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NANKING TREATY IS

DENOUNCED IN U.S.

Unanimous Approval Of New Loan To China

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (Reuter) - Unanimously de-

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1940.

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SNOW IS HAVING IMPORTANT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN

EFFECT ON WAR IN ALBANIA:

THE BALKANS?

STORMS PREVENT THE R.A.F. Journalist-M. P.'s Views On AND GREEKS FROM BOMBING

nouncing the Nanking treaty and approving the new loan RETREATING ITALIAN COLUMNS

to China, leading articles throughout the country today speak clearly for the United States on the situation creat- ed by Japan's recognition of Nanking..

Under the caption "Peace, it's Wonderful," the WASH- INGTON POST says that having been rebuffed by Chung- king, Japan has signed up with Wang Ching-wel.

"When fighting, Chiang had refused to parley, and the Japanese turned back to Wang and he proved in no senSE COF or Injured. He signed on the dotted line.".

It continues: "Like Mazzini, the adroit. Wang is adept at masterly inactivity. He has left it to the Japanese to pro- vide him with a country as well as a seat and littorial.

"The Japanese have done their best for Wang after promising him to wipe up China in six weeks They have been sticking to the job for. 40 long months. Then they be- gan recognising Chiang Kai-shek! "This comic opera was necessi by throwing Plan an olive tated because the Japanese need- branch.i

save their face after Chiang's rebuff ***

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"Thus Japan negotiated peace with her own creature and signed to end the war she had refused to recognise as anything but an incident.

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COMIC OPERA"

The paper adds that the loan to

A NEW FACTOR WHICH IS NOW HAVING AN IMPORTANT EFFECT ON THE WAR IN ALBANIA IS SNOW, WHICH IS REPORTED TO BE NEARLY FIVE FEET DEEF, STATES A LONDON MESSAGE"

Snowstorms and cloudy weather, are preventing the RAF. and Greek Air Force from bombing retreating Italian columns.

The Italians are stated to be continuing their retreat from Pogradetz, while the Greeks are striking north from the mountains and to the west of Koritza.

Recent Developments

ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS OF THE DAY IN THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE BALKANS?

MR. VERNON, BARTLETT, the well-known journalist- M.P., who knows these countries well, attempted to answer this question in a talk in London yesterday, when he gave the difficulties an interesting picture of the people and "which now contrent them.

"The Balkans have always aiderable strategic been looked upon as the But they have not had the chance to develop a system of Government cauldron of Europe," said Mr.

best suited to their particular tem- Bartlett. "Nobody seems to peraments. Invading armies have

importance.

It is in the south that the Greek have scored their most important success and the Italians are being driven back between Argyrokastron and Santa Quaranti, com-realise that the people there swept across them in the past and pelling them to move their supply lines further north.

The, heroic attitude of thei whole civilian population of Greece is commented upon by Mr. Richard Dimbleby, who

says:

"Every Greek is whole- heartedly in the war and ready to make every sacrifice. This determination is shown

"But, was the Nanking puppet. who would have lost his raison

to China was deserved. This was not only in patriotic demon- d'etre if Chiang had come terms with Japan, hurt? Not at la recognition of Generalissimo

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Queen Mary And Princess Royal Greatly Impressed With Calmness And Courage Of People Of Bristol

The calmness and courage of the people of Bristol greatly impressed Queen Mary and the Prin- cess Royal when they visited, the town" after its last air raid, states a London message.

Admiration for the courage of the people of Southampton is also reflected in the Americaa

Press

The NEW YORK TIMES 3xys: “Germany can no more destroy the spirit of this seaport city than The city will be rebuilt and it will be remem-.. Canute was able to push back the waves of the sea. bered as the place where men and women died for freedom."

Mr. Walter Lippman, writing in the NEW YORK HERALD- TRIBUNE says: "Mankind owes an infinite debt to this country for giving back to men their lost faith in themselves. In the last six months, modern men have faced the most terrible experiences in the history of the modern world. They have shown that men can, by sheer force of will, become masters, rather than the victims, of fate.

"Five months ago it appeared that all Europe would be united... against Britain. Today, comes evi- dence that Britain has many allies there."

BOMBS ON OUTSKIRTS LONDON, Dec. 3 (Reuter)-An "air raid alarm was sounded in

QUEEN MARY

Today's War Summary

SNOWSTORMS AND CLOUDY WEATHER ARE PREVENTING "THE ROYAL Air Force and the Greek Air Force, from bombing re- treating Italian columns which are facing the right of the Greek line in northern Albania. Greek troops are at present reported to be advancing towards the north from the village west of Moscepolis across the Lent mountains.

MERCANTILE LOSSES DURING THE WEEK ENDING NOV, 24-25 totalled 22 ships of which 19 were, British. Naval authorities com mented that the figures were serious but the British Navy fully re- cognised that a stern fight would have to be waged with the in- creasing U-boat menace...

AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS. THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY UN- ANIMOUSLY denounced the treaty sigded between Wang Ching-wel and Japan and approved of the new loan to China, Leading articles spoke clearly for the United States on the situation created by. Japan's recognition of Nanking.

ENEMY BOMBERS ATTACKED BRISTOL ON A BOMEWHAT HEAVY scale on Monday night when a mutaber of Ares were start ed and considerable damage done to houses, public and commercial buildings...

ANNOUNCING PROBABLE NEW RATION CUTS, THE MINISTER OF FOOD Bald that he would have to cut down nearly all canned fruits and had decided to discontinue all fresh fruit imports.

DISSOLUTION OF THE IRON GUARD POLICE AND PURGE OF THE membership of the organisation are included in a decree con- taining drastic measures to curb activities of the Iron Guard.

BRITISH AA. GUNNERS HAVE HITHERTO BROUGHT DOWN WELL OVER 400 enemy aircraft by day and night. Many planes have also been damaged. The gunners are getting plenty of prac tice and experience and the standard of skill in prediction and gun

laying is steadily rising.

London early this morning when, enemy planes dropped nine bombs on the outskirts.

Two bombs fell in a field while damage was slight. There were no casualtics."

For

H.K SHIP ASHORE IN HAINAN STRAITS

Iron Guard Purge

want to live peacefully and in their problems have increased by harmony with everybody, the jumble of populations and

Infguages, Some of them still haves is something to keep in traditions of honour and mind, because, until quite recently, chivalry and, on the whole, gypsy labourers were being bought. these Balkan people are a and sold like so many head of cat- tle and the word liberty was as friendly and hospitable peo-

terrifying to them as it is inspir- ple who have been urged to ing to other people. fight each other by the great f

ROME, Dec. 3 (Better)-Dissolu tion of the Iron Guard Police purge of the membership of the powers. organisation, and a ban on wear- "Russia and Germany, for in- ing of the green uniform except stance, have always wanted to con- THE STELLENIC TRADER, "while enaged on service of the trol the mouth of the Black Sea a venser fill the Panamanian state" are three points in a decree and the Turks have had their des flag, went ahore in the Hainan containing drastic, measures to curb signs on these countries, Stratte Best o'clock last night, the activities of the Iron Guard POTENTIAL WEALTH

destenal was pickea lammed by the leader Horia These Balkan states saCE, IN

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The resete tug Henry Keswick ders

tially very wealthy and are of con- has been despatched to the ald of the distressed vessel..

The Hellenic Trader is a ship of about 3,000 tons. She left. Hong- kong for Fongay, in Indo-China, at 1 pm. on Monday to take on a cargo of coal. Ma

The vessel, whose local agents are Mollers', is insured with Lloyds, Her position at the time she went ashore was given as Lat. 2014 N. Long. 110.58 B

FEEIGHTER SINKS TOKYO," Dec; 3(Reuter)The Japanese freighter. Tatsuta Maru, 1,992 tons, owned by Mitsui Bussan Kaisha sank at 3 am, today at a poing three miles off. Nojiba point in Chiba Prefecturé during a fierce

"That means "that in all these countries there is lacking

stabilising influence of a large and stolid middle class. In countries where there is suolt a large peasant popula- tion, you cannot expect the same system of government that we havezin England and

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Stern Fight Will Have To Be Waged

With Increasing U-Boat Menace: Serious British Shipping

Losses

LONDON, Dec. 3 (British Wireless)—Mercantile losses due to enemy action during the week end- ing Nov. 24-25-64th week of the war-totalled 22 ships of 87,975 tons comprising 19 British, of 75,560 tons, and three Allied, of 12,415 tons.

Southampton Canada's War

Budget Casualties

The Naval authorities commented that the Agures were serions, being. 24,000 ton above the weekly average slace the beginning of the wan but the increasing U-bost mena.CE was one with which the British Navy fully recognised it would have to wake a stern flight. It is fully recognised among the people of Britain that the shipping the seventh consecutive gals, night Bristol was raided by enemy The vessel was on its way to problem is serious, stated a mes- planes Shortly after nightfall | Osaka: from Miyako in Iwate Pre-sage from London. until midnight the city was sub- lecture and ran into the gale last Mr. Ronald Cross, Minister of jected to heavy bombing. Several night.

Shipping, and others have already dres were started but the number 8. O. 8. signals were picked up made this clear. Germany ap

by another vessel, the Bordean pears to be getting her newly- Maruf which dashed to the scene constructed submarines Into ser- at about midnight last night. ›› vice and has the whole of the coast LONDON, Dec. 3 (British Wire-

Thirty-three members of the of France from which to operate. less)--Shortly after dark, enemy

MUST BE AWAITED. / bombers attacked a town in West crew were picked up by this vessel

The Government is paying every England The attack, says the and the Asosan Maru, Mitsui official communique, was continu Bussen Kaisha freighter, which attention and means to combat ed on a somewhat heavy scale also answered the distress signals this menace and results will have

to be swalted" until a little before midnight.

of casualties was small.

ITEAVY SCALE

A niimber of firen were started

The casualties in the raids on Southampton" on. Saturday totalled 270 killed and injúréd. Sir Kingsley Wood, Chancel- for of the Euöhöquer," that gifts from the Empire ‚' and Dominions for the purchase of Spitfires had now reached the total of £8,906,800,

· Canada's war budget shows thath the country is determined to march step by step at the side of Britain. Mr. Mackenzie King, the Prime Minister, said that Britain was planning for a war not of months, but of years.

The Budget was a sacrifice bud- get, like 14 was in Britain, and a Cont'd Page 7, Col 5

VICHT, DEL 3 (Reuter)-Nego- The Germans in the meantime. and considerable damage was fiations between Hungary and Ru are not having it their own way, done to houses, public and com- man on the questions arising for in three days they have lost OLIVER STEWART ONS mercial buildings Same persons from the censioner northern 28,000 tons of merchant shipping. were killed and others injured. Transylvania will be resumed,

Bombs were also dropped in the states Haras from Budapest, early part of the night in East

Anglia, South Wales and a few

| points ́elsewhere,, ..."

One of our fighters was lost yes terday, but the pilot is safe.

The West England town attack. ed last night, is Bristol, It had been subjected to savage and in- discriminate bombing attack last

ttack la

·week.

When last night's bombing took place, the German Press was still gloating over the damage caused in the earlier attack, declaring that it had left Bristol “a, city of ruina,"

In the countries which hava access to independent opportunt

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ROYALTY INSPECTS RAID DAMAGE

LONDON, Dec. 3 (BW8)—Queen Mary and the Princess Royal pald

a surprise visit to Bristol during the week-end, where they made a tour of inspection of some of the damage caused by recent air raids

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“Germany has reallved that at all coste als must place a check

on British Aircraft production. The intensive night bombing raids on this country are signs that she understands this fully.”- sala ME. OLIVER. STEWART, aeronautical expert, yesterday in London. in commenting on the latest developments of the air war.

Mr. Stewart declared that Germany realised now that her own aircraft production will be surpassed if she did not put a check on British factorien.

Cross Announced in the House of Commons, yesterday that, orders had been "placed with American arms for 60 cargo ships: CONVOY SUNK CLAIM LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuter) claim to have sunk 15 ships of a British convoy and the cacorting 2 Football notes; Annual V. auxiliary cruiser is made today by

BC badminton tourney; the German Radio,

e qu Hongkong Rifle Association. The attack was alleged to have shoot, Hugby,

been made yesterday afternoon she has not succeded,” said Mr. "If the Germans really want to Radio programmes; Coming and the tonnage of ships claimed Stewart. “Our working people demolish our factories more suc- Events: Crossword puzzle. sunk totals 110,000 Japanese blockade of "bad- lands extended; Greek ad- vance retarded by heavy snow Greeks in Byria re- fused exit permits; Indis- criminate attack on South- ampton

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5 Interesting discourse

Hon Mr. N. L. Smith; Ap peal for funda.

6 Leader: US. Production:

Bpeed-up Wanted.

8 Round the Police Courts; Rotary Club weekly timin meeting

9-10 Finance and Commerce.

SPITFIRE FUND

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The auxillary cruiser's name is are unshaken and unshakeable. So cessfully, they will also have given as Caledonia, of 17,000 tons, although these bombing raids by attack factories in Canada, Aus-

In addition it is stated two for night have caused momentary and traila and the United States. ther ships, of a total tonnage of minor checks here, the total effect "Bo se come to the present post- tion. The two sides are hammer- 16,000, were also probably sunk.

Moreover, in looking at the tag at one another. In Germany larger issues of the war, one must output is diminished by our bomb- balance up the results. We must ing raids-in Britain it is only LONDON, Dec. 3 (BW) Bouth- not forget that while the Germans allehtly hampered, ampton has subscribed a further have been hitting our elties, was "Night bombing cause us in this 25.000 making £15,000 in all have hit the German factories and land great suffering, but while we to the Spitfire Fund, The Minisit is unquestionable that the out, know that the flow of munitions ter for: Aircraft Production ae put of aircraft for the RAF and equipment from our factories knowledges this and also a gift of must be less seriously hampered will increase, our sufferings are £5,000 from Mr. Herbert Mord than the output of German nothing when they are compared to the great, issues in this con- son of Vancouver, BC.