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“Hongkong Dally Press,” April 11, 1941.

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HONGKONG, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1941,

YUGOSLAV FORCES REACH Britain's

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POWERFUL HIGH EXPLOSIVE BOMBS

DROPPED IN CENTRE OF BERLIN

OUTSKIRTS OF MAMURAS: Net-Work Of DURING THREE HOURS ATTACK

NAZI MOTORISED DIVISION PRESSING ON TO MONASTIR

Main Body Of Greek Reserves On Second Defence Line

Other Yugoslay troops have crossed DRIN at many points. Forces from PRIZREN are also reported to be holding KUKIUS and BICAJ across the frontier.

These reports add that a German motorised division is pressing westward through the PELAGORA VALLEY towards PRILEP and MONASTIR and is encountering stiff resistance.

Control

TAXES TO REDUCE

DEMAND FOR COMMODITIES

"The Chancellor at the Excho- quer has shown us how much more the war machine is costing today. It costs nearly twice as much as in 1915. A new battle- ship costs nearly three times as | mach as It took to build the Iron, Duke," said SIE FREDERICK

New Record Created By R.A.F. Night Fighters

Powerful high explosive bombs were seen to burst among the fires which were started in the centre of BER- LIN during an attack on Wednesday night by the RAF., which lasted for nearly three hours, states the Air Minis- try, according to Reuter...........

EMDEN and other objectives in North-West Germany were also attacked.

of 21 German bombers in the last three nights.

NEW YORK, APR. 10 (REUTER)-YUGOSLAV FORCES WHICH CAPTURED WHITE, KOSI, former politica! ALESSIO, 25 MILES SOUTH-EAST OF SCUTARI, HAVE NOW REACHED THE OUT-adviser to the Chinese National In daylight yesterday, DEN- SKIRTS OF MAMURAS, ACCORDING TO REPORTS FROM YUGOSLAVIA, SAYS THE Government, when he broadcast MARK, NORWAY and occu- BERNE CORRESPONDENT OF THE NEW YORK TIMES.

from London on Wednesday.

Two Beaufort fighter pilots each pled France were also raided. WAR-ECONOMY

destroyed two of the 10 raiders Railway traffic in Denmark confirmed as having been brought Sir Frederick said that Income was bombed and in SOUTH-down by the RAF.... Tax was now nearly as much asERN NORWAY

aluminium Attacks by enemy aircraft on seven times as before the last war

Wednesday night, states an broke ant. There were also heavy works were attacked. duties on tobacco beer, and

Air Ministry communique, were Eight British aircraft are miss-directed mainly against a town in spirits. These taxes were, of ing from these operations.

the Midlands and districts in Chosen to bring more. course.

The Al Ministry also states that North-East England. money to treasury, but they last night 10 enemy bombers were were also an indication of Bri-brought down by our fighters and tain's war economy.

All taxes were intended to give nre.

one was shot down by 'anti-aircraft The Yugoslavs are in the maximum revenité, but today R.A.F. night fighters have the process of reoccupying they were being used to

now destroyed the record total

The main body of Greek reserves is massed on the second main defence line run ning north-east from MOUNT OLYMPUS to LAKE OCHRIDA in Yugoslavia where the British are also believed to be, reports the Columbia Broadcasting commentator from Ankara, and the next German move is expected to be to: KORITZA.

reduce

IMPEDIMENTS TO BRITISH Skoplje, and at Monastir have the demand for all kinds of com-

TRADE AND INDUSTRY

Revelations At Chamber Of Commerce Meeting

SHANGHAI, April 10. (Renter)-The impediments to trade and industry which are delaying reconstruction and rehabilita- tion and which apparently are so ardently desired by the sponsors of the new order in East Asia, still continue and in many cases are accentuated, declared SIR ROBERT CLADER- MARSHALL, presiding at the annual general meeting of the British Chamber of Commerce held here this afternoon.

modities. The Government form- established contact with the erly only spent a fraction of its Allied troops, according to nations Incorebu in this war reliable information received there wa

in Athens, states THE TIMES' private sources into the Treasury. Athens correspondent.

The Tugoslavs have also ad- vanced from Scutari and reached a point south of Alessio.

"LITTLE NEWS

British Wireless states there is still little authentic news from the new Balkan fronts apart from Greek and Yugoslav communiques reporting the fall of Salonika and Skoplje, as well as the successful resistance of their forces in other sectors.

dis-

"The average

mar and women" today finds a large net-work of pubile control,” said Sir Frederick

"The ne cessary things they want, are still there, but there are scores of other things on which they used to spend money which are not available and the money that used to be spent оп them now goes into the Spitfire Fund or the Treasury", NOT STARVATION

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TOMORROW

Today being Good Friday, and following the usual cus- tom, there will be no issue, of the HONGKONG DAILY PRESS tomorrow Publication will be resumed on Monday.

FATAL MOTOR MISHAP

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MAY BE HEAVY "-

37,609 KILLED, MISSING

LONDON, April 10 (British Wireless)Replying to a PXI- liamentary, question yesterday, the Lord Privy Seal stated the approximate number of cas- palties amongst the armed forces from the beginning of the war to the present day was 37,409 killed and missing, 25,895 wounded.

Chinese Large Scale Offensive

CHUNGKING, ANr. 10 (Central) Chinese troops have commenced

a large-scale counter-offensive in The number of casualties in the area between Nanking, Shang- these attacks may prove to be hai. and Hangchow. heavy. Damage was considerable Brisk Ághting is raging between In both areas.. Bombs were also soochów ⋅ and Wash along the dropped on a town in the West of Nanking-Shanghai Railway, and England, at places on the southern on the west shore of Talha Lake coast and at many other widely and the north bank of the Chien- separated points. At some of tang River.

these places, there were a small

For the third successive night,

Kashing, was the scene ass bitter

the

the Luftwaffe carried out an night of Aphi 4. Chine over the place night raids, in-on the south bank of the Chien- cluding north-east

East tang River crossed the river and Anglis, south-east, west and encircled Chapu facing Hangchow north-west England while in a Bay at dawn' on the following

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concentrated heavy raid on à West day: Toward evening the Chinese" Midlands town, two ralders were forced an entry into the city. shot down.

After sanguinary fighting,” they- OPERA HOUSE HIT

drove the Japanese out and took German official News possession of the city. The Jap- Agency says that high explosive anese fled in a southerly direc

ition. "Are we then starved of all the

and incendiary" bombs were drop- A fatal accident occurred yes-ped on Berlin. He pointed out that those im- Notwithstanding the inaugura-

amenities of life? No, not starv terday when an unknown Chinese

However, on Apr. 6 about 2,000 portant channels of trade,

Summarising information the tion of the new Central Govern

It adds: "There are several dead Japanese troops with six bombing ed. but in 1841 we have much of was run over by a bus of Kowloot and wounded" and that the Prus-planes arrived and launched a Yangtse and the Pearl Rivers ment under Wang Ching wel, and closed by Mr. Churchill and other

Company in Nathan gian

Chinese still remain closed to vessels other its recognition by the Japanese later reports. The Times says: "The what we want most, but we can-Motorbus

State Library and Opera counter-attack, The House, both in the Unterdenlinden, withdrew to avoid loss of civilian than Japanese which ply freely and Soviet, there is no apparent first onrush of German mechanis- not have all that we used to have. Road

Leung Sum, driver of bus No. were set on fire...

lives. on these two main arteries; indications of its functioning as ed columns-true blitzkrieg-bas You can still go to the pictures if

independent entity in the proved once more overwhelming you want to or you can even see 861, reported that about &.10 p.m.) That "taxes" served both au- an

Shakespeare,

yesterday thorised

"But if you think the holidays Nathan Road, nearing Man Ming while driving along and unauthorised on economic sphere, as even against despite difficulties of the Balkan goods in transit, continue to the Chinese there is discrimina-

mean spending money Ike a Lane, an unknown "Salonika has fallen, Northern drunken sailor, you will find that denly ran across the road and was Chinese sud- weigh heavily on the Chinese and "tion in

tionals, while in the resim of in- Greece is cut in half, Yugoslav you will not be able to do so this knocked down and killed. discourage normal trade;

dustry within the occupied areas communications the same control cr "co-operation'

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time. The burden ΟΣ manage- ment of our financial resources

of the peninsula are isolated from

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is really one of the sinews of

war."

That transportation facilities of all kinds in the occupied areas is imposed. are still confined to Japanese Sir Robert added: "Interested their friends: the Turks. transportation compariles, which as we are in the commerciali "The first three days of the.

Sir Frederick commented on the thus enjoy the monopoly under trade position, is to dimcult for us campaign must have realised the very satisfactory state of the the protection of the Japanese businessmen to see how prosperity highest hopes the enemy may have health of the country. army, and

can be achieved in China so long entertained." That during "control” ́di mon as restrictions are imposed which

R.A.F. ACTIVITY

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The na-

tional morale bad stood up won-

Influenza,

BRITISH LOAN

MADRID, Apr. 10 (Reuter)Br tain is to lend Spain £2,500,000 for

derfully to, the bombing of " TO SPAIN. poly, the system has been extend- prevent even the Chinese from Details of the RAF. bombing past six months and during that ed, strengthened and seriously carrying on their normal business. interfered with Chinese and for "Belief in the confidence of se-activity in the North-east yester- period epidemies had been lower

ever before. eign interests as regard the excurity which must be the basis of day were contained in a communithan "port of such articles as eggs, milk all prosperity and while control que issued by the British Head-pneumonia and scarlet fever were

the lowest in ten years. and feathers (to mention only a of a monopolistic character may quarters in Greece, says Reuter. few of the most important), while secure a temporary and pecuniary. It says that in spite of very bad trade with Chinese producers in advantage, it does not help build-weather R.AF. bombers were very

German troop-carrying | occupied areas no longer possible, ing or encouraging industrial or active. except under "permit" which in commercial effort. The results of vehicles in the Kilkis and Pulykar- erect meana trade can only be normal and natural flow of trade

were systematically conducted through Japanese in are the richest and most lasting machine-gunned from a low al- termediaries

titude with good results. for all concerned”

Two successful bombing attacks were carried out against enemy motor concentrations and bridges near Axloypolis

Northern in Greece.

Today's News Summary

THERE IS LITTLE authentic news from the Balkan fronts al- though it is reported that the Yugoslava have reached the out- skirts of Mamuras, east of Bcutari German motorised division 18 stated to be pressing on towards Monastir.

BRITISH FORCES east of Benghazi have been concentrated in areas more adaptable to future operations. There is no news of three penfor, officers among whom is Lt-Gen F. Neame, V.C..

on

BERLIN WAS HEAVILY raided by the RAF. and large Dres were started in the centre of the city. Air activity over Britain Wednesday night was on a large scale and it is feared that casualties may by hary

BRITAIN HAD SIGNED an agreement with Spain whereby the panish will be provided with a substantial loan for the purchase of foodstuus and raw materials

THE JAPANESE Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs has admitted that the Sino-Japanese hostilities are far from an end,

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From all these operations all our aircraft returned safely.

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A DENIAL:

A semi-official dental that any Bulgarian troops are taking part in operations against Yugoslavia. has been issued in Bofin, says a despatch from the Bulgarian Capital

TRAWLERS SUNK

LONDON, Apr. 10 (British Wire- less) - The Admiralty - hús-au- nounced that HM trawlers Lord Selbornë and Cramond Island have. been sunk,

-On Other Pages

Pare

2-Exhibition softball; Open tennis tournaments; Easter -race meeting; Guide... to

racing form. 3-Radio programmes; Com...

ing events. 4-British forces taking up

stand in Tobruk: Greek, armies... threatened with Encirclement; China war; Japanese use poison gas. 5 Blander action talis; Co-

lony firewood stocks; Next- week's black-out" exercise: Volunteer Orders. 8-Leading article: Sacrifice

for Victory,

8 Catholic news and notes: Church services; R.C.C. dress rehmasal.⠀ 9Germany feeling pinch of "British blockade British

"blitz" on Reich.

the purchase of foodstuffs and raw materiala, according to an agree- ment signed by the two countries. The new loan will be welcomed here as money available under previous agreements, has been ex- hausted or is rearing end. Thanks to the recent wheat agreement with Britain and "Argentina, the bread situation has improved slightly although the shortage of shipping, space is a great handi- cap.

ENEMY CONVOY

· ATTACKED LONDON, Apr. 10 (Reuter)—It is reported that an enemy convoy of troopships has been successfully attacked by a British submarice In the Middle Mediterranean.

One. enemy ship of 12,000 tons was hit by two torpedoes, while another vessel of 6,000. tork re ceived one torpedo hit.

COAL STRIKE ENDS

NEW YORK, Apr. 10 (Reuter)- An agreement has been reached in the Bitum notis coal strike, but the date of the reopening of the mines Le not indicated,

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