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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

CABLE

WARSAW CONTINUES NORMAL ACTIVITY AS GERMAN TROOPS ATTEMPT TO

TO PUSH THROUGH STUBBORN

RESISTANCE

LONDON, Sept. 14 (Reuter)-A military survey of the operations in. Poland states that interest is concentrated on the German advance to Przemysl, which is designed to ultimately, cut the Polish communications with her neu tral southern neighbours, while in the north the offensive from East Prussia aims at the capture of the important railway junction of Bialystok.

Will Warsaw

Be Turning Point In Campaign?

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All critics dwell on the immense Importance of German superiority In the air and the Poles estimate that the enemy is using 5,000 air- craft, of which 3,000 are bombers.

A SERIOUS QUESTION Now that Poland has lost the industrial south-west, the supply) of munitions becomes a serious question.

Meanwhile, the Germans appear to find the cleaning up of the west LONDON, Sept. 14 (Reuter) The of Poland a troublesome business principal features of war com- owing to the activities of an su- muniques from the Polish Front is dacious Polish force to the west of the evidence of the flerce fighting| Warsaw, whose daring has earned for the possession of the fortressit the name of the Suicide of Modlin, 15 miles north-west of Column.” Warsaw.

LONDON, Sept. 14 (Reuter)-

German radio messages claim | German forces attacking Warsaw that Modlin was taken, while the are fighting back to back-ighting Polish communiques state that the the main body of the Polish army attacks were repulsed.

around Warsaw on one front and various units coming through from Posnan Province on the other.

Cast

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POLES WITHDRAW. The Polish forces round Kaluszyn,

of Warsaw, are withdrawing under pressure by numerous mechanized units. Near Annopol, north of sandomierz the enemy crossed the Vistula, adds the Polish communique.

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The broadcast appeal by the Lord Mayor of Warsaw for vo- lunteers to man the defences of the capital men with an in-. -stantaneous response in order to break the enemy's onslaught and to make Warsaw the turn- ing point in the campaign.

IN THE CORRIDOR Despite the German claims that fighting in the Corridor is "over." there is still a great deal of fight ing going on there.

Gen. von Brauswitch has joined the German troops in the front

line at Radorn.

CENSORSHIP MUDDLE RAISED IN COMMONS

:

NEED FOR ENLIGHTMENT OF PUBLIC IS STRESSED

LONDON, Sept. 14 (Reuter)-Referring to the work of the Ministry of Information, in the House of Commons yesterday. Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Leader of the Labour Opposition, wel- comed the assurance that it was the desire of the Government. to publish as early as possible all information that could pro- perly be made available to the public both here and „abroad."

Looking back upon the last week, Mr. Greenwood said that a bald announcement after some delay gave no meaning what- ever to the people of this country of the glory of the Kiel ex- ploit. ..

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Two days later the Premier made a generous reference to it and the day afterwards the Minis- try of Information allowed more information to leak out."

That incident was one which proved the valour and déter- mination of the Britih alr forte, and it was due to the air force, as well as to the pable, that the magnificent exploit. undertaken in cond!- tlons most dangerous, should be made public at the earliest" opportunity.

and flow in this struggle for the triumph of truth,"

REVISION

OF S'HAI DEFENCES

SHANGHAI, Sept. 14 (Reuter)— At a conference here to-day the Japanese suggested revision of the defence arrangements in Shang-

Foreign Commanders present— | British, American and Italian- agreed that such revision may be necessary and asked the Japanese to make concrete suggestions,

The Japanese sald that they would have, to formulate them upon which the meeting was ad- journed indefinitely.

BRITISH INTERESTS

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CHUNGKING, Sept. 14 (Central) U-Boat Menace

—A Shanghai message a spokesman of the British Embassy as saying that Britain will not re- linquish her interests in the Inter- national Settlement.

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BELATED NEWS Sir Archibald Sinclair, Liberal Leader, declared that there was a shocking muddle at the Ministry of Information, which had hitherto conspicuously falled to perform its most important function-the en- lightenment of, the public at home and abroad, who were getting in- adequate and belated news and comment

now ar

Sir Samuel Hoare, in reply. admitted that there was a mis- understanding and MISTAKE ADMITTED

regrettable Mr. Greenwood added that Mr. confusion on Monday evening.

He said that it was Chamberlain admitted that day that a mistake had been made ranged that a senior, instead of a and he hoped they would do better junior, officer in each service of in the future. But he (Mr. Green- the department would be whole wood) must remind the House the in the Ministry, keeping in regarding the events of the past the closest touch between his week, because they had now ar- department and the Ministry, s0 rived at a completely intolerable that he did not believe the events of Monday night were ever likely situation.

Referring to the events of Mon- to recur.

night and early Tuesday Referring to the criticism in day

the delay in isminga morning. with regard to the news

France about the pre- manique about the bombing of issued in

Wilhelmshaven, Sir Samuel sence of British troops on French soil, Mr. Greenwood said that the Hoare dwelt on the difficulty of allowing information to be treatment of that story had creat- ed among large numbers of people published until its accuracy

this was verified. in the publishing trade of

He said that the Ministry had dismay. country consternation, confusion and an enormous concluded that it would be possi BERLIN, Sept. 14 leuter)-The capture of Sambor and Jaworow, amount of expenditure which was ble, anyhow In most

really unwarrantable,

issue a general communique quite midway between Przemysł and

quickly and to hold up the full also neutrals except the

unknown Lwow 15

claimed by "the

communique, until it contained all quantity. Russia. The assistance Germánis.

details in particular. «

GERMANY PAYS "HEAVILY

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of "General Mud" will be specially timely here.

Milltary experts believe that Germany has transferred, or is transferring, X1 of the original 70 divisions in Poland to the western front. Assuming that Poland has 30 divisions- the odds In Germany's favour would be far from the three to one superiority the minimum considered necessary for a suc- cessful attack on the western froni.

A German agency reported yes terday the German forces in Po- land are being held up by "un-· favourable weather conditions". which are tending to slow up their advance. The air force, however, is" giving effective support."

FRESH GERMAN CLAIMS

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GOVERNMENT WARNED He was not surprised that the newspapers in leading articles had

Com-"

cases. to

With regard to censorship, Bir

I the meantime, strong, forces are swinging round Warsaw to the used the word "muddle," It was samuel Hoare said the des're" wax

and crossed the road and a "muddle of the worst possible railway line etween Warsaw and kind and they were entitled to a

full explanation,

East

Siedlce.

The recapture of a positioni some four miles south-east of Saarbruecken is also claimed. while the rest of the action on the Western Front is being described as "unimportant."

ONE BIG FAMILY

He warned the Government that if this sort of thing was not stopped they would be playing with the most tricky thing in the country the psychology of the people.

to work, if possible on a bas's of co-operation, which would be to give certain general directions, but It would be unnecessary for them to have every bit of information passed by the department.

The Home Secretary said the general principle wou'd be that the Government was not res.. There was an even more. sarious

ponsible for the accuracy of side to this problem than the

facts published in the press LONDON, Sept. 14 Reuter)-Far home side-the problem of foreign

unless it explicitly said so. of the press. The from anticipating the early fall of domination

NO MORE WAITING Warsaw, life in the capital is world was 3gog for news. If they

Samuel Hoare mentioned proceeding more or less normally, could not get it from this coun-

try, they would get it from else that reputable correspondents according to a Polish broadcast

now permitted to use the Observers continue to dwell on The courts continue to sit, the where. If they could not get the were

bank transacta news, they would take rumour or telephone, for example, the radio- the extraordinary ability and suc- agricultural

telephone to America, and the cess shown in transporting the business and the Post Office is propaganda.

censors were now installed in the cable offices, so that it was no longer necessary to send cables

The Saarbruecken coal and iron flelds are now useless to the Ger- mans since French artillery com- mands all access.

British forces to France involving] open. carriage of mechanical equipment

at least 30 times the weight of any force of similar size in the last

var.

GDYNIA ENTERED

Warsaw works,

watches

and

FALSE VIEW

the Because OL

absence

of

Sir

aghts like one big family, added vigorous courage here, Hitler Do back to some other department to the announcer.

paganda was now poisoning world

be passed. opinion against us, and neutral

Cable messages in all languages countries were being given an enlikely to be used would tirely false view

now be what the actual situation was.

both here cable offices.

passed by censor linguists in the and abroad.

GERMAN AIR FORCE BERLIN. Sept. 14 (Reuter) Germans in Poland are meeting The official News Agency claims with unfavourable weather condi- that German troops

entered tions, according to an oficial news Gdynia to-day. The Commander agency, but the report claims that of the Polish garrison was said to despite this the German Air Force have previously surrendered the is still effectively supporting the

operations

have and

bombed town.

It is added that fighting is still railway lines and stations. proceeding to the north of Gdynia. LONDON, Sept. 14. (Reuter)- Eighteen Polish divisions sur-Late last night the Polish troops rendered

of were still marching eastwards and engaged in heavy fighting with the weather enemy.

yesterday

Ostrowomazowieka.

north

Despite unfavourable the German Air Force successfully operated in the area east of War- zaw and troops are rapidly towards Brest. SOVIET FORNTIER

advancing

MOSCOW, Sept. 14 (Reuter)~~A. number of reported violations of the Soviet frontier by Polish "mil- itary planes are detailed by the

While the Poles claim to have recaptured Lodz, the Germans deny this and say that Herr Hltler visited the city yesterday after-

noon.

NAZIS CAN NO

official Tass Agency which adds LONGER NURSE

that the violations are becoming more frequent.

Four Polish planes were forced to land on Soviet territory in a single day and the crews detalhed.

German broadcast accusations that Arab support for British cause had been obtained by bri- bery and intimidation; include a specific accusation in the case of views "put forward "by the pro minent Arab newspaper in Pales- tine, "Palastin." The accusation can be dismissed at once by appte clating the standing of this news paper (BWS).

of

"Everybody knows that our case is simple, straightforward "and

unanswerable. It ought

to be given to the world be- 'cause there will come an ebb

Japanese Attack On

Chungshan Abated

While important Government telegrams still have priority, correspondents' telegrams would not have to wat until all Government telegrams were despatched. Arrangement was also made to "synchronise cable and wireless messages, so that nelther would have a 'Hane * advantage.

RECRUITING IN KAIFONG VIGILANTES SCHEME

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The spokesman is reported to have also said that, in spite of the war; · Britain and the United States are firm in their determination to co-operate in the maintenance of the pre- sent status of the Settlement.

According to another Shanghai message, the Shanghai Municipal Council is carefully studying the extra-Settlement road issue but so für has not taken it up with the Japanese authorities.

JUNK ROBBERY NEAR CASTLE PEAK: TWO FOKIS MISSING

Challenged

BRITISH NAVAL ASSURANCE

LONDON, Sept. 14 (Reater} --It was officially stated that there may be a few more sink. ings of merchant ships before the submarine mensco is finally scotched, but the naval authorities have not been idle since they quelled a similar menace in 1917 and hence the "challenge can be faced with

calm confidence.

SUNK BY MINE

RUTHLESS

RAID ON LUCHOW

CHUNGKING, Sept. 14 (Reater) -Une-third of the Yangite elky af Lachow. 180 miles south-west Chungking, is now in ruing ng result of Monday's bembis- Japanese planes,

Four-hundred Chinese art. ported to have been killed and other 400 wounded.

The hospital, "church and rest- dences of the United Church of "completely Canada have been destroyed."

This story WAS brought to Chungking, by Mr. J. G. Endicott,

LONDON, Sept. 14 Reuter)-Aof the Mission staff, who Hew to Greek steamer was sank by a mine Larchow on Monday with a medical south of Sweden. All members of unit and returned yesterday marn- the 'crew have been rescued.

U-BOAT & AIR

BASES.

The latest of the recent large LONDON, Sept. 14 (Reuter)

has

British "Government number of junk robberies in Hong- The kong waters was reported to the reason to believe that the enemy police yesterday by Wong Suk-cho. may try to establish submarine and master of trading Junk No. 2388, air bases on the South and Central who said that his craft was boarded coasts of the American continent. on Monday last near Castle Peak The

Government British

Governments by armed men and cargo to the inviting the total value of $3775 was taken cerned to take steps to prevent

breach of their neutrality.

away.

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Wong, with two foxls, set sail that day from Tun Mun, near Castle Peak, for Chinese territory with 760 tins of kerosene, 50 bags of sugar. 49 tins of ground nut oil and various other goods.

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FOREIGNERS UNHURT There were no foreign casualtien, although there were two membera of the Canadian Mission in Luchów throughout the rale.

Mr. Endicott stated that two bombe hit the hospital and another landed in the garden of the Mis-

ston's residences, while a fourth struck the church

"

The roof of the church was, how- is ever, still intact and the premises con-were at present being used for

housing 100 homeless families.

LONDON, Sept. 14 (Beater) -- Foreign correspondents in Am sterdam bave now established the accuracy of reports that, the Gestapo in. Prague have in-i terned the British Consul and hhe staff of sixteen in the Am-.. 'bassador's Holet

IN THE CORRIDOR Despite the German claims that fighting In the Corridor Is. "over"" there is still a great deal of fight- ing going on there.

Gen Near Tung Chang, a small boat.

Von Brauswisch hag approached his junk and three joined the German troops in the armed men crossed to the junk front line at Radom.

According to the "Daily Chrpr- Taking the vessel to near Macao

A. Germa agency reported icle's" correspondent members' of yesterday the German forces in the staff are being well treated. Poland are being held up by The American-Consul-General is unfavourable weather condition using his best endeavours to ob

for them to which are tending to slow up their tain authorization advance. The air force, however, is leave Germany through "neutral

country. "giving effective support."

waters, they put the master ashore and sailed away for an unknown destination.

The two tokia are still missing. The names are Chow Kau and Chan Kan.

CLEANLINESS OF COLONY BE MAJOR PROBLEM

OF AN EMERGENCY

Night-Soil And Refuse Disposal Question

Special to the "Hongkong Daily Press"

One of the most important problems which will confront the Colony in the event of an emergency (including typhoon disturbance), is the question of the. disposal of night-soll and refuse. It is recognised by the Medical authorities that, from the health point of view, this is a subject which will have to engage their most earnest consideration, and plans are already un- der discussion for such provision, should the necessity arise.

Under existing conditions, the bulk of the Colony's night-soil is dependent for

potentially valuable material for agricultural purposes.

WILL IN EVENT

however, is collected in covered motor lorries, of which there are now Alteen in use in Hongkong - and ten in Kowloon.

The refuse thus collected is car- ried in large barges and dumped and covered at Kün Tong. Some of the refuse has been dumped at Aberdeen. A considerable amount of land has been formed in this way, which may be valuable, after consolidation, for building par- poses.

The deposited refuse, at Kun Tong is dressed on top with, one: or more layers of earth · or sand," and in then covered over with mad dredged from the harbour; en- trance.

...* EREEDING OF FLIES

Every effort is made by the authorities ......., to prevent · the "breeding of files, and although As regards the ultimate disposal

the dust boats which carry the removal on the bucket system. of street and household refuse,

refuse to the dumping ground are thoroughly sprayed with This is collected by coolies at there have been occasions during night, and taken away in typhoons and other contingencies,

when this has been interfered insecticide, before their return, steel-lined junks outside har-with: but bere, too, the authorities

It is IMUOSADie, especially "in bour limits.

have plans in mind, which could the summer months, to pre- vent certain number of dies When

a representative of the be put into immediate execution,

from belag brought back, VES "Hongkong Daily Press" made en- in case of necessity. quiries on this subject from the

STREET REFUSE

There is only one public incin- MACAO, SEFT, 14 (REUTER)— The leaders of the Chinese com- Director of Medical Services, yes In connection with the collection erator in the urban area at pre- .THE. JAPANESE ASSAULT ON munity have been active in recruit terday. It was explained to him and disposal of street refuse sent. It is attuated in Kennedy CHUNGSHAN HAS ABATED ing volunteers for the Kaifong SLIGHTLY following several am- Vigilantes scheme, which was 20 that an alternative scheme was the Colony, it is disclosed in the Town and is used for burning dirty bushes resulting in severe Japan-proyed at a public meeting held under consideration which en-latest published, report of the dressings from the hospitals, con- ese losses.

visaged the disposal of night-soll Medical Department, that 480 tons, demned carcasses and waste matter repently at the Chinese Chamber by trenching, dy-proot disposal roughly a quarter of the daily from the slaughter houses, Yesterday, they retired after of Commerce.

The Idea is to develop district pits, septic tanks, activated sludge collection) is gathered by coolie There are no plans for increasing plundering and firing a number of villages including Cheungkapin, self-protection corps in order to system, etc. Bites were being in women in return for being allowed the number of incinerators in the Sluyan. Laichuen, Taiwongtao. aid in the task of preserving larvestigated for this purpose to meet to use some of it as food for pigs, Colony, just now except in

and prdered typhoons.

any possible entergency, including etc. Seega rumal, arbes, although it is adm Japanese planes to-day" are The Colony has been divided into. most active machine-gunning and many districts for this purpose, The "Daily Herald" declared that bombing hekki, and also buses and leaders for these districts have

already been appointed. the immense military and econo- and pedestrians.

The Vigilantes, who will be given and The Chinese claim that chance mic resources of Britain France make it clear to Germany rifle shots succeeded in downing some police training, are expected that they will not end the war a Japanese plane near Cheung- to be ready for service early in until Nazilem is destroyed,

A DELUSION LONDON, Sept. 14 (Reuter) commenting on Mr. Chamberlain's statement in the House of Com- mong yesterday regarding the war situation, "The Times" staten:

The Nazis, can no longer nurse a delusion as to the Bri- tish and. French resolution to carry on the war unth final victory has been achieved."

Hautao and Macht.

kapin..

November.

Asked whether disposal by Incineration would enter into the scheme, the pressman WES told that the chief difficulty in the disposal of night-soff by burning was the question" of coat. Alse, it involved a Jom ot

The report states that this systed that the ideal aimed at tex possesses obvious", diaad- financial considerations justify vantages, especially in the sun-15 to have monerators mer as the baskets thus cleared more points in Hongkong and carry with them a stream of men Kowloon for the burni many of which are left behind in

Chee the ashes the trail of the carrier,

for the reclamat The greater part of the refuse, and also for memure,