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FINAL EDITION

Hongkong Telegraph.

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No, 19032

Roosevelt's Message

THERE IS A VAST DIFFERENCE FROM KEEPING OUT OF THE WAR AND PRETENDING THAT THE WAR IS NONE OF OUR BUSINESS.

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--ILE THURSDAY, JANUARY 4;. 1940.

to Congress Tells

MODERN MAN CAN NO LONGER LIVE A CIVILIS- ED LIFE IF WE ARE TO GO BACK TO THE PRACTICES OF WARS AND CONQUESTS.

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THE FUTURE WORLD WILL BE A SHABBY AND A DANGEROUS PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE IF IT IS RULED BY FORCE IN THE HANDS OF A FEW.

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WE CANNOT PRETEND THIS WAR IS NOT OUR BUSINESS"

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$272,000,000 WASHINGTON. JAN. 3 (UP)-PRESIDENT

Wanted For U.S. Defences

President's Request To Congress WASHINGTON, Jan. (Reuter). President Roose volt has asked Congress to immediately appropriate $271,-, 999,523 in order to safeguard America's noutrality and to strongthon national defence.

mado in a letter to Mr. William Bank-. head. Speaker of the House of Representatives.

The request was

Mr. Roosevelt explains that the appropriation would sup. plement the funds previously mado available for the depart. ments of War, Navy. Justice and Coast Guards for the cur

ROOSEVELT THIS AFTERNOON DELIVERED WHAT WAS, IF HE DOES NOT BREAK PRECEDENT BY SEEKING RE-ELECTION FOR THE THIRD TIME, HIS PENULTIMATE ANNUAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. THE UNITED STATES, HE DECLARED, WILL

KEEP OUT OF WAR.

"An overwhelming majority of Americans have

not abandoned the hope and expectation that the United States will not become involved in. the European War in a military sense." he said. "But there is a vast difference from keeping out of war and pretending that this war is none of our business.

"We don't have to go to war. But at least we

can arrive with other nations to encourage. the kind of peace that will lighten the troubles of the world.

rent fiscal year ending june 30, | ACTION FOR PEACE 1940.

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NAVY PRECAUTIONS WASHINGTON, Jan. (Router)Mr. Charles Edi son, Acting Secretary of the U.S. Navy, has asked Congress to empower President Rooso- velt, "should a national emer- gency arise," to procure-ships and materials and to comman- door factories and the like.

"The United States must be an active and powerful

influence in seeking the re-establishment of peace.

"The war in Europe arose from mismanagement of social

and economic forces, causing a revolution against dictatorship.

we must continue our preparations, and I urge substan- tial defence appropriations, based not on panic but on common-sense.”.

Mr. Edison describes the proposals as a precautionary move in a letter to CongrossThe and points out that President Wilson was granted similar powers. in March, 1917, 3 month before America entered the war.

Mr. Edison adds that the request does not, anticipate that the United States will be

involved in war,

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ESCORT FOR

HITLER'S ENGLISH "GIRL-FRIEND"

President enumerated the increased taxes which he recommended for national defence.

Practically all the Government's expenses, with the exception of those for national defence would be reduced in 1941, he forecast, but added the warning that the problem of the unemployed still remained unsolved.

Chinese Flag Re-Hoisted At Shumchun

SHUMCHUN, Hongkong border| city, which has been in the hands of the Japanese, has been re-entered by Chinese troops. Photograph shows Chinese standing to attention as the national Ang in hoisted.

U.S. SHIP DETAINED AT GIB.

May Be Held As Prize Of War

SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH GIBRALTAR, Jan. 4, (UP)—

"Our programme of social improvement must be |carried on to preserve the gains we have already made

and to provide jobs and a living wage for the unemployed. The American Export Line's DICTATORS v. DEMOCRACY

"I ask all Americans to look ahead and see the first possi- bilties for our children in a world, the rest of which is dominated. by concentrated force alone.

"I ask Americans to envisage the second effect on our fúture If the small nations of the world are shorn of their independence:

by military systems.

"I ask Americans to see ahead the kind of lives our children SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" will lead if much of the rest of the world is conípelled to worship FOLKESTONE, Jan. 3. (UP), a god imposed by military rule or is forbidden to worship at all, -Hitler's self-styled "English or is deceived of true news. Girl-Friend," Unity. Freeman-

“I ask Americans to see the fourth effect on our future if Mitford, arrived here on the world trade is controlled by military force by any nation or any Channel steamer Antonia at 3.34 group of nations. p.m. to-day.

5,109-ton freighter Executive THIS IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED to Hongkong's only rail connection. has been detained by the British with the outside world. Across the border from Lowu, miles of rullway Navy, and her cargo, consisting track have disappeared, torn up by Chinese guerillas in order to pre- of 13,000 pieces of pure nickel vent the line being used by the Japanese, tubing, has been seized as contraband.

into

The Executive was brought Gibraltar to-day. Her action renders her linble to seizure as a prize of war.

Registered in New York, she was launched there in 1020.

Hongkong

Docks To

Build New Steamers

Finnish Airmen Take Up

Attack

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEORAPH"

HELSINGFORS, Jan. 4 (UP)-Finland's gallant air force roared into action across Soviet-occupied ter- ritory to-day, when a mass raid was carried out on the Soviet base at Illinahamari, the port for the Petsamo

area.

The Red Air Force gave battle to the Finnish bombers and, according to an official communi- que, "considerable nerlul activity ensued."

The report neither indicates the number of planes involved, the result of the raid, nor the number of planes brought down.

The planes were of the speedy bomber type-much speedict th those comprising Finland's pre-war

lr force,

Qualled observers believe that they were either Italian or British type machines.

Arctic Front Quiet

The Arctic front otherwise remains quiet. Finnish claims to have re- captured the Peleano oren are dis- proved.

Elsewhere on the land front, the Finns are silli strongly attacking the Russians, who maintain the defensive throughout.

A Russian company at Alltekeji has been wiped out. the result of

a strong Finnish attack, and Finnish troops have now renched the western shore of Lake Lokkejavervi.

The only Russian activity has been on the Karelian Isthmus at Talpale- joki, where the Mannerhielm Line has bogged their advance. Two powerful Infantry thrusts north of Lake Hat- Janlahfi were repulsed.

Holsingfors Alarms

Acrinl activity continues In southern Finland, and there were several air raid alarms in the capital. Two houses were set afire by in-

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LATEST

INTERPORT FOOTBALL MYSTERY

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH SHANGHAI, Jan. 4 (UP)—The Shanghal Football Association this morning announced that it had so far not received confrmation of Hong- kong's acceptance to visit Shanghat to play football. Interport this February.

An official revealed that "a letter had been sent to the Hongkong Foot- ball Association naking for definite confirmation as Hongkong's earlier letter was only a tentative acceptance.

THE "TELEGRAPH” understands that the British Government is shortly placing orders in the Colony for the building of a number of cargo ships. The number is not yet definitely stated, but it is believed that, for a beginning, four ships will be ordered, shared evenly byparently gone astray. The Assocf- Prize crews are placed in the Taikoo and Kowloon Bund Leader

Contraband Law`·.

•Under "Modern man can no longer live n civilised life if wo are to

International Law, any neutral ship whitch is considered to She was carried off the vessel on go back to the practice of wars and conquests of the soventeenth

be carrying contraband to an enemy s stretcher Urough a lane of steel- und eighteenth centuries.

country can be taken as a prize, · helmeted soldiers with fixed bayoneta "When the time, comes, the Three. RAF. pursuit planes roared. overhead,

United States. must use its

Nazis Lose

Unity, still with a heavy bandage influence to open the trade around her head, was mot by her channels of the world, in order father, Lord Redesdale,

that no nations will need feel Friends said that the bandage hidi

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* bullet wound in her neck, the re- compelled in later days to seek rull. It is claimed, of an attempt to by force of arms what can well commit suickly.

be gained by peaceful confer- jence.

Father's Statement

"I emphasise the leadership which Because she is too weak to travel further Unity and her father are this nation can take when the time remaining in Folkestone until Thurs- comes for a renewal of world ponce. "Such influence will be greatly day, when they will leave by ambu- lance for the family's country estate weakened if this Government be in Buckinghamshire,

"Whatever accident betell my selfishness. daughter was due to the fallure of

Unity's friends in England bellsvoj

Two Planes

Aerial Activity On Western Front

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" PARIS, Jan. 4. (UP),-Air

Western Front.

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positions in such merchantmen to take them back to port to a prize court, which administers internation- al law.

Dockyards.

The exact tonnage of these projected vessels has not been announced, but it is understood

Expelled

Hongkong which, so far, has not been that they will be slightly smaller American Nazis

Such a court is established in Gibraltar. There is another in called upon to bdjudicate in this war, although it did so in the Great War.

Death Of Japanese

comes the dog in the manger of trade city has been resumed on the Financial Magnate

No Alliances

her efforts to restore Anglo-German re-commill myself to the policy friendship, Lord Redesdale sald.of no entangling alliances for my that she shot herself in desperation country. because England went to war with Germany.

But the "Dally Herald" suggcolo to-day that Unity wne aliot

In

Munich strent by Gestapo agents Be

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It is officially olammed that French filters brought down two German bombers on the Rhineland front.

A Royal Air Force plane was forced down in Belgian territory yesterday after it had been attacked by three Messerschmidta,

Tiut I must add the warning that ik becomes clester and clearer that the future world will do a altabby

Ong of the crew of the RAF. and a stangerous place in which to machine was killed and the remain livo even for Americans to live in Ing two were injured. The fattor

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SPECIAL TO.THE "TELEGRAFN".

Take Action

than the Breconshire and the Glenorchy, leaving to those shipo the honour of being the biggest

LONDON, Jan. 4 (Reuter)-James Vessels yet bullt in Hongkong. Wheeler I, the National Secretory They will represent a truly Ime of the German-American Bund, who perial undertaking, for Britain will shortly will be tried for perjury, has provide the orders, Australia the been expelled from the organisation, 'steel, and Hoogkong the labour.

according to the "Exchange Ecle- Steal plates and reds have poured graph's New York correspondent. from the holds of ships recently

This correspondent states that this follows the embarrasslrig discovery TOKYO, Jan, 4. (Domei),One of arrived from Australia.

that he is neither German HOT Japan's leading financial agures, Mr.

American but was born in the former Kalchiro Nezu led this morning at [ ·

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (Reuter)-Russian territory which is now the age of 81;

It is learned on high authority that Latvia, 4 Mr. Nezu with a Member of the the Attorney General, Mr. Frank Ifill le secured of making false House of Pears, the representative of Murphy, former High Commissioner statements in, the telût of Fritz Kuhn, the Nézu Gomej Kalshn, the head of of the Philippines, will be appointed lender of the German-American the Tobu Railway Company, and a to the Supreme Court and that the Bund, who has since been sentenced. director of several business corpora- Solicitor-General, Mr. Robert Jack-to prison for misappropriation of the tions.

son, will become Attorney General. Bund's funds.

Hongkong's second letter has op- ation has already definitely assured | Shanghai that it will send an Inter- port team up during the coming Chinese New Year. In fact tho Association is holding a meeting to- ̈ night with the idea of selecting the Colony's team.

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