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"Hongkong Dally Press," Dec. 5, 1940.

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SMOKESCREEN: PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING VICHY'S · RELATIONS WITH SEE THROUGH PROPAGANDA

BERLIN: UNIQUE POSITION:

NO HISTORICAL PARALLEL THREE-POWER PACT

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"The international situation has certainly not evolved In Germany's favour since Herr Hitler made his fruitless" offer to Marshal Petain," said MR. THOMAS CAVIET, former Paris correspondent to The Times, when he spoke in London yesterday on the relations between Vichy and Berlin and the sufferings of the French people under Ger- man rule.

Greeks Now Twice As Far Into Albania

POSITION OF

"There has not been a great deal of news from France re- cently," said Mr. Caviet. "The Germans have been making strong efforts to make the French co-operate with Nazi Germany against Britain, al- though this would involve not only the betrayal of her for- mer ally, but also a violation of some of the French pledges which were given to us at the time of the capitulation to Germany.

ITALIANS VICHY HOLDING OUT.

"There is still, however, a pre- ponderating Influence in Vichy

IS DESPERATE which is holding out against com-

The Greek's are now twice as plete submission to Germany. It far to Albania so the Italians is true that at his meeting with

WORKED

TO ADVANTAGE OF REICH

THE VIEW THAT THE JAPANESE PEOPLE, WEARY OF WAR, ARE BEGINNING TO SEE THROUGH - GERMAN PROPAGANDA AND ARE COMING TO THE CONCLU- SION THAT BRITAIN IS GONG TO WIN THE WAR was expressed yesterday by VIS- "COUNT" KANO, London Manager of the Yokohama Specie Bank, states a message from London.

Viscount Kano said that Germany had put up such a thick smokescreen round the world that even the Japanese have been blinded. They are now beginning to realise that Herr Hitler's invasion of Britain has falled and they are only just begin- ning to remember that Herr Hitler was going to be in London in August, in Septem- ber, in October and in November and they are realising today that he is not there yet.

Big US. Loan To Britain

According to the New Fork Herald-Tribune the United States is preparing

Another message states that Germany's unwillingness to immediately recognise the new regime in Nanking and the peace treaty between Wang Ching-wel and Japan Indicates that the Three- Power Pact is being worked to Germany's advantage.

The German explanation is that the part was designed for mutual action again Further aggression.

3,000

Planes Downed

gusted to penetrate into Greece Her Hitler, Marshal Petain's con÷}}10 Kite=Neale a long if marketing that one of the war started d

(state, a message from Londonception of collaboration with Ger

Greek troops are now only a mile many did not go far enough tor away from Sant Quaranto. and Herr Hitler's liking. the position of the Italians. at Argyrokastron has been made des perate with the Greek capture of two heights which dominate the

town from the east.

The Greeks command the whole of the southern end of Albania between Argyrokästron and Santi Quaranto.

ON OWN GROUND The Athens radio yesterday re- minded the world that the low "lying" ground by the sea enabled the enemy to push the Greeks back Now the enemy is being defeated on their own ground.

Cont'd Page 7, Col 4

"The German press immediately and published a turned nasty statement that there would be no collaboration between France and

Germany until Germany had won the war. And now the Germans

have started expelling thousands of Frenchinen from Lorraine and we have the complete annexation of Lorraine, which together" with the Saar, will henceforth form a new German province known as Westmark.

FRENCH REACTION "The French reaction to this has been sufficiently great to cause a temporary stoppage of these Cont'd Page "7, Col. 5

.........$2,500,000,000

with a Ben on the gold pro- duction of the Empire as security for the next five states London years, message.

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This announcement was

reported to have been made by the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Bank in New York.

The loan is equal to £625,000,000.

Another report from America states that the United States is also pre- paring to sell thousands of tons of merchant shipping So Britain.

IL DUCE DARE NOT GO KEEPING

BACK: WOULD MEAN RUIN TO FASCIST REGIME

LONDON, Dec. 4 (Reater)-Il Duce has pledged himself before the world to put out all his strength against Greeze, writes the DAILY TELEGRAPH.

He dare not go back for that would be ruin to the Fas- cist regime and his own downfäll. ."

"He may call his master, Hit-1 ler, to come down to the Bal- kans and help him but the price would be the abandon- ment of all Fascist dreams of mare nostrum and the en- slavement of Italy to her secular enemy, the German.

Mussolini would be defated to the scale of a quisling.

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If he prefers the less ignominous choice attempting another offensive, with his own resources, he will have to attack sup-conditions far less favourable than those in which his blitzkrieg failed

SALE OF SHIPS

BULGARIA OUT OF WAR

LONDON, Dec. 4 (Reuter-The need for keeping Bulgaria out of war was emphasised in the Bul- garian Parliament by the Foreign Minister, M. Popoff, according to a, Sofia dispatch published in Italy. M. Popoff referred to the friend- ly relations with Rumania, the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and T- TO BRITAIN -

key and said that recent conver- WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (Reuter) sations between Herr Hitler and The Maritime Commission. has: King Boris proved the growing in- authorised the Black Diamond portance of Bulgaria and em- Steamship Company to sell four phasised the friendly relations be

tween Germany and Bulgaria. cargo shipa to Britain.

Today's War Summary

GENERAL DE GAULLE, LEADER OF THE FREE FRENCH, stated yesterday that he believed that 1941 will see the air su periority of the Allies established, He did not think the Germans The season of good weather is would wait for that but would probably carry the way into the gone and he has lost all advantage Mediterranean.

of surprise. Albania's strong mom- COMMENTING ON ANGLO-JAPANESE RELATIONS, Air Chief tain frontier has fallen to the Marshal Str. Robert Brooke-Popham, the new Commander-in-Chief: Greeks and the Duce's armies of the Far East, said that there was no reason for war but ha would have to fight their way from could not tacantes pence. It was his task to prepare his command

or the evakuity of war reaching the shores of Malaya. the plain over mountainginstoid:

Lonion ON TUESDAY NIGHT ENEMY RAIDERS. ATTACKED from mountains down Intoe

and the lands, mainly the Birmingham area, No large fres His own leadership and higher were reported in the London area nor were any important objec command of Italy's Army are hope-tives damaged. So,

lessly discredited, The Army and NIGHTMARE SCENE IN A BLAZING BOMBER over. Cologne nation know themselves deceived Is described in the latest RAF awards including the DSO to and sacrinced and a new adven- Pilot-Omer Geoffrey Cheshire, and DFM to Sergeant Henry David- ture must be framed in face of the son respectively captain and wireless operator of the aircraft demoralisation wrought by the THE JAPANESE HAVE, THROUGH THE INTERVENTION of the gallant resistance of a brave and Consulay Hody, relaxed somewhat the restrictions in the blockad small people.

ed westemares in Shanghai.

Tessons which has induced this stand by Germany, is that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek ha made it clear that recognition of Wang Ching-wel by any power will ́be regarded as an unfriendly

zet.

If Germany, therefore, breaks with Chungking by recognis- ing the Wang regime, it will affect her relations with Ras- sia, who is, reported to be in- creasing her aid to China. --

In the meanwhile, Japan is making what little capital she can' by announcing that Ramania has decided to recognise "Manchukuo." This recognition seems somewhat latź, seeing that "Manchukuo" was formed eight years ago!

|| A total of 3,000 enemy planes have been shot down over Britain from the time

wits total was reached on Monday when 12 Messer- schmitts were destroyed at British the cost of one plane, states a London message.

In the fourteen months of the war Britain and her Allies have accounted for more than 6,000 enemy. planes.

British losses number 850 which makes it more than 1:3 to 1 victory. In fact, it is better-than that because 450 pilots are safe, to fly again.

NIGHTMARE SCENE IN A

BLAZING BOMBER

SWING OUTSIDE H.K.'S

IMMIGRATION OFFICE

THE METHODS TO WHICH THE UNSCRUPULOUS WELL RE- SORT TO MAKE AN EASY DOLLAR OR TWO IN THIS COLONY ARE PROBABLY THE 'MOST UNIQUE IN THE WORLD-Dever is a opportunity to turn a situation to an illegal "advantage lost and thus.. has the squeeze racket become one of the most thriving - Industries. in Hongkong.

What seems to make it possible for this racket to continue is the Lack of efficient control” and su- pervision, as is apparent in the arrangements which have been made to deal with the crowds which have been thronging vernd the Immigration Ofice since it was opened.

To the wily mind-after a day's survey of the situation-here was a glorious opportunity for easy money.

HERE IS AN EXAMPLE

A member of the staff of the Hongkong Dally Fress exposes 'one of the squeeze methods, after careful observation, as follows:

"Shortly before the Immigration | Office closed -, resterday, "ISTAB given an opportunity to watch a clever racket "which" has bean go- ing on for a week

"A brief pan-picture of the scene is necessary in order to make the working of the scheme apparent. Here it is

Striking

Power Of The Royal

Air Force

HITLER FEARS MEETING VIOLENT END

The striking power of the Royal Air Force is not only causing ter- "The grill at the entrance to the roe to German troops fi. France, office is partly closed two Indian but to Herr Hitler himself, states policemen stand outside it On a London mesa.ge, both sides of the steps are queues, [«^,

A revelation by a French cor- two abreantone of men, extend- ing up to Tsang Yook's dures and respondent mggests that Hitler is the other of wangen extending the living in terror of meeting with

boost up to the line on the right violent death? of Marina House,

When he comes to France, which. "The men and women are ex- he does more frequently thin is pected to pass in two at a time, known, he goes in an armoured as soon as four others, who have train and hundreds of his body- entered, make their" erit. ›

guards go two days ahend to look for would-be assassina

SIGNALS MADE

"I was attracted by a young Chi-

Herr Hitler does not trust the nese woman in the middle of the French at all, says this correspon women's queue waving to a young dent. His agents have to find the Chinese in foreign clothes who most formidable tunnel, the arm- oured trains, which are a symbol was standing just outside

of the two dictators' terror, are pavement.

'shunted into it and there, in the "He nodded at the woman who twilight of the gods, Hitler goes broke off from the queue and en- to sleep...

the

gaged him in conversation. A sim

of money changed hands, The | young man: turned to a Chinese policeman Just behind him and

· said something..

"The Chinese P.C.. nodded and signalled to the two In- dian policemen at the grill- the signal "yas acknowledged. Cont'd on Page 12, Col 1.

RECALLED IN AWARDS HINSLEY

LONDON, Dec. 4 (Reuter)-A nightmare scene In a

blazing bomber over Cologne is described in the latest list.

of RAF awards including the D.S.O. to PILOT-OFFICER

CONDEMNS

TWO REASONS

two

The correspondent gives reasons for this. The first is the effectivener of the Royal Air Force and that, the air raid shel- teds of French provincial hotels are not safe and the second is that Herr Hitler fears, with some Justification. that the French people may play tricks during the black-cut.

Other German leaders are fol- lowing Herr Hitler's example and there is no knowing now who one the may meet these days in

DAVIDSON, respectively captain and wireless operator of

Cardinal Hinsley, Archbishop of Another story is given by this the aircraft,

Westminster, has condemned what correspondent of what happened: When a photographic flare, blinded, persuaded the rear gunner he described as "this indiscri- when Herr Hitler went to the was about to be dropped from to guide his burned fingers over the minste slaughter of non-comba Franco-Spanish border to meet General Franco. All-British sub- wireless controls as he called set-tants in the was.” the machine it was detonated tings until he realised the wireless "He said, "Nothing better can be lects on the border regions were by a piece of anti-aircraft was useless.

expected of young men trained in asked to report to the German shrapnel.

A D.FC. goes to FLIGHT-LIEIT the school of totalitarian pa police station at six o'clock in the There was a blinding explosion HOWARD BLATCHFORD who led ganism. We find it hard to be morning. blowing out part of the fuselage a squadron which destroyed eight lieve that the Italian people have followed by fire, which alled the and damaged a further five enemy lent themselves freely to the cruel cockpit with choking fumes, in all aircraft in one day, he himself violence which the Italians have of which time intense anti-aircraft ramming a hostile aghter after his launched on the Greeks" states a fire continued.

ammunition was expended.

GEOFFREY CHESHIRE and the D.F.M. to SERGT. HENRY SLAUGHTER was sunnels

Pilot-Officer Cheshire regain-

ed control of the aircraft which had lost height and, by a re markable feat, succeeded in re- gaining the serodroma. .........

In the meantime, Davidson, who, was badly burned and temporarily

London message.'

Brooke-Popham Will Do Utmost To Prevent

OLD WOMEN

Three old women of 10 of the 100 Britian subjects there, did not turn up. They got mixed up in the times The Germans prompt.

y sent à

mi contingent of Vreoch

gendarmes to their house and pat them in temporary concentra-

War tion camp till the beloved

ON OTHER PAGES From Reaching Malaya

Page

Bortball notes, Results of KOYLL Cup; Kwanti race meeting: Crossword puzzle, Annual Society bowls match. 4 Greeks smashing way into Albania; Nazi reminder to Bumanie Naples all re aneries devastated.

5 Alarming increase in price

of rice, Wedding: Bexagen-) arian comforts unit: ARP Orders

Leader: Japan Trial Balr

Toots.

Fuehrer had passed, that the old ladies could not lynch Hitler and a good time was had by all.

London Another message from SINGAPORE, Dec. (Better)Interviewed by the Japanese states that in the meantime the owned SINGAPORE HERALD, Air Chief Marsal Bir Robert Brooke Germans are carrying out further Topham, the new Commander-in-Chief of the Far East, mid that expulsions for French men, women though it was his task to prepare his Command for eventuality of and children from their homes in war reaching the shores of Malaya, “E' will do my utmost to prevent Lorraine and have extended this

sorder to Alanco,

cannot

The first expulsions from Lor- Aaked to comment on Anglo-Japanese felations, Bir Robert maid: There is no reason whatever for war but

räbe were ordered after the Vichy guarantee peace," adding that while there is no reason for panic Government had rejected K what happened in Europe can happen in Asia.

Laval's plans for collaboration Questioned regarding Malaya's preps

myM., Laval is re- the Commander-in-Chief was of the opinion that Malara could ported to be going to Berlin short- make things very uncomfortable for the invader, adding that the Beato conter TH HOLTON RIE country was in a much better position to repel attack than many people try to make out."

restat Invasion,