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4-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

Vicious Spiral Of Rising In Britain: Press

Press Comment War" Means & Methods

GENERAL

Prices Australian Airmen In England-s'.

On

SWEDISH

Protest Against Any Undue TERRITORY

Demands On Resources

LONDON, JAN. 15 (REUTER)-~THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WHICH WILL HAS LAUNCHED A PLATFORM CAMPAIGN ENABLE THE MINISTERS TO MAKE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC AND TO SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE WAR.

The Prime Minister started the ball rolling with his speech on Tuesday at Mansion House and this was continued in Glas- "gow on Saturday by the Chancellor of the Exchequer

of Both spoke more on the means and methods

the war, rather than on the war itself and this was taken up by yester day's British press

The Sunday Times, for instance. says that the people of Britain, on the whole, know why they are fighting. They want to be told, not that sacrifices are necessary, but whai sacrifices and why.

MAIN QUESTION

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The main question, continues the paper, is: "Are, we all daing everything in our power to restrict consumption and to keep down prices and from making undue demands on shipping and pur- chasing resources?

"A. we," asks the paper, "doing Anything to prevent prices and wages from moving upward in a vicious spiral which benefits no one In the long run and endangers all? So far this problem has been met by taxation, promotion of savings

and rationing

VIOLATED

BOMBS DROPPED BY UNIDENTIFIED

PLANES

STOCKHOLM, JAN. 15 TREC- TER)—THE FOREIGN OFFICE ANNOUNCED LAST NIGET THAT UNKNOWN AEROPLANES YES- TERDAY MORNING FLEW OVER SWEDISH TERRITORY, INCLÜD. | ING THE ARCHIPELAGO BE- | TWEEN HAPARANDA AND LULEA. A heavy snowfall prevented identi- fication.

WORST U.S. MINE DISASTER BARTLEY (WEST VIRGINIA), Several bombs were dropped on miles south-west of Jan. 15. (Beuler) - Seventy-sixellaz, six bodies of the 92 miners killed in Lulea and, exploded upon the ice the coal mine explosion here have and investigations are proceeding now been recovered. The rescuers to establish the origin of the

bombs. reached the centre of the explosion, which is the nation's worst mine pisaster in this decade,

"Rationing also restricts con- sumption and prices, altough that is not its primary aim. Despite this the vicious spiral of rising prices has becoine evident by the rise in the cost of living and acco.ding to the 'ncrease in the wages of several

of the larger groups of workers.

TAXATION & CONSUMPTION

GOVERNMENT ACTION *Taxation says the Sunday "As a general movement upward Times." is mainly directed at the is" imminent." says the Sunday retter-to-do classes and at the Times, the Government must take very top income tax and surtax a more definite aftitude about it."

ow amounts to seventeen shillings In the pound. But two-thirds of the consumption in Britain is by those earning less than £5 a week,

"Here there was the necessity of thorough co-operation from workers and so savings came into being.a

un the other hand. Reynolds declares that Mr. Chamberlain's plan to prevent wages and prices going up would be more burdensome on the housewife than on big business and st- tacks any idea of keeping wages at a forced low level.

NINE BOMBS DROPPED

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 15 (Reuter) Details from Lulea show that a least nine bombs were dropped, but no damage was caused. Eight foreign planes were reported over Alhamn. flying northwards at great height.

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A later message stated that Haparanda had its first air raid waming on Sunday owing to 1 raid on the Finnish town Of Torea in the vicinly.

In the recent Honours for the Navy list, which appeared in The Times of Jan 1. 1940. Lieut.-Com- rnander J.M.C. Cox, R.N., of H.M.S. Scorpion, and Surgeon-Lieut. V. J. R. Sheridan, of H.M.S. Mantis. both of the, Yangtze flotilia, re- ceived the Distinguished Service Cross,

REIGN OF TERROR

TERROR PLOT FOR BY CHIEF OF U.S. REVEALED

Over 62,000 AMERICA'S SEVERE AIR Aliens Now G-MEN

In Britain

+

436 GERMANS AND

50 AUSTRIANS

INTERNED

LONDON, Jan, 15 (BWS)—Allen tribunals, which have been engaged ⠀ . ost considering cases. of enemy aliens in Britain since October,

Dictatorship Plan: Arsenal In New York

18 MEMBERS OF

have now, with a few exceptions, CHRISTIAN FRONT completed their tasks."

ARRESTED.

As a result, 436 Germans and 50

NEY YORK, Jan. 15 (Reuth)- Austrians have been Interned. These 486 people were placed by Eighteen members of an organisa. tribunals in the category "A" tinu called the "Christian Front"

which meant an internment camp.

a.rested by were

U.S. Federal In addition 7,199 Germans and Burtau agents on charges of con- i 822 Austrians were placed in spiracy to create a revolution in category "B", which exempt them the United States to overthrow the from Internment, but not from Government and to establish a dicatorship, announced Mr. Edgar special restrictions.

These impose limitations on the Hover, Chief of "America', G-Men. A small arsenal was unearthed freedom of enemy allen to a change

Vance

RAIDS OVER

FINLAND

POPULATION” HIDE

الله

over

!

"WE ARE GOING TO CO-OPERATE AND SEE THIS THROUGH”

LONDON, Jun, 15 (BWS)-Mr. 8. M. Bruce, High Commis- sioner of Australia and Mr. Anthony Eden, British Dominlans Secretary, yesterday inspected the RAF. Coastal Command Headquarters,

In "the personnel of the station is the unit of the Royal Australian Air Force, the first complete Dominion air unit on service oversÉLA

After warmly welcoming the Australian airmen, in a brief speech) Mr. Edey said: "There is no doubt of the task that lies before us and no doubt of the nature of the struerle in which we are engaged.

NAZI DREAMS

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"The present leaders of Ger- inary want world dominion. be fair to them, they have been and they quite frank about it. have told us that 'Herr Hitler calls it "Peace under the protection of the German Power."

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TERRIBLE QUAKE TOLL

IN TURKEY

DEAD & INJURED OVER 59,000

ANKARA, Jan. 15 (Reuter)-Over 30,999, it is feared, died as a result "There are several small rations of the earthquake on Dec. 27, 20,000 who have already learned what were Injured and nearly 50,000

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and the protection

buildings that power homes

totally meaus. It is peace for them to destroyed or rendered uninhabi- death.

table

2,000,000 GATTLE In Tokat District alone, 2,000,000

districts

“Ouriously, these peopia are quite sincere when they say to us they want to give us the protec- cattle perished and at least as were lost in the other, tion of the German power and many they cannot quite understand why we do not want it; but we don't. Improvement in the weather enabled the roads to be cleared "We have our

own view,

sufficiently to allow access to the which is just the opposite:

villages which were marooned that peoples, great and small,

since the earthquake should be allowed to live their own lives in freedom as they would. It Is, therefore, struggle for world civiliza-

tion.

THE STRUGGLE

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AUSTRALIAN" PRESTIGE

Mr. Bruce, addressing the Aus- Etrallar almen in particular, såid: "We are all in this war. We are "Its outer defences, some of the going to co-operate and see It small nations, have already been through and we are going to win. overrun and its great bulwarks The, honour and prestige and the are now being attacked. If they good name of Australla reside in were to fall, there would be no your hands. We are looking to lasting peace for freedom loving you with confidence to uphold It nations anywhere.

as the men of the A.E.F. did in "The struggle in which we are the last war" engaged is one not only for our- FLYING-BOAT SQUADRON selves, but for our children and

Australian Squadron children's children.

operating flying-boats which, it "It is because you understand will be recalled, were ordered for Alr Force that so well that from Australla the Royal Australian and elsewhere in the British Com-early last year and which, with monwealth you have come to join the consent of the Australian Gov- us in a common effort. It is be- ernment, remained for duty with cause of that fact, because, you the RAF together with its per-

because countless connel

and

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are here other thousands in the British The remainder of the trained Commonwealth are in this strug-personnel to bring the squadron gle that we are confident of final up to full strength arrived from victory."

Australia on Boxing Day.

IN TRENCHES HELSINKI, Jan. 15 (Reuter)—It is officially stated that there were heavy bombinga

the country yesterday, especially in Hango and Tamm'saari, which were later raided "five t mes. All communications with Hanro have been severed and it is reported 12 that all the population of Tami- saarl were in trenches; hence there. no casualties, though the Russians tried to machine-kun them.

were

Forty bombs were dropped at Espoo, 300 at Ka'amaki, whee there was slight damage and six bomba fell in Helsinki,

Frank Murphy.

of his residence without receiving in New York City, which, it is the retiring Attorney-General, Mr the approval of the police in ad- alleged, the Christian Front in

and prevent him from tended for à revolutionary purpose. Lavelling without permit more than five miles from his registered address,

FULL EXEMPTION

ERADICATION OF JEWS

The colpirators met in the home of the various members, at least one of which was a mem" ber of the German-American Bund, while many members were connected with the United States Reserve" Forces.

THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS MT Hoover added that the

The arrested persons are said to have functioned as a sports club and to have planned a reign of In category "C", which exempts, terror to, beghi on Jan. 20, for both from internment and special bringing about the eradication of all restrictions, were placed 47.285 Jews and the seizure of public Germans and 6,597 Austrians. utilities, while the conspiracy called Christian Front had thousands of The numbers inteined are re- for the bombing of offices of the members but refused to estimate markably small, compared with the Jewish daily newspaper "Forward," the exact number until the com- last war, at the end of which the seizure of the customs in New

pletion of his nationwide - nearly 30,000 enemy aliens were in York City, the Federal Reserve vestigation.

internment camps.

Where a tribunal was satisfied that the allen was a genuine re- fugee, it added to the certificate the words. "Refugce from Nazl oppression."

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Special consideration was given to casca of British-born women,! who, by marriage to Germans ori Austrians, had acquire their hs- bands nationality.

TOTAL OF. 62,389 The total of 82,389 includes 48.- 233 refugees, of whom 120 were or dered to be interned, 5.416 were

banks throughout America and the National Guard,

PRINCIPAL LEADER Mr. Hoover declared fist the

principal leader among those arrested is John F. Cassidy, leader of the Christian Front, who was addressed by his fol- lowers as the "Fuehrer"

BOMBS AND RIFLES DISCOVERED

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CROSSWORD

NO.

ACROSS

1 Organ of

fight

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13 Fish sauce 14 Make i mistake

15 Sword

16 Poetic name

"for America

18 Driving ley particles

20 Slippery 21 Verse of

Seven lines

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27. Inlay 29 Melody

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being 32 Anger 34 Ordinal

number

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garment

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the earliest

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period

He also declined to comment on the possibility of conspiracles o uther cities, but indicated that sweeping investigations were al-

leady under way

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rear-admical was detented and sunk with. his squadron by the British of the Falkland

The Federal Agents in several DECI MALTATELGAD $5 What German. placed in category "B" and 42,897 raids confiscated bombe, a number AVO N1FASTENERE in category "C" of 14.158 non-of rifles and thousands of rounds MANG.0100 T1DEFER refugees, 366 were ordered to be of ammunition and it is alleged A DDTTRIBESIPUCH Interned, 2405 were given "B" that the conspiracy was at least NEE 1 TEP18IMILAR endorsements and 11,185 were seven months old. Investigation is 11 SPEDISTRUT 111 continuing for arms for the ACCURATE 11GATES placed in category "C"

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Mr. Horner said that he had an. ERNESTON ALTID EA nounced the plot at the request of CODE 1STARKENTI

or these 11,185, over 7,000 are women and among the 1,000 are 2,000 British-born wornen.

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