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HONGKONG, MONDAY, MAY 19, 1941.

APPREHENSION FELT IN

OF

CLOSER

VICHY-NAZI

Widespread Paris Demonstrations

Of

In Favour of General de Gaulle

LITTLE NEWS OF SYRIAN SITUATION

MR. CORDELL' HULL, UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE, TOLD RE- FORTERS. IN WASHINGTON THAT ENOUGH FACTS HAVE REACHED THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT ENTIRELY THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT ON FRI- DAY SETTING FORTH AMERICAN APPREHENSION OF CLOSER NAZI-VICHY COL- LABORATION, STATES A REUTER MESSAGE,

The extent of the Franco-German collaboration and the ultimate intentions will be revealed in a joint communique which will shortly be issued in Madrid; says the Berlin correspondent of the INFORMACIONES.

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The correspondent adds that in Berlin it is claimed, the French have the perfect right to permit the passage of German troops through Syria.

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Numerous French citizens

UNITED

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STATES

COLLABORATION

EDGAR WALLACE Extensive

AND HESS!

In a broadcast from London last night, MR. E. A. MON- TAGUE. B.B.C. commentator, said that the fantastic escape of Herr Hess from Germany to Britain was an absolute gift for a nation like ours.

The whole position had been summed up by Britain's clover- est newspaper cartoonist when he drew two cliixens sitting be- fore a radio with these words coming over the air:--

"Here is the news and this is Edgar Wallace reading. It."

Purge In Germany

Reported

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REMARKABLE FEAT

OF PRAISEWORTHY

SEAMANSHIP TOLD

ALEXANDRIA, May 18 (Reuter)-The last British party to leave Greece after the evacuation was completed arrived safely in Alexan- dria aboard a schooner after experiencing the toughest sea perlis during the 18-day trip.

"Poking through the stormy waters of the Aegean the craft was bombed and machine-gunned but fortunately unscathed, sheltering in the numerous Pelopponese Islands.

· LIEUT.-COMMANDER NIGEL WILLMOTT, of Kensington, Lon- don, and 11 companions achieved this remarkable feat of praise- worthy, seamanship.

"We set sail at dawn on Apr. 28,” į he said, "from Raphtis Bay on the

LONDON, May 18 (Reuter)-Re Attica coast aboard the Evangel-R

ports of extensive purge in Ger- twin-masted. boat) armed with many and many arrests of Hess' only one "Bren gun and hand associates were mentioned by the grenades. B.B.C. in a statement broadcast to Germany on Saturday night.

"The compass and chart were only our navigation 'instruments.

Reward For Arrest Of Ex-Egyptian Staff Chief

The B.B.C. added: "Last night, | Our Arst stop Was Macronists there were widespread reports of Island where we sampled the finest extensive purge in Germany" and wines and honey. many arrests of Hess' associates "We resumed the journey mak- ADELA TAKEN especially the occultists At sixing for Thermia under constant CAIRO, May 18 (Reuter)-A re- LONDON. May 18 (Reuter)-In 'clock, all telegraphic communica- air menace. We cooked our food ward of £1,000 is offered by Gov-

tion between Germany and Sweden on wood fire and water in the United States, includ-| Abyssinia, the Imperial forces have

was ernment for information of the whereabouts of GENERAL AZIZ EL Ang the film actor, CHARLES captured Adela, 40 miles north-was cut offprecisely the same rationed.

thing as happened on Saturday

"We called at the Onseriphos MASRY PASHA, former Chief of | BOYER, have sent messages to west of Sclasciamanna, whose cap-

night the night of Hess' flight."

Island where we had a rendezvous the Egyptian Army Staff, ture was announced a few days President Roosevelt express-

with another British party who ago.

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Gen. Aziz, who was regarded as were temporarily sheltered there.

a supporter of the Axis Powers, lett ing their loyalty to the ideals!

NAZİ ULTIMATUM

the Almaza aerodrome near Carc "While we were still ashore, the on May 18 in an aeroplane ploted condemning the Vichy Gov-

Island was forced to surrender to by two officers of the Egyptian Air the Nazi ultimatum or to sustain Force apparently with the Inteh- mass air attacks. Ń

tion of fleeing the country..

NIZAM OF HYDERABAD APPEALS TO MUSLIMS HYDERABAD, May 18 (Reuter)-THE NIZAM OF HYDERABAD has issued a special manifesto strongly appealing to Muslims in expressed in his statement India to join him in expressing disapproval of the action of Rashid Ali and his colleagues.

"The Nizam points out that Rashid Ali kad offended against one of the most soleminTM precepts of Islam which is to honour the pledged, word.

GERMANS LOST. 65 PLANES LONDON, May 18 (Reuter)~~~ The Germans have lost 65 planes over and round the coasts of Britain during the week ending at dawn on May. 17. :

The plane which, brought Herr Hess makes the total of the enemy losses to 66.

One British fighter was lost, but the pilot was saved

Gravity Of

The manifesto says:" "The re- cent events in Iraq are such as may possibly cause misgivings in the minds of those Muslims in my

Dominions and India

and the

Near East generally who are not fully conversant.with the situation in that country and who, there- fore, may possibly misunderstand the action, military and other,

ernment's deal with Germany IMPASSIONED CALL TO

FRENCHMEN IN SYRIA

In Mexico City, too, there have b been protests by French citizens against the policy of the Vichy Government.

LONDON, May 18 (Reuter)-The full report of the impassioned It has just been learned that call broadcast by GENERAL CATROUX, head of the Free French widespread demonstrations in fav-movement in the Middle East, to Frenchmen in Syria to take up arms our of General de Gaulle occur- to oppose the policy of double-dealing by which the Colony was being red in Paris last week during the betrayed to Germany, is given by the Catro correspondent of the Inde anniversary of Joan of Arc.

pendent French Agency.

It is stated that 43 persons were arrested.

LITTLE INFORMATION

|

Gen. Catroux said: "You are be-

ing told that the enemy does not covet the French Empire, that Syria will not be ceded. 'You are

1,800 PLANES

.

"We hurriedly set sail as white An official communique states flags were holsted everywhere. that thanks to the Air Control au- "We headed for Despotica, a thorities, the plane was compelled desolate island which provided to land but in so doing, it collided beneficial shelter.

with telegraph wires and crashed.

"We resumed the journey under cover of the night on account of

the Nazi air formations circling overhead all day long.

"Struggling against the rough scas, the Evangeliistria lifted her

REACHED CAIRO.. Three occupants escaped and It is believed they have reached Cairo where they are hiding.

The communique adds the lug- gage papers and photographs seized LONDON, May 18 (Renter)-It is stern bravely to each monstrous as well as other evidence leaves no that the British Government have CAIRO, May 18 (Reuter) There being duped. Syria has siready reported that United States plane wave, settling back sturdily as the doubt the identity of Aziz and his been compelled to take in order are no reports of further German been given up to Germany in order production reached 1,600 this water hissed away underneath her.

to deal with the situation.

planes, it was stated in authorita-that she may make it her eastern month, which is twice the figure island, the Santorin, which, to our engaged in activities contrary, to

the beginning of the year.

"We forced a stop at the volcano companions and that they were "In order, therefore, to reassure tive military circles. There is little base against the British. the Muslim peoples and allay information available in regard to

"For the past four days enemy By July, 1,800 planes are expact-i-luck, spouted lavs feverishly the country's safety and security. any doubts' or misgivings they may the present position in Syria.

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Anglo-French FIRE FIGHTING FORCES Relations WILL BE MADE MORE LONDON, May 18 (Reuter)-The MOBILE

MOBILE AND FLEXIBLE

gravity of Anglo-French relations brought about by developments in Syria is again stressed by the lead- ing British newspapers this morn. Ing.

planes, sometimes disguised undered to be turned out each month.

your own colours, have been land- ing and taking off again. Where are these planes going? Some are taking to Iraq help for the op- ponents of the British armies and others are taking over the control of your soll.

· NAZI INFILTRATION »

GOVERNMENT

Every effort

is being made to

MONOPOLY SCHEME

WILL BREAK STRANGLEHOLD WHICH

Classie German infitration. IMPORTERS HAD ON RICE MARKET

prelude to total cecupation, is being extended to Syria. Meanwhile, 800

The most important thing that had happened at Home last tons of arms and munitiors taken week was the Government's decision to bring all fire brigades under from your depots at Baalbek re control of the Home Office, said MR. E, A, MONTAGUE, B.B.C. com- being transported by rail to Bagh- mentator, when he broadcast from London last night.

dad to provide for the Axis war in "Events in the past few days re-

Mr. Montague sald that there In a really severe rald, fre- 'Mesopotamia. vealed beyond all possibility the were 1.400 separate fire brigades watching was a highly dangerous "There is a name for this. It' is concealment that effective control-in England and Wales. When job and not at all attractive. The called assistance to the enemy. It lers of French policy sit in Paris there were heavy raids brigades fire-watcher did duty for eight is called treason. Deliberate asals- or Berlin and that Admiral Darlan from other towns were called in hours on end with only a tin hattance and treason would besmirch and other men of Vichy, no less and all the firemen acted under to protect him- and high-explosive you and dishonour you if you placed. than M. Laval himself, are puppets the order of the home brigade bombs coming down all round him. no obstacle in their way. manipulated by Herr Abetz and officer, who may be junior in rank

The men must be made to realise "Soldiers, I know you. You will and Inferior in skill.

that this job of fire-watching was not associate yourselves with this Herr Hitler," says THE TIMES.

It continues: "It would be un- Moreover, at the same time, he essential for national defence and polles of shameful double-dealing. fair to saddle the French people as had to arrange for the feeding and not merely for the protection of Take up your arms to withstand it.

billeting of the outside Aremen. their employers' property. Under the new arrangement of central control the fire brigades in each area in every area will be grouped together. When a town is heavily raided the firemen will be controlled by a man of sufficient skill and not the senior man who happens to be there.

a whole with the craven compla- cency of Vichy-a name kely to become aa symbolical as, the Quis ling.

"In any case, there will be no faitering in the Brush action.

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Conditions for all premen will be uniform and Britain's fire fighting forces will be more mobile and flexible.

ACT OF BETRAYAL "President Roosevelt lost no time in issuing a stern condemnation of Vichy's act of betrayal."

The DAILY TELEGRAPH says: "President Roosevelt spoke of the pledges given by Marshal Petain as

The individual fireman had been a bare minimum to the honour re- quired.

magnificent but it was the hand- "He made it clear that in breaking of him that had been imper- ing them the French Government fect and the change would im- cut themselves off from the friend- prove this.

FIRE-WATCHERS

ly relations with the United States and he called on the people of Turning to fire-watchers, Mr. -France to reject and hold out Montague said that they could not! against the policy of alliance with be organised on a voluntary basis Germany, what the people of but in the city of London" and, France would choose if the choice incidentally, Manchester, all men were open is not in doubt.

between the ages of 18 and 80 were fire- "They are for freedom and hon-registered. for compulsory our and against Admiral Darian watching. This system was not and his crew.”

working as well as it could.

Drive out the enemy."

Today's News Summary

Interesting Disclosures Of Business Since 1939

DESTROYER OVERTAKES PIRATES

Indicative of the traditional

BY OUR STAFF REPORTER "THE MEMBERS OF THIS ASSOCIATION ARE DE FINITELY OF THE OPINION THAT, THE GOVERNMENT spirit of the British Navy is the MONOPOLY SCHEME IS A RIGHT STEP TOWARDS PRO part a naval vessel played in the PER CONTROL OF THE RICE MARKET," said MR. YEUNG arrest of six men following an at- leged junk robbery off Nine Pins WING-YAU, CHAIRMAN OF THE RICE MERCHANTS'

Islands yesterday. ASSOCIATION OF HONGKONG, in an interview with the

According to Lui uu-, master Hongkong Daily Press. "It will, at least, break the strangle of an unregistered junk, he was hold which the importers had on the market and which sating off the Nine Pins Islands, was directly responsible for the phenomenal rise in the British territorial waters, about 8 local prices."

The speaker then proceed- ed to give some very interest- ing detalls of the rice busi- ness in Hongkong, from the arrival of the shipments to the time the cereal teaches

IN THE UNITED STATES apprehension is felt of closer Nazi Vichy collaboration bearing out the statement made by President Roosevelt on Friday. Of the situation in Syria there is little infor mation. More German planes have arrived at Syrian bases. There have been widespread demonstrations in Paris in favour of Gen, de the consumer."

Gaulle.

As stated in the article publish THERE IS FLUID MOBILE warfare in the Western Desert where ed in your newspaper in December the focus on the fighting is now centred around the frontier, lest," said Mr. Yeung, "the rice. Steady fighting is continuing around Amba Alagi the fate of which on arrival, was taken delivery of by the, importers who are, in the is virtually-sealed.

majority of cases, agents of the sellers.

THE SHIPBUILDING WORKS at Hamburg were heavily attacked by bombers of the R. A. F. on Saturday night while over, Britain enemy air activity was on a veryalight scale. During last week the Germans lost 65 planes

The cargo was then put up for sale by auction.

"In March, 1939, the local Gov- GENERAL CATROUX HAS broadcast an Impassioned call to ernment made an order making it compulsory for rice merchants (by Frenchmen in Syria while the Nizam of Hyderabad has issued s which the Government only meant manifesto calling on all Muslims to join in his expression of dieap the importers) to have in reserve provay of the action of Rashid All in Iraq.

stock 200,000 bags of rice.

THE ARREST OF THE wife of Herr Hess in Berlin is reported An extensive purge has begun. Meanwhile statements made by Herr Hess, who is still in a military hospital, are being examined by the Prime Minister at No. 10, Downing Street.

"When this order expired in September, application was made

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