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"Hongkong Dally Presa” June 18, 1940.

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HONGKONG,

MORE SUCCESSFUL RAIDS ON

ITALIAN AIR BASE AT TOBROK

Large Hangar At Diredawa

Set On Fire

CAIRO, June 17 (Reuter)-The Royal Air Force in the Middle East announces that more successful raids were carried out against the Italian air, base at Tobrok.

The airmen persisted in their attacks despite heavy anti-aircraft fire and extensively damaged an ammunition and petrol dump and caused several explosions.

SOLLUM, SIDI

BOMBED.

CAIRO, June 17 Reuter)—An Egyptian communiqué states that yesterday the Italians bombed Sollum. Sidi and Barrani. In the morning rald four Egyptian troops were killed and six wounded. Eight engineer workers were also injured

Raids were also carried out over Eladen and Elgobbl, in the same area, with success. The bombers made further attacks on Diredawa and Macaaca.

A large hangar at Diredawa was set on fire and an Italian bomber burst into flames following a direct hit."-

An Italian fighter which tried to

intercept our aircraft was hit and

is believed to have been shot down, It dived at great speed with smoke belching from its tail

All our aircraft returned safely. RESCUED BY

Attacks by the South African Air A. SHEIK

Force over Itallan East Africa caused damage to eight enemy air- ADEN, JunE 17 (Reuter) - A craft on the ground. The fighters British pilot, who was forced to tried to take off but abandoned the land in the desert after A raid attempt owing to the fierce. ma- -on" Italian Africa was rescued by chine-gun fire from the raiding

a Yemeni official, Shelk All Qasim aircraft. Alghazaleh who happened to be on his way to Aden by camel.

CAMP RAIDED

TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1940

LORD GORT'S RETURN

Lord Gort (centre) photographed after his inturn from Northern France, with Sir John Dil, Chief of the Inferia] General Staff,

and Mr. Eden, Secretary for War.

MUST ORGANISE BRITAIN MUST ORGANISE ON PROFESSIONAL BASIS

BRITAIN

Natural

Nature sa is desirable are Sir William Crookes" larises.

Bomething to offent, the harmful glare is necessary but you don't have to have the whole landscape dakkened like a rainy day to do that. Wear Crookes and know what real sys-comfort means,

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IS RESOLUTELY

DETERMINED TO

TO FIGHT ON UNTIL VICTORY IS

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WON

LONDON, June 17 (Reuter) is learned in authoritative quarters that the statement, issued authoritatively last night, that Britain is firmly and resolutely determined to continue the struggle until victory has been won still expresses the opinion of the British Government.

British Wireless adds that no comment is so far available in London on Marshal Petain's grave pronouncement.

BROADCAST

BY PETAIN

"BATTLE HAD

*TO: CEASE

LONDON June 11 Neuter) Premiership of France last night.

Marshal Petain; who assumed the

In a broadcast, stated that the LONDON, June 17 (Reuter)-Forecasting that Hitler

struggle between France and Ger- would attempt to invade England this month or in July, many must be ended. A means rather than in August or September, Sf Neville Hender-must be found for stopping the son, former Ambassador in Berlin, speaking in Lincoln, hostilities and finding an honour... urged that every able-bodied man and boy in the country able end, as between soldiers. should at least know how to use a rifle.

"Hitler cannot win this War

The aircraft and military camp The Shelk looked after the at Megs (Abyssinia) was also raid-unless he can defeat the British pilot and auta messenger to ed and several direct hits "were and he can only defeat the British "town" and an aircraft was sent registered, Troops in the camp by starving us by a blockade, to collect the pilot with the were bombed and a machine-gun bombing us into submission, or by Shelk who is now guest of the post was silenced Armoured cars coming and invading the country. -Air Force...

It is now revealed in Nairobi that destruction of 1,500 gallons of

petrol was caused by the Italian. air raid on Wajir last Tuesday, at cording to British wiresesA;

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The Air Ministry and Ministry for Home

Security

announce,

and lorries were destroyed, troops were dispersed in the Moyale area and a machine-gun pest was put out of action.

All our aircraft returned safely.

SHANGHAI MURDER

"Shanghai was personal rather than political, (according to น Shanghai message,

"In my opinion he le going to try all these three moves. We can- net carry on any longer on amateur Enes. We are not going to beat! Germany in a war unless we or ganise on a professional basis."

Japanese And Indo-China

ALL HELP FOR THE ALLIES

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the

formidable

opponent. He is a threat whom

The broadcast added that fight-

stopped last night.

..

ra Petain, in his broadcast the call of the French

MARSHALI PETAIN S

INAZI TERMS

NOT KNOWN

SPANISH ENVOY AS MEDIATOR

BERLIN, June 17 (Reuter After" publishing a short report of Marabial "Fetain's statement the official German News Agency an- nounced this afternoon that Hitler would meet Mussolini in order to discuss the attitude of Italy to- wards the statement

A message from London is to the erect that the commentator un“ the Columbia Broadcasting Com pany, speaking on the French wire. |less, immediately after - Marshal

President, I have assumed the WAR DIARY Petame broadenst said, that the

leadership of the Government of France. I think of those who have been fighting true to their old military traditions against enemy of huge numerical superi ority. I also think of those old combatants who I commandea

during the last was

Spanish Ambassador to France will March 11, 1938 Germany invaded probably act as mediator is the Austria,

armistice negotiations.

October 1, 1938-Germany-in- an

He added that the German raded Sudeter arms of Creche terms were not yet known. slovakia,

September 1, 1939-Germany In- raded Poland.

September 3, 1939-Britain and ITALIANS MAKE November 30, 1939-Russia In-NO ATTEMPT vaded Finland.

April 9, 1940-Germany in TO BURY DEAD vaded Norway and Denmark.

May 7, 1940-Mr. Winston Chur- chill giver full control.

PRETORIA, June 17 (Reuter)---

The East African Command .com-.. May 10, 1940--Germany invaded munique states that during the Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. night of June 14-15 patrols of May 14, 1940 Roosevelt sent the King's African Rifles raided Italian Moyale and entered six message to II Dace,

May 15, 1940-Holland abandoned posts where three native soldiers were found dead obviously killed Eghting.

AMERICA RUSHING

ALL SHE CAN "I have given myself to France MORE SHIPS FOR

to better her "situation at this France declared war on Germany. LONDON," June 17 (Beuter) —

At this moment I grave hour. BRITAIN

The New York Times, in an edi- think of the unfortunate refugees, fortal, compares BATAVIA, June 17 (Reuter)

present

men and women, on the roads who ""There was some enemy activity CHUNGKING, June 17 Cen- The principal shipping companies time-table with those of 1870 and are driven away from their homes on the south coast on Sunday tral)-It is believed that the mo- here have made an immediate res- 1914, saying that it was not love. The battle has had to cease night.

One aircraft dropped a tive for the murder of Woo Yi-ponse to the appeal to place apreciably faster even than those during the night, bomb which caused negligible nien, former manager of the Ng number of ships at Britain's dis- of a ruthless and

"I have approached the enemy damage. There were no casual-Hwa Bank, yesterday afternoon in posal. ties,"British Wireless).

it will need great strength and with a view to finding out whether wit to meet, but after all he is not he would be prepared to put an

honourable and to our hostilities a supernatural force which there

"At this grave hour of heavy des- Wu, according to his son, was

is no hope of challenging.

tiny of our Fatherland, let all involved in a love affair and had

"Hitler is using the ways and Frenchmen gather around myself received a number of anonymous:

means which the German War and my Government in unity." threatening letters, presumably TOKYO, Juhe" 17 (Reuter) makers have used before him. KAUNAS, June 17 (Reuter) — from a jealous rival,

—A spokesman of the Japan-and sometimes they won and the Russian demand Wu W25 shot Following

B.E.F. OPERATIONS upon Lithuania. M. Skucas, form-wounded in the French Concesse Army in Canton made a sometimes in the last war

IN NORMANDY threatening statement today they lost." er Minister of Interior and Chlet sion yesterday afternoon, before į

regarding French Indo-China. ALL AVAILABLE HELP of Police la reported to have been his residence. He succumbed to

military circles in London June 10, 1948-Italy at war with await the arrival of our troops He said that despite repeated

The columnist. Frank Cluckyesterday no detalls had been re-anies, arrested and the War Minister his wounds in the hospital...

One suspect has been arrested protests French Indo-China born, from Washington, delving ceived as to the exact operations dismissed.

June 11, 1940-U. 8. extend is apparently persisting in into its army, navy and stocks of of the BEF. in Normands but as material resources to: Allies. Curfew has been proclaimed in by the police

allowing the transit of arms, airplanes, helt guns, rifes and far as was known there was very June 11, 1940-Allies withdraw Kaunas.

If she refuses to reconsider other munitions, said that the little going on in the west in the from Norway, her attitude the Japanese United States Government, with direction of Chartres, says British Indo-China from hostility to Coasters and the people, is rub

CURFEW ORDERED IN KAUNAS

Following the entry of Boviet troops during the week-end a 'people's government," friendly to the Soviet, was formed.

VIET DEMANDS

FROM LATVIA

MOSCOW, June 17 (Reuter).

and fatally

No Immediate

Extension Of Rationing

army must take steps to wean the overwhelming support of Wireless.

Japan.

Ing everything it can in war ma- A Foreign Office spokesman terial aid to those grimly battling said the statement was en-Hitler in Europe with their backs LONDON, June 17 (Reuter).Mr. tirely in line with the basic to the wall

Even should France collapse Robert Boothby,

policy of the Tokyo Govern- Parliamentary

the materials will go to her Great Britain

It is officially learned that the Secretary to the Food Ministry. Soviet demands from Latvia are announced that there is no sugges- -similar to those made to Estoniation of an immediate extension of

They have been accepted.

rationing in view of the latest' da-' President Smetons of Lithuania velopments in the war situation. and several members of the out- The Food Ministry is arranging going Government crossed into to ensure the maximum use of Germany last night and were home-grown produce and estab~

ment.

ANOTHER RAID ON CHUNGKING.

CHUNGKING, June 17 (Reuter) Japanese aircraft subjected Chungking to heavy bombing yes terday afternoon, starting a Hne

CHINESE THREATEN

alty.

On Other Pages

PAGE 2-Y. W. C. A. celebra

tion, Tennis League; Jolun- teer Orders; U. 6, baseball; Golf; Ride shoot; Macao race handicape.p

PAGE 3Radio programmes; Coming events; » Crossword *puzzle,

May 28, 1940-King Leopold of during our bombing on Tuesday. the Belgiang capitulated.

June 2, 1940-Allled evacuated from Dunkirk,

The posts has-been abandoned

troops by the enemy and ther patrois `found much "arms "and, equipment."

June 6, 1940-M. Reynaud, French That the posts bad been aban Premier, became Foreign, and De-doned points to the fact that the natives were not anxious to fence Minister.

ali

June 14, 1040 German troops entered Paris.

June 18, 1940-French troops ceased fighting.

ATTACKED WITHOUT ANY WARNING ALEXANDRIA, June 17 (Reuter)

Much resentment, and horror ex- pressed by Mohammedans in the King's African Rifles at finding that the Italiana - made no at- tempt to bary, the dead.

EVACUATION OF CIVILIANS

CHUNGKING, June 17 (Cen- fral Evacuation of civilians from: Chungking has been accele=" rated by the authorities here as

A naval communique issued last a result of the recent ruthless evening states that the tanker Japanese bombings sunk by the Italiane, which was During the past two weeks it reported, to be Dutch, turns out to is estimated that more than 200,- have been a Norwegian ship which 000 people have left the bomb- was torpedoed without warning by devastated cty

-Interned, states oficial of lishing an organisation to see that of big aires, stretching from the HANYANG council of Ministers in Bor- submarine in the Mediterranean while giving free transportation

the Tais Agency.

there is no waste,

SPEEDING UP CALL OF MEN TO THE COLOURS

· LONDON, June 17 (Beater)---It is Ivarned that the men who re- *gistered for military service in Leicester on Saturday were instruct:d

today to report for medical examination on Wednesday.

The War Office states that this units in the area. In Leicester. it is part of the general scheme for is perhaps quicker than in some speeding up the call of men to the other districts because the Leices

ter Regiment kustained heavy Each area is calling up men ac cording to the particular needs of losses in Norway.

colours

western suburbs through the city into the lower sections of the HUPEH BASE, June 17 (Cen- City Proper.

tral) Rapidly advancing along Chinese fighters vigorously at the lower stretches of the Han tacked the raiders, several of River towards Hanyang, Chinese which were shot down! Just when forces in central Hupeh have the first group of Japanese born passed Mengklapu, north-west of bers were approaching the city, a Hanyang, on Saturday. squadron of Chinese fighters A strong Chinese unit, having charged right into the raiding destroyed a number of Japanese formation shallow draught vessels in the engaged in "After a sharp burst of machine. Han River,

gun fire ons Japanese bomber was severe, nghting with seen crashing into the hills west Japanese forces #below Hanch of Chungking, its slivery wings Strict vigilined flashing in the sunlight

forcersbove BallymTZERAK

Today the Japanese used most ly incendiary bomba

Yangtze

PAGE 4-Mass meeting Eire:

deaux, Malta raided; Tap anese lose six planes, Chinese take Kingmen

PAGE 6 Police Courts; Junk

owner accused Crown land sale, B. W.O. F.; Airport news, Claim for damages.

PAGE 6 Leading article. Br

tain will stand firm. PAGE 8 Military" situation in

France:

PAGE Finance and general

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an Italian submarine. Further The municipal government has attacks have been made on enemy allotted 80 trucks for the gracenes

with some probability of success. facilities to the poorer classes

German Motorised Troops

Reach Swiss Frontier

BERLIN, June 17 (Renter)-According to a High Command con manfque, German motorised troops have ruched the Swiss fronti Tontarlier, south-west of Demanco

Thus the ring around the enemy forces in Alas been closed

The French

having sepe

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