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Higher War Allowances Announced

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LONDON, Nov. 14 (Reu- ter)-Regarding his nouncement on the increase of servicemen's 'allowances, Mr. Lealic Hore-Belisha explained that in the case of a household with eight children, there will be paid in respect of a soldier on the lowest rate of pay the following:

Wife, 17 shillings plus seven shillings in respect of herself, five shillings for the frat child, four shillings for the second child, and three shillings each for the re- maining six, totalling 51 shillings.

In the event of special circumstances, like high rent, a claim may be met to the extent of a further two pounds sterling weekly.

On the present Army alone, the existing annual expenditure of £10,000,000 annually on children's allow- ances will be increased by £2,000,000.

The latter figure is ex- pected later to be doubled.

FANTASTIC CLAIMS

· Allies Lose 80 Planes

Say Germans

SHETLAND RAID

Fanciful Nazi

Claims

LONDON, Nov. 14 (Reuter). -The German propaganda

the

agency .makes

usual exaggerated claims regarding Monday's rald on the Shetland Jalands, claiming that two flying- boals, a'destroyer and a cruiser were hit,

This, of course, is not the case,

Bombs made several alx-foot holes and crofters' windows were smashed, but otherwise no damage was caused.

Four Bombs Near School The four German planes, which were driven off by AA, fire on two attempted ralds, dropped twelve 500- pound bombs. Four of these fell into the sea, four landed close to a school which was occupied at the time and the other four funded on a hill three miles away.

One seven-pound fragment hit a small house.

An eye-witness says that the four bombs which dropped into the sea were aerial torpedoes.

ONLY CASUALTY

WAS A BUNNY SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Nov. 14 (UP),—The Arst "elvillan" casualty of the Ger- man air raids was recorded when the corpse of a rabbit was discovered in a bomb crater, on the Shetland Islandi yesterday.

Joint Defence Talks In S'hai

Four Powers Meet

In Discussion

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

WARFARE

AT SEA INTENSIFIED

LONDON, Nov. 14' (UP).- Warfare on the High Seas has

been intensifled.

During the past week cleven ships have been sunk.

Among the vessels sunk was a British destroyer. She is the xixth destroyer lost since the beginning of hostilities.

Seventy survivors of the destroyer have been rescued. They included 15 men who were injured,

One of the victims refused to be rescued until other ment, who were in n worse plight than he had been saved.

He swam in the sen, singing, "Even Hitler Had a Mother."

At least 33 lives have -boen lost in winkings during the past 21 hours.

Some of the injured men are In critical condition.

the A second victim of intensified warfare occurred when a British freighter ex- ploded a rulle from the scene of the destroyer sinking. It is believed that all hunds were saved.

AMERICAN GUARDIAN

Western Interests In

The Far East

A Look Through-

The “Telegraph”

50 YEARS AGO

Nov. 15, 1889.

November 15,

INCOME TAX

1939.

(Continued from Page 4.)

war. When the Chancellor of the Exchequer refers to the vast re- sources of the British Empire, he refers to every ruce and creed in our nations! great commonwealth of Apparently, Hongkong should be un axception, and no serious cffort The steamship Belgie has just com

be made to ensure that our plated her · 10th voyage from Baltre of the cost of the war is even- Francisco, bringing with her nå før nå Yokohama 93 cabin passengers and he y distributed over the whole of the Iween 700 and 400 Chineão, Wa call.

British population. attention to the cabin passengers in The Financial Secretary.lus point- particular, because 93, if not the high- ed out that there is a general tariff, ext is, at least, an unusually high num- a standard customs duty of ten per ber, and it pussled us to know how cent. on all ordinary Imports into the they had been accommode Thotties United Kingdom. My recollection of could have had princely accommodation

was out of the question. A few many that tariff is that it is mainly direct- have been fortunate and secured, rabina ed against o' wide list of articles as good as any to be found in ocean- which going steamers. But what others!

come under the "luxury"

the classification. And why not? And why not adopt a similar systém In this Colony?

25 YEARS AGO

Nov. 15, 1014. The Admiralty artdounees that, in the absence of information, the loss of H.M.S. Good Hope and 11.3.8, Mon- mouth must be prežumed,

The cost of collection could be estimated within the realm of cer- tainty, and the yield would not be inconsiderable.

altempt h belittle

The

The

to

Mr.. Asquith. In a written reply, "squeeze" possibility or factor, is to slates the British Chaunttina in France be deplored, and cannot be dismissed to October 31 were hipproximately 67,000, as alrily as the Financial Secretory He was not, he said, it position to extimata the losses of the other Allles essayed. The assurance that there or their counties.

(This was

Frogs would be no need to keep accounts under-vstimation)

In English, presupposes that Chinese businesses would be permitted record their returns in the vernacu all. How, therefore, could Income lur, or

10 keep, no accounts at

Tax be applied to them? And if not to them, why to every employee of a firm whose business is conducted along Western lines?

An Amsterdam message states thus the Governor of Taingtau telegraphed to the Kaiser on Monday that the for tress, stormed and broken in the centro, fell after exhausting all means. of defence.

The "Dally Telegraph" understands that Mr. Asquith will ask the ilouse of Commons to sauction the raising of an additional million troups for the pur pones of the war, making a total of two millions. Besides the loan of two hundred millons sterling, Mr. Lloyd George will probably announce that fifty millions sterling are to be raised by

taxation.

·

The Income Tax will probably be ruised to 28. dd, in the pound,

10 YEARS AGO

No Squeeze It Is Said If Government belleves that the collection of Income Tax from the majority of Chinese by Chinese inspectors or assessors would be the one sphere which would be "squeeze! proof," a very obvious awakening is

in store,

War

are

In a matter of such vital import- ance, the margin of error cannot be dismissed lightly. As a resident of SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

Nov. 16, 1920, many years' standing, I am fully PARIS, Nov. 14 (UP).-Semi-

In the loss of Commons to-day, Bir prepared to contribute my share to A. V. Alexander, Pirat Lord of the Ad- the common cause, and I am only official sources commenting on

matrally, said arrangements were being too onxlous that the collective reult the withdrawal of the bulk of the made to purchase suficient sets to paulp, shall be worthy of the Colony. In French garrisons from China,

all oficers and men in submarine with order to achieve that object, SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

apparatus which Ahould afford state that French rights and dividual members of the crews a fair at the same time, every inducement taxation must apply to everyone, and SHANGHAI, Nov. 15

interests in China aro not chance of escaping from sunken sub- (Domei). Following the first

marines, and reaching surface..

must be given to those LONDON, Nov. 14 (Reuter), meeting on September 14, the

who jeopardised by such a measure.

prepared to exploit enterprise and -A special commentary issued second session of the joint de-

It is pointed out that American The Conservative side of the House commerce within our confines. Harrisons to-day states that German Press fence committee in the Inter-strength, and America's polley is

remaining full of Commons buzzed with excitement are

at

I do not object to Government aftocnoon when, in answer to servants

which receiving salaries broadcasts messages and

on national Settlement was held at likely to uphold Western Power rights questions, Mr. A. Y Alexander, First some people believe to be excessive. November 13 cite figures regard-the Japanese

Lord of the Admiralty, nunounced that; Naval Club on

In the Far East,

the Government proposed to slow down! have no time, however, for the ing the air war given by "com- Tuesday morning

How America Can Help work on the Singapore Dnso as much highly paid Ofelal who proclaims petent quarters" in Berlin, the discussion of measures for out that America can aid the Allies

A semi-offelal spokesman points a posible.

that he is only too willing to make a alleging that British and French a revision of the international and oppose

5 YEARS AGO

martyr of himself and pay Income their totalitarian op-

Nov. 15, 1934.

Tax. It is the united effort which losses until November 10 were defence plan.

ponents by many methods "short of Pan-American Airways will make a will count. altogether 80 planes.

tent lght over the proposed air mail It is recalled that at the last con- War."

The Colony's effort must be collec Britain lost 10 and Francs

route from San Francisco to China, Tiative and not individual. Even If the 64.ference, Japanese authorities were

He remarked that neutrality, such

Honolulu and Manila, carly in the new highest salaried white Britons cun- while Germany lost only 17 in this entrusted with the task of drafting a

as will be applied by the United

year. period:

tributed the whole of their salaries, tentative plan which the proposed States, does not prevent America from aevision of the joint defence system bringing support and sympathy, and

would be discussed,

the backing of their industrial and western democracies. economic power, on the side of the

These fantastic figures are characteristic misrepresentation.

10 resume

of the British,

been brought down on or near the British coast alone 16 by other aircraft and two by anti-aircraft Bre. Therefore reference to other losses was entirely omitted.

In fact, 17 German aircruft lave. Yesterday's session was attended by

the representatives American, Italian and Japanese de fence forces and the Shunghol Volunteer Corps.

The results of the discussion were not made known.

Two Possible Purposes The misleading statements probably had two purposes:

1. To ellett denials from the Air Ministry, from which the enemy could deduce the figures of the Allled air Josses now.nat available;------

2. To convey, the impression that the British Air Force is felting France Oght the British battle.

carried on entirely independent of "Although Washington's policy is

London and Paris, it frequently happens that it complements that of

Allica the

supplements their actions," he said.

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U.S. To Stand Guard "Thus, the English and French have

POLISH LEADERS decided under present circumstances

IN LONDON

Optimism Over The

Outcome Of War

LONDON, Nov. 14 (Reuter).—The

new Polish Prime Minister and the new Foreign Minister, General Siker- ski and M. Zaleski, arrived from Paris by air this afternoon.

Regarding the latter, it is obvious from the British attacks on the German fleet, the activities of the British air force in France, and the almost daily reconnaissance flights by the British air force over the interior of Germany, that the British and the French air forces are each doing its every confidence in the final victory General Sikorski said that he had share in mutually agreed spheres.

of the Allies, and he was sure that While it is true that a few British that victory would bring Poland back] planes have been lost, muuy recon-te Bife as she was before the war. nalsance flights have been made.

This is a tribute to the skill and

The Polish Ministers visited Lord daring of the pilots and the superla Omice, and later saw Mr. Neville Halifax this afternoon at the Foreign tive excellence of the machines not Chamberlain at 10 Downing Street. the rarity of flights.

They are also to meet Mr. Winston Churchill and Lord Chatfield.

U-BOATS TO SINK

PASSENGER LINERS

(Continued from Page 1.)

JOLT FOR RUSSIA (Continued from Page 1)

to reduce their Far Eastern garrisons to a strict minimum, especially in

Tientsin and Peiping. However, the Americans are maintaining all their garrisons, thus attırming that they will stand guard for western civilisa-

tion in the Far East," the spokesman

continued,

"The Amerienn commercial treaty

obtains

with Japan will not be renewed unless the United States satisfaction concerning the Japanese polley in China-meaning guarantees and Western Powers in the future. safeguarding the immense American

"Mr. Winston Churchill drew attention to this in ius speech when he said: If we are vanquished all till be enslaved, and the United Staten will remain alone to defend the rights of man.""

LORD ROTHERMERE'S LETTER TO HITLER

(Continued from Page 1.)

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The development of Hongkong as one the aggregate would be nothing when of Britain's for enstern air bases to compared with the collective effort gather with Singapore, was a point in of every British resident, paying the Empire Defence Scheme. Lard under n scheme advised to "catch Hailsham announced to-day.

The Goremment would spend £50,000 everybody." on the Hongkongjair base and 280,000 on Singapore, Lord Hailsham sald.

It must also be borne in mind that we have many foreign residents Germany is to make a bid for the within our gates. Some of them have plums of the Far East shipping trade, According to

an announcement from Eiven evidence of their sympathy iremen, and will put new, fast and with our cause. They too, will not Hongkong and Shanghal. luxurious steamers

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THOS. To complain it they are called upon to pay a little more for various forms An 18,000-ton linor, the Gnolachreiten, of luxuries solely because the Colony will be launched an December 14 for which has sheltered and protected the North-German-Lloyd Far Eastern them for years, is now engaged in service (The Ganisensu, -now-ruating fighting the greatest war elvillantion in Japanese part-Ed.).

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In conclusion. I must deprecate the attempt to belittle the expression of public opinion which has appeared In the Fress, Hongkong is peculiar and remarkable in that the publle would

DEATH ROLL IS be voiceless without the Press,

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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

I also resent the innuendo that European British people here, by protesting against Income Tax, hre trying to evade their responsibility. MUNICH, Nov. 14 (UP)-Michael That is a bel too base for words. Schmeidl, who was injured in the Many of Biem saw service in the last Buergerbrnu Cellar explosion, died | War and are prepared to serve again to-day, as a result of his injuries, or to ontribute to the war chest, This brings the total death roll to They cannot understand, however, eight.

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why a scheme cannot be devised under which every affluent resident will pay more for the luxuries of life. This Colony can raise more than the $7,000,000 which has been sug gested, and at the same time still attract capital, thus protecting and enhancing its financial standing instead of jeopardising Its economic

ANGLO-SPANISH AGREEMENT

ing to produce letters, real or imagin- Summary Issued yesterday say:

Hongkong Stock Exchange Offtelal | future, wegian tanker which was sunk antlin the Scandinavian countries acary, which she had from his father. that the vessel was struck by a tor- cording to the "Red Star" which Nothing Discroditable

Interest in the market flags, and the row of pins referred to yesterday, pedo without worning and brake in continued:"

Mr. Beyfus. for the Princess, de though a little extended during the "The Anglo-Francor two. The radio was destroyed, mik-Turkish pact, as well as the liftingclared that it was essential for her to day, is some way yet beyond break- ing it impossible to send out distress of the American embargo, has inspir-keep a copy of Lord Rothermere's Ing point.

ed the British and French war- correspondence and that it was in- credible that Lord Rothermers. The crew took to the boats imme-¦ mongers to new hopes." diately because of the dunger from "Allled diplomacy now seeks to throughout the period in question, did

aignals.

fire. Twentythree of the crew were control the Dardanelles, organise a

in the Mate's boat and 17 were in Balkan bloc and extend the western the Captain's boat. The former took conflagration to the Balkans in order

the latter in tow.

"When night fell," one of the sur- vivors said, "the weather was very Captain's stormy and we lost

to make the war universal."

Swedish Arms For Finland SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

boot. We tried to keep near by ond COPENHAGEN, Nov. 14 (UP)- searched throughout the night for The Danish newspaper "Berlingske some trace of it, but when morning Tidende" publishes a report alleging came she could not be laund."

that throughout the Russo-Finnish

not know that the Princess had copies of the correspondence.

Hitler's letters contained nothing dis-

Mr. Justice Tucker pointed out that i

creditable or anything conflicting with the speeches he had made at the time. The same might be said with regard to Lord Rothermere."

The hearing was adjourned.

Haggard survivors of the Creewell crisis Sweden has been heavily ex- Fast Training Of

told how they had clung to a raft in porting arma to Finland.

the icy water, and in pelting rain, until the U-boat which had shellexi the vessel without warning rescued them and put them on board the trawler Phyllisia.

Red Plane Shot Down?

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

War Instructors

LONDON, Nov. 14 (Reuter) --The

· HELSINGFORS, Nov. 14 (UP)--| War Offlce plans for training N.C.O. Unconfirmed reports here state that instructore has made such rapid pro-

The U-boal Captain's parting words Finnish troops to-day shot down a gress that their number is expected were: "Tell Mister Churchill that Russian plane on the eastern Fin- the German U-boat-men are not thenish frontier. heartless murderers that you are fol to believe."

Allies Financial Co-operation

It is understood the plane fell be tween the two frontier forces and that neither alde approached the wreck age in order to avold precipitating an incident.

Lord Baldwin Sees The King

LONDON, Nov. 14 (Reuler),--Tho

to be doubled shortly after Christmas. A high standard is being set, and the modern Infantryman's job is such a scientific one that the instructors of the last war have to go through special training before they in turn can start training recruits,

Churchill's Speech Studied In Paris

PARIS, Nov. 14 (Reuter).The

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