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-HONGKONG, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1940.

A NEW ENGLAND IS BEING BORN FATE

IN THE UNDERGROUND SHELTERS

WISHES BRITAIN GOOD LUCK

MB, KENNEDY

„LONDON, ́Oct. 23 (Beuter)--. "I wish you in Britain good Juck and peace and quietude as soon as possible."

These were the parting words of the Americau Ambassador, Mr. Joseph Kennedy, as he left England today by air on the first stage of the return jour- ney to America. ___Mr..........Kennedy

added that.

he hoped to be back again some day.

WILLKIE FAVOURS MORE AID TO BRITAIN

said MR. WENDELL WILLKIE, Re-

British Reaction To Air

Raids. Discussed

NEW YORK, Oct. 23 (Reuter)--“ London is thinking more and more about building a better city and a better State" says the NEW YORK TIMES' London correspondent in discussing British reaction to the air raids.

The correspondent says: "The spirit of reconstruction 'Is in the air. One feels it especially on a quiet day when the people have time to think" and look around at the re- sults of modern aerial war.

最受

They want to reconstructing in reserve great numbers of

| morally."

Britain, not only physically, new faster fighter and bombing but politically, socially and planes. There is knowledge that the British Navy still rules the Mediterranean, and in the Far East, England is strong enough to reopen the Burma Road in ̈de- fance of the New Axls alliance with Japan.

Everyday there is a growing cry for a statement on what the Government intends to do, at the end of the war, for the people.

"While none of this indicates

"As attendance at the churches 'proves that spiritual reconstruc- that England yet has the upper tion is already under way there is tremendous vitality behind the quiet thought of the people. They

are slow and hate to change but in spite of themselves they are changing fast.

down!

underneath

new

"Way Ideas and new plans are stirring. A new England is being born in the underground shelters of this brave England.".

hand. It does justify the feeling that this is not to be a short war

which Berlin and Rome has pinned so much hope.

"The wearing down precess seems to have begun and in this sort of contest, the British are right at home. To win such a contest, of course. Britain must have more help from this country. We muit not let her down.”

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(Reuter)-

"LESS PRECARIOUS LONDON, Oct. 23 (Reuter)-The CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER' says; · LONDON, Oct. 23

News altering dally through the Enemy air actigit over this comm- censors brings fresh evidence that try on Tuesday night was an much England's position is growing less a reduced scale and except for a and less precarious.

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OF FRANCE DEPENDS ON

OUTCOME

OF STRUGGLE INSIDE

PIERLORE SPAAK THE VICHY GOVERNMENT

IN LONDON

-M. EXEFOT

The Belgian Prime Minister, M. Pierlot, and Foreign Minis- ter, M. Spaak, have arrived in London, according to a news bulletin from Daventry last

Both these officials have been trying to rescă London for some weeks, but were prevent- -ed-by---olaoumEDANOCE ——

were warmly, pulssmed.

JAPANESE LEAVING OF

Nature Of Hitler-Laval Talks Not Officially Disclosed

THE FATE OF FRANCE DEPENDS ON THE OUTCOME OF THE STRUGGLE IN- SIDE THE VICHY GOVERNMENT STATES A SWISS REPORT, BROADCAST FROM DAVENTRY LAST NIGHT.

THE REPORT ADDED THAT MARSHAL PETAIN AND GEN. WEYGAND ARE LIKELY. TO REFUSE ANY SETTLEMENT BY USE OF FRENCH ARMS AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN.

The broadcast went on to state that the German official News Agency issued a- statement that M. Laval was on his way to Paris and would report to Marshal Petain as soon as he arrived.

No statement has been issued to explain the nature of the Hitler-Laval discussions. Vichy's collaboration with

tained yesterday and major |

the Axis Powers was main- DIPLOMATIC SCURRYING developments appear to be in ABOUT EUROPE TODAY

the wind.

The Germans are using their

usual smoke-screen around

the meeting which took place between M. Laval, the Vice Premier of France, and Herr Hitler yesterday, stated a news bulletin from Daventry last nights:

It is evening

that France is almost certain to Join the Axis Powers to the war

few isolated incidents, the attacks THEIR OWN against Britain and that Belgium

"The time seems not far off, I ended well before midnight, states It has not already arrived when it the Air Ministry and Ministry of nay be said that the Axis have Home Security communique. falled to win the blitzkrieg and In the Midlands, an attack which'

ACCORD

now faces a far more difficult task lasted about two hours was mainly NO INSTRUCTIONS, of winning a long war.

.concentrated on one town. A num-.

"There is a belated but hearten- ber of fires were started and houses Ing announcement verifying re- and other buildings were damaged ports that the BAF. destroyed the Casualties were not numerous, but Nazi invading force. There is a they include a small number of shakeup in the High Command of persons killed.

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SAYS CONSUL IN HONGKONG

SPECULATION PROHIBITED AS TO RIBBENTROP'S WHEREABOLICE

There is much diplomatic scurrying about Europe today announced a news bulletin from Daventry last night.

Its moured that EQUNT CIANO has gone to Berlin A HITLER'S

visit to Frase to-

GEN. ANTONESCU, the Ru

and Holland may be given amanian Prime Minister, is re- chance too of joining France in this decision!

TECHNICALLY ENDED

It is also stated from Berlin that

ported to be going to Rome as also is COUNT TELEKI, the Hungarian Minister of the state of war between France Agriculture, and an impor- and Germany will be technically tant, conference in Rome is ended by the new peace terms, said to be likely shortly. Special to the, H.K. Daily Press part of which provide for the Reuter Bay's the New York WHILE ADMITTING THE FACT handing over of the French Medi-Times'

Berlin correspondent re- THAT "JAPANESE · NATIONALS terranean Fleet to Germany..

ports that a new order has been WERE LEAVING HONGKONG İ An American broadcast

com-issued banning speculation by for- OTHER PARTS OF THE menting on this development in eign correspondents, relative to BRITISH EMPIRE IN LARGE | Europe, says that if the German Herr von Ribbentrop's where- NUMBERS, Mr. K. Okazaki, Japan- | move succeeds, it will mean that abouts.

· CHICAGO, ̧ ̈Oct. 23 (Reuter)--"I am in favour of giving more effective ald to Britain than she is now getting from the New Deal,

the British Navy, There is a g10-- Bombs were also dropped in the publican candidate for the Pre-g account of the British defence London area, the Home Countles

AND system published in the Soviet and isolated points in South-West Army's official organ.

England and South Wales.

Reports indicate that the dam- age caused was not heavy and the casualties few.

sidency, in a campaign speech L'oday.

"It is to give that ald, as well

FASTER PLANES. There is a revelation by the

as for our own preparedness, that British that they have been hold

I insist that our industrial ma- chine go into high, gear at once.

"The people of America are anti-Dictators.""

DETESTS ROOSEVELT "-

CAMBRIDGE, MÄRSACHUSETTS, Oct 23 (Reuter)-Nazi Germany "detests the President and is now working for his defeat," declared '

ENTERPRISE BY LOCAL

FIRM

Mr. Francis Eiddle, former United REGULAR SAILING

"Hitler,"

States Ambassador to Poland and! now Solicitor-General, in a speech.

said Mr. Biddle, "has watched powder, Enfield riffes and a steady stream of mmunitions pour from this coun-

TO INDO-CHINA UNDER PANAMA

FLAG

it is understood that a good number of persons of many different nationalities, includ- ing Chinese, have availed themselves of the facilities.

ese Consul-General in Hongkong. France will be forced, after a good. It is stated that the order will Said that they were not doing so many years, to become an ally of be effective immediately and all on the advice or instructions of Germany.

speculation concerning Ribben- the Japanese Government.

M. Laval was expected to return trop's journeys or their political to Vichy yesterday and prior to significance:will be prohibited,

Violators of this order are liable

NO INSTRUCTIONS

"I have received no such in his arrival a Berlin report to

HIS MAJESTY AT FOREIGN OFFICE

His Majesty the King visited ...the Foreign Office yesterday. where he was met by the For- eign Secretary, Lord Halifax, stated a Daventry news bulle. tin last night.

The King met the heads of the various departments.

Oil Supplies To Japan

BUTLER REPLIES

structions from, my Government," Vichy claimed that negotiations to a charge of political espionage. TO QUESTIONS he told a representative of the are now under weigh, as a result Hongkong Dally Press yesterday, of M. Läval's talks with Herr Bit- when questioned on the matter, ler, to return the French, Govern- following the announcement that ment to Paris. The pegotiations, British subjects had been advised said the Berlin report, were almed by London to leave Japan and all at stabilising the Franco-German

All French ships, following the Japanese controlled parts of the status. fall of France, have been instruct-Far East. ed to avoid calling at. British ports

vessels in these parts only con

BRITISH ORDER·

...

VICHY WARNED

In the opinion of neutral diplomatic quarters," the fact that Hitler is engaged in con- versations with Laval seems to show that preliminary. ́negotiations with Vichy In- dicated that such a meeting could bear fruitful” results. should France express willing- ness to break off any alle- giance she might possibly feel for her former ally. These quarters are of the opinion

Mr. R. A Butler, Foreign Under-` Secretary, replied to a number of | questions on the subject of oli sup- piles to Japan in the House of Communs yesterday, according to Daventry news bulletin last {night. A

The British and United States. Governments, he said, "had been | kept informed "of the negotiations.

going on in Batavia,

Mr. Okazaki said that the Jap- The DAILY EXPRESS in London with the result that the M. Manese evacuating Hongkong were warns the Vichy Government and doing so at their own accord be- Marshal Petain that there will Special to the Hongkong Daily

duct a regular service between cause they were uneasy about the surely be a revolution in France Press

Saigon. Manlia, Shanghat and Kobe. situation and future develop if they decide to line up their try into England,

No decision had been reached ALTHOUGH THE BAN ON BRI- Many persons"

Ave travelled" to ments. He has seen rapprochement in TISH AND ALLIED SHIPPING TO, Indo-Chnia via Manila or Bangkok, the Japanese Consuls in other Far should know, declares the paper, for re-establishment of normál re-be kept informed of the progress He did not know whether country with Herr Hitler. Vichy that a way might then be opened and the British Government will South America-where he would INDO-CHINA FORTS HAS BEEN transhipping at one of the latter, Eastern parts of the British Em- that the majority of the French istions with the Axis.

of the discussions. be dominant-which the President IN FORCE SINCE SEPT. 25, AND" ports.

pire had received Instructions, to people are overwhelmingly pro- caused

The New York Times says that and Hitler knows that is STILL IN FORCE, the ban was

Any arrangements for the future President Roosevelt stands, and partly lifted yesterday for the

advise their nationals to leave, but British.

Clano and, Ribbentrop are to con-rest entirely with the Netherlands: It is understood that the ban on

added that he did not think this

An American broadcast added tez on co-ordinating diplomatic East Indies Destr will stand, across his path. Of first time when clearences were shipping to Indo-China ports has likely, as in that case he top would that latest reports from Europe action in France, but they are not Mr Butler, in answer to a ques- course, Hitler wants Prseident granted to British ships to call at been imposed by the British have been so advised.

state that Marshal. Petain was likely to go to Vichy together as tion said that complete collabora→ Fort Bayard. (Kwangchowwan) Government and is not due to any

about to agree to declaring war they would undoubtedly carry on tion existed between the Clovern- direct contact with the Indo- restrictions by the Japanese mili-

against Britain and commented negotiations separately. China port of Haiphong has been tary, naval or other authorities.

on the fact that the French Gov. maintained throughout the banned Only one British company is

ernment would find a serious SWISS PLANES

period, and is still being main-maintaining a service between

obstacle in the underground - sa- WASHINGTON, Oct. 23' (Béuter) tained by an enterprising firm in Hongkong and Kwangchowwan,

botage which would immediately. --One-hundred-and-ten pursuit Hongkong whose business interests following the lifting of the ban.

begin to make itself apparent if planes and bombers manufactured are so closely wound up in Inde-That is the Douglas Steamship

the Vichy Government carried out for Sweden, were requisitioned by China that they cannot afford to Company, one of whose ships is!

its orders from Berlin. the Government on the ground let them deterioriate.

Roosevelt, defeated."

U.S. REQUISITION

that they were needed for national defence,

· ́PANAMA VESSEL

This arm, whose head office is

due to leave in a day or two carry- ing cargo destined for Indo-China, It is understood that the cargo

toms at Fort Bayard for shipment to Halfong and Saigon

The State Department said that situated in Prince Building, has been/will be transhipped to French hot...

the authorities at first attempted to purchase the planes from the 'Swedish ́ Government, but falled.

DEATH OF GEN. HARINGTON

LONDON, Oct. 23 (Reuter) General Sir Charles Harington, former Governor of Gibraltar, died here today.

chartering vessels owned by Pana matan companies and run under the flag of the State of Panama, Re-

Three representatives of the gular weekly service has been New York Fire Department are maintained and it was only on going to London to study British Bunday that a large cargo of nghting methods, stated a new merchandise from Hongkong was bulletin from Daventry last night. shipped to Haiphong on one of They will be afforded full facilities these chartered vessels.

The passenger fares are within the region of $100 and

to see what Britain is doing... in fighting fires caused by the Ger man bombing raids,

-On Other- Pages

PAGE 2-Bottball notes: Joc- key Club sale; Blackout exercises in Colony; Cross--- -word puzzle.

PAGE 3-Radio programmes:

Coming events, PAGE 4-British air defence:

Italian war vessel meets. nemesis; Bmall scale air at tacks; Australian politics. PAGE 5-Mine inspector sent »to "gaol; Airport "news;. Enake-

hunting for profit; Funeral, PAGE 6-Leading articles: Bri. tain's Rising-War Cost Whither: Thal? FAGE & Round the Police Courts Axis pressure on Vichy to fight Britain.

American broadcasts insist that the fate of the French Navs play- ed a prominent part in the dis- cussions. It is suggested that M Laval is up to something because of the unwillingness of some of his colleagues to acquiesce in his plans.

REPORTS DENIED

The same broadcast states that it would be unwise to assume that M Laval is acting with the com plete consent of his colleagues In the meantime, Vichy itself con tinues to deny all these reports,

Cont'd on Fage 7.-Col. 5

merts concerned.

TODAY'S WAR SUMMARY

WHILE - THE NATURE OF THE DISCUSSIONS "batween "Hitler. and Laval have not been disclosed a French Government spokesman denied that Laval had gone to Paris to negotiate a declaration of war by France on England. Another report states that the fate of France depends on the outcome of the struggle inside the Vichy Government where Petain and Weygand-are-gaid to be opposed to the use of French arms against Britain. Meanwhile Clano is rumour-~ ed to be going to Berlin where a meeting * of some significance " is likely to take place.

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GERMAN AIR ACTIVITY OVER BRITAIN ON Tuesday night was on "a" much reduced, scale and ended well before midnight. Damage caused" was not heavy and casualties were few: PAGINA CAMPAIGN SPEECH. THE REPUBLICAN candidate for Presidency, Mr. Wendell Wilkie Tavoured more aid to Britain while the former US Ambassador, to Poland, Mr. Biddle, in a speech, declared that Hitler knows that Roosevelt-stands, and will stand. across his path.

BRITISH REACTIONS TO AIR RAIDS are reflected in an article by the London correspondent of an American newspaper who says that a new England is being born in the underground stations of the brave country,-