1940-08-22 — Page 11

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

PRESIDENT LINER

Sailings

To SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES

via SHANGHAI, KOBE YOKOHAMA & HONOLULU

Aug. 29.

Sept. 7

Sept. 17

via MANILA, SINGAPORE, PENANG COLOMBO,

S.S. "PRESIDENT PIERCE":

S.S. "PRESIDENT COOLIDGE"

S.S. "PRESIDENT TAFT"

To NEW YOEK, and BOSTON

BOMBAY and CAPETOWN

8.S. "PRESIDENT POLK"

8.S. "PRESIDENT GARFIELD"

Sept. 29 Oct 16

To SINGAPORE & PENANG

3.S. "CITY OF LOS ANGELES" " S.S. "CITY OF NEWPORT NEWS"

Aug. 27 Sept 18

To SAN FRANCISCO: & LOS ANGELES

"DIRECT

* S.S. "CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO" S.S. "CITY OF LOS ANGELES”-

via Yokohama.

Sept. 3

Sept 13

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KAMAKURA MARU ASAMA MARU

Friday, 30th Aug, (Starts from Shanghai) Sunday, 19th Sept. SEATTLE & VANCOUVER (Starts from Kobe)

Hong Kong).

(Convenient connection from HIKAWA MARU

NEW YORK via Panama,

* SAKURA MARU

LIVERPOOL via Cape Town

KASIMA MARU

Wednesday, 4th Sept"

Thursday, 12th Sept.

About 26th Sept

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila,

KAMO MARU

Wednesday, 28th Aug...

BOMBAY vin Singapore & Colombo.

+ ATAGO MARU

Wednesday, 11th Sept.

RANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore

TOBA MARU

KOBE

&

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ATUTA MARU

HARUNA MARU

KAMAKURA MARU

✓

Cargo only.

Thursday, 22nd Aug.

Thursday, Saturday, Friday.

22nd Aug.

24th Aug.

30th Aug.

Complete Information From Your Agent or

NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA

WHAT IS GERMANY'S SUBMARINE OUTPUT?

With Germany losing U-boats at the average rate of between two, and four a week, the rate at which Germany is capable of turn- ing out new submarines becomes important.

Germany herself realises this, for the German newspaper DA.Z. has been at pains to argue that Germany's submarine output is infinitely greater than any rate of loss which can be imposed upon the German submarine service.

never

In

U.S. COMMENT ON AIR BLITZ Febrile Propaganda

Of Germans

LONDON, August 23 Reuter) — 322 "editorial entitled "The Royal Air Force." the New York Times yesterday declared that the The newspaper has wisely re-ining that her submarine output extraordinary feature of frained from giving any figures of reach 30 U-boats a month in the titante air battle is that it falled this present or future gatput of U-months of July, August and Sep- to demonstrate the overwhelming boats, under the plea" that any tember. 1919, but this was a purely superiority of the Luftwaffe that such statement would be against conjectural figure which, of course, everybody took for granted. the Interests of Germany.

got beyond the stage of Unfortunately. however, DA.Z. paper plans.

"Although the Axia officials bases its arguments upon untrue

continue to minimise the effecta Today Germany is in far worse of the British raids, the order statements of the German sub case. She is short of materials forbidding letters from the Rubr; marine output during the last war, essential for the callstruction of district to be sent to other parts CAN BE EXCEEDED such highly complicated mechan-of Germany strongly suggests that DA.Z. says that the German U-isms as submarines. Moreover, she boat output in 1917 reached one is desperately short of the skilled ave damage may have been submarine per day, and that labour necessary for such work.

inflicted in that great Industrial "there is no doubt that this out." In Germany so many workers

valley, the forge of... the Nazi put can today be greatly exceed-are employed upon the production war machine.

of substitute materials to take the

ed.

"During these crucial days

In actual fact the rate of new place of the raw materials which the quality of the RAF. has been U-boat commissionings in 1917 Germany - cannot procure, and so written in a great legend, this never" approached such figures many workers have been diverted time not on earth or water but The rates of commissionings to into the armed forces, that there the sky." 1917 was:-

is a desperate shortage of skilled

TONE OF CONFIDENCE January 8, February 6, March 4, workers for the shipyards.

The New York Herald-Tribune April 4, May, 5. June 8. July 11, All Indications are thas Ger- commenting on the week's air August 12. September 8, October many certainly will not be able to battle says: "It is striking that 13, November 5, December 6. 877 exceed the rate of submarine pro-after a week of intensive pound-

duction which she achieved in g British cables are all speak-1 1917, while it is doubtful whetheringtone or confidence ̄ ̄ ̄and It is true that Germany was, to-she will be able to reach even that even elation. while there is exag- wards the end of the war, plan- level,

geration and confusion m the febrile propaganda given out by the Nazis which might possibly imply uncertainty over what to dc next.

per month.

FAR WORSE CASE

WEATHER REPORT, JUST UNDER THE

Hongkong Royal Observatory"

——————__10,8............. August 21.—–—–

89 F. Temperature; Minimum last night.

75 F.

own

are

WEATHER!

"Between the two sets of statis- tics as to place losses it is im- Barometer (at sea level), 29.27 ins, in the Manchester Guardian of confidence in the British claims "Lucio” has the following quip possible not to feel much greater Temperature, 79 F..

if only because the Germans Humidity, 88 per cent.

July 5: Wind Direction, NE/E,

A message from Hongkong says obviously claiming too much. For that, owing to Wind Force (Beaufort), 6 to 8.

his persistent rain, a delender on

ground Temperature, maximum yesterday, who are maintaining the land ties zustained by

troops of the Japanese outposts to suffer five times the casual. the offensive blockade are standing knee-deep pluries is against all reason. in mud and in many cases have

"A week of lightning war has had to remove their soaked produced no lightning results," says trousers for greater.comfort.

the paper. "Hitler's war machine, "Breeks squawked vainglorious Japs,

from "the British!" has rum, for the first time, int

and opposition that is tough Snatching those garments erst-strong. A citadel which is not while known as nether:

to be taken by treachery, which Behold them now take one of cannot be overrun by tanks and Nature's raps,

which can trade blow for blow the weather!

De-bagged in dismal dozens by in the air is something new to

Hitler."

Rainfall for 24 hrs. ending 10th

today. 0.88 ins. Total rainfall since January ist.

102.68 Ins.

Against an average of, 83.08, tns. Sunset tonight, 6.50 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 6.03 a.m.

4 p.m., Aug. 21. Barometer (at sea level), 29.34 ins. Temperature, 76 F Humidity." 94 per cent. Wind Direction, ESE Wind Force, (Beaufort), 9-11. Maximum temperature, 84 F. Minimum temperature. 75 F. Rainfall, 0.61,

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 22 to 28 Aug. 1940.

HIGH WATEL

Days o

Height.

05 25

Height,

126

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1940. -PAGE 1

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