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"Hengxong Daily Press," July 31, 1940

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No. 25556

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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY.

TWO

HWAI RIVER U.S. Mosquito Boats'

RISING

ANHWEI BASE, July 30 (Central) -Reports from various places along the notorious Awaf River Indicates that the water level at many points is rapidly rising, although the rise does not immediately threaten the dykes along both banks.

At Fowyang. In northwest Anh- wel, the water level of the Hunt River has risen from 6.50 metre on July 6 to 13.10 metre on July 20, `as against the record level of 13.78 metre of last year.

Fengtal, Hochiu. Tatho and other places on the upper reaches of the Hwal River are also facing the pros- pect of a flood if the water level is to continue its rising trend.

For

British Navy

A motor torpedo bost of the type of the high-speed craft re- leased by the Navy for sale to Great Britain was Inspected on the Potomac River by United States Navy technicians. The vessel is approximately 70 feet long, has exceeded 45 knots in spend trials, and is equipped with tubes to discharge torpedoes in sudden raids.

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: VOLUNTEERS ANSWER SMUTS

CALL: LARGE ARMY WILL GO TO E. AFRICA: WELL TRAINED Shipments Of Sons Of Men Who Held American Oil Delville Wood In 1916: Products To

Spain Greater

Famous

Sportsmen

PRETORIA, July 30 (Reuter)-It was disclosed that a LONDON, July 30 (Reuter)-Re-strong force of South African troops, whose arrival in East - plying to questions, In alle House Africa was officially announced last fight, is the advance of Commons, on the "conomic guard of a much large South African Army, which will go situation, Dr. Hugh Dalton, Minis- to East Africa.

of Economic Warfare, sald ter that shipments of oil and oil pro- ducts to Spain from America dur- ing the first half of this year had been substantially greater than during the corresponding period of last year.

Before the collapse of France, there was only one route by which oll could reach Germany "from Spain which was by sea across the western Mediterranean and through Italy, and Britain relied upon the French naval patrols to prevent this traffe.

Since the collapse of France, many features of the situation had become obscure and he was sending an officer of his Ministry to Spain this week, with an order to confer with the Spanish au-1 thorities and the British Ambassa- dor at Madrid,

They are all volunteers, who answered General Smuts, the South African Premier's call for men to serve any- where in Africa and are all well-trained and disciplined.

General Smuts attended the farewell parade for the troops on July 14 and ad- dressed the men "as

öld

Britain Has

soldiers," wishing them God- Already Got

speed.

It was a most appropriate oc- Measure Of

Casion, as July 14 is Delville Wood Day, which is commemorated in South Africa annually in memory or the heroism of a South African brigade which held Delville Wood

rific German attack in 1916.

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BRITONS ARRESTED

BY JAPANESE: NO REPORT YET

GALLANTRY RECEIVED OF TREATMENT OF MR. MELVILLE J. COX

IN DESERT FIGHTING

THREE M.C.'S AND

TWO M.M.'S

LONDON, “ July 20⋅ (Beuter)—— Gallantry in dosent fighting is ré- cognised by the mediate award by General Sir Archibald Wavell, Commander-in-Chief” in the Mid- die East, of Bag to the Military Cross, three Military Crosses and two Mary Medis to officers and non-commissioned officers of the Royal Armoured Corps (Hus- sars).

Lieutenant Delme Seymour- Evans, M.C. receiver the Bar, for bold leadership of a Cruiser Squa- dron which was largely respon- sible for the capture of a fort.

In another action: be, advanced, under enemy" ́fre, atraight at the guns and as a restilt 12 enemy tanks and all four runs were destroyed and the fantry laid down their armë veten

Other receplents Are Becond-1 Lentenant Corrie Halliday (MUF,

Cross) Modead Lieutenant Bobin Oates (Military Croza). Second Lieutenant Warren Gape (Military Cross), Sergeant Thomas Bowyer (Mitary Medals) and Corporal Arthur James Taber (Military Medal).

SUPREME PENALTY

Woman Goes

German T. B's To Gallows

LONDON, July 30 (Reuter)-

in the Great War against a ter-Every indication that Britain has

A woman was to have paid the already got the measure of German

supreme penalty st Hongkong torpedo-boats may well be a secret, Prison, Stanley," at

dawn this which has been devised to protect morning. these shores from them; writes a

Among the troops parading were hundreds of sons"of men who fought in Delville Wood.

The troops include a number of Naval expert, famous sportsmen among them The naval officer who 18 the boxer Ben. Foord, Bruce Mit-thoroughly familiar with this type chell and other cricketers and a of craft, opined that Germany must number of springbok rugby and be disappointed with the results soccer players.

In his address, General Smuts

hitherto,

These """ boats were used in the

tion of Dunkirk,

our

NOTHING EASIER

A

She is KWAN LAI-CHAN, 31, who was found Guilty at the Criminal Bessions on June 25 and sentenced to death for the murder of Lam Lin-kwai, concubine, at No. 33

Hee Wong Terrace, West Point 'dis- trict. The

It was alleged that Kwan Lai-

ADEQUATE SUPPLIES "The

desire of His Majesty's Government was to enable Spain to receive adequate supplies of olf for ber own internal consump tion, not for re-export," and, Dr. Daiton added, "I have. no said: evidence of re-exports of lubricat-

"In taking our part in this war Skagerrak and on the Norwegianhan hacked to death, with a inx at from Spain to Germany we are not merely defending our coast and also during the evacua chopper, not only the concubine. but the stocks in Spain appear to selves, Our country and

but also her aged mother-in-law. be so high relatively to the "do-futures; we are also standing by

Sze, and Chiu Ying-kwal, 11-7 mestic consumption, that no our friends. in the Commonwealth

year-old son of Lam Lin-kwal,- navicerts for further imports are of nations in all loyalty and good During the Dunkirk operations

The trial, which was followed faith, as we know they will stand there was nothing easier than for with great interest by a large sec But we are doing more than them to torpedo the British ships. tion of the public which filled the that. We are, also safeguarding but the success of the evacuation Supreme Court to capacity, was that larger tradition of human shows the result or their efforts. before the Chief Justice. freedom, freedom of conscience. Subsequently they attacked British Atholl MacGregor, the Crown case freedom of thought, and freedom convoys in the Channel and around being conducted by Mr. J. F. of religion, which is today threathe Thames estuary, but the re- tened as it has never been before suits to them again were very dis in history, by the Nad menace." appointing.

now being issued."

11 British Ships Sunk

By Enemy

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Murphy, Assistant Crown Solicitor. Mr. D. J. N. Anderson, instruct- ed by Mr. P. Winter-Blyth, ap- Deared for the defence,

The jury comprised Messe. M de Carvalho (foreman), Lau ing J. A dos Remedios, K. E. M. Caudron, S. Hassan, Tam and

These "E boats vary from so to LONDON, July 30 (EWS)-The to 130 feet long and have a dis- LONDON, July 30 (Reuter) Brazilian Red Cross has sent a placement of 50 to 90 tons, with a Latest shipping losses up to the gift of 14,000 kilogrammes of st-speed of 30 to 40 knots. They are week, ending July 21, include 11 gar,, approximately 91,000 lb, to armed with shell-firing automatic

vessels, totalling 37,500 the Red Cross and St. John War one-and-half-inch guns and tor-Chan Sin-nam tons, six neutral of 10,000 tons Organisation for use in the ser- pedoes and carry a crew of 10. They and one Allied of 2,000 tons vice, of hospitals in Great Britain; can travel 600 miles.

The total tonnage is less than a quarter of the weekly loss during the latter part of June.

British

The combined German and Italian losses up to the end of last week amounted to 1,182,000 tons and also 20,000 tons of shipping which was formerly neutral and now under enemy control, have been sunk.

LONDON, July 30 (Reuter)-The death is announced of Commander C. W. O, M. Woodhouse, RN., who was severely wounded when HM. aircraft carrier Courageous WRA torpedoed on September 171 1939.

"Between Us And Hitler

It is learned that about 18 years

ago a woman was hanged in the old Victoria Gaol for murder.

EXPLOSION IN

Stands The British Fleet" GIBRALTAR

NEW YORK, JULY 30 (BEUTER) THE SALE TO BRITAIN,

of at least 60 of the United States 162 overage destroyers was urged by the Committee to Defend America In a six-column advertisment which appears in leading American

newspapers

and headed,” “"Between us and Hitler stands the British Fleck

THE COMMITTEE URGES THE AMERICANS to writ Congressmen saying that they want the United States to give material aid to Britzin which “still →

fort: stands a stopping the inte

ing loot, seros. the

kays

military communique

plosion of which the an

unknown occurred in on Monday morning, in the vicl of the naval wireless station at the north front, says Reuter

Parliament Members Take Serious View Papers

Suggest

Of

Action: Reprisals

NO REPORT HAS YET BEEN RECEIVED IN OFFICIAL QUARTERS IN LONDON, says British Wireless, regarding the treatment under the detention and examination of MR. MELVILLE JAMES COX, Reuter's chief correspondent in Tokyo, who was one of the arrested Britons and who died of his injuries after jumping from the second floor of the headquarters of the Tokyo Gendarmerie where he was being examined.

Meanwhile, a Reuter message from Shanghai states it is understood that two more Britons-MR. E. G. PRICE, of Kobe, and MR. D. E. STRAFFORD, of Nagasaki-- have been arrested. This brings the total of Britons, now in custody for police ques- tioning, to twelve.

All Japanese Talk With Britain For More Friendly Relations Just Eye-Wash

LONDON, JULY 34 (REUTER) — THE NEWS-CHRONICLE, in`a leader, states that the Japanese: lost, no time in demons trating that all the talk for more friendly relations with: Bri- tain, through the closing of the Burma Road, was so much eye- wash.

Members of Parliament, states a further British Wire- less report received last night, take a very serious view of the Japanese military police a view which is known to be shared by His Majesty the King.

Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary, and

Under Mr. R. A. Butler, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, were expected to make statements, on the arrests, in the Houses of Lords and Commons, respectively, yesterday afternoon.

Yesterday, following the arrest of many Britons, it was ex- plained that Mr. M. J... Cox. Reuter's chief correspondent in

The Far Eastern situation was Japan, committed suicide by jumping from the "window of the

most of the expected to occupy Tokyo Gendarmerie "where he was being examined.”

debating time and the arrest in Nobody in Britain, says the pa-plainly that I anti-British ac- the last few days of prominent per, will believe that story as Ittivities continue. British policy British subjects in Japan on the stands. Maybe Mr. Cox was will be reviewed,

pretext of suspected sabotage, ac- pushed out of the. window, or

cording to British Wireless, would maybe he was just "grilled" until

make it certain that the House he could stand it no longer.

The British papers today, urge would want to examine very close-

the The British Government must that

British Governmently the implications of recent de- insist on the fullest investigation should insist on the fullest in-velopments of the incident, together with. pro-vestigation into the matter and per reparation, adds the news-suggest possible reprisals.

should tell Japan paper, and

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-On Other- Pages

PAGE 2-Training home for Jockey Club ponies at Sheungshui: New British heavyweight; Damaged goods; Topical task about Australia; U.S. baseball, PAGE 3 A German Consul spoke out of turn; Dead man sued;""Radio programmes; Coming events; Grossword pamle.- PAGE 4Troop concentrations back Russian demand to Ru- mania; Japanese and puppet troops clash in Yingtak;" Hurricanes play havoc with

· Nazi'élreraft; King's message tó B.A. troops: Boviet praise Royal Navy." PAGE 5 Urban Connell meet

Ing: Round the Police Courts; Airport news; Registry wed- dings; Quarantine restric

PAGE 6Leading article: An *Inviable menace; New social ** club" formed in Kowlden). Bignificant background; to Havana conference; A American editors see 16, Newsettea PAGE 8Chinese press com-

ments: Arrests furnish clear-

er insight into Japan: US watch Far East, Situation in Tag Manchuria; MArmy, training

for Canadians,

PAGE 9 New torpedo bost: fol

the US Navy Res on Canadians; planes tuned

The accident, regrettably re- sulted in the deaths of three ofAllies Rice

other the Hidek - Watch

The Burma Road can always be opened again.

ENVOYS CONFER Associated Press reports that

SERIOUS VIEW "LONDON, July 30 (Reuter)-Bir Robert Craigle, British Ambasse- dor to Japan, saw the Japanese

the British and "American Ambas- Foreign Minister, Mr. Matsuoka," sadors in Tokyo liave conferred on yesterday, and made representa- tions regarding the arrests of Bri- the situation;

tish subjects.

It was learnt that Sir Robert

JAPANESE PRESS Craigle pointed out the serious

OUTBURST

view that would be taken in Bri- tain and possibly" elsewhere, re- garding these actions. It was TOKYO, July 30 (Renter)-The quite inevitable that the case death of Mr. Cox has served as a would be regarded as having a signal for an outburst in the Tap political bearing anese Press against what is describ- ed as “organised British propagan- da and conspiracy,” in Japan...

The NICHI NICHI SHIMBUN de-| elares that British propaganda de- tivities for fostering nith colum- nists" have been energetically car-

The only "charge that could be ried on in Japan since the out brought against them was that break of the war, for the following they had been working for tm- purposes; A

proved Anglo-Japanese relations.

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1. Moulding public opinion: 30 as to induce Japan to join in the war on the British side;

2. Making Japan refrain from giving military, or material assis

At the same time, Bir Bobert gave Mr. Matsuoka an explicit statement that the British community had not been en sared in any political activi-·

Bir Robert also touched on the fact that there was in Japan a strong and emcient Na Party organisation whose members were all trained and instructed in pro-

U.S. Rights

tance to Germany and Italy, paganda and political activities.

3. Obstructing the" conclusion of the Non-Agression Pact between Japan and the Soviet Unitań...

The ASAHI SHIMBUN~ alleges that Britain established a network. of organisations for conducting systematic propaganda and cons piracy throughout Japan.

In China

WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuter) Mr. Sumner Welles, acting Secretary of State, sald yesterday that the United

FRENCH ENVOY states was willing at any ap-

RECALLED

NEW YORK, July 30 (Reuter) omte Baint

has been rec

propriate time to relinquish its spe rights, in negotiation, but on itin, the French legitimate and

State Gove ment of China. Peta

He said that this retterated the positi

the United