AUSSIES TAKE OVER
Hoist Anzac Hat
At Tobruk
"RKUTER" AT TOBNUK
Jan. 23. Having broken down the Italian resistance in 26 hours cheering Australians hauled down the Italian flag in the town centre to-day and holsted instead an Anzac hat.
The total number of prisoners is estimated at 20,000 which number includes, the Metropoli- tan G1st Division, the pence- time garrison of the fort, 1,600 members of the naval garrison, and 700 of the crew of the sunken cruiser San Giorgio.
The Military Police and Customs offelals reveal that a hundred civiline technicians and fishermen are also among the prisoners.
The Wednesday morning.
.m. on
Friday, HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
Nomura's Plans For Pacifying Tokyo-Washington Relations
Special to the "Telegraph"
TOKYO, Jan. 23 (UP). The departure of Ambassador Nomura for América is coincident with revelations by "United Press" of a three-point programme by which efforts will be made to improve Japanese-American relations after his arrival in Washington.
Well-informed Japanese sources told "Unlied Press" firstly, Japanese diplomacy centres on the tripartite pacl; secondly, Japanese diplomacy would insist on United States recognition of Japan as the stabilising factor in the Far East; and thirdly, Japan is willing to make vigorous efforts consistent with the two foregoing principles to improve relations with the United States.
U. S.-Soviet Relations
Departure From Tokyo
To see Admiral Nomura off at
N.E.I. Snubs
Tokyo station, Mr Joseph Grew N.E.I.
American Ambassador, and other Embassy officials attired in morning coats and silk hats were MOSCOW, Jun. 23 (Reuter). on hand. Mr Grew accompanied The lifting of the United Admiral Nomura to the ship, the States' "moral embargo" on the Kamakura Maru, which export of aeroplanes to Russia scheduled to sail from Yoko- 14s been announced on the hama. Soviet radio but not yet in the Foreign Minister Y. Matsuoka,
ress as no newspapers publish-Sugiyama,
Army
is
Matsuoka Claims
Want No Part In
New Order
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
January 24,
1941.
PROPOSES WAR GIFT
As Substitute To Aid British Dill
WASHINGTON,
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
Jan. 23
(UP).-Senators Ed Johnson and Robert Taft to-day intro- įduced a substitute for the Aid' Britain and the Johnson Bills, authorising an outright gift of materials, provided Britain given $2,000,000,000 worth of war
the United States completo in- formation on performance, and agrees to make nil her purchases in the United States.
Senator Taft said that the Bill would authorise the Reconstruction Financo Corporation to lend Britain $1,000,000,000; Canada $500,000,000 and Greece $30,000,000,
Two Die In Plane Crash
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHO ' ST LOUIS, Mo, Jan. 23 (UP),—
Chiefs surrendered at 10.15
including General and Admirals
Zengo Aused here to-day. tralian
Yoshida, Ocaml and Nagano were units in Bren-gun Official ciretes are retleent on the among the several hundreds of high carriers stormed the main road to the birct, but opintors here is that the Government town and broke the steel, concrete, tifting of this ban, coupled with the leaders who said goodbye to Admiral The Netherlands East Indies to-day when a Trans-continental and omelala and civilian BATAVIA, Jan. 23 (UP)-Two were klited and 12 Injured early and sand-bagged barrier and then stabilment of an American Con- Nomura at the Tokyo Station plat-press objected to Mr Matsuoka's Western Airways air liner crashed drove in. They met by
bursta they promptly replied:
of
ed.
of
MACKINTOSH'S
SALE
TO-DAY ONLY
Where a coupesulate-General at Vladivostok, sug for, which was guarded by a special reference to the Indies as "the one mile southwest of Lambert Field, Alexandra Building-Des Voeux Road
tests an Improvement In Soviet-squad of gendarmes, Then the entire garrison surrender. American relations.
I followed into the town with khaki-clad Australian hifantry-nes eaked with the dust from the Libyan desert and burnt with the sun, and with uniforms turn after days of strentious Bghting.
Unnerved Garrison
Admiral Nomura is accompanied by anme As his adviser, Kaname Wakasugi, who China." was a former Consul General nt New York, his personal physicton, Doctor Kitaro Sakal, and his secretary Katsuzo Okumura.
Thailand and Indo-tearing down telephone wires.
The plane apparently dived as approached the Beld for an Instru- ment landing. The dead are Pilot the NEI" heading the Dutch dele-a TWA employée.
As H. Van Mook "Strong man of Captain P. T. Scott and Mir J. Foot, gates soon to spar with the Japanese trade mission sald in a statement, There is no change in the stand of
Japanese Industrialists the Volkar and which is claiming that
the Netherlands East Indies Win Economic Issue
#re
Favours Aid
To Britain
Refrigerator And Cooker Among Prizes For The As I entered the gateway with the Bomber Fund Raffle victorious Imperial troops, thousands
no part of the Asiatic bloc. It is SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
of of exhausted and unnerved Italians
Over two hundred valuable
vital importance for the Netherlands TOKYO, Jun. 23 were streaming out. All resistance prizes have now been donated for Asall" said that besides the aban- sovereignty".
(UP) The East Indies to maintain complete Van Mook refused to had virtually ended by sunset the day the Monster Raffle which is donment of the election revision law discuss the present political aspect
Gallup Poll Result before.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23 (Reuter).-A being organised by the Hong-plan, the Cabinet decided to shelve saying that his Department was solely The
Solaro Alrente forts had been kong War Effort Committee in the bill for the establishment of "Areonomic
He said that 80 per cent favouring aid for Billain is shown in sharp increase in American sentiment silenced after stuff fighting, and the
new cconomic structure" under of Netherlands East Indies export stronghold of Pilastring, which had aid of the War Fund, the total which the Government would take trade and income was, with non-East Pre latest Gallup poll which follows han putting up terrific, artillery fire, value being approximately over the management of industries, a Asiatle countries.
President Roosevelt's recent "freside captured.
$25,000. The following are the bill which had been strongly opposed The press comments that "Me chat" and message to Congress. the attack on Pilastring, latest gifts:
by Industrialists.
Matsuoka's South Sen lyrics" are The question asked was: "Which However, the Cabinet was plan-totally unnecessary One Metalt Electric Refrigerator, ning to achieve virtually
to revise the of these two things do you think on 14 Italian tanks in n dried-up
the same situation in "such a drastic manner more important for the United Staten river bed. Reinforced by an anti-0.9 cubic feet, value $200; Outs, le purpose hy revising the national va
ከ። in possibly indiented," The to try to do-keep out of the
war lank battery, the infantry, although Electrle Cooker, 7.0, kilowatts; value mobilisation law under
Bode" which the
In htt editorial ourselves, or help Britain win even suffering some casualties, mocked $110, both British Empire products, business licensing system would be
hid that
the inclusion of the nt the risk of getting into the war out the tanks quickly,
donated by Mesars Shewan, Tomes & instituted.
Netherlands East Indien. in the The replies showed that 08 per Co., Ltd.
category of "The New Order of Asia' ceni. favoured helping even at the would give Japan the right to inter-risk of entering the war while 32 per fere in her foreign and Interior cent, favoured staying out.
the
ang came unsuspectingly
Lens, value $540, donated by the One Magazine Cine-Kodak, 1,1.0.5 Eastman Kodak Company.
to
Taking Greetings To Chiang
Intantryman Takes Tank
Upper House Support One Australian captured a tank
SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH" and its crew of four with his rifle
TOKYO, Jan. 23 (UP)-Upper palicies. und bayonet.
House members have. One beach cance; one sliver rose submit to the Plenary Session on
decided When Pilastrino was occupied by bowl and one sliver cards, Saturday a the British, it was
Relation With Japan shelled from donated by Major and Mrs Wilcox.
resolution similar to the Solaro Airente forts until they were Two credit notes value $100 each; Cabinet in strengthening defences in fem stand of the Netherlands Enst
lower House's, also taken.
supporting the BATAVIA, Jan. 23 (Reuter).-The In the open desert between Solaro Sincere Co. Ltd., donated by Chinn order to cope with the present grave Indies against any interference with
Jong credit nole value $50, on. the
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” Alrente, the Brigadier communding Provident Loan & Mortgage Co., Ltd. iuntion both at Home and abroad. their sovereignty was re-affirmed to
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UP).— the Australians captured Major-
It The General Derro Muru of the Gist
tickets, which
reflects virtually an unconditional day by Van Mook, Director kre being
President Roosevelt's Administrative of Assistant, Mr Laughlin Currie, has specially designed and printed freesupport of the Government program- Economic Affairs. Metropolitan Division.
ime. Meanwhile the eastern and western of charge, will not be avaliable for
Commenting in an interview with to visit Generalissimo Chiang Kai- been given leave of absence in order speech the some time, but enquiries should be
"Reuter" on Mr Yosuke Matsuoka's shek for first hand
Japanese Diet, Jonkheer the Chinese economic situation. The
Information Van Mon
Mook said that he failed to visit will be made at the invitation of understand what Mr Matsuoka meant by a "situation wh
which has hitherto
the Chinese Government, thwarted the relations of good neigh-Currie will transmit the President's The White House said that Mr bourliness" with the Japanese.
"Our relation with Japan has been
sectors of the perimeter defences had addressed to "Monster Ramle, long- Indo-China Increases been cut off. After that they only kong War Effort Committee, Office. resisted spasmodically and quickly Star Ferry Wharf, Hongkong. Tele- surrendered,
phone 27323,
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
Import Duties Water Shortage Risk
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UP), LONDON, Jan. 23 (Reuler)-In aperilled and our sea and air power The Department of Commerce to-day broadeust war commentary, Major much enhanced by our grip on Tob- received a cablegram
from Saigon
General Wavell's original pack
and
Mr
on
on. In fact, without the US of soldiers," the paper per cent on the per cent. to 130 reasons," the Netherlands East Indies System. They will leave San Fran-
Genoral R. J. Colling sold that fruk. As for the rest of the Fascist revealing that a new schedule of im- promoted in the same manner and greeting to the Generalis- might have had to be one of the tip-iment in Africa, Important move-port duties, applicable to all coun-zeal as those with other countries,"
Mr Currie will be accompanied by are proceeding swiftly on and fries, became effective in French Jonkheer Van Mook
Mr Emile Despres, Senior Economist and-run type a mere rald, though beyond the frontiers of Eritrea
Indo-Chinn on on large scale.
and head of the Research and Statis- Abyssinia.
Discussing January 1.
slato Without water, no one could have
The duties are wholly ad valorem, ment that if only for geographieatles-Division of the Federal Reserve Grazioni as "this mostran
ranging carried
from Ave help of the Navy, who somehow man says "the futility of his strategy was a general rate of three times the relationship with Japan, he said that they expect to return about March 1. minimum tariff, with should be in intimate and inseparable Cisco by Clipper next Tuesday, and aged to stores and thousands of doubtless not all his own but was minimum. The list of products here the economic structure of the NEIU. S. Sailors Sentenced
land gallons of water ht Sollum, I do Hot partly imposed on him by the in- tofore exempted from import duty made it necessary to promote think it could have been done.
"Except for what they were lucky the fatuous vanity of Mussolini. He Minimum rates will continue to be countries alike on the largest possible. For Insult To Nazis
emelency of the Fascist system and remains substantially unchanged.relude
relations with both Allied and neutral enough to capture during the ad. has vance, there was no water at all be- the British Commander.
been hopelessly out-matched applied to most imports from the scale, adding that despite the war tween Mersa Matruh and Bardia, of war records names of few generals
The
history, United States.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23 (Reu- 90 per cent. of the East Indies' export ter)-Suspended sentences of 90 nearly 160 miles away. Water hins of equal success in that most dificult
income was derived from other than days have been delivered by the been and may be again, the crux of of military
East Asiatic countries. the whole show,"
That provéd, Municipal Judge here an two seamen arts-extracting the
he said, that mere geographical situa- of the United States Navy who were greatest possible advantage out of
tion was not the deciding economic, charged with ripping down victory.
factor.
Swastika
flag from the German Consulate,
They will be handed over to the naval authorities who have promiced
Press Acclaims Wavell LONDON, Jan. 23 (Reuter).--That
Sicilian Aerodromes Attacked By R.A.F. Saying that the presence of the. CAIRO, Jan. 23 (Reuter)-Aero- the end of the Fascist Regime is Australians at Tobruk will be mater-dromes in Stelly were heavily at- brought yet nearer by the fall of ial for come "member of the Fascist tacked by R.A.F. bombers during the Tobruk is the theme of London news-thuggery to turn round and blame night of January 22-23, paper editorials on the Intest success the Italian people for lack of re-
A Middle East communique from in Libya, which is hailed as another salution" the "Daily Express asks R.A.F.. Headquarters says example of General Wavell's miltary "how much longer will Italians awal- Comiso a quantity of incendiary and that at brilliance.
low the shame of their rulers In- explosive bombs were dropped, caus- The "Daily Telegraph" wrlies "the competence or hope for Hitler to save ing explosions which continued for whole province of Cyreniaca is im-them?"
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