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MONDAY, JULY 29, 1940. —PAGE 7

HITLER TO STAGE BLITZKRIEG CORRESPONDENCE Typhoon Reported Threatening Coast

AGAINST EGYPT?

NEUTRAL SCEPTICISM ON SUCCESS OF ASSAULT ON GREAT BRITAIN

TALK OF TACTICAL SURPRISES

LONDON, JULY 28 (REUTER) — GERMANS IN NEU- TRAL CAPITALS ARE tälking of tactical "surprises" which Hitler is planning, and it seems certain the attack will be .gin with an offensive intended to distract attention from the main purpose and attempts to cause misinformation will be spread among the civilian population.

Meanwhile neutral opinion remains extremely sceptical of Hitler's chances of success in an enterprise khown to be against the considered judgment of many German officers. Some commentators even believe Hitler may at the last

moment change his mind and decide against an attack on Britain.

RETRACTION OF BURMA ROAD

PACT URGED ·

KWEIYANG, July 28 (Con- tral)-The Kweiyang branch of the International Peace Campaign yesterday addressed a telegram to the London LP.Q. And the British Governent. arging them to do their "at- most to retract the Anglo-

on the Japanese agreement Burma Road issue,

The agreement. the tele- gram stated, is deplored not anly by the Chinese but also by the British people as well.

FINE EXHIBITION

STATEMENT BY North Of H.K.: No. 5 Signal

DEAN WILSON

The Editor, H.K. Daily Press "Sir. The recent mention of my name at the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council has subject- ed me to a number or abusive let- ters and telephone calls, mostly anonymous. These I hope to forget in a day or two, but attacks on the Cathedral persuade me to make a personal statement

It seems rather tragic that when an opportunity arises to speak a useful word against unfair and hard discrimination between races, the case should be spoilt by un- warranted and almost malicious. allegations which had no founda- tion in fact. No attempt was made to consult me about these absurd suggestions, though I have been in the Colony for the last ten days.

OF PAINTINGS BY The Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo has been MR WOO CHO - FUN

In that case, in order to

Ever since the fall of Shanghai, avoid losing prestige among the celebrated artist of China; Mr.

kind enough to accept my state- ments, but the publicity given to his original speech and the com- ments of my friends almost make should be made, and the ignorance.

CRIME WAVE IN his own people, it is suggested woo Cho-pun, has been residing me believe that a public enquiry

S'HAI BADLANDS

CHUNGKING. July 28 (en- tral) The impotence of the bogus Shanghai City Gov- ernment was further Illustrat- ed by the murder of Yu Chen- shan, owner of a leather fac- tory, by a group of rufans right before the eyes of the police on Thursday morning in a lea shop In Shanghal's "bad- hands," according to a Shang- hai message.

Yu was blackmailed by the ruftlan, but refused to pay the monty demanded. He was enticed into the badlands and was assaulted ta death In broad daylight.

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he might try instead to stage in Hongkong.. At the beginning of

massed attack against his sojourn here he was invited to of these irresponsible informers send' in some of his paintings to disclosed. But such a public en- the exhibition held by the local quiry, confined to the instances COASTAL TOWNS RAIDED

artists Mrs. MacPherson, Messrs. quoted by the Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo. waste of time and The Air Ministry in London an- nounced yesterday that there was John Lock, Wong Siu Ling. Yue would be a 'considerable enemy

nir activity Fun, Chan Fook Sin, etc. Among money. for ten minutes would be to Investigate and the hundreds of visitors who camelenough time round our coasts during the night.to the exhibition was H.E. Str prove beyond all reasonable doubt without developing on a

Geoffry, Northcote. All admired the falsity of these particular alle- scale.

the artist's animal studies, parti-gations,

in the last Evacuation my duties. cularly his tigers, As a result of this exhibition many local art col-on the boat were not governmental. lectors have acquired Mr.. Woo's I was asked by the voluntary work- works. The large painting of five ers of the Evacuation Scheme to go magnificent tigers. at present hung to Manila with two main duties: on the 4th floor of the Ying King (1) to do what I could to help the Bombs were also dropped, at islated points in South-West EngRestaurant in Wanchai, and the evacuees on the boat; and (2) to land.. Wales and North-East Scot-grand tiger owned by the Tai Yau tabulate the information on the nominal rolls of the passengers. land, causing only minor damage.

Of what happened at Manila I Only casualty reported in these

know little, as I left that port three' arcas was one person slightly in-

hours after the last evacuees dis jured.

embarked.

Bombs were dropped in several places in South-East England, one house was wrecked and others damaged. The number of casual- tles was small, one person being

killed.

Steamship Company are two of his most recent works.

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Late yesterday afternoon,

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the Royal Observatory reported that the typhoon, which was threatening the coast north of Hongkong in the morning, was probably near or entering the coast about 80 miles east-north-east of the Colony.

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"Last year. Mr. Woo toured the Straits Settlements and held

On. Saturday, at 9.30 am. the No. 1 signal was holsted and at 3.34 o'clock. yesterday morning An enemy bomber was brought several exhibitions there the pro-

Feeling that as a private indivi-

ras changed to No: 5 (gale expected from the "N.W.). down off the South-East coast ceeds from all being donated to

dual I had been cramed in the ful- the reller of refugees in China.

The depression formed shortly before midnight.

Thursday or Friday about 600 In one South-East town a high Ater his return to Hongkong.filment of these duties on board.

niles to the east of Luzon. explosive bomb fell in the street Mr. Woo devoted all his attention stipulated that if I was asked to work, I of a village, demolishing one house to research and educational work continue this voluntary

At 10.21 am. on Saturday the (Continued from Page 1)

at the and damaging eight others.

He held his present exhibition at must be allowed a greater scope

WILS situated end of the Balintang Special rights are demanded on ENEMY PLANES DOWNED OVER the repeated and urgent request of than I was allowed on the Empress typhoon the Falkland Islands by Argentine.

his friend, Mr. So Hung Sul, the of Japan. It was on this under-western The Neutrality Commission of Two. familles

rendered Principal of the Chi Yung Middle standing that I accepted an invita-Channel about 450 miles E.S.S. of tion from the Hongkong Govern- Hongkong, moving WN.W. By the the conference yesterday adopted homeless and were given accom- School.

ment" to accompany the next eva- afternoon, the typhoon had tra- Mr. Woo's exhibition was held at the resolution submitted by the modation by the housing authority. United States agains; Firth Co-

lumn activities, providing for ex- change of information converning subversive "activities, the restric tion of the right of diplomatie envoys" and non-admittance of foreign legations of an extraor dinarily large staff with diplomatic status and collective action in the event of the sovereignty of any state being threatened by such sub- versive activities if that state calls tor, help.

PERMANENT COMMISSION The Sub-Committee on the Pre- servation of Peace agreed that the Permanent Commission to direct action for the establishment c trusteeships over threatened Euro- pean colonies shall be formed of delegates of five American nations

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were

Bombs which fell in South-West the Girls Department of the Chi cuees to AustraMa and help the velled 100 miles and was then 350 England destroyed a bungalow and Yung Middle School in Nelson's Financial Adviser in the general miles E.SE of the Colony.. damaged several others.

Street, Mongkok, on Saturday and welfare of those arriving at differ- bombs. as well as Sunday.

ent ports. high explosives were dropped in other South-West districts but there WES no damage and no casualties.

TWO enemy aircraft were shot down in the Channel by RAF aghters yesterday morning, an Air

Reuter Correspondent Held "For Military Reasons": British Consul. Not Allowed To See Mr. Cox

SHANGHAI, July 28 (Reuter)-Up to midday, nothing had been and published in Japan or was allowed to be telegraphed from Japan con- cerning the detention of MR. J. M. COX Beuter's representative, who

Yesterday morning, at 10.10 o'clock the typhoon was situated It is a strange trony that the about 80 miles N.N.W. of Pratas work we did on the nominal rolls and moving W.N.W. on board the Empress of Japan had threatening the coast to the north nothing to do with racial distineof Hongkong.. tions, but was intended to save,

HARBOUR ROUGH

was arrested on Friday by the Tokyo Police,

THE BRITISH CONSUL in Tokyo tried to see Mr. Cox yesterday, Suitable food Reuter learns, privately but was not allowed to do so. however, was left.

The exhibition included about 60 of his best paintings. Apart from paintings of flowers, birds and persons there were a great number of animals, over 40 of which being and succeeded in saving, "the eva. studies of tigers.

cuees many hours of waiting dur-i After a warm warning with

We were helped hardly any breeze there was Reuter in Shanghai received received from Tokyo or any" or- The exhibition was open to the ing quarantine. Some bombs tell in a Scottish pubile and there was no entrance in our work by many ladies who spasmodic rain in the afternoon numerous messages of sympathy, dinary source concerning Mr. Cox's feld, without harming the cows-fee, or collection, and the paint-did valuable secretarial work. there!

Ministry communique stated. "

ings were not for sale.

MEASURES DESIGNED

TO INJURE BRITISH

rending a general agreement of the INTERESTS IN RUMANIA

12 Governments upon the conven- tion. **

This was one of the main points

of divergence since some of the countries wanted a committee re- presenting the 21 Republics.

A three-point programme which aims at avoiding the transfer of be ratified by possessions" will

the full Commission for the Fre-

servation of Peace this afternoon.

It is believed that Uruguay's

proposal, for establising 25 miles

...

The harbour journey by ferry was The majority of these enamate detention,

It is understood that Sir Robert I would add to my personal ex-

from people who knew Mr. Cox- quite rough. planation of crass misunderstand-

The usual harbour preparations personally, and all stress his in-Craigle discussed the "detention in If some

an interview yesterday afternoon ing a word of criticism. of the critics of Government had among native craft had beentegrity and conscientiousness,

Many suggest that the detention with Mr. Matsuoka, Foreign Min- taken on Saturday following the taken a little more trouble to ac-

of bolsting

preliminary must be due to some misunder-ister, but the communique issued by quaint themselves, first of all with

the Foreign Office concerning the signals.

standing. the true facts of the Evacuatión,

talk failed entirely to mention the both in its policy and administra-

the

Up to midnight last night, the tion, they would have been in a No. S signal was still displayed. better position to make a teng attack, and would not have allowed

LONDON, JULY 28 (REL TER)-IT IS LEARNED ON themselves to be sluetracked by a

DETENTON DISCUSSED Up to midnight no news had been cox case.

GOOD AUTHORITY IN LONDON that the British Govern- sadden but unsustained onslaught DR. BENES INSPECTS MEN

ment views the actions of the Rumanian Government with jon one of their own supporters. dissatisfaction and å formal protest is being considered...

SALESMAN ON

The fact that I am whole-hear- THE RUMANIAN GOVERN-tedly in agreement with the critics MENT HAS TAKEN A NUM-of discrimination does not prevent me deploring their methods or do- BER OF MEASURES DI-

ing whatever I can for the welfare RECTLY DESIGNED TO IN-

the Colony,

FIVE CHARGES OF JE BRITISH INTERESTS of those who are compelled to leave

EMBEZZLEMENT

IN RUMANIA..........

They have placed restrictions on as a limit for territorial waters instead of three miles accorded by Remanded from Thursday when the movements of British shippingt present international law will be he appeared, before "Mr. R. Ed-on the Danube and have enforced adopted. The measure will come wards at the Central Magistracy measures gravely detrimental to Into force after the present war. on a charge of embezzling $104.10 British oll interests, by the expul- The proposal submitted by Guate from the Thom Groceteria, Dession, of British engineers from mala that she be given the right to Voeux Road Central, Mak Cheung- Rumania, and by interfering with take over the administration of bing, 27, unemployed salesman, the administration of the Astra- British Honduras the "juridical was remanded a further 48 hours Romana Company. stand adopted by Britain in re- by Mr. Edwards on Saturday, gard to this possession should change" is being considered by the Commission for the Preservation of Feace.

of

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Zours etc.

J. L. WILSON. Dean.

Balkan Activity Continues

OF CZECH LEGION

LONDON, July 27 (Beuter)-Dr. Edouard Benes, President of the Provisional Czechoslovakian Government in Britain, yester- day inspected men of the Czech Legion, some of the vast body of foreign troops now on active service with the British forces.

Dr. Benes addressed his men for the first time in two years... In other words, since he was forced to flee from Prague before the Nazi advance, w

In the march past were Czechs who had travelled 10,000 miles" to. come to Britain. Their route was traced on a map shownie: Dr.

Benea

GALLANTEY REVEALED Their story is worthy of the gal lant Czech Legion in the Great War which fought its way across

LONDON, July 28 (Reuter) Siberia to join the Allied forces.

It was learned privately that Mr. Cox was detained in Tokyo where the Coxs had taken up house for the summer.

SENIOR CORRESPONDENT James Melville Cox, one of the senior foreign correspondents to Tokyo, has represented Reuter as chief correspondent in Japan since 1934

From 1912 to 1918 Mr. Cox was manager of the Shanghai office and from 1922 to 1925 worked in a similar capacity in Hongkong.

- Mr, Cox bad maintained many contacts with Shanghai where ne was a member of the Shanghai Club and the Shanghal Race Club. A native of Ladywell, Kent, Mr. Cox is 55 years old.

Money Market Easier

BANKS PURCHASE TREASURY BILLS LONDON, July 28 (Reuter) the Money Market, conditions eased towards the end of the week when banks became freer buyers of Treasury Bills

Meanwhile, His Majesty's Gov- ernment are holding themselves Four additional charges of em-

free to impose such measures as totalling Suras bezzlement

preferred against they may see it by way of re-

The present Legionaries again $238.55 were him on his second appearance be-prisal for the action of the Ru-Balkan activities will continue to-

manian Government and have, day when Hitler will receive four went through Russia from Czecho fore the Court. HONDURAS CLAIMS

Acting Bub-Insp. C. Byron, for Inter alia, held up three Humanian members of the Slovak Gover-slovakia, and thence to Palestine,

ment, having already seen

Egypt. Malta and France, The proposal provides that

Bulgarian and Rumanian Minis - Another body of foreign troops Guatemala should continue to ad- the Police, stated that defendant ships in the Mediterranean.

ters, v

in Britain today is the famous minister the possession untu a was sent to Macao to collect the

Indicative of the deepening rift

There are at present no detalls French Foreign Legion, in which: normal state of affairs" has been money but spent it.

between the puppet" troops in re-established when: Honduras'

their Japanese of the terms that Rumania will be 42 different nationalities are serv Shanghai and overlords, a serious clash. occurred forced to accept, but Goering's ing.

REFUSED TO RETREAT recently between the men under newspaper yesterday said the Ru

These, men went from Africa to The full Commission for the Chang Wel-fang, one of Wang mania that was constructed after In authoritative circles here that Preservation of Peace unanimously Ching-wel's army chiefs, and a the Great War, was a senseless Norway, where they served with British Honduras will be included passed the convention for action Japanese unit in the western dis piece of work and that the situa distinction at Narvik. They later

tion must now come to an end.

fought in the Argonne, where

Their proudest trophies are four in the general plan of the action by the Americas in the event or tries of Shanghai

Meanwhile the Rumanians have their losses were heary but they European colonies in the Western on colonies...

President Roosevelt today (Sun admitted the Russian allegations stood arm and refused to retreat. German flags bearing huge swasti The Falkland Yalands were exclud Hemisphere being menaced by the

Many of these Foreign Legion kas day) left on his yacht Potomac on of ill-treatment of the Bessara ed by the Bub-Committee which change of status: di

contention It is anticipated that the other a visit to the Defence Works near blans returning from Soviet teraries are veterans of many years, These were captured at Narvik accepted Argentina's that they are not a colony, Author- two points in the draft agreement Norfolk, Va., says Reuter from ritory and promised to prevents having seen service in Algeria, and now decorate the Legion's the previous rate further repetition.

Morocco and French Indo-China, barracks somewhere in England Washington. itative sources here confirm that will be passed today,

claims on the colony will be con-British Honduras will be included aldered by an arbitration tribunal, in the general agreement.

Although a vote has not yet been CHANGE OF STATUS taken on the proposal, it is learned

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DR. E. BENES

The Treasury was well supplied with funds, a witnessed by the week's Treasury Bill allotment of only £60,000,000 while applications aggregated 125.8. millions,

The market received only 31 Der cent of its requirement

Which average rate of 21044d.

from was practically unchang

Wall Street closed sten