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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
September 30, 1940.
SPAIN INCITED TO JOIN FOUR POWER PACT
AXIS WANTS BASES FOR ATTACK
ON GIBRALTAR
Special to the "Telegraph”
VICHY, SEPT. 29 (UP).—SPAIN WILL NOT EMBARK ON AN ACTIVE PRO- GRAMME IF SHE ADHERES TO THE ROME-BERLIN-TOKYO AXIS BECAUSE SHE IS RE- PORTED TO BE MATERIALLY UNPREPARED TO ENTER AN INTENSIVE WAR, AC- CORDING TO DIPLOMATIC ADVICE HERE.
Believe It Or Not
Special to the "Telegraph"
•
DOVER, Sept. 29 (UP)—On Christmas Eve 1914 the first homb ever to fall in England landed in a garden in Dover and blew a man from a fruit tree on which he was working.
On Saturday a German plane dropped a bomb on exactly the spot and knocked the same frult tree out of the ground.
INVASION OF U.K.
YET POSSIBLE
LONDON, Sept. 29 (Reuter)—A warning that the danger of invasion does not necessarily disappear as autumn and win- ter approaches was given me to-day by naval circles, "Reuter's" naval correspondent at a British naval base.
The weather on this part of the coast, which will probably have a big influence on Hitler's invasion plans, has been con- stently fine for some time but it is now threatening to break up.
Naturally the tendency la to assume that the onset of autumn and win't means that the opportunity for en sion has passed,
writes
LULL IN
N. AFRICA Desultory Raids Exchanged
[ CAIRO, Sept. 20 (Router) — An R.A.F. communique states that enemy air activity in the weatern desert was slight.
RAF Neu
bombers
Boats and Barges
Flat-bottomed boats and omge:
for the main form of transport invading force cannot be used sue
unfavourable ctasfully in the
On
de ሐ night!
conditons which henceforth may attuck on an enemy lorry concentra- reasonably be expected. But as the tiun 15 miles west of Bardia.
During Senor Serrano Suner's long sojourn in Berlin reports were circulated here that Italy and Germany were seeking permission to da- tablish naval and aerial bases In Spanish territory in Europe and Africa for use against Britain.
One wholly unconfirmed rumour asserted that Germany desired to send one or more panzer (mechanised) divisions across Spuin for the pur- pose of attacking Gibraltar and opening the
Mediterranean to allow the Italian fleet to operate against the British Empire on the high seas,
General Suner {{I
BPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPHY
MUNICH, Sept. 29 (UP).-General Suner left his train shortly after arrival at 9 p.m., and it is believed that he is slightly ill. It is under- stood that he plans to leave on Monday or Tues-
day.
Conduct of War
SPECIAL TO THE
**TELEGRAPH“
ROME, Sept. 29 (UP)-The importance of the conversations between Herr Ribbentrop. Count Ciano and Senor Sumer is stressed in the morning Press to-day, led by Signor Virginio Gayda writing in the "Giornale di Italia."
Pointing out that Spain is a bridge between
Navy knows, there are seasonal bulls i Enemy positions at Fort Maddalean, Europe and Africa Signor Gayda suggests that the
of
these
to come and one
would were bombed. normally make possible for such craft as the Germans have assembled to be used.
A mechanical transport conventen- Spanish claims to Gibraltar would be useful to tion south-west of Sidi Barrum was the Axis for an attack against British possessions attacked, all bombs falling to The
in West Africa.
The authoritative papers "Messagero" and
Bombing of Kenya CAIRO, Sept. 20 (Reuter Communique issued by British G.HQ! states that on September 27 ency aircraft bombed BunKenya "Pepole di Roma," say that the talks have been ing no casualties.
During the next few weeks, for target areas. example. there should occur a "second · summer" or a period of temporary calm when an attempt cuuld be made. If the Germans are hoping that by thus delaying the attempt they are likely to catch Britain somewhat off guard, they will be severely disap pointed, for the Navy s determined not lo relax for an instant.
The fact that preparations in the French Channel ports are still con-
A petrol engagement Goris
resulted in being killed.
New
Wat, very important with regard to the conduct of the
12 of the enemy war by the axis.
There is nothing la repert in Sudan,
tinuing steadily is regarded as an- Egypt and Palestine.
other reason why invasion is still of possibility, These preparations have
Italians Attack Malta
LONDON, Sept. 28 fiteuter) A
been proceeding too consistently to Malta message to-day confirmed the be merely an attempt to divert a pro-Cairo communique about Italien taals portion of our bombing force from on Malta un Sulurday afternan more important objectives.
NORWAY
A Multa communique says that wo formations of Italian planes attacked the port. In addition in the enemy fighters shot down by Hurricanes two Italian bombers were damaged and probably failed to return to their base.
Damage to civilian property. With
A number of bumbas fell in Belds, causing slight damage to telephone i wires.
UNDER NAZI resurably slight.
RULERS
LONDON, Sept. 29 (Reuter). -The German authorities have lately, taken further measures against private persons organisations in Norway.
and
DEFENDING
AMERICA
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH' WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (UP).– Last night President Roosevelt sent The Vice-President of the letters to the Secretary of the Navy. Norwegian Press Association has Colonel Frunk Knox and to the Seere- been arrested and his newspaper, tory of War Colonel Henry Stimson, one of the largest Socialist Industry will continue to co-operate expressing his confidence that private dailles, stopped.
Only shown in Oslo cinemaS.
The Reich Commissariat has created plants.
In the defence programme making it; German Alm Bre being unnecessary to invoke Presidential power to commaniteer recalcitrant
a special organisation to Bupervise A $99,641,000 acroplane contract Norwegian Trade Unions and all'has been given to the Glenn Martin Communists must be excluded from Company-presumably for bombers. all positions of importance in these] The War Department has bodies.
nouneed it will immediately accept one year voluntary enlistments.
an-
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Offices By Day: Shelters By Night
MAIL SERVICES Communal Kitchens In
P-M-G's Statement
The Post Office is uncertain when it can expoct mal) held up
by
of
the
the suspension Bangkok-Hongkong air route.
"Bangkok has not advised us what it is doing with the mall. or even if there is
mni," any said the Postmaster General (Mr. RAD. Forrest) this morn- ktig.
"They will send the mall on by bual, I expret, as rapidly as they
can.
The airline may have taken the mall back to Bingapore when they found they could nut Kut through.
"Bat until we get deflalto news we will not know just when the letters will be arriving.”
GOEBBELS
CLOSES DOWN
When R.AF. Are About
LONDON, Sept. 29. (Reuter). -Whenever the R.A.F. visit
Aussies Are Coming Germany, German radio stations
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
Bomb-Blasted London
Special to the "Telegraph"
LONDON, Sept. 29 (UP),-Sir John Anderson, Minister of Home Security has now authorised local authorities to take over office basements and other private shelters for public use, parti- culary at night and at week-ends to meet the demands for more
adequate accommodation.
Government is still unconvinced of the desirability of building concrete bombproof shelters on a large scale kome quoriers are vigorously demanding.
дя
The use of subway station as shel- Lers must be controlled to assure that underground transportation is not in- terferd with. Notices have been alxed in the subways: "trains must run to get people to their work. Space at the tube station will be permitted to women, children and the Infirm who need it most. Be a man ond leave it to them."
Feeding The Bombed Feeding in the bombed sections is another aspect of the blitzkreig which is receiving the urgent atten- tion of the Minister of Food who is negotiating with the London County
go off the air. During the past Council and Municipal authorities for nny urca which is
kitchens
Faith In Britain
Faith in Britain's
effort war daily growing stronger among the Norwegian people, says a telegramn from Stockholm to the Norwegian telegraph agency in London.
lian troops now in the Western De-jmany times.
interruption to the gas and electric There is no sign of any support or sert are "completing their training:
Indeed, the sudden closing down sible Individual cooking. recognition of the new Nazi-sponsored preparatory to joining the British. In has happened so often that the Ger-
services which would make impos government and the whole system is dian and French troops operating mons have had to make some sort worth and Battersea are pioneering The London boroughs of Wands- regarded with the deepest suspicion. against the Italians."
CAIRO, Sept. 29 (UP)~~Austra-week they have been off the air bombed heavily or where there, is)
Seyss-Inquart Make Promise to Hollanders
Special
I to the "Telegraph"
-
of excuse to their listeners. They do not, of course, admit that it is RAR, the scheme and have decided to es tablish kitchens iri 20 Council activity that makes there shut down, schools where hot meals consisting but Zeesen to-day said that absence of read, and meat stew will be of short-wave transmissions from Ume
to time was due to cosmic causes. served for fourpence each. This, the station added, was also the opinion of Italian experts.
Apparently German astronomers. are off the air too. These cosmic causes have not affected the short- wave transmissions from Britain or
other parts of the world.
St. Helena Remembers
THE HAGUE, Sept. 29 (UP), "It may, seem at present as though a great deal is expected of the Dutch people but this is
Whine From Goebbels
Gift For War Planes only due to external conditions, "declared Herr Seyss-Inquart,' Reich Administrator of the occupied territory of Holland when Besides doing a lot of damage to LONDON, Sept. 29 (British Wire- he addressed the newly formed Netherlands Cultural Circle here Germany, the RAF are apparently less) Acknowledging 2870 from disturbing Nazi Party activities. the Inhabitants of the island of St. to-day.
„Pogled “We are not Germans or half-
Helena towards the purchase of war- Virtually, the whole territory over Germans and we don't want to be Dr. Goebbels in a speech to-day to planes for the RAF Lord Beaver-
come that he said. We think the Hitler Youth sald we have been deprived of the right from the air in a number of districts brook, Minister of Aircraft Produc
"Over a century o Saad saw the end of a b of free independent existence, frequently makes it, completely im-
Island However, he added: "This does possible to carry, on "work, »
to challenged the fico,
"which" the influence of the : Germani
Italch' will reach In New Europe' will].
be at the disposal of all Free Dutch- men," he added.“ bangla d
+
that danger
not mean we do not want to colla-An interesting sentence in his of Britain and now, St. Helma olaya The President of the Circle, whose borate with Germany in order to aid speech was his plan to parents to its part in making sure that another admin to insure independent Dutch the harmonious development of learn to trust those of their children foe, more ruthless, will be brought "Cultural Life?_also" gave a speechi. | Europe.”
who are members of the Hitler Youth, to utter destruction.””
It is expected that communal feed- Ing will become a common feature in urban Britain particularly in reas subjected to frequent heavy bom- bardment.
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