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HONGKONG, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1940.

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GERMANY WORKING ON DEFENCE SPLENDID LINE SOUTH OF DANISH FRONTIER: INHABITANTS IN TERRITORY TO EVACUATE HOMES AT FEW HOURS WARNING

MECHANISED UNITS.

Chinese mechanised units, despatched to assist the main forces in the south Kwangsi Province. (Photo, S. H. Hsla).

NORWEGIAN

TERRITORIAL

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Interesting Development In War Of Diplomacy

DECIDED NEW YORK, Feb. 26 (Reu-

LONDON, Feb. 20 Questioned regarding the extent of

PARIS, FEB, 26 (REUTER) GERMANY IS AT PRE-- SENT WORKING ON A DEFENCE LINE SOUTH OF THE DANISH FRONTIER, IN SOUTH JUTLAND, IT IS LEARN- ED. HERE FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE.

The line is to be dug from the east, to the west and will be situated generally about nine or ten miles south of the frontier. At the easterni extremity, the line will run round south of the town of Flensburgh, which is a few miles inside the frontier.

A few days ago, the inhabitants of the territory be- tween the border and the new defence system were noti- fied that they should be ready to evacuate their homes at a few hours warning if the German High Command thought it necessary.

Danish political circles take the view, it is learned, that the building of the de- fence line indicates that the

Surcharge On

Germans regard the present R

frontler as permanently fixed.

KNOW NOTHING COPENHAGEN, Feb. 25 (Reuter) -Authoritative circles here say they know nothing of the reports that Germany is building a de fence line south of the Daniah frontler.

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Confidence In The Great Manufacturing Future Of

NORTH SEA Kowloon Is Expressed

By H.E. The

The Governor

RUDDER BROKEN

ON R.A.F. PLANE LONDON, Feb, 26 (Beater)~~A remarkable Hight has been made

by a plot of the Coastal Comt- mand.

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last to be awarded the Distin

The pilot, who was one of the guished Flying Cross,: brought the plane and crew safely home after three hours of crossing the North Sex with a broken rudder.

The rudder was damaged as the plot dived to attack a Dornier near the Norwegian coast The Domier was too badly damaged to take advantage of the situation.

CORKSCREW MOTION The British machine vibrated violently, and developed

a. cork- screw motion and would not, ng

New China Light Power

Station Opened

Confidence in the great manufacturing future of Kowloon and its suburbs was expressed by His Excellency the Governor, Sir Geoffry Northcote, K.C.M.G., at the official opening of the new Power Station of the China. Light and Power Company Limited at Hok Un yesterday evening.

Sir Geoffry also paid a glowing tribute to the enter~ prise of the Directors which was responsible for the growth of the Company.

per-

The ceremony was formed in the hall of the new

decked with bunting. Tea

power house which was gaily JAPAN AND SIR VICTOR SASSOON

straight but. by varying the re- was later served to the large

Special to HK. Daily Press SHANGHAI, Feb, 26 (Havas)—A

volutions of his two engines. the gathering present. pliat got the aircraft back towards Mr. Lawrence Kadoorie, Chair- an East Coast base.

man of the Board of Directors, The crew had opened the cabin presided and had, on his right, door and had parachute and life-H Excellency the Governor who Jackets ready. After being unable performed the opening ceremony spokesman of the Japanese. E- to communicate with the base for by turning a switch which set the bassy bitterly referred to the in- two hours, the crew learned to giant plant in motion and threw gratitude of Sir Victor Sassoon, their astonishment that they had the building into a blaze of light.well-known local Jewish British Down across northern England in In calling upon His Excellency anancier at present touring in the the black-out and were over the to perform the opening. Mr. United States.

Kadoorie, said, in part:-

Your Excellency's gracious con- the press at New York was most Sir Victor's recent statement to sent to perform the inaugural unfavourable to Japan in which ceremony of the new Power be referred to internal division in Station of the China Light and Japan and concluded that the

SHANGHAI, Feb: 26 (Reuish Sea.

-Recommendations by ter) the Special Sub-Committee of a crab and straightened itself.

Finally, the machine landed Uke the Finance Committee for " the imposition of a surcharge

the rates,

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The recommendations,

which

ROOSEVELT FOR

THIRD TERM

Power Co., and Lady Northcote's China campaign was doomed to

and thereby,

-- FRENCH "DEFENCES (Reuter)ter)-One of the most inter-engineers

PARIS, Feb. 36. (Reuter)French on the Norwegian territorial waters, esting developments in the northern defences in advance of International Settlement to have completed the licence fees, to enable the M. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary war of diplomacy is that Hit-schedule. The line runs along the balance its budget have been

presence, lending grace to the failure. for Foreign Affairs, in the House of ler apparently now feels that Belgian frontier and

function, are an honour for which Commons, said that it was a ques-it is necessary to reply to Mr. well dug trenches and then tank

Special to H.K. Daily Press

the Directors and Shareholders of acknowledge the Japanese helpful Local Jewish quarters generally approved by the Municipal tion of principles which, in view Chamberlain whenever the traps. Behind there lie concrete

Council.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Havas) on their behalf, I must express some commentators take the view the Company feel truly grateful attitude to the Jewish emigres but of the special configuration of the latter speaks as if he fear- pill boxes with machine-guns and Norwegian coast the limit of terri-led that Mr. Chamberlain's anti-tank guns. These protect that will be put before the Ratepayers third term is seen by the fact that the large number of our guests support of

-An Indication of President sincere thanks to Your Excellency that the Japanese attitude was Roosevelt's intention to run for a and Lady Northcote and also to inspired by a desire to secure the torial waters should be drawn, had words were somehow getting like those in the Maginot Line..

later defences which have forts meeting for final approval, provide he submitted his name among the who so kindly manifest interest in magnates in the United States been the subject of much discus sion and the question could not be

minimum surcharge from July 1st of candidates for the primary our enterprise.

Jewish business 1, 1940, of 50 per cent on the gen-elections in linols at which the said to have been finally decided.

eral Municipal rate, special rate Democratic nominee for the forth-like this, I propose to give a short Japan-American trade treaty. The Norwegian

to increase the Government,

As is customary on an occasion chances of the conclusion of a and lang tax, and an increase incoming Presidential elections will outline of the formation, growth while not discarding from their claim to the four-mile limit, had Informed His Majesty's Govern- ment that, for the purpose of the present war, they would not main- tain the rules of neutrality and the neutrality provisioris outside the. distance of three miles from the coast.

through to Germany, declares the New York Times.

The paper adds that. Hitler seems to have thought that some new show of belligerent confidence on his part is need- ed each time" to stiffen the morale of the German people.

NAZI PRISONERS RECAPTURED

LONDON: Feb. 26

(Reuter)-

Mr. Butler added, in response to supplementary questions, that Four German prisoners, "who es

ITALIAN VIEW Special to HK. Dally Press ROME, Feb. 26 (Havas) Politie surcharge on Licence fees, etc, be appointed.

from 10 to 50 per cent

FINANCIAL POSITION

In

TIN QUOTA.

cal commentators assert that time

and development of our Company is not working for the Allies

which serves the domestic and hence they are endeavouring to

a statement the Counci

public needs of the community fr extend the zone of operations of emphasises the necessity for im-

Kowloon. Briefly stated, the bis- the present conflict to points proving its financial position in International Tin Committee has Power Company is the history of LONDON, Feb. 28 (Reuter)-The, tory of the China Light "and where they are in a better position this way in order to make POS axed the quota for the second the development of Kowloon, than Germany, namely, Scandina-sible a public lean as "no financiall

via or the Near East as seen in assistance in the form of a loan quarter at 80 per cent. the movements of British naval forces off the Norwegian coast and

can be expected unless potential leaseholders are assured that

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