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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS THE WAR IN THE AIR:

TRUTH EMERGES FROM THE BATTLE-FIELD: GERMAN REPORTS PROVED WRONG

"Truth finally emerges from the battle-field. You only have to watch the course of events and keep a clear record and compare the communiques from both sides to gain in the end a general idea of the truth. This is how the Ger- man High Command reports have been proved to be wrong and the Russian reports to be right," said MAJOR OLIVER STEWART, M.C., A.F.C., the well-known authority on aviation, when he broadcast from London yesterday on the German claims to have smashed the Russian air force.

CABLE

Conspicuous HEAVY DRAIN ON GERMAN

Bravery

N.Z. PILOT WINS VICTORIA CROSS LONDON, Aug. 6 (Reuter)-The Victoria Cross has been conferred Jon Sergeant James Allen Ward, of the local New Zealand Air Force No. 75 Squadron, in recognition of "most conspicuous bravery."

On the night of July 7, Ward was second pilot of a Wellington bomber returning from an attack on Munster. When flying over the Zuider Zee, the aircraft was at- "When talking of the Rus- watch the course of

events and tacked from beneath by a Mes- sian air strength, I mention-keep a clear record and compare serschmitt. Fire broke out nea ed previously that very little the communiques from both sides the starbound engine, and, fed by to gain in the eud a general Idea petrol from a split pipe, quickly was known about it, began

of the truth. In this case the gained

an alarming hold. and Major Stewart. Now we German High Command proved threatened to spread to the entire have proof that it is really wrong and that the Russian reports wing. great-It Is greater than were right. Germany's air strength on the Eastern front.

VALUE OF SECRECY "Here we have an example 01 the value of secrecy in war-tune Most people criticise secrecy and say it is not necessary and that we should give out more informa- tlon. The Russians have not taken any notice of this call for news They ignored them and we over here have been kept largely in the dark,

"Today, the Russian air force is stin Aghting strongly and ander extraordinarily intelli- gent direction. The Germans. baving been kept in the dark. had under-estimated it. That under-estimation is causing them a lot of trouble. Here is an example where secrecy was valuable It shows that some- times Бесгосу pays. The secrecy of Russia about ber air force certainly paid.

in on strenuous

The crew made a hole fuselage and made efforts to reduce the fire extinguishers and even

OIL RESOURCES: OVER

300,000 TONS

PER MONTH

- LONDON, AUG. 2.—ESTIMATES OF THE HEAVY DRAIN ON GERMAN OIL RESOURCES INVOLVED BY THE RUSSIAN WAR COME FROM TWO SOURCES TODAY.

The British Petroleum Press Service calculates that German oll consumption in the Russian campaign must be at the rate of 300,000 tons monthly, following the basis that the ol a minimum, at consuming forces being employd by Germany probably consist of some fifteen armoured, twenty motorised infantry and 150 ordin- ar infantry divisions, making up approximately 6,300 heavy tanks

Fight and in operation on the Eastern motor vehicles of various kinds and 3,750 motor-cycle combina. Front, plus 72.500 tions.

The average fuel consump- tion for tanks is one gallon per one and A half miles. the remaining motor vehicles averaging ten miles per gallon and motor-cycles 30 miles per gallon.

CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE

of 74,000 tons per month is arrived at.

AIR FORCE CONSUMPTION. The air force used for all pur- poses is placed at 4,000 planes. Assuming the Germans to have half their force in their air for three hours per day, the total fuel

On the conservative assumption consumption would be 2,000 tons with that ali tanks operate on an dally, or 60,000 tons per month. coffee average of sixty miles a day and This would be raised to 70.000 tons from their vacuum flasks without the remaining vehicles equivalent per month allowing for ground Auccess,

to teu or one hundred miles daily, As a last resul Ward volun- the total consumption is 1,020,600 teered to make an attempt to gallons of fuel per day, 250,000 smother the tire with an engine gallons for tanks 725,000 gallons cover.

for lorries and 12,500 gallons for) motor cycles, or about 100,000 tons. per month.

narrow

staff requirements.

Consumption by the German navai forces in the Baltic and by the Finnish, Hungarisp and Rumanian armies brings the oil expenditare well over 300,- 000 tons per month, which figure probably errs on the low side.

FIRE SMOTHERED With the help of the navigator, he climbed through the

To keep advanced bases supplt. hatch. Breaking the fabric to ed, the estimate of 72,500 vehicles make hand and foot holds where equivalent to the number operat "The German themselves did not, "I woud now like to mention two necessary, and also taking advauing with

GENERAL on POSITION know that the Russian air force things about the air fighting in tage of the existing holes in the would be conservative.

the fighting divisions

On Germany's general oil posl- was so large and so efficient as the cast" continued Major fabric, Ward succeeded in des-

tion, the American columnists. 1s. That is shown not only by Stewart. "The first is that there eending to the wing, and proceed

Assuming again that the average! Lazareff and Root, wrote on Aug. the Russian reports but by the have been no low-flying attacks ing to a position behind the en

distance is 100 miles per day at 1: "At the beginning of the war, German reports. You will recall on ground targets and that the gine, despite the sipstream from

ten miles per gallon, consumption Reich oil stocks amounted to 12,- that during the first week of the Russians have been using their the airscrew which eastern campaign, German pro aircraft to tackle Russian arm him off the wing. paganda reported that the German oured divisions They come down Lying in this precarious position air force had shot down the whole low and use their cannons on he smothered the fire in the wing Russian air force. 'The Germans, German tanks.

fabrie

Tired as he was, he was however, did no. make it clear

assis- "This method may not knock-able, with the navigator's

tance, to make successfully thrust, but 15

that they expected their troops to

out an armoured

air.

NIGHT DEFENCES

craft.

nearly blow

EX-SCHOOLMASTER

the

VICTORY FOR

INCREASING. DIFFICULTIES Dr. Quo said that though Japan was meeting with Increasing diffi

500.000 tons, which experts con- sidered enough for six months fighting. But one month after the Russian campaign started, only 7,000,000 tons remained

PIKCH BEING FELT

Ger-

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The WING ON

Lecture On

The Great Ice Age

DUFF-COOPER

TO VISIT CHUNGKING

Mr. A. Duff-Cooper, Chancellor

DEMOCRACY The stubborn Russian resistance

caused

the German tanks, proceed with their advance with certainly slows it down and gives perilous journey back into the al

Continued from Page 1 armoured cars and aeroplanes to out meeting resistance from the the army commander time to re-

burn twice as much as was ex-· Dr. Quo recalled that since the build his forces to meet the unspreading from the petrol pipe as July 7, 1937, Japan had changed many expected four to five million

There was no danger of the fire Sino-Japanese war was started on also proved disappointing.

pected. "The Russian air force, how-

Rumanian oil wells have coming attack. The Russians have ever went on fighting with

been using boints mstead of canand in due course it burned itself steadfastly followed the lead of heavy Russian bombardment

there was no fabric left nearly.slx Cabinets whereas China had tons yearly from Rumania, but the more and тоге success and more and more skilfully and

nons for these attacks,

out.

Generalissimo with steadily increasing

When the aircraft reached home and adhered to

Chiang Kai-shek the Ploest fields and transport number of machines of bigh

B firm nations difficulties "The other thing is the success a safe landing was made

despite policy.

eaused by Russian

A highly informatiye lecture on of the Duchy of Lancaster, who is technical quality. Here again, of Russian night defences. As the damage sustained by the air-

bombings forced down this es- that period in the earth's history at present in India, is expected, to the German reports themselves soon as the Germans were

near craft,

timate to 2,600,000 tons yearly.

known as "The Great Ice Age" visit Chungking shortly, Reuter lestified that their earlier In- enough, to Moscow, they started

was given yesterday to Hongkong learne formation was wrong and that

Rotarians at their weekly timin In spite of persistent Japanese the Russian air force was still

culties, she had not yet awakened severely felt for lubricating oll SOR W. BROWN.

The pinch is already being meeting by ROTARIAN PROFES- reports of the arrival of Sir Robert In being and stronger than

from her dream of the conquest of There is so little of this that it

Brooke-Popham, British Comman- East Asia and domination of the is impossible even to lubricate the years cannot be told in ten minutes/ Chungking, Reuter learns that he The events of several lakhs of der-in-Chief in the Far East in

stoppage of trains and a slowing Prof. Brown said. axles of trains, with the result without Dr. Quo said that during his that there has been a frequent and dangerous over-simplication though at one time he had actual- has not yet visited Chungking.

seen clearly all the developments up of railway transport.

ly planned to make a trip to R.A.F. In July was convinced that Japan should are not allowed to send such news of the age of the earth are the

there, climating in war and he

Although foreign correspondents set by geologists in their study

Some of the principal milestones China's war-time capital. schoolmaster

be responsible for starting the from Germany, it is well known New Zealand world turmoil as she made the within the German borders. It is

following: training first aggressive move in Man- even printed in the papers.

churia in 1931. He branded the Victoria

ever,

their raids. Night defence against Although Ward had been in bombers is a most difficult busi-Britain only four months, he had ness as we know before we were taken part in nearly a dozen ralds. able to put into operation a Since joining his present squad- method of fire control. It was iron, Ward, to pse his own words, "The truth finally emerges from only recently that we were able has done "two Kiels, one Dussel-nine years' stay in Europe he had the battle-feld You only have to to bring down a high percentage dorf, one Cologne, one Munster and

of enemy machines.

THE TRUTH

CHINESE VICTORY

IN HUPEH

"Yet, from the first raid on Moscow, the Russians managed to bring down a fairly high percent age of enemy raiders. The Russian reports have been extraordinarily

one Mannerheim.

Before joining the last year, he was a and was trained t under the Empire scheme.

the seventh

This 15

Pacific.

tremendous omissions,

Invertebrates flourished at least 700 million years ago; civilised man

general picture of the weight of airmen, and the first to be gained clear and we now have a pretty Cross of the war to go to British Japanese militarists as the "enemy tung of Essen, wrote early in July appeared probably less than 10,000] the raids. The Germans have to fly further to get to Moscow than by a New Zealander.

ENSHIH, Aug. (Central)In a to get to London, but even so the successful encirclement and pin-Russian defences have proved most cer attack Chinese forces in west endent and it seems that the SOUTH AFRICAN

to

Hupeh scored a substantial victory Russians are ahead of other coun- last Saturday when they defeated

tries in this form of defence." over 7,000 Japanese troops north- east of Ichang, forcing them

RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT nee in the direction of Tangyang. Major Stewart made a brief re- 30 miles northeast of Ichang. ference to the types of aircraft The Japanese based along the used by the Russians. The best Jchang-Kingmen highway moved Russlan fighter, he said, appeared! three columns against the Chinese to be the single-seater L18, which forces heading for Ichang. battic of sizeable magnitude sub- sequently developed featured

ese main column Counter-attacking.

ensued

Juing.

inland

$22,900 FOR KOWLOON LOT

A price of $23,900 was fetched at "The present great mountain Works Department Offices yester

the Crown land sale held at Public ranges (the Alps. Himalayas, day afternoon, of New Kowloon

The Rhenisch Westfaelische Zel- of mankind."

that the stocks of oil to be found years ago. Dr. Quo declared that Japan in the west and east are exhausted who broke her solemn pledges and and that there is no possibility of had no international faith could supplying the demand before the Rockles, etc.) are about 40 or 50 Inland Lot No. 2857, situated in absolutely disqualified as a part-cupled countries, they are only re- no longer be trusted and was end of the year. Within the oc-million years old," Prof. Brown Fuk Wing Street.

The purchasers were Yau Tow- Der in the building of a new ceiving forty per cent. of the 1-brief epriod in Geological history. Yeap Sun-long, of No. 29, Taipo The Great Ice Age was a very wing, Chung Chung-shang and almost insigniäcant judged by Road, ground floor. geological standards.

AIR FORCE RAIDS world order.

Enemy Gun Positions

brication needed.

Heavily Bombed RECRUITMENT FOR NAZI CAIRO, Ang. b (Reuter)--Scores SLAVE LABOUR

A corresponded to the British Bpitor bombs were seen

by

to fall on

".

TOLD

said.

But the Ice Age is of special In- terest just because it is so recent, because it actually overlapped the human period, and had a direct and tremenous influence on the development of civilisation,

Rotarian J. H. van der Laan thanked the speaker,

FLOODLIT BOWLS AT MING YUEN

Lane, Crawford Beat

H.K. Electric

In a friendly float bowls match played at Ming Tuen last

fre The Russians were also using enemy gun positions In the Tobruk

LONDON, Aur. 2-4 flagrant example of recruitment for Nazi Chinese efforts to lure the Japan-highly manoeuvrable. The British African air force delivered a heavy factory in occupied France.

the 1.15 type, which was slow but area when squadrons of the South slave labour is revealed in a story-recounted by Henry Stone of the NEWS-CHRONICLE of a young French mechanic employed in a before Gloster Gladiator proved that attack on Sunday. A Japanese counter-thrust aa-

was a highly manoeuvrable ma- The South Africans were flying One day the Nas! boss walked in and told him "he would have HK, ELECTRIC CO., night, Lane, Crawford Ltd. de chine. sisted by bombing planes and light

Maryland bombers, states a con- to go and make a stay of a few months in a factory In Germany. INTERIM DIVIDEND tested, the Hongkong Electric Re- artillery failed. A general retreat The 1.16 was a small machine munique from R.A.F. headquarters

"They did not ask me if I would factory. If we hau a go out we with the Chinese pur-and was a stubborn fighter. Among In the Middle East,

creation Cint by 88 shots to 57. Messrs. Gibb, Livingston and Co., the bombers, the Russians were

care to go." the young man ex- were escorted by Nazis." R.A.F. and South African Air plained. "I was told that I would

HKERO-R W. Smith, AG asing the big four-engined ma-Force Aghters carried out offen- leave the next morning. It was it after a few weeks. He heard at a meeting of the Board of Owens, L. de Rome, a u. Gardner

Ltd., The Agents of The Hongkong STUBBORN RESISTANCE

The young man had enough of Electric Co., Ltd., inform us that

Everest, W. E Macfarlane, J. F. CHUNGKING, Aug. 5 (Central)

chines for bombing

strategical sive patrols over enemy occupied no good arguing

that some Frenchmen had man Directors held yesterday morning (sp) 28; GW. Crawford, E. Lunny skip) 15. R. Way, R. -Severe fighting on the Central targets, such as oil renneries in areas. China front has again broken out Rumants. A good deal of shorter large formation of R.A.F. bombers with revolvers and daggers, inquiries and preparations, ne per mare was declared in respect Groome, J. Barron, A. F. Paul

"Escorted by young Nazis, armed aged to escape. So, after careful an Interim Dividend of 60 cents the Ichang-Tangyang sector range bombing had been done by attacked the harbour at BenghazL party, of fellow French workers approached the right person and of the half. year ended June 30 LANE, CRAWFORD-AJ. Prata, north of the Yangtze as a result the 582 type, which could be comIn addition to causing

(skip) 14 Total 57 a large and 1 were taken w the train was instructed of a renewed Japanese offensive pared with the Blenheim, though number of fires, a direct hit was bound for the Ruhr district,

certain 1941, on 900,000 Old Shares. T. Edgar, G. Tanner & Fincher by over 3,000 troops which started It did not resemble the Blenheim registered on an enemy anti-air-

evening to do a little job in the "On the way we were forbidden station where spare parts and cer- and after Thursday, September 11. (p) 18; A Barson. Hall,

This dividend will be payable on on July 31, according to field disappearance. It had a high speed craft. gun battery,

to speak to each other. I do not tain weapons were being unload- 1941, to those shareholders whose w. Randall, C. B. Beker: E., Bur- patches reaching Chungking.

Some of these aircraft also ma-know where my silent companions ed in huge cases fixed on railway names appear in the Register of

Bonner, W.-C. Ogley (skip) 15; H chine-gunned. anti-aircraft guns were taken but I was sent to a waggons. and searchlights at Berka.acro-Messerschmitt factory to do the He and some friends waited in on Saturday, August 30, 1941.

Members at the close of busitiessson, A. W. Brown (skip)/35/Tot drome from a low altitude."

68; work I knew something about the station. The train came in

in

The offensive is mainly direct- ed at Chikungshan on the Hupeh- Szechwan highway. where up to now the Chinese defendere arr resisting stubbornly.

and was handy in control,

"These are the points that seem to emerge from the Rus- slan Air Forco", said Major Stewart, "points which did ont emerge eariler because the numerical strength of the Air Force was kept a' soerož

During Saturday night a

BARRACKS DAMAGE

on 媳

"In that part of the works where and went out... the Frenchmen

During the same night, aircraft was there were about 200 men, were no longer in the station... NEW TALENT

AT LARGE

CHINESE SOLDIER AT SCA.A. It was learned ve

CALA

old Chinese soldier how at Targe Las a result of a indful cand Competition between members Internment Cleo abouÉN

made by him from the Argyle, terday

of the Fleet Air Arm bombed the including some Poler, a few Czechs their ruse had worked and they aerodrome at Cambut and on the 2nd about 20 French workers. MORE TANKERS

previous day RAF bombers at- NEW VEGA VENTURA

Life to the Germans was very French frontier,

were soon bumping towards the FOR

LONDON, Aug. The NEWS-molished a block of houses with Just a little bit of meat, half the tacked Misurata, where they de dull We were very badly fed. BRITAIN

"And there we were," he said, CHRONICLE'S New York corres a direct hit and also severely ale of a box of ten cigarettes, not ve of us, after our queer Jour- LONDON, Aug. 2-The Tele-pondent learns officially that the damaged barrack buildings, every day. In the evening awfuj ney, I cannot tell you where we graph's Los Angeles correspondent Lockheed Vega Aircraft Co. ex says that the Canadian and Ame-pressed complete satisfaction with Tuj attack on a number of Italian

The F.A.F. carried out a success-up-Lord, what a terrible mix- sot out. I called on a friend who of the South China Athletic Asso-

ture it was!

gave me money and clothes, and ciation was very keen at the rican section of the of pipeline the initial test flight of the Vega nghters on the ground at Reggio between Portland, Maine and Mon. Ventura,

I boarded a train which, after in Fawimming gala held, last night at WORK TEN HOURS 110W fast long-range in Italy on Bunday, Fragments of

numerable changes, landed me in North Point, tréal were folned today,

bomber of which several hundred the aircraft were seen flying into under the cubstant eye of young After two days, I left again for

"We work ten hours every day Paris will be made for the R. A. T. the air as a result of the attack Naala. If you uttered a sound one another direction au aner many The tested plane is the first and it is known that a large num of the Nazis would cook his re-bxciting adventures, including 60 plane completed in the now factory ber of Macchi 200's were destroyed, volver towards you,"

hours in the men with 10 other

The pipeline will not be com pleted" before October and will carry: 33,000 barrels of oil daily.

It will enable more tankers to be Feleased for Britain.

bullt by by the Company to exécute British orders,

From these operations all our aircraft returned safely,

Torino, persons of MIBE SITU

"We took our meat-if you una young French patriots in a sailing- call them meals and slept in the Boat, we arrived at a British port.!!

The gals revealed new talent

NO-BIK and RAM WAR. The former will definitely be threat to Mu Lee Fo-luen, Colony, brakal-stroke

TVEGAN

N.Y.K. FRE

According to the Poll of the fire at the N.T.FU Sunday was a Phors afrodis electrical wiring and the Portalion, who was

the investigati

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