1941-09-12 — Page 7

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

NATIONAL DEFENCE

OF JAPAN

TOKYO

Sepl. } 1 Reuter! national defence headquarters uni der the Imperial Command has been created which is traponsible for all phases of the national de fence of Japan. Korea. Foraira and South Saghallen

E

DI MB

The Inspector-General tary Education, General Our Yamada. has been appointed C

-C.

Japan Proper four mulitary

15 divided Inte districts fastern western, northern and central

at the Imperiai Palace.

Later he addresswd

Difficulties That Beset British Submarines At Work In Mediterranean

The difficulties and dangers that beset Brnish and allied submarine, in the rourse of their operations in the various bacities of war were explained by Lieut.-Comdr. Thomas Woodrufe B.B.C naval commentator, when he broadrast from Laadon yesterday.

Condr Woodruffe Bhai in the last few The enemy had been throw-

ng fresh reinforcements intother North Africa

across This

sald be done, the most important betre weeks to determine the speed

which

the target was moving."

Comdr Woodru Te described at:

attack which

carried

was

the ou on an Italian cruiser in th had Straits 1 Messina. a narrow strip constantly patrolled by enemy aircraft motor boats As a result of these

Mediterranean. given extra targets for British submarines in that area and they had made the fullest

RECENT ATTACK

water which was

NO

operations Italy, who had started the war with quite a modern feel. i was now let with two cruisers. "While aut Submarines

#21)

ly busy attacking Raban

CABLE

HEAVIEST RAID ON

N. ITALY

UN

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1941. -PAGE 7

NORTHERN NEVER BEFORE SUCH TREMENDOUS)

What is described as the heaviest raid yet made ITALY was carried out by alreraft of the Bomber Command on Wed- nesday night.

The Royal Arsenal af Turin, which was the main objective was heavily bombed

Larke fires were left burung says British Wireless

VALUES HAVE BEEN OFFERED FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS!

Four of our aircraft are missing. China

first rald

siner

This was the January last, says Reuter

Other bombers attacked Genoa and Messina, in Sietly

British raids on Northe u Italy involve a non-stop flight of at least 1,600 miles with a double crossing of the Alps Britain was raid hav

free for second night 111 succession night

bases,"

TANKER SUNK

the

last

ΤΟΠΟ AT PALACE Lieutenant General Hidek; To Japanese War Minister, was grant- id an audience by the Emperorjuse af their opportunities. this morning. and then attended the Nason conference between the i

The speaker referred to a recent : High Command and Government attack which had been made on been carrying out file campaign jan Italian convoy, which had been sur Fleet Air Arm has been equai. Privy escorted LY torpedoboatS

destroyers The difficulties here continued Comdr. Woodruffe. "They The Italian tanker Maya,

ais tacked a convoy and tor-800 1ns, has been sunk by a Bri- pedoed a Jar merchant ship sh submarine in Aegean Sea, which blew p This stark had curding to un Admiralty announ thrown the winie con ay reto confusion and when he escort- ing ships opened fire. they did so at randam and it their Two vec seks."

Council

Considerable significance Al tached General Tojo's activi

were What British

were

operating

and submarine

submarines

1 enemy

Comman

ties in view of Press suggestions waters

that yesterday's Naval personnel ders had to be careful nat a sud shifts are pssibly liked with den crash dive did not become un strategical factors

fruo

NATIONAL SERVICE Reuter Bulletin reperis Toky that the Natural Mobilisa Hon Committee bus approved the Imperial Ordinance

Graf J

making Japatiese mates

por 14

to 40. and females rom 4 to 25. hable for national serv're

Another Ordinal-ce is for the t bilisation of doctors dentia

chemists and nurses

11

kecutor.

centruilable

Our submarines, however, hat pressed home their attacks when ever they saw a target," continued Comdr Wordraffe gone a far as to attack a convoy

"They

cruisers outside 34-11

1.wn

have

HEAVY PRICE PAN)

nient

t

H.K. GIFT FOR AIRCRAFT

Other attacks

nadien neiny vessels referred {4) by Comar. LONDON. Sept. 11 BWS Offts Woodrufle and

was one on an Italian towards the purchase of aircraft ghad!

destroyer just outside Tripol Jacknowledged by The Minister for Comdr

*The speaker Wondrite

declared that Bald Whhet st

in Aircraft Produttor Include un- ∙had to be

spite of these attacks, some enemy other borue 14: mind that

contribution: from the British, submarine in

Vessels were, d course. able to get SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST this はずか were fighting in

through This was primary dur the beat of #

War Fund to bring the testal to Mediterranean summer

the defection of the French £151.889 Neverthe less, in spite of these discomforts from whom the British could ex-

since

August.

submarines perat

In

EVACUATING NEJ BATAVIA, Sept Friday next. another big batch of Ing Japanese women and chidren eva sunk or euating the NET for dapat will enemy board the Kitabo Maru and leave 11.000-ton the same day

This is the second be transport leaving the NEJ.

LAMOTTE PICQUET

10

T BURMA War Fonation Fund pect no ald in this redh

Many have scut a further £10.000 0-1 of these enemy vessels succeeded wards the east of a Burnia squad

10 Mediterranean had in getting through by hugging the son of medium bumbers, total to damaged 32.000 tons of North African coast and sailing by date being £120.000. shipping. including 2 night

Iner which was being

used as a troopship.

MUCH TO BE DONE

" 15 not

always healthy fur our submarines to hang about these enemy waters." said Comar

The flagship of the French Fleet Woodruffe

in Far Eastern waters, the cruiser only takes

"After all FL attack

8 few seconds

Lamette Picquet (7,249 tons), withne, but there is a sail for Japan to undergo repairs

at Sakurajima dockyard of the Osaka Iron Works. says abear message from Hano

Stubborn

a Jap

Fighting

LONDON, Sept 11 (Reuter

communique

Lokay

The Soviet states that stubborn fighting en- tinued along the whole front dur ing the night.

It is learned in London that the Oermans have started an altack In the Murmansk area It is im- possible to say how far the attack is developing.

The situation around Leningrad is unchanged.

Reuter)

at

K

great deal to

We have not aftogether stopped these vessels from go- ing through." said Condr Wandruffe. "Our marines, the Fleet Air Arm and the R.A.F. are working together ja see that these ships don't get through antil a heavy price has been paid by then.”

Corinth Canal Again Raided By Heavy Bombers Of R.A.F.

CAIRO, Sept. 11 (Reuter) The Corinth Canal has again been heavily bombed, announces an R.A. F. Middle East communique which states: "Heavy bombers of the R.A.F. bombed the Corinth Canal on the night of Sept. 8-9. A number of direct hits were registered on both banks and it is estimated considerable damage was caused.

"On the same night, the Herak- lon aerodrome was attacked. The landing grounds at Tmimi, Mar- tuba. Derna and Gazala were raid. ed.

"Our aircraft subsequently car- ¦ Fied ong machine-gun attacks on the motor transport on the road

between Derna and Tobruk, start- ing a number of fires.

over

"RAF Aghters patrolling shipping off the Cyrenaica coast were attacked by a large force of Messerschmitts 109's but the attack was beaten off and no subsequent

raid by the enemy bombers mate- rialled

Britain's

Position

SHANGHAI, Sept. 11 Reuter- The leading Russian daily. ZARIA, commenting on the Sultzbergen expedition, thinks that the opera- tion, coupled with the latest Bri- tish ralce on Germany, is the best Bet's pusition and her role in proof of the radical change which the war has undergone during the past year.

With a further £37,500 from he MAURAS Governor's War Fund the people of Madras have now contributed £337.454

SWEDISH T.U.C. LONDON, Sept. 11 (BWS MI George Gibson. who presided al the British Trade Union Congress annual meeting at Edhiburgh last week, altended the Swedish Trade Unic Congress at Stockholm yes- terday

The DAILY HERALD states that the welcome he received was # Lively and heartfelt demonstration of the sympathy of Swedish trade unlonists with the'r British collea

guta

REVOLT SPIRIT SMOULDERING IN RUMANIA

The spirit of revolt is smoulder. ng throughout Rumania

Reports reaching London state that Rumanian refugees who have just arrived in Switzerland report serious discontent in Rumania with the Antonescu regime and the war against Russia, says Reuter.

Emporium,

Limited

8TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION,

GIFT COUPONS

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priced at the lowest possible figure for

you need this event! During this celebration, we're having a surprise Birthday Gift in the form of PRESENTATION COUPONS.

To every purchaser of goods to the amount of $1. or over will be given a coupon which may be exchanged for goods in any department The more you spend, the greater the value you'll get from your coupons

of the store.

in return So it is to your advantage to buy during the Commemoration period, and thus benefit by the GIFT COUPONS.

YOUR EARLY INSPECTION IS CORDIALLY INVITED

China Fumporium Ja.

Successful Swimming Trials

NG NIN SETS A

NEW MARK

The second day of trials for the

ships in the VR puo! yesterday Colony's Swimming Champion-

afternoon was a great success.

Ng Nin, of Sing Tao, set a new

have had a shattering effect on

record in the 50 yards free-style, The big losses on the battlefields, when he clocked at 24.3/5 secs. the population and food difficulties

THE RESULTS Men's 50 yds. free-style

1st,

FIERCE BATTLE MOSCOW, Sept. 11 Pierce fighting is in progress in the direction of Velikie Lak!, 125 miles north-west of Smolensk, ac- cording to the newspaper KRANS- NAYA ZVEDA, quoted by the off-

are arising in the country which heat: 1, Tsui Hang (E.A.A.; 2, cial Russian News Agency TASS.

It adds: If Berl' really ma- used to export large food surplus. Wong Chie-hong (Sing Tao); 3, Lo The agency adds that Red Army

gined afler the Collapse 01 Acts of violence against German Yuk-wing C.Y.M.C.A.) "During the same night, enemy | France, that Britain would perish, soldiery are taking place. Leaflets (2nd heat). 1. Ng Nin (Sing Tao); 25 весь units are Inflicting heavy losses

aircraft raided Malta bul on the enemy. During the last 24

caused it probably forgot the wonderful signed by the National Peasant 2, D. Hutchinson; 3. Shek Kal-pui hours, the Russian air force and slight damage to civilian pro-ability on the English to recuper-Party leader. M. Maniu, and the (Sing Tao 24.3/5 secs. (Record).

perty.

land troops annihilated over 12,000

German men and officers, destroy-

ed 340 tanks and armoured cars. 140 guns and 400 krries. brought down 47 planes

and

MALTA RAID

"One of our night fighters shot down one Cant Z-1007 Into the sea after it had been caught 11 the searchlights. Five survivors of the crew were captured.

The newspaper also reports that the offensive launched by Soviet "On the same night, an unsuc- troups several days ago on the cessful attempt was made to raid Kestenga sector of the front is; Haifa. No damage or Casualties progressing successfully,

WOP PLANES DOWNED MOSCOW, Sept. 11

were caused.

JUNKKES DOWNED

ate after most terrible blow; '

Supplies From Malaya To Russia

National Liberal Party leader, M. Erationu, with the slogan. "Rumenia out of war," are being broadcast throughout the country in a grow ing anti-war campaign,

Meanwhile, Germany is reported to be insisting on more Rumanian troops for the front,

SINGAPORE, Sept. 11 (Reuter) SESSA TORPEDOED -Striking evidence of the

AND SHELLED

way

are being diverted to

V.R.C. ladies' 50 yds. free-style 1st heat: 1, Y. Yoile; 2, Mrs. J.

Guterres. Crawford; 3, M.

í 2nd heat): 1. C. Yolle; 2, Y. Remedios, 3, T. Yvanovich.

220 Yards free-style (Colony championship) (1st heat); 1. Yau Sal-kwan (La Tsun): 2, Chan Chun-nam (Lal Tsun) 2 mins, 30 seca. 3, Charles Huang (II.K.U.). (2nd heat): 1. Lal Tal-ping (Lai Tsun); 2, Chin Wai-yeng (Sing Tao) 2 mins, 28.1 sees.

"Last night, enemy aircraft car supplies (Reuter- The first battle between Soviet rled out two attacks

on R.A.F. RUSSIA from MALAYA is reveal- WASHINGTON, Sept. 11' (Reu- and Italian planes resulted in stations in the Canul Zorie and ed in the statistics of Malaya's ter)-The State Departament dis (Handicap) (1st heat): 1. Y. Yolle; three out of a formation of 10 on both occasions our night fight foreign trade for July which have closed that the Sessa was Italian aircraft being shot down, ers intercepted the enemy.

it is claimed.

The battle Wax fought in the Dnieper River area. Italian flying Capronis fighters were intending to use these planes as bombers.

our aircraft are missing."

The

"From all above operations, twa came during July the third largest guese.

recipient of Malaya's exports, re- ceiving over $8,500,000 worth or nearly £1,000,000.

Only

two other countries re-

K.C.I.E. FOR SIR ALEXANDER ROGER

HKA

NG NIN

HUNDREDS OF AIRCRAFT

CLOSURE OF CHUNGCKING UNIVERSITY

In а speech at the Weekly Memorial Service in Chengtn, Gen- eral Chang Chun, Chairman of the Szechwan Provincial Govern- ment, expressed regret over the student agitation in the Provincial Chungking University against the new President, Mr. Liang Yin-

wen,

that and

the explained alosure of the University by order of the Ministry of Education was a necessary measure to alscipline unruly students.

General Chang said that it had been found that only a small number of students were involved in the agitation and their ringlead. ers had been punished. As to the majority of the students who were not implicated, General Chang added, measures will be taken to enable them to continue their studies.

General Chang said that the University was founded by the fate Chairman, General Liu Hsiang, and was the highest institution of learning in the province. 4

In recent years, he further stat- ed, the morale of the students in Continued from Page 1

the institution had deteriorated Mr. Churchill replied he had read and everytime when there was a the correspondence and was as-change tonished that anybody should have atudents interfered and indulged of administration, the taken the mischievous action of in unruly activities by either de- making all this sensation, which maniing the retention of the old does nothing but harm to Rua-administration or rejecting the ala as well as Eritain and leads new one. to suspicion between those whose fortunes are linked together,

V.R.C. ladies 25 yds, back-stroke both 2, T. Noronha; 3, 3. Yolle. (2nd Just been published.

torpedoed and shelled by a sub-heat): 1. C. Yolle: 2. M. Guterres: "One Junkers 68 was shot down. and another damaged.

Malaya's principal valuable war marine, presumed to be German, 3. C. Koo.

without warning while bound from products are rubber and tin, "There were no

Ladies' 50 yds. breast-stroke R.A.F. ties and the damage

casual-statistics show that Russia. the United States to Iceland,

who

(Colony championship) (1st heat) caused was for years received no exports from

The three survivors of the Bessa, Tsang Fong-kwan; 2, LJ Po-luen

For the purpose of enforcing alight.

Malaya

discipline, General Chang declared, whatever,

are a Dane, a Swede and a Portu- (H.K.U.): 3, M. Noronha (V.R.C.) Buddenly be-

Col. Moore-Brabazon was, 30.2 secs. (2nd heat): 1, V. Churn course, welcome to make a person-stern measures to check the sta- of the Government cannot but take SARDINIA ENTIRELY

(H.K.U.) (disqualified on faulty al statement if he desires, but the dents and close the University turn); 2, Ho Wal-man IN GERMAN HANDS

(South Premier had assumed the duty of pending readjustments. China); 3, Chan Chol-pan (C.B.C.) handling the matter and would LIBBON, Sept. 11 (Reuter)

General Chang said that the 40 secs.

prefer to have it left in his hands. Ministry of Education has ap Some thousands of German troops

ceived more from Malaya during H.M. the King yesterday invest(Colony championship) (1st heat):{

Men's 150 yds. medley relay (Cheers). PRAISED

July. They were the United States ed Elr Alexander Roger, Chairman 1. Sing Tao; 2, Eastern A.A.; 3. for a quotation of Col. Moore-hstang and others to reorganize pointed a committee composed-of have recently passed through Italy

When pressed by the Labourite Messre. Liang Yin-wen, Wu Tech- en route to Sardinia, according to SIMLA, Sept 11 (Router)-Pralac with $10,000,000 worth, The United to India, with the insignia of K.O. (2nd host): 1, V.R.C.; 3, Lai Tsun: Churchill said that although there with the Szechwan Provincial Gov. with $0,000,000 worth and Canada of the Ministry of Supply mission European Y.M.O.A. 1 min. 30 secs. Brabazon's actual statement, Mr. the university and is co-operating a traveller who has arrived for the qualities of Indian troops Kingdom received only $4,000,000 IE., states Reuter Bulletin. from Italy.

whom he saw in action on the worth.

3, H.K.U. 1 min. 20 secs. The traveller states that Bar- North-west frontier is expressed by Imports and

was much he could say effectively, Jernment in effecting the necessary dinla is entirely in German OCCU-COLONEL DRAPER, senior observer from Japan continued in July at

he forebore from quoting in order readjustments~(Central News). Wood Green Council, who asked FORMER SHANGHAI |not to give disproportionate im- pation and no Italian is allowed in India of the United States the normal recent rate-about a for a Government order making to enter the Island without « pans{Government,

portance and significance to this quarter of last year's Ogure, but it compulsory for the public to

RESIDENT DEAD

matter. "I was greatly impressed with it is expected that these will show carry gas masks, have been 21- It is believed the Germans in- the keenness and fitness of the a big drop in future returns when formed that the Minister of Home The death is announced of Major LONDON, Sept. 11 Router)-' tended to reinforce the African troops and their evident skill in the treesing has had time to take Security is not prepared to counton front.

mountain warfare," he said.

Johnson, formerly effect.

tenance such an order

so Jealously in it guarded.

here

INDIAN TROOPS

exports to

BAKİ

Shanthat

During hot weather Air Station Commandere may allow WAARS to remove their Jackets at Work The L.M.B. now have more than or off duty. When this was stated t7,000 women workers, of whom it was added that they must not

nearly half are portera.

appear in towns without Jackets.