BIPUL SONGRAM, ADDRESSING THE CLOSING OF THE SIAMESE PARLIAMENT ON SATURDAY, ANNOUNCED THAT THAI- LAND INTENDED TO ABROCATE THE NON-AGGRESSION PACT WITH FRANCE UNLESS VICHY ACCEDED TO THAI'S TERRITORIAL DEMANDS PRESENTED ON SEPTEMBER 13.
THE PACT WAS CONCLUDED ON JUNE 12.
The Premier pointed out that the treaties of friendship signed with Japan and Britain at the same date have already been ratified but similar action on the pact with France has been withheld because of the changes in the international situation.
SPANISH SHIP TORPEDOED
GIBRALTAR, Sept. 22 (Reuter).—The torpedo ing of a Spanish trawler, Almirante Carranza, ia announced by the naval authorities here.
The statement says that "it is almost certain" that an, Italian submarine was responsible.
The attack occurred dog the early hours of last Thursday off Cape Vilano, in north-west Spain.
The
adds: slatement "The crew, except onc, The survivor, were lost. when he landed, said that they probably mistook the Almirante Carranza for a British patrol vessel.”
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Full Casualty List Of H.M.S. Orpheus Men Who Served in Hongkong
Through the courtesy of the "United Press" we are able to H.MLS. publish the complete casualty list of the submarine Orpheus, which for some time served on the China Station, and whose ship's company were well known in Hongkong.
135822.
.The list is the official, one engine-room exulcier 5/DLX 16020;} freleased by tiles Admiralty hd Ayers Willam APA-104429. Bevis, Perry A., leading telegraph- Includes five officers, 49 ratings ist, P7dx 127388; Biddulph, Percy, telegraphist, D/JX and a Chinese rating-all miss-A/Petty uller
Burtenshow Claude, W jing, presumed dead.
stoker 1, D/KX 83087, Butler, Lou- bare W, leading sluker, D/ICX 80445. (rdchell, William 1 3. Jeading seu- an, 173 108154 Paner, Janes W. engineer-reom arutleie
2. D/MX 10010, Dolton, Leslie 1 M/Lending sluker, 70513
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Declaring, "French rejec |tion of our just demands is most regrettable in view of the friendly relations be- tween the two countries," the Premier stated that Thailand would not hesitate KING'S BROADCAST to denounce the treaty with France unless Vichy recon-Majesty the King in broadcasting to LONDON, Sept. 22 (Reuter)-His sidered, says a Domei mes-home act Overseas listeners 10-
sage..
morrow at 5 p.m. G.M.T.
ITALIAN TROOPS BLOWN SKY HIGH
In Mined Village
ifteers. M.asing presiuned killed Feut -Comdr. J A S Wise, RN tin command); Mr. E R. Cross, wh
C tant engineer, N., Lieut
Lieut PF Fawkes, Davies RN
D Symonds, RN.
CAIRO, Sept. 22 (Reuter).-As the enemy's lines of RN: Lleut J
Ratings ---Missing presumed killed
of maintaining Allen Donovan, A.B., D/JX 135712;
Ellison, James W. A/Leading telecommunication lengthen, difficulty neamun, graphist, C/JX 134273; Evans, Joseph large forces on the forward line is increasing enormously. Allen Stanley C. lending D/JX 140550: Armstrong, Joseph D.. leading signulman, C/JX 125744
Beaverbrook
Appeals
For More Munitions
LONDON, Sept. 22 (Reuter) --Lord Beaverbrook, Minister
of Aircraft Production, has made a call to aircraft workers for
Increased production.
Italy's Eyes On Syria
Lord Beaverbrook has issued the following statement;
"It is imperative that there should be a considerable increase in output in the coming week for the testing lime may come upon us very shortly.
P/KX
Foreman, Charles H E A/Lending stoker. C/KX 87200; Forrester, Wi- llam J. leading cool, D/MX 1359; Fux, Eric S S. able seamati. C/JX 1-40025.
Goi. Robert V, engineer-room anti- Acer 3, 1/MX 51228; Glanvil, Frank, 1 abic seaman, D/JX 139363
Hardaker, Gordan, chief petty omeer telegraphist, C/J 113290, aw kins, Albert H.. #loker J. D/KX 86050.
Jones, William C., stoker petty officer, C/K 65705.
Kellaway, Leslle R., able seaman,
William W. D/JX 130073; Kemp, A/leading stoker, P/KX 80768; Kit- son, James, electrical artificier CAMX 48150.
1.
Lumby Roy, stoker 1, P/KX 70381. McGrath, Michael, able seaman.
"It is the duty of aircraft factories D/SSX 17173; McLean, Arthur W.,
New Diplomatic Moves
to supply the men at the fighting A/leading stoker. P/KX 80825: Mc- 1. D/KX Loughlin, Nael, Stoker all the aircraft they 80068; McNally, James, A/teading ISTANBUL, Sept. 22 (Reu- front with
requice. ter). The close attention with
"Men and women of the aircraft stoker, C/KX 88332: Manuel, William which the constant reinforce industry up and down the country. Afpetty officer, C/J 112460; Mar- North, William, A/leading seaman, ment of the Italian Mission in have promised that they would fulfitin, George G., A/petty officer, C/JX. Syria is being followed here has the needs of the R.A.F. That pledge: D/X 136314.
had been made good in the past. We
Pallister, Harry A/leading stoker,
come."
been further increased by the will not fail the pilots in the days P/KX 85505; Pentound, Leonard C. arrival of another group of nine to Italians en route to join the Armistice Commission at Bey- routh.
Their passage has aroused more Interest in view of reports here of Italy's covetous designs on Syria.
Passengers arriving from Iraq via Syria state that the Italians are work-: ing very cautiously owing to their fear of an uprising by the Syrians and even by all Arabs whose animosity towards Italy is reported to be increasing steadily.
Breaking The
Sad News
New Official Scheme LONDON, Sept. 22 (Reuter). -The Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry have announced a scheme whereby sailors, soldiers, airmen and marines will be specially notified in the event of a near relative, becoming a casualty as the result of air raids.
They include officers, all ranka and the women's services.PREVAL
Parente, wives, children or close folatives will carry a slip of paper giving the name and other detalls of any saller, soldier.or airman who
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JAPAN'S INVASION OF INDO- CHINA BEGINS
Intense French Resistance
JAPANESE TROOPS HAVE INVADED FRENCH INDO- CHINA.
ADMITS LOSS OF SUPPORT
Vichy Complaint VICHY, Sept. 22. (Domei). — A Foreign Office spoke in reign ledging the occurrence of numerous anti-Vichy in. cidents practically every- where in French Africa, said that General Charles de Gaulle's propaganda is gradually succeeding in Morocco, Syria, Dahomey also Togoland.
in
"The situation Dahomey and Togoland is not clear, Other terri- tories, however, are still under our control," the spokesman said.
British troops operating on the Egyptian front are not un- der-rating the fighting qualitica of the enemy, who has shown signs of German tacties of advancing in waves, irrespective | ›******* of casualties.
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show offer a sold target, They considerable courage and no signs of turning tail. They suffered, for in- stance, vory 'seveio casualties when they entered the village of Ski Barroni which had been heavily mined with controlled miner.
When they had invested the village, the British pulled the control switcll According to an eye-witness, the en- tire village, full of enemy troops, peared to be blown into the air by the explosion.
High British Morale British artillery and equipment and accuracy of British gunners are proving definitely superior to that, of the enemy.
are
Official Communiques
MAJORITY
OF SIX.
MELBOURNE, Sept. 22.
(Reuter)-At the close of to- day's counting, it was indicated, that the state of the parties lic House of Représcht
·will be:
United Australia Party, 25.- Country Party, 15, Federal Labour, 28. Non-Communist Labour, 5. Independent, 1.
1917 Zeppelin Will Help Build Fighters-For Us
A German Zeppelin brought down In 1917 is going to help bulid Hurri. canes and Spitfires to defend England
now.
At Eastbourne the Women's Volun- tary Services received a large box full of aluminium screps from the wrecked Zeppelin, which had been kept as souvenira for twenty-three **** years.
Invasion Bases
In
Channel Bombarded
Among the official communiques released yesterday was the. following by the Air Ministry regarding the bombing of enemy bases in the Channel:
on
In
Bombs were dropped in country districts and south-east districts of The RAF, continued their attacks | London.
enemy invasion bases in the A number of houses were hit; and last Some damage was caused to gas and Channel ports yesterday night.
water mains.
A small number of people are re- During the day, aircraft from the ported killed and injured. An urgent "United Press"
Bomber Command attacked the port
One enemy bomber was shot down H., chief engine-room artifeler D/M
received from British troops are in excellent of Flushing, is defences pod con- during the day. 38828: Perry, Edwin G., able seamen, message, P/JX 121808; Phelps, Richard H. Hanoi at 8.45 am, stated spirits, looking forward to the real centrations of barges, light draught
combat. At the same time they ure vessels at Rotterdam, Antwerp, CAIRO: Italians A/stoker petty officer, P/KX 79198: Pickthall, Thomas, stoker I, D/KX that the Japanese troops showing great patience as the Italians Ostend and near Nerneuzen (Hol
Bomb Alexandria and allowed to push on slowly to our land) 90145: Powell. William J., able sea- crossed the border at 10 outlying defence positions.
the Calalz-St. Ömer
Egypt: Yesterday morning" Ale Canal. man, C/JX 120451.
xandria was bombed by enemy air- Meanwhile the advancing Italians
damage. Aircraft of the Coastal Commund craft, causing negligible have to face a harrying fire by our operated successfully against enemy There were very few casualties. armoured units which are making
Palestine: Enemy aircraft again Robertson, Franks S, leading stoler, Apparently the invasion was inch of the terrain which the enemy
good use of their knowledge of every ships at sea. A convoy of 12. mer
chant ships was bombed near Bou-raided Haifa yesterday afternoon. logno.
various Bombs were dropped on. Salt, Bert F, leading seaman, C/Jx an isolated incident and was has to cover.
A patrolling aircraft attacked a quarters of the town, causing a cer 139806; Scott, Thomas N chief petty carried out by the militant South omcer, P/J 84952; Strawbridge, Regi-China forces despatched to the
supply ship of large tonnage south tain amount of damage including a Inald J J telegraphist, D/J_101440.
of Borkum and incendiary bombs mosque and the Moslem cemetery.
Thirty-two persons were killed and Toll, Frederick R. Felly officer, P/J
were observed to strike the vessel.
When two smaller ships were at-B8 injured. All were Arabs.
It is believed that at least two tacked near the Dutch island of Ameland, a direct hit on one of them enemy planes were hit by AA. fire.
Other Fronts: Nothing to report. was followed by an explosion
During the night,
at, from shortly
Harold M,
Reeson, Frank, leading scaman, p.in., two hours before the C/JX 120337; Roberts. engine room artiflcer 2, D/M 38305 ultimatum expired.
D/KX 85172.
the
certain Japanese
military border from Canton without the facilities, including surfields, in Indo authority of the Japanese China. Government of Japanese High Agreement Last Night..., Command.
101200
Venning, Leslie C, soker 1, D/KK 00974.
Waddell, Roberi, able seaman,
The agreement between French (C/SSX 16250; Watts,; Ernest H. A/ leading stoker, P/KX 82231; Wood,
Japanese entered French Indo-China and the Japanese was Frank H, leading seaman, D/JX territory near Dongdang, where they reached last night but apparently the after dusk until nearly dawn, the 130089.
attacked a French blockhouse,..!
Chinese rating-Missing presumed killed, Miuo, Feng Yen, steward, S 415 B,..
The
gapanese General in charge of the ports of Ostend, Dunkirk, Boulogne War Supplies
'
From India
South China army was not informed. and Calals were heavily bombed by An official Erench communique He accordingly ordered his troops aircraft, of the Bomber Command,
at 10 o'clock,
Many bombs were seen to burst stated that the French troops fully to cross the border resisted the attack. After two hours presumably in accordance with a pre with good effect on ships, barges and the attacks wee
20,000 Items fighting the Japanese forces with-arranged plan. The French offered docks, and
punctuated by fires and explosions. drew.
stift resistance.
From these operations all our air- SIMLA, Sept. 22 (Reuter) The communique expressed. the Major General Nishihare sent i
A survey of India's factories will by air instructing. the craft returned safely,
shortly be made in order to belief that the Japanese would re-Japanese to cease operations,
The agreement. contained the LONDON: Slighter
estimate the country's produc- - Nazi Air Activity tive capacity for war supplies.
India to-day is producing some There has been no enemy air 'ac- 20,000 Items 'required for wani put- tivity on a large scale to-day al- poses, including weapons, ammunitión, 3. The right of ⠀⠀ pasange for though isolated aircraft crossed the clothing leather sh
ehgineering and The French authorities declare Japanese troops from South China cast and
sume the attack at dawn.7
CONCHIES STAY PUT "NO PROMOTION”. RULE- IN CIVIL SERVICE Civil servants who are "conchies" will not be promoted in war time.
This was the promise given in the But at 4.am. it was announced following provisions: House of Commons, by Captalo H. that an ogreenicht had been signed F, C. Crookshank, Financial Secre- and that fighting had been suspended tary to the Treasury
for the time, being, “
been The "no promation" rule has. decided upon, he said, so that "con-
1-Three air bases in Tongking. Z.-The right to station 6,000 troops in Indo-China.
coasts from time ordnance stores and numerous, raw,
materials penetrated inland Great efforts are being made to permitted to win any advantage over which was signed in Hacol yester 4-Permission to land and station over East Anglia and a few reached extend the scope of production st
day afternoon. This agreement gave a number of effectives at Halphong. Loridon
| chics" instructed by tribunals to re- that the attack was made in violation | through Indo-China" by ́à' delimited to time GAR
main in the Civil Service will not be of a Franco-Japanese agreement route, SMAN Some of
colleagues serving with the forces:
further