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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1940.

GREATEST TOTAL LOSS ON

ANY SINGLE DAY: 169 NAZI AIRCRAFT ARE DESTROYED

8 INJURED

IN QUEEN'S ROAD WEST

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FIRST WEEK OF BATTLE OF

BRITAIN:

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HITLER WILL FAIL

IT HAS BEEN A GREAT WEEK-THE FIRST WEEK OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN. HERR HITLER'S ATTACK MAY BE INTENSIFIED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. But he did not come to London and dictate peace on August 15 as he boasted Eight persons were injured, ons he would," said MR. WICKHAM STEED, the distinguished English Journalist, in open- seriously, and an is missinging his weekly broadcast commentary in the series "World Affairs" from Daventry last

night. and second floor of No. 262, Queen's Road

after

In a mass attack along a 500-mile front from Plymouth to the Tyne on Thursday, in which 1,000 bombers and pro- lective fighters were used, Germany suffered the greatest following the colles of the first total loss in aircraft on any single day since the war, says a British Wireless message.

The destruction of 169 enemy aircraft was announced in a communique issued yesterday,

President Franklin D. Roosevelt first told Mr. James Farley, Post- master-General, whether he'll ran for a third term but he would- n't use the pen, Mr. Farley is pointing to, to"wrile it down. Mr. Farley won't tell, and there the. matier stands. Mr. Farley has since tendered his resignation which has been accepted

by Mr. Roosevelt.

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PRAISE AND GRATITUDE FOR

FEATS OF R.A.F.*.

LONDON, AUG. 16 (REUTER) -

THE MAGNIFICENT FEATS OF THE RAF. CONTINUE TO EVOKE WARM EX- "PRESSIONS OF PRAISE AND GRATITUDE IN THE LON-

DON PRESS.

The DAILY MAIL says" that a visitation. There was net one Hitler came to England yesterday that did not report its defeat. as he had promised, but by proxy. We must recognise that the rage The skies rained his dead and and weight of air attacks have dying deputies on our seas and been extended beyond anything shores. By nightfall the tale of ever before known. They may ex- their losses was too great to be tend further. But the experience counted in time.

of this day shows that we have There was hardly a district In nothing now to fear from the air the Kingdom which did not report that our magnificent RAF, can-

not overcome.

Renovation Of Japanese Home Front

NEW POLITICAL STRUCTURE

18 (Reuter) TOKYO, Aug." Prince Konoye. the Japanese Premier, will set about launching a new political structure for Japan and renovation of the home front by the end of this month when a statement will be announced to the nation, following a formal approval by the Cabinet,

We give them again the ... nation's heartfelt gratitude.

The News-Chronicle says that with each day the serial blitzkrieg brings us nearer to numerical parity with Germany and mumeri- cal parity means total superiority. With America's help we shall certainly achieve that.

o'clock last night

The roof of these caved in bringing the secd door down unto the first one ground floor was occupid thề.. the Tuns Sing Tai porcelain serpig

second floor.

"Instead," went on Mr.i Steed, "he sent on that day over 1,000 planes and our air- men have given them a taste of

what they can expect. Mussolini, too, got a black- eye that he did not expect. Altogether it was a great week."

Mr. Steed then referred to

1 Of these 153 were shot'

One woman Lelated to be down by our fighters, 11 by misstag and up to hour had anti-alfcraft, one by lewis not been extricatif she is be gun and two by infantry fire.lieved to be armste of the!

Thirty-four of our aircraft Three men the men and the official figures of the re- are lost but 17 pliots are safe. two children we injured and sults of the German raids, The Air Ministry and Min-were all sentospital, the over Britain, and said: "If istry of Home Security com-majority of thenesing from our figures are untrustworthy

head injuries. munique states that a num- ber of persons were killed in addition to those injured in Thursday right's raid on Croydon, says Reuter.

During the night, enemy ac- tivity. though not on a large -scale, spread over a wide area

in England.

Incendiary bombs were scatter ed over a large area" in the open country in the Eastern counties. hut there were no casualties and no appreciable damage was done

Rome damage was done to a town in the Midlands, to build- ings. Including hospitals and a sanatorium. One enemy bomber was shot down by fighters in the Hunber area in the early hours of yesterday morning.

ACTION DESCRIBED

The most sercase, it is or cook-up in any way, the earned, was that an old woman public, of which I am one, who was believed have a trac- would indeed feel very in- tured skull.

dignant. I don't know whe- Are ther this side of the matter is appliance from the Central Fire fully understood abroad.

Three ambulanand a

Station were defiched to the scene. Members the St. John Ambulance Briga were present and rendered first aid.

Divisional inspector F. DB. Tuckett and Btal Oficer W. Mel. Smith, of Fire Brigade supervised resets worl

G. O. C. TO ENTERTAIN GOVERNOR

"I do know, however, that there has been much talk about the difference between ownAgures and those given by the Germans.

our

those countries like to be-

losses. let them belleve It. They will just be letting themselves be fooled.

“But for our own part, we should feel very angry if we know that we are being hoodwinked.

"I have, therefore, made some

A cocktail party to His Excel. inquiries on my own account on

these figures and lency the Acting Governor. Lleut-

what have A young Austrailan plot, says Gen E F. Norton, CB, DSO, been able to discover is that the British Wireless. gave the follow M.C., will be given by the General official Agures are an understate- ing account of an action, between Officer Commanding the Britishment of the true position. If they two patrolling Spiltare and Hur Troops in China, Major-General A. do, they err on the side of ricane squadrons and the raid-E. Grasett, D.S.O., M.C., at Flag- caution. I find that our figures ers before they reached the coast staff House on Friday, August 23, are checked over and over before

"Through a haze, I saw two large at 5.30 p.m. formations of Heinkel 111.bombers,

All Army Officers of Field Rank stepped up above each other. There and above, and also Officers of must have been at least 30 in each | Field Rank of the Hongkong Vo- formation.

lunteer Defence Corps, are being

"We can leave Herr Hitler and invited. The party will serve as Field Marshal Goering and the an occasion for all ranking officers German airmen to do the reckon- to meet His Excellency the Gov-ing, for however, Dr. Goebbels

Cont'd Page 7, Column"

"I picked out a Heinkel on "the left side of their formNA=" tion and dived down on his Cont'd Page 7, Col." ?

ernor.

they are recognised and a really good cause could have been made out for the Ogures being even higher than they are,

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Shanghai Municipal Council Gives Support To Proposal For

Proposal For Allotment Of British Defence Area Sectors

SHANGHAI, Aug. 16 (Reuter)-The following is the text of a communique Issued today:— "At a meeling of the defence force Commanders held on Ang. 15, the following motion was "passed' by a majority vote: "That the Japanese forces will be allotted that portion of B Sector, now allotted to the British forces and that the American forces will be allotted to the British forces' 'end," "A Japanese member voted against the motion and he reserved the right to mbmit alternative plans to the Defence Committee. "The Italian member abstained from voting.

*The above action, is, of course, subject to the approval of the

DIPLOMATIC Shanghal Municipal Council and

DEFEAT FOR JAPAN

U.S. PRESS SURVEY NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (Reuter)- A survey of the American news- papers during the past few days! of intensive, air raids on. Britain shows the accounts of battles sent

NEW YORK, “Aμg, 16 (Reuter)——— correspondents in Commenting on the unofficial re- by American Brital and published far more ports that an agreemerit had beefi Prominently than the despatches reached for the American marines from Berlin.

Editorial comment is full of praise for the RAF.

ex-

to take over most of the territory that the British are evacuating in the International Settlement, the New York Herald-Tribunt, in a leading article, says:-

The huge disparity between British communiques and Ger- man claims is widely discussed

"This will undoubtedly infuriate Sn the

press and over the The Premier has been in close

radio, but there is a tendency

the Japanese militarists who have contact with the leaders in the

to prefer British accounts and long been obssessed with the Idea political, financial, economic and

accuse the Germans of

that if she could only get into the Journalistic world of Japanto

aggeration.

Settlement and brow-beat the oc- ascertain their opinions on the

Reports of R.A.F. raids on Ger-cidentals as well as the Chinese, formation of a new and strong many and Italy are extensively they could convince all China that home front.

There is a negligible they are recognized as masters of Mr. Kenji Tomita, chief Cabinet amount of news coming from Ger-the Far East and so more easily Secretary, bas meanwhile been many about British raids, Excel-break the Chinese will to resist. actively engaged in drafting a lent photographs of Britain's de This is therefore a diplomatie, statement to be announced to the fences and wrecked German planes defeat at the Americans' bands, riation and which will be submitted | are published...

which will soften the fall of Bri There are few German pictures tish prestige and greatly exhilarate to compete with them,

the Chinese,”,

to the Cabinet for formal approval

by the end of this month,

displayed.

the Governments concerned,

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· On Other · Pages

PAGE 2-Baseball pennant de- cider; MaxTM Baer to meet 'Louis; lawn' Bowls -sweep' 'draw. PAGE (3--Radio "programmes;

Coming events; Crossword. PAGE 4-Wave-upon wave of Nazi raiders; U9. destroyer for Britain?: Greek cruiser torpedoed; Tientsin rumours; Fifth columnist activity gripped; Mediterranean bot tied up. PAGE 5Thal delegation for Tokyo:" Amazing story, Po- lice Courts: Happy Valley robbery case; Funeral of Bister Marguerite.

PAGE 6--Leading article; Bri-

tish Offer to India,

STATEMENT

BY SUMA

The King tries ont a Bren gun during a Sunday tour of a small arms factory. Twice he poured a stream of bullets into a target more than 200 yards away. He watched an endless flood of new weapons being turned out by thousands of workers, willingly giv- ing up their Sunday to accelerate Britain's arms drive.

SOMALILAND SITUATION IS

RATHER CRITICAL

LONDON, AUG. 16 (REUTER)-IT IS LEARNED AU- THORITATIVELY IN LONDON THAT THE SITUATION IN THE SOMALILAND IS REGARDED AS RATHER CRITI- CAL AND IT LOOKS AS IF THE BRITISH MAY HAVE TO FALL BACK ON BERBERA.

There are two Italian divisions ranged against relatively small British forces and, owing to other commitments and the position in which Britain now find herself in. Africa, without French resistance, it is clear that there must be limits to reinforcements which can be sent to the Somaliland.

Operations are still in progress but news is- rather scarce and is taking some time to reach London, SUCCESSFUL. BAID

Morale Of Londoners Superior

NOT WORRIED ABOUT WAR

CAIRO, Aug. 18 (Reuter)-An RAF communique states that a highly successful raid was carried The superior, morale of Lon- out on Bomba and Libya. by R.A.F. donera as compared with the aircraft yesterday inflicting dam-people of Berlin has made a deep age on a number of float planes impression on Mr. Warren Irvin and dyingboats in the harbour. until recently one of the American A petrol fire was started which broadcasters in Berlin', says a ignited the flyingboat jetty and British Wireless report. two flyingboats. A flyingboat pet- Giving his Impressions on his rol lank exploded and continued return to London he said the to burn alongside the jetty. Two people here don't seem to be TOKYO, Aug. 18 : (Reuter)-Ir other dyingboats in the harbour worried about the war et all. the Americans plan to take over sank and the majority of the re- Everybody seems happy and con the British defence sectors in mainder were 'bit.

Adent Bus drivers have their Shanghal, there is little likelihood

All our aircraft returned safely.wisecracks and there is laughter In Italian East Africa, raids and talk all round. that the plan will be realised,

on Maccasca, Jijiga stated a Foreign Office spokesman were made

and Dessie in Abyssinia. today.

ON PARLEY

SPORADIC GUNFIRE Z ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 18. (Router)

But in Berlin everybody looks" depressed and worried,

NO VITAL DAMAGE **There was no damage that I

Questioned on the reports reach- ing here that Colonel, Dewitt Peck, Commander of the U. 8. Fourth. There was a two-hour raid last could observe of vital elements of Marine Corps in Shanghai, had night, but bombing and gunfire naval establishments of Portland. intentions of taking over the British were sporadic..

It is still doing business," stated defence sector areas within the

Several "bombs fell into the sea. Ja broadcast of the American Settlement, following the British Hitherto none was reported in the Columbia Broadcasting System evacuation, Mr. Yagichiro Buma, city.

based on a report telephoned from London by an American observer. Ed. Murrow.

spokesman for the Foreign, omice,

at

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Press

stated:

conference today.

"I don't know whether the

American commander has made such a proposal at yesterday's con

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VON PAPEN SEES

INEUNU

(Reuter)

"ANKARA, "Aug - 16

"Probably the most Impressive single thing about this aerial war- fare is the speed with which it President Ineunu received Herr happens and the calmness of the ference of the Shanghai Joint Devon Papen the German Ambassa- people, If one must be bombed fence Committee, but my impres- dor, for an interview today, last one could not ask for better com- De Cont'd Pare 7, Col. 8. ing an hour-and-a-quarter,pany