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HONGKONG, MONDAY, MAY 13, 1940.

CHINESE SUCCESSES CONTINUE ON

HUPEH-HONAN BORDER REGIONS: 15 THOUSAND ENEMY CASUALTIES

FRENCH LAND- IN.

D. E. I. ?

According to an unconfirmed report last night the French were "stated to have landed marines in the Dutch East Indies.

BIGGEST BATTLE SINCE HANKOW

REPORTS OF CHINESE SUCCESSES ON THÈ HUPEH- HONAN BORDER REGIONS CONTINUE TO POUR IN, SAYS CENTRAL NEWS FROM CHUNGKING.

According to a rough estimate, 15,000 Japanese casual- ties were inflicted during bitter fighting at various points on Friday and Saturday and 131 Japanese ariny trucks and cars, 1,500 horses and a large quantity of arms and am- munition seized.

In the Tsaoyang sector, injenclosed them in n huge steel north Hupeh, after reducing ring.

the Japanese first line of de-. Heavy counter-attacks were made fence, the Chinese on Satur- on the Japanese main force, in- day penetrated through their flicting heavy losses. second line of defence.

Thrown into consternation by the Ohinese onslaughts, many Japanese soldiers fald down their arms. changed into civilian clothes, and fed in groups of four or five. Net a few of them were taken prisoner. About 1,000 Japanese ravaging CHUNGKING, May 12 (Reu- Lutowchen: northeast of Tsaoyang. ter)-Chinese troops claim were instantly rounded up by the

Chinese,

Four Nurses Killed In Hospital Bombing

CHUNGKING, May 12 (Reuter)- Four nurses were killed and several doctors "and members of the staff | .wounded when Japanese aircraft or bombed the Central Hospital just

outside the south gate of Kwel yang, capital of Kwelchow, a feld dispatch announced here today.

to be smashing a Japanese In south Honan after the recap- army of 150,000 men in the ture of Mingklang, on the Pelping- biggest battle of the Far Hankow Railway, 24 miles north of Eastern war since the fall sinyang. and Miyäng and Tangpo, of Hankow two years ago. to the west of the railroad, the According

.to..

dispatches Chinese, are pressing home their

against the

Japanese reaching here, seven Jap-attacks anese divisions, advancing around Singang, enemy base in the plains east of Siang- operations. yang, northwest of Hankow, walked into a trap, and the Chinese launched a general counter-offensive in which it is stated they recaptured important positions and in- ficted 132,000 casualties,

The funeral will take place to-

day,

Liulin, Kikungshan, Lichiats! and Wushengkwan, points south of Sinyang along the Pelping-Hankow-Railway, have been recaptured in sweeping Eight machines, it is stated, took Chinese advances.

part in the raid scoring two Interviewed by a Central News direct hits on the hospital. The war correspondent regarding the dormitory, dining room and opera- Chinese successes, a Chinese station room were demolished. officer at the front said that the

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THE QUISLING QUIFF Over

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A picture received in Londen en Apr. 26 of the man who has given us sünow verb, “to quisle”—Major (Fifth Column)-- Quisling, Norway's Nazi puppet Premier-for-3-week, with drooping lock of hair in the authentic Hitler manner.

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FINAL PUSH CHARGE AGAINST Japanese had an ambitious scheme the head nurse, Miss Wang Chung-

Among the four nurses tiled is BY ALLIES- of encirclement. Their lines were hus who formerly served in the from Chengyang and Sinyang to Central Hospital in Nanking. More

AT NARVIK Tenghsien, passing

DR. H. H. CHANG DISMISSED

"CHUNGKING, May 12 (Centra -The

charge of malfeasance ...against Dr. H. H. Chang, former Minister to Poland, as a-result of an illegal signature placed on a bond for a munitions order," has been dismissed by, the prosecuting

Stnych- and

through the Tungpel and Tahung than one hundred patients, how- Mountains, and from Chungstang ever were successfully evacuated

before the bombing occurred." to Sinyang. However, the Chinese

Continued on Back Page staged a wider encirclement, and.l

Effective Allied Air

atterney of the Chungking Die Force Intervention In

Dis.

trict Court for lack of evidence.

The case was discovered before the war in which Wu Chao-yuan.

a secretary of the Chinese Lega-

and

tion in Warsaw and concurrently Consul arbitrarily signed sealed the bond..

When caught. Wu shifted the blame to his superior, alleging

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150 Machines Downed In Less Than Eighteen Hours

PARIS, May 12 (Reuter)-Le Matin reports that German bombers carried out fur- ther raids yesterday on small French centres of military importance.

The newspaper

says that, during Friday and Saturday, 148 people were killed and 337 injured.

Petit Parisien: states the German air losses on the various sectors on the Western Front are enormous. It states that they lost, in less than 18 hours, over 150 machines.

From Amsterdam. it is reported that at least 20 people were killed and many wounded when four heavy bombs fell in the heart of the city yesterday."

The scene of the raid presented a picture of desolation when Reuter's special correspondent arrived a few minutes after the explosion.

Shanghai Congratulates New Prime Minister

A.R.P. workers were loading bodles, wrapped in sheets, into a lorry and taking away the wounded in ambulances.

The force of the explosion was so great that four or five people were blown from the street into the canal nearby and were drowned.

GERMAN CLAIMS

BERLIN, May 13 (Reuter)-To- day's High Command communique

3RD CORONATION ANNIVERSARY

Yesterday was the third an- niversary of the Coronation of their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

EUPHRATES THREATENS DISASTER

Special to B.K. Daily Press BAGHDAD, May 12 (Reuter)—

states that 35 planes are missing A major disaster threatens as the LONDON, May 12 reuter) The while it is claimed 300 planes were Euphrates continues to rise. conviction that the Premiership of lost gesterday by the enemy.

Damage, estimated at several

Mr. Winston Churchill will assure The communique adds that the million pounds, has already been Great Britain of resolute leader-attack in the west is progressing done. ship is expressed in a congratula- rapidly along the whole front sid A thousand peasant families

sanisations in Shanghai.

tory telegram, addressed to the in north Holland German troops have been evacuated from the new Prime Minister by British or- reached the east coast of the Zuider flooded areas.

Zee,

Volunteers, mostly students, are The message `reads:--

Among other claims, it is stated helping the army and police, to "All-Britianspatriotis sacieties. 1. that an enemy destroyer was dam- all the breaches in the dams. Shanghai, together with the China aged by bombs in the North Sea,

Reller work is being undertakere.

Association, British Women's Asso- while one destroyer was sunk and by the Red Cross under the pat

ronage of Prince, Regent Abdulll- |lan:

ciation, British Chamber of Com-another was damaged at Narvik. Special to HK. Daily Press

merce and British Residents Asso-

· RADIO WARNING STOCKHOLM, May 12 (Reuter) ciation, combine in wishing you LONDON, May 12-Reuter) -1 ye --Considerable Allied reinforce success in your present office. Dutch Radio at short intervals. French fighters have been up and ments have arrived at Narvik in They are sure your leadership w since 5 am, broadcast Air Minis- have driven off enemy bombers. the region of Tromsoe, according be characterised by energy and try warnings of the presence of Twenty-two persons, including resolution to defeat the enemy." Gaiman planes in- many localities. five women, were killed in a Nazi

Nearly all planes sighted were fly-raid on Nancy today. ing from the south-east to the Villages in northeast Franc.

were also bombed:"" Two groups of German machines Meanwhile, the Germans have were seen over Amerongen, while admitted that damage done in 18 German planes flew over the their raids on Françe yesterday LONDON, May 11 (Reuter)--The Island of Terschelling at an al-was far beyond military objectives. following appointments to the war titude of only 300 feel Eight ...Over 100 were killed in yester- Cabinet are announced:

Heinkels flew over Nerkerk

day's walds including women and

The Allies are apparently mak- ing extensive preparations for a final push against the German occupied harbour, the Norwegian communique rads.

Support Of Belgian Troops NAVY TO LAY

PARIS, May 12 (Reuter)-A French communique "states that the Allied Air Force massively and affectively intervened in support of the Belgian troops in the region of the Albert Carial and the Meuse where German attacks continue with extreme violence,

"Towards the end of the day. "Allled bombers attacked enemy

MORE MINESTM

IN NORWAY

Eden As War Secretary

that Dr. Chang had previously Germans Face columns and bridges. Eight enemy less) The Admiralty

LONDON, May 12 British Wire- Mr. Neville Chamberlain,

given his consent. But since Dr. Chang's signature and seal were not affixed on the bond and since Wu's allegation could not be sub. stantiated, the charge against Dr. Chang was dismissed:

Meanwhile. the" Court bas taken legal action against Wu

A Stronger Belgium

planes were brought down during these expeditions,"

Numerous aerial operations were carried out during the night as the result of which is not yet LONDON, May 12 (British | known. On land the Allled ap- Wireless) - News from Bel-proach operations continued nor- glum indicates the magni-mally according to plan. ficent spirit in which the Bel-

SERIOUS SITUATION

gian people and their gallant A French War Ministry spokes-

STOP PRESS troops are meeting the second man said that Belgian forces were

announces

that mines may be fald without further warning in the vicinity of the Norwegian coast to eastward long line running due north from a point some 40 miles south- west of Bergen to Stadlandet and then northeast to a point some 80 miles northwest of Namsos

H.M. SUBMARINE SEAL LOST The Admiralty announced in London yesterday. says Reuter,

German invasion in 30 years.at prescht making a general fali- Although the initial advan- tng back movement, in good order tage is always with the in- along their line. After taking the that HM. submarine Seal is over vading force, Germany is town of Maastright, the Germans facing much stiffer opposition crossed the Albert Canal, and were than in August, 1914: The advancing east of it.

Double Murder Belgian military position is

In West Point

now much stronger.

The actual mobilisation gure

for the field army in

1914 was

A gruesome discovery was made 117,000 while in the present year. at No. 33 Hel Wong Terrace at 10. although exact, ngures. are not 10 o'clock last night resulting in available, it is certain that between the removal to the public morta- 600,000 and 700,000' men are mobi- ary of AU SZE, age 85, woman. Ised.

and CHIU VIK-WAH, baỹ aged 11 Defence, expenditure

years, whose "deaths are believed amounted

t ∙1914

The spokesman added that, without being alarming, the situa- tion was, therefore, serious west of Maastright..

COUNTER-ATTACK BY BELGIANS BRUSSELS, May 12 (Reuter)- counter-attacked

to only 100,000,000 Belgian forces

to have been caused by chopper francs, against 1,140,000,000 francs this morning and forced the Ger wounds and haemorrhage.

In 1938, to which must be added mans to retire, in the direction of

At the same time, a woman, 500,000,000 francs for fortifications Hasselt. LAM HIN-KWAL, 32, concubine, spread over 1938 and 1939.

was removed to the Queen Mary

Hospital" suffering from chopperi

wounds on the head and is report

ed to be in a dying. condition.

DUTCH SHIPS IN FAR EAST

An official communique issued at mid-day today states:

"Putting up energetic resistance to the invaders our troops are, con- tinuing to defend, step by step, the

Detained in connexion with the SHANGHAI, May 12 (Reuter) positions which had been assigned case, a married woman, KWAN All Netherlands vessels in Far to them under the plan of opera- LAI-CHUN, aged 31, was removed Eastern waters have been instruct-tions...

to the observation ward Queened to report to Allled ports: stated { "Enemy forces, which penetrated Mary Hospital suffering from the Dutch Consul-General, M. G.into our defensive dispositions, wounds on the left hand.

W. Bolssevain, in an interview made. no important progress, At All persons are connected with with the China Press: the same family and the motive

The paper adds that M. Boisse for the crime, is suspected to be a vain believed that the ships would domestic quarrel.

return to normal rims, soon

several places groups of parachutist troops were annihilated. Numer- ous enemy aeroplanes were brought down.

due and must be presumed lost.

On Other Pages

PAGE 2—Junior Cricket shield play-of;; Charity football; Lawn Bowls resulta UA. baseball... PAGE

3 Coming events; Radio programmes. PAGE 4-Prime Minister re-..

· signa; Crossword puzzle. PAGE 5-Whitan Race meet- ing Fire on junk: Colony health PAGE: 6 Leading article, PAGE -Under-seatamnel to Kowicon suggested: Pro- grahime for 6th Extra Race meeting; Newsettes. PAGE 9-China War news; More German savagery: HK. Stock Exchange.· PAGE 10-Finance and com-

merce.

'PAGE 11—Hall's warning; U.S.

defence plans.

north-west.

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Prime Minister and Minister of The Brussels radio gave a warm- children, says a French communi- Defence Mr. Winston church, ing early this morning that 31 | que.

Lord President of the Council-] German, bombers were, nighted Over

ROADS BOMBED Acht, flying in a westerly direc- LONDON, May 12 (Reuter)---The Lord Privy Seal-Mr. Clement R. tion.

Air Ministry announces that the EARLY ALARMS

Royal Air Force last night carried Secretary of State for Foreign PARIS, May 11 (Reuter)-Air out bombing attacks on roads and Affairs-Lord Halifax.

rald-alarms have been sbanding | ralways as a number of points in- Minister Without Portfolio-Mr.in Paris. sioce early morning. Germany near the Dutch frontier Arthur Greenwood: “

Attlee,

ALSO APPOINTED The following are also appointed though not in the War Cabinet:-| First Lord of the Admiralty—Mr. | 4. V. Alexander.

Becretary of State for War—Mr. Anthony Eden, "

Secretary of State for Air-Sir Archibald Sinclair.

RECENT RESHUFFLE,

In the Cabinet reshuffle on April 4. 1940, Mr. Chamberlain remained as Prime Minister: Mr. Churchill became First Lord of the Ad- miralty; Bir Kingsley Wood, Lord Privy Seal; and Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary for Alr;

MEMBERS SWORN IN . LONDON, May 12 (Reuter)--The Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, and five other members of the Govern- ment, Including Mr. Clement Att- lee. Mr. Anthony Ederi, Sir Alexan- der Sinclair, Mr. A. V. Alexander and Mr. Neville Chamberlain, was swer in before the King at a Privy Council held at Buckingham Palace today...

After the swearing-in of the members of the War Cabinet Mr. Churchill is engaged in the task of selecting other members of the) Government:

The announcement is not ex pected until late tonight or to- morrow.

· CANADIAN SUPPORT OTTAWA. May 11 (Renter), --- The Premier, Mr. Mackenzie King. has promised Mr. Winston Chur- chill the co-operation and support of the Canadian Government.

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