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HONGKONG "DAILY PRESS

Alternative Naval Plans MADAME CHIANG

For Assisting Britain And Checking Japan

JAPANESE NOW FACE QUESTION OF ENTERING THE WAR

FOR DUAL

PURPOSE

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (Reuter) The Administration are dis- cussing alternative naval plans for assisting Britain and CHECK- ING JAPAN IF THE LATTER SEEKS TO HELP HER AXIS PART- NER. according to informed American quarters here.

The NEW YORK TIMES says the first plan concerns the release of one American destroyer or cruiser to Britain for every British vessel of a similar class entering American waters for repairs.

Other calls for the handing over to Britain of a specific num- ber of small warships for one or more British battleships for Ame- rican use in the Pacific..

be

dependent on

TAKES PART IN NEW LIFE

OBSERVANCE

CHUNGKING. Feb 19 (Central) -Chungking hummed with activi ties today as the city observed the seventh anniversary of the New! Life

meetings.

CABLE

LATVIAN SHIP NOW PACIFIC RAIDER

WAS BOARDED "IN MEXICAN PORT

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1941-PAGE

SENATE DEBATE Britain Thanks Hitler!

ON

The British hosiery trade, unti) five years ago, was - largely dependent on Germany for its supply of hosiery latch needles. a vital part of hosiery knitting machines,

AID BILL

MEASURE DESCRIBED

In their determination to win, Zealand has more than doubled AS A GAMBLE

independence of foreign supplies, since the outbreak of war,

INCREASED ORDERS WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (Reuter, an engineering firm in Lelcester,

"With the increased orders wa --Opening the Opposition attack the centre of the British hosiery

industry, began negotiating with are certain to receive on account · and in the Senate on the Lease

of German Lend Bill yesterday, Senator Clark neighbouring company of latch of the elimination

needle manufacturers whose week- sources of supply, we have set the Movement with

(Missouri) said he saw

Bill

ly production was at that time out to bring the weekly produc- vocational contests, exhibitions. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 Reuter as a gamble "upon one card for

70,000 needles.

tion. to 750,000 needles--more than mass wedding, athletic competi--One of the German raiders prey-a complete British victory," tak- Technical improvements were ten times the output of five years tions and special movie shows. ing on British shipping in the ing the United States "to the..very made not only in the design of ago," said a director of the firm.

Madame Chiang Kai-shek who Pacific is the former Latvian ship |brink, of war."

the needle itself but also in manu- "And we shan't stop at that, last week returned to the war-Hersogjakob, 9,000 tons and cap- "Much as I admire the neroist facturing processes, with the re- The needle we are making is, time capital after a brief sojourn able of a speed of 18 knots, accord- of the British in defence of their sult that output increased to 300.-in quality and strength, unsur- In Hongkong started the annivering to an authoritative source here, island. I am entirely unwilling to 000 needles a week, and export passed and we are confident that. sary observance yesterday by per- It is stated the Germans last year commit this country to the de-business in the Argentine. Fortu- after the war, we shall extend our sonally opening the newly-com-boarded the vessel while she was fence of the British Empire gal, Australia, Egypt and New export markets even further." pleted Loyalty Memorial Hall of in a Mexican port and replaced the around the world," declared sens New Life Social Service Center, in Latvian crew, all of whom except tor Clark, who urged that Ameri- the presence of a large gathering, three were made prisoner,

can tax-payers should not be including over 130 high govern

asked to make sacrifices by adop- ment officials

ton of measures which Canada, Today's observance began with

New Zealand and Australia are not called upon to enact.

Senator Clark sald that the Opposition did not desire to plu long the debute unduly and re- ferred to a "few brief days."

Opponents of the Bill hold the

These three, who jumped over board, were rescued by a Danish vessel and lived to tell the story. The fate of the others is not

While those discussing the plans. Mussolini, it is pointed out, made are studying the problem of how a fatal mistake in thinking Hitlera mass meeting at 8 o'clock in the a one-ocean navy can ald Britain could win last year and the error morning, at which Dr. H. H. Kung known but it is believed they were materially in the ATLANTIC and cost him his African Empire and Minister of Finance, presided, put on a Pacific Island after the

the part of his Fleet, so even if Hitler Immediately after the meeting, a vessel was fitted out as a raider. help to Britain in {l: PACIFIC so Japan may be induced wins, Italy remains a defeated mammoth" exhibition of agricul- to watch her step, some commen-nation tators say the FAR EASTERN dictates. EASILY CRISIS COULD

MEAN WAR BETWEEN JAPAN AND AMERICA and express surprise the Japanese do not realise the .dan- gers of allowing a critical stage to develop.

They warn Japan she cannot

Hitler's tural products was thrown open

to the public.

as

The Japanese are seen facing a greater risk of mis- culation for Hitler is able to help Mussolini. BUT NOT JAPAN,

FEW BOMBS IN for of the Senate throughout

EAST ANGLIA

the day.

in East Anglia and another air. War" craft dropped two bombs in a town

In the afternoon vucational contests and basketball matches

POWER POLITICIAN were held, in which both publle

Senator Vandenberg; though functionaries

Enemy planes.were active over emphasising his personal support and. businessmen participated. At 5 p.m. twenty-one or two places in Britain yes-of ald for Britain, declared that Mr. Walter Lippman today warns Ave couples were united in wed-terday, states a London message. the White House had become the Japan she is in danger of mis-lock in a mass wedding.

One plane dropped a few bombs "G.HQ for the Second World get assistance from Germany and calculating United States actions

4-POINT PROGRAMME once her naval power is broken, and he thinks the cause of peace & China will

make shortshift of wil best be served by making it A four-puint programme aiming Japan's « commercial and military clear to TOKYO she cannot count at the moral and physical ad-in the north-east of Scotland. positions.

on permanent American neutrality vancement of the people has been out .by.. Generalissimo Japan is being compared with and the Americans are determin-, mapped Italy of a year ago when Signored" to ensure their security, come Chiang Kai-shek in a nation-wide:

radio broadcast commemorating Mussolini staked all on a quick what may.

the seventh anniversary of British defeat, knowing in Hitler's settlement he would get nothing more than he was occupying at the time of victory.

DUAL PURPOSE

JAPANESE DESTROYERS TO

He asserted that the Bill would mak. President Roosevelt power There was no serious damage or politician No. 1 of the world. casualty.--(Special)

Senator Gerald Nye, who follow- NO ACTIVITY

ed. asked whether President LONDON, Feb. 19 (Reuter) Roosevelt was entertaining the There was no enemy al activity, notion of a permanent alliance

with Britain, He says Japan would be deeply launching of the New Life Move over Britain during the night. mistaken If she thought victory ment.

DEEPLY MISTAKEN

Mr. Lippman says the task of American diplomacy. Con- gress and public opinion is to MAKE THE POSITION CLEAR before Japan engages herself. irrevocably.

The

General

calls

the

for

Hitler Still Relies

On

Bloodless Intimidation

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programme for Hitler in Europe would cause. America to cower in the Carib-elimination or gambling. suppres- It is thought here the Japanese bean. On the contrary, faced with sion of opium, popularisation of calculations. have "been

along the threat of a two-ocean naval economy savings and promotion of similar lines and the Japanese are attack. America's necessary course, sanitation and physical education. now facing the question of enter would be to dispose Japanese sex-

Chiang particularly ing the war for the dual purpose power before Hitler could organise appealed to the Chinese people in of assisting Hitler and forestalling an attack on America.

Japanese occupied areas to, ob peace and expressing polite amaze- j The immediate aim of Nazism, him.

serve the programme, as the Jap-ment that anyone should be so in-says the Daily Telegraph editorial, anese have been, deliberatly foster-considerate as to suspect hidden is probably A drive · against ing gambling and opium-smoking danger behind the innocent pro- GREECE to capture Salonika and as a means of demoralizing them, cesses of Japanese policy.

establish a great German base of ENDURE HARDSHIPS

Unfortunately, these encouraging arms on the Mediterranean. Dwelling on the significance of assurances have coincided with Would TURKEY consider it а The progress, even of the isola-the New Life Movement, General the announcement of the arrival breach of mutual declaration to tionists, is clearly shown in an Chiang pointed out that it aims of

group of German "tech-abstain from aggression if Bul- BANGKOK, Feb. 19 (Reuter-commentators today.

article on one of their leading at training the people to endure nicians" in Tokyo.

garla allowed Hitler's tanks and

hardships and sacrifices and cul-

planes, to use her territory for Between now and next Tuesday

Mr. Lippman says: "Rapidly tivating the habits of industry,

such an enterprise? Turkey alone three Japanese destroyers will America races past the milestones and thriftness in order to make

can decide when her national in- take supplies to Paknan, at the of reluctance. Today, so great is them at for survival in the pre- mouth ci Bangkok River, 15 miles the momentum, that it is not cer- sent extraordinary year and enable

terests are endangered,

from Bangkok, according to antain we will be able to stop at the the country ultimately to achieve mark which says, beyond this is permanent independence and free- The destroyer Yogure is already war."

the Arikae will be In Paknan there from Thursday to Saturday

VISIT THAI

official announcement.

a

..That MR. MATSUOKA ex-" plained this event to the Jap-

public .anese

in somewhat apologetic and deprecatory terms proves his subservience. to Nazi Germany does not enjoy widespread popularity among his countrymen. LOGICAL DEFENCE

Reviewing the achievements of:

There is still strong and sincere He adds that if the threat of the New Life Movement during the opposition in Japan to burning the and the Migure will be in Pakuan Japan to America and of Hitler to past seven years, General Chiang boats and to this extent there is

Britain is part of a common plan; said that much progress had been solid and basic reality in the Jap- the Soviet as under the Tears. t is only a logical defence both made in the national life, but he anese declarations of desire for must always be concerned with common urged that greater efforts should be peace which is wholly lacking in the control of the passage from

from Sunday to Tuesday.

The Japanese Nayal Attache sought the Thai Naval Comman-

countries should have

dom:

יו,

If Nazism were allowed to reach and fortify itself on the northern coast of the AEGEAN, it would threaten the Turkish hold on ISTAN- BUL and the DARDANELLES, The RUSSIAN policy also, under

der-in-Chief's permission for the direction-that the American, and exerted in order to fully realise the hollow protestations of Hitler the Mediterranean to the BLACK

• destroyers' visit.

THAI PEACE TALKS TOKYO, Feb. (Reuter) Japanese officlar sources' cate-

British navies operated by mutual the principles of the movement and his agents, but extremists understanding.

and to profit by their application, who like to ape Nazi tactics are The HERALD-TRIBUNE accuses General

in the saddle in Tokyo. Chiang particularly Japan of starting the crisis in the stressed the importance of publie Pacific and praises Singapore. Aus-sanitation and physical education gorically denied the American re-tralia and the Dutch Indies for not as a means to build up a strong.!

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port that the peace conference being cowed. here between Thai and Indo.. Chinese delegates has been "sus- pended by the French in protest against alleged violations of the armistice

Thal agreement by troops, says a semi-official Jap anese report.

These quarters said the con- ference "Is progressing smoothly.“

D.E.I. Ports Closed To Jap. Shipping

BATAVIA, Feb. 19 (Reuter)-A Japanese report Was circulated

healthy and progressive nation.

Aside from the four-point pro

It marks the salutary effect this has had on Tokyo and concludes: gramme outlined above. General "MR. MATSUOKA now ex- Chlang said, there are other tends his open palms in sup-

equally important tasks which lication to the democratic world, crying we never meant any harm. Let us keep him in that posture."

U.S. Interested In Deeds Not Words

are pressing for attention, such as promotion of production and labour service.

SO LONG AS THEY PER- SIST, VIGILANCE MUST BE THE ORDER OF THE DAY IN THE PACIFIC.

SEA.

With the great Black Sea port of CONSTANZA undergoing? Kazi development, Moscow must be watching the Balkans and the Aegean very keenly.

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PROLONG WAR Stalin may have considered it his first interest to prolong the war between freedom and Näzliem and so

advised Turkey against participation on the British side. BASLE BOMBING but he cannot wish to see the

RECALLED

BRITISH APOLOGY TO SWITZERLAND

keys to the Black Sea in the hands of Hitler.

The TURCO-BULGARIAN de- claration was a very small act compared to the great issues at stake.

Speaking of the present war- time needs, General Chiang urged; the people to volunteer their zer- vices in courier transportation to

COMPLETE APPROVAL | supplement the inadequacy of BERNE, Feb. 19 (Reuter) The official circles express complete BELGRADE, Feb. 19 (Reiter)—– mechanical transport and the Swiss Federal Council accepted WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (Renter) women to actively participate in with satisfaction yesterday the declaration as trending to peace approval of the Turco-Bulgarian "The United States is more in-farming in order to replenish British reply to Swiss represents in the Balkans and co-operation

labour and thereby increase pro-tions ou the bombing incidents at of Balkan peoples,

generally.

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The British Government, though

here yesterday to the effect that terested in the deeds of other na-duction. He also asked the people Basle and Zurich.on Dec. 18/17 all Dutch East Indies ports, except tions than in the statements some to assist in anti-air raid work, dre and Dec 22/23 respectively. two ports in North Borneo, have of their spokesmen may make." been closed to Japanese shipping. This was the reply of Mr. Eum-prevention service and relief work

Officials of the Dutch East In-ner Welles, U.S. Assistant Secretary dies Government, says Reuter's of State, at a press conference yes- correspondent, declined to com terday when questioned about a "ment on the report, declaring Japanese spokesman's statement that they "haven't received any that Japan aims at peaceful rela- Information."

tions with the United States

Control And Distribution Of Food In Australia

The Australian newspapers yesterday announced regional-mea- sures being taken throughout the Commonwealth for the control and distribution of food in an emergency, states 3 message. from Sydney. This will ensure that supplies will be available to every Australian even under the worst war conditions..

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LOCAL MEETING

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Yugoslav, political circles are of the opinion the agreement

is largely due to Russian in-

| not⠀: ¿considering the investiga-fluence as the Russian policy tion findings as conclusive, con-

is understood in Belgrade as being to maintain peace in the Balkans..

The seventh anniversary of the sidering the friendly relations be- New Life Movement, which fell on tween the countries, recognised yesterday, was observed here in there was sufficient indications to the Colony in the form of a public warrant accepting the pecuniary gain will be the reduction of the meeting.

and other responsibilities

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The meeting was jointly spon-expressed regret. - sored by the Hongkong Chinese public organizations and 'schools.

Among those who attended the ceremony were Mr. Wang Hui-lal, Dr. Ho Al-ling, Miss Hu Muk-lan, Mr. Wa Kung-hoo and Mr. Chow Shang.

A motion to send a message of respect by long-distance telephone to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was passed at the meeting.

The only advantage Hitler could

and | Turkish Army in THRACE ́now.

numbering about 600,000,

British Parachutists In Training Since Summer

One of Britain's most closely guarded war secrets is now made

known, states a London message. It is revealed that British para- chute troops begari training actually last summer in the British Empire.

&

MR. A. W. FADDEN, the Acting, vices and the establishment of air Premier, announced yesterday raid, warning systems will be in-

A correspondent who visited a the parachute to open quicker that steps were being taken by cluded under these measures in

training centre stated that he than by pulling the rip cord. the Federal Government to bring which there' will be complete CHUNGKING, Feb. 19 (Reuter) watched twin-engined plane All the men for this work are about a co-ordination of air raldiaison, between the. Common--The Turkish Minister to China, appear from the morning mist volunteers and they have to un- precautions.

wealth and the State.

Emin Ali Sipart and the French and then saw severna parachutists|dergo a most gruelling physical The provision of shelters, the The regulations governing this military attache, Colonel Yvon, descend.

test. They wear crash helmets evicuation of the civil population, action were gazetted on Tuesday arrived this morning by plane The parachutes are fitted with with large goggles over. their the training of re-fighting ser-night.-(Special)

from Hongkong...

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