Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
July 28, 1941.
Soviets Continue Magnificent Defence
LONDON, July 27 (Reuter).—The_latest_news from the Ilussian front received by authoritative quarters in Londen shows that during the past week, the opposing lines remained practically unchanged with the Russian forces putting up a magnificent defence.
There has been virtually no change in the position 'from the Arctic to the Black Sen. The 'only advance worth mentioning has been a very slight one by the Germans on the Finnish front, but this is so slight that it can be regarded as häving no milltury significance.
News of the annihilation of two German divisions et claimed to be a
Grim War Games In Britain
LONDON, July 27 (Reuter).
very severe setback to the Gerntant dawn to-day, the biggest invaders, but it is pointed out that "invasion" exercises ever staged with the huge numbers of men now in Britain began in and around
aking part in the fighting. It must Reading. not be regarded as a major defeat. for the Gurmuna.
Battle of Smolensk ("REUTER'S" SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT) MOSCOW, July 27.—"We cannot, yet give particulars about the vast Smolensk battle but we shall do It as soon as we have finally beaten the Germans there," declared the Vice- President of the Information Board, M. Lozovsky, at his press conference to-day,
B
It is a battle thint will be studied for many years,” he added.
Speaking of raids on Moscow, he reiterated that only Emall percent- age of German planes broke through to Moscow and that most of them perished,
Ife thought that the Ger- mans could not keep it up.
While "German" planes roured over the town and parachutists descended, Firth Columnists en- déavourvel to create a diversion,
At the same time, air-borne troops équipped with armoured vehicles landed in the neighbourhood.
Home Guards and the Fire Service and all other branches of the civil defence services took part. Home Guards particularly distinguished themselves in the clever use of leni knowledge to delay the "invaders“ pending the arrival of heavily armed Infantry.
All Used
The American Red Cross recently sent 3,200 bags of wheat and rice to Hongkong for distribution among war refugees in China. Of this amount, 800 bags were allotted to Kwang- tung. Picture shows, representatives of various Kwangtung districts with a cargo of grain that was shipped to the interior Inst week. (Photo: New China Newsphotos).
U.S. Warships Guarding Atlantic
OF
STIRRING WORDS ENCOURAGEMENT AND
Devices HOPE FOR BRITAIN
Smoke sercens, gas tanks and all modern methods were introduced.
London and Nottingham have also
LONDON, July 27 (Reuter).-"To-night British and Ameri witnessed to-day large scale invasion can warships are patrolling the Atlantic on parallel lanes with exercises, Bull
it Lordon and only one object in view, namely, to guard the world's life-line," Remarking on the fact that many Nottingham, spectators witnessed said President Roosevelt's personal envoy. Mr Harry Hopkins,
inter were brought down | Berce
street fighting between much petrol "invading" tanks and Home Guards during a broadcast from London to-night.
Germou
nvar
with aboard, he said that the Germans were mostly obliged to operate from distant bases, any new nerodromes near the front being subject to con- Linuous bombings involving the des- truction of German machines,
Slovak Surrender
Reverting to the land war, M. Lozovsky said: "We inflict enormous; casunities in killed and wounded and also take many prisoners."
He also declared that details would
shortly be given of the surrender of
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CLASH OVER STRAITS OF DOVER
LONDON, July 27 (Reuter). An air engagement took place
-nut ours. We realise this.
Gambling School For Women
A raid carried out by Det.- Sergeant A. Shaw and a party of Police on Saturday resulted in the discovery of a big gaming school for dice at a house in Kwailin Street, Shamshulpo, and the arrest of 10
women.
Cheng So, 56, and Chu Mal, 31, both married women, charged with Mr Hopkins mentioned that button has been but a modest part in keeping a gaming house, had their the bomber in which he flew the your great war effort. The blood, all of $75 estrenied when they failed Aflautie recently was accom. toil, awent and tears have been yours mara at Kowloon Magistracy this to appear before Mr 11. C. Macna- panied by 20 other bombers and
This
Me" | morning. he declared that thousands of The factories
a reason for our apparent slowness, Fourteen
geared to
women, who were to peace-time American aircraft have already production had
me charged with gambling, ench hnd converted their bail of $5 estreated. been flown across the Atlantle overnight. It took
Table money of $112.05 picked up or had been shipped to Britain. that the war might be decided in the was ordered to be placed in the Poor
factories of Detrolt and
Angeles And Los
Box. Pittsburgh
mills, B other Pennsylvanian mines, That is who realised to-day, American industry runa now joins hands with the then who
an entire Slovak mechanised regi- over Dover Straits this after-drives
| noon.
ment
"Right
in
10 be
time to realise
siecl
forgetting disputes, in miting holl- In sacrlileing all for a common days, in
Theft Of Cigarettes
"I came here on busincks which is **** the same as that of every American down to
the man rivet in shipyards the latte in neroplane factorles-the The blitzkrieg is a wash-out," he added. "When we declared in the states: "During an offensive patrol of freedom of thought and action."
A British Air Ministry communique business of safeguarding our heritage work for Beaverbrook and Bevin in days following the surprise attack over the Straits of Dover this after- Mr Hopkins deeinred: that the loss of certain territories was noon, our Aghters engaged a formid now litter is seriously threatening not talking of the distant B.A.T. Press Case not vital, some people thought that tion of enemy fighters. One of the this heritage of ours. we exaggerated. But the Soviet enemy
"President Roosevelt, speaking for future nor of estimates was destroyed and several the American nation, is rendering
Three employees of the British- Union, with scores of industrial cen-
American culation. The others were severely damaged but
Tobacco ships
being
Factory ot ires, can afford to lose a small pro- were not seer, to crash because of low
more than lip service to
In America were Brita pictures on blueprints a few months non were charged before Mr H. G: only paper Gloucester Road and an unemployed clouds and therefore their destruction i plunging their bows into the waters ago. Now they are translated intu Sheldon K.C., at Central Magistracy portion of territory,"
Even now American destroyers are cannot be confirmed.
of the North Atlantic. Once this wood and steel. Soon they will be conspiracy to steal. Defendants were mighty occan separated us. Now it afloat, strengthening the supply line Lo Kwal, 21, coolic, Kwok Wing. 21. joins us. The President is at one between Britain and America. with Mr Churchill in determination
Food Promised
coolie, and Lan Tak-kal, liftboy of the
I naked M. Lozovsky for particulara of the bombing of the Ploesti pipe- line, the centre of the Rumanian oll- felds. He smiled, saying: "Ploesti, there is nothing left but the name."
FRANCO-
JAPANESE
TREATY
"One of our fighters is misslog."
U.S.-Anglo Act Delights Chungking
to break the ruthless power of the sinful paychopathic of Berlin." Unbreakable Bridge
based now
on
this
morning on counts of theft and
"We have not neglected the ques-Tectory, and Au Ping, 20 tion of food. America will never allow the British people to go hungry charged with larceny of 20 packets Second and third Defendants were After declaring that he had
America has decided to decrease the of Capstan cigarettes. Fourth De- carried out President Roosevelt's consumption of food and to increase fendant was charged with receiving instructions to find out just what production. During the next twelve the cigarettes and all die Defendants
and ROW
whether months huge quantities carguts, were arriving Hopkins
continued:
Britain nceded
CHUNGKING, July 27 (Central Atlantic is merely a News)-A-Government spokesman
the
and
China
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OF
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from $22.50
ALL LESS 10% CASH DISCOUNT
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Members of New York Cotton Exchange
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ECONOMIZE
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BY USING
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over
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COOKERS ́ and GEYSERS
of cheese, ely,
Mr pork, eggs, canned salmon, raisins, were charged with conspiracy to sleat the evaporated milk and
elgarettes. concentrated cleaning. A trull juices will arrive here,
First and second-Defendants plead- of friendship spans bridge to-day expressed gratification at the bridge of sympathy and admiration articles important to the war effort! each fined $150 or two months' hard
it. A Thousands of TOKYO, July 27 (Reuter).-prompt and energetic measures taken
miscellaneous ed guilty to the charges and were. The Franco-Japanese agreement by the British Government with the extends from Washington to London are also on their way, from aviation
labour. Third and fourth Defen- for the "joint defence" of French|pport of other members of the that all the powers of darkness and chemicals of all kinds and metals.
although unseen, it is so strong petrol to road-building machinery, nuts were discharged owing to Indo-China will be discussed at Govertiment of India lo
Commonwealth and
insuficient evidence. counter Nazi-terrorism cannot destroy It We These are *coming in increasing
Information a committee meeting of the Japan's fresh aggression in Indo no longer measure distance in miles. volume:
It was alleged that about noon on Privy Council on Monday.
China,
The Hun Is only 21 miles from Dover, "The Lease and Lend B has July 21, a Chinese detective acting It is expected that the agree-between the
The severance of all trade relations yet he and his pagan ways were 2,000 given the President specie authority on Information, went to the vicinity ment will be ratified during Japan and the freezing of Japanese your fight is the fight for the free-
British Empire and years away from Dover,
to foster this great programme of of No. 9 Chi Sing Lane, Wanchai, "Like most Americans, I feel that production and delivery.
and saw second Defendant hand Monday afternoon at a meeting assets which followed so closely adom of the whole world and that H
China And Russia to be held in the presence of the similar action taken by the United must not and will not fail. At one the cast where
pared wrapped up in newspaper "Nor do we forget to look towards containing cigarettes to the fourth Emperor.
States Government, the spokesman time you received messages of good-valiantly against the forces menacing Defendant replied that the cigarettes Is battling Defendant, When questioned second said, not only deal the most serious will from America. The President democracy. Neither are we forget were blow to Japan's already weakened realised that that was not enough. ful of the magnificent fight the Rus-American Tobacco Company. Follow- taken from the British- Anancial and economic structure but te realised that sympathy is human slans are putting up in defence of ing further inquiries the Defendants also demonstrate the ever-increasing but that a flying Fortress can drop their homeland. We Americans aulidarity among the Democratic more bombs. He knew that admira determined to give China and Russia Powers,
were arrested. tion was pleasing but that a destroyer ail possible ald-and immediately.
In the winess-box, fourth Defen- depth charges.
dant stated he did not know the Mr. Churchill asked us for the cigarettes were stolen and, said that "The Lease and Lend Bill was the coming, that an endless assembly belt to deliver the cigarettes to an address I promise you that they are second Defendant gave him 30 cents answer, putting our admiration and stretches from our western coast to in Hollywood Road.
WRITE, CALL OR PHONE sympathies into a tangible form and Britale and to the Middle East and providing a weapon against
Second tyrant nothing will be allowed to interfere added that when Defendant
corroborated and HONG KONG & CHINA GAS COMPANY, LTD. against a man who would enslave with the full eilleiency of this supply cigarettes and took them down the Central Showroom Gloucester Bldg., (Corner of East Arcade). Tel. 24704. our democracies.
"Until now Britain has not been
line
lift, third Defendunt,was not present. Kowloon Showroom-246 Nathan Rd., (Corner of Jordan Rd.). Tel. 57341. tok just what help
Mr Roosevelt promised that he will Mr W. A. Mackinlay, who pro- America has take steps to ensure the delivery of sccuted, and he was asked by the glven, Publication of the
gures might give the enemy valuable Roosevelt does not give his
exact goods consigned lo Britain. Mr Company to press the case.. CHUNGKING, July 27 (Central)
nformation and jeopardise The Japanese promise Thailand the News). Reports
the lightly. that
Atlantic life-line British "Now that life-line Is
"People of Britain-people of the inucli ceaseless line of ships com-ghting alone." dispatch received much more substantial that hopes
Pressure On Thais To Join
New Order?
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
China welcomes this strengthening could aures Withheld
of the unti-aggression front in the Pacifle area as elsewhere, the spokes- man added.
CHUNGKING, July 27 (UP) British Nationals -Military authorities have re- leased a statement that reliable. Not To Evacuate reports affirm Japan has de-
manded that Thailand join the. Shanghai
"New Order in East Asia" block. I
Cambodia,
Dre were
word
Indo-Chinese provinces of Laos and nationals In Shanghal are preparing stronger. No enemy action con now/British Commonwealth-you are not i
to evacuate the elty are denied by stop the
and sympathy. During the
thousands of months,
past few American-
It is also said that 20 fully loaded responsible British quarters there, ing here daily, laden with something transporte left Couton on July 20 and necording to July 21 in southwesterly direction. here.
The reports states that the Japan- These quarters, the dispatch says, mo csa are concentrating troops on Hal-characterize the reports as malicious made aeroplanes have been down nan Island and Formosa but so far propaganda and believe that Shang- across the Atlantic or shipped to none have been transferred to the hal as a metropolis of international north. The sulication is therefore, character will not be affected despite building thousands of glant Boeing that they will be used to threaten or the present changes in the world four-engined bombers is
Britain. A vast programme. for attack Thailand;
uituation,
Szechwan Suffers
Biggest Raid
Its
of
Year
Special to the "Telegraph"
CHUNGKING, July 27 (UP). The biggest raid on Sze- chwan this year took place to-day when, it is reported 108 bombers and pursuit planes from Central China swept the heart of Szechwand bombed a number of cities, Including the pro- vincial capital of Chengtu where mahy establishments are known to be situated,
dropped no bomba. They circled Chungking had an air raid over the cutlving elties around alarm early in the morning and where they are believed to have Chungking, Tungliang and Hochwan the "All Clear" was not sounded' dropped bomba. until nearly six hours later, at 2.15 p.m.."
The majority of the bombers. headert for Chengtu but details of Japanese bombers xwent arross the the destruction there are not yet edge of Greater Chungking--but known,"
to Britain. The greatest merchant ship-building programme ever under-
Agitation For Indian Independence
he stole the
Overseas Chinese Home Support C.I.C. Stand
ment
Me
on monthly hire from
$1.10
Press Approve Against Japan
LONDON, July 28 (Reuter).The situation arising from the Japanese move in Indo-China continues to take up a large share of London and provincial press comment.
The "Manchester Guardian" states:
July 27 (Central News).Overseas Chinese in Ameri- Jen are giving enthusiastle support to the Chinese Industrial Co-operatives Movement, according to a report re- ceived here from Mr Hubert Liang, Director of the Promotion Depa
Depart- for ad- vanced and Hitler will not be able
"The Times" in a leader points, with economic measures supported of C.I.C. Headquarters.
the to move his factories far enough to Indian Non-Party Leaders' conference State
POONA, July 27 (Reuter) States since last March to assist in licensing system, used as it Philippines of a United States Army Liang has been in the United out that the United States' instantly by the establishment in the scape their devastating power of destruction,
passed a resolution demanding a corn- the raising of funds for China relief obvioudly will be in concert with of the Far East is another stage of plete reconstruction of the Viceroy's and to report to overseas Chinese the Governments of the British the enemies of humanity."
"Anglo-American co-operation against Ceaseless Toil For Britain
Executive Council and urging a de- and forcon friends on the past Empire, can if necessary put an hundred tanks throughout several claration specifying o ilme limit in of the CIC. Movement in China,
your which a new constitution for India On May 30, a C.I.C. promotion affective stop to Japanese trade "It will be for Japan to decide empire. Many more are en route, will be inaugurated, according her commitice was formed by leading not only with North America whether she will provoke the hosti- Ocean-going ships, many of which the same status us Great Britain and Chinese in America with Messrs and the Empire but also with lity of the democratic Powers and are oil tankers, have been transferred the Dominions.
¡C. Li, Yong Tien-fu, Szeto Mel-lang,
Dr. Lin Yu-long and seven others as South America, where the bulk measure her strength against the new of Japanese trade is conducted combination of fore she has raisedi Honolulu Committee, in dollars or sterling through United States is to fight thousands of jus against her. Reluctant, no tho In the same month, a promotion New York, San Francisco and miles away from her shores, this is a commillee was also, established at: Honolulu, with Mr To Hut-sheng na
London.
(case, in which she will not go back." Totay American-made tanks are
Honorary Chairman, Mr Chen Shao- "The freezing orders cover by far aterpillaring over the sands of the An official announcement, made at Ti-en as Vice-Chairman.
PESHAWAR, July 27 · (Reuter) ~halung as Chairman and Mr Teng the greater part of Japan's trade with astern deserts. To-day every kind Kabul on Saturday, once again. de-
the rest of the world, especially, her | ..... American-made aeroplanes ooring into combat wherever the present war, the
arb clared Afghanistan's neutrality in the tion work, the C.I.C., Hondquarters tion, states "The Times." fritidh factories are in full produce would be no misapprehension abroad,
uftwaffe
has invited certain, overseas Chinese showa
"It Is safe to say that Japan would Aght. To-day
The Government wished that there lenders to be Directors.
Two windows of a Kowloon bus not have been able to carry on her were smashed when some villagers tion using machine tools made in
war of pugrëssion, against China, It. said that Afghanis America.
A small fire broke out at No. 14 An.orienn and British supplies had throw stones at the bud in Sai Kung an strictly adhered to her malcy, or Soutal fire broke outloon City, been denies her. tán
Road, Kowloon City, yesterday, ac- Modest Part
perfect neutrality and malulained ex- yesterday, and was put out by the Yet we realise that our part to-tremely cordial relations with the occupants-before the arrival of fire "President Roosevelt's vigorous ro- Cheung, driver of bus No, 770. The Reaction To Brigandage cording to a report made by: Lam day has not been great. Our contriebelligerent Powers.
appliances.
action to the brigandage of Japan molive for the attack was not known.
taken is in progresa. Ivetting never
stopa night and day.
We can promise that there will be ships to carry food, oil and ammuni- Hon.
Afghanistan's Neutrality
member,
In order to strengthen the promo-trude in all, metals and other muni- STONES AT BUS