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SHALL IT BE REVENGE?
THOSE who have not been bombed may have difficulty In fully understanding the cheers evoked by Mr Churchill's promise:
We will mele out to the Germans the measure and more than the measure they have meted out to us.
Vernon
Bartlett.
In Moscow
LONDON, Aug. 22 (Reuter)-Mr Vernon Bartlett, M.P., who recently arrived In Moscow, carried a mess- age of greetings from the Indiant National Committee in London to M. Lozovsky, Deputy Chief of the Soviet Information Bureau.
Mr. B. Seal, Secretary of the Cummittee, in the course of the mess
Committee declared that the ngo, was pledged to do its best to further to create & M. Lozovsky's efforts world front for smashing, Nazi-lam Lee, and assured him that the Committee, so far as it was able, would do its best to create an eastern sector based united front of Russia, Britain and the United States.
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BURMESE ANXIETY
Japanese Near By
་
August 23, 1941,
Nazi Troop-Carrying Political
Transports Sunk
FROM PAGE ONE Deadlock
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seeing that they are still everywhere: stemming the German, advance.
General McFarlane, head of the British Military Mission in Mostow who has been to the front in the Smolensk section, testifies to the ex- cellent morale of the Soviet troops, He witnessed a successful. action by & Division, and speaks of the very eficient collaboration of Air Services with other units,
the
Red
In India
National
MANNING EXERCISE
Volunteer Defence Corps Units, Taking Part
The following speelal orders werd." Issued yesterday by Colonel 1L B Rose, alc. Commandant. Hongkong, nection with a compulsory, manning Volunteer Defence Corps, in con-
BOMBAY, Aug. 22 (Reuter)The the two major political Parties, the political deadlock in India continues,
and Congress
-Moslem exercise: League, having so far refused to ac
1. Members of the under-men- cept
invitation to toned units will be required to at the Viceroy's
tend a Compulsory Manning Exer- participate in the Government.
Meanwhile the constitution of the cise for periods as stated:
(a) 5 p.m. Weds 3.9.41 to night National Defence Counell has created
Engineer 4.9.41-Field Comp
and R.O.D.CZ Dans
D3
Dr-
a local and passing effect, it ship In the Council to further India's defachments as ordered.
war effort.
This is entirely independent and very reliable testimony. Another igiincant detail brought out in the delicate situation for Sir Sikander General's report is that not only has liyat Khan, Mr Fazlul Hug and Sir
Premiers dered; Mobile
and Corps re- Signals and Field Ambulance-small rain fallen in the Smolenak area but Mohammed Abdullah Khan,
Punjab, Bengal and Axsam
and number of other detachments as ordered. it was sufficient to hold up his car of for at least one night.
members of the Moslem (b) 2 p.m. Fri. 5.9.41 to p.m. 7.9.41, Although the ralus may have had League who have accepted member-1
No. 1 Company: No. 0 only was obviously worse that a shower and heavy rain at this period usually indicates the approach of the rainy Reason which would be in keeping with the weather over other parts of As a result, they face the pro- spect of disciplinary action on the Europe in the same latitude.
proposal of Mr M. A. Jinnah, Pre. There is no doubt that the raksident of the fostens League, who ters: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th (A.A.) Batteries, Corps Arilllery: Corps 2. 4, 6 Coys, remain- or No. 0.
Premiers' Reply.
(c) 7 p.m. Fri, 5.9.41 to p.m. 7.9.41. Corps Signals (une detachment); No. 1 Company, (remainder of
of Com- pany).
Sum.
(d) am. Sat, 0.9.41 to pim. 7.9.41.-Corps Artillery Headquar
SINGAPORE, Aug. 22 (Neu- would be a welcome ally to Russia contends that their netion is against Signals! Nos. 7 Coya, Field Ani-
cern
the
as it would interfere more seriously the League's declared policy.
The three Premiers maintain that der of ter).-Burma viewed with con-with the long drawn-out and im-
movements In provised communications of Japan's
they have in no way acted contrary bulance: Pay Section.
(c) Corps H.Q. Details Corps Sig- to the policy of the League, They Boy
mals. A.S.C.
Arm, Indo-China, said Utharrawaddy Germans.
Company, Air that the Viceroy approached them Nursing to join the Defence Council in their Platoon-Personnel to be detailed in Detachment, Stanley official.capacity og Premiers, not, as members of the. Lengue.
Maung, the Burmese Minister of
Health and Public Works, on his
arrival here to-day.
The Far Eastern situation w very grave but Burma was totally prepsted.
The Minister is accompanied by Colonel M. L. Treston, Inspector- General Civil Hospitals and
of Director of Medical Services Burma. They are on #1 mission to study civil medical defence schemes in Malaya.
A represganisations.
in
special
Uncompromising
Attitude Of Iran
FROM PAGE ONE dependence being undermined by the Germans. The lessons of other coun- tries are plain for all to rend.
Underground Activities
Attitude of Congress
detachments for periods not exceed- ing 48 hours
Sept. (incl. Sept. 3 and
2. All leave granted within the
Meanwhile Congress' position vis- Colony (except sick leave) will au- cancelled for the a-vis the war is unchanged and ac-tomatically cording to the Congress Secretary, periods during which each individual Gandhi is satisfied with the progress is required to attend. tend. 3. There are cases where.
cm- of the civil disobedience movement
notified which is proceeding "according to ployers have already been plan
that In certairi circumstances they The newly-formed Sapru move-may retain the services of members ment, which has accepted the prin of their staff. In view, however, of elple of the expansion of the Viceroy's the very short periods for which in- dividuals are required, employers There is no doubt that the Ger- Executive Council, is actively cam-requested to mako arrangements
น
are
mans find Iran useful already as a paigning, demanding the immediate.
underground transfer of the Defence, Home, Com- for all their employees to attend this buse for profound activities in the neighbouring coun.munications and Finance Portfolios Exercise.
little to Indians.
4. It is hoped that as many as tries, but looking ahead
that the
possible on Unit Reserves will also way, it is equally clear
attend. Germans In Iran are there as a von- guard preparing the ground for German occupation at the moment
when Berlin chooses,
Goodwill Mission CHUNGKING, Aug. 22 (Reuter).— A Chinese goodwill mission to Burma will leave Chungking for Rangoon at officially the end of August, it is announced, Among its members will be the Director of the Yunnan Burma Railway, the Vice-Minister of Overseas Affairs and representatives of women's
of the "Central News" will accompany the mission and stay some time in Rangoon to discuss the possibilty of an early opening of this agency in Burma, it is learned.
Reinforcements
The Germans know how important RANGOON, Aug. 22 (Reuter).–
Middle East. As was expected the When Lieutenant-General D. McLeod, General Offleer Command-German authorities in Berlin ing in Burma, referred recently to putting out hints and threats through Journalists there. These the case with which reinforcements neutral could be switched into Burma, few hints seem to imply that the Ger- mans may increase their pressure on from appreciated the wide area which such reinforcements could be Turkey if they lose their foothold.
On our side, our diplomatic repre- sentatives are fully explaining to the Turks-as well as the Americans-
drawn.
K.
Incredible as it seems, a group of officers and men have now arrived from far Egypt, war-bitten and tough and still on their toes ready for the enemies of democracy wherever they bo. They have known the bitterness of the evacuation from Crete, the hard batile-ground of Hellfire Pass and the mountain fastnesses of Abyssinin.
In their slouch hats and with their
duster handles), a more impressive group of hard-Aighting men it would be difficult to meet.
More than the Mosaic eye-tannies" (long knives with knuckle PAN, BUSTER. for-an-eye, tooth-for-a-tooth Is More than the ROUND AND
Vinvolved here.
human impulse to strike back NECKS, RANGING
lies behind this demand, more FROM
than hate answering hate. Many of the British people are convinced that the best hope of. ending the war is to convince the German people, that they will suffer increasingly as it is prolonged."
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There is also a growing con- viction that merely destroying the Nazi power will only do what the destruction of the |Hohenzollern ́dynasty did last time-bring after a time a re- vival of Prussian militarism in some new form. Many Ger- mans themselves have said that the German people-who have not felt the foot of an invader since Napoleon'a day—must be cured of dreams of national glory based on their remarkable military efficiency,
This view is reflected in Mr Churchill's statement:
It is time that the, Germans should be made to suffer in their own homeland and cities some- thing of the torments they have let loose upon their neighbours and upon the world.
Human punishment is still based on experience which teaches that mortals change
Freezing Order Relaxation
Japanese Decision TOKYO, Aug. 22 (Reuter)
Many technicians are notorious German agents; others walk with suspiciously military tread.
Iran is as the cross-
cross-roads of the
the reasons for our concero,
are
Other Demands
Sikhs and the depressed classes: ure demanding: individual represen- tation on the Viceroy's Executive Council.
At the same time, Mr V. D. Savarker, President of the Hindu Mahasabha, who welcomed the ex- pansion of the Viceroy's Council and the creation of a National Defence
has
President cabled Council, Roosevelt asking if the recent joint Anglo-American declaration applied also to India's future status
and whether Amerlen, would guarantee tree and equal status for India one year after the conclusion, of war.
War. Effort Meanwhile Indian states are parti- clpating to the utmost in India's war ciort, contributing magnificently
Defends American both in men and money. As Gen
Foreign Policy
FROM PAGE ONE
monthly which the War Department bellered "will be achieved."
Plane Production
The President said that the est- mated plane production was 1,500 per month by July contrasted with the actual production of 1,463.
flary
em Sir Archibald Wavell announced In a recent broadcast, nearly 750,000 Indians are already under arms,
STOCK MARKET
REPORT
Hongkong Stock Exchange Omcial Summary, issued yesterday, says;
Hongkong Banks have registered a considerable rise during the week,
He declined to discuss the situa-opening at $1,355, buyers paid $1,385
at Iran asserting that he had na Information regarding t
of
or any other Minister this weekend.
The meeting with the Duke Kent on Saturday, he said, was pure- The Japanese Finance Ministry ly social and added that he believed to-day announced further relaxa-that he could guarantee not to see tion of the freezing regulations Mr Churchill, Mr MacKenzie King to be effective' from to-morrow. Foreigners holding deposits In Japanese banks and post offices or in banks in Japan of countries nat affected by the freezing order will be allowed to withdraw funds not exceeding 1,000 yen a month (about
Japan News-Week, the only American-owned periodical remain ing in Japan, has received a Finance Ministry permit, authorising normat withdrawal of funds to allow it to carry on publication for six months
This is believed to be the only Arm in Japan so fur exempted from the freezing order, says the "Domel"
agency.
APPOINTMENTS
ANNOUNCED
CHINA & LEAGUE
What Might Have Been
aro
From time to time there published documented volumes deal- ing with political matters concerning China-her past treaties with foreign nations, her Customs and Anancial obligations, and so forth. One more book is added to the list by Dr
Lau- Research king Quan, FL.D.,
in
Government at New York 2110:
It is "China's Relations With the League of Nations", covering the period 1910-30. The publishers are the Aslatie Litho Printing Press of Hongkong,
The Hon. Mr S. H. Dodwell has e
been appointed Unofficial Member of the Executive Council for Ave years
These days, subjects such as the League of Nations, and China's roln Several appointments, includ-ons therewith, become more or less ing one to the Executive of aendemie interest, and few boyand Council, is announced in to-day's the circle of history students or politl- cal writers would care to delve into Government Gazette.
the matter. B
But Dr
Quan
has found
which the a great deal of interesting material in League took up in China; and social the many side ‘Isauen with effect from September 21,
and developmental work, gulte apart Mr B. D. Evans Is appointed
are dealt with here. There is in suffering. Those who have with effect from June 22,
Mr C. G. Perius is appointed tabulation and a full index, and as a
the book not bech bombed are not in the Defence Security Officer with effect reference work best position to oppose British from June 17.
particular value. The author wrele his chapters in 1930, and demands that tho German Mr M. McDonald Swan is appoint-
ed Deputy Registrar of Births and went to press in 1939 before the. people must be made to suffer. Deaths with effect from August 20.
present world Yet they may hope that the Mr John Barrow, District Omcer, hence the hopes and aspirations lesson will be learned without North, Hongkong, is appointed Com expressed, and the faith in the missioner to administer oaths and the "month after month, year make declarations, affirmations and the nature of past history. Yet League, are nowadays somewhat-in after year," Mr
Churchill attestations of honour in connection
relationships of promised..
with the League while it with the succession to property on historically, these They must urge that oven death within the Northern District of functioned and while it gave great those who have been bombed shall continue to
the New Territories 60 long as le promise, are valuable and should by
act Ня District try to keep the purpose of end. Omcor North.
slowly and`after many lessons Director of the Royal Observatory from ordinary.international queful
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Repatriation
Of Americans
sat on record, as is done here. It only mild indictment of the League's record of its failures as well as successes for example, ils failure invasion and the Manchurian
of annexation, and disappointment The following persons have been Chinese supporters Dr Quan's book allowed to quit the Hongkong. De- has is place in current political The Secretary of State, Mr Cordell fence Reservo
iterature. It also records tho might Hull, indicated that some arrange Mr. G. F. Gilbert, with effect from have been in national developments ment had been made with Japan for August 15; Me C/ R. Wilson, with effect from August 16; and Mr but for the Japaness Invasion of the gradual repatriation of American
China. Ellis, with erect from August 20,
Mr B. D. Evan and Mr. T, L., Boll There is a foreword by His Excel- have been re-assigned from the fency W. W. Yen, former Fremier of Combatant Group, to the Ker-Posts China and Ambassador to Russia, and Group in the Hongkong-Defence several explanatory charts and tables
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (Router),
citizens from Japan. and Japanese from the United States,
He said that there was likely to
be movement of small groups of Americans from Japan to Bhongbal and Japanese from United States to Japan
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Battle Of Atlantic: Temporary Victory
LONDON, Aug. 22 (Reuter)--"AL least a temporary victory" was how Major Sunde, the Norwegian Slip- ping Minister, broadcasting from London to-night, described the recent. improvement in the Atlantic shipping position.
"Without exaggeration, it la possible to say that during the last two months, the ocean trade to Lon- don has gone relatively undisturbed."
LATE NEWS
Midnight Report
MOSCOW, Aug. 23 (Reuter).- The Soviet midnight communique announces that during August 22 our troops waged stubborn battles the... whole. with the enemy along front.