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四拜禮 辦四廿月十英港香
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1940.
日四十月九
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MEETING ON SPANISH BORDER
Special to the "Telegraph"
It is officially revealed that Herr Hitler con- versed with General Franco on the Franco-Spanish border to-day, says a "United Press" message from Berlin, while, according to a Vichy report, M. Laval has received an invitation from Hitler to attend a four-mon conference. Those taking part will be Hitler, Ribbentrop, Petain and Laval, and the venue will be somewhere in France at an early date.
Another Vichy report says that after his interview with Hitler on Tuesday, M. Laval returned to Vichy where he conferred with Marshal Petain.
he left immediately for Paris.
Afterwards
Following his talks at Fontainbleau M. Laval returned to Paris last night and then went on to Vichy to report the details of his conversations with Hitler.
During this talk with Petain other Ministers were called in
for brief consultations on technical matters.
M. Laval also had a brief conversation with the Spanish Ambassador at Vichy yesterday.
Then he started on his journey to Paris but had to turn back after 90 minutes owing to fog. He will resume the trip to-day.
M. Laval's
it is understood that first talk with Hitler was wholly of a preparatory nature in which Hitler express willingness to meet Marshal Fetain to discuss problems for the termination of the state of war between Germany and France
One of the major questions of the pending conversations between Hitler and Laval is the liberation of the 1,000,000 French prisoners of war.
It was stated in Vichy yesterday that the Foreign Minister. M. Paul Baulein in an official and exclusive aunowirement to the "United Preas" declared:--"X-authorise yuu_to_states
that all idea of mlitary zellon was excluded when Laval met Hiller."
Frontier Mecting Mudrid. Oct. 23 (Reuter)--The German wireless announces that Herr Hitler and General Franco, companied by Herr von Ribbentrop and Senur. Sunter, their respective Foreign Ministers, arrived at the Franco-Spanish frontier and they may be in conference there.
AL-
200 TRAPPED IN
RAID DEBRIS
Nazis Extend Operations
Special to the. "Telegraph”.
--LONDON, Oet,-23–(UP)—Nearly two hundred people were trapped in the smouldering debris of a department store's base. ment shelter for hours after two high explosives and oil con. tainer bombs struck the building in last night's air raids.
Courageous Watchman
Bodies, some of them still! living, were extricated from the ruins this morning, while fire- men extinguished the fire which threatened to carbonise the re- mainder of those in the shelter.
Midlands Blitzkrieg
night
France's Air Force London, Oct. 23 (Router).The present effective strength of the
Despite being shut in the hand, a LONDON, Oct. 23 (UP)--The French Air Forer in North Africa is
than 500 courageous Chinese watchman, Chanseriai blitzkrieg appears at the belleved to be 124) more
Cheung, of the Cheung Hing Timber moment to have left London and gone modern planes.
and to the Midlands. Other aircraft of this fleet which Yard, Cheungshawan, chased was estimated by one source originai- caught two of three suspects while on
For the past three nights the ly at 1,200 strong, are thought to be duty yesterday morning.
The alarm was raised from metropolitan area has been com- obsolete. Most of the planes are| based in Morocco. Reserves and neighbouring Junk yard when three paratively quiet but Industrial centres men, after being questioned, jumped in the Midlands have received heavy
frum the German spare parts are lacking.
War ashore and blows
worst bombers, reminiscent of the nights-in London's ordeal.
Asked the reason why the night considerably recently and the raiders their "horror" to the Midlands and Merseyside, an Air has WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (Reuter) Ministry expert replied: --An agreement has been reached been the general opinion among high It is possible that the fate of this between the United States, Britain officials of the Air Force for some air force was raised as an additional and Canada on the location of the de-time now that the Germans are un-
to obtain blackmailing lever
the fence base on the southern shore of able "co-operation" of France's Mediter-Newfoundland,
The Berne report that France's into the water, North African Air Force gured in tried to run off.
the demands reported to have been
mude recently on the Vichy Govern- NEWFOUNDLAND bomulag of London hus slackened off
ment is interesting in the light of
the
these estimates and they may give a clue to the methods by which Axle Powern had hoped to get Petaini to toe the line.
DEFENCE BASE transferred
to
undertake two or mure
sald Col, Knox, blitzkriegs simultaneously, especially
British Govt. Won't Ban Oil To Japan
"We have noted from the ex-
The savagery of the Nazi air raiders over Bri-
fain cannot be better illustrated than by these two pictures taken after a recent raid. Ono shows the remains of a ward in a Kentish hospital after a bomb had scored a direct hit, and the other the damaged exterior of a church in the London area.
ROOSEVELT CAMPAIGN
OPENS HIS
Labouring For Peace PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 23
INVASION WHICH
NEVER CAME OFF
LONDON, Oct. 23, (Reuter), — Details of Hitler's preparations for invasion of England were disclosed officially to-night.
The Air Ministry news service points out that only part of the story can as yet be told, but this part shows that from the first day that the enemy concentrated his forces in every available port and harbour, the R.A.F. carried out ra- connaissances.
In the early days of September, the reports of these aircraft brought back showed only small concentrations of men and material, but as time passed they became more and more imposing, and before long hundreds of barges and other war materials were assembled at Antwerp, Calais, Dunkirk and Ostend.
Many barges were observed from the air dally to be moving slowly from one canal to another. Small warships were also moved near the barges. These barges were self-propelled, over 150 feet in length and each capable of carrying about two train- loads of men or material, jenable tanks to be easily carried
It was also known that Ger-and disembarked.
Besides concentrations of barges, many had commandeered every available barge of over 500 tons there were also submarines in many harbours--some of ocean-going type and armies of workmen were jarge motor vessels, tugs and mer- employed in shipyards altering chant ships. Forty-five merchant the bows of these vessels to ships were reported at Le Havre on
one occasion.
Philippines Promise Military Aid To U.S. Washington Talks
Special to the "Telegraph"
ranean Fleet which Germany and Secretary of the Navy, at a press at night time. Italy must covet for more than conference to-day, few hundred planes. The Vichy!
A survey crew was already pre-periences of past weeks that it, the (Reuter)"It is for peace that Government may have been faced paring to start work on the fest Germans concentrate their bombers I shall labour for all the days of WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UP).—Reafirmation of the Philip- with the choice of using this air force string of new Atlantic bases acquired on London, other parts of the country my life," declared President TURN to Pago 2, Column Five from Britain.
receive little attention, which appears Roosevelt opening his election pines' promise to co-operate with the United States in the de- fence of her Far Eastern interests was given to-day to Colonel to be the best evidence that the German air force is not ever blessed campaign here to-night.
The President accused the Re-Henry Stimson, Secretary of War, by Senor Elizalde, the Resi- with experienced night bombing
publicans of importing the propa-dent Philippines Commissioner in Washington and Senor Jose crown."
ganda methods of "Dictator countries" Yulo, Speaker of the Philippines House of Assembly, Bombs In London Area ·
to convince the public that he would
It is stated that the Philip- lead the
the United States into war. LONDON, Oct. 23 (Reuter)lt_is_
Broadcasting from the same Con-pines officials had a cordial con- now knovm that bombs were also dropped at some places in the London vention Hall in which he was ference with Colonel Stimson to
1930 and in
in which area, states an Air Ministry and nominated in
Quezon's promise to co-operate Ministry of Home Security com- Wendell Willkie was nominated this whom they presented President
of year, the President declared that munique giving further details
since July hardly a day or night had in every way with the United raids during daylight to-day.
A town in East Midlands and a passed "when some crisis or some States dofence schomo.
It is understood they discussed the town in Kent also suffered bombing possibility of a crisis in world affaire In each of these areas, some houses has not called for my personal con- were damaged and casualties caused. ference with the Secretary of State broad outline of the Far East do Casualties were not numerous but and other officials of the Government. fence problems and stressed that 149,000 trained Filipino militia who, a small number of persons were "Therefore it is essential that I for two years had been under the adhere to a rule never to be more personal direction of the former Chief than 12 hours distant from Washing of Staff of the United States Army, General McArthur, would be avail- Falsifications
able if needed.
Special to the "Telegraph”
LONDON, Oct, 23 (UP).—Members of all parties unsuccess fully pressed the Government to prohibit British companies selling oil to Japan in the House of Commons to-day.
Responding to questions the, would prohibit British sales of oil to Under Secretary for Foreign Japan. Affairs, Mr. R. A. Butler, said
Not So Simple
killed.
101.
But the time had pome for him to
J
New
Inland new aircraft shelters; were being built on many aérodromes from which it was expected that enemy aircraft would assist in the invasion. Fallways loo were particularly busy; especially between Germany and the Low Countries.--^.. da.
Thwarted By R.A.F.
It was on September 5 that a strong R.A.F. offensive against the enemy was begun. Each invasion base in turn came in for heavy bombard- ment. Naval docks and shipbuilding yards at Kiel, Hamburg and Bremen were bombed as well, and extensive damage was also done to occupied orts along the Dutch and Belgian coasts.
"The "Air Ministry news service ̄em- phasised that until lately it would TURN to Page 2, Column Three
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Soo Back Pagu For
Further Late News
Japanese Peace Overtures Reported
SHANGHAI, Oct. 24 (Reuter). The Japanese are appa rently again making a strong bid to persuade General Chiang Kal-shek to come to terms with them, says the Peiping correspon dent of the usually well-informed "North China Daily News." Isolated Attacks
The "correspondent adds that Japan's "place in the sun was in the Dutch East Indica is keeping "The matter is not quite so simple,"
LONDON, Oct. 23 (Reuter).
this "is said to be entirely due Southern Asia and has always looked Britain and the United States Mr. Butler replied. "The location of
and the Enemy air activity to-day has the companies in question
Senor Elizalde submitted to Colonel to the case with which the very jealously on the China adven- the olli informed regarding
countries in which they are situated been confined to a few Isolated answer falsifications with facts. He Stimson the obvious logic of sending Japanese have been able to seize It has brought round many political negotiations with Japan.
always be taken into consider attacks by single aircraft. declared that many of the statements materials and equipment to
abour Member,
Navy's southward policy is, after all, not Another
Bombs were dropped on a town by the Republicans must be de- Philippines in order to arm the Indo-China, which has surprised leaders in Japan to the view that the
a better one and with the help off satisfactory and, therefore, he intends Shinwell said: Wouldn't it be dis of the south coast and on two liberate falsificaba declaring that millila as a part of the United States | Tokyo itself."
wilful misrepresentations of facts defence forces in that area.
As a result, the prestige of the some skiful diplomacy a safer pro- to raise the question at the earliest graceful if British finance was used places in the London area. were not permissible during a cam- The conference, occurring-simul opportunity,
for the purpose of providing Japan Mr. Noel Baker (Labour) then with oilf but Mr. Butler declined Damago was slight and there paign or at any other time and elting taneously with conferences in Manila Navy Party was enormously enhanced position than the Army's contisfied TURN to Page 2. Column Six TURN to Page 2, Column Saven TURN to Page 2, Column Sevan as the Party has always asserted that TURN to Page 2, Column. Thres naiced whether the Government any further explanation.
The Liberal member Mr. Mander said Mr. Butler's replies were
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this
ture.