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No. 25402

犹弍羿佰摩仟伍离式菜

BATTLE FOR

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1940.

RUMANIA'S

TRADE

AS GERMANY

REACHING CLIMAX

EXERTS PRESSURE: ALLIES WATCH

FOR ANY ENCROACHMENT

16 Merchant Nazi Drive For Lion's Ships Sunk By Enemy Action In A Week

Share Is Held Up

LONDON, Jan, 30 (Reater) It is officially stated that sinkings due to enemy action during the week ending at midnight on January 28 totalled 16 ships.

They included one British ship of 1,523 tons, two French vessel (6,588 tons) and 19 neutral vessels."

Up to January 24. the number of British, Allied and neutral ships escorted in British convoys totalled 7,388 only 15 of which were lost, Tepresenting a percentage of 2 of the vessels lost only one was a `neutral.

At the beginning of the war there were 358. German vessels bottled up in neutral ports. The Allled fleets captured 21. with a total tonnage of 89,000, sank three (14,000 tons) and the Germans scuttled 23 (139,000 tona).

BUCHAREST, JAN. 30 (REUTER)

VOLUNTARY DEFENCE CORPS IN

SWEDEN

Special to the HK Daily Press

STOCKHOLM Jan. 30 (Havas) General Thornell, Commander in-Chiet of the Swedish Army, has

THE FIGHT FOR RUMANIA'S TRADE IS APPROACHING A CLIMAX WITH GERMANY EXERTING PRESSURE INCREASINGLY AND" THE ALLIES CAREFULLY WATCHING FOR ANY EN-requested the Government to take CROACHMENT ON THEIR RIGHTS UNDER EXISTING Preparatory measures for the or- ganisation of a voluntary Deferrce Corps to be controlled by the military authorities.

AGREEMENTS..

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GERMANY'S DRIVE TO OBTAIN THE LION'S SHARE,

On the other hand, many labour ESPECIALLY OF OIL, APPEARS AT THE MOMENT TO BE HELD UP BY HER SHORTAGE OF RAILWAY TRUCKS, organisations in Stockholm have "Hitherto, Rumania has maintained that Germany must created a committee to encourage workers to enrol as voluntary provide her own trucks for all Rumanian goods to be sentriemen with the view to particl- overland but Germany is so short of trucks that it is im-pate in the defence of Sweden, possible for her to take delivery of anything like her pre sent quotas of oil, wood, wheat and other raw materials, while Danube navigation is closed by ice as it will be for several weeks yet.

manian oil problem are giving rise to incorrect reports regarding the discussions between the Allies and Rumania. One such report on Sunday night stated that the Alles were threatening to break of relations with Rumania.

Official Agures for the first 17 days of January reveal the manoeuvring for Rumania's

the exports among

great Powers.

Britain and France took nearly £1,000,000 worth as against under

This was specifically denied in £400,000 for the same period last "In addition to the 13 ships sunk year, Germany 2700,000 th as London yesterdaywolen during the week,

three other against £375,000 and Italy £250,- neutral and Allied ships, with a 000 as against £150,000... "total tonnage of 13,000 were sunk "In the past few days, Germany in the three preceding days which has spurted ahead of Britain and

were not included in last week's taken a short lead. total..

Official circles maintain that the NAMES OF SHIPS.

decision to establish oil, wheat and British Wireless adds the British wood and a general commissarias ship which was sunk last week was taken before Germany began her present pressure, and in order was the 8. 3. Baltanglia (1,523

to prevent Rumania's needs from tons). The two French losses during the week were Tourny (2,769 tons) suffering from over-exporting.

NO ALLIED THREAT tons) and Alsacien (3,819 tons).

Thirteen neutral losses included LONDON, Jan. 30 (Reuter)-The three sunk in the previous week recent developments in the Ru but only since notified, namely, Swedish Foxen (1,304), Bwedish Patria (1,185) and Danish tanker Danmark (10,517).

Other neutral sinkings, were Gothla (Bwedish 1,640), Bonga

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Arita Asks

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Return Of

21 Germans

TOKYO, Jan. 30" (Reuter)—The return of the 21 Germana taken.

15-19 Marina House, Queen's Road· Central.

G.P.O. Box No. 1

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Top picture shows from left to right: Gen. Lee Han-yan, Chair- man of the Kwangtung Provincial Government. Gen. Chang Fa- kwel, Commander-in-Chief of the Southern, War: Area, Gen. Yu Han-mou, defender of Shaokwan, and Mr. Wu Tung-sin. Below is the New Year Day celebrations in Shaokwan.

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HEINKEL

BOMBER SEEN OVER EAST COAST

LONDON, Jan. 30 (Reuter)—An aircraft, seen of the East Coast, brought crowds from their houses and many persons saw a Heinkel bomber pass over the foreshore at a height of less than 100 feet The crew could be seen in the cabin.

The machine twice circled over the light-house at the harbour entrance and then made "off to 122.

Mourners at a funeral service were among the persons startled. when explosions from the sea shook the town

Houses all over the town were rocked and even in large buildings rumblings could he heard beneath the ground.

ATTACK ON SHIPPING The Alr Ministry announced this afternoon that the "enemy' are repeating the widespread at- tacks on East Coast shipping which they undertook yesterday.” Reports so far indicate that early this morning reconnais.

sance aircraft appeared off the East Coast but disappeared to the sea on the approach of RAF: Fighters

Ar

enemy aircraft shipping off Yarmouth,

attacked

but was

pursued by fighter and coastal The results are

patrol, aircraft,

not yet known.

OFF SCOTTISH COAST Two enemy bombem were töb served off the east coast of Boot-

Meget land this moning dying at less

BUCHAREST, Jan. 30 (Reuter)—from the Asana Maru was CHINESE ATTACK IN HONAN with the appointment of the demanded by the Japanese For- Mayor of Vienna, Herr Neubacher, eign Minister, Mr. Hachiro ArtThere have been active Chinese guerilla activities along SOMEWHERE IN SHANTUNG," Jan. 30′′ (Central)-—

as General Controller for German- Rumanian trade, the Germans are making a new bid for effective participation in Rumanian indus- tries.

Hitherto Rumania has resisted the application of that part of the Trade Treaty which contemplated the establishing of mixed German- Rumanian companies to exploit Rumanias oil, mineral, timber and other resources.

Herr Neubacher is expected to press for this to be carried out.

If Rumania yields, exports might be carried on Rumanian trucks.

(Norwegian 2,589), Onto (Finnish COPENHAGEN, Jan. 30 (Reuter) 1.333), Sydfold (Norwegian 494). It is reported that train after thereby, it is understood that Ger- Pluto (Norwegian 1,598), Biarritz train, crowded with evacuated per-many is offering to oppose Hun- (Norwegian 1,752). Everene Lat- sons, is leaving the German air garian claims in Transylvania and vian 4,434), Gudvelg (Norwegian base at Sylt and the Hindenburg to use her influence to prevent 1,300), Hosanger (Norwegian 1,591) Dam which connects it with the Russian scares regarding Besara and England (Danish 2,310),

mainland.

SHORTAGE OF

OF COAL

Robert Craigle, the Tientsin-Pukow Railway and the Klaotsi Railway 5

Shantung..

than 500 feet with a British plane

In close pursuit, a Pen

Re-opening Of Yangtse

when he'interviewed the British Ambassador, Ar this afternoon

"Such an action by the British

On January 13 guerillas tore up the rails of the Tien- authorities." he added, "was essen-tsin-Pukow Line at Nantsun. A Japanese military train Hal."

which arrived in the evening was heavily fired upon. No MR. JOHNSON HAS fewer than 300 Japanese casualties resulted.

The talk, which took place at the official residence of Continued on Page 7

Finnis Will

(Reuter)—

On Jan. 16, a Japanese train chwang, on the Kalots Railway, on NO INFORMATION" was derailed at a point be- Jan. 15.

HANKOW, Jan. 30 tween Liulin and Maotsin A Japanese train was attacked The United States Ambassador to on the Tientsin-Pukow Line on January 27 near Tsalchiachwang China, Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, in- where the rails were torn up on the Kisotst Railway. More than terviewed by Reuter today, sald ten wagons were destroyed and that he was unable to state his

Break Down by guerillas. Some 200 Jap-scores of Japanese were killed.

anese were killed and wound- red.

impressions

CHINESE ATTACK

Jan. NANYANG, HONAN,

30

River.

He said

along

the Yangtse

that his trip from

TRAIN BLOWN UP In return for increased deliveries FURTHER HELP IS

A Japanese ammunition train (Central)-Chinese units have re-Shanghai on board, the U.S.8. Lu- NEEDED

was blown up when it struck a summed their attack on Tuho and zon was very quiet and no fight- COPENHAGEN, Jan. 30 (Reuter) mine laid by the guerillas at Teng-hintsepo, north-west of Sinyang, ing was seen

in South Honan. The Japanese Ports, with American residents. --Scandinavian correspondents inhalen on the same line on January Finland seem generally more pesal- 19. All Japanese guards lost their are stubbornly holding out behind were visited, and in these na- mistic today than previously, de- lives.

their fortifications.

tionals of practically all countries A Japanese offensive on Wull- | were seen. About 100 Japanese troops were killed when the train they were kun, near Sinyang, has been re- taking was dynamited at a point

pelled, between Kaomi and Kangchia-¿

bia.

IN JAPAN:

SUSPENSION OF POWER SUPPLY TO ALL THE INDUSTRIAL PLANTS IN

BRITISH PROTEST IN. TIENTSIN

Special to the H.K. Daily Press LONDON, Jan. 30 (Havas)--It is understood that the British Consul-General in Tientsin is making representations to the local:

authorities Japanese against the electrification of the barbed wires around the British Conossafon.

£4,500,000 British Air Order

NEW YORK, Jan 30 (Reuter)- The Lockheed Aircraft Corpora- tfan announce the receipt of an

14 PREFECTURES

TOKYO, Jan 30 (Reuter)-Power companies have de- cided to suspend power supply to all industrial plants in 14 prefectures in the Kwansal area, Central Japan," be- tween 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. today. However, power will con- tinue to be supplied to municipal plants and public utility companies.

The shortage of coal, the drought in the Osaka-Kobe area, the blizzard which held up freight traffic and dam- aged the power Ines, are re- ported to be the reason for the suspension of the supply.

The Japan Fower Company. which monopolises power supplies,” states that unless fresh coal sup- plies arrive either today or tomor- row similar restrictions would be necessitated between January 31 and February 10.

Because of the large-scale sus pensions of power supply on three past occasions, the Asahi Shimburi

order from the British Govern declares that some industries in ment for 200 of the new type the Kwansal area were completely bomber and spare parts to the suspended and others crippled.. value of £4,500,000.

The majority of industrial plants. The machines are faster and were forced to reduce operations by larger than the type previousty one-third; the newspaper con

cludes bought.

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Kowloon Dairy case. Camp riot trial .......... Urban Council meeting Leading article

T. B. competition Colony trade in 1939 Tuberculosis deaths Finance, commerce Annual Races entries

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Felaring that the nerves of the Finns

may break down quickly.

The correspondent of the Na- tional Tidende says that the bring ing down of 15 Soviet planes" yes- terday may be attributed to for- eign help, Не adds that the amount of war material hitherto received is insuficient and that the Firms will break down. If fur- ther help is not forthcoming soơn.

11 GERMAN BOMBS COPENHAGEN, Jan. 30 (Reuter) -A Danish volunteer in Finland who has just returned to Denmark

declared, in an interview with the National Tidende, that experts have established that the bombs

dropped in a Boviet air raid on a Daniati volunteer camp in Fin- land last week were of German origin."'**

DOZEN TOWNS BOMBED HELSINKI, Jan. 30 ̊ (Reuter)—At least afteen Boviet bombers were shot down yesterday in the course of the most ruthless series of air ralds yet launched on Finland by Red Army planes.

No. 1 Police

Chase:

Continued on Page 7

Mr. Johnson said that ke had no information to give Continued on Page 7

Police Launch

Launch In Thrilling Six Pirates Caught Hour After Junk Robbery Off Waglan

WITHIN AN HOUR OF THE TIME OF AN ALLEGED ROBBERY OF A JUNK IN BRITISH WATERS A FEW MILES OUTSIDE HONGKONG, SIX MEN WERE ARREST- ED AFTER A THRILLING CHASE BY NO. 1 POLICE LAUNCH A PART OF THE LOOT WAS RECOVERED.

Yeung Lam-tai, 31, master of an unlicensed junk, re- lated how at 11 am. yesterday, while his junk was waft- ing at anchor south of Waglan, in British waters, for the steam tug Kwong Sang to tow it into Hongkong, another junk, of about 100 pleuis capacity, came alongside.

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Six.

Hitler To Reply To Churchill

There were six men on the with Inspector Oliver in charge. With a total disregard of inter-junk, four of whom boarded *Young reported the matter to national agreements, Soviet planes his craft. Two of them were the Inspector and pointed out the bombed the civilian population in armed with revolvers. They robbers junk which was then far discriminately, leaving a trail of threatened Yeung and his away on the horizon. The Police destruction behind in at least a fokis and herded them under launch Immediately gave chase dozen towns from the Karellan deck, closing the hatches over and arrested the men on the junk. Isthmus to Abo and Hangoe.

RAMA part of the cargo from them.

Yeung's Junk was found on it. The robbers then proceed to The Junk and the men were transfer the cargo to their own brought to Hongkong. The value Junk. This went on for about an of the stolen cargo is about $250. hour-and-a-half, after which the robbers set sailed de pa ang

Eventually the steam lamer Over $500 worth of cargo, con- tonight, Herr Hitler I expected to Kwong Bang arrived and wolle sisting of oranges, cow-hides, dried give a sharp reply to Mr. Winstem they were being towed to Hong-ducks, preserved fruit, etc. was Churchill, First Lord of the Ad- kong they met No: 1 Police launch, Continued on Paze 7. miraity.

RETURNING TO MOSCOW

LONDON, Jan. 30 (Havas)—If is reliably learned that. Sir William Seeds, British Ambassador in Mos- cow, is returning to the U.8.8.8. In the middle of February

PIRATES DISTURBED

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 30 (Reuter)

In a broadcast at. 7 p.m. (G. M. T.)