1941-04-24 — Page 1

Page

"Hongkong Dally Press,” April 24, 1941.

Mason's

DOLLAR.-T.T. 13. 24. T.T. NEW YORK.-24.

OK Hongkong Daily Press.

the cold meat Sauce

No. 25781

Registered as a Newspaper at the General

報西

ESTABLISHED 1857

剌 孖

AIBERRAGAM

Post Ofice in the United Kingdom.

"HONGKONG, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1941.

BREST TWICE

GREEK GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE FIGHT AGAINST THE ENEMY FROM CRETE: TRANSFER OF

OF CAPITAL IS ANNOUNCED BY KING Stubborn Resistance In New Allied Positions: Armistice Reported In Epirus Region

KING GEORGE OF THE HELLENES YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED TO THE PEOPLE OF GREECE THAT HE AND HIS GOVERNMENT WILL LEAVE ATHENS FOR CRETE, FROM WHERE THEY WILL CONTINUE THEIR FIGHT AGAINST THE ENEMY, says Reuter.

In his message, the King said: "The hard destinies of war have forced me and my lawful Government to leave our capital for Crete where we will continue to fight until the final victory.

"THE BRITISH CAME TO OUR ASSISTANCE HEROICALLY AND ARE STILL FIGHTING BESIDE OUR GALLANT FORCES.

"I regret to announce that the Greek army of the Epirus, without the know- ledge of our Government has capitulated to the enemy and an armistice is being ar- ranged. This will in no way bind our Government to their surrender."

Concentrated German

Air Fury Rained On

Plymouth Once Again.

LONDON, Apr. 23 (Reuter)-PLYMOUTH, Drake's stronghold, has taken its second aerial blitz in two successive nights, writes Reu- ter's Staff reporter..

"I have just toured Plymouth after hours of concentrated fury and I found the town bruised. bat undaunted. German bombers began droning over Plymouth early on Tuesday evening and with short lulls, they came over in wave after wave until the small hours.

these beacons,

The address concluded, "In these difficult moments" in our history I will always be with you. Righteousness of our struggle and God will help us to succeed in achiev- ing final victory."

NOT BROKEN ATHENS, Apr. 23 (Reuter)-The new positions taken up by the Imperial forces in Greece, about 50 miles to the south of Larissa, have not been broken and both the British and Greek armies are fighting stubbornly.

The Germans are reported to be maintaining severe pressure the positions.

"

on

"Some fires were started in the smoke, From various precarious initial stages of the attack and the shelters. I watched a veritable raiders who came afterwards con-hurricane of death, Bombs of all!

GERMAN FAILURE centrated their high explosives on sizes fell into this faming inferno, ZURICH, Apr 23

(Reuter) wrecking homes, business pre-"Particularly stubborn" resistance "In one area there was at one mises, churches, hospitals and by the British troops was admitted time a lurid wall of flame and cinemas.

by German war correspondents to "This was what the Germana be the reason for the failure of a have described as the 'military German. encircling movement in harbour of Plymouth While this Greece, according to the Berlin. 'military' target was being batter-correspondent of the NEUE ZUER- ed, I witnessed many acts of CHER ZEITUNG, heroism performed by firemen, frewatchers and police.

INDISCRIMINATE BOMBING OF CHANGSHA

CHINESE "COMMENT

الرحم

RAIDED

LONDON Apr. 23 (Reuter)- The Air Ministry announced that two raids were made by British bombers on the Ger man naval base" at Brest, where the cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau are still shel- Lering.

Bombs were dropped and further damage was inflicted in addition to the damage caused in eight previous raids.""

In daylight yesterday, British aircraft attacked a heavy laden enemy supply ship of about 2,000-tons of the coast of Norway. The vessel was seen to be hit and sinking.

A German minesweeper was also damaged in the same operation.

Chief Scout Sends His Greetings Overseas

15-19 Marina House, Queen's Road Central. G.P.O. Box No. 1

1日即十月碌年拾鄰佰欧仟费英

General Manager

NOW! QUICK REST, WHITENESS

Fired

AINED

Eyes!

WHITE RESTED

Get amazingly guicher rest for tired, strained, Itchy, smarting cyes with new, sclery- tic EYE-GENE. Marvelously relaxing after night-drives, close work,

etc. Thomanda switching from boric and other old-fashioned solutions. Actually clears bloodshot eyes.......makes them spork ling white..in seconds, or money refunded. Stainless, safe. At all druggists”,

EYE-GENE

New Safe Tas to Clear Bom Relieve StruÉN

Obtainable at all loading Dispensarim & Stores Sole Distributors: United Traders

Price

Single Copy: 10 centa Per Month, $3.00.

MESSAGE BY MENZIES TO PEOPLE DUTY OF OF AUSTRALIA: WAS EMPIRE TO GIVE AID TO GREECE

...

"I have told the people here in your name that we

are with them in temporary defeat as well as in victories "FULL INQUEST”

until, in His own time, God delivers the world from the scourge that has been laid upon it," said the RT, HON. R. G. MENZIES, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA, when he broadcast from London yesterday a message to the people of the Commonwealth.

**

"The tide of battle ebbs cheered Greece on for months and her in her epic and flows," said Mr. Menzies, encouraged

Only a few weeks ago I was struggle, we then shrugged our shoulders and said that against able to speak to you from the Germany we could give her no aid Middle East with joy of the and that she must fight alone. Australian victories there.

IN NOBLE CAUSE

Today we аге anxiously "Australians who died in Greece watching what is happening have died in a noble cause and we in Greece and Libya.

must by our fortitude, activity, and

"I had anticipated that before cheerfulness in adversity, endea now I will have been on my way your to be worthy of them. These back to Australia, but I did not are, of course, anxious days, but

feel, nor did Mr. Churchill, that' at a time like this, when great de- cisions had to be made, that I should be travelling back at such a stage of the 'war."

STAND FIRM

Reuter, adds:

Cont'd Page 7, Col. 4

SOUGHT

SYDNEY, Apr. 23, (Reuter)-- Before today's meeting of the War Connell, labour membera declared that they would insist on a "full ingquest" on the * Greek, expedition decision.

They described Mr. Menzies* reasons for not consulting the Australian War Counel! as specions.

Labour members stated that they aimed at ensuring that the War Counell will be con- sulted on other major defence policy matters, including the

of despatch

an Australian force to Malaya.

Gen. Blamey Appointed

As Deputy Commander

"At the moment when Austra- lian forces, both in Greece and Tobruk, are fighting, so splendidly" and inflicting such losses upon the i enemy that I urge the Australian people to stand firm," declared Mr. Menzies.

"The debates and recriminations about

Strategic decisify and tac tical dispositions, the results of which are still literally being fought out, can do no good at pre- Bent.

Of The Imperial Forces

Hitler Turns Larder Into Battlefield

The appointment of GENERAL SIE THOMAS BLAMEX, Com- mander of the ALF in the Middle East, to be Deputy Commander of the Imperial Forces in that theatre of war was announced in London yesterday, by Mr. R. G. Menzies, Prime Minister of Austra- la, in the course of a broadcast message.

Mr. Menzies said that Gen, Blamey's work had called for the The difficulties of the Greek highest praise from Gen. Wavell "1 am speaking to you for the campaign were always understood and it was fitting that he should

Australian and be made Deputy Commander. Empire and I am grateful to the was felt that it was unthinkable pleasure to my countrymen be- Arst time as Chief Scout of the by the British,

New Zealand Governments but it This news win, I am sure, give B.B.C. for broadcasting my words that Greece which fought 50 cause he will now have a voice in to the members of this great valiantly against the Italians and making decisions." family overseas. It gives me and which was prepared to withstand those in this country even a great- the onset of Germany through er feeling of unity-unity in our Bulgaria, should be left unassisted loyalty and unity in determination "Though milltary considera- to live up to the example which tions are always to be taken was set up by our Founder."

Into Bccount because they measure the hazards to be an- dertaken, you cannot judge an International action in war solely according to military rules.

HIS MOTTO

Mr. Menzies said that Sir

"Herr Hiter was using the Bal- Thomas had rendered very gallant kans as a source of large food services with the British Imperial supplies, but he has had to turn troops in the fighting in Africa. the larder into a bätt:eheld. He has lost millions of men, Even if Reuter adds that Sir Thomas men mean nothing to him, they These words were spoken by

Blamey is 57, thick-set, of middle cannot be turned out like she ling LORD

the Chief SOMERS,

| height and sparing of words. He peas. He has lost time which", Scout, at a gathering held in

has been described as "a man might have been better employed and-a-half” His motto is, “We elsewhere,” stated!" MR. CYRIL a theatre in Manchester, tho cathedral having been dam-

cannot expect to win this war un-LAKIN, B.B.C. commentator, when "I say quite bluntly that what-less we carry the fight to the he broadcast from London yester- aged by bombs.

ever criticism may arise in rela enemy."

day. Scouts in the old country, he tion to our assistance to Greece, He was on the Permanent Staff

BALKAN RESULT sald, were rendering great services jft is nothing to the" critician we of the Australian military forces The results of the Balkans cam- justly have encountered when the last war began and compaign, he said, must be judged dia- CHUNGKING, Apr, 23 (Reuter)in the war and had proved them- would

throughout the world, if having manded the second battalion of passionately and as a whole, "While the rald was in pro What will Britain's future policy selves worthy of their training.

"I send you greetings' wherever

the Australlan Expeditionary CHUNGKING, Apr. 23 (Central) Eress and at its flercest, emergency be as a result of the swift deve-

Examining Hitler's gains. Mr. Force in France, becoming Chief Lakin said that although Hitler Changsha in Hunan and Show-feeding centres were established lopments in the Balkans, is the you may be," he said.

of Staff at 35. He was seven times had his eyes on the clifields of chang and Lishui in Chektanz to give succour

(subject" of much comment in Chi-] Let us, therefore, go forward

mentioned in despatches. from this day which we celebrate

Rumania, it was probable that he nese circles here.

There ia

was getting less oil than before. belief hereof. the "Patron Saint, George, with that whatever happens, China high courage and prepared to live must give full support to EMBASSY DAMAGED

as true Scouts, and may God bless the

since," it is democracles

you all." The American Embassy in Lon- the opinion here that not only don was slightly damaged in the is China's fate closely linked with recent raids on the capital. The that of the democracies, but in the Ambassador, Mr. John G. Winant, matter of principles, China must as in the Embassy. After deal-remain on the side of the demo- ing with his own fire, he dashed cracies, next door to help to extinguish a are at the Italian Embassy.

In an outspoken leading article

་

were bombed by Japanese planes I fear that the casualty list is heavy and must include a large yesterday.

Three enemy planes attacked number killed." Changsha, dropping bombs indis- criminately, More than 90 civi- Hans were killed and wounded and 60 houses demolished,

Showchang was raided by a squadron of 14 machines. About 30 bombs were dropped, killing only two men,"

Eighteen planes bombed Lisbut Explosives were dropped in the suburbs. Casualties and damage are under investigation.

-On Other-revealed.

Page

Pages

2 Softball notes; Water-polo:

Training times.

3 Radio programmes; Coming

events.

4 Proposals for debate. de-

precated by Premier; R.AF. activity in Libya; Dessle battle an artillery duel; British Empire medal; Volunteer doctors.

3 New teachers training col- lege: Celebrations for Chi- nese Youth Day.

Leading article: Mr. Mat- suoka's Jig-saw.

3-8 Round the Police Courts:

AR.P. Orders.

strong

**

JUMPED FROM

SEA WALL -

Economic Situation Of Free China

Darlan Will

Be Informed U.S. NAVAL BASE He had saved the Italian Army in

Of German

Views

the

AGREEMENT.

....

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr. 23 (Reuter) The 99-year Crown

that."

Albania and had gained aero- dromes with which to attack Bri- tish shipping and Egypt,

Today's News Summary

Speaking of the situation in lease, granting the United States Greece, Mr. Lakin said that it had a site for a naval base under the deteriorated in the last 24 hours

·ZURICH, Apr. 23 (Reuter) destroyers for bases agreement, and this was to be expected" in Well-informed circles in Vichy ex- was signed at Government House. face of the heavy weight of the

German attack.; A Chinese woman, aged about 33.pect important political develop-

RANGOON, Apr. 23 (Reuter)......... "Should further retreat and this morning, the influential Chi-jumped from a sea wall at Sham-ments shortly, saya the Vichy cor-

TAKUNGPAO, One of Britain's most famous nese paper.

de-jahufpoo last night about 11.10 in respondent of

Swiss tele- The first vessel built in Burma for eventuel evacuation be necessary" Catholic

the Burmese Navy will be launch-it will cause grave disappointment churches, St. George's clares:

alleged attempt to commit graphic agency. RA Cathedral, Southwark, was com- "We do not wish to indulge in suicide. She was pulled out of the

ADMIRAL DARLAN has left ed on Thursday. This was an- In this country, to Australia, in everyone pletely destroyed during the re- idle words. We want facts. China's water by people passing by, and for Paris today for talks with nounced by the retiring Governor New Zealand and to cent rtia on London, It is now future foreign policy is obviously was admitted to the Kowloon Hos- occupation authorities. He will of Burma, Bir Archibald Cochrane. Cont'à Page 7, Col 1-

·Cont'd Page 7, Col. 5 pital

be informed of the German views, regarding more active Franco-German, co-operation, The correspondent saya Vichy circles belleve that Cerimany is ready, to make some concessions to France in exchange for the strengthening of France's indus trial potential in favour of Ger- many.

It is not believed that the Germans will make any de- mands of military nature such да permission for Gezman troopsto march through France to Spain or placing French ports at Germany's ilicposal" bengangkat COAL, 57,800 tons; PETROLEUM, 440,000 gallons; ALCOHOL, 4,500,000 zalons: YARN, 54,000 It is possible that Admiral DaY pieces; FLOUR, 3,400,000 bags; SOAP, 309,000 boxes: MATCHES. 11,700, boxes; PAPER 1,800 tons.

lan will hold a further conversa The Chinese official CENTRAL DAILY NEWS states that the Japanese operations on the Chotion later at Vichy in the presence klang and Fukien coasts, resulted in the closure of the route and also the sclture of imported goods, of a high German diplomatic per-

Botality" which affects China's resistance,

Unaffected By Coastal Operations

22

CHUNGKING, Apr. 23 (Renter)--Chinese Press and official circles emphasise that the Japanese operations on the CHEKIANG and FUKIEN coasts cannot affect the economic situation of FREE CHINA.

Aside from the supplies coming in over the south-west and north-west routes, the Ministry of Economic Affairs states that the Chinese Industrial plants in the interior produce considerable quantities of baste military supplies as well as daily necessities, giving the following figures for the 1940 production p

THE CAPITAL of Greece has removed from Athens to Crete from where the Greek Government will continue the fight against the enemy. It is reported that, without the knowledge of the Gov- ernment; the Greek army of the Epirus capitulated. The new de- fensive positions of Greek and Empire forces are stated to be te- sisting stubbornly.

THAT IT WAS the British Empire's duty to send aid to Greece was the firm opinion of the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, who is in London, when he broadcast a message to the people of the Commonwealth yesterday. He said that the decisión was taken after every aspect of the question had been debated.sk NAZI "ADE FÚRY was concentrated on Plymouth for the second night in succession and it is feared that casualties will be heavy.

BRITISH FORCES made a successful landing at Bardia during the week-end where they destroyed an important bridge and a stores dump.

GENERAL SIR THOMAS Blamey has been appointed Deputy Commander of the Imperial Forces in the Middle East. He is 57.