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"Hongkong. Daily Press" Oct. 28. 1940.

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HONGKONG, MONDAY OCTOBER 28, 1940.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER—Abundant friendship and good-will is typified in this picture which shows five sailors from the United States Navy, two from the Royal Navy and one from the Royal Cana- dian Navy, relaxing on the deck of one of the over-age destroyers which are being turned over to the Royal Navy by the US. The American gobs recently arrived in an Eastern Canadian port

and were given a rousing welcome by their fellow ratings of the Royal Navy

and the Royal Canadian Navy.

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GERMAN PEACE OFFENSIVE MAY

FOLLOW

WILL

LATEST VICHY MOVE: ALIENATION OF

ATTEMPT

U.S. SYMPATHIES FROM BRITAIN

THE VICHY MOVE MIGHT BE FOLLOWED by a German peace offensive before the Presidential elections with the idea of alienating American sympathies from Britain.

The firm tone of the United States Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull's speech (reported in another column) shows that any such effort is doomed to failure.

Agreement to agree, but still very far from agreement to act in agreement, was how the agreemant in principle for collaboration between the French and Ger- man Governments was described in London yesterday.

IT WAS ALSO POINTED

OUT THAT THE VICHY

NO REFERENCE TO MILI -

UNITED STATES WILL AFFORD ALL GOVERNMENT HAD MADE Hitler Has Vichy Government Just HELP TO THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TARY AID FOR THE AXIS Where He Wants Them: Knows Laval Two important aspects of Is Most Ambitious Man In France the surrender of the Vichy

TO CHECK SPREAD OF AGGRESSION: STRONG SPEECH BY CORDELL HULL

POWERS IN THE AGREE- MENT.

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Government to the Nazis "Herr Hitler has got the Vichy Government just)

where he wants them unarmed and at his feet. His WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 27 (Reuter)-Concluding a review of the world situation in have become clear.

whole aim has been dictated by one thing only-how he which he described the 1930's as "one of the saddest and cruelest decades in the his- THE FIRST B that Italy

can use them in his war against us. That is the general tory of mankind," MR. CORDELL HULL, Secretary of State, declared that the United took no gefive part in the States intended to afford to nations defending themselves from barbaric attack" all talks and must therefore be situation," said MR. GEOFFREY COX, a New Zealander, * regarded as taking a jumor who was formerly correspondent in France for a leading 'possible facilities for obtaining supplies to the greatest practicable-extent.

London paper, In. the course of a broadcast talk from Da- "All peaceful nations, in-part in the Axis moves.

THE SECOND is that the unani-ventry last night on the present political developments in

the Vichy France. approval of mous menaced by the danger aris-Cabinet to the reported agreement ing from the plans and acts was followed immediately by the "So far we have had no of a small group of national resignation of M. Baudouin, the clear details about the actual

CHUNGKING SURPRISED cluding our own, are gravely AT REPORTS OF FAR EAST “PEACE" MOVE BY rulers who have succeeded in Foreign Minister,

GERMANY AND JAPAN

ransforming

their

.people into forceful instruments for videspread domination by conquest," he said.

"Merciless armed attack, un- restrained terrorisation by slaugh-

CHUNGKING, Oct. 27 (Reuter)--Reports of Germany and Japan launching new peace "offensive" in the Fat East and of the im- pending returns of the former German Ambassador, Dr. Trautmann, to China are causing considerable surprise in Chungking as there ister of non-combatant men, women no knowledge of any peace move here.

and children, deceit, fraud, forced of property. labour, confiscation imposed starvation and depriva-

that

demands Herr Hitler made, but this is because news from Vichy is channeled with Ger-1. man propaganda. From the few details that have come through, it would seem that the demands are not so im- portant as they seem.

Britain Has No Designs

KING GEORGE OF GREECE

On France Renewal Of

CAIRO, Oct. 27 (Reuter)The

existence of Free French Move Anti-Greece

Campaign

He was the man who gave a denial to the statement that the French forces would be used against England and it is thought in London this is his way of answering the demands of M. Laval, who now becomes-Foreign Minister, to turn the French forces into

Herr Hitler has, of course, been ment has assured France of the the hands of the Germans. The general opinion is that Japanese conflict there is absolutely

General de Gaulle, in a state- trying to get M. Laval to get right to speak when the mon

to co-operate with him strous regime of Hitler and Mus- while it is known that both Ger-no possibility that such a movetion of every sort are weaponsment on the new development. France many and Japan are anxious to will succeed since the peace terms arrive at a settlement in the Sino- of Japan and China are too far constantly used by conquerors for said: "We declare in the name of rather than that the Vichy Gov-solint is ended" said Mr. Eden, War

ance that we regard any asso-ernment should run paralel to him Secretary, speaking at a reception The campaign of threat against: the subjugation of other nations. MASTER AND SLAVE

ciation between France and her in passive opposition that might given in his honour by French Greece is about to be renewed.

become dangerous.

National Committee in Egypt. The Italians alleged yesterday that Chinese circles' naturally "in-

enemy as a sacrilege."

M. Laval is the man who sist on the complete with-

·OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

"Britain is firmly resolved to the Greeks attacked-a-frontier post drawal

LONDON, Oct. 27 (Reuter)-Accounts most in these Vichy meet-

bas no and this, of course, is denied by of Japanese troops!

France: from China, territory. This tarlly abandoned when fighting cording to an oflolal announce-ings. I remember the days when restore

any part the Greeks met and talked with him in designs of France or

The story of the alleged frontier "condition cannot be accepted ceases. The would-be conquerors ment in Vichy, quoted by the

of her Empire. Inspired by your

clash says that an armed band of have made it. abundantly clear Cont'd on Page 7, Col 3

Cont'd Page 6, Col: 7 by Japan but any condition

example, loyal Frenchmen. are short of complete withdrawal that they are engaged or a

rallying throughout the Near East. Greeks on Saturday morning-at- tacked an Albanian frontier post cannot satisfy the Chinese.. lentless attempt to transform the

"Thanks to you who refuse to with hand grenades, killing two With indications of closer Anglo-civilised world into two worlds in

accept defeat, France begins to Albanian soldiers and wounding American co-operation in the Far which mankind will be reduced to:

live again."

three. East Chinese are most optimisticmaster and

G.O.C. Malaya Promoted

LONDON, Oct 27 (Reuter The promotion, of Major-General L. V. Bond to the rank of Lieuten- ant-General is gazetted.

apart to admit of agreement.

"Let nobody comfort, himself with the delusion that these mere excesses of war are to be volun-

те-

Lt.-Gen. Bond, who was appoint- ed to the Malaya Command in December, 1938, was formerly Com- mandant of the School of Military at present and are determined to among nations and individuals and Engineering.

carry on the resistance until such maintained by brute force."

FIGHT ON OWN SOIL Colonel M. D. Gambler-Pairy,' time as Britain and the United who has been promoted Major States may be ready to deal with General, was the first commander Japan.

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lave relationship FOUR DEAD AND THREE

INJURED IN PIRATICAL ATTACK ON FISHING

A London message added that Mr. Bull said: "If this method is It is believed that any German Imposed on Europe the dictators of the new Malay regiment in 1938 and Aide-de-Camp to H M. The pressure on China at this time is will try to impose it on other parts King last year.

bound to fall since it is too of the world and America might Colonel W. Cave-Browne, also vious that China la at present ind itself compelled to fight on promoted. "Major-General, was relying more and more on the her own soll for life itself. formerly Chief Engineer, Malay, United States and Britain for the Far and was given special duties in, ultimate solution of July.

"Atla for this reason that America is strengthening her de- fences to the full and an impor- Eastern issues, than on Germanyant means to strengthen our de-

TODAY'S WAR SUMMARY

COLLABORATION IN PRINCIPLE BETWEEN Germany and the. Vichy Goverment was announced in an official communique yester- day. Meanwhile the Free French forces have declared "in the name of France" that they hold null and vold any carving up of France and her possessions and regard any direct or tadirect association between France and "her mortal enemy" as a sacrilege.

CONSIDERABLE SURPRISE HAS BEEN CAUSED in Chungking.

new peace by reports that Germany and Japan are launching a "offensive" in the Far East. It is pointed out that at present China is relying more and more on America and Britain for the ultimate solution of Far Eastern Lanes, than on Germany, Ph

BEHIND THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, which opens at Bucharest today to discuss nation rights in the upper and lower maritime Danube, lies Germany's bid to control the Danube high way. The Boviet Union is for the first time represented on the Danubian Commission. Y

on the

IN A STRONG SPEECH, MR. CORDELL HULLA U. S. Secretary of State, declared that America intended to afford to nations. defending themselves from "barbaric attack all potable facilities for obtaining supplies to the greatest practicable extent.

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JUNK OFF MA KING ON

THREE MEN AND A WOMAN WERE KILLED AND ONE MAN AND TWO WOMEN HAVE BEEN ADMITTED TO THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL, suffering from gun- shot wounds, as the outcome of a piratical attack by four junks on a Hongkong registered fishing junk, No. 2352HC, in Chinese waters, off Ma King On, on Oct. 20.

Admitted to Hospital were catties of small fish, valued at $60.

ANOTHER PIRACY NO BAI-CHANG, 45, a fisher- IMMEDIATE RECALL man, NG MUI, 17, and NG HI,

fence is to continue to give the ut- most help to those who are trying to check the spread of aggression."

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On Other-

Pages

PAGE 2-Week-end League and Home Roothall Cricket; Rugby Valley training gal- tops.

PAGE 3Radioprogrammes; Coming events; Crossword puzzle

debate: FACE 4-Interesting

American admiral speaks out; Naval list of awards,

PAGE

Two boat fokis, Wong Wah-fuk, 17, and Bin Hol-chi, 32, both na- tives of Bhaukiwan, were kidnap Page Governor visits Scou Dead are NG YIP-CHI, 26, ped when a Hokio pirate junk at- | ters Training Camp; Batur URGED

steersman, NG YIP-HO, 24, tacked Class TV boat No. 1784W. day's weddings; Police Courts, LONDON, Oct. 27 (Reiter)-steersman, NO VIP-FU, 22, Hongkong registered, off

6-Leading article. Hitler's Begging Mizalon. Mr. Hore Helisha, former War Min- and NG MUT, 20, the latter Nzam Tau in Chinese territorial

waters. Ister, in a statement last night a woman, cook aboard the The incident occurred about 4 PAGE 8-New Yacht Club- asked that Parliament be recalled immediately in view of the Hitler boat. They were burled at pm on Saturday. There were six Petain agreement.

Ma King On

men aboard the pirate funk; two Seven pirates, boarded the fish of whom carried rifles. Wong Bap- The Russian Tass Agency has ing boat, two of them armed with sam, member of the crew, report denied a report in a Japanese revolters and five with rifles. They ed to the police yesterday that the paper that an interview between all spoke Hoklo. Their craft was two fokls had been carried away M. Stalin and the Japanese Am a three-masted junkith matting toward Bam Mun in Chinese ter- bassador was about to take place salle of about 300 picula capacity.ritory by the pirate vesse

Two robbers boarded and stole The Tass Agency states that this The robbers took some money report la not according to the facts and goods and a cargo of 1:200 an oar and five fishing lines.

house opened: Omcial Secrets Act Amendment to Trading with Enemy Ordinance PAGES AND 10 Finance.

commerce and general. D PAGE 11-Passengers: Health

return

PAGE 12-Softball results.

The Italians also alleged that three bombs exploded in the build- ing of the Italian Naval Attache in South" Albania,

The Greek Government in deny- ing the allegations, states that they have no knowledge of the skirmishes or of any bombs: ex- ploding as stated.

HARBOUR FERRY INCIDENT

The Taumatt ferryboat Man Kwok, on a journey from the Jor- dan Road whart to Hongkong about 8.05 o'clock last night, was stopped of the Kowloon-Godowns and cruised around for some 10 minutes searching for a person believed to have jumped overboard

(The ferry was stopped after) m signal from one of the third-clas passengers. No sign was found of the man overboard report of the incident was made to police by Wong Mel, seaman employed on board

TOKYO Oct 28 (Reuter)Mr. Zembi Horikdiri, newly appointed Japanese Ambassador to Italy who |was scheduled to leave for his post vis Siberia tomorrow has delayed

departure until Nov 10,