1940-12-30 — Page 11

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

PRESIDENT

LINER

SATUTNOS

TO SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES

via SHANGHAI, KÖBE, YOKOHAMA & HONOLULU

9.8. "PRESIDENT FIERCE"

S.S. "PRESIDENT TAFT"

9.9. "PRESIDENT CLEVELAND"

Jan. 3

Jan. 17 Jan. 31

To NEW YORK and BOSTON

via MANILA, SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO,

BOMBAY and CAPETOWN

"S.8. "PRESIDENT TYLER”

S.S. "PRESIDENT MONROR"

Jan. 9 Feb. 2

To MANILA

AS. "PRESIDENT, TAFT", 8.B... "PRESIDENT CLEVELAND"

Jan. 10

Jan. 24

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES

“ROUND - WORLD SERVICE”

AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIN

AND UNITED AIR LINES

12, PEDDER Sr.

TRL. 28171

N.Y.K. LINE

SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Honolulu.

KAMAKURA MARU YAWATA MARŲ

Tuesday, 4th Jan.

Tuesday, 29th Jan.

SEATTLE & VANCOUVER (Starts from Kobe)

HEIAN MARU

Saturday,

26th Jan.

SOUTH AMERICA (WEST COAST) via Hilo & Sar

Francisco.

15th Jan,

AKAGI MARU (starts from Kobe) Wednesday, NEW YORK via Panama

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila, Monday, ATUTA MARU

HAIPHONG, SAIGON & MADRAS

Sunday: (Cargo accepted for Haiphong & Saigon)

* TOTTORI MARU

BOMBAY vin Singapore &

KABIMA MARU

* MATUE MARU

30th Dec.

19th Jan.

Colombo.

Saturday, Tuesday,

28th Dec. 31st Dec.

End Jan. 12th Jan.

RANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore

* MATUMOTO MARU

• GENOA MARU

KOBE & YOKOHAMA

KAMAKURA MARU

KAMO MARU

YAWATA MARU

* Cargo only.

Thursday,

Sunday,

14th Jan.

Tuesday, Wednesday, 22nd Jan, Tuesday,

28th Jan.

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NEXT SAILING

EARLY IN JANUARY, 1941.

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U.S. PLANES FOR BRITAIN

SHOULD CROSS SEAS ON CROSS SEAS ON

THEIR OWN POWER

The British appeals for more airplanes come to * every day more loudly and insistently, writes Major Alexander P. de Seversky, In the Manila Bulletin, Under those circumstances it Is distressing that the vast majority of American "airplanes sent Rcross the Atlantic should be subjected to serious delays and even more serious hazards of destruction even before "they can be put into line

It is especially to be regretted because these hazards nes technically unnecessary and plainly the result of official short- sightedness.

J

Passengers

The tettowing pasangers left

Hongkong on Friday for Manila, by the President Pierce-

Mr. Frederick Ells. Rev. Father Serafin Endertz, Mr. W. Hyde, Mrs. Angeles Silos: Mstr. Anthony J. Silos and Mr. Francisco Yaptinchay. ||

·DEPARTURES

The following were passengers on the SS. President Coolidge which left the Colony on Saturday, Dec. 28:

Miss C. R. Ady. Matr. R. M. Ady, Mr.. N, F. Allman, Mrs. I. A. „Beery, Mr. D. M. Biggar," Matr. Mark. N. There happens to be no valid navy, whichever was the tradi-Bernheim, Miss Esther R. Bern- technical excuse for the failure to tional "backbone" of the nationalheim, Miss Ruth E Bernheim, build airplanes capable of crossing defence.

Mistr. John A. Bernheim, Miss Lois the ocean with a full millitary load In Great Britain, for example, M. Bernheim, Mr. & Mrs. Karl under their own, power. A rela-the air force was developed on Broch. Mr. A Brondal, Mr. Paul tively minor variation in structure the pattern of the British navy, Buergin, Miss Ina Case, Mr. J. C. could readily equip for self-whereas in Germany. It was pri- |Davies, Mr. A. G. Doyle, Mrs. F, C. | delivery every military plane, from marily co-ordinated with the ac-Fornas. Mstr. Michael Förnes, Miss bomber to pursuit, being built fortion of the Infantry and mechaniz-Barbara Fornes, Mr. Louis Glad- England.

ed forces.

stone, Mr. Miles A. Goldrick, Mrs. P. P. Hoffman, Miss Carol Hoffman, Miss Hilary Hoffman, Mr. Morris

ANTIQUATED PROCEDURE

of

AERIAL BLOCKADE *There 15 no call to ·under- In every nation, including our Jessen, Mr. E E Johnson, Mr. estimate the German aerial block-

own, as air power develops to a ade of Britain, Co-ordinated with point where it can discharge with Walter J. Kelly, Mrs. G. H. Kosten, Mr. Andrey Kuruca, Dr. O. C. the Nasi submarine feet, it has greater effectiveness certain duties

Lockhart. Mr. & Mrs. F.. A. taken a serious toll of shippin

the prerogatives which were

McClure, Miss Janet McClure, Mr. Though the effects have thus the elder services, the latter re-

Dennis Francis McNeil, Very Rev. far been sporadic, it is reason-

concile themselves to that fact

Mather Joseph' (Rodgers). Rev. able to expect an intensification grudgingly-often only after lang Sister James (Rodgers), Mrs. Anna ur these blows as more of Ger- and stubborn attempts to hold op Louise. Strong. Mr. M. Udbaram, mang's new four-engined long-to the old system. Every time Mrs. F. K. Van Etten, Matr. U. A range bombers are put into active military aviation stretched its van Etten, Matr. T. R. Van Etteri, wings, it was likely to be Slapped Mstr. D. L. Van Etten, Mstr. Lane down by officialdom,

Van Etten, Mr. R. E. Warn, Mrs. R. The astonishing fact that air-E Warn, Mrs. G. D. Wilson. Miss craft still goes through the anti-Gilrene Wilson, Miss Patricia W- quated procedure of disassembly, son. packing, transportation by sea,

service.

Every consignment of aircraft sent as sea freight must there- fore run the gauntlet of the Nazt blockade

Been

into

EXPOSED TO ENEMY. That, however, is only the first then reassembly at its destination A solitary German plane flew at of the dangerous hurdles. Having though aeronautic sclence makes a great height over the Merseyside

dismembered and packed

It practical to Ay all types to area yesterday afternoon. boxes. the planes require England-is due primarily to the Anti-aircraft defences opened complicated port facilities for dia-deep-rooted British reilance on sea tre and the ralder disappeared. charge, and normally also call for assembly plants nearby. Through-J out this process the helpless planes, are under enemy fire.

power.

ALL DELIVERIES BY AIR

is

increasingly

SIMPLE PROBLEM Due to the present critical, if

Built-in or auxilary fuel tank- With German air attacks on not desperate, altuation in Eng- ine Thames Estuary. Bristol land it

obvious age for transportation is a simple air power must be self-problem, long ago solved and de- Liverpool and other ports almost that

deliverles must 'monstrated in practice. continuous, the risks to which sustained and all Britain's most valuable asset, its be made by air. For us in America The least that the American new aviation, is subjected arn that fact holds cruciar lessous.dotence programme must do is to If we are unable to deliver air-take full advantage of aviation It quite inexcusabi..

power to technique already avalable." The so-called flying fortresses planes on their own which this country has turned over Britain, how can we hope to do so must plan ahead, take the lead. to Britain go to their new destinau an emergency for the Philip- and reduce to practice any ideas, tion on their own power. There pines and other distant but vital no matter how audacious they may the promise appear, If they bold is no good reason why every other American outpostáb plane should not do likewise.

Except for training craft, every of better equipment and, therefore, tactical plane bullt, whether for tactical superiority.

This, I am convinced, can be

LACK OF VISION

The tact that they are incapable our own use or for England, ought

to be able to proceed under its achieved only when we have an of the sustained fight is not ta be checked up against the avia-own power to any part of the Bri- Independent air force that will give tion industry and leadership, but tish Empire or our own possessions unrestricted latitude to American against the lack of vision on the part of those responsible for mil- tary policies

PT1- Why has this happened? marily because in all those coun- tries the planning of war aircraft has been hampered by depart- mental jealousies and congealea ideas at the top. Commercial aviation, particularly in the United States, has shown itself magni- ficently effective.

Pacific and Atlantic Both the "ar oceans" are being plowed regularly by our clippers, carrying dis- passengers and freight for

from tances far greater than Canada to the British Isles. Un- hampered by rigid traditions, with the constructive genius of Ameri- can aviation brains and Yankee enterprise given the right of way, commercial, flying has established proud records.

NO FREEDOM

unfor- But military aviation tunately has had no such freedom of development.

Even in those countries, where air power is officially a separate and distinct organization, it was developed lopsidedly under. domin- ance either of the army of of the

and bases

aeronautical creativeness.

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1940. -PAGE 11

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