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23, 1939.
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REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT OF BACKED BY RESISTANCE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE
EMBITTERED CZECHS WILL
NOT BE KILLED Search For
BY PERSECUTION.
German Fuehrer Is Expected To Issue Peace Ultimatum
LONDON, SEPT. 22 (REUTER) -THE EFFECTS OF THE CZECH REVOLUTION ARE KEENLY DISCUSSED HERE AND IT IS GENERALLY AGREED THAT IT WAS PREMATURE.
It is believed that German arrests of Czech leaders" are already so numerous that the Czechs were obliged to act at once and it is also the opinion here that ho amount, of persecution can kill the revolutionary spirit of the tough and embittered Czechs.
In Poland," numerous guerilla units are already ap- pearing and similar activity is possible in Czechoslovakia. Such movements combined should, in the opinion of. mil- Itary critics, compel Germany to retain at least 400,000 troops on the Eastern Front."
TRAWLER SINKS vance centres
U-BOAT
ACCIDENTALLY.
RAMMED
J
2
Polish Submarine
MOSCOW, Sept. 22 (Reuter)— The whole of the Soviet Baltic Fleet is now looking for the Polish submarine Orzel which escaped from Tullinn,
The vessel is well provisioned and her presence in Baltic waters may threaten exports of iron ore to Germany from the Baltic
States.
AIR MINISTRY EXPLOSION ARRESTS
MORE INCIDENTS REVEALED
COPENHAGEN Sept, 22 (Reu- ter)-About 30 arrests have been! made in connexion with the ex- Interest in the Russian ad-
plosion which damaged the Ger- on Southern
man Air Ministry building on Sept Foland between Kolomes, on 17, according to reports received the Rumanian border, and from Berlin Przemysl, the focal point of It is now revealed that two other previous German ambitions, explosions occurred about" the It is noteworthy that German same time at the police headquar- bombers carefully avoided ters and gasworks... bombing the Lwow-Snlatyn
Dr. Otto
Reports add that those arrested LONDON, Sept. 22 (Renter) Railway which runs into Ru are understood to be connected How a Grimsby trawler accidenmania. This was obviously to with the" followers of tally rammed and destroyed keep an open road for Ru- Strasser, leader of the "Black U-boat was related by the captainmanian oil and wheat which Front" an anti-Nazi refugee when the trawler arrived in port
the Russian "advance now ap-ganisation, leaking and, with her propellor
parently closes. -damaged.
and third
NEW BISHOP OF LONDON
LONDON," Sept. 23
оты
(Reuter)—
Receiving a signal from a Br On the Western Front, action by tish warship that a German sub-one side or the other is expected |
28 the marine was in the vicinity he in- before long especially
there French advance has revealed de- <creased speed whereupor 'was a sudden crash fting the cided weaknesses in the Siegfried of German defences. Capture trawler's bow into the air.
A secund
crash prisoners has served to identify With ceremony dating back from followed, amidship and astern that a large variety of troops have the sixteenth century, the Dean with such force that the trawler already been brought from Poland. and Chapter of St. Paul's Cathe- dral elected the Rt. Rev. Geoffrey was brought to a standstill al-
F. Fisher, M. A., D. D., the present though her engines were still
Bishop of Chester, to succeed Dr. going at full speed.
Winnington Ingrain as Bishop of London
Directly afterwards the sea was covered as with bubbles and ou leading to the belief that a U-boat had been destroyed.
Herr Hitler is expected to Issue, a peace ultimatum when Warsaw fatis, less in the hope of acceptance by the allies, than to impress his own people and neutrals of his eminently pacific nature.
BLACK-OUT WAS TO
TEST THE MEDICAL DEFENCE SCHEME IN HONGKONG
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THE MAIN PURPOSE OF LAST NIGHT'S BLACK- `OUT EXERCISE, the "Hongkong Dally Press" understands from reliable sources, was to test the newly organised Medical Defence Scheme,. This is the first test of the Colony's Medical Defences, and it is believed the an- thorities .concerned are, satisfied th the results obtained.
Chief centre of the medical defence operations was St. Paul's Girls School where both Hon. Dr. P. S. Selwyn- Clarke, Director of Medical Services and Dr. J. E. Dovey, Supervisor and Training Officer of the Medical Defence Scheme, were seen directing operations as far as the re- moval and treatment of the injured was concerned,"
Other centres from which! A Daily Press" representative, the Defence Scheme operated who was at one of these centres were Kadoorie Indian School, during the black-out, was able to Causeway Bay, Ellis Kadoorie obtain an interesting insight into School, Hospital Road, Kow-the way in which the organisation
worked. loon Hospital, Waterloo Road,
BOY SCOUTS" AID
가
and the Maryknoll- convent, In the exercise carried out last Kowloon Tong.
night, Boy Scouts rendered The Colony was divided into as.. " casualties"
The five main divisions, each of which hearted and enthusiastic ? was supervised from one of these in which these youngster centres.
FINAL SELECTIONS FOR
CHINESE NATIONAL DOLLAR, which is shown above, is backed by great resources of the country and the determination of the Chinese Government to resist to the end to keep these resources in Chinese hands. The Japanese have been trying to induce an artificial temporary rise" of the currency by undermining confidence in Chung king's will to resistance. The rumours by which they wought to do this have now been exploded."" A reasoned authori tative statement on the reat position of the dollar will be found in our to day's leading article, on Page 6 of this issue..
ASSASSINS SHOT WITH SAME GUNS
BUCHAREST Sept. 22 (Reu- tor)---The BEEZESİS at M Calinescu, Prime Minister of Romania, wère executed in the same street and with the saine pistols with which the murder was committed in the presence of a large crowd. The bodies were left lying in the street as a warning.
Madame Calinescu and her son were actually listening, in to the The new Bishop will be enthron-radio when the murderers announ-
ced the Premier's death.
ed on November 3.
TEMPORARY SHIPPING BOOM IN
HONGKONG DESPITE THE SOARING
GERMAN. CAMPS
IN PALESTINE LONDON, Sept. 22 (Reuter)-! Two more German settlement campa" will be established in! Palestine, according to the Minis- try of Information.
Expressions of good treatment received by German in Palestine are thus refuting the falsity of a! German radio broadcast which stated that Germans in the Holy Land are being maltreated.
It is added that" a number of German officers are arriving in England for internment"
U.S. ARMY DRIVE FOR RECRUITS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (Ren-
WAR RISKS RATES
High Insurance Charges
·
FREIGHT TO BE RAISED ON ALMOST ALL ROUTES
Exclusive to the "Hongkong Daily Press "
While it is estimated that nearly 130,000 tons of British shipping has been sent to the bottom of the sea by German submarines since the outbreak of hostilities in Europe three weeks ago, the marine war risks insurance rates to and from Hongkong, which have been shooting up by leaps and bounds since fear of trouble in Europe first manifested itself early in June, are now being quoted at an increase of nearly 2,400 per cent. above the rates charged three months ago..
ranean,
The Cabinet has issued a ̈ pró- clamation reasserting Rumania's | determination to preserve strict neutrality and friendly relations with her neighbours, “
into the spirit of bednik mada", the scenes që "* activities very realistica Most of the crablỹ) Aid area, controllado
School
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BY "LAST QUARTER”
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Triumphant Day
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KING'S BROTHER
IN FRANCE
DAILY DOUBLE
AVON
and
ASCOT VALE
Pira
of burns, and inquiries made at other stations : revealed that cakes of
burns predominated,
heavy use of incendiary
by the "enemy.” apparently, no, CASSE
Comidities were -- brougZK
the First Aid Post with. amazing rapidity which reflects well- of the high degree of skiff and en- elency in which the ambulance men and nurses have been trained.
The Government, in asking for the co-operation of the members of the St.
John Ambulance Brigade in this First Aid ·Post Exercise which is the largest of its kind car- ried out in the Colony, brought. the Brigade into co-operation "with the AE.P. wardens, the Sanitary · Department. Meď'cat Supply Transport and Area Medical Officers' gava an cellent display last night.
Reach
Troops
Siegfried
PERFECT ORDER LONDON, Sept. 22 (Reuter)— News received by the Rumanian
LONDON, Sept, 22 (Reuter)-It is Legation here showed that perfect officially announced that the Duke order is now restored in Rumania or Gloucester has taken up his and life has resumed its normal appointment with the British "EX- course following the execution of peditionary Force in France. The the assassins of M. Calinescu. Duke is the Chiet Liaison Officer
Rumanian circles here consider for the forces." that the executions have wiped out the last reinnant of the Iron Guard which were responsible for the murder:
See also Page 7
AS WE
SAID.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 22 dollar (Reuter) The weakened suddenly to-day. This was largely as the re-
and Chungking declaring that rumours as regards peace talks were complete- ly" without foundation. ***The "Dally Press" chal- lenge to Kenter to des- cribe in more detail the "usually reliable circles”? which handed them the Tumours they have been handling still stands.
This increase is in respect creases in the war risks rates.sult of reports from Tokyo ter) The United States Army is of cargo to Europe via the however, local shipping arms are opening a drive for 50,000 recruits Mediterranean. The increase enjoying a temporary boom in the in order to bring the force up to in respect of cargo to Europe, freight business, as consignors are full strength.
excluding the Baltic coun-rushing shipments before Oct. 1, when the new increased freight tries, not via the Mediter rates become operative as a result
approximately
of agreement reached by the 1,200 per cent. above the rates various outward shipping con- obtaining at June 9 last. The terences in Hongkong. trans-Pacific rate has gone Details of this activity in local up by approximately 250 per shipping circles were obtained by a cent.
representative of this paper who
Continued on Back Page
NO MILK FOR. NAZI ADULTS BERLIN, Sept. 22 (Reuter) Fur ther rationing of food in Berlin will be put into force. As from next Monday, no milk, will be pro- vided to adults in Germany.
TEMPORARY BOOM
In spite of these phenomenal In-
LONDON, Sept. 22 (Reuter)--
The (1,567 tons) was lost at sea accord-
British steamer Arkleside,
owners: It is understood that the captain and crew vere landed safety.
Continued on Page 7
Strongly
Line Point
Traps Set By Retreating Germans Examined
PARIS, Sept. 22 (Reuter)—According to reports, French troops reached the outskirts of Saarbruecken at a strongly fortified point in the Siegfried Line,⠀⠀
The General Staff has not yet confirmed this but it is known that the French have made advances in this sector and the town is commanded by their observation posts.
It is semi-officially stated Western Front, the French Army that the French positions at is now using a new type of light
ing to information received by the the front each are acquiring tanks similar to the British whip-
pet tanks." strength and new solidarity,
The Ministry of Information German artillery continues to
states that
German Wighter shell the French positions estab- lished in a hilly region in the south machine was brought down on the Western Front by the British Air Force.
NO MENTION IN GERMAN PRESS BERLIN, Sept. 22 (Reuter)--No mention of President Roosevelt's speech in connection with the Neu- trality Act was made in the Ger- man press to-day,
Brea,
All kinds of traps, "set by the Germans when they retreated over the Baar heights before the French advances, were examined.
His Excellency the Chief Scout - will be present at the annual swimming sports of the Boy Scouts Association to be held at the V.R.C. on Saturday, September 30, at 2.30 | p.m.
Bombs were "concealed be- neath steel belmets apparent- -ly carelessly thrown away, and there were mines which blew up when the doorhandles were " "turned in a deserted villa, and stocks of concealed food.
THANKS EXPRESSED An omcial communique this
TO RAF morning" says
WES that there #activity on the part of our LONDON, Sept. 22 (Router) elements in the regions south of Eighteen thousand men of the Saarbrucken and east of the River Merchant Navy have signed Blies There was also artillery after to Bir Kingsley Wood, Air Richard Burton, twice Open golfson on both sides on the whole ofister, expressing thanks to the champion of Britain, will play front.
GOLFERS AID B.R.C. FUNDS LONDON, Sept. 22 (Reuter)
Henry Cotton in a 38-hole match
in aid of Red Cross funds, The NEW TYPE OF TANKS -- match will be played at Sales, Burnton's home course.
LONDON Sept. 22 Reuter) From
Oft pictures taken
Royal Air Force for the parts taken
by two flying-boats in rescuin members of the crew of the fraw theler Kensington Court,
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