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"Hongkong Daily Press," July 9, 1941.

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GOVERNMENT TO DISCUSS TERMS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

TO END THE CONFLICT IN SYRIA

Negotiations Are Welcomed By Premier In Statement In Commons

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS RECEIVED FORMAL APPLICATION FROM GENERAL DENTZ, FRENCH HIGH COMMISSIONER IN SYRIA AND COMMANDER-IN-CIUEF OF THE VICHY FORCES THERE, FOR A DIS- CUSSION OF TERMS LEADING TO AN ARMISTICE.

THIS OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL, IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, YESTERDAY.

The Premier said that the British Government welcomed the negotiations to terminate this unfortunate conflict and trusted they would lead to a speedy conclusion.

“ UNTIL FORMAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE," ADDED MR. CHURCHILL, “MILITARY OPERATIONS MUST, OF COURSE, BE CONTINUED WITHOUT ABATEMENT,

"I need hardly say how glad His Majesty's Government is to see an end to this conflict in which a thousand to 1,500 British, Australian and Indian soldiers have fallen, either killed or wounded. These soldiers fell to French bullets in attempting to defend the French."

Speaking in London yesterday, MR. A. DUFF COOPER, Minister of Information, said: “We have no feeling of hos- tility or enmity for those Frenchmen who obeyed the orders of the Vichy Government. We only hope that this unfortunate hostility will be forgotten as soon as possible and that we may look forward to the time when we can be friends not only with the French people but with the French Government."

HEAVY R.A.F. BOMBERS CARRY WAR DEEP

INTO ENEMY TERRITORY

A large force of heavy long-distance bombers of the R.A.F. carried the war deep into enemy country on Monday night, states an Air Ministry communique,

Heavy and concentrated attacks were made on Ger- many's Industrial quarters.

Sir Frederick Stewart, Aus-garded in all circles in Britain as trallan Minister of External a most satisfactory end of an un- Affairs, announced in Sydney pleasant but necessary business. that a report had been re- There is evidence that right to ceived from official quarters the end the Germans had been urging the French to continue re-

The town and railway junction that General Dentz had de-

sistanc and Tuesday night's clared his readiness to discuss denial

of HAMM were destroyed in the by the Nazi-controlled first raid since November. terms for a cessation of the French Radio that any armistice

At MUENSTER successful attacks hostilities in Syria, says request was pending showed how were made on communications. Reuter.

eager the Germans were to avoid Great fres such a step.

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TWO FACTORS

It is presumed that two factors

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much damage was done in all these places.

OJI PLANT HIT

When attacked by six German fighters over the French Coast he destroyed two of them.

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THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE WAR BEGAN CHURCHILL

British Forces To Be Retained

IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE WAR BEGAN," declared Mr. Churchill, Prime Minister, in the House of Commons yesterday when he made a statement on the occupation of Iceland by United States naval forces.

The Premier also announced the decision to retain the British forces in Iceland. Anglo-American co-operation is expected to resist any possible German attempt

336,200 JAPANESE CASUALTIES

to invade the island, says Reuter.

It is learnt that in defer- ence to the wishes of the Ice- landic Government, the Bri- tish Government have agreed to release all Icelandic na-j tionals at present held in de- tention in this country for affecting the security of the British forces in Iceland.

The release will be effected as soon as arrangements for the re- turn to Iceland can be made.

One of the detenus is understood to be a Communist member of the Icelandic Parliament;

BOLDNESS WELCOMED The American occupation of Iceland ordered by President Roosevelt in his capacity as Com- mander-in-Chiet of the armed forces in the United States is a universally appreciated and whose

IN 6,762 CLASHES

CHUNGKING, July 8 (Central)-In 6,762 clashes with the enemy between June 1, 1940 and May 31, 1941, the Chinese inflicted some 336,200 casualties on the invaders, bringing to the total Japanese losses in men thus far to about 2,000,000 killed and wounded, according to General Ho Ying-chin, Minister of War, in his review of the fourth year of China's resistance.

Continued

stroke whose significates has been British Aid For China

boldness has been warmly wel- comed in this country, declares THE TIMES in an editorial.

The defence of main Atlantic routes, adds (The Times, not purely a matter of Anglo-American concern. It is of vital interest to every country which possesses an Atlantic seaboard or whose ships sat the ocean,

The Times contimes: "This new instrument and symbol of American aid to Britain is an out-

mark of American policy.”

U. 8. COMMENT. NEW YORK, July 9-(Reuter)— United States comment on Ame-

Cont'd Page 7. Col. 3

*** FULL SUPPORT FOR CHINA WAS REITERATED BY THE 'FOREIGN SEGRETARY, MR. ANTHONY EDEN,

IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS YESTER DAY.

.! Mr. Eden wall that the Axis, TC- cognition of the puppet govern ment in Nanking "made no difer- ence to Britain's policy in the Far East as Britain recognised the only legitimate. Chinese Gor ernment in Chungking.

He was happy, said Mr. Eden, to have this early opportunity of repeating the assurances, that the British Government will continueń, they have if the past. to do all they can to help the Chinese nation to maintain their Indepon- dencé

Etice has become definitely linked

up with China's struggle.

In these campaigns, big and small, with the possible exceptiona of the Chungilaoshan and the Cheklang-Fukien battles, the Chi- nese were able to gam the upper hand; their more spectacular suc [cesses being the Central Hupeh Battle in which the Japanese miniature blitzkrieg was crushed, the South Honan Battle in which the tormidable multi-pronged par- tially mechanised enemy thrusts, were hurled back, and the Shang- kao (Northwestern Kinngsi Battle in which the Chinese displayed their superior tactics and higher morale by, dealing annihilating: blows to an approximately equal number of enemy troops.

SEASONED FIGHTERS.

In the Chungtinoshan, fighting Commander-in-Chief Wei Li-huang. succeeded in sending his seasoned fighters even farther into the mountain fastnesses in addition to holding many original posts des- pite the evacuation of several

STEP WAS PENDING

The official announcement that

LONDON, July D (Reuter)~~ General Dentz had asked for an

An important synthetic oil plant armistice followed several days of were decisive in impelling General at LEUNA, four miles west of Lelp-

ACTING SQUADRON-LEADER |J. C. MUNGO-PARK; Cheshire-born rumours that such step was Dents to decide to seek an armus-zig, was bombed:

tice. Firstly the increasing pres- Coastal Command aircraft bomb-R. A. F. ace, now reported missing, standing contribution to winning pending.

sure. of the local population in ed a harbour at Norway and ships has been awarded the bar to the the war and it is also a fresh land- Although I remains to be seegyria who, it is known, consistent- off the north and west coasts of Distinguished Flying Cross. whether the British terms are ac-ly resented the Vichy decision to France. ceptable to Generai Dentz, it can

British fighters attacked aura be sald immediately that if peace use the country as a battlefield.

and secondly the British successes dromes in enemy-occupied terri- especially in the past three days tory in France. when they practically completed From all these operations seven successful pilot the South African the enclrciement. ui the Beirut Bomber Command

are Wing-Commander D. G. Malan, D. S. O., D. F. C., Mungo-Park was area from the south and east and missing. approached within

last seen flying into battle against | HEAVIER SCALE 13 miles of Homs.

Raids over Britain on Monday, a superior force of German fight-

year, with the exception of several the Chinese recaptured the whole The Prime Minister announced

General Dentz must have been night were widespread and on alers during a daylight raid on Nazi

Mr. K. Poyser DSO, former major campaigns the Chinese of South Kwangst and the Yam- In the House of Commons that it long

Five bases in France. undecided what was the heavier scale than of late.

Chief Justice of the Straits Settle-took the initiative, proving not how area of Southwestern El name leads a long list of monts, has been appointed Legal only that they themselves are Kwanglung an will be the job of Gen. Sir Robert right course-torn between a sol-enemy bombers were shot down. Haining, Intendant General in the dier's loyalty to Vichy and what to the Midlands but there was not issued on Wednesday.

The attacks were mainly directed R. A F. awards for gallantry Adviser to he Dominions Office gailant defenders of their own a delight of the war, a giant

Middle East, to provide the Com-he knew to be the interesta of

much damage and not many FILOT OFFICER mander-in-Chief, Gen. Sir Claude Byria.

casualties. Auchinleck, with the largest pos--|

DUTIES of gen. HAINING

He was never regarded as anti- sible measure of supply and to British until about last April when deal, particularly, with the. maşa

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NEW POST FOR

MR. POYSER

The War Minister significantly passes and ferry points.

Within the period under review points out that during the past

and Colonial Office, in succession freedom and independence, but Japanese transport was shot down WILLIAM to Sir Henry Grattan Bushe, K.C. also worthy partners in the present by Colonel Yuan Tai's guerillas in VALE, who also gets the Bar to his M.G., recently appointed Governor world conflict since the war in the Changshan, southern Kwangtung, Enemy planes dropped thousands D. F. C.. frequently against odds of Barbados. of leaflets over a coast town in attacked German aircraft

West for universal peace and fus

of supplies now arriving in the he emerged as a subservient to East Anglia. They were headed Crete, Middle East from Britain and the Vichy's orders.

United States.

the Battle of the Atlantic.

DEFENCE OF IRAQ Stupid Tactics Adopted

UNDER WAVELL

The defence of Iraq will in fu- tore be the responsibility of the India Command and will come un- der the authority of General Sir Archibald Wavell, newly-appointed Commander-in-Chief, India.

STRAITS MONEY FOUND

The Inspector on duty at the Central Police Station experlinodd

By

Japanese In Dealings With Thailand

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LONDON, July 9 (Renter)--The hand or the German column is seen. In an editorial in the RTRAITS TIMES,' as being behind the "extraordinarily stupid taction adopted by the Japanese in their dealings with Thailand.” 's

For some days past, says the paper, allegations of British” at· ̈ templa at "enetretement of Thailand were broadcast from Tokyo and other Japanese centres.

・ ABSURD DANGER *To talk of a plot to encircle"

These statements referred to aircraft and amount of equipm an unusual occurrence yesterday the presence on the Malaya Thai- in frontier arens. when a shop foki arrived at Cen-land and Burma-Thailand borders tzal with $46 in Straits Settle of huge land and air forces walt- ments currency, stating that he ing to swoop down and destroy Thailand is not calculated to give had found the money outside his the unsuspecting Thats!

"Great the Thais a very high opinion of shop at No. 130 Connaught Road, The paper commented; Central

Britain has troops and aircraft in the intelligence of those seeking this country and Burma, Some to appoins themselves her protéc are at stations in the vicinity of for against an absurdly imaginary the borders of Thailand. They are danger,

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Burma. The

are hot ins attack on Thailand.”

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Americans enlisting in the au- placed there with the full know-

wwie troops xillary corps and the R.AM.C., will ledge of the Thai authorities. Burma ar for the protection bexempted from the United "It is quite probable the Thats Malays Blatch baserrion system 15 (z know much more than we in re-thing arindtreed

gards to the numbers of trong tänder

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During the attack on Suda Bay.

he shot down four Nazi planes.

SQUADRON-LEADER JAMES [RANKI new recfplent of the |D. F. C., destroyed six Nazi fight- ers in 12 days, shooting down two In one minute.

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DIFFICULTIES IN

THE DELIVERY

OF RICE TO JAPAN

* SAIGON, July 9 (Reuter)—The French authorities freely admit that difficulties have arisen in the delivery of rice to Japan under the terms of the economic agreement, but the question of bad faith does not arise as 400,000 tons have already been shipped five months ago from the year- setterally total of 700,000 stipulated.

} meeting; Saturday's base-

Radio programmes; Coming events; Cinema notes,

4 Axis capacity for offensive "Is westbed; Litvinov calls for united world front against German aggression:

market.

on May 5, 1940, when Admiral Ozumi and his party were killed: Documents salvaged from... the wrecked plane revealed that Adml. Ozumi was flying from Canton, to Hainan Island on a mission of pre- paring and leading a southward move,

General Ho expresses regret over the lasubordination of the Now Fourth Army, which disbandment was ordered by the High Command last Jan. 17. In this connexióri, the War Minister urges the entire armed for yell as the masses of the people to mister "up united efforts for the dual tasks of resistance and reconst

HOKLO BOAT INTERCEPTED

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· Rice-exports = recently were ex-"rice committee, which buys all rice ball Lawn howls, rinks: ceeding 100,000 tons monthly which and sells to Japan, that all stocks Tennis League results:le without precedent in the Saigon more than five bons must be de Crossword puzzle.

clared, with severe penalties for Tokyo Press attacks are consi hoarding.

Following a report made to NC dered unjustifiable. It is pointer Indo-Chinese omcials contend 1 Police Launch at 7.30 o'clock last but that the fallow season between that all other goods are being de- night at Sau ei Mum of two armed harvests now: last till September livered punctually. They disclaim attacks on craft in that vicinit and that this year's, crop is not knowledge of Japanese pressure on by a Hokio boat, a boat, likely to exceed 1,100,000 tone in the Indo-China Government, and to be the one concerne Byris hostilities to stead of the estimated 1,400,000 due scout - reports emanating from robberies, we interce 5 ́ ́ Jummary Court case; Sani- || to inundations and other causes,* Shanghal, of the possibilty, of in kaland and seren. Unhased ma

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