Monday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 4, 1941.
POWERFUL N.E.I. DEFENCES
Bristle At Strategic Points
Special to the "Telegraph"
MOJI. Aug. 3 (Domel).—Indicating that the Dutch Enst Indies are not taking any chances against invasion,, approx- Imately 100 Japanese evacuees who arrived from there aboard a Japanese liner on Friday, informed the 'newspaper "Asahi" that fortilled works three and four layers deep bristic along strategic points on the Java coast.
In some places, barbed wire obstructions can be seen in the set us frst line of defence, they said, with row after row of pill boxes, barbed wire entangle-
Australia's
ments and picket fences studd- Concern In
ing the const line to the rear.
Authorities have requisitioned dwellbiga for louls-out posta and have cut c sections of railways and placed destructive mechanical devices at various bridges,
a150
Pacific
SUFS!
RITES IN EXILE-Body of former Kalsor Wilhelm borne through park on his estato in Doorn, The Netherlands. Last rufer of imperial Germany was buried in simplo ritas on astate where ho lived in exila 23 years,
SYDNEY, Aug. 3 (Router).— Japanese firms in the Dutch Indles The Australian Army Minister, are not subjected to pressure, but are gradually finding it diflcult to Mr P. C. Spender, warned the ban Australians that they must be conduct business. There is on entrance into all field areas, and alert to the danger "which travelling recently has become in might spring over the northern creasingly difficult, he muthorities horizon to-morrow." are recruitleg natives for milltary
Speaking at service and
recruiting rally, he organising
វា mechanised and motorised" furcesuid that Australia must reach
naximum military strength as soon as possible. The last three or four
An attempt to assassinate King, Victor Emmanuel of Italy, kept nonths' improvement In Australia's
ustri secret for seven days, but officially announced recently, may prove to be military efficiency was very striking evidence of her seriousness of pure part of a German plot to remove an important obstacle to the complete pese.
A bin section of the military forces was now doing full line duty. taking over of Italy by Hitler, writes a diplomatic correspondent of the tion ##t short notice. Serious Daily Herald.”
Shots At Italian King May Be A Deep Plot By The Germans
entirely composed of whites,
Japanese Bombing In Hunan
the
All were ready for full mobilisä-
measures had been taken to meet u serious situation,
throughout Australia, declared Mr
There was still too much sport Spender, who added "we must cease (Central playing in sunshine while a cloud of News) Important towns in Weststruction gathers around us." and South Hunun were subjected to
Pacific Fleet devastating bombings by a total of SYDNEY, Aug. 3 (Reuter). The
HENGYANG,
Aut 3
No better time from the Nazis' point of view could have been chosen for such an attempt. There has been ever-growing resentment among the Italian people against Mussolini and the Fascist Party for the past few weeks at the failure of the Italian military effort.
The news. that the Duke of ¡—
71 Japanese bombers in five groups help the U.S.A. was giving Great Aosta, Italian Viceroy of Abys
this morning. T'wenty-six
over
tmachines
Britain in the Atlantle would enable
raided Great Britain to send, a fleet to the sinia, had been forced to capitu- Political
the im-
boastings.
Hengyang around noon dumping 4 Pacifle if needed, declared the Aus-late, finally brought home to number of bemba on both the east tralian Navy Minister, Mr W. Mthem the idleness of Mussolini's and west banks of the Siang River. Hughes at a reerulting rally to-day.
Meanwhile 45 other aircraft bomb-
Against Japan ed Changsha, Siangtan, Chuchow, SYDNEY,
3 Aug.
(Reuter)-Sir Liling and Chihkinnit
Frederick Stewart,
The natural bent of the people in Commonwealth the chretumstances has been to turn A Japanese scouting plane passed Minister for External Affairs, in 11 heading for Kwangs to statement to-day corrects
to the monarchy for leadership. conduct reconnaissange there early pression in some quarters that Aus- In the morning.
tralia is not taking part in trade Chinese Recapture Chaoyang restrictions dirceted against Japan to SHIUKWAN, Aug 4 (Central the extent that the other Dominions News)-Chinese forces recaptured are participating. Chanyang, Important east Kwang-| He explains that there have been tung city, on August 1, according to tin trade agreements between Aus- an urgent military despatch from the tralia and Japan since 1930 but front. The Japanese there have simply trade arrangements so that no withdrawn in the direction of normal notification required.
---Swalow.
Gestapo Killed Incurables
Vanquishert.
Situation In India
U.S. Child Population Declines
A precipitous decline in the birth rate of the United States has brought about for the first time in the country's history a decrease in the number of chil- dren, Dr Louis I. Dublin, Vice- Despite the Faselst communiques
President of the Metropolitan the progress
BOMBAY, Aug. 3 (Reuter)-Im-Life Insurance Company, told of the war, the people have long realised that with-portant matters relating to the po- out. Gemman aid their armies in Al-litical situation, the war and the re- the annual meeting of the bania would have been crushed by cent Raj announcements of expan-American Institute of Actuaries. the Greeks. They had the bitternesssion of the Executive Counell, etc. At the same time Dr Dublin of hearing of the annihilation of vis-a-vis Indian states will come up their army in Cyrenales in the for discussion at a meeting of the presented a study made jointly British, drive; they heard that their Standing Committee of the Princes with Mortimer Spiegelman of East African empire had been finally Clinmber on August 4 Japanese balances in Austrotki have
the same company which show- been frozen for some time past and
Autumn Session
ed that infant mortality has commercial transactions between the
Germans Disliked
SIMLA, Aug. 3 (Reuter).-Four-declined by 45 per cent over the two countries have been conducted The Germans are disliked not only nutumn session of the Central Legis-rate of children between one teen sittings are provided for the last 20 years. The mortality On a sterling basis. The freezing of Japanese balances by Britain and the by the people who see Nazis in con-lative
Assembly commencing on United States has therefore, he says, cists themselves.
trol at many places but by the Fas- October 27.*
and 14 years of age has decreas- During September, October and
This will be the first session further
In jed 60 per cent during the same November last year, 8,500 blind, No separate and specific action by Fleet sacrificed at Matapon to en Executive Council will be participat-
The Fascists have had to see their watch the recently-appointed non-period, the report said.
official members of the Viceroy's Incurably ill or aged Germans were Australia la necessary beyond put to death by the Gestapo. This routine notification to the banks.
theable the Germans to get to Libyn; ing in an ofletal capacity. information has been received by the
they realise that Hitler has done, a Vatican from an unnamed Gerinan
deal with Vichy over Italian claims bishop.
FIRING NOTICE against France; they have been re-
fused recognition At first old and incurable people;
of Greece as It were killed by the injection of small Guns In Action This Week sphere of Italian influence. quantities of poison, but later, anding Light gun firing practice will be
While the Nazis would be glad to polson expensive, the Nazis resorted carried out to-day, to-morrow and see the end of Mussolini to the use of gas chambers. Then August 6 and 8 between the hours Fascist Party, it would not suit then and the found a simpler and cheaper method of pan. and 12 midnight. Firing all-the injection of air bubbles into Arcas "D" and "E" will be affected. ce a restoration to real power of
the monarchy. Heavy Anti-aircraft gun practice -be carried-out-to-morrow-be- "-will-1
the hours of 8 a.m. and p.m.
the in
Western area
of the Island. Firing Areas " und "E" will be affected. Alternative dates August 6 and 7, 1941.
the veins,
Fellowship
of the
Bellows
JUNE
SCORE
470
trade between Australia and Japan. automatically prevented
Light gun firing practice will be carried out on August 10, 1941, between the hours of 2 pm, and 7 p.tn. Firing Area PC will affected.
Dutch Intercept French Ship
be
In the years 1920-20 infant moT- tality declined 23 per cent and in Rationing Petrol
1930-39 there was a 30 per cent SIMLA, Aug. 3 Reuter)-Reduc-, decrease, he said. tion of no less than 20 per cent. of the total monthly consumption of. There were 32,900,000 children petrol in India or about 10,000,000 under the age of 15 in the United gallons, is expected to result from States in 1940, 3,200,000 less than in enforced on August 15, the rationing scheme which will be 1930, Dr Dublin said. - In spite of a general population increase, the pre- Leather Works
sent trend indicates the 1000 number SIMILA, Aug. 3 (Reuter).-A de- or children in the United States will Without either Mussolint or a king manufacturing factories in Bengal 130 total, Dr Dublin reported.
cision to constitute two leather be 31,000,000, or 5,100,000 under the the complete domination of the coun-and the United Provinces owing to try would be an easy matter.
That their Instrument of execution the demand for harness, saddlery on this occasion failed them must be equipment, etc., for the Army is
announced.
a bitter disappointment.
Young Greek
The official Rome version of the assassination attempt is that it oc- curred in Albania on May 17 when King Victor was riding in a car with M. Verlaci, the Quisling Premier, to Tirann's airport after a week's tour of the
country.
Pinpricking In Peiping
Japanese Ill wa
300 STRICKEN
AT PICNIC Mystery Ailment
Perplexed authorities of Wil- PEPING, Aug. 3 (Reuter). The lamsport (Pennsylvania) United States Embassy hay protested
re-
BATAVIA, Aug. 3 (Reuter)-The lat, "annoyed because he had failed certain anti-American activities such mystery ailment which suddenly A young Greek, Mihanlov Vasil to the Japanese Embassy against Cently sought the cause of a French steatner Dupleix, coming to secure a job under the new Al-ns refusing to deliver from Indo-China, was Intercepted by banian Government," fired five shots luggage at railway stations, inter-as it swept through a throng of registered struck down 300 men and women Dutch warship and conducted to it the car. All went wide, although ference with postal matters, picketing 5,000 adults at the height of a Tandfunpriok for further inspection one hit one of the back tyres of the firms at Tsingtao of her cargo.
and elsewhere, The Duplex is a vessel of 7,135
Įpicnic outing.
tons.
ROME STATUE REMOVED
are
He, was saved from being lynched Lete.
It should be noted that nono act by the crowds lining the route," these Japanese activities, from which Lomade of the Williamsport Masonic Commander-in-Chief. George added the Rome communique, the British "through prompt action in arresting in any connection with the freezing seld some medical leaders attributed suffering equally, Consistory, which sponsored the fete, "Vasillac, it is stated, wore Albani- though intensified
ossets fof
but merely the usual the wave of Riness to food poisoning. M. Schumucker, the con-
him."
มิก
Marcus Aurelius, seated on a horse, not to attract attention, a white pea- comitants of every Japanese "ant however, declared this uncertain and'
national peasant costume in ordes Japanese bad temanifestations of Detective Joseph M. sen
com-
The bronze statue of the Emperor
which has stood on the Caplitsi in Rome for tour centuries, has been derbeg jacket, woollen pompoms, and munities in North China have been
suni Jucket with a fez, a black Skan- movement to which British taken away
It will be recalled that dirty white breeches with a pair of intermittently exposed during Mr Churchill warned the Axis re-shoes said to have been made from inst three years. cently that Itome would be bombed
If the Germans bombed either Athenri motorried the gun-n amall wen- |
or Cairo,
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The pienickers were sprawled over the fawn of former State Senator Charles W. Sones' nearby 200-acre estate when stricken during the principal address of the occasion.
Rome's explanation of the reason 'A' plump, middle-aged Insurance programme haited immediately and for delaying the news was that it gent named Samuel Brummel told af the gala scene within a matter of had been withheld "while the assas-Los Angeles judge recently that his minutes turned into what resembled sin was questioned."
wife, Lillion, had lent him out "Hs trial is, imminent and will another woman for $10,000. He pccur before a tribunal of the armed thought he was entitled to a divorce forces in Albania," it-wąs added. and at least half of the $10,000.
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Aussies And Tommies
To Train In Burma
RANGOON, Aug. 3 (Reuter).—l'icked men from British and Australian troops in Malaya arrived in Rangoon this after- noon to undergo Intensive training in bush warfare.
FOR
AXIS DEER
"WHIPSNADE
Test Mobilisation
A test mobilisation by members of the Auxillary Fire Service (except) telephonists) was held at five divi- sional headquarters yesterday morn- ing, when amateur fremen turned
PLANE LOSSES IN JULY
Examination
London, Aug. 2.
of the published
The contingent will be joined, of terrain, suitable for training in in Burma by selected men from bush warfare.
The arrival of the contingent from newly-formed Independent com- Malaya and the setting up of a special From Mr Alfred Ezra's private Des Voeux Rond Central, Wanchal, operations against Britain during out in large numbers at the posts atgures of Axis aircraft-losses in panica and will proceed to a school mark the close collaboration herd, nine Axis deer have been pre West Point, and at two posts in the first seven months of 1941, shows school "somewhere in Burma" existing between the various Com-sented to Whipsnade. They are Kowloon, for inspection. Members that more than 3,600 have been to receive training, enabling mands in the Far East in defence very welcome as they will provide of the service had been previously destroyed by Britain plone.
against
now blood. They are themselves advised by letter to attend, them to make lightning movo-
aggression.
The figures for July, as far as con The Australian contingent is the evidence, however, that inbreeding ments through enemy country, arst armed unit from the Dominion need not have any harmful con- The Inspections in Hongkong were be ascertained at present, show that The Abyssinian campaign furnishes to arrive in Burma. They were sequences whatever, as the whole carried out by Mr D. II. Blako, 433 enemy planes have been examples of the brilliant successes of welcomed aboard their steamer by herd, which has been remarkably Superintendent of the AFS., and in destroyed in all theatres of war for 'tuelt Independent, units, in
the G.O.C., Lieut-General IX K healthy throughout, is the product of Kowloon by his Deputy, Mr J. S the loss of 308 British-British Wira- Burma is able to provide every sort McLeod.
one doc and her own son.
Howell,
Less.
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