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Sailors Form Human Chain To

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

March 6, 1940.

Britain Carries Threat Into Effect

Save Man Frozen To A Raft ITÁLIAN SHIPS DETAINED

HORRORS OF THE DOMALA TRAGEDY

WITH GERMAN COAL

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" '

LONDON, MARCH 5 (UP). DESPITE

LONDON, Mar. 5 (Reuter)-An interview with ITALIAN PROTESTS, GREAT BRITAIN HAS Exchange At

Chief Officer Brown of the British India ship Domala was broadcast from Daventry yesterday.

a

Just before 6 p.m. on Saturday, he said, the Domaja was steaming along. It was fairly dark but there was the waning moon. certain amount of light from

He was the Officer-in-watch at the time with the Captain They were sailing along in fairly rough water when they saw a big black plane coming towards them, flying very low.

Its navigation lights led them to think it was friendly but that was just trickery.

on the bridge.

The

thetr

past plane swooped mate and disappeared dropping noi bombs and Bring no guns.

Hit Amidships

They were just thinking that they a were sufe when the machine roured back and dropped a high explosive cendiary bomb which hit amidshipm. went through the deck and exploded in the engine room sending fumes all over the ship.

HOLLAND FURIOUS

Reaction To German Frightfulness

AMSTERDAM, Mar. 5 (Reu-

smoke ter-Dutch newspaper corres-

|

PUT INTO EFFECT HER DECISION NOT TO PERMIT GERMAN COAL TO BE CARRIED TO ITALY.

The Minister for Economic Warfaro, Mr. Ronald Cross, revealed in the House of Commons to-day that two Italian vessels en route from Rotterdam to Genoa have been detained.

The Italian vessels concerned are the 8,631- ton Orata and the 5,968-ton Laosso.

It is understood that the Orata arrived at the Control Base, at 1 p.m. and the Laosso a few hours later.

Other Italian vessels are expected to arrive to-day and to-morrow. ITALY "SURPRISED"

A Rome message states that the seizures have sur- pondents in Berlin who enquired prised official circles, despite the fact that Britain had. For started to spring at the Wilhelmstrasse to-day in

Captain

regard to the attacks of German warned Italy that contraband control would be extended Part of the crew ran to man the planes on Dutch ships in the to German coal as from March 1. anit-aircraft gun bal before they North Sea were informed that

abandon ship.

the order to

could do anything the plane came full reports had not yet been re-

Fascist circles state that the seizures will greatly

back overhead and while some of thei

"way in ceived from the Nazi pilots con-aggravate existing relations between Italy and Britain.

were trying to get

boals, two more bombs were dropped fcerned, hut it was assumed that amidships,

The whole of the middle of the ship was blazing and roaring like an inferno.

Machine-Gunned

As the plane came back for the fourth time, the anti-aircraft gun opened fire and the fourth bomb fell harmlessly into the water.

the Dutch ships disobeyed orders given by the German planes,

A Rome message claims that

the two vessels were londed at

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LETTERS

Taipo Rural Orphanage

To the Editor,

"Hongkong Telegraph."

iven by the German planes, Rotterdam before March 1, but CANADIAN - be run it you willi

opened fire

A

without warning, spokesman, added, they were acting contrary to International Law.

Hard To Explain Away Dutch commentators point out that As the plane roared overhead liin not one single case has any warning raked the decks with machine-gun by German planes been mentioned

together with a Dutch ship.

The destroyer thst picked up the

men in boats and un enfts.

contraband

The

they

"German

now ceased," the Minister stated.

- Vatican Intercedes

ELECTION

Opposition Leader

On Conscription OTTAWA, Mar. 5 (Reuter)-

allow me to express, through your took the paper, to all those who trouble and the time to come to the Talpo Rural Orphanage last Saturday, the delighted gratitude of the Com mittee.

We had expected perhaps nifty friends to come. There were nearly five times that number.

we

emelency.

their

RONALD HONGKONG.

were unable to sail owing to ad- verse weather conditions. For this reason it had been believed in Rome that they at least would have been exempt from British contraband regulations.

Authoritative circles in Rome stole

Though we have reached our first bullets as it tried to kill the anti-by witnesses or survivors. Moreover, thint the incident might lead to "grave

then this unless the planes concerned were seedevelopments." alrcraft gun crew and

planes it was manifestly impossible In announcing the detention of the Dr. Robert J. Manion, leader of century (with 52 boys and 48 girls). are still feeling our way. We appeared.

A destroyer came to the rescue for them to search Dutch ships for two Italian ships, Mr. Ronald Cross the Opposition in the Canadian ask our friends to forgive our many

legally reiter were

reiterated the warning that any Ger- Parliament, accused the Liberal ovious Imperfections. With You can make all the fuss you bound to do before trying to sink man coal exported via Rotterdam to Leaders of having deceived the help and counsel we hope to grow can about those naval chops," said them,

Dutch Government, has an Italy would be liable to seizure, and

ships carrying such coal would be people of Quebec on the con- steadily in numbers, Imagination and Mr. Brown, they were simply grant!.

a broadcast Hlable to detention as a Prize in nc-scription issue in People like me have them to thank nounced its intention to "take steps" as soon as it possesses the necessary

cordance with the amplified British clection aldreys. for being alive."

information, but the newspapers | 201

Dr. Manion declared: "Their whole regulations.

Kowloon Beggars bitterly point out that all Dutch pro-contre ces exports to Italy have object is to divide Quebec from the rest.of Canada for political purposes."

Sir-Could not the Police take Mr. Brown said that he was at the tests about her torpedoed ships have

been disregarded by Berlin.

some action to round up the increas- stern with some of the passengers

Failure in The Last War

ing number of beggars, most of whem and members of the crew.

are suffering from malformations or The destroyer tried to turne along- The leader in the "Algemeen

Expressing himself us absolutely disease, who are clustering eround side twice so that they could leap Handelsblad" declares that the can City circles that the Holy See on board but the heavy well made abominable procedure of German has informed the Italian Government opposed to conscripiton, Dr. Manion the bus stops in Kowloon.

These people rely upon the fact that this operation diment. They had to fiers cries to high heaven. Flaming that Vatican diplomats are at Italy's said: "If I am elected Prime Minister

disposal to resolve the Anglo-Italian of Canada, there will be no conscrip- intending passengers must wait at resort to life lines fired from the Indignation blazes up in our per 2011 dispute umicably in line with the tien put into effect by the Govern the bus stops for the arrival of the

on learning of such outrages by

Conscription, to my buses and descend in อ veritable the ment I lead. of They pulley of keeping Italy Engineer's Incredible Pluck German airmen yesterday.

mind, was a failure in the last war as swarm the minute anyone arrives. He had a special word of praise smeared their own emblem with present confictood that Bis Holiness. It raised only about 10,000 men from

It is

They are particularly bad in Nathan for an engineer who was hurt in the innocent blood. It is an instance of

frightfulness, devol of all human the Pope hus also telegraphed Car-more than 500,000 and stirred up Road at the bus stop near the Austin first explosion.

mutch misunderstanding of

our Road Junction, and also By some means this man crawled feeling. These airmen have damaged dinal Himsley, the Archbishop

bus stops in Prince Edward Road and through the shaft tunnel and up the the German name in a way that Westminster, and Monsignor William country."

Waterloo, Road. perpendicular ladder.

German propaganda won't easily Godfrey, the Apostolic Delegate to London, asking them to co-operate to Twice the crew of the whinler tried repair,"

their fullest in the Vatican's.

attempt to bring about a quick rapprochemetit. Supplics Have Ceased LONDON, Mar. 5 (Reuter).-"Any ships which now sail as neutral ves- sels carrying German coal from Rotterdam are detained, and already to-day two vessels have been detain- ed" stated Mr. Ronald Cross, re-

warship.

to get across to him but failed owling

to the heavy seas.

him

· Flually--they-tied-n-life-lino-to |~ and fixed a life bell around himį and let him renlly down into the { water. The poor fellow could not stand the adultional strain of the bitterly cold water,

An R.A.F. plane helped the

des-

Flaming Indignation

Japan's Peace Formula

It is authoritatively stated in Vati-

out

troyer to save another member of Government Statement lying to a question in the House of

the crew, a young endet who was on

his first trip.

board.

In

Scottish Lt. Wins M. C.

First Blood To B.E.F.

a

the

זי

at several

Apart from the fact that some- thing should be done to care for these malformed people, their presence on the streets is not a good advertise- ment-for-Hongkong, and-particularly- for Kowloon. can hardly conceive that the police would permit these tram Etops in the mid-level or Peak areas on the island, so why In Kowloon?

PRINCE EDWARD ROAD.

No Burma Oil

For China

Repayment Scheme

In Operation

Conspicuous Daring people to operate on the bus or

And Resource

LONDON, Mor. 5 (Reuter).~~Li. Commons to-day. Expected Shortly

Asked further whether German (Acting Captain) John Alexander The lod was the only survivor of

(Reater).The coal was being exported in Italian MacKenzie, of the Gloucestershire TOKYO, Mar. 0 alx men who were on a raft.

Government will issue a statement in vessels from Rotterdam to Italy, Mr. Regiment, has been awarded the The Navy Way

That has now ecased." Military Cross for conspicuous dar- the near future, probably sometime Cross stated:

ing and resource. Just A Great Big Bully The planes spotted him and guided this month, setting forth Japan's the destroyer to the raft to which he tentative peace terms or what it is

Li. MacKenzie on January 13, was was literally frozen. The only way called in official eireles here, "o

THE HAGUE, Mar, 5 (Reuter). to get him off was, by

listening patrol. In front of method formula for the disposal of the China Another attempt to persuade neatraisar Zeurange with two men on adopted by the Navy,

that Britain is just a great big bully German lines he encountered a Ger- Incident." Several men formed a human

These terms have already been has been made by the German Lego- chain over the side of the destroyer communicated to the House of Peers (tion here which replied to the British/man patrol about 20 strong.

LONDON, Mar, 5 (Reuter).---Mr. until one man was able to grab and the House of Representatives at statement made recently on navicerts.

The neutrals, him and wrench his hands free their present sessions.

says the

German

Geoffrey Lloyd, Secretary for Mines, He allowed the patrol to approach replying to a question in the House from the raft and drag him wit The China Affairs Board met in Legation, are being Intimidated by

within ten yurds before machine-of Commons to-day, sald that no oll cosmawence.

last evening to discuss the Britain.

It is not in keeping with neutrality gunning them, felling two Germans products had been sold by the Burma Indian Indignation

Oil Company to China, and that no The date of issue of the statement to conform to the demands of enemy and scattering the rest. BOMBAY, Mar. 6. (Reuter). Details of the attack on the B.I. liner may be timed to be simultaneous Powers, concluded the German Lega- Three hours later, Lt. MacKenzie such sales were contemplated.

led a battle patrol into the same area The Burny Oll Company, on behalf Domala have been prominently dis-with the opening of the political tion.

Four Moro Ships On Way and returned to the British lines of other companies, not producers of played in Indian papers, and the conference in Nanking, which will

carrying one dead German.

olf, in India and Burma have made headlines reflect the horror and in-proceed with the inauguration of the

BOTTERDAM. Mir. 5 (Router) There were no British casualties available certain supplies to Chinn on dignation felt at the outrage, which new puppet Central Government of

Four more Itailan colliers laden with and it is believed these are the first the understanding that equivalent has claimed a heavy toll of Indian Chinn under Wang Ching-wel.

German con! for Italy left here to-German casualties inflicted by the supplies are simultaneously repaid day. Six others are still in the Infantry B.EF.

nt a port in Burma or India. harbour.

No question has, therefore arisen French N.C.O. Decorated Talks Suspended

of supplying China at the expense of SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

Burma or India, and the effect on LONDON, Mar, 5 (Reuter)-Lord exchange is exactly the same as if ROME, Mar. 6 (UP)It is an Gort to-day decorated with a military imported supplies are sent direct to

the Anglo-Italian

a French non-commissioned China. economic talks to be held in Rome officer destroyed

who

German а have been suspended, unofficial con- strong point when acting as Liaison lacts are continuing.

Oficer to the British forces, tele- More Ships Arrivo

phones Reuter's correspondent with LONDON, Mar. 0 (UP)-A total the B.E.F

Italian steamers have now General Voruz, head of French

Ilves.

The "Bombay Chronicle," organ of the Indian National Congress, saya: "The Nazis have gone mad. They have lost all sense of reason and all instincts of humanity,'

The newspaper considers that the brutality of the German airmen was Accentuated by the fact

that the

Arabs And The Allies

Indian victims were those whom the Beyrouth Newspaper's Germans had held prisoners since

the outbreak of war but had consent- ed to repatriate,

Plebiscite

B

nounced

that

mcdn

Anglo-French

(Reuter) arrived at the British Contraband Mision General Headquarters, Trade Talks

ber:

The "Lahore Tribune" says: "The LONDON, Mar. reports of butchery done by the Continuing the plebiscite on why Control Base in the Downs,

then decorated with the Croix Guerre Germans have created a wave of Arabs should support the Allies, the Britain has dealt the hardest blow another French Liaison Officer who, anger in India. India will not for- Beyrouth paper, "Annalar," publish- aimed at any neutral Power since while accompanying a part of the get this act of Nazi brutality,"

ed 11 statement by Muhyiddin; she adopted the policy of reprisals Norfolk Regiment, took over after the Nusculi, a noted Musilm Journalist against German exports last Decem- British officer was killed and led the and politician.

Norfolks back safely to British lines, Nusoull declares: "I want the

Germany sends Italy about 9,000,-' Allies to win the war because I 000 tons of coal annually. About believe that authority should be in two-thirds are transported by sea the hands of the community and not routes. the individual, that nations should

Four more Italian coal shipp left LONDON, Mar, 5 (Reuter)In the not be divided into masters and Rotterdam to-day in addition to the House of Commons to-day, Mr. slaves, and that the principles of right Anthony Eden sald that following an, and justice should supersede those of six which left over, the week-end.

NEWFOUNDLAND VOLUNTEERS

Badminton Singles Result

Delegates Welcomed

At Opening

LONDON, Mor, 5 (Reuler). British and French trade talks, sponsored by the Federation

of

Paris Communists Urfish industries, opened here to-day

one

Rounded Up

when Lord Dudley Elect of the Federon, President- welcomed. Vaiting delegates, including the heads of a wide group of French industries PARIS, Mar. 5 (Reuter).--Twenty- including coal, chemicals, wool,

arrested cotton, metals and engineering. persons have been following the discovery by the Police

Lord Dudley Gordon in his speech of numerous bundles of Communist sald that it would be the purpose pamphlets and multigraphed copies of the discussions to see where and of the banned newspaper, "Hu how Anglo-French Industries could munite," 171 underground rallway best co-operate.

exchange of views with the British Nistche and Michiavelli, which have Government, the Government.

during the of inspired Nari activities Newfoundland recently eniled for Just three years,” volunteers. They called for 1,300 The statement concludes: "The men for service with the Royal democracles have struggled in the Artillety.

last few years against aggressive The men will be trained in the forces, but the bright and happy United Kingdom and will be posted future which awaits humnnity when P. 8. BUN entered the second round carriages in Paris.

Such collaboration would serve not AS SOON AT possible.

the Allies win the war is-worth, all' of the Colony men's senior singles, The arrested include 10 employees nly to haaten success in the struggle A call for recruits had met with these precious sacrifices, and the badminton / championship when ho of the underground railway, and the but after the war would make a the most enthusiastic response, Mr. Arabs will certainly share the fruits beat H. E. Teola by 15-3, 15-0 on the fornier editor of "Humanite, who is valuable contribution to the establish- Eden said.

of victory and the happy future." University courts recently.

alleged to have acted as lendor, mont of a stable and enduring peace.

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LONDON, Mar. 5 (UP)—The .131⁄2 n. widespread theory that the ..77 . month of March will see Ger-

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