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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1940.

One of the remarkable photographs taken by the Royal Air Force of heavily protected Heligoland probably, Germany's most important naval base. Photographs of this sort are invaluable in deter- mining the enemy's strength, as well as the position of their fortifications. Even future plans may be deduced from careful study of terrain, construction and man-power, as revealed by the photograph

NEW RUSSO "THE LION HAS TEETH

FINNISH FRONTIER

HELSINGFORS, Mar. 21 (Reu-

ter)-A barricade of poles has

AS WELL AS WINGS”

LONDON, MAR. 21 (REUTER)—~"OUR DARING, SUCCESS- FUL AND TELLING RAID ON TUESDAY NIGHT shows that

ne lion has teeth as well as wings and swift retribution came. to Germany for her abortive attempts or Scapa Flow which.. been erected by the Finns to de-only resulted in negligible military damage End, for the rest of the bombs in the Aelda, on the seashore and on top at cottages, with sad consequence of civilian casualties," declar- ed Captain Harold Balfour, Under-Secretary, for Air, speaking at Margate this afternoon.

fine the new Russo-Finnish froh tier on the Viborg road and; Bed : Army troops halted some 2,100 fee:" away

Reuter's special correspondent says that re.urning from the new 'eastern frontier the saw the road blocked at times by streams of

refugees.

DEMANDS EXTENDED STOCKHOLM, Mar, 21 (Reuter -The Moscow correspondent of the newspaper, Tidningen states that the Russians have extended their demands on Finland

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Dealing with the production of "warm congratulations on the aircraft, Capt. Balfour revealed RAF's magnificent exploit" that British planes are now fitted Sylt with cannon-gums and fighters, Newspapers gave almost equal equipped with them, had already prominence to the fald as to the contributed to the destruction of Ministerial crisia, some enemy machines

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CABINET ANNOUNCED: DALADIER

TO RETAIN NATIONAL DEFENCE SCOPE OF Three Portfolios For

Purchase Of Rumanian Oil Company By Germany

BUT STILL SHORT

OR AMOUNT

The rent purchase by Ger many of Rumanian Oil Company | was recalled during question time in the Hse of Commons yester- day, says enter...

The Mater for Economie War- fare, Mr. H. H. Cross, said that the purchase of Forsky Roumaneasca | Limited" was carefully considered by the British Government and it was decided that the potential values of the property did not Justify the purchase price. which was asked for,

ANGLO- FRENCH COLONIAL AGREEMENT

LONDON, Mar. 21 (Reuter)—In reply to a question.in the House of Commons, Mr. Malcolm Mag- Donald, Secretary

the Colonies, explained the scope of the Anglo-French Colonial agree-

ment.

for

Socialist Party

REUTER REPORTS FROM PARIS THAT IT IS UN- DERSTOOD THAT M. PAUL REYNAUD, FORMER FINANCE "MINISTER, HAS ALMOST COMPLETED THE FORMATION

OF A NEW CABINET.

THE SOCIALIST PARTY ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAD ACCEPTED THREE MINISTERIAL PORTFOLIOS. AND THREE UNDER-SECRETARYSHIPS IN THE REYNAUD CABINET.

It is understood," Reuter adds, that there will be a War Cabinet of five who will meet dally."

He said that already, since the

Thus M. Reynaud has com- "Havas reports that the probable outbreak of the war, various pro bined the desire for a small composition of the new Cabinet is blems, entalling close co-operation War Cabinet with the alm of as follows:- between the respective colonial framing a Cabinet of nation- authorities, have arisen, a joint al union embracing a wide study of which, is most important,range of Parties.

For example, in the past six Although the Socialists have months both. Colonial Offices have agreed to participate, M. Leon Blum been working on the programmes has preferred not to take office. In addition to the small produc-of production, and the marketing tion of which that company is of essential. foodstuffs and raw There will shortly be a joint capable it would not increase materials from their own terri-meeting of experts to co-ordinate materially the amount of Bries

these two programmes. Rungrías ell under Gezman con-" trol and gould still leave Germany subatantly short of the amount which shis entitled to purchase, under

German-Rumanian

FROM US.

Soviet Russia is buying large quantities of war material from the United States. This was dis- closed by the Minister for Econo- mic Warfare.

He understood that Soviet pur-

"Chamberlain Is Right" Says Shanghai Press: Long Range Thinking

SHANGHAI, Mar. 21 (Reuter)-It was with sound good sense that the Premier, Mr. Chamberlain, declared, in his speech in the House of Commons, "we cannot be hustled into adventures which appear to us to present little chance of success but much danger and, perhaps, disaster," de- clares the American-owned Evening Post in an editorial entitled "Mr. Chamberlain is right.”

Continuing the paper says:

Mr. Cross added: "There is, how- DEFENSIVE

ALLIANCE

chases of oil in the United States during the year ending March 31, 1939, although much above the LONDON, Mar. 21 (Reuter)An 1938 figures, were not in excess of NEW YORK, Mar. 21 (Reuter-authoritative analysis of the the quantities imported in some of

ziven by perience of the power of aero-the previous years. Great prominence was

planes against shipping, as reveal- the newspapers to the Svit raid.

The New York Times says that ed in the present war, was issued He says that, at the first meel- It seems to have been a thorough in London today, and contains the

following points: ing between the Soviet authorities and business-like. Job of retalia- and the Finnish delegaton

in .tion. for the German attack on Moscow for the ratlica:ion of the Scapa Flow. peace treaty, the Russians' made! The paper adds that it was a it clear the frontiers that they tribute to their fighting prowess have been most disappointing to proposed would in certain places, that only one from 30 or more the enemy: be further west than had been raiding planes, according to the expected.

British failed to return

The Finns realise tha; they can do nothing but to comply.

"MAGNIFICENT EXPLOIT" PARIS. Mar. 21 (Reuter-As The coz.espondent also reports President of the Senate. Air Com- the M. Molotov, Soviet · Foreign mission, ex-Minister M. "Benazet

Commissar, is expected to visit telegraphed Sir Kingsley Wood, British Air Becretary, expressing

Berlin during Easter,

Thyssen, Former Hitler Backer, Denounces Nazi Regime: "Mental Invalid"

SPECIAL TO THE HONGKÔNG DAILY PRESS One of the most violent denunciations of the Nazi re- gime was published in Buenos Aires yesterday under the signature of Dr. Fritz Thyssen, once the most powerfül German industrial magnate who was alleged to have con- tributed a big sum for the success of the Nazi Party in the early 'thirties and whose fortune, amounting to 200,000,000 marks was confiscated last month by a German Home Min- Istry, decree.

Firstly, the achievements of the

ever, evidence of large Sovjet pur- chases in the United States of other war material, especially of copper, and this question is re-

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Premier: M. Paul Reynaud. National Defence: M, Daladier. State Minister without portfolio

and Vice-President of the Council: M. Camlle Chantemps. Navy: M. Campinchi. Air---M. Laurent Bynac. Arnaments-M, Raoul Dauty. Justice-M. Albert Serol, Finance M Charles Lamoureux. Public Education in MỮ

Delbos.

Blockade M. Georges Bonnet. Postmaster-General-M "Andre.

Fevrier.

Commerce-M Louis Rollin

Public Works-M. Anatole de

Monzle. Information Tudović Oscar

Frossard.

Merchant Marino M. Henri Rio. Labour M Charles Pomaret, Pensions-M Albert Riviere. Home-M Henry Roy.

The all-important Foreign Affairs ·

portfolio has not yet been allotted.

The Cabinet would thus consist of largest coalition from the Right

"Critics in the press and poll- centre to the Socialists who are re-

tical arena do not always presented by M. Berol, M. Bonnet qualify as the most expert and M. Fevrier.

advice' by rather a long shot.

LONDON, Mar 21 (Reuter) Simultaneous with Mr. Cham- German", air force against both celving the constant attention of According to the Finnish wireless, /berlain's statement came word that

warships and merchantmen must

Secondly, all German ar attacks in warships at sea have proved abortive;

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Thirdly, not a single merchant- man in convoy has been sunk by an air attack;

His Majesty's Government."

Explosion In Colliery

The wireless males: "The - ob-

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SALE OF CUNARD LINERS

the Soviet objection to the com-the British air force attacked and severely damaged the German air clusion of a Scandinavian defence: pact, as reported by the official base at Hornum from which Ger- man aircraft have been operating Tas Agency, was rejected by

against the British naval, forces Finland.

and merchant shipping.

"Such things cannot be a daily Jection is based on a mis-inter- rule but they are occurring with pretation of the Peace Treaty considerable regularity neverthe LONDON, Mar. 21 (Reuter) which said that both countries less and occasionally there is LONDON, Mar, 21 (Reuter)Mr. which has yielded the slightest seriously injured in an explosion against each other.

Fourthly, the only form of attack Eight were killed and four were should abstain from agression added such an exploit as the des- Oswald Lewish asked in the House stocess, to the German air force and are at the Mossfeld Colliery. "An alllance of Northern States must be reckoned as one of the ment consider selling the Cunard

truction of the Graf Spee which of Commons whether the Govern has been on defenceless merchant near Stoke-on-Trent, where 1,000 would be purely defensive in crucial events in Naval history. liners Queen Mary and the Queen

are employed:

character and directed against

"It is easy to work up a case of Elizabeth to America as these nobody. The Russian interpreta-litters and feel that nothing is be- vessels appear unsuitable for war tion cannot, therefore, be 2-ing done. It is hard to preserve time; use and might provide for- cepted,

coolness. These are days when eign exchange for war purposes. little self-control, and a great deal Bir John Gilmour. Minister of of long-range thinking, are the Shipping, replied: "I do not con- duty of everybody.”

sider this would be advisable.”

shipping sailing. Independently;

and

Fifthly, the equipment of mér, chantmen with defensive BILT1--- sircraft armament bad an imme- diate effect of reducing the pro- portion of even partially success- ful attacks by German aircraft.

TOTAL DAMAGE

"CAXTON "HALL' SHOOTING

LONDON, Mar. 21 (Reuter)- Udham Singh, accused of the The statement lists the total the India Association meeting in murder of Bir Michael O'Dwyer at damage inflicted upon British war-Caxton Hall on Mar. 14, was fur ships by air attack as follows: ther remanded at Bow Street after

The destrogar, HMS., Mohawk

eye-witnesses had described the was damaged by splinters from a

shooting.. bomb which fell in the water close longs'de during a raid on the Firth of Forth on Oct. "18. One ficial damage caused by a bomb cruiser sustained very slight super-

which hit but glanced off without exploding This was in the same, "All the German Nazi "German patriots hate: Hitler, raid.

The former battleship, HMS. leaders themselves are: con-his regime and the Soviet alliance.

“They want, a federative 'Ger-Iron Duke, which was converted vinced that the new war is the crime of an idiot as no many along Switzerland's lines and into an accommodation ship in

disarmament European

without | 1930, was damaged by a bomb country was threatening Ger-

vengeances or victories in the which fell close alongside in the many," declared Dr. Thyssen process.

raid on Scapa Flow on Oct. 19. in an interview with the Ar-

ALREADY. LOST

One warship (not a capital ship) gentinishce Tageblatt, ac-We know that Poland and Cze was slightly damaged by a bomb cording to a Havas message choslovakia are oppressed but not during the raid on Scape Flow on from Buenos Aires..

vanquished, that the German Arry | March 16.

"There is not a word of truth is corrupt and already the war is The statement declares that lost by the Reich which lacks raw Germany has put forward fantastie In Hitler's statements regarding

claims every one of which were British perfidy or Soviet friend- materials,

Dr. Thyssen concluded by advo- subséquently proved to be entirely ship:

cating a union of workers and in-without foundation. "Hitler is a mental invalid who dustrialists for saving Germany apparently forgets that for years from Hitler's yoke and thus pre-

There will be a meeting of the

he has compared the Soviet coun- venting the complete destruction Legisla dve Council on Thursday, try to the sinful city of Bodom. of the German State.

Mar, 28, at 2.30 p.m.

The prosecution alleged that the bullets which killed Sir Michael were firea within a distance of nine inches.

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Two Danish

Ships Sunk: FINAL SELECTIONS FOR

30 Lost

Thirty are feared lost from the

·LONDON, · · Mar. 21 (Reuter)— two Danish steamers sunk off the north-east coast of Scotland yes- terday... A north-east coast Hfe- boat landed number of -sur- vivors.

The vessels were the, Bothal and the Viking. "

The Bothal carried a crew of 20 of which five were saved The Viking's crew numbered 17 and two were rescued. The survivors were picked'...‚up from two rafts spotted by an RAF plane.

The ships sunk within ten minutes of each other. They were bound for Britain, but had no

cargo.

LONDON, Mar. 21 (Reuter)-Over 300,000 women are expected to qualify immediately for old-age. pensions when the Old Age and Widows Pensions Act, which was given Royal Assent today, and comes into operation on Aug. 1,

FIRST DAY OF EASTER

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