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No. 16350
五拜禮 號七十月一英港香
FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1941.
GERMAN TROOPS POUR
INTO RUMANIA: TENSE
ATMOSPHERE
LONDON, Jan, 16 (Router).—The greatest uncasiness is felt in Rumania at the increasing arrivals of fresh German troops, which are now estimated to total 12 divisions, say the Istanbul correspondent of the independent French agency. He adds that the number is shortly expected to reach 18 divisions.
Transfer Of U. S. Warships
Rumanian military circles con- sider that these moves are aim- ed to occupy Rumania in the event of upheavals that might imperil German food supplies; secondly, to hold a threat over south-eastern European states and Turkey particularly, and also to prepare
a spring offensive against Greece.
The German troops arrive mostly straight from France, an
Knox Wants Freedom officer saying that they came
Of Action
from Paris in a week with them came a number of Renault (French) lorries. The troops (Reuter)-Colonel Frank Knox, are in four main groups, one in
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16
Moldavin, opposite. the Soviet
municipalities; and minority holding keyposts in the:
fourth a
PREVAILS
British Naval Loss: Cruiser Destroyed
total
Secretary for the Navy, declared frontier; one in the region of that he would object to any Bucharest and Ploesti oll zone; a clause being inserted in the third, apparently reserves,, in that the cruiser Southampton-a target of joint German-Italian Lease and Lend Bill to prevent Banat where it is supported by air attack in the central Mediterranean on Friday is a
LONDON, Jan, 16 (Reuter), The Admiralty announces the transfer of any part of the
members of the Germanoss United States Navy.
He made this statement be fore the Foreign Affairs Com- mittee of the House of Represen- tatives. He gave as the reason for his objection that he could forese conditions under which the Navy could be transferred on very advantageous terms.
In dames after being hit, she had to be sunk, by British group along the line of the forces when she could not be towed to port.
Danube, opposite Bulgaria.
Turkey's Warning LONDON, Jan. 10 (Reuter)-The
An Admiralty communique | states: "The Board of the Ad- miralty regrets to announce that Turkish press discussing the chances.M.S. Southampton (Captain of the Dalicans keeping out of the B. C. D. Brooks) has become a
In the course of his evidence, he war, says that if Bulgaria consents total loss.
As announced on
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The cruiser Southampton, of 0,000 tona, was nunched at Clydebank in 1938 and had a speed of 32 knots and a man armanient of 12 six-Inch guns. She was an escort vessel when the King and Queen visited Canada and the United States. Early in the war she suffered three casualties when
Nazi raiders bombed shipping in the
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Here is H.M.S.' South-
ampton, the 9,000-ton cruiser which has now been officially declared a total loss as a result of the damage she sustained in last week's Mediterranean engagement.
Attacks On
Italian Bases
PANDORA SINKS SHANGHAI
TWO SHIPS
STRIKES
LONDON, Jan. 16 (Reu- EPIDEMIC
ter). The British sub- marine, Pandora, has sunk two Italian supply ships, each of about 5,000 tons, in the central Mediterranean.
An Admiralty"-communi- que announcing this states that both ships were south- bound, and that one of them was seen to have a cargo of motor transport* on her decks..
China Station for several years.
|
Coincident With The Chinese New Year
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
the local
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" - CAIRO, Jan. 16 (UP).-An official communique issued to- day stated that R.A.F. bombers caused very heavy damage to the Benghazi harbour on Monday and Tuesday nights. At Benina the aerodrome wasmachine- gunned and a number of planes destroyed.
on
An Italian position at Assab in East Africa, was raided Tuesday night, where attacks were made on stores and ware- houses. A large fire was started. At Benghazi "the harbour was heavily bombed and farge fires were started in the built- ings. Shipping was also attack- led."
Catania Hit Hard
CAIRO, Jan. 10 (UP).—An_RAF- reconnaissance flight over Calania showed that during the raid on the night of January 12, between 30 and 40 planes were elther burned out or severely damaged, three hangers badly hit and the Administrative buildings damaged.
Damaging Attacks
CAIRO, Jan. 18
(Reuter)-EC- tween 30 and 40 enemy aircraft were burnt out and several were damaged SHANGHAI, Jan. 18, (UP),-by the R.A.F.'s Initial rald On With the approach of the Catania airport in Stelly on Sunday Chinese New Year which falls on | night.
Italy's Libyan port January 27, an epidemic of was heavily ralded both on Monday of Benghazi strikes is spreading in Shang-and Tuesday nights. hai.
These disclosures were made by an The messengers of
R.A.F. communique issued here to day, Describing the Benghazi raids, *The Pandora was on the telegraph offices are quitting the communique grys that the main their work, demanding for moles of the harbour were heavily higher wages, while the "Shang- bombed and large fires were caused hai Evening Post and Mercury among the buildings around the appeared in the streets during occurred at the base of the mole.
Customs house. A heavy explosion late evening to-day instead of Other bombers bit buildings on the early afternoon, as a result of a quayside and straddled Government go-slow-strike-in-the printing buildings Shipping-was-also-at- room, while negotiations regard- ¡tacked. ing the demands of its Chinese machine-gunned Benina aerodrome. On the return journey, the aircraft workers are going on...
Two enemy aircraft were set afre Muny barbers still have not re-and destroyed and damage wai turned to work,
caused to a number of others. Hongkong and Sitanghal Bhiking In the forward aren (of the
Ofice boys and messengers of the)
Aerial Patrol Corporation Joined the strikers this afternoon after the management had British advance into Libya), between rejected their demands. The office Tobruk and Derna, our fighters main- boys and messengers first walked out tained a constant patrol but no eng- on Wednesday when they struck for gements
the enemy took two hours. However, they returned place." The pending completion of negotiations,
communique records raids in Italian East Africa on the Assab stores
on Tuesday night and on ports that from all operations all but one Aghter, shot down in Libya, re- turned safely.
Obstacles To
said that the essence of the Presid- to the transit of German troops it January 14, the Southampton ent's plan was that the United States would drag her right into the midst was hit during an air attack on Firth of Forth. should become virtually the sole of the tempest und another war frout our ships in the Mediterranean. purchasing and distributing agency would be opened. for war inaterials produced in the It would be a mistake to think that Fire broke out on board. United States.
would thus There
neutrality would remain un- be Soviet constituted one great funnel through affected in such an event. -which-all-much-material-would-flow:
"As a result of the damage, the fire Reports-continue-to-be received inter attained such proportions that li "We shall then be in a position to that Germans are arriving in Bulgaria became necessary to abandon the apportion these munitions
by the
hundreds as tourists and com- ship. The Southampton subsequent- amongal travellers. ourselves and other democracies
Moscow radio han ly had to be sunk by our own ferves whose defence is important to us," again broadcast denial of German when it was found impracticable to, declared Colonel Knox.
Inspired
that Russio has tow her
into port. The great consented to the movement of Ger- majority of the crew have
been ian troops in Bulgaria and has also saved." re-broadest Bulgaria's denial these reports.
Nazi Army
On Coast Of Holland
Ready For Invasion?
reports
ROTTING PLANES
What Italians Left
At El Adem
of
HUGE SPENDING APPROVED
For U.S. Ships And Yards
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHI WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UP).— The House Naval Affairs Committee to-day approved of and urged the prompt passing of a $1,209,000,000 emergency authorisation.
LONDON, Jan. 16 (Reuter).struction of 400 important auxiliary The Bill would include the con- LONDON, Jan. 16 (Reuter).--Eighty-seven planes lie rotting naval vessels costing $400,000,000 of The number of German
at the vast Italian aerodrome of which the Navy Department would. soldiers now in Holland is much El Adem in Libya, states the build only 280 at present,
Provision would also be made for
Japanese
Soviet- Amity Pact
MOSCOW, Jan. 16 (Reuter)-That the Soviet-Japanese pact is hanging fire and agreement appears as far off as ever, Is the general impression here. With the arrival of the new conviction grew that a Soviet-Japanese Non-Aggression Pael
I would be signed very shortly.
M. Molotoy, the Soviet Foreign Commissar, and Mr Yosuke Matsuoka, the Japanese Foreign
Japanese Ambassador, Lieut General Tatekawa last October, the
Eire Feels
War Pinch
Minister, have both stated that there is no reason why relations between the two countries should not be on a normal footing.
with
BRITISH ASSETS Asmara the previous night, and re
IN AMERICA
Morgenthau's Statement WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (Router).
it was generally belleved that theMr Henry Morgenthau, Secretory of the Treasury, declaring himself new ambassador had' brought i
higher than even the most ex-Air Ministry. Most of them the expenditure of $315,000,000 on Fire's supply difficulties as the ment had been reached. He has seen Bill, told a press conference that
cles in London.
A great number of the soldiers are stationed in coastal districts which have been declared de- fence areas,
of
an
day:
to
TRYING TO BUY SHIPPING DUBLIN, Jan. 16 (Reuter).-scheme on which a measure of agree favour of the Lease and Lend tensive army of occupation would
M. Molotov several times but npchill's Government had no assets the best of his knowledge Mr Chur- justify, state well-informed cir- were rendered unserviceable by shipyards and $194,000,000 to build result of the war were discussed parently an agreement is as far off
R.A.F. attacks and were finally factories innde necessary by British in the Dail this afternoon.
available for American purchases as ever, needs for cargo ships and guns. It | fired by the retreating Italians.
Mr Cosgrave, Opposition Leader, It is generally believed that the part from the $1,775,000,000 which out skeletons of planes.
In one hangor alone were 22 burnt- would also provide for the armour asked the Government to indicate Japanese are prepared to make far- he reported to Congress on Wednes
needed for American naval expan- what steps were contemplated for an
reaching concessions in return for The huge aerodrome, now desolate, slow.
equitable distribution essenilal Soviet recognition of Manchukuo and
He explained that although the as- had been made by the Italians a very enthe manufacturers have comfortable base with up-to-date British Leaders Of the restrictivas on the use of
suppiles in the event of acute the cessation of Soviet help to China, sets did not include the values from Canadian and other Empire invest- shortage developing. He referred to What Tokyo Would Yield ments In the United States, these had to supply over 50,000,000 cigars tables, tennis and badminton courts.
kitchens, shower-baths,
billiard monthly to the German army of!
additional resources were not avail- Polish Squadrons
petrol and spoke of the shortage of It is rumoured that Japan would able to London, which 40,000,000 are suid to
The Important wireless installation
regard Inner Mongolin as a Soviet smoked by the Germans In Holland. was destroyed but the large electric
Declining to estimate the value of LONDON, Jan, 16 (Reuter)—Three
Could Have Been Worse sphere of influence, accord special these assets, Mr Morgenthau said that Even
if every soldier gets only one power station was not sabotaged. R.A.F. Oficers have been awarded
Sean Le Mass, Minister of S-nilway and clearance facilities at the British Empire in a family and ⚫elgar per day this would mean that In the huge joiners' shop were dis- the highest Pollah award.
plies, replying, said that the Country Dairen and might even come to an has the same problems as a human there are over a million soldiers in Eovered ten
They are Squadron Leaders R. G. was lucky that it had not felt the agreement over Southern Sakhalin, furnity. Because some members of # Holland.
RAF identification circles. The Kellett, J. A. Kent and A. S. Ford, effects of war more seriously during but that Japan would not give way family have assets, it does not mean Ten million cigars are sent to machine shops were equipped an up-all leaders of Polish squadrons. the last 15 months. There were full on the question of fisheries so vital necessarily that they belong to the
to-date lines. All around the They
were presented with their supplies of sugar and also cement, of to Japan, Russia never having ac- rest of the family. I was clearly stated in an article erodrome huge stocks of Italian medals by General Sikorski, the which there was an exportable sur-cepted gladly the loss of the fishing in a Dutch Nazi paper that Holland touched, tesiifying to the speed of three already hold the D.F.C., while
provisions and petrol remained un- Polish Commander-in-Chief." All plus, and there was clothing of all rights which Japan gained after, the was being used as a base for the the enemy's flight.
Beiglum and France.
be
attack on England. The writer com-
existing among
plained of bad ng that "it is not
the
population, nu
In the interests of the Netherlands to commit sabotage or to demonstrate against the Germans."
However, that position was im- proved by the fuct that the Germans exercised "to the full the right of an occupying Power."
canvas squares
with
Kellett also holds the D.S.O.
OFFICER IDENTIFIES
BODY OF MURDER MOTHER
ST. PANCRAS, Jan. 16 (Reuter).-The inquest on Mrs Lloyd James, wife of Professor Lloyd James, was formally nd- journed to-day to February 21, and will follow the criminal pro- ceedings against the husband. found the body of his mother with a The blood-stained carving fork recently-used blood-stained carving
fork and hammer. the Royal Army Medical Corps was and hammer found in the room
Soldier On Serious Charge
tea.
sorts,
Referring to the sinking of ships bringing goods to Eire, Sean Le Mass. said that the Government
was
Russo-Japanese wur.
endeavouring to purchase ships but NIGHT FIGHTER'S!
that might not solve the problem. The loss of ships had made, supplies of petrol uncertain. There was no cause for immediate anxiety as re gards tea and there was no need for rationing.
Tells Danger Of Air Invasion
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Okazaki in India from
H.K. Gives Interview
BOMBAY, Jan. 16 (Reuter)—Japan's desire was for closer trade relations with India, Mr Kátano Okazaki, the new Consul. General in Calcutta (and former Consul-General in Hongkong). told "Reuter" on his arrival here to-day,
LONDON, Jan. 16 (Reuter),-An R.A.F. night fighter pilot made war latory inst night when single handed, he shot down and destroyed two German ralders,
He brought the Arst victim {after a running fight which began SPECIAL TO THE "TILEGĦAPH"
over London shortly after midnight. Mr Okazaki did not think that He denied that Japan had any WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.
Riddled with bullets and with both the Japanese would change their ambitions to expand southwards. As charged at Kowloon this morning with the corpse was produced in pathologist, who performed the post The Secretary of War, Colonel Henry crashed our an Essex town with attitude towards the European far as he knew, Japanese negotiations
(UP) engines out of action, the bomber with, having had earnal knowledge | Court,
mortem, stated that the cause of Stimson testifying before the Home terrific explosion. of a Chinese girl without her consent Flying Offcer David
war and he expressed surprise with the Dutch East Indies for oll James, death was a depressed fracture of the Foreign Affairs Commitice, said that yesterday; and also with indecent formerly the youngest D.B.C. an- skull consequent upon a blow on the the United States would be in very over Essex four hours later. Dam- recently sent their families home. As regards trade with India, the
The second victim was intercepted that Japanese in India had were proceeding smoothly. assault on the same giri,
Trouncer, wearing the Royal Air Force hend. Chor Injuries did not cause great danger of an air invasion should aged by a burst of returned for He had brought out his family desire closer trade relations and be The case was remanded for one uniform, gave evidence to-day of death but were consistent with the the Brillah navy be
position was satisfactory but Japan week.
destroyed orbome but was re-engaged and was
shot down.
[with him.
Private Frank Kenneth Jacobs of
Sir Bernard Splisbury, the famous
Idenucation and stated that he use of the fork.
should it surrender.”
would do his best to bring that about.