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FIRST EDITION Whiteaway's

Hongkong Telegraph

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二拜禮 號四廿月十英港香

No. 15000

U-BOATS

BY

R.A.F.

NAZI AIRMEN SAVED

BY BRITISH SHIPS

LONDON, Oct. 23 (Router).-Five Gorman airmon, who were picked up after the unsuccessful enemy air attack on the British convoy on Saturday, were landed at Grimsby from a trawlor to-day.

Three of the men ware rescued while clinging to the wings of their bomber in the sea. One of them was injured.

The other two Corman airmen were picked up by a second British trawlor. Both men were badly injured.

U.S. Neutrality

Historic Senate Vote To Be Taken On Friday

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24. 1939. 月二十月九

TRAPPED

PLANES

LONDON, OCT. 23 (REUTER): - THE AIR

MINISTRY ANNOUNCES:

"Two attacks on U-Boats were recently made by R.A.F. aircraft. Both are believed to have been successful.

"One occurred in the North Sea and the other in the Atlantic many miles from, aircraft basos. "After both attacks, the pilots remained circling above the places where the submarines disappear- ed, and nothing more was seen of the 'U-boats.

"The following is the pilot's report of the North Sen nttack: |'A reconnaissance aircraft sight- ed and attacked a submarine in position. A salvo of anti-

Jahead periscope.

TORPEDOES aboard a German destroyer about to be delivered to U-Boats for usc at 103.

When war broke out there wora only 37 ocean-going U-Boats in the Nazi flect over a third have since bean dos- troyed. The submarino mother-ship, the "Saar", is a craft of 2,700 tons, and the latest gadgets are used to mako her impregnablo.

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abend of the plan wop, dropped Two British Ships Lost EFFECT OF WAR West Front

"The submarine diver steeply. The air-gunner said definitely that he noticed n second underwater ex- ulosion after the explosion of the bombs,

By U-Boats

To Attacks By

LONDON, Oct. 23 (Reuter).—Details of the sinking time and dropped a second salvo. of two British ships were disclosed to-day.

"The aircraft then turned about Vice-and flew over the submarine & second

the

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UP).-President Roosevelt to-day held a ten minute conference with the President, Mr. John Garner, Senator Alben Barkley, Majority Leader, and Senator Charles McNary, the Republican leader in the Senate.

They have advised the President jointly that the final vote on the Neutrality Bill will probably take place next

JAPANESE COLLAPSE

Hunan Reverse Bitterest

Pill In History

Friday.

The Senate convened at 11 a.m. today, an hour earlier than usual, as the first move to hasten the Anal action Senator Barkley said he intends to seek a limita- tion of the debate.

The Isolationists are hoping that the House of Representatives will de- feat the repeal of the arms embargo and are planning to amend the SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

aieasure to protect the United States CHANGSHA, Oct. 23 (UP)-military resources and to prohibit the Hundreds of burned dwellings, export of munitions and arms in which the Army and Navy are scores of virtually destroyed deficient.

villages and a sadder but wiser Senator Champ Clark is also civilian population characterise anning proposal to compel tho the entire area north of this President to

prevent belligerent

"Patches of all were observed

after the first salvo and more ex- tensively after the second nitack,

They were the Sea Venture 2,327 tons), which was Nothing more was seen of the U-Sunk by enemy action in the north coast of Scotland and the Whitemantle (1,692 tons) which was sunk after an

bosi."

Direct Hit Ballavad

"The pilot of the Atlantic patrol aircraft says: An enemy submarine was sighted some distance away. # dived and several heavy bambs were dropped: the first wos thought to have been a direct hit.

the

"Dark patches appeared on water after the attack and air bub-

bles rose to the surface.

"A second bambing attack was made as near the same position ns possible. We circled over the area for some time but nothing further was observed.'"*

ECONOMIC RUIN

Is Fate Awaiting Nazi Germany

explosion.

The Sea Vonture's crew of 25 were landed on an island in one of the steamer's boats' after rowing for 15 miles.

The Bea Venture took nearly three | hours to sink.

Fourteen Missing

Fourteen members of the crew of the Whitemaullo are missing, but they may have been picked up by another versek

Five were rescued by a trawler ond

LONDON, Oct. 23 (Reuter} .- German production cannot be were landed on an east coast port.

All the injured have been taken expanded, public expenditure te hospital. They are unoble-to-say

Sunk Without must grow as alternatives to whether the explosion was caused by

Warning

French Tanker BOSTON, Oct. 23 (Router).

city, where for a few days armed merchantmen from entering Sudden Destruction For Japanese held a slender grip be- United States ports. fore the drive on Changsha collapsed under the weight of a full-fledged Chinese counter- offensive.

During the past four days, this correspondent envered a zone 40 miles long and ten mile wide, paralleling Wuchang-Changsha highway, the where the Japanese spearhead on September 30 was blunted by the sweeping Chinese developing move- men just 20 miles north of Changsha, Full Force Used

Allies Are

A screaming shell from a U-bont was the first warning of danger,

The Sea Venture was bullt in 1990

infintion, or consumption must be a mine or a submarine. further drastically reduced, by Swan, Hunter and Wigham states a special commentary to-fichardson of Sunderland, and was owned by the Dover Navigation Co., Ltd.

day.

Polish Consulate In "Hongkong Closed

SIX WEEKS after the Polish Consulate had been opened in Hongkong for the first time, it was found necessary to cloxa down, and the Consul, Mr. Roman Przedpolski, together with his wife, has left for Shanghai,

to

Mr. Przedpolski camo Hongkong from India at the and of August, on the ove of the European war, but as his duties were primarily concorn- od with commerce between

Hongkong and Poland, the annihilation of his country by Germany and Russia offective- ly brought to a sudden stop any business of that nature.

Mr. Przedpolski has now gone to Shanghai to join the Polish Legation:

His residence at 15, Shouson Hill has been 'vacated.

ZANE GREY DEAD

The present stocka,of foreign raw The Whitemantle, bullt in 1930 by materints are estimated at the most Wood, Skinner & Co., Ltd., of New- 800,000,000 marks, equal to one-castic, was owned by the Gas, Light

& Coke, Co., of London.

Convoy Saved From Mines tooth in 1914.. There are no holdings in foreign exchange, Foreign hold-

auxiliary British Air Force squadron

LONDON. Oct. 23 (Reuter).-An Famous Author Of

mas, etc., are already liquidated and

Winning War the captain of the French tanker German credit has been at zero for has saved a convoy of merchant ships Wild West Stories

In The Air

Favourable Results Shown To Date

LONDON, Oct, 23 (Reuter). An observable fact was that the Japanese were forced to swallow oneThe view la expressed in Lon- of the most bitter plils served up don that the first phase of the by the Chinese since the beginning of the war for the Japanese threw War in the air has been very 180,000 troops Into the action in an favourable to the Allies. effort to capture Changiba.

Emile Miguel, which was sunk

Must Roly On Plunder in the Atlantic ten days ago,| when he reached hero.

Future supplies depend on the Dusk had fallen when the first shell capacity to produce and export for was fired, followed by others. One temporary relief, and in plundering struck the crew's quarters, cutting as the stocks of the conquered countries, apprentice almost in half.

This, however, would impair their future productivity and make them a liability instead of an asset.

39 Packed In Lifeboat The captain halled the submarine and received permission to disembark the remainder of the crew.

Kussia cannot be conquered, and Imports will have to be paid, as it

unlikely that Russia will grant! long credits to a bankrupt.

The shelling had left one life-boat sen-worthy, "We were packed like German air raids on the Firth of sardines in it for 31 hours before the Forth and Scapa Flow, and the acrtu United States steamer Black Hawk With the 6th and the 13th Japanese attack on one of our convoys off the rescued us," the captain sinted. of foodstuffs le cage, butter, lard, divisions operating along the Chang-Yorkshire coast all failed.

The submarine torpedoed and sanic sla-Hanko Railway, the 33rd fol- lowing the highway and the 108th fighter and 101st protecting the left flank aircraft fire. while at the same time attempting! In these encounters the Germans to sweep southwestward from Feng-lost 10 long-distance bombers and hsin and Nanchang in order to cut possibly more.

A bir gap in the German supply

vegetable oils, etc. Products are only They also proved the success of our the Emile Miguel, after 30 survivors 45 per cent.

aircraft and naval anti-and disembarked.

the Chinese rear. the cream of the The British losses were 30 casual- entire Japanese Army south of the tea in the Firth of Forth raid and

the damage to

cruiser Yangtze was thrown into the condict, alight

But mountains-through which Southampton and the veteran battle- the "United Press correspondent ship Iron Duke. Both vessels were alogged during three days of rain slightly affected that they plus the deceptive Chinese with-ready for aen the same day, drawal, followed by lightning four-

wore

As regards submarine warfare,

LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR

Is Ambassador's Final Admonition

PARIS, Oct. 23 (Reuter).-The

Shortage of Fats

The shortage of fats since 1935 is kely to become a decisive factor in the German food supply in the future. Hence the importance of Helland, Denmark and the Baltic States,

The creation of technical arma ments has been driven far but main tenance and replacement require re serves and resources.

The real significance is that Ger- sided thrusis on every Japanese though the sinking of Allied slips: column turned an apparent Janan-has increased in the last week, it retiring British Ambassador to Paris, many is starting a long war with Do subcess into a nest-class Chin-was only a small percentage of the Sir Eric Phipps, broadcast a foreration cards, and without ample and

loasca in 1917 when the Germans also well message to France this even essured resources. ese victory.

mude a great effort to blocitade us. ing.

Puzzling Terrain

Comes

To Life

Marked Activity West Of Saar

PARIS, Oct. 23 (Router).

A communique issued to- day states that there was marked activity on the part of the elements in contact, more particularly in the re gion west of the Saar.

Troops Fool The Cold PARIS, Oct. 23 (Router).—The recent cold spell on. the Western Front has caused great discomfort to German troops, according to the prisoners taken by the French Army. The Germans complain of the senreity of warm clothes and In- sumetent food.

Japanese Ship Released

Fortnight Detention In French Port

་་

SPECIAL TO THE "TeltakaPH" in the North Sea from possible disas- fer from enemy mines,

TOKYO, Oct 24-(Domel)-The Altadena, Calif., Oct. 23 (Reu-N.Y.K. Iners Fushimi Maru, 10,930 This was revealed to-day by an,

ter)Zane Grey, world famous tons, which has been detained by fleint account.

Drifting German mines were ob-American author, whose Wild French authorities with its sister ship, served in two pinges n intervals of West stories have delighted mil- the Hakozaki Maru, at Marsellies,

The liner anlied for London an hour, each time close to and lions, and have provided several since October 1. has been released. directly in the path of leading ships.

Smoke flares were dropped and subjects for the American Alm Sunday after unloading part of its a warning flashed by lamp in time studios, has died. He was in his cargo. for the ships, on the first occasion, 85th year. to follow a new course, and on the second occasion, for the escort- ing destroyer to get rid of the mine by machine-gun fire.

Detection of the mines was proof

of careful and silful observation.

Schwabenland's Fato

balile off Jutland.

Was Dental Surgeon

on

The Hakoznki Maru was released on October 13. The Fushimi Maru departed from Yokohama on August 27 prior to flta outbreak of the Euro- Zane Grey, the American author, pean war. It is understood that the traveller and enthusiastic angler, was fish oll and canned goods carried by born at Zanesville, Ohio, in January the ship would have been regarded as 1875, and educated at the local school contraband goods by French authorl- and at the University of Pennsylties, vanie.

Two Inborn tastes then drew him?

LONDON, Oct. 22 (Reuter) There is no definite confirmation In London regarding reports of the Qualifying in 1880 as a dental sur- sinking of the Schwabenland in the geon and a licentiate in medicino, to Atlantic, although the report is not practised in New York from 1030 to

1004. denied.

No confirmation alro con be ob tained with regard to the reported away from his profession-tho love of (According to a Buenos Aires dos. the wild and a prompting to write, patch to the "New York Times" the rat book "Belty Zane" appeared in 2004. After much wandering in mysterious vessel which rank undeveloped parts of the U.S. 110 Clement last month was not the Ad- miral von Scheer but the Schwaben-life na he saw it in the wilds-Tho produced a series of vivid stories of land, a former base ship for German Spirit of the Border." "The Last mali planca. The ship was stated Trail," "The Last of the Plainrmen," | been statiuned in mid-The Ilaritago of the

Desert," to have Atlantle between Africa and Brazil Riders of the Purple Sage," "Wilde before the war).

fire," "To the Last Man," "The Coll Swedish Steemer Sunk By

of the Canyon" and many others. U-Boat

His gift for description and for LONDON, Oct 23 (Router) handling thrilling situations aroused

tons has

wide popular Intorest and the sales German been attacked by a

sub-

of his works were large on both sides marine.

of the Atlantic. Norway, In her turn, says a mess. NEW YORK, Oct. 23 (Router).-~]nge from Oslo. has now received a

Export Fisherman Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi Pro- convoy by British and French war- His attracted at the same time a paganda Minister against Mr. Wins-ships.

more serious circle of admirore by his books on fishing, at every form ton Churchill, has led to a definite

ling frequently to remate parts of Following Dr. Goebbels broadcast,

COPENHAGEN, Oct. 23 (Reuter), to work, he caught fish of all sorts under all conditions. LONDON, Oct. 23 (Router)—The dreds of stoners telephoned the As from to-morrow all internal and and sizes submarine Thetis, which cank more offices of the various radio networks, external telephone communication In Among the books to which this pur- Even two weeks after the Japanese j In dismissing the indictment, the than 20 weeks ago, was brought to protesting against what some of Denmark, must be made in the quil gave origin are Tales of Fishing PLEASE Turn To Page 243) retreat, the villages were compara Supreme Court refused to give rea- the surface this afternoon and rode them called the "spreading of futile Scandinavian, French, German and Virgin Seas "Tales of the Angler's

rubbish." PLEASEṛTura. To. Paga 2. soris for itm-rtaling..

on an even keel.

The North Hunan mountains are puzzling even to the experienced

Speaking In French, Sir Erle! Phipps, said: "The entente which binds our two

and

Chinese soldiers. Twice in one day B. M. A. Prototype peoples has never been closer. This

our party was lost following the line

of the Japanese advance towards Fullnou, despite the fact that we

Goebbels Annoys swedish steamer of 1,241

United States

entente must be perpetuated beyond In U.S. Court our common victory, so that we can lay the foundations of a better worldh WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UP). In which the common law is one of Hundreds of small valloys, each/Charges that the American Medien) | understanding, Instead of hate of our The extraordinary outburst by Dr.) warning from Germany not to accept {

Association, the US, equivalent of the British Medical Association, was a

employed experienced guides.

capable of concealing

on

entire

neighbour."

division and the Chinese success monopolistic trust as defined by the THETIS. BROUGHT reaction in the United States.

fully employed there inetics in several Ant-Trust laws have been dismissed cases branched off from the main by the U.S. Supreme Court. routé, High, kills command each Action was brought by the Govern village where the Japanese troops ment, against the A., and several quartered.

subsidiary organizations,

TO SURFACE which was relayed to 'America, hun-;

New Danish Decree of which he was an expert, Travel-

English languages.

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