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No, 15000 JR -A-TEWE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1939. 日一十月十 SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS

Attempt To Prejudice Control Of Oceans Said Imminent: Of Oceans Said Imminent: Commerce Destroyers Leave Harbours For Predatory Raids

GERMAN

THREATS

TO BRITISH NAVY

DECLARE

NAZIS WAR ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BERLIN, NOV. 20 (DOMEI)—IT IS RE- LIABLY REPORTED THAT GERMAN FLEET UNITS HAVE STARTED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM THEIR BASES IN VARIOUS OCEANS TO START AN OCEANIC GUERILLA WARFARE AGAINST THE ALLIED FLEETS 'AND MER- CHANT SHIPPING.

German military authorities are understood to have obtained Hitler's permission to challenge the Allies to sea and in the air before attempting a decisivo overland battle.

RAIDER

ON CAPE ROUTE

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It is further reported that German naval strategists pro- pose to attack the, British fleeti separately with a view to pre- juicing Britain's command of the sea, while attacks on mercial shipping will be made in an attempt to intercept the transport of war materials from abroad.

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German submarine forces, accord- ing to reliable.reports, are not only

German Ship Puts hunting the British home waters bul

Out To Sea

are also attempting to move out to the Pacifle and Indian Oceans for the purpose of intercepting the supply of materials from India, Aus- tralla and Canada.

on

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" CAPE TOWN, Nov. 20 (UP).]

It is recalled in this connection that the German -A 21-knot armed German

military authorities merchant-man has escaped into shipping without warning

recently threatened to Sink the Allied the the Atlantic and now directly around that they are all provided menaces the important Cape with arms. route from Austrália, New Zea- land and the Far East to the United Kingdom.

She is the 16,662-ton German Fast Africa Line's steamer Windhuk, the most modern of the company's flect of eleven vessels.

U-Boat Failure

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

LONDON, Nov. 21 (UP).~~~Ger- many's decision to tear un another "scrap of paper"-the International convention regulating mine warfare -is belleved to have been deelded up as result of her heavy lossey of U-Boats.

i. The German navy Is undoubtedly The Windhuk, her silver-grey hull finding it repainted in battleship-grey, slipped operate submarines on the surface and

increasingly difficult from Lobito Bay in Portuguese West is, therefore, substituting the mine for Africa during the week-end.

the torpedo. Mines can be released) She is reported to be fully armed while the submarine in well below the for predatory raiding purposes, and, surface.

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is disguised as a British merchant- The German type of mine differs from the British, which becomes

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The crew consists of picked men harmless fie German type remains

from the crews of seferal German moorings. The vessels which have been anchored lethal right up to the time of 'In Lobito Bay since the outbreak plosion.

of hostilities. The vessels ficlude noverat olliers of the German East Africa Line's feet

Lost Float In War The normal speed of the Windhuk, which was launched in 1930, is 18 knots, but it is believed that she can do over 21 knots.

The German East Africa Line is the most important Nazi skipping concern trading to Africa. It lost its entire feet of 22 vessels after the Great War, when they were surrendered as a result of the Treaty of Versailles. Since 1920, however, a new fleet has been built up. The Windhuk is the latest of this feet.

Lobito Bay is the harbour for the city of Angola, important Portuguese) West African railway seaport,

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Surveying the German submarine losses, an official source to-day ex- uressed the opinion that the replace- ment of competent crews represents a much greater difculty for Germany! than replacing submarines.

I requires several years to train a officer, competent submarine commanding

In the 1914-18 war about ten of the most skuiful U-Boat commanders were credited with 75 per cent. of the Allied losses.

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Killed In Action

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

TOKYO, Nov. 21 (Domei).—It is officially announced that Lleut. General N. Abe, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Field Command In North China, has been killed in action.

Li, General Abe was killed on the Hopel- Charkar frontier on November 7, whilst personally directing operations. -

He was appointed to the Field Command in June this year, and las since been directing operations against the guerillas in the Inner Menzoltan area.

Lt. General Abe was instantaneously killed when hit by a shell from a Chinese french moriar.

Amazing Revelations At Singapore Inquiry

Sirdhana Could Have Been Saved By Shot

THIS PHOTOGRAPH, exclusive to the "Hongkong Telegraph”, shows the Nazi liner Bremen's crow singing the Nazi anthem after swearing an oath to sink the ship rather than surrender her to the Allies.

Callous Murder Of Women And Children In Dutch Liner Brings Storm Of Press Protests

WAVE OF HORROR SWEEPS BRITAIN

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Nov. 21 (UP)~~A wave of indignation and horror is sweeping Great Britain as a result of the week-end Nazi massacre of innocent women and children on the High Seas.

The Indignailon is typified by the morning

the headlines in

Informed circles believe that Ger-newspapers.

many's threat of unrestricted war- The "Dally Herald": "Germany's

ANOTHER SHIP SUNK

fare against shipping, both Allied first crime in the now war on neutral Eleven_Missing In Irish

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GERMAN STEAMERS IN

KOBE PREPARE FOR SEA

Įships. A U-Boat laid the mines that

sonk the Dutch liner.”.

The "Daily Mirror": "Bobles Are

Nothing Tom

tumanity owes nothing to the Ger-

The "Daily Express" (transferring its Editorial to the front page):

man lenders who sink a ship bearing HOW some of the seven German merchant ships lying in infants in area and little children, Kobe Harbour wero aeen taking on board sand and bags and When Germany is defeated, this. were protecting their top decks, was described to a "Telegraph villain should be destroyed," representative by officers of a British steamer which arrived here this morning from Japan. their funnels so as to resemble

Crows of the German vessels were all living on board, and neutral ships.

Tila neftvily indicates, the de- many of the ships had camou-termination of the German-vessels flaged their identity by painting · PLEASE Turn To Pago 10.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

Singapore, Nov. 21 (UP). -The remarkable, revela- tion that a warning shot from a fort overlooking the entrance to Singapore har- bour could have saved the B.I. liner Sirdhana from destruction, but that the

shot could not be fired be- |cause permission could not be obtained from the Fire Commander, was made at the Singapore Supreme Court this morning, when the inquiry into the loss of the ship opened.

The

Sirdhana sank neer Singapore Jast week after striking a mine. Several livey were lost.

To-day's inquiry was prealded over

by Mr. Justice Pediow.

Saw Ship's Peril

An Armyomteur, - Capt.-J.-W-M Hopkin, said that he witnessed the arrival of the ship and saw hur stenming towards the mine-feld.

"I was commanding the battery of the fort nverlooking the harbour,

"But I could not fire a warning shot without permission from the Fire Commander, who was station- ed some distance away.

"I had no discretion in this matter." Lieut. A. Hulenti, Fire Commander at the Fort, was the next witness.

He told the Court that when Caplain Hopkin telephoned him with a request for permission to stop the Strdhana with shot across her bows, he com municated with the Port War Station, from which he took his orders.

Could Not See Ship

Mr. Justice Pedlaw: "If, by firing a round, you could save lives and the ship, you still could not give the order to fre?"

Lleut. Hulcatt: "I could not see the ship."

TRADE IS SOARING

DESPITE the war in Europe Hong- kong's trade continues to soar.

Official statistics issued by the Superin- tendent of Imports and Exports this afternoon disclose that the combined values of imports and exports of merchandise (excluding treasure) increased by 121⁄2 per cent. in October as compared with the corresponding period last month.

Exports and imports during October totalled $90,800,000, an increase of $10,000,000 over the

U.S. Ambassador corresponding period in 1938.

In Flight

The U.S. Ambassador to Warsaw, Anthony Drexel Biddle, Juur., photographed during the flight of the Embassy staff from Poland. He is seen helping to load

truck with Embassy

property.

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ITALY AND JAPAN Recognition Of Puppets Pending?

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

ROME, Nov. 21 (Domei).

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Imports totalled $40,000,000, an in- crease of $8,500,000. Exports totalled. $43,000,000, an increase of $3,500,000. During the first ten months of the curresit year, Imports imvo totalled $100,500,000 (£30;180,000 sterling), compared with $518,000,000 in the Brat ten months of 1930. Exports have totalled $440,800,000 (£27,400,-. 000), compared with $437,000,000 last. year.

Flight Of Bullion

In addition to the increased figures for merchandise, there was consider- able movement of Treasure during October.

Exports of bullion during the month totalled $18,402,172. Limports totalled only $318,430, so that the adverse movement was over eighteen inion dollars.

Whilst Hongkour's trade with other parts of the British Empire continues to decrease in perturbing fastiion, trade with Japan, the Japanese-occupied parts of China and with the United States is In- creasing by leaps and bounds, Imports from Japan totalled $1, 814,720, compared with $1,327,000 in the corresponding period last year. Exports increased from $351,607 $598,420.

Hongkong Importa from the Japanese-occupied areas in North China more than doubled, the total for, last month ($15,153,807) being $8,043,142 more than In October,.. 1038.

Exports to North Chinn decreased from $1,068,000 (in October; 1938) to $2.005,367.

Blockado Kills Trade

--The Japanese-blockade of Swatow; Foachow, Wenchow and other Middle China ports bras effectively killed Hongkong trade with those centres. Exports last

month walled only $199,000, compared with $1,303,570 in the corresponding period last year. Exports to South China is also el- mast at a standstill as a result of the PLEASE Turn To Page 10.

LATEST

U.S. LEADERS

CONFER

SHANGHAI, Nov. 21. (Domel)- An important conference of Amer-

night aboard the U.S.S. Augusta,

one at the fort has Initiative to fire Italy will accord recognition to flagship of the American Asiatic no at the fort as Informed quarters believe that can leaders in China took place last

around to save human lives or a

hip? No, Sir. Witness added that the battery was China immediately, after it is.

the Wang Ching-wei regime in Fleet there mainly for defence, and not to Inaugurated. stop ships from entering the mine- felds.

Witness added that by the time the

late,

Present at the conference were Ad- miral Hort, the Commander-in-Chief of the American Asiatic Fleet, Mr.

American

In this connection, significance Nelson T. Johnson the order to fire was released it was too is attached to an interview bo Ambassador to China, who has re turned here, from Chungking, und tween the new Japanese Am-Mr. Clarence Gauss, the American. Earlier, other witnesses explained bassador, Mr. E. Amau, and the Consul-General. the methods adopted to warn slips Italian Foreign Minister, Count of the presence of mine-fields;

FINNISH-SOVIET NEGOTIATIONS

Hopes Of Settlement

Not Abandoned HELSINGFORS, Nov. 21 (Reuter). Though no further negotiations have taken place between Soviet

Ciano.

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It was understood that the con- ference was continued until late in the night. It is understood in diplo- The Japanese Ambassador in be- matic circles that the American lead-! lleved to have explained the Japanese era discussed the recent develop vlewpoint regarding the situation in ments in Chungking as well as the Chinu. Count Ciano, it is stated, ex- situation ilkely to arise from tho, es.. pressed deep concern regarding the fablishment of a new Central Gov- position in the Far East, and endorsed ernment'in China,”... Japan's attitude towards the "con- Ambassador Johnson, accompanied struction of a New Order In East, by Admiral Hart, sailed from here Asin."

carly this morning aboard the Au- gusta for Manila where it is reported high American officials in the Far

Soon British Envoy

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day by the Foreign Office spokesman Archibald Kerr Clarke Kerr this

• Soo Back Pago: For Furthor Late Nows

Russia and Finland, following the re- SHANGHAI, Nov. 21 (Reuter)-East are meeting in a conference, turn of the Finnish delegation from Mr. Sotomatsu Kato, the Japanese Moscow, a statement issued here to Minister-at-Large, is calling on Sir sold:

morning and later is calling on Mr. Sea Drama

"We are investigating all possibili-Nelson. T. Johnson, the American LONDON, Nov. 21 (Reuter),tics, and do not wish to delay any Ambassador to China, Another British steamer the possible settlement" Arlington Court fell a victim to not yet been decided whether the Kato's recent return from Japan.

The spokesman added that it had both are courtesy calls, following Mr. It is authoritatively learned that

a U-boat to-day, belog sunk off cariler stages of the negotiations the Irish coast.

are to be discussed openly in Parlia- Meanwhile the Helsingfors Stock Exchange has reopened.

Twenty-two of the crew were ment, picked up by a Dutch steamer and 11 are still missing.

The crow abandoned the ship in two lifeboats.

Chief Engineer Dies

ESCAPED NAZIS INTERNED

New Canton Puppors

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

REVOLT IN KOREA?

CANTON, Nov. 21 (Domel)-Tlie new Municipal Government of Can-

RECENT rumours of a revolt. ton was formally Inaugurated here in Korea received substantiation on Monday, Mr. Peng Tung-yuan, to-day, when a "Domel" message chairman of the Kwangtung Pence reported that 'about 200 bandita". Maintenance Society, has been in-

Together with the pathelle pletures of the Simon Bolivar survivors, the newspapers print. columns

When the boat that was picked up of the names of survivors.

drow up alongsidɔ the Dutch rescuin AMSTERDAM, Nov. 21 (Router).

stalled as the frat Mayor of Canton. had been repulsed near Takou, in vessel, the chief engineer was dead,Four Germans who escaped from

Chiontao Province. Almost every newspaper prints a having succumbed to his wounds,

The new Municipal Government Ten Japanese soldiers were photograph of a little plecaninny with A survivor said that the two 10- were arrested in Amsterdam to-day ance, the police and the reconstruc-killed and eleven were wounded,

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