Friday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
December 27, 1940.
NANCY
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS 1. WANTED BUT I KNOW ITE WAS SOMETHIN'
GREEN!
WAS IT OIL OF WINTERGREEN-
LIME DROPS.. GREEN SOAP-?
DID IT LOOK LIKE THIS
OR THIS OR THIS
OR THIS
OR
By Ernie Bushmiller
WELL, I'VE SHOWN YOU EVERYTHING.
NOPE
IN THE STORE--
I GIVE UP--
·AH-· I · KNOW A PENNY
STAMP.
NOPE
NOPE
NOPE
NOPE!
Roosevelt Urged To Ensure Axis' Defeat
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (Reuter)-More than 150 Ameri- can citizens have urged President Roosevelt to "make it a settled policy of the United States to do everything that may be neces- sary to ensure the defent of the Axis Powers," it WIM nounced by the White House to-day,
ал-
In a letter to the President, the milliary, naval and air strength we group, which Included editors, law- now have and the implements we con yers, educationists, actors and re-produce are enough to make certain ilgious and labour leaders, appeals the defeat of the Axis Powers so long for everything possible to be done to as Britain is on her feet and fighting: promote "resistance to the plausible but that with Britain down, they are not enough and may not in future be evidently to let President
world at bay."
but fatal argument of app increased enough to hold the whole i
know what they consider n large sec- tion of the United States people would like to hear in his broadcast on Sun-
day.
The letter continues: "We ask you to tell us what we believe to be the truth-that materials of war and the
Lifeboat Mystery Three Notable Talks
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGNAPH" NEW YORK. Dec. 26. (UP)-Cap-. thin Joel Gomes, Captain of the Por- tuguese freighter Goncalo Vchlo, which docked here to-night, said he had sighted an empty lifeboat 200 miles
"Ham
of the Azores marked
The Hamburg-American Line owns a 22,000 ton liner by that name but there is no record that the ship has
been sunk.
Christmas Gift For China War Orphans
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
Over Air at Christmas
(By "Reuter's" Diplomatic Correspondent)
LONDON, Dec. 20-There were three notable speeches over the Christmas recess, all of extraordinary interest and exceptional importance. The speakers were Mr Winston Chur- chill, the Pope and King George VI.
Mr Churchill's broadcast was addressed to the Italian people "with whom we are at war." It was a speech that could only be delivered by a man sure of his cause, suro of his strength. It
was a frank statement of Britain's traditional mutual sympathy and in- terests have been' envenomed and
NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (UP)-The completely reversed by the attitude Golden Rule Foundation announced!
of single man-Il Duce. The signatories Include. Hamilton to-day that it has cabled $1,000 to Italian radio evades the issues so The feeble answer put out by the Fish, Republican Representative for Mogame Chiang Kai-shek as an "extra New York, Henry Breckenridge, the Christmas gift" for
plainty China
stated by Mr. Churchill, and, well-known New Dwight Morrow and Dorothy Thamp-send a larger sum
York lawyer, orphans. They said they planned to simply reafirms Fascist arguments based on Nazi concepts young son, the famous columnist.
on Now Year's people, lebensraum, right is might,
Day.
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TO-MORROW KING'S THEATRE
FAT THE
war
cle.
Rifts In Unity
Britain's Food Supplies
Quite Ample
There is, however, rather a tend ency to protest, too strongly for con- viction, of the unity prevailing be- tween the Army, the Fascist Party and the Royal Family. The super-
LONDON, Dec. 26 (Reuter). cession of so many high effcers re-
-Despite all the efforts of the cently is proof of rifts in this unity.
The Pope's address was also re- German counter-blockade, the markable, seeing that it was deliver- Ministry of Food still has suffel- ed from Rome ut this season. His
ent stocks of all essential food- Holiness sununary of
of the Ave which all true Christians should stuffs, and even if the British practise is the most telling indiet-people have to accept shorter inent of the whole Totalitarion polley supplies, there is no fear of their that could conceivably be made, being forced on to "iron" especially in
In the exceptional circums- rations,
tances of the Pope's position,
Ile brands the offence but does not
mention the offender. Nobody who Even if the present butter | heard or read his homily can fall to ration is cut, the British people of truth, will still be getting a larger peace and mutual goodwill could be reached
realise that
righteousness, hono
and allowance than the inhabitants
the only one way. Coming at this of the enemy countries and the moment, especially so hard upon the territories they have over-run. heel of Church!if's words, the address must have greatly intensified the| strong influence his admonitions would have had in any case.
King's Speech
Food experis regard the position of fats as a very important one for a country's staying power and they say that the situation in Britain is very good Indeed,
King George's speech was of a different character as compared to The sugar-beet crop this autumn the other two addresses. It was non-has been a very successful one and polemical and almost non-political. the Ministry of Food has ample sugar It was non-polemical and almost non-stocks, both home-produced and from political. His Majesty spoke as man overseas,
then
to man, he spoke of the family, of home life and Christmas spirit,
of national unity, of national confid-
Tea supplies are expected to last for many months to come.
There is some sugestion that the
ence and the hope of better things. meat ration may be reduced in the No greater contrast to the usual year from 1s. 10d. worth per head blustering boasts and noisy fulmina- per week to is. Gd. worth. The tiens of the Axis-leaders--could-Ministry has found that only about possibly be imagined.
90 to 95 per cent, of the present ratlon is used.
Press & Radio Campaigns LONDON, Dec. 28 (Router).---In broadcasts directed to Britain the German radio has been plugging away on the lines of: "Why should Britain go on with the War?"
Another Cut Likely
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Dec. 20 (UP).—It is understood that Lord Woolton, the Minister of Food will announce on- other cut in ment rations early in January to 18. Cd per person weekly
Several broadcasts have asserted that the British government has had several peace opportunities. It is not supposed in London that the Germans really expect much to result from this compared to the present level of in. peace propaganda especially when Food experts stressed that Germany ona takes
into consideration the
the is not likely to starve out Britain continual statements in Germon home broadcasts that the war will be despite the intensive U-boat cam a long one and that Britain is not of all essential food and commodi- paign. There are sufficient stocks easily overcome. This radio and ties blready stored in the British press campaign has given the lie to Isles; therefore, there is no fear of Marshal Brauschitsch's statement the pubile being forced
on 'iron that the English channet protects
Britain only so long as it suits Ger-rations," they sold. many. Thus the "Berliner Borsen
Zeitung" says that in achieving and
| undertaking a josk of such magnitude a few months more or less is of no importance.
Some commentators think that, Hitler is probably still hoping to get out of his present predicament by peace offensive, the essence of which would be to eliminate British op- position while leaving him still in possession of the countries. he has over-run in Europe,
Diet Meeting
Plans
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” TOKYO, Dec. 20 (Domel).-Mr Glichi Masuda hes been named Chairman of the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives, while Mr Shigeu Nishimura has been Accounts Committee. Messrs. Tomomasa Kato, Sanetaro Okamoto, and Gunji Matsul have been nominated Chairmen of the Appeals, Disciplinary and Propo sitional Committees, respectively,
Training Thailanders named Chairman of the
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" YOKOHAMA, Dec. 20 (Domel) Four students of the Bangkok Naval Academy arrived here this morning aboard the Toba Maru for a six-month At to-morrow's general meeting of study at the Nippon Electric Manu- the Diet, Mr. Mugoichi Taworn will facturing Company's plani. The move a resolution thanking the Army Kroup is accompanied by a Comman- and Navy, while Mr Kiroku Oguchi der and a Lieutenant who will how will present the resolution condoling ever return to Bangkok immediately. over the war dead.
THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
The grateful thanks of the Society is hereby tendered to the many subscribers during the year ended 31st October, and the Treasurers are pleased to report that the Income nearly covered the increased ex- penditure,
Hon. Treasurers:
Mr. A. McKellar, C.A..
c/o Mackinnon Mackenzie & Co.,
P. & O. Building,
Mr. Kwok Chan.
c/o The Banque de L'Indo-Chine,
Hong Kong
November, 12th, 1940)SCH
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