ISTANBUL EVACUATION
The Prime Minister, who reviewed the war situation In a broadcast early this morning (H.K. Time), shown with the Com- mander-in-Chief, Home Forcea (General Sir Alan Brooke) watching a beach defence demonstration. Behind is the Secre tary of State for War. (Copyright, Fox).
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MR. CHURCHILL'S
BROADCAST
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legislation. They have in the air. They have turned a large part of their
gigantic industry to mako munitions which we need. They have even given us or lent ut valuable weapone of their own. "I could not believe they would permit the high purposes which they have set themselves to be frustrated and that the products of their skill and labour sunk to the bottom of the seas,
technical resources and
more
THE STAMP OF KULTUR-OR MARK OF THE BEAST?
"The stamp of Kul- tur and the true Ger- mon Order have been imposed by Hitler on these eastern German territories,' declared Herr Rist, German
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Minister of Education, opening the new Ger- man University
of Pozland (Poland) founded by Hitler.
Rist added: "The district of Warta must be the granary of the Reich." Reuter,
Madame
Chiang's Appeal
Beginning On Large Scale On Wednesday
A GENERAL EVACUATION OF CIVI- LIANS FROM ISTANBUL BY RAIL AND BY SEA IS BEGINNING ON WEDNESDAY, SAYS AN ISTANBUL MESSAGE TO THE VICHY NEWS AGENCY YESTERDAY.
It is estimated that 2,000 persons may be transported at the expense of the Turkish Government to the reception area of central Anatolia.
In the meantime, the voluntary exodus from Istanbul continues.
The message adds that mem. bere of the British colony In Is. tanbul have been instructed by the British Consulate to leave for Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt or India.
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No confirmation of the reported instructions to the British Colony in Istanbul had been received in Loulon up to yesterday, but was learned that it is probable that persons having no special reason to stop in the Turkish city have been advised to leave. -Reu –
ter
POLITICAL UNITY IN
AUSTRALIA
A new move to secure unity among the political parties was announced in Brisbane yesterday and
N.Z. SENDS the Acting Prime Minister
HER MEN
of Australia, Mr. Fadden, expressed a hope that far- reaching results would accrue.
The sympathy and ad- miration of the Chinese IN THE
AS WELL AS A LARGE ARMY
MIDDLE EAST, NEW Members of Parliament belong- people for the British ZEALAND HAS 11,000 MEN IN ing to Queensland, the United people were
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE—WITH | Australia Party and the Country, voiced by A PROMISE OF A STEADY at a meeting yesterday, decided to Madame Chiang Kai-FLOW OF 4,000 MEN YEARLY unite and form a new party to be shek, broadcasting over IN THE ROYAL NAVY.
TO BRITAIN--AND 3,000 MEN | known as the Country National
Party, the B.B.C. last night.
All this has been done by a Do- Mr. Fadden, who presided, guid minion with a population of less he hoped the decision was a fore- Madame Chiang said the Bri-than 2,000,000, stated the High runner of the settlement of party fish, as were the Chinese, were Commissioner for New Zealand, | differences everywhere and the fighting for Democratic principles Mr. W. J. Jordan, in a speech yes formation of a National Govern- and she gave this message toterday. Reuter.
Reuter. Britain
"No army can win every battle or succeed on every front but so make | long as the morale of the nation more steel than the whole of the, is intact, the hearts of the people world put together.
sound and it has the wherewithal "They are determined that the to continue the fight for freedom. cause of freedom will not be, final victory is assured." trampled down nor the tide of world progress turned back by the criminal dictators,
"WHILE, THEREFORE, WE VIEW WITH SORROW AND ANXIETY MUCH THAT IS HAPPENING IN EUROPE
AND
More Favourable Phase AFRICA, AND MAY HAP. PEN IN ASIA, WE MUST NOT "When I said ten weeks ago LOSE OUR SENSE OF PROPOR- "Give us the tools and we will TION AND THUS BECOME finish the job,' I meant 'Give them DISCOURAGED AND ALARM- to us, put them within our reach,' 'ED. and that is what it now seems "With the difficulties which the Americans are going to do, confront us we may derive new and that is why I have a very confidence by remembering those strong conviction that though the we have already overcome. Battle of the Atlaptic will be long and hard and its issue is by no means determined, it bas entered upon a more grim but, it seems to me, far more favour- able phase.
"Nothing that is happening now is comparable in gravity to the time through which we passed last year. Nothing that can happen In the East is com parable with what is happen ing in the West." Reuter,
ho
con-
Madame Chiang was appeal- ing for the British Fund for Rellef of Distress- in China. She said what Britain had given would never be forgotten by the Chinese. During four
years of Chinese resistance to Japanese aggression, between 50 and 60 million people had become refugees.
Reuter.
PETROL EXPORT BAN FINES
of
Charged with a breach of the Defence Regulations by attempting to export petrol without a permit on Saturday, Lam Tai-kut, 30, and Chan Shing-tal, 35, masters junks. No. T4189H, und No. T5650H, were each fined $250 by Mr. D. J. N. Anderson at Kowloon this morning.
"When you come to think of it the United States are very close. ly bound up with us now and Merciless Murder have engaged themselves deeply In giving us material, and, German U-boat warfare, within the limits I have men said, was carried on entirely con- tioned, Navy support.
trary to the international agree "It is just worth while, there- ment which she freely subscribed fore, taking a look at both sides to a few years ago and formed
The junks were stopped and of the ocean, at the forces which no effective blockade but
searched by a Water Police patrol are facing each other in this stituted only merciless
Holt's Wharf on murder off
Saturday awful struggle in which there and marauding over wide in-afternoon. The first junk was can be no going back.
oiscriminate areas utterly beyond
carrying 2,700 tins, and second, "NO - PRUDENT AND FAR-the control of German, sea power. 1,200 tins of petrol. Accused ad- SEDING MAN CAN DOUBT -British Wireless...
mitted that they intended to ex- THAT THE EVENTUAL AND
port the petrol of Tukuling. TOTAL DEFEAT OF HITLER AND MUSSOLINI IS CERTAIN, IN VIEW OF THE RESPECTIVE DECLARED RESOLVES OF THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN DE- MOCRACIES.
Malignant Huns
"There are-less than 70 million malignant Huns, some of whom
are curable and some killable,
JAPANESE
SEIZURE IN FOOCHOW
LATRINES STOLEN FOR FIREWOOD!
With six previous convictions, So.Kau, 40, was sentenced to six and most of whom are now en- Fifteen thousand boxès of months' hard labour, by Mr. H. C. gaged in holding down Austrians, Igreen tea and... 69,000 logs. of Macnamara, at Kowloon this Czechs, Poles and many other, lumber were found waiting ready morning, for breaking into a pu ancient races.
in Foochow and were seized by blic latrine; and for possession of "The people of the British the Japanese, according to a a chisel for an unlawful purpose. Empire and the United States Japanese report published in Accused was arrested inside the -number" nearly 200.millions in, Shunghal to-day,
latrine early yesterday morning, their homelanda and in the The report adds that latge the chisel being found in his poc British Dominions, alone. ♪ quantities of meats, vegetables, and ket, Accused admitted that he They possess unchallengable charcoal, all destined to produce had previously stolen 65 buc- command of the ocean and will foreign exchange for Chungking, kets from the latrine. The buc-. soon obtain decisive superiority were also seized. Reuter.kets were used as frewood!.
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