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"Hongkong Dally Preza”—May 22, 1940.

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AMERICA

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1940.

FLIGHT IN MINIATURE—On the water rolls a Saro Lerwick fly- ing boat. In the air files a scale-model of another giant flying boat to be built in England.

CANNOT Heavy Bombing Attacks

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TAKE HALF By Coastal Command MEASURES

Special to H. K. Daily PresSS

ST. LOUIS, May 12 (Havas "If we admit "that our security and defence

at are

stake we cannot take half-measures. If we are justified by aspending MEM of dollars for the Allies and help ing them with our Navy then it would be cowardly not to help

them also with out soldiers." de- clared Mr. Robert Taft in a speech last night.

LONDON, MAY 23 (REUTER) —THE AIR MINISTRY ANNOUNC- ED THAT YESTERDAY HEAVY BOMBING ATTACKS WERE MADE BY RAF. AIRCRAFT on enemy lines, communications and troop concentrations in areas immediately behind the fighting fronts In France, and Belgium.

The attacks the night.

continued during

ya might caldrum Rotterd on tank was fire.

and set on

British Wireless adds that

Speeding Up Australian Recruiting

18-19 Marina House; Queen's Road Central,

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Coucoural Manager.

Natural.

sa near to

Nature na is destrable are Bir William Crookes' loss

Something to offset the harmful glare is necessary but you don's have to have the whole landscape darkened like a rainy day to do that

Wear Crookes and know what real eye-comfort mosna.

Payarus

EROPTICIAN BRON

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Price Per Month: $1.00,

REPEATED ATTACKS BY GERMAN

ARMOURED FORMATIONS AGAINST POSITION BEATEN OFF

SCHELDT

Folly Not To

Recognise Position Is Dangerous

Throughout entire British

Press, according to British Wire- less, there is full recognition of

the gravity of the military. at despite the enormous strength of

tion but It is also realised that

the offensive the Germans have mounted, the battle is by no means going entirely in their favour.

French Counter-Attacking Magnificently From Several Places Held Inside Salient

"REPEATED ATTACKS on Monday by German armoured and motorised formations in the area south of the River Scarpe and against the Scheldt position were successfully beaten off by the Allied forces. The Belgian Army-has-largely contributed to the success of the defensive battle now being fought.",

This British official communique was issued in London yes-

The Times reviewing the post- terday, according to British Wireless.

tion in a leading article says, "While the German advance con- tinually leaves pew tracts of open country exposed and, at the same time, menaco.. the position or, Allied troops gather side of formations that have to fall back, it is equally true. the position of the German advanced coluiting becomes itself ever more difficult"} to maintain, that their communi- cations become constantly longer and more precarious, and that the onrusteatens turn

Big Credits For Turkish Defences

ANKARA. Viay, 21° (Reuter} -The Turkish Goverment

our flank, only does on to builted & But to the Na

cost of presenting

vulnerable

Bank of Its own to eventual counter attack.

Hona! ** Assembly, rágnestingTM extraordinary credits amount- ing to £20,000,000 for 'na- tional defence. *

PRESENT SITUATION CONFUSED

THE PRESENT SITUATION IS RATHER CONFUSED AND IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GIVE A CLEAR PICTURE. THIS IS THE VIEW OF AUTHORITATIVE CIRCLES IN LONDON, SAYS REUTER...“

THE GERMAN EFFORT IS UNDOUBTEDLY DIRECTED TOWARDS THE CHANNEL PORTS WITH THE INTEN- TION OF CUTTING THE COMMUNICATIONS OF THE NORTHERN WING OF THE ALLIED ARMIES.

There are reports of the Germans having reached Amiens and other places in advance of those which they

claimed on Monday, but there le ho . columns having advanced so far.

It was suggested yesterday "It would be folly not to re- Extraordinary credits totalling that the situation was some-)

have cognise that the position is dan £25,000,000

already been what the same as that which!

CANBERRA, May 21 (Reuter)gerous but it is dangerous for granted, addition to £20,000,- arose in 1916-17 when we at-ADIOSIon In:

000, from the crdinary budget for tacked positions and forgot toļ national "defence.

mop up, but on a much more

Vicinity of Lantau

column of smoke drifted to a height of 7.000 feet after aircraft OL the Coastal Command had bombed an oll refinery and many Mr. Taft, who is one of the Re tanks at Rotterdam. The aircraft The Australian War Cabinet has both sides. At this crisis in his publican candidates at the forth-found the Dutch petroleum har-approved of plans for the speed-tory perhaps there is more than coming Presidential elections. said that the United States should

ing-up of recruiting throughout accidental significance in the re-

It is reported that another vast scale. the country and accelerating the placement of the man of Marne by military mission is shortly leaving The Germans have blasted their remain neutral in the European

production of munitions and other the man of the great battles of for Syria under General Gunduz, way through in places and they. confict as he considered that

supplies,

| March," 1918.

Vice-Chief of the General Staff, too, have forgotten that there are participation in the war would

The fighting in France has had "General Weygand result in the destruction of Ameri-

assumes to join that headed by Field- still positions held behind them. a pronounced effect on recruiting leadership. In not less an anxious Marshal Tchalmak already there. There are many places and post- democracy rather than ol

throughout Australia, and Sydney hour than that of the Conference Field-Marshal Tchakmak istions inside the sallent still held by

It is believed There was a tremendous explo-depots are reporting their busiest of Doullens when the Allied front presumably conferring with the the French and from where they ston and a yellow glow lighted up day since the outbreak of war. was cracking."

Allied military chiefs...

are counter-attacking magnificent

**T

German dictatorship.

our brilliantly lit by the light of the moon when they arrived on Monday night. A few minutes later they added their own illu minations with a direct hit on cne of the huge petrol tanks.

"

YELLOW GLOW

AIR FORCE COST

Special to H. K. Dally Press the whole area. The pilot whe WASHINGTON, May 21 (Haves dropped the salvo banked steeply -Major-General Henry Arnold, and came over the target again. Chief of the American Air Force. As he did so he saw smaller tanks stated that the construction of nearby blow up one after the other, air force numbering 50,000 He counted four tanks ablaze and machines would cost more than saw that the fire was spreading $3,500,000,000 annually..

towards others.,

He added that such

One by one the aircraft dived a large number of plane, was unusual and dropped salves from a low altitude. They watched the co- even in modern warfare,

24,000 or 30.000.

Germany he pointed out, usedmn of smoke from the burning 6.000 machines from a total of petrol oll grow until it reached

high into the sky above them.

Numerous fres were raging, round the tanks and dffect hits on the reamery set that ablaze too. It burned with a blue flame.

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RUBBER

QUOTA

To deliver the attack the aircraft

The International Rubber Re- 'gulation Committee has fixed the had to fly through a terrific bar- quotas for the third and fourth rage, of shrapnel flaming onions quarters at 80 per cent., says a' that the Nazi ground defences had Reuter message from London. flung up.

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NAZI MERCANTILE LOSSES NEARLY 20 PER CENT. OF THE PRE-WAR TONNAGE

LONDON, May 21 (Reuter)-The Admiralty announces that it has been reported that the German steamship Cam- pinas struck a mine and was sunk on May 10, bringing the total known German mercantile losses to approximately 630,000 tons..

:

FRENCH SOLDIER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT WEAPON TO RESIST GERMANS: ARMY MORALE HIGH

Kuomintang & Communist Party

NO IMMINENT RUPTURE

MADAME SUN YAT-SEN, widow of the late Party leader, discredited rumours from

Japanese and puppet sources of imminent rift be- tween the Kuomintang and the Communist Party,, when Interviewed yesterday.

Madame Sim remarked the su- preme importance of Internal unity against allen aggression is recognized by all parties and fac- tiona at this critical juncture -

Though there might have been minor friction between local or During the week, ended British Wireless reports that gans of the two Parties, the high- midnight, May 12-13, Allied during the week ended midnight, est leaders certainly are hardly mercantile losses totalled May 12, four British, one Allied inclined to precipitate internecine 15,008 tons of which the Bri-and three neutral ships were lost strife for the benefit and applause tish lost 8,955 tons, or less by enemy action. than half the weekly average | The total tonnage of vessels so since the war began...

The German mercantile losses; at 820,000 tons, are nearly 20 per cent.

of the German pre-war tonnage.

of the enemy, Madame Bun, stat- ed: destroyed WAS. 15,000 tona of Madame Sun urged all Chinese which British ships comprised to be vigilant in view of unceasing rumours so zealously fabricated 9,000 tona.

Although many ships escaped.

Up to May 15, the loss of British some Dutch vessels were inevit ́Allied' and neutral, ships in convoy

by the enemy and; puppeta

was at a ratio of only one in 870 ably lost as the result of the in- Foreign exchange restrictions have approximately. Neutral ships" · loss

was at a ratio of merely one in 1,021.

vasion of Holland.

BATAVIA, May 21 (Reuter)—

come into force in the Netherlands The above total does not m-East Indies to safeguard the guild- clude these figures.

er.

THE MOST IMPORTANT WEAPON TO RESIST THE GERMANS IS THE FRENCH SOLDIER HIMSELF.

GE

The French nation and the French soldier were extra- ordinarily adaptable and the way they adapt themselves to different circumstances, is incomparable,

In the last war, after a fortnight of continuous defeat,' the French had rallied to defeat the enemy and there was every reason for hoping that something similar would hap- pen again.

15.

A minė exploded about. 10.30

of Lantau Island, -

p.m. yesterday in the vicinity

the explosion, which was loud enough to be. heard by many people in Hong- On the other hand, there are; kong and Kowloon, occurred off undoubtedly, bands of marauding Shap Long, the eastern extremity German tanks about in northern of the Island. France-spreading alarm and des-] Villagers of Ma Wan, on Lan- pondency among the civilians. taz Island, reported yesterday It is pointed out that the further that a mine was washed ashore these tanks advance the more vul- at Kwai Shek Kok, near Kap nerable they become to a counter-Shul Mun, on Lantau.. attack and will find the greatest The police and naval authorl- difficulty in replenishing the petrol tics have been informed. supplies.

There is no question whatever BROADCAST TALKS

TO CONTINUE

but that the morale effect of the

that,

cir-

and

heavy tank attack is extremely great but this is rather lessening PARIS, May 21 (Reuter)-The

radio now because it has been shown | Faris

ANNOLACCs the that these tanks are not so all- owing to

present conquering as they were supposed cumstances. All dramatic to be.

variety programmieK on the Many attacks were repulsed with French wireless' will be suspend- very heavy enginy losses and it is ed

Continued on Page 7′′

One of the most importantj today was better than his pre-only where they find a weak spot News broadcast and talks will factors in the present opera- | decessor of 1914, The French;

be continued normally. tions was that the morale of Command' and Staff, too, the French Army today was could not be better."- very high. The French soldfer

-On Other-

Pages

PAGE 2-Lantao Handicap: Rotary tiffin: Tennis league; Typhoon rescue recalled; U. B. baseball; "Urban Council meeting.

PAGE 3 Coming events;

Radio programmes. PAGE 4-Early War cables;

Crossword puzzle.

Hongkong PAGE

Gen.. Chamber of Commerce an- nual meeting: China Red Cross work; Piracy sequel; Airport news

PAGE 6 Leading article, PAGE & Finance." PAGE 10-Commerce, PAGE 11-RAF. bomb Naz! oil tanks; Marine Court; Canada's war effort; New baron created.

So said Brig. Gen."E L. Spears, C.B. C.B.E., M.C., M.P., in the Continued on Back Page

Onslaught Is Slowing

RESISTANCE IN EVERY SECTOR

Gen. Wu Te-chen Appeals

For Support For B.W.O.F.

́CHUNGKING, May 21 (Cen- tral)-in response to an ap-.. peal made by General Wu Te- | chen, Minister of the Overseas Board, the People's Foreign Relations Association of China has decided to stage drama- ( FARIS, May 21 (Reuter) Mutic performances and hold Itary commentators in the morn-bazaars in aid of the British ing papers agree that despite the War Organisation Fund. 1, continued violence of the German. Two embroidered tags will be pressure the Allled troopy every- presented by the Association each where are resisting effectely, to Mr. Shao Li-tze; new Chinese From the laconic Allida com- Ambassador to the Soviet Union, muniques the writers emphasise and Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, Chi- that it is possible to deduce that nese Ambassador to. France, in the situation, now seems to be honour of their diplomatic missions. stabilised, and that the first rusha reception to prominent for- of the German onslaught is slow- elgziers in Chungking will be given ing down.

by the Association in the Inter- The appointments of Marshal national Club on May 25 in con- Petain and General Weygand are function with an exhibition "of again enthusiastically welcomed. Chinese war pictures: