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"WE ARE FACING ONE OF THE GREATEST

CHOICES IN HISTORY": MR. ROOSEVELT'S

STIRRING BROADCAST: REVEALS WHY HE RUNNING FOR THIRD TERM

Something In The Air

FORMAL SEND-OFF FOR BLITZKRIEG · NEW YORK, July 19 (Renter) The Berlin correspondent, of the Columbia Broadcasting Company la a broadcast from Berlin yesterday "declares:—

There is a general belief among the correspondents in Berlin that the "biltcrieg against England may be given a formal send-off with Hitler's address to night.

CONTROL OF Hanover, Hamburg, and Bremen, ernment and military people."

STERLING

IS

NAZI FIRE RETURNED BY ANSON

ENEMY PLANE

SHOT DOWN

WASHINGTON, JULY 19 (REUTER)—BROADCASTING TO THE DEMOCEAN CONVENTION, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SAID HE SPOKE WITH MIXED FEELINGS- in a conflict between a deep personal desire for retirement and that quite invisibl** thing called conscience.

He emphasised that the swift pace of foreign events influenced his decision to run for the third term. He went on to express gratitude to the Convention for the choice of Senator Wallace as Vice-President."

REFERRING TO THE PLANS he had originally made to return to private life at the end of his present term of office, President Roosevelt said "today all private plans have been repealed by the over-riding public danger.

which dominates our world is the fact of armed aggression. The fact

We are facing one of the "No call of Party alone, would LONDON, JDY 19 (Reuter)--An greatest choices in history. have prevailed upon me to accept Air Ministry communique states

It is the continuance of civil-re-election to the Presidency. In "An enemy Dozber was, inter cepted by our enters and shot isation, as we know it, versus times like these, in times of great down into the off the south the ultimate destruction of crises, the compass of the world east coast yesterday morning. all we hold dear..... religion narrows to a single fact the fact The chief targets sought by

"Hitler's speech may also include "Reconnaissand aircraft of the versus anti-Godliness:

the R.A.F. aircraft in their bombing

There is Coastal Comma encountered tour ideal of practice agalust of a successful armed aggression raids on North-western Germany some form of ultimatum.

Berlin is German fighter which were at force: moral decency versus aimed at the form of Government, during the past month have been something in the air. oll-storage tanks and refineries at filled with important Party, Gov-tacking trawler and shot down the firing squad: courage to the kind of society which we in one of the enemy tato the sea. speak out and act versus the the United States have chosen and

"The enemy aircraft was first false lullaby of appeasement." established for ourselves. seen by an Anson" fighter, whose Referring to the changing foreign

CANNOT IGNORE pliot immediately attacked the events which made necessary the enemy while hi tretest operator extension and adjustment of It is a fact which no one any fashed a call by reinforcements. American plans for National De. longer doubts, which no one is any although the Apon carried Eight fence, Fresident Roosevelt said longer able to ignore. It is not an armament and was about 100 miles national unity in the United ordmaty war It is a revolution slower than the enemy Messers States has become a crying essen-imposed by force of arms which

La venitial in the tacs of developments of threatens all men everywhere "One of the enemy Messerschmit unbellerable types of espionage and a revolution which proposes not detached itself from the squadron, international treachery."

to set men free, but to reduce them which was attacking the trawlers,

to slavery in the interests of dicta- and began firing on the Anson 'air-

He added that thinking soley of the nature and extent of the ad- | toṛship_which ́ has already shown craft, which returned the attack,

national good and the international vantage which it hopes to obtain forcing the enemy to fall with

conclusion” that he should not forcements from the Coastal Com-

all of us. mand arrived and attacked the rest of the Messerschmitts

NOT OBLIGED

and the industrial districts and Hitler's, speech will be heard on rallways of the Ruhr and the short wave in the United States. Rhineland. These are areas of first, Importance to Germany's war economy, and they are also the most readily reached from British aerodromes: the distance from the East Anglian coast to Essen, in the; burg, Dortmund, and Cologne is one of only about 250 milés,

RESTORATION OF GOLD STANDARD WITH AMERICA

The triangular area between LONDON, July 19 (Reuter-The Duisburg. Dortmund, and Cologne | latest Treasury regulations for the is one of the vital centres of Ger- control of sterling will in effect man industry, served by a normal restore the gold standard with population of nearly 5,000,000 In

America, since

TO INFORM SOVIET

BRITAIN. AND BURMA ROAD- MOSCOW, July 19 (Reuter)—a

NATIONAL GOOD

MORE U.S. HELP FOR BRITAIN

PUBLIC DESIRE NOT LESSENED BY FRENCH DEFEAT NEW YORK, July 19 (Reuter)----.. "The desire of the American public to aid Britain by every method, short of war, is not lessened by the fact that rice was knocked out of the war, de- clares the latest Institute of Public Opinion poll. -

There

is little difference of opinion on this point between the Democratie and. Bepüb- Ilcan voters.

Futy-three per cent of those who polled thought that the

the New York the big towns alone. Coal, fron, statement issired by the smoke trailing from its tall. Rain scene, he came to the reluctant (and which dominates the lives of United States should give more

make any statement declining no- mination until the Convention met. ́"It was accordingly made to you within an hour of the organisation BURIED UNDER DEBRIS LONDON, July 19 (Reuter) of this Convention. The rea? deci

circumstances: is not accept- ione enemy aircraft dropped eight aton to be made under the present bombe on a south-west Scottish

itance of nomination, but town yesterday and caused some rather the ultimate willingness to “Mr. "R. A. Butler, Foreign casualties.

Federal Reserve Bank, as well as and other metals, textiles, and Tass Agency states: the Bank of England, will now chemicals are its mainstays, and

"The British Government did buy and sell sterling from and to around Cologne and to the south not consult with the Soviet Goy- registered account at 4.025 to are supplies of brown coal., 4.035 dollars to the pound sterling. Most of the centres attacked by ernment (on the closing of the Although substantial exceptions the R.A.F. are also railway lunc- Burma Road) and is not obliged will be granted for sterling si-tions, whose importance to the to do so, in the present state of German war machine has been in relations between Britain and ready held by Americans, the or- ganised tree-market against the creased by the western campaign. U. 9. "8. R. ́ dollar will die forthwith, because From Cologne the main lines run

to Aachen, Antwerp. Under Secretary, informed M. Housewives were preparing meals serve if chosen by the electorate of no further amounts of sterling westward will be credited to existing ac-Liege, and Northern France.. Rail- Maisky," the Soviet Ambassador in in four of the houses which were the United States. counts of United States residents. way junctions and wagon yards at London, of the decision of the completely demolished, the occa

New York began trading in om-Essen, Hamm, Krefeld, Aachen, British Government to conclude pants being buried under the de- cial sterling today on the basis of heydt, Wesel, Geldern, and Em- an agreement with Japan on the bris.

merich have all been attacked from closure of the Burma China

Road." Cont'd Page 7, Col. 4 time to time.

All Is Well With H.K. Women

And Children In Philippines:

U. S. Red Cross, Army Praised

RATES TO BE

REFUNDED The Government has agreed in principle to a proposal for partial re- fund of rates in cases in which landlords have re- duced rents by not less than 50 per cent to meet the difficulties of tenants whose families have left the Colony in accordance with the scheme for com- pulsory evacuation. Full detalls will be made pub- lic in a few days.

TRAWLER SHOOTS _____ENEMY PLANE

THE COLONY'S GRASS WIDOWERS were home early yesterasy and radio sets were tuned in a long time in advance as husbands, brothers and sweethearts waited to listen to the voices of their wo- men folk coming over the air from Manila to tell them how they were faring and to assure them that all was well with them.

The lady announcer at Station revealed that members of the KZRM stated that there were American Red Cross were working about 150 women present in the fourteen and fifteen hours a day in studio but before Hongkong's order to cope with the work at ladies went before the microphone caring for the evacuees.

a Mr. Williams was prevailed upon. Most of the women requested to say a few words.

more letters and more information

Hongkong's ladies were limited as to the future from their has- to one minute each and over fifty bands in Hongkong. How long of them spoke. Everyone was un-would it be before they would be animous in thanking the American allowed to come back? Would they Red Cross, the members of the have to stay in Australia for any United States Army and the people indefinite time?

of the Philippines for the kindness

and hospitality extended to the

evacuees.

While many of the ladies who spoke were obviously overcome

Ons of the best suggestions

made by one of the speakers was a challenge for a "Retura match.

J

In other words that Hongkong's

with emotion, some of the speat grass widowers should get ZBW to LONDON July 19 (Reuter), on the other hand, were cheer-arrange for a day when husbands The Admiralty announced that ful in the messages they had to could speak from Hongkong to send to Hongkong. One lady, after their families in Manlia. The sug--

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telling her husband, in Hongkong gestion has already been made in Rinovia, which was attacked and not to worry about her and the Hongkong and it is one that the machine-gunned by enemy air children, caused laughter when she broadcasting" zuthorities craft off the south count rester concluded by adding: “And see should do their best to support. day, shot down one niane, which that the compradore does not over DEBT OF GEAIT crashed into the sea and, sankcharge you, my deart Immediately,

VS 15 HOURS, WORK i da HM. 8. Rinovia suxered three Very few of the women had hay serious complaint to make. It was

casualties

broadcast with

(Cont'd ParCE

GERMAN SPECIALIST DETAINED

LONDON, July 19 (Reuter)-Doc-

tor Wilhelm Karo, German special- ist on kidney diseases, was detain- ed by Bcotland Yard oncera on an internment order.

"In the face of a danger which confronts our time, në individual retains the right of personal choice which free mèn Jenjoy in times of peace. He has first the obligation to serve his country Ja whatever capacity his country finds his

useful

Cont'd Page 7, Col. 1

WICKHAM STEED

help to Britain, 11 per cent thought that the United States was giving enough help now, SİX per cent thought that the coun- try should give less help, while 10. per cent. expressed no opinion.

The 53 per cent included 15. per cent, who opined that the United States should, declara war against Germany and

Italy.

OPINÉS U.S.

DECLARATION OF WAR AGAINST GERMANY: TRIBUTE TO PREMIER

THAT AMERICA WILL, as in 1917, be sooner or later forced into declaration of war against Germany was the opinion expressed by Mr. H. Wickham Steed, the authority on international affairs, in his broadcast, in the World Affairs" series, from Daventry last night.

nomination of President Roosevelt

Mr. Wickham Steed opened all his secretaries soon found out? Dr. Karo is a brother of Cadet his talk by saying that the added the speaker. Major Max Karo, commanding most important event of the Next in order of importance to officer of the Stock Exchange past week was the broadcast, Mr. Churchill's broadcast, Mr. cadets

last Sunday," by Mr. Winston Wickham Steed went on, was the Churchill and he was very by the Democratic Party for re- glad to note that even in his election as President for a third great confidence of ultimate term, and said that no man in the victory Mr. Churchill had history of the United States ever taken a long view of things, held this high office for three Ever since the corruption of consecutive terms, but, that is a France, the speaker said, Hitler matter for the Americans" them- had been obsessed with the am-selves.

On Other

Pages

PAGE 2-Police appeal to cyclists: Swimming notes, US baseball; Golf starting time; HB, Club and Chung Hwa in return clash PAGE Radio programmes

Coming events: Unclaimed telegrams

PAGE 4-China Indignant at Burma Road decisión; Mr. Churchill answers question on evacuation; Nával opera- tions" in the Mediterranean; Crossword puzzle.. PAGE Percival Street tra

gedy Round the Police Courts: Folice chler dis- count #TUILOUIS Evacuation

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article: (and to isolation:

TWO OBJECTIVES

MATSUOKA

the

July 19 (Reu

"elimination" of Anglo-French in- fluence in East Asia and the conclusion of the alliance with Germany and Italy, are the two ob- jectives of Mr. Matsuoka, the newly appointed For- eign Minister, according to the Nichi Nichi Shim- bun

bition of invading Great Britain. "I cannot imagine, though, that much as President Roosevelt, it was the late President Woodrow Wilson. His plans for this might well have after eight years of office any man

been in full swing only to be halted in his senses will want to stay," and yet in 1917 he found himself by the way his "feelers" had been giving as his reason for this state-obliged to declare war against der treated by the Royal Air Forca, ment the very strenuous work at many and also to a certain degrée by the tached to that executive office. confident way in which Mr. Chur- chill had repeatedly stated that Britain was not only ready, but also anxious to come to grips with any forces the German Fuehrer might send over. The attack may yer come, but if it does it will take & very different form from that originally intended.

HARD WORKING MAN

Mr. Wickham Steed said that Mr. Hoosevelt dla mot seek no- mination but he felt the com- try needed la services and he was there to give, of his best." mak

Why should America, In the security of their isolation from the Old World Tight, asked the speak er? The reason, he continued, was curious: They were driven into It in 1917 by the Instiet of sele preservation. -EDURE

The position today was more SUPPORT FOR BETTAIN

complicated than in 1917. Japa The people in Britain were fol- lowing these nominations very was our ally then and, therr- fore, save, the United States ne keenly but it was generally felt

cause for lear insofar as the that whether President Roosevelt

Pacific was COUCHTADE. "Mr." Churchill spends a great or Mr. Wendell Wilkie was return-

Ching had not been invaded ther deal of m risiting the yared, the support for Britain in her

defence fight against Nast aggression would and the Dutch East Indies had

be intensified, headse

come into the picture. any President ever desired to less of the changed ás: ksếp" the country CU” of War" as (Cont'd