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FROM PAGE ONE austained by the whole British Com- monwealth of Nations.
tanks. We are in the presence of a crime without a name.
Struggle In Asia... For five long years, military factions, secking to anulate Japanese the style of filler and Mussolini, Therefore, this meeting was bound taking all their posturing as if it to be Important because of the were a new European revelailon, enormous forces at present only have been invading and harrying the partially mobilized but steadily being five hundred million Inhabitants of mobilised which are at the disposal Chinn, of Meso wo major groupings of the
The Japanese armies have been human family-the British Empire wandering about the vast land. of und the United States-who fortune the Chinese in a futile excursion olely for the progress of mankind carrying with them carnage, ruin and happen to spank the same language corruption and calling it the "China and very largely think the same Incident." thoughts, or anyhow think a lot of the same thoughts,
Symbolic Meeting
Now they stretch a grasping hand Into the southern seas of Chlua; they sitatch Indo-China from the wretched The meeting is therefore symbolic.movements
Vichy French; they menace by their That is its prime Importance. It Singapore the British Hink with Aus- Stomi: they menure symbolises in a form an manner tralia, and they menace the Philip- which everyone can understand in pine Islands under the protection of every land and every elime the deep the United States. underlying unities which stir and at
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decisive moment rule the English- speaking peoples throughout the world,
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Guiding The Masses
and
Menacing Must Stop
It is certain that this has got to stop. Every effort will be made to secure a peaceful settlement. The United States are laboaring with in- inite patience to arrive at a fair and amicable settlement which will give Japan the utmost
succeed. But this I must
Monday,
MR MANUEL FOX IN HONGKONG ·
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
August 25, 1941.
It will Rain!
Mr K. P. Chen, Chairman of the Stabilisation Fund Committee, and Mr Manuel Fox, American member of the Committee, have arrived from
Chung chung.
Seen by a Telegraph reporter this. morning, Mr Chen said that he was not in
a position to say anything at the
moment, having just arrived, but udded that he was going to have a Conference with Mr Fox and Mr Pui Cho-yu and Mr Chik Tik-mow, the other members of the Commilice.
again and resume its rightful place in the new orgatilsation of Europe,
Gallant French
Lift up your heads gallant French- and Laval shall stand between you men, not all the infamles of Darlan and the restoration of your birthright. Tough stout-hearted Dutch, Bel- glans and Luxembourgers; tormented, nishandled and shar
nd shamefully castaway peoples of Yugo-Slavlú, glorious Greece now subjected to the crown- ing insult of rule by an Italian Jack- Keep your souls clear of all contact
yleld not an inch.
It would not be presumptuous for that it symbolisen sonic- me to say thing even more majestic, numely the marshalling of the good forces of
in their fleeting hour of brutish with the Nazl. Make them feel oven the world against evil forces, which are now
formidable
re-assurance for triumplt that they are the morni out- triumphant and have cost their cruele legitimate interests, We carnest-casts of mankind. speli over the whole of Europe and hope that these negotiations
will
Help la Coming a large part of Asin.
If say: there hopes should fall we shall ofarming on your behalf. Have faith; Help is coming: mighty forces are enurse range ourselves unhesitatingly have hope: deliverance
the side of the United States.
There is a signal which And thus we come back
flashed across the waters reaches the heart of those to whom it is sent they will endure with misfortunes in the sure faith that they too are sul serving the common calise and that their efforts will not be in vain.
cant
to
the where the misty sunshine plays quiet by smewhere in the Allmille
sign and the Stars and Stripes. War Aims
We had an idea when we met the President and 1-that without
Fond
There are however, two distinct and marked differences from the 'attitude aduuted by the Allies during latter part of the last war which no one should overlook. The United States and Great Britain do not now asstane that there will never be any
pre war agais,
is
We
sure. have
and if it
You will perhaps have noticed that
man who
coun--
Moscow's Women Express
Brave Defiance
MOSCOW, Aug. 24 (Rteuter)~The women of Moscow reply- ing to a recent message from the women of London said: "There ia no power in the world able to shake the Soviet women's will for victory."
After thanking the women.of London for their message the reply continues, "The women of Moscow are selflessly at work in factories, hospitals, offices and in the field of culture and art. We are deeply stirred and moved by the pledge you took in these historie days. We wish you success in your just struggle and wo are fully. confident that the close alliance of the democratia countries will once and for all do away with Fascism,"
Among the signatories to the message was the mother of a Fight Captain Hero of the Soviet Union who lost his life ramming a Gernian plane with his own machine.
Realistic Invasion Tests In England
much of the equipment of modern war, including armoured LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter).-Dutch troops, aided by
cars. Bren gun-carriers and Whippet tanks, "captured" Birken- head and Carlisle this morning. This completed a three-day invasion exercise in which Dutch troops took the part of" in- vaders and the Home Guard that of the defence forces.
It was the largest and most realistic test of its kind
ever
attempted in this country and U. S. Shipping
hoth from the training view- hus shown most valuable resulta
point and from the tacticni defence angle.
al! defence
carried
Afth columnists were active und
hind the Home Guard lines.
Legislation Relaxed
HYDE PARK
24
vers
Fighters Raid N. France
This was a meeting which marks for ever in the pages of history the taking up by
the English-speaking nations,
and this peril, tumult and confusion, of the guidance of the great ships which carry the Whiteritude and tenacity their present fortunes of broad toiling moses in all guntinents and our Joyal effort.į w.thout any con
clog of selfish interest, to lead them forward ou! of the miseries into which they have plunged bnek to the brogul hiftrond of free attempting to draw final and formal the President of the United States dum and justice.
peace and war pans it was necessary and the British representatives in This is the highest honour and the Live all peoples and especially the wital is aptly called the Auntie a glorius oppor limity
oppressed and conquered which
peopics o could ever have chine to my branch Vople, rough and ready
Charter have jointly pledged their wartime
countries to the final destruction of
serious attempt This was of the human cew: When one beident of the goal towards which holdy how many currents
elvilion solemn and testing - Britain's T extra-
sirae iritish Commonwenith and the Nazi tyranny, That
undertaking
N.Y., Aug. ordinary trees have and thus make a way for others to
It mu United States men make their way, good. It will be made good: and of of both sides was given free play and/ (Reuter)-President Roosevelt to-
must be made scheme, during which the Ingenuity together to make this
course many practical arrangements which lacked much of the lighter White House officials said will have day issued an executive order which mony, even the most sempleat person
on march with them upon the must have the feeling that we all which will certainly be painful and
to tuin that purpose have been and side common to this type of practice are belog organised and set in no-warfare.
the effect of allowing British officers have sa chaner to play our part and be Jong,
tion.
and de our duty in some great design,;
crews to sail in ships operating For tw
two days the
Dutch troops under the jurisdiction of the United the end of which
Why Hitler Has Waited ያንተን mortal
prepared the way for their invasion States Federal Maritime Commission. foresee.
The question has been asked: How
they They knew what to do, for
The order provides for the walv Europe Trampled
near in the United States
of compliance with the existing to war? have experienced the real thing ling of There is certainly one
their own Netherlands. Their Awfid and horrible things are hap-j
law relating to masters and crews in knows the answer to that
operating planes question.
bombed and benting these days. The whole, of
If Hitler has not yet declared war
out heavy "blitz" methods, even conection with the Act of last June Kurope has been wreekest and tram- plod down by mechanical weapons
tied up in American ports. upon the United States, it is surely strafing Birkenhead streets. Dutch rising seizure of foreign vessels not out of his love for American and the barbarous fury of the Nazis.
Ample Precautions
Institutions.
parachute troops were dropped betary, said that the order will permit
Mr Hassett, the President's Secre It certainly is not The mustly deadly instrument of wari
cause he could not find --science has been joined to
the employment of aliens in Ameri- On the contrary we intend to take te has muidered half a dozen coat. thef
ample precautions to
Parachutists Round Up extreme refinement of trenchery renewal in any period we con foresee
lent vessels. prevent its tries for far less. The fear of im-
were The parachute, troops
nut Asked and the most brutal exhibitions of by effectively disarming the guilty mediately redoubling the tremendous effective, being, rounded
"Could they put British up, every masters in American-ships?" he re- ruthlessness this have formed untions while remaining suitably pro-gainst him is no doubt
energies HOW
employed time they were discharged but theplied: "That would be the effect of a combine of agression the like of tected ourselves, which has never been known and
a restraining th columnists easily proved their it." influence. But the real reason, is value, fighting with The second difference
the regular before which the rights, traditions, instead of trying to
is this: am sure, to be found in the method Dutch troops in addition to their characteristics and structure of many trade by all kinds of additional trade and by which he has gained so nutch.
German to which he has so faithfully adhered other various activities. ruin ancient
and humoured states and barriers and hindrances as in 1917 What is that method? It is a very to invite the public by means of a One elever Afth column trick was peoples have been laid prostrate and we have definitely adopted the view simple method. how ground down under the heel that it is not in the interests of the
loudspeaker car to an open air! and terror of a monster.
world and of our two countries that
"One by one." That is his planlanned that the large crowd and! meeting on the city's outskirts, It Austrians, Czech, Poles, Nor- my large nation should be unpros- trick by which he has enslaved so
Ja his guiding rule: that is the was Danes, wegians,
ftelgians,
Increased
traffle Dutch. perous or shut out from means of large a portion of the world. Three movements of parachute Grecia, Grants and Serbs and above making a decent living for itself and and a half years ago I appealed to troops who would be landed in the all the erat French nation, have its people by its industry and enter- been stunned and piniomed. Italy,
prise.
my fellow
countrymen to take the vicinity of the meeting place, Hungary, Rumania
Bulgaria
lead in weaving together a strong
Alert police, however, arrested tho These are far-reaching changes of defensive union within the principles vecupants of the ear after discover- have bought a shameful respite by principle upon which all countries of the League becoming the Jackals of the tiger, should, ponder. Above all,
of Nations of all ing and raiding the fifth_columnists' But their true situation is very little necessary to give hope and assurance ever-growing danger but none would different and presently will be in- of arts of men and women who re-armed.
it is countries who felt themselves in headquarters next to the City Hall, of anal victory to those many scores listen. All stood itte while Germany distinguishable from that of his vic-
At Carlisle the Itome Guard and are battling for life and freedom or
Civil defence workers held the city Sweden. Spain and Turkey stand who already are bent down under
Divide And Kill
gainst the repeated attacks of their appalled, wondering which will be the Nazi yake.
Czecho-Slovakia was subjugated, better equipped "enemy." truck down next.
New Order
A French government deserted their
The Dutch called dive-bombers to faithful ally and broke the plighted
thei Here then in the vast pit into some time bren djur, bullying, be-Russia was enjoled and deceived into inforcements was not enough to huid
Hitler and his confederates have for word in that ally's hour of need. nghting, reached their objective.
Even the fortunate arrival of re- which all the most famous states and seeing the populations when they while the French
kind of Europe have been
of partnership have wronged and injured to bow Jung.
Army was al- the city for the Home Guard. Fight- frumn which unaided they can never 10 their fate and resign themselves hilated. The Low Countries and then took
place
this upon climb. But all this did not satiate to tri servitude and for the sake Scandinavia countries, joining with its war is far from new as some twin-enginedi bumber was shot down
ground Adulf Hitler. He made a treaty off some mitigations and indulgences France and Great Britain in good of the Home Guard's strongest into the sea by n British trawler non-aggression with Soviet Tassinto collaborate that is the word-in time even after the war was begun stands were made in the shadow of when it endeavoured to altacit the just as he made one which Turkey what is called the New Order I might have altered Its course and
the ancient Emperor Hadelan's wall, in order to keep them quiet till he was
Burppc.
would have had at any rate a fighting built centuries ago by the Romanship, states an Admiralty communi- rendy to attack them; and then nine! What in this Now Order which they chance,
to guard against Scottish invaders, weeks ago to-day, without vestle of seck to fasten fest upon Enope and. The Balkan states had only to stand
casualties or damage were' provocation, he hurled millions
O possible.--for their ambitions are together to save themselves from the
sustained by the trawler, soldiers with
fhoundies-upon all the continents of * their apparatus
guin in which they are now engulfed fail sang old hymns which are tur the globe: It is the rule af herren-but one by one they were undermin neighbour he had
cummon Inheritance and which called volk, the master race, who are to puted and, overwhelmed. Never was a learned as children in our homes. friend with the avowed object of an end to democracy, parliaments,career of crime made mure
smooth. We song a hymn founded on the pieces.
ler is striking at Russia
with psalm which John This frightful business is now un-is
Hampden's soldiers men and women, to the all his might, well-knowing the dif-bang when they bore his body to the folding day by day before our eyes, them in exchange the iron rule of ctween Russia and the aid whica ous span of human life is contrasted
historic rights of nations and give culties of geography which Here is a devil who la #mere spam Prussia, the univers, goose-step and
stand grave and in which the brief preea of his pride and lust for demination can condemn two or three millions,
strict efficient diselpline enforced to bring. We shall strive our utmost
the western democracies are trying with one to whom a thousand ages are but as yesterday, it is past as a perhaps it may be many more,
pon the working classes by the pall lo avergome all, dificulties to bring watch in the night. human beings to speedy and violent camps and firing parties now so busy tical police by German conventration
his aid. In a dozen lands, always handy in the background.
this.
und
Treachery_of Germany.
races in
upon a
destroying Russla and fearing her to freedoms and decencies i
to
death.
na
nl!
of
that
Conference Arranged
We have arranged a conference in Moscow between the United States, British and Russian authorities
ettle the whole plan. No must stand in the way,
this
to
anrrier
on
the roads would
City Held
LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter), R.A.F. fighters carried out a number of offensive patrols over. Northern France to-day, states the Air Ministry.
In the course of operations, han- gars, barracks, troops and gun post- tions were attacked.
Little fighter opposition was en- countered and none of the British aircraft is missing.
ald and finally, after fierce! Trawler Downs
Singing of Hymns
to
We
object of turning his is packed congregation of fighting
Raider
LONDON, Aug 24 (Reuter) ----A-
que.
No
DICTATOR DECORATED
SIDELIGHTS OF CHUNGKING
BUCHAREST, Aug. 24 ́(Reuter),- General Ion Antonescu, newly- appointed Marshal of Russia by a de cree of Prince Michael, has also been created Knight of the Order of Michael the Brave, the highest nilitary distinction In Rumania. Russia Surprises
Those and there are very many-the honour has been conterred in - We sang the sallor's hymn "For Ag officia! announcement says, that
"Let Russia be blotted
peril on the sea." We sang "On-sition out-let
Napoleon Had A Theme
of General Antinescu's Russia be destroyed-order the atmies to advance."
ward Christian Soldiers" and indeed {"exceptional n.crits by command et Such were his decree made his Empire far and wide. There Napoleon in his glory and genius
felt that this was no vale presump-Ramanian and German armies atid Accordingly, from the Aretic Ocean to the Black Sen, six or seven milli was a time when only the shores of
But why is litter striking at Russia that we were serving a cause for tmong the troops in the front hue." tion but that we had the right to feel his courage, spirit and sacrifice and infleting and suffering himself soldiers are lucked in mortal strugausia and the white cliffs of Dover
which the with their guardian fleets,
frightful slaughter? gle. Ah but this time it
trumpet has sounded from It is with stood be Why Hol casy-this time it, was not all ons tween him and the dumination of the whole force upon the British islands. { men of the same language, same
Ahe declares
en high. We looked upon the dense- way. The Russian ormies and
on world.
Napoleon's armies had a And if he could succeed in the peoples of the Russian Republic theme: they carried with thein surges have rallied to the defence of their of the French revolution; "Liberty, is not so easy-then is the money samrees facing the same dangers, the subject for talk by Mr George
the life and strength out of us-which faith, same fundamental laws, sante ideals and now to a large extent the heartha and homes. For the first Equality and Fraternity" was their time, Nazi blood has flowed in a fear-There was a sweeping away of
"Sidelights of Chungking" will be
· interests and certainly in differ- when he will settle his account-and ent it is already a long one-with the swept across me that here was not A. Fitch at the "Ladies' Night of the Perhaps a million and a half, ner- outworn,
people of the United States and cer- mediaeval systems haps two millions, of Nazi cannon ariqlocratic privilege: the land for the
daily with the Western Hemisphere.nly one but also a sure hope of Hongkong Y's Men's Club to be held
"One by one. There is the pro-degradation. And so we came back at 7.30 p.m.
daving the world from fodder have bit the dust on the end people, and a new code of laws.
measureless at the St Francis Hotel on Thursday, cess. There is the simple plan which across the ocean waves, uplifted inelty fell into Japanese heads, and less plains of Russia.
Nevertheless Napoleon's Empire has served Hitler so well. It needs
Mr Fitch was in Nanking when the tremendous battle rages along vanished like a dream. But Hitler-but one al successful application
spirit and fortified in resolve. carly 2,000 miles .of front. The ter has
Some American destroyers which after the talk, there will be a cinema Russians fight with magnificent de-nunla, appetite and exploitation, He
no theme, naught but to make him master of the world.
were carrying mail to the United show of the "Fall of Nanking." votion. Not only that, our generals as however, weapons and machin-
States Marines in Iceland happened Members and their friends will be who, have visited the Russian frontery for gluding down, und holding eyes at least are fully opened to it made a godly company
I am devoutly thankful that some. to be going the same way too, so we welcome." Jins report with admiration the down conquered countries which are
nt sea-to- emelency of their military organisa- the product, sadly perverted product, that the President saw in their true
while time remains. I rejoice to find gether. ion and the excellence of
A Noble Sight their modern selence, equipment.
light and proportion the extreme
ful
Frightful Cruelties
American Fleet
beating
•
Soviet Envoy dangers by which the American peo-mid-passage one aftemoon, a noble
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by their British
shoal is reported We had service on Sunday in our
escorting Verscla hope that wil
with the nov
aa being in position Lat. O' degrees there has never been methodical and Poles, the heroism of your people onto the quarter-deck of the Prince eagles in the sky.
Wir baus heard arranging Calling autumn, the help given up by the 1000 mbrelless butchery on such a scale. in standing up to the cruel oppressors of Wales, where there were mingled And then I felt that hard,
Atlantic bay, The President came air beats soared vigilant protecting RAJ. bo more
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Some 100 officers and their ladies, each receive an equal share of the be nine fatioms, but probably less Famine and pestilence have yet to allors, and almen shall not be for and British sailors and marines The may be, we shall not on-denied the Pollah and Russlan officers chatted up his vast mining interests to write trialists, another is dipkmnat, and of your soldiers, together many hundreds of American and long drawn-out as this struggle the Maiskeys and at the top table Two years ago Guggenheim-gaveTwo of his brothers are induk-
water exists in this vicinity. follow In the bloody xuts of Hitler's gotten. Your-country shall live sun shone bright and warm while we strength to do our duty to the end. animatedly together.
Santouria, Mỹ former; senator, ponedje
sill retains the power..to... marshal. with a ruler, hardly a wisp of smoke,sity abidy “y mould. like to ex Do not despair-brave Norwegiana; her gigantic strength and, in saving not a straggler but all bristling with pross my thanks to the RAF. for member of one of the United States the Harbour Demaner
Bo
Warship
spendld work in bombing, milit-
and