1940-09-23 — Page 7

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

LIGHT ON SITUATION IN INDO-CHINA

HAIPHONG BLACKED OUT NIGHTLY

SOME LIGHT ON THE SITUATION IN INDO-CHINA DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS WAS CAST BY A FRENCHMAN. IN HONG- KONG ON HIS WAY TO THE NORTH, WHO WAS INTERVIEWED BY A HONGKONG DAILY FRESS REPORTER IN THE COURSE OF THE WEEK-END.

The Frenchman left Haiphong only five days ago. His country- men there strave to put on an opilmistic face as to the immediate future, he said, but Haiphong was blacked out every night and the general impression given the man in the street by the government's atitude was that he should be prepared for anything."

Though a strong current in sup

From the border. news of Jap port of de Gaulle existed in Hai-aese troops came not infrequent phong and elsewhere, sympathy to ly, though this news was always the movement could only be pas of the Japanese in retreat rather sive as it was frowned upon by the than of Japanese on the offensive. Decox government and warnings by radio and through other me diums had been issued on several Occasions to the general public.

Just before he had left, news: had leaked into town to the effect that some 180 Japanese troops had attempted to give themselves up to a French outpost on the border FRENCHMEN WARNED Frenchmen both outside and in-after they had been cut off from side Indo-China had been warned a larger body while fighting a rear

guard action

were described as The troops being heavily bearded after many march, bedraggled, days on the bleeding, with their uniforms in many cases in shreds,

also in radio broadcasts that they would be prosecuted" for support- ing the de Gaulle movement and Frenchmen outside the colony that they would be liable to arrest on landing should they have partiet pated in Free French Movement: They were willing to surrender their arms and asked for safe pas- sage either to the coast or to an other point on the border where

meetings while away wom Indo- China.

JAPANESE SEEN

IMMEDIATE AID FOR BRITAIN IS URGED

YORK, Sept. 18- NEW General Douglas MacArthus, military adviser to the Philip- pine "Commonwealth, declared" in a cablegram received today by the committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies that. United States" failure Immediately to aid Britain would constitute the "greatest strategical mistake in all his- tory."

Negotiations In Hanoi

CHINESE CIRCLES

PUZZLED

11

CHUNGKING, Sept. 22 (Renter) Chinese circles are puzzled by

"the changing moods in the rego

tiations in Hanol.

One day they declare the con- versatinos are reported to be pro- gressing smoothly, another day they are followed by reports of a Japanese ultimatum only to be withdrawn a few hours later.

One Chinese paper humorously

Japanese were to be seen on oc- they could rejoin the main body refers to the progress of negotia-

tions As "Indo China casion in the streets, but were not of the troops very generally in sight and seemed i

They claimed to have fought

malaria" with its frequent ups and downs,

CABLE

CRACK BULGARIAN TROOPS ENTER SOUTH DOBRUJA

CAVALRY STAGE FULL BATTLE CHARGE

LONDON, Sept. 22 (Reuter)----Reuter's 'Special Correspondent at Varna, on the Dobruja-Bulgarian frontier, states that 50,000 crack Bulgarian troops, with clock-work precision, at. 9 o'clock yesterday morning moved over the whole line of the frontier to occupy South Dobruja.

As they advanced the main frontier post marking the old boundary "line was blown into the air and a great shout went up from thousands of Bulgarian re- fugees who were waiting with their cattle and household goods to return to the fertile land from which they were driven a genera- tion ago.

At Dobruja Bulgarians had pre- pared a tremendous welcome for the occupying troops who were greeted with a veritable barrage of flowers.

Hungarian

Atrocities In

Transylvania

RUMANIAN APPEAL TO AXIS POWERS? BUCHAREST, Sept. 22 (Beuter) Cavalry, with pennants flying-Rumania may appeal to the described and sabres drawn, staged their en- Axis against what are try with a full battle charge. The in the Rumanian press as Hun- Ix occupied troops were led by Gen. Popofl. Karian riding a magnificent white charger Transylvania. presented to him in honour of the occasion.

WARPLANES OVERHEAD While warplanes circled over-

head military bands played the the first Bulgarian troops into zone of the ceded territory.

The chief economic result of the cession of the territory will be a revival of the Port of Varna which

years ago was an export centre for the Dobruja wheat belt.

atrocities

According to Rumanian reports, hangings and tortures were being inflicted on Rumanians now [W der Magyar rule.

Was stressed Although it

at Ministers yesterday's Council of that the atrocity allegations are confirmed, Rumanian universities have already wired a protest to Herr von Ribbentrop.

not yet

to strive more to keep to them-rear-guard action down a valley, here they bad not been pursued. selves. They did not appear un- duly in public places, though Jap- However, in trying to fight their anese faces were frequently to be way out, they lost some 10 dead indicate a rupture in parleys with for their initiative in supporting uncation seen about loading and unicading and a score wounded in a fusil- the departure of General Nishia, Bulgaria's claim for Dobruja's re- would certainly be logical

GOVERNMENT BLAMED The newspaper Usarsul claims that the Hungarian Government The Speaker of the Bul- A RUPTURE

13 fully responsible for what was garian National Assembly yester-being done. While latest reports, appear today thanked Hitler and Mussolini

centres and at market exchange centres.

lade from snipers hidden among the rocks.

NOT ALLOWED TO ENTER News from the border treacled in The Japanese company was not quite frequently, though neither allowed to enter French territory. Frenchmen, Annamites or Chiness Asked about the Japanese brigade were very valuble in their discus-! that was reported to have lost their sion of it News was more often way French territory, the

In credited, and actually during his Frenchman said it was the first he stay there had not been very much had heard of this and added that heard that could be described as it was not impossible that this was being of a very sensational nature, an exaggerated version of the in-

The man in the street was gen.cident of the lost company. erally in te absolute dark about The border was manned by re the state of the negotiations with gular troops, among them French the Japanese, though the trend of Foreign Legionnaires, and by some this was "judgëd more by troop detachments of Annamite troops, movements than by anything else. There were a number of daily With every increase of the mumber

casualties, streaming into the base of armed vehicles on the move. hospitals, from malaria and snake- thoughts would turn to the idea bite, but the mortality rate from that a crisis was approaching. this was of negligible proportions.

INDO-CHINA SITUATION

Thorniest Problem In U.S. Foreign Policy

NEW YORK, Sept. 22 (enter)-The Imminent" Japanese "in- vasion of Indo-China is regarded by the State Department in Washington, as probably the thorniest immediate problem in the foreign relations of the United States, according to the Washing- ton correspondent of the New York Times yesterday.

I while no news has reached Britain

Secretary of State Cordeli Hull declined to discuss Indo- China at his press conference.

considering a basis for co-opera- Į

+

tive action in defence of the Pa-

of the conclusion of a Franco Japanese agreement ота China, there is reason to believe

THAILAND DEMANDS

Indo-

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Head of the Japanese Mission; Chinese quarters are inclined to believe that Indo-China will yield because the small garrison force cannot possibly put up much of a fight in the event of Japanese invasion.

Nevertheless the Chinese are anxiously awaiting reports on what the Japanese propose to do after the expiration of the ultimatum at midnight tonight.

POVERTY

PROBLEM

Continued from Page

1

would wish to have in the Colony just now.

Continuing, Mr. Higgs made several suggestions for solving the problem and said that the con- science of the community must be roused and educated to the facts. "It must not be assumed that the many charitable societies in the Colony which are helping the poor are really dealing with the problem..

turn.

A demand by Rumania for rec- frontier of the new

con-

clusions to this violent anti-Hun- SOFIA, Sept. 22 (Reuter)-Bulgarian campaign but, on the garlan troops started the occupa- other hand, certain circles fear tion of South Dobrudja, ceded by that should a serious quarrel de- Rumania, yesterday morning.velop it would give the Axis accordance with the recent agree- powers a pretext to occupy ment.

or both of the countries. A message from Sofla states the Bulgarian troops were greeted by villagers who threw them garlands of flowers.

King Boris of Bulgaria has issued a proclamation stating that the way is now open for a return to the traditional friendship ber tween the

neighbouring two peoples.

UNITS OF FLEET

ATTACKED

50-

ALLEGATIONS DENIED

one

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1940.

FULL REVISED HOME FOOTBALL LEAGUE TENNIS

FIXTURES

The following is the revised x- ture list for the "A" Division of the Tennis League:—

*

TODAY

K.C.C. v. C.R.C. S.C.A.A. v. HKU.TC

SEPT. 30 C.R.C. V. I.R.C H.K.U.T.C. v. K.C.C

OGT. 7 K,C,C. v. 3.C.A.A C.D.R. v. H.K.U.T.C. "B" Division is as follows

TOMORROW

AT.C. . K.C.C. KT.GIC.A. V. S.C.A.A “LË.Č. V. C.D.R. ·

OCT. 1

IR.C. v. KGC.

OCT. S K.C.C. v. C.R.C "C" Division :------

WEDNESDAY

K.C.C. v. AT.C "JIRICI V. C.D.R. (a) C.D.R. (b) v. C.R.C H.E.U.T.C. V. S.C.A.A.. KIT.C. V. K.TO.C.A.

OCT, 2 C.R.C. V. A.T.C. S.C.A.A. v. C.DR. (A) K.T.G.C.A. v. H.KUT.C K.LT.C. v. J.R.C “...

OCT. 9 S.C.A.A. V. J.R.C. H.K.P.S.A. Y. K.T.G.C.A. C.R.C. V. KIT.C

OCT. 16

K.C.C. v. S.C.A.A, "ATC. V. HĶPSA

K.T.G.C.A. v. C.D.R. (b)

OCT. 23 K.T.G.C.A v. A.T.C. S.C.A.A. V. H.K.P.S.A.

OCT. 30 H.K.UT.C. v. H.K.P.S.A ATC. v. J.R.C.

REOPENING OF "AGITATION FOR BURMA ROAD BUDAPEST, Sept. 22 (Reuter)— Allegations against me Hungarian

LONDON, Sept. 21 (Reuter) forces of occupation in Transyl- The China Campaign Committee's vania of cruelty, to Rumanians are letter to Mr. Winston Churchill, vigorously denied in a semi-official stating that 1.300.000 people in statement which declares that all England support the demand for the Incidents brought to the know- the immediate reopening.....of the ledge of the Hungarian Govern- Burma Road, points out that the ment have been "immediately in-campaign was organised at a vestigated. and proved to be un most difficult moment when com- founded,

munications present many pro blems.

Germans Will Get Surprise Of Lives

AERIAL TORPEDO MISSES TARGET

The response indicates the strength of feeling in Britain over ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 22 (Reuter)

the Burma road question and the -Though units of the British

widespread desire that the Chin- Mediterranean Fleet, which

ese people should fot be prevent parately bombarded Sidi Barrani

ed from using a Fond vitally im and Sollum on Tuesday night met

portant for the continuation of with no kind of enemy air attack,

heroic WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (Reu- their

resistance against it can now be revealed that other "What is this drastic reforma? naval forces, steaming into action ter) Brigadier-General Strong. Japanese aggression, I suggest a far greater Govern along the Libyan coast, were at Assistant to the United States

It was learned here yesterday

RESULTS

CRYSTAL PALACE'S

BIG WIN

LONDON, Sept. 22 (Reuter)--De following are the results of foot- ball matches played at Home you- terday.

SOUTH Aldershot 2. Watford i Arsenal 3, Brentford" 1 Birmingham 3, Cardiff 2 Chelsea 4, Tottenham" 1. Crystal Palace 7, Norwich 1 Leicester 2, Notis Forest 2 Millwall 4, Fulham 1 Northampton 1, W. Bromwich Queen's P. R. 2, Charlton 0. Reading 3, Coventry 2 Stoke 5. Mansfield û Walsall 4. Bristol City 1 Westham. 3...Luton, û *Brighton 1 Portsmouth 2

FRIENDLY Notts County 1. Army XI 1

*Postponed from last week,

NORTH

Burnsley 6. Doncaster. 2. Blackbum 3, Bury 2: Bradford City 1, Halifax 2. Burnley 5. Crewe 1

Chesterfield 2. Láncoln 0. Everton 4, Chester 3. Huddersfield 5, Seheld Wed, 0. Hull 2. Bradford 1. Leeds 0, Manchester C 0. Manchester U. 2, Oldham 3. M'borough 3, Newcastle 2. Preston 5, Liverpool 0; Rotherham 3, York 0. Sheffield U. 8, Grimsby 1: Stockport 4, Rochdale 0. Tranmere 7, Southport 3. Wrexham 5, New Brighton

*SCOTTISH Airbrieonians 6. Hamilton 5, Celtic 1, Dumbarton 0. Falkirk 4, Queen's Park 1. Hibernian 1. Albion. 1. Motherwell 1, Morton 1, Partick 4. Hearts 2. St. Mirren 0, Rangers 1. Third Lanark 17 Clyde 6.

U.S. BASEBALL RESULTS

NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (Reuter) The following are the results of baseball matches played in the American League yesterday

Chicago.

(Rosenthall homered). St. Louis

(Clit homered),

Cleveland Detroit

AMERICAN

RH. 'A 8

9

5 15

.9

05

5.11

2 2

1

3

7

(Kuhel homered.

Ten:inninge

Cleveland

Cincinnati.

(Rowe pitched). Chicago

St. Louis

were played).

Boston

New York

412

1.5.12

(Spence, Selkirk and Gordon

homered).

NATIONAL

By Chinese Govt.

Cincinnati

Pittsburgh

Cincinnati

CHUNGKING, Sept. 21 (Reuter)

`Pittsburgh

Philadelphia

Brooklyn

New York

ment control of our capitalistic tacked by a large formation of Chief of Staff, has returned from Construction Planned system in this city: That Govern-Italian bombers, writes Reuter's an inspection, tour in Britain

He praised the RAF. and sald begin by clearing up its Special correspondent.. ment

Every bomb missed its mark. One the nighter pilots and machines Gwn house--let it raise its own All New York newspapers. yes-

coolles wages to a living wage enemy machine swooped down and were markedly superior to the I understand, correct me if I am dropped a torpedo which missed. Nazis. terday prominently report from the Vichy Government has ac wrong, the Government coolles are When the attack was made the He believed Britain would win that the Government is planning Washington that the United States cepted most of Tokyo's demands getting 30 cents a day and this British warships put up a terrine after a long war and that if the the construction of a bridge across and Britain are belleved to be in principle,

should be doubled immediately." barrage and drove the Italians, off Germans Invaded they would suf- the Yangtse thereby connecting The speaker then suggested that and went on their way,

fer appalling losses and get the Chungking city proper with the

south bank of the river, Next day hostile aircraft made surprise of their lives. no employer in this city should be allowed by law to employ a coolte repeated efforts to raid British under 60 cents a day.

warships but on each occasion they The contract system should be were turned back by aircraft of CHANNEL PORTS RAID: tensive territorial demands made abolished or there should be the Fleet Air Arm which went out

to intercept them and did so be- Coastline Illuminated By Government of The Times regards it as pos- control. The house rent should fore the enemy aircraft had even sible, although there is no clear have a far more adequate relation sighted the British ships."

Tracer Bullets, Flaming Fleet Air Arm machines shot evidence" that it is so, that the to the wages of the people and Japanese advised Thailand, with their capacity to pay. The Gov-down one enemy flying-boat. All whom they are reported to be caernment should also lock into the the British warships returned safe-

monopolies of wood supplies,ly to their base. good terms, to press the claims.

Both comtries may be remind-which was one of the most essen-

cine, and most correspondents see The London Times adds that Admiral De Cour's position has been increased by the more ex-

Singapore as a fleet base for the

United States

10

Meanwhile, the London Times

a leader yesterday, states that by Thailand.

INDO-CHINA

IMPASSE

large.. measure

Negotiations Reaches, says The Times, that the tial commodities in ordinary life.

Difficult Stage

VICHY, Sept. 22 (Reater) Authoritative quarters fast night admitted that the negotiations over Indo-China have reached difficult stage.

*

task-

Onions And Star Shells

LONDON, Sept. 22 (Beuter)-R.A.F. bombers were reported by observers on the coast to be, carrying out the heaviest bombarð-. ment of the war on French Channel ports last night.

Miles of coastline were illuminated with explosions and fres. Thousands of tracer : bukets, star shelfs, fuming omons scores of searchlights and flames from burning buildings and bursting bombs and shells made a thrilling spectacle.-

(Rizzo homered).

Boston

7 12 0 8" 18-3

8 12

10

5 D

4: 10

2.8.

10

WANT SOVIET CITIZENSHIP

SHANGHAI, Sept. 22 (Reuter)--- Former local citizens of Esthania, Latvia and Lithuania, which have been incorporated in the Soviet Union, are almost unanimous in their desire to acquire Soviet clti- zenship, declared the Head of the Consular Department or the Boviet Embassy in Tokyo, M. Budkevitch, who arrived here ron Sept 12 là Iaudal nh dependent Consulates of the three Baltic States, valgema

H.M.S.

CHURCHILL

LONDON, Bept. 21 (Reater) The town of Churchill, Somerset, has Repeated hits were scored on the sent a message to the town of docks. Many fires were started Churchill, Nevada, expressing its and oil tanks and petrol stores set delight that the leader of the

fictills of American destr alight.

handed to Britain shouldbear their common name.

AIR RAIDS maintenance of the political status Finally, one of the most import- “Quỡ" in "TRIC=China:"interests both fant things in the solution of the

Continued from Page t the United States and British whole problem, was that of birth control He was of the opinion Governments.

fighters and soon made · off. that the enlightened people of the

No bonths were dropped. : TENSION REPORTFE

community should give more sup

London had a short alert alarm The port of Dunkirk, already at 3 am, bombs burst on the arm of the channel SHANGHAI, Sept. 21 (Reuter)-port than they did to the Hong-

yesterday afternoon. Enemy heavily damaged, was subjected to of the entrance e The Journal de Shanghai, French kong Eugenica League and more bombers were reported over Wales three separate raids, each of about and among a feet of barges in It is pointed out that the nego- semi-official newspaper, yesterday clinics should be established in the

one hour's duration, states the the basin. in the evening. tiations are being conducted for the first time printed agency city.

CLEARING UP MESS

Air Ministry news service. Flushing had a three-hour rald simultaneously through normal

The third of these attacks despatches advising that there is I know that world economic diplomatic

With Nazi raids slackening of,|| channels in Tokyo tension in Indo-China.

was delivered in the early conditions and the war will be and through the military com-

hours of this morning and was an excuse for doing perhaps temporarily, Londoners manders in Hanol whose

Hitherto the newspaper had given as

directed mainly against a con- I wonder though whe- yesterday were busily engaged in to print nothing.

clearning up the mess. was to work out an application ostentatiously refused

At Ostend, where the bomb. centration of some 50 ships anything concerning the Indo-ther the real truth has not got

moored to two docks.

ing was carried out in ghal-

The message expresses the hope: It is in the latter phase that China megotiations except reas some relation to the spiritual dis-

Attacking through the clouds the low dives, ano direct hit was

that HMS. Churchill may make dimculties have arisen. these suring statements from Vichy and ease of selfishness and that to

raiders laid their bombs across the believed to have been scored

a vital contribution to the destruc tackle that both in ourselves and Tokyo declaring the "negotiations

Several streets which a few days basins and the adjoining canal in on a large supply ship. outside is not the drst step to- are proceeding amoothly.",

The docks and shipping weretion of Nazism and serve as an wards the solution of Hongkong's ago looked as if they had gone which more ships were lying and When the fast Japanese ulti-mighty problem?

through a minor earthquake now started a large number of ares on plentifully plastered with bombs at other link in the friendship bind-

Zeebrugge

and Antwerp. ing the two countries matum was presented and this One final word. Do not assume appear quite tidy and presentable the quayside.

Shortly before midnight a line. Here, as at other ports, anti-air- was, officially announced in Indo- that nothing is being done about China, the Journal de Shanghai There are those in the Gov- TOKYO, Sept. 22 (Reuter) The of fires were burning strongly craft fire was nerce; alone of local newspapers carried ernment and outside who have official attitude in Tokyo regard along the jetty between Tiday no word of the story,

made this one of the chief con- ing the facilities in Singapore for harbour and the east basin at Yesterday it carried more than cerns of their lives. It is only that the United States in that such an Calais, a column on the Indo-Ching dead they need support from the com- agreement inevitably would give lock with a big headline stating munity Even a talk like this may rise to "serious world disturbance. the altuation is very tense. help to strengthen their hands. states a Japanese

of any decisions taken "

quarters, stated.

JAPANESE

RELEASED -EASED

TOKYO, Sept. 21 (Reuter)-Mr Ishire Kobayashi manager of the Far Eastern news agency, who was arrested in Bingapore under the Defence Regulations on August 4 was released yesterday it was stated In Tokyo,

windows were boarded up. craters filled in and wreckage re- moved

BARGES BOMBED

At Boulogne where a series of sorties began at 10 pm and ended

of F.A.F. borbers again attacked the enemy occupie Sports Soi NEW BLOWS STRUCK

Zeebrugge, Ostend LONDON Sept. 22 (Reuter) Antwerp,

Dunkirk Calais, The Air Force struck new blows Flushing, on the Nazi Invasion" ports. Boulogne.

Further Amare The Air Ministry communique states last night that strong forces military atores and barges.