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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

THREE BRITISH SHIPS SUNK BY GERMAN RAIDERS IN THE PACIFIC

"MANILA, Jan. 20 (Reuter)-The Manila Bulletin this morning prominently" publishes stories by 98 Filipino sur- vivors from three British vessels sunk by German raiders. in the Pacific in December.

The reports state there are 13 German raiders in the Pacific and 12 more being fitted out in Japanese ports.

The survivors, who landed

in Manila last night, describ- ed three raiders which they saw. Two were armed with

heavy calibre guns and any of the three could face a light cruiser.

The Narvik, a vessel of about. 10.000 tons, was called a black ship without any identification marks. She carried twelve 4-inch and 8- inch guns. with two torpedo tubes.

THREE HEINKELS

She also carried two dive-bomb- ers and three Heinkels and is cap-

able of a speed of 22 knots.

Survivors told vivid stories of their orde but said they were well treated.

The other two raiders were both disguised as Japanese and named Tokio Maru and Manyo Maru. 10.000 and 5,000 toris, respectively.

The Manyo Maru was also heavily armed while the Tokio Maru serves as a supply ship.

SHELLED NAURU

The Japanese version of the survivors' account says the Narvik is a. 10,000-ton pocket-battleship which recently shelled Nauru

Island.

Vite-Admiral Sir Andrew · B.- Cunningham, H.C.B., D.S.O., Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet, promoted to the rank of full Admiral. ¿

Enemy Withdrawal From Kassala Continues

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CAIRO, Jan. 20 (Reuter)-Today's communique states that in LIBYA there is nothing to report. ENEMY WITH- DRAWAL FROM THE KASSALA FRONT CONTINUES.

The localities round Tessenei; which the Italians had strongly fortified, were occupied yesterday without oppost- tion by our troops who are now operating eastwards in contact with the retreating enemy.

Organising Abyssinian Patriots

CABLE

Vivid Description Of Fighter Squadrons

Continued from Page 1

"Towards the end of May, we|135, together with another 60 pro- were thrown into the great Battle bables to their bag. During this of Dunkirk and charged with perlod one of our squadrons des covering" the evacuation of our troyed 20..enemy aircraft in one army in the face of the whole day for the loss of only two pilots. might of the German Air Force. One pilot got five in the same day. How can I best describe those mo *Then suddenly, in mid-August, mentous days? - What A target the Hun switched back from cur those beaches were, for the Huss, shipping and began to attack our with every imaginable kind of fighter aerodromes, admitting, by boat crowded with the flower of this that our fighters were cutting the British Army and the sea be-through on him and that his only tween these shores and Dunkirk hope was to smash them and Jetty crowded, with troops, until break their morale. By sheer the way home looked for all the weight of numbers he hoped to do world, as one of my pilots describ-this and to split up the hornets' ed it to me, like Piccadilly in the nest which alone. stood between rush hour.'

[him and the defeat of London.

**What a task it was for the fighter squadrons. I wish I could give you the picture as I saw It. How they worked from the dark of four o'clock in the morning until the dark of eleven o'clock at night, facing the whole German Air Force, protecting a target such as the Huns must have dream- ed about.

STEADY TOLL- TAKEN "Their raiders came over day after day and still we were on top. Steadily we took OLI tall until even the Hun could not take any more. During this period we added another 125 destroyed to our total.

"I hope I am not giving you the impression that this was just too! easy. HOUR AFTER HOUR

Here and there we had to take a bit ourselves. I remember "For eleven days, hour after the days when the enemy bombers hour, my squadron fought the did

get through. I remember Germans off though they were thinking, after each attack. how i heavily outnumbered. Large num-incredible it was that so many bers of bombs were jettisoned bombs, falling together, could pro- harmlessly into the sea as our duce such an inferno of noise and squadrons went into the attack create such dense clouds of smoke and many enemy pilots went with and. yet, when the smoke clear- them. The bags of planes were

ed away, there was so little terrific.

damage! But then we were al- ways a lucky station and we were never out of action:

During those eleven days my squadron alone destroyed 120 planes, with a further 75 go badly damaged that they probably never reached their home base. Nice

Fr

"I remember about Sept. 7, the Hun ceased attacking our aerodromes and threw the whole welght of his forces against London, Over they came in large formations in broad daylight, but with single objective London. What a party that was and what a beating we administer- ed to his Luftwaffe!

MEMORABLE DATES"

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1941. -PAGE 7

AMERICA'S FINEST

WHISKIES

OLD SCHENLEY

RYE AND BOURBON

"THE HIGHSPOT OF A HIGHBALL

SOLE AGENTS: .

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO., LTD.

2, CHATER ROAD.

DATELEPHONE NOS. 20075 & 30044.

NEUTRALITY DAME MARGARET FAMOUS 74

OF SWEDEN LLOYD GEORGE

DIES AT 75

REAFFIRMED

announced in

The death was STOCKHOLM, Jan 20 (Reuter London yesterday of Dame: Mar- -Sweden's strict neutrality 18

garet Lloyd George, wife of Bri reaffirmed by M. Christian Guen-tain's Prime Minister in the last ther, the Foreign Minister, yester day.

Trade with Western countries has practically ceased following the developments in Norway and Denmark, he added.

the

the Overseas

work, when one remembers that we were fighting with every prac- tical disadvantage. We were fight- ing on enemy territory and at odds of seven and even ten to one. And yet our losses were less than one-tenth of the casualties inflicted on the enemy.

"Although trade with TERRIFIC STRAIN

Soviet, Germany and Italy has "What a strain it was—a strain

been intensified by recent agree that could be seen on the faces of)

"Do you remember such dates ments, this cannot entirely com my boys. They went into action as the 11th, 15th and 22nd of Sep-pensate for our isolation from the dizzy with fatigue. but knowing tember when our fighter squadrons West particularly how much depended on them shot down 300 enemy aircraft in markets." In Kenya, by offensive ac- and they came out as they went three days and that this did not tion our mobile detachments, with light hearts and deter- include those who went home with

mination: have steadily gained ground;

"They always tried to make the and inflicted casualties on the situation less grim with a real "When. October broke, the Hun enemy.

sense of humour. One

of my had had his All of daylight rald- 'SHANGHAI, Jan. 20 (Reuter)—A | was shot downing. They took to night bombing Hongkong Chinese lawyer, Mr. The importance of the British squadron leaders capture Kassala is emphasised on the Calais aerodrome, which of London, contenting himself by Tong Yui, 50, was shot and killed swarms with enor-in his motorcar when leaving his expected to fall into the sending over by an expert in London yesterday. Was

French Concession

him up

a packet of trouble or fell into the sea?

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COLONY LAWYER SHOT DEAD

KHARTOUM: Jan. 20 (Reuter}

It is now known that the Italians hands of the Hun at any moment, mous numbers of his high flying home in the A British officer recently flew to had in Kassala when they evacuat-It seemed just possible to pick fighters, some of which carried this morning, a secret rendezvous to contact the led on Jan. 17, two divisions of co-

before he was captured bombs.

The motive is belleved to be poli- British mission is helping to or lonial troops, two Blackshirt bat-and 50 I sent out a trainer air-

These tip-and-run raids weretical. ganise Abyssinian patriots,

tallons and a large number of craft, the only two-seater I had. carried out at 30,000 feet and over Messages from this isolated native levies An inferior British sent a couple of Spitfires to es- and were difficult to deal with. British-Ethiopean outpost working force, by a series of minor suc-

cort him back. They landed at These weeks were bad ones for under the very noses Of the

Calais and one of the Spitfires sat my station, but we checked up cesses, caused a major defeat of

""This time was relieved by one evacuate the position which they

and had time

to opportunity

two amusing

Italians suddenly ceased and it the enemy and compelled them to above, while the other remained with another 82 destroyed.

was suspected the British mission had been captured.

When a British major took over strengthen. the organisation of revolt from

Kassala, capital of Sudan pra-

Sudan a few weeks ago, the first vince, gave the Italians control of step was to endeavour to find out the rallway, and roads made them whether the mission was still in more secure from attack from the function,

west and especially provided magnificent starting point for an

He sent a message telling the British colonel in charge. of the Talian invasion of the Sudan.

a

below.

They were in ràdio -lauch with me and after a few minules I heard this conversa- tion. "H. Al! There's a whol horde of Hans coming!' and then the reply 'O.K. Johnny--. keep them off, I'll be up in a minute."

or

Incidents-the

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S'HAI REÁLTÝ BUSINESS

war and "Father" of the House of Commons, at the age of 75.

states a Reuter message.

SQUADRON

D.S.O. FOR PILOT OFFICER

LONDON, Jan. 20 (British Wires less)-Pilot Officer H M Stephenk of the famous 74 squadron, is the first R. A F. officer to receive ther b. 8. O. in the field and amongst She had been married to Mr. numerous congratulatory letters David Lloyd George for 53 years he received, are several from pilóta and was injured by a fall several of the original 74 squadron, which She was thought to first went into action on April weeks ago.

be recovering in her native town 12, 1918. of Criccleth in Wales, but suddenly had a relapse.

This squadron accounted for something like 230 enemy ma Mr. Lloyd George left at once chimes in the last war at a cost for Criccieth, but was unable to or 20 of their own. reach his wife before she died."

Closer Axis Military Ties

3,793

KILLED: 5,043 INJURED

LONDON, Jan. 20 (BWS)-Three- thousand - seven - hundred - and-- ninety-three civilians were killed in the United Kingdom during Dec. |1940, as a result of enemy air raids, (while 5,043 were injured and suffi- ¡ciently seriously to warrant their

detention in hospital.

An analysis of these figures pub- lished by the Ministry of Home

LONDON, Jan. 20 (Reuter) The place where Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini met to- Security shows that 1,881 men, 1,- day is not yet revealed but an 434 women and 521 children under official statement confirming 16 were killed and 2,962 men, 1,775 the meeting said full agree-women and 307 children were in

The remaining 147 persons killed are not classified...

the

Ital's showed themselves. One SHANGHAI, Jan. 20 (Reuter)ment was reached after an jured. day when they showed themselves Realty business transacted during exchange of views on too near, I swung my squadron on 1940 in Shanghal amounted to situation. to them. I asked one of my pilots $247,150,000 this being an unpre-

The meeting was held in the why he had kept radio silence cedented record, says the SINWAN presence of Count Ciano and Herz during the raid and he replied: PAQ.

Well, Sir, when I saw they were The highest record ever reached "In the meantime a 109 had got Italians I was speechless with sur-was in 1939 when the volume of

von Ribbentrop and is stated to

have been conducted in a spirit)

of cordial friendship between both

ACTING PREMIER OF AUSTRALIA Mr. A. W. Fadden, Federal Trea- military tles between Germany and ment assumed office as acting, Italy will be enacted.

Prime Minister of Australia yester- Rome issued no communique re- day, during the absence of Mr. R. garding the meeting.

G. Menzies overseas, states a mes- sage from Sydney,"

mission that he was coming by

It is very difficult to understand on to the trainer's tail and the prise and, before you could say realty business done amounted to the Government chiefs and closeurer in the Australian Governtí air and asking the preparation of why the Italians did not take ad-plot tried to shake him off his "Jack Robinson" we got seven of $183,210,000 point in the neighbourhood to vantage of their position,

a landing place on the highest

which he must be guided by signals.

PERILOUS LANDING

Meanwhile, British mechanised patrols were busy to the north,

tall By this time the two Spit them!' fres had got amongst the 100's and proceeded to shoot dow,

WHAT SERVICE

not

seen

to crash.

a

"This same squadron was - on

CURRENCY WAR south and even behind Kassala Itseven of them, with several more,patrol when the naval authorities

destroyed, but which were at Dover rang me up and said that SHANGHAL, Jan. 20 (Reuter)- Making a perilous landing on self, assisted by the RAF. who bombed Kassala on several occa-

German bomber was incon- Gaily decorated with flowers and the "pocket handerchief aero-

isions.

MORE HUMOUR '

ventencing our shipping in the flags, the Shanghai branch drome" they were greeted by

"The trainer got back on the Tharnes Estuary-could "we deal Wang Ching-wet's Central Reserve The Italians suffered consider- thousands of cheering Abyssinian

I replied that we would Bank was opened this morning. patriots in whose midst were the able losses by the bombing: shelling, 109, leaving our two boys in com-with it. misson's colonel and captain.

and ambushing of small bodies of plete possession. They could not be delighted and very soon the

It is suggested that a currency and German was racing home. He was war may develop between the new The major's promised aid was men, while important communica-Join up with the trainer

a good-bye and set the too late, however, and was shot currency and Chungking money, fulfilled when R. A. F. machines tions were also cut behind the Ita-wared

lan Lines.

down into the sea. made a heavy bombing attack on

depending on how far the Nanking an adjacent Italian stronghold.

"Over the Channel I suddenly "I heard about the fight by regime is prepared to go in enforc- Perhaps the biggest action was heard this bit of chat Hey, radio from the squadron leader, ing the circulation of its currency. The full story of the British mission tells how, to the drone or in November, when north of Kas-Johnny! Your machine is full of who told me it was a Dornier 17. Italian planes overhead, the Brisala, a patrol destroyed a force of holes! and the reply "OK. keep I rang up the naval authorities tish colonel read a proclamation nearly 1,000 Italian troops. In the going-I'll have a look at you. from Emperor Haile Selassie to middle of December; the Italians assembled crowds of Abyssinians made a last desperate attempt to

BIGGEST ACTION

41

"

at Gojjam where the mission has push the British out of their post established headquarters.

tion in a frontal attack just north The knowledge that the mission of Kassala.

Beaten off with heavy losses. was in Abyssinia and that the Emperor was near at hand, plus they gave up the initiative and the activities of the R A. F. has last before Christmas, they pre- raised the morale of the Abys-pared to abandon the position. sinians to a high standard,

TOKYO, Jan. 20 (Reuter)-At

Italian headquarters in north- east Kassala was evacuated and occupied by the British on Jan. 7

course for home.

"There was a pause and then You're just as bad yourself' and the reply from Al was 1 don't give a damn-I am going « to do a slow roll, Boy, `am I happy! The unarmed trainer was taken off before it was captured and. hitch-hopped safely home,

AFTER DUNKIRK. "And so on the fourth of June the Dunkirk days, were over and

and asked them to send, out a boat to pick up the crew of the bomber before the German rescu- ed them to fly again.

The officer I was speaking to sald; . 'All right--but is he the Hun I told you about a tew minutes ago?' and on my answering Yes', be rang off with "God, what service! "

No Representations To Chungking By

Soviet Embassy

Foreign Minister, Mr. Matstinka.

TOKYO, Jan. 20 (Reuter)The

was received in audience by the.

Emperor when he submitted 4

draft of the Diet speech reviewing Japan's diplomatic policy.ubi CHUNGKING, Jan. 20 (Reuter

TIENTSIN, Jan. 20 (Reuter)? The report that the Soviet - Cotton goods markets in the Bri bassy here has made representatish area resumed operations fol- tions to the Chinese Government concerning the latter's action owing to the abduction of Philip. lowing temporary suspension, LONDON, Jan. 20 (Reuter) Co-disbanding the New 4th Army is Chun and Yuh Siso-po, who-are lanel William Donovan, President absolutely untrue, according to both very prominent operators of Roosevelt's personal representative, authoritative Chinese sources who their respective markets... arrived in Sofia today. He has say no représentations, official or been to Athens and seen fighting otherwise, have been received from in Albania and British troops in the Embassy, action in North Africa.

*

A large number of well-known

So far there are no signs of any Shanghal people were present on repercussions of the Government's Jan. 11 when funeral services for "OTTAWA, Jan: 20 (Reuter)-Bir action in Chinese circles, who the late Mr. Roy Emory Gilleland, Gerald Campbell, the newly ap might be disposed to aide with husband of Mrs. Helen F. Guleland pointed British Minister to. the the New 4th Army, perhaps be- and father of Laurene, Eugene and SHANGHAI, Jan. 20 (Reuter) United States, has left here for cause of the Government's strong Vernon, were held. The deceased was prominent in Shanghal busi- an extraordinary meeting lasting and on Jan. 17, the Italians were we were faced with an enemy a Another, test of strength is fore-Washington. He will make pre- and unmistakable warning that ness circles and was General from 7.30 p.m. untly Ave minutes reported to have abandoned Kas-few miles across the border and shadowed as opposition to the 40 Parations for the arrival of Lord any further sign of "disobedience Manager and Vice-President of

sala, which the British occupied rapidly occupying aerodromes all per past midnight, the Cabinet ap-

cent surcharge on rates, Halifax, the new Ambassador. on the part of any military unit"

Anderson, Meyer and Co., Ltd... proved a Draft Bill revising the the following day.

along the French and Belgian which is contemplated by the

President of the Wing On Co. Fed. electoral law under which only

coast. From these bases he con- Municipal Council, will be voiced LONDON, Jan 20 (BW8) Sun-sures.

|Inc., USA General Manager of males above 25 years of age, who The "A" Division Badminton | centrated the whole of his attack at the coming ratepayers meeting, day night's communique from No official news is avaliable con- the China. Car and Foundry Com-' heads households, will be enfran- League match between Recreto and on our shipping and often my it was decided at a meeting of the Greek G.HQ states: "Local res-cerning further action against pany, Manager of the American chised while the number of seats University "B", which was to have squadron was engaged in odds at Japanese Ratepayers Association tricted operations. A number of General Yeh Ting, the Com Development Company and a in the Lower House will be reduc- been played last night, was post- eight to one. But in these weeks held at the Japan Club on Bunday prisoners were taken and abundant mander in Chief, and other mem former director of the American ed from the present 466 to 400, poned to Friday.

the fighters in my station added afternoon.

material fell into Greek Hands." bers of the New 4th Army.“

Chamber of Commerce.

would be met with drastic mea