1939-11-28 — Page 7

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

CABLE

“DEFEAT OF AGGRESSIVE AND BULLYING MENTALITY AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW EUROPE OF GOODWILL AND MUTUAL TOLERANCE" WILL BE "FRIENDLY ADVICE" TO BRITAIN'S WAR AIMS FINLAND FROM GERMANY

Eloquent Broadcast By Prime Minister

LONDON, Nov. 27 (Reuter) - Explaining Britain's war and peace aims in a broadcast address to the Empire yes- terday, at 9.15 p.m. Britain's Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, said it was not merely the defeat of the enemy's military forces which they aimed at, the defeat of the aggressive and bullying mentality which had sought to dominate other peoples by force.

"If the German people can be convinced that that spirit is as bad for themselves as for the rest of the world, they would abandon It," said Mr. Chamberlain.

"And if

we could secure that they did abandon it without blood- shed, so much the better, but abandoned it must be. That is our war aim and we shall persevere in this struggle un- til we have attained it."

were intensified pressure of the Alles' blockade on Germany. which was slowly but surely de- priving her of the materials essential to a successful prose- cution of modern war, which she could not produce within her own borders, while the Allies had at their disposal un- limited resources in men and materials.

After referring to his broad- cast on Sept. 3, the Premier said that after twelve weeks of war he was speaking again happily, with his health and strength unimpaired and with | full confidence of our ultimate victory. He assured his hear- ers that they should not follow Germany's example of} concealing their own losses, and inventing non-existent enemy losses and added: "We shall tell you frankly what is happennig, even when the truth is unpleasant, and we The Prime Minister sald that shall never refrain from pub-their war aim was to defeat the lishing news, except when it enemy. not merely the enemy's will be helpful to the enemy military forces, but the aggressive

ON SOVIET DEMANDS

MOSCOW PAPER'S

CRITICISM..

·

*HELSINKI, NOV 27 (REUTER)

Successful R.A.F. Flight Over Germany

-GERMANY HAS GIVEN FIN-REDUCED ACTIVITY

ON FRONT

LAND "FRIENDLY ADVICE" TO ENDEAVOUR TO REACH A SET- TLEMENT WITH THE SOVIET, IN VIEW OF POSSIBLE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES IF AGREEMENT IS NOT REACHED, ACCORDING TO REPORTS FROM BERLIN.

According to Stockholm reports it is thought there that the Soviet is likely to adopt diplomatic mea-several points. sures this week, aimed at securing

a definite result on the questions at issue.

PRAVDA CRITICISM

LONDON, Nov. 27 (Reuter) --It was officially announced that the R.A.F... again made a successful fight over North West Germany yesterday, including Wilhelmshaven and Rellgoland. Heary anti.. aircraft fire was encountered at

WAR COMMUNIQUES PARIS, Nov. 27 (Reuter)-A. War Communique states that patrols were active during the night in

MOSCOW, Nov. 27 (Reuter)e Vosges region. Under the heading "A Buffoon is A later communique says "there Halding Prime Minister's Post." was reduced activity by units in the Pravda Criticises M. Cajander, contact and artillery." Finland's Premier, declaring that

he belongs to the school of Mos- cicki and Beck.

The paper adds:

"Let him and

COLD SPELL IN

With such advantages they must out how those Polish buffoons, SHANGHAI: MANY

win finally and the only question was how long it would take them to achieve that purpose,

WAR AIMS

and bullying mentality which had sought continually to dominate other peoples by force, and which found a brutal satisfaction in the persecution and torture of inoffen- sive citizens and in the name of the interests of the state justled the repudiation of their had pledged word whenever it found it was convenient,

NOT NAZI HUMANITY "Hitherto the war has been car ried on in a way very different from what was expected. We need not attribute the reluctance of the Germans to begin "a great land offensive or to attempt a series of aerial mass attacks on Britain to thel: humanity. We have plenty of evidence that no con- siderations of humanits have de- terred them from any form of warfare they thought advan- tageous.

"They must. therefore, have come to the conclusion that at present they would lose more than they would gain by such attacks and preferred to use methods which they thought could be employed without serious loss to themselves.

"The latest of these methods was the sowing of a new kind of mine indiscriminately in our home waters, regardless' of in- ternational agreements to

which the Germans subscribed " or to the fact that they are

35

own was

If the German people could be convinced that that spirit was as bad for themselves as for the rest of the world, they would abandon it.

"If we could secure that they did abandon it without bloodshed, so much the better. but abandoned It must be. That Is our war aim and we shall persevere in this struggle until we have attained it," said Mr. Chamberlain,

A NEW EUROPE Dealing with peace alms, Mr. Chamberlain said that their desire was to establish a new Europe, not

in

who have lost their positions for- ever, feel now."

The Pravda further declares that "Finland is being drawn by provocatures into a foul and dangerous game and adds: "It is to be hoped that the Finnish people will not allow puppets like M. Cajander to continue

Finland steering along the fatal course of the Becks and Mosclckis." SOVIET PLANES SHOT DOWN

COPENHAGEN, Nov. 27 (Reuter's War. Service)-Finnish Special anti-aircraft guns are reported to have brought down several Soviet nlanes reconnoltring over Karella. according to the Helsinki corres- pondent of the newspaper Politi- ken.

The correspondent adds

that Soviet aircraft are making daily faghts over this territory.

PERISH

SHANGHAI, Nov. 27 (Reuter) -Several score of the city's destitutes perished from ex- posure and scores of others were removed to hospital as the result of the bitter cold which gripped the city over the week- end.

The present cold spell, it is believed, is likely to continue for another day.

All day long yesterday local benevolent socjetles were very busy removing dead bodies from the streets, ministering. first aid and relieving shelter s*ckers.

The Shanghal Benevolent Society alone reported at noon yesterday that some thirty cor-. pses had been picked up in the Central District.

KWANGSI DETERMINATION: BIG BATTLE DEVELOPING IN VICINITY OF NANNING

KWEILIN, Nov. 27 (Central)-The Kwangsi Provisional daily blowing up nentral ships the sense of re-drawing the People's Political Council despatched a stirring circular people's assemblies map according to the ideas of vic- telegram yesterday to all branch well as British, thereby

tors, but a "Europe with a new throughout the province telling them that allen forces are spirit in which the nations of now on Kwangsi land. Europe would approach difficulties with good-will and mutual toler- ance."

drowning and mutilating then citizens of countries with whom they are not warring.

NO FEARS "They hoped by these barbarous weapons to cut off our supplies from overseas and to squeeze or starve us into submission, "

13

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1939. -PAGE →

ASK FOR

Booth's Gin

THE FINEST FOR

Cocktails

SOLE AGENTS:

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO., LTD.

Nazi Claims

To Further

Successes

A LONDON, NOV. 27 (Reuter) ---The Admiralty officially an- nounces that H.M.S. Rawal- pindi (16,697 tons), (formerly the P. and O. liner) now an armed cruiser, has been sunk. Complete mystery surrounds the sinking and the Admiralty Issued an appeal to the Press to avoid speculation for the time being.

The casualty toll is stated to be one killed and Afteen missing.

The Admiralty statement is,' extremely brief, "giving the barest detalls, and conclud- ing: "Further information re- garding the loss must be with- held for the present."

It is understood that the Rawalpindi had about 300 officers and men on board.

Another message from London states that, slightly damaged for- ward, the P. and. O., liner Sussex arrived at a British port escorted by tugs. She struck a German mine.

ป

THE

HONG KONG

PENINSULA HOTEL;

HONGKONG, HOTEL; XXPULSH BAY HOINKĄ

&

SHANGHAI

LETOR HOUSE; PALACE HOTEL,

HOTELS LIMITED,

In association with the Graad Hotel des Wagons Lits, Peking.

Mine - Laying By Germans A Confession Of Failure Of U-Boat Campaign

LONDON, Nov. 27. (Reuter)-Reviewing the war at sea, the B.B.C. Naval Observer said that all the German mines had been laid along the shipping routes around the British coast. The sinking of British and neutral shipping by this illegal method is going to have a great effect on the war as a whole and not quite in the way the Germans intended. War at sea is a complicated business. It is not con- fined to straight naval battles, but is a contest to strangle seaborne trade.

This

severe Japanese aerial and arti- lery bombardment. Telephone

method of laying mines and unconvoyed ships, mostly neu- and telegraph communication be-is against international law, tral tween Nanning and Luchow have not to mention all considera- been interrupted as all telephone tions of humanity, but we are and telegraph wires have been

pretty used to the Nazis damaged by the bombardment,

The telegram says that now is the time for all Kwang- s1 people to take up arms against the enemy and to mobi-

is lize all their resources against foreign aggression.

The present Kwangs battle win breaking international law. rivers and the Every person in Kwangsi. Amidst should make it his sacred duty mountains of Kwangsi, vic- test the truth of the statement and will take reprisals by the to see that Kwangsi grains tories greater than that on by General Chin. Cheng who, in stopping of German exports.

describing the fighting in the The laying of, mines is a con- shall not be made Japanese the plains of North Hunan North Hanan front, stated that fession of the weakness that the food, or Kwangsi waters Jap-shall be scored, the circular forces of Chinese farmers have U-Boat campaign has not been as anese drink, or Kwangs! says.

defeated the Japanese tanks." effective as it was hoped and that houses Japanese shelter, or

BIG FIRES IN NANNING ... meaning the destruction of high- the U-Boats have been frighten- Kwangsi roads Japanese CHUNGKING, Nov, 27 (Reuter) ways and roads by Chinese pea-ed far out into the Atlantic, where few lone thoroughfares, the telegram-Big fires are now raging in sants has prevented the use of they can only attack a declares.

Nanning city following the most tanks by the Japanese.

In such a Europe the fear of aggression would have ceased to exist and such adjustments of boundaries as would be "You need have no fear that this attempt will succeed. We know

necessary would be thrashed

the secrets of the magnetic

out between neighbours sitting mine and we shall soon" master ·

on equal terms round a table

the magnetic minę

with the help of disinterested as we have already mastered their U-

third parties if it was so de-

Boat.

sired. In the meantime, despite į some losses, our convoys are still

FLOW OF TRADE moving steadily in and out of our. In such a Europe it would be ports and will continue to do so, recognised that there could be no — thanks to the courage and skill of lasting peace unless there was a the men of our Merchant Navy full and constant flow of trade be- HOW TO DO IT?.

and the warships escorting them.* tween the nations concerned and

NIPPON'S FAILURE

DEFENCE OF FREEDOM each country would have the right NIPPON'S

Mr. Chamberlain thanked the to choose its own forin of internal

TO END

RUSSIAN URGENT

ļi

sampire" peoples for their support government so long as it did not AID FOR CHINA: A “MOST

B freely given and

swiftly pursue an external policy injurious

given and sald: "We en- to its neighbours and armaments

tered the war to defend would be gradually dropped as an QUESTION”

freedom and establish peace-two useless expense except so far as vital principles in our Empire-and they were needed for the preserva- the Empire's unity today gave us tion of internal law and order. moral as well as material strength to win them."

ema-

Referring to the hardships and inconveniences due to the neces- sity of providing against aerial at- tacks the Prime Minister phasised that they could not rash- ly dispense with safeguards, but the Government would certainly relay them whenever they felt they could do so without any un- due risk to public safety.

ART OF WAR Some of them might sometimes wonder why they were not, attack-] ing the enemy more vigorous-

This would take many years and some machinery would be. needed capable of guiding the development of the new Europe in the right direction. He hoped that a Germany, anl- mated by this new spirit, might be among the nations which would participate in its operation.

JAPANESE PREMIER CREATES RECORD.

SAYS PRO-AXIS

JAPANESE ENVOY

TOKYO, Nov. 27 (Reater)-The most urgent question facing Japan is how to adjust relations with the Soviet and how to make the Soviet Union end their ald to the Chiang Kai-shek regime," declares the pro-Axis Mr. Toshio Shiratori, who recently returned to Tokyo from Rome, where he was Japanese Ambassador, in an article given prominence in the Hocht Shimbun today.

Mr Shiratori continues: "The very fact that Britain and the United States would dislike to see any Japan-Soviet rappro- .. chement is the very reason why Japan should hurry and con- clude an agreement with Mos-

COW.

an

who contend that a conclusion of agreement with the Soviet Union would preclude a friendship with Britain and the United States.

"Britain and the Uhitea States are not in a position to use force to prevent Japan proceeding with the construc tion of a new order.

SORT OF BLUFF?

Germany, is left without real power against this country."

Rapprochement with the Soviet Union. the former Ambassador argues, would not mean that Japan is going to accept Communiazd...

The conditions of a Japan- Soviet agreement must provide » that the Soviet Union would hind itself against promoting Communism in the Far East and would agree to abandon lis policy of assisting the Chiang` Kai-shek regime.

RADICAL CHANGE

Commenting on the radicali change" in Japan's attitude to- wards Germany, Mr. Shiratori says that there were extenuating cir- cumstances for Germany's action "America's gesture of breaking in concluding an agreement with trade relations with this country the Soviet Union, while negotia- WISHFUL THINKING

is a port of bluff. It is my belief tohs were in progress for "an "Japan," says Mr. Shiratori, that America, which must make up alliance among Japan, Germany "should reject the opinion of those Ita mind about going to war against and Italy."

TOKYO, Nov. 27 (Reuter) —

"what is not approved by people Abe, Japanese Prime ly. The art of war consisted in General bringing the greatest possible force Minister, has created a record, who are opposed to Japan at every to bear in the right place and time that of being the country's first turn since the outbreak of the and the place and time would be Premier to travel by air. He Obina Incident is in the interests

of Japan decided by those responsible for achieved this distinction by flying the strategy of the Alltes.

Meanwhile, they had time on their side and every week there

to Osaka on a week-end wait, re- turning to Tokyo by plané in the afternoon.

+

And so the Narls have turn- ed to magnetic mines, which are not new and, in fact, were used in the last war. The term "Magnetic Mines" does not mean mines which move to- wards ships Hike chickens when you come out with a handful of corn. They are the same · a5 any other mines, except they are magnetically set forth, Steel ships form, magnets which will set these mines off.

Something New!

PROTEX

•

PROTEX THE CIGARETTE PROTECTOR"

IT ANSWERS PRACTICALLY EVERT DEMAND. IN ONE CLEVER · ENSEMBLE '#EAST" TO: OPES. --- BASY TO CLOSE

: @KEEPS: THE PACKET IN FERYXOS CONDITION

●PROTECTS THE CIGARETTE AGAINST BEING CRUABIT KEEPS TOBACCO FLAKES, AWAY FROM DUSTINO THE

EXTAKWELT LIGHT IN WEIGHT BUT PRACTICALLY HEAVY IN BOTY

CHINA EMPORIUM

UID.