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NAZI WIRELESS CONTINUES: MENACING STATEMENTS CONCERNING FRANCE

LONDON, June 18 (Reuter)-The Berlin official wireless continues to make menacing statements concerning France.

It says that peace with honour was denied Germany in 1918. "These “inquities", were crowned by the occupation of the Ruhr in 1921 and the French mentality has not changed during the intervening years.

The statement continues that Germany's victory will NO LAYING DOWN be based on reality in the

OF ARMS

NEW YORK, June 18 (Reu- ter) It is absolutely untrue to say that France is going to lay down her arms” states an announcement heard

on the wavelength of the French Government Radio,, it is re- ported here.

"

France merely asked Ger- many under what conditions she would consent to stop the slaughter of French children."

Nine British Ships Sunk By Enemy

ITALIANS LOST 32,000 TONS

trails of political and military destruction of those who have sworn the annihilation of the German people.

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NO URDER TO CEASE

"FIRING

Special to HK. Daily Press

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1940.

Direct Hit

On German Destroyer Off Frisian Islands

LONDON, June 18 (Reuter) The Air Ministry announces that R.A.F. aircraft raided the Rhineland and Ruhr district and northern Germany..

A Lockheed Hudson, air- craft, on a reconnaissance flight over the North Sea, saw several German destroyers anchored off the Frisian Islands.

The plot dived low and unload- BORDEAUX, June 18 (Havas)—ed bombs one of which made a Government spokesman off-direct hit on one destroyer, hifting 'cially stated that the French It amidships.

Government had not issued an order to cease fighting.

"Marshal Petain's address gave rise to certain interpretations not corresponding to the facta. It is wrong to state the Goverment I gave orders to cesse fighting," he

said.

"The fight is continuing as long "aa Germany and France have not: reached a solution on the còndi- tions for eventual cessation of hostilities. II these conditions. are contrary to the honour and independence of France the war will be continued as already stat ed by the Foreign Minister, M. LONDON, June 18 (Reuter) Paul Baudoin, this afternoon. The Admiralty "announces that the British mercantile not discouraged. We still have Josses through enemy action, much to defend and we believe for the week ending Sunday now, more than ever, that France at midnight on June 3, were must live for the world to be able nine ships, with a total ton- to live." nage of 41,536,

Allied losses were two ships, of 952 tons, and neutral two ships, of 4,472 tons.

The British and Allled losses - cluded about 5,000 tons lost during the combined operations off French channel ports.

The German mercantile losses up to June 16, amount- to about 837,000 tons, and Italy's 32,000 tons.

The ratio of ships lost in convoy As one in 772.

GERMAN ENVOY SEES MOLOTOV

"MOSCOW, June 18 (Reuter)--

A volume of smoke began to rise immediately, and the RAF, ma- smoke was still rising. chine circled round and saw that

Nazis Nearer To End Of Tether

PETROL SUPPLIES ·

DESTROYED LONDON, June 18 (Beuter)

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BRACE OURSELVES TO OUR DUTY"

MR, CHURCHILL,

WAR RISK INSURANCE RATES DOUBLED

LONDON, 18 (Reuter) is grave but we are “Gordon

Gordon Young, Reuter's Large Increases in the war special correspondent in Tur-risk insurance rates were an- key, cables a letter to The nounced as the result of the Times in which he utters a political situation. warning against over-estimat-

NO REPLY

NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuter)—

Premier Tells Commons How Battle Of France Was Lost

NO REASON FOR PANIC WHATEVER "THE FRENCH will throw away great opportunities and cast away their future if they do not continue the war un accordance with their treaty obligations from which we have not felt able to release them.

"The battle of France is over and the battle of Britain is about to begin.

"IF WE LOSE IT, THE WHOLE, WORLD, INCLUD- ING THE UNITED STATES, WILL SINK INTO THE ABYSS OF A NEW DARK AGE.

“Let us, therefore, brace ourselves to our duty and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and the Com- monwealth lasts for a thousand years men will still say,

This was their greatest hour.

now

These words were spoken| "The British Air Force."', Már. by the British Prime Minister, Churchill' continued, Mr. Winston Churchill, amid stronger relatively to the German prolonged cheers in the Air Force than ever before House of Commons yesterday

afternoon.

According to a Reuter message, Mr. Churchill stated that the Rates between English west and battle of France, was lost by an ing the enemy's power and south coast ports to the East, Far unfortunate strategie opening, by resources as we in the past East, and Australian and African the extraordinary unforeseen power have under-estimated them. ports have been doubled at 200 of armoured columns and very

As Reuter's Berlin corres- shillings per cent.

great numerical preponderance of The Colombla Broadcasting reprepondent for three years un-

The rate to the Americas has the German Army. sentative n Bordeaux reports, under the Nazi regime, he points been raised from 100 to 150 shil- officially, that no answer has come trom the Germans to the French out that it has always been linga per

the Nazi method to devote all tralasia, the East and Far East, the peace request.

resources upon one objective rates have risen from 408, for Alited before proceeding to the next. and 30s. for neutral vessels to 100s

The tremendous force

for all ships. pended upon each objective does not denote that a similar force is simultaneously "avall- able elsewhere.

WAR ORPHANS IN AUSTRALIA

MELBOURNE, June 18 (Reuter) -Mr. Foll. the Minister of In-

ex-

The Germans have furiously ex-

terior, announced that machinery pended men and materials in

the

cent. Between Americas and parts of Africa," Aus-

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ITALIAN TANKS

CAPTURED

SOMEWHERE ON THE EGYPT-

Hitler At Munich

MEETING WITH MUSSOLINI BERLIN, June 18 (Reuter)

for the settling of English war France and may be much neater IAN WESTERN DESERT, June 18Hitler arrived at Munich orphans in Australia is complete. Ito the end of their tether, and

There are good and reason – able hopes of final victory

"It is not yet certain that French military resistance will come to an end. *There

Japan's Eyes On Europe Developments

ASAHI SHIMBUN COMMENT

TOKYO, June 18 (Reuter) The Japanese papers are Cón- tinuing to play up newr is favourable to Germany.

Official and unofficial circles are reported to be closely watching all possible future vigilance and exertion but none might affect the position of is reason for reat developments in Europe which whatever for panic." (Loud cheers), the French colonies.

.. BACK IN BRITAIN

The Asahi Shimbun says, “It seems some circles are already ad- Mr. Churchill announced that vocating that France should place |seven-eighths of the troops sent to French Indo-China and New "Cale," France ($50,000 men) are back in donis; the positions of which deep- Britain

ly affect Japan, under ja joht Anglo-Japanese guarantee."

"A great mass of stores, rifles and munitions were saved from France.

"There are now over 1,500,000 men under arms in Britain, also 500,000 local defence volunteers...

DOMINION ARMIES

"We also have the Dominion

He said that he expected that more worried than they appear,' (Reuter)-It is reliably reported The German Ambassador. Herr Australia would be willing to take especially in view of the bad Eu- that 11 Italian tanks, three guns, from his Army headquarters armies. Canadians were landed in Von der Schulenberg, has a talk many more than the 5,000 chil- ropean harvests and Allied des one senior Army officer and one for the meeting with Musso-France but had to be safely with

lini. with M. Molotov, Boylet Foreign dren they originally offered to truction of Nazi petrol supplies senior Air Force officer were" cap- Commissar, last night.

and aeroplanes.

receive.

Hitler's Methods And Principles Of Warfare Taught By Sun Tzu 24 Centuries Ago Compared

S.A. TROOPS ON BORDERS

HITLER'S METHODS AND THE PRINCIPLES OF WARFARE TAUGHT BY SUN TZU, CHINA'S GREAT, MIL- ITARY GENIUS, 24 CENTURIES AGO, were compared by

OF MOZAMBIQUE Mr. Henry Petersen when, at the Rotary Club tilin at

PRECAUTIONARY

MEASURE

LONDON, June 18 (Reuter)

the Hongkong Hotel yesterday, he spoke on" "The World's Oldest Military Treatise.

Mr. Petersen dwelt at length on each point discussed by Sun Tzu in his “Art of War," and explained their ap¬ plication in the present European war.

The talk was interesting,

It is officially announced enlightening and stimulating. that the South African Gov- and the speaker was heartily ernment has despatched a acclaimed when he concluded small military force to Kom- by saying that, despite the artipoort, in Eastern Trans-success which Hitler had vaal, on the borders of Mo-achieved by adopting some of zambique.

the principles set forth in the

NAZI ATTEMPT TO SEIZE URUGUAY

NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuter) According to e Montevideo dis- It is added that this is a pre-book, the case for the Allies, patch to the New York Times, the cautionary measure and has noth-according to Sun Tzu, was Uruguayan police have discover- ing ta đó with the relations be anything but black.

ed a Nazi plot to seize Uruguay tween the Union and Mozambique

King Ho Lu of the State of Wu with the help of German ex-sol- which remain most friendly and employed Sun Tzu 24 centuries, diers from Argentine and to turn co-operative PANGO AD, saldale, Fetersen. From an it into an agricultural colony of

With reference to the above, it insignificant state. Wn rose to be a the Third Reich.

1s learned in authoritative quar menace on all ters in London that most of the disaster at Taul

Germans residing in Transvaal at the State the matbreak of the war went to La was kille “Mozambique"

but in the Twelve local Nazi Party leaders

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tured by the British during Sun- day'a encounter south-east of Bollum.

During the night, the enemy moved forward with 28 tanks in the vicinity of our lines, "We sent against them some of our own tanks which dispersed the enemy with the above results. There is no indication regarding any British casualties.

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drawn in perfect order, The In- It will be recalled that after vasion of Britain would require publishing a short report of Mar- hostile armies on a very large scale. shal Petain's statement the official German News Agency announced that Hitler would meet Mussolin! in order to discuss the attitude of Italy towards the statement⠀

DUCE ARRIVES

BERLIN, June 18 (Reuter)-Mus solini arrived at Munich at 3 pm.

"On these colonial issues in East Asia we can no longer ignore Ger- many's voice and its future trend

will have much relation - with

Japan's policy towards the south,"

the paper adds, job task

Beginning Of Debt Of Gratitude

NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuter). This is the end of France as an ally of Britain

war but it

is not the end; '.'

"We have a navy (Cheers), The navy has never guaran- teed to prevent isolated raids of 10,000 men landing at isolated points in the mist and for, neverthelem, we have a

"It is the beginning of a debt great system of minefields,

of gratitude that every surviving "No invasion, beyond the capa democracy in the world pays to a city of the Royal Air Force, to herole nation that gave away. Its crush is likely to occur from the strength in a vain effort to check

comments the New York Times,

DEMONSTRATION the R. AF. is overpower- dictatorship and aggression,"

IN RIGA

GERMAN AGENCY

US baseball; Lawn bowlsANDERA A PARENT

PAGE 3 Radio programmes, events; Crossword

teams; Urban Council meeting LONDON, June 18 Reuter)

While strengthening of the Soviet garrison in Estonia and Lithuania appears to have been accomplish- ed without incidents, demon- stration in Riga, leading to serious collision with the police, is reported by the Germany News Agency

Coming puzzle. PAGE Chinese Press Fon French decision; Gallantry in Held, PAGE 5 Paller Courts; Honolulu Clipper Summary Court claime" Criminal Bessions. PAGE 8 Leading articles French Pesce Move; Japan Emulates Nari Methods/S PAGE, E-Union – Church wed- ding: Girl's death' during operation

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The Agency states that several. people were killed, or wounded. when the police opened fire- yes- terday on crowds outside the rail- police way station, post office and headquarters. "LateryadhTOODS, tanks and armoured cars are! to have gone to the distance the police.

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Heavy Italian Losses In Major Naval Engagement

SPECIAL TO HE DAILY PRESS

LONDON," Junë 18 (Havas)—A major engagement be- tween the Italian Fleet and the French Mediterranean Fleet, under Admiral Darlan, Commander-in-Chief of the French Navy, is reported by the Bordeaux correspondent of the Daily Mail

Italian losses are stated to be heavy, P The location of the battle is not specified.

FRENCH NAVY HANDED OVER TO BRITISH ADMIRALTY

W YORK” June 18 (Reuter

sen handed port publi Com