Sailors Form Human Chain To Save Man Frozen To A Raft
Wednesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
JAPANESE
I
March 6, 1940.
INVADING
HORRORS OF THE CHUNGSHAN DISTRICT
Landing Made
DOMALA TRAGEDY Cabinet Changes At Heungchau West Indies As
LONDON, Mur. 5 (Reuter).—An interview with Chief Officer Brown of the British India ship Domala was broadcast from Daventry yesterday.
Just before 6 p.m, on Saturday, he said, the Domala was steaming along. It was fairly dark but there was a certain amount of light from
the waning moon.
He was the Officer-in-watch at the time with the Captain on the bridge.
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.
thelr!
The plane swooped past masts and disappeared dropping noi bomba and firing nú guns.
Hit Amidships
Scottish Lt.
Wins M.C.
Conspicuous Daring
They were just thinking that they were safe when the machine roared": buck and dropped a high explosive! incendiary bomb which bat amidship. went through the deck and explodes LONDON, Mar.
с And Resource
(Reuter)-LI.
in the engle room sending smoke(Acting Captain) John Alexander MacKenzie, of the Gloucestershire fumes all over the ship.
Flames soon started to spring up. Regiment, has been awarded the The Captain ave abandon ship.
the order
Military Cross for conspicuous dar- 'ing and resource,
1. Mackenzie on January 13 was Part of the crew ran to man the
they near Zeorange with two men on before anti-aircraft gun hut
of the came stening patrol. In front could do anything the plane back overhead and while some of the fermen lines he encountered a Ger-
away. In man patrol about 20 stron
crew
rew were trykig to get beats, two more bombs were dropped; amidships.
The whole of the middle of the ship was blazing and reming like an Machine-Gunned
inferno.
As the plane came back for the fourth time, the anti-aircraft gun opened fire and the fourth bomb fell harmlessly into the water.
As the plane roared overhead it
raked the decks with machine-gun
bullets as it tried to kill the anti- aircraft can crew and then dis- appeared.
a destroyer came to the rescue together with a Dutch ship
First Blood To B.E.F.
Three hours Inter, Lt. Mackenzie led a battle patrol into the sartre area jand returned to
Belish lines
British ensunities There were no currying one dead German. and believed these are the first German casualties inflicted by the Infantry B.EF.
Said Likely
Mar. LONDON,
(UP),— 5 Political observers here foresee a possible Cabinet shake-up during the Easter recess of the House of Conunons with the powible result of ousting Lord Chatfield, Minis- ter of Co-ordinallyn and Befence, Mr. Leslie Burgin, Minister of Supply, Sir R. II. Dorman-Smith,
Agriculture
and Minister of Fisheries, and Mr. W. S. Morri son, MInister of Food.
Observers predict that the
of the shake-up will be result either the creation of a separate small War Cabinet which will concentrate on the prosecution of the war excluding departmental duties, or reconstruction of the Cabinet personnel on the basis of criticisms
indivkloal of their work. The latter is believed to be more likely,
Arabs And The Allies
Beyrouth Newspaper's
Plebiscite
LONDON, Mar. 5 (Reuter),- Continuing the plebiscite on: why
זיי
Chungshan, Mar. 5. Japanese forces landed at Ileung- chau at 9 a.m. lo-day following They delling by four destroyers. used, over rubber boats.
to
The Japanese are estimated number 400. They are advancing slowly, meeting some Chinese opposi- tion.
The Japanes ure evidently k.. tempting to cut the highway between Maeno and Shekki,
It is estimuted that over 20,000 villagers entered Macao to-day,
coastal
a second
Debts Payment
WASHINGTON, Mar. 5 (UP). -Senator Reynolds and Repro- sentative Randolph have formed th resolution asking President Roosevelt to negotiate with Britain for the acquisition of the Western Hemisphere islands in part payment of war deble
The resolution names the Ber- mudas, Bahamas, Jamales with the Turks and Caicos and Cayman Islands, Trinidad, Tobago, Bar- bados, Leeward, Antigua, BL Kitts-Nevis, Dominica, Montser rat, Windward, Grenada, Grena- lines, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and British Honduras.
The Japanese attack was entirely unexpected. Their landing probably succeeded owing to dense fog after the heavy shelling of the villages. One
advanced column
from! ***** Tongka to Hacnak.. Ali une villages are blazing flereely as the invaders pass through them and enium has reached within striking distance of Chelmel, near the lugn- way to Macau. Both columna mieling sme resistance from the while the main farmer Irregulars. body of Chinese volunteers are Body
10 awaiting the Japanese advance engage them on suitable ground.
Are
One report says that the Japanese were busy removing grain and other foodstuffs the whole afternoon.-
Our Own Currespondent."
Looting At Tawangpu
Sheki, Mar. 5.
Hardship For Chinese
New British War Loan
£300,000,000 To Be Raised At 3%
He said subscriptions must be completed by March 15.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH LONDON, March 5 (UP),— In the House of Commona to-day Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced that a new war loan totalling £300,000,- About one hundred mercenary riff-|000 at 3 per cent. will be issued He allowed the patrol to approach Arabs should support the Allies, the raft landed from a Japanese gun- within ten yards before machine-Beyrouth paper, "Annahar," publish- buat yesterday morning at Tawang-at par and redeemable at 16 and
1 statement by Muhyiddin pu in this county, which was loot-19 years. gunning them, felling two Germans ed and scattering the rest.
Nusoul, a noted Muslim Journalist ed. Then they returned to the ship and politician.
and sailed away.-Special. Nasouli declares:
the Want Allies to win the the
war because I
To Bo Opened March 12 believe that authority should be in the hands of the community and not
Macau, Mar. 5.
LONDON, Mur, & (Reuter).-In Japanese aeroplanes are once more the individual, that nations should
divided into masters and seen frequently over Chungshan and the House of Commons to-day. Sir not be
'Chancellor of the slaves, and that the principles of right reports from districts close by-Sun John Simon,
Shuntak-indicate and
that Exchequer, announced that a Wor French N.C.O. Decorated and justice should supersede those of Wul
BreLoan of £300,000,000 for 15 to 19 LONDON, Mar. 5 (Reuter)-Lord Nieiche and Michiavelli, which have Japanese troops and gunboats
years at three per cent, will be issued during the again very active. Gori to-day decorated with a military inspired Nazi activities
Brigandage has also broken out in at par. meda French non-commissioned last three years."
who destroyed German The statement concludes: "The number of places, and refugees aro
The lists will be opened on March the drifting Into Macao. strong point when acting as Liaison democracies have struggled in
In some parts of the West River 12 and closing on March 13..
Ten per cent, will be payable on Offeer to the British forces, tele-last few years against aggressive
tolls from Chinese cargo application and the balance on April phimes Reuter's correspondent with forces, but the bright and happy Delta, Japanese units are demanding the B.E.F.
future which awaits humanity when heavy
boats, and there is some dislocation 15. General Voruz, hend of the French the Allies win the war is worth all Mission
al General Headquarters, these precious sacrifices, and the in food supplies coming to Macao.
As a result of the Japanese occupa-
"You can make all the tuss you cer can about thore naval chaps," said Mr. Brown, "they were simply rand. People like me have them to thank for being alive."
The destroyer first picked up the men in bouts and on rafts.
IN
Mr. Brown said that he was at the then decorated with the Croix Guerre Arabs will certainly share the fruits tion of several points in the West stern with some of the passengers another French Liaison Ofleer who, of victory and the happy future."
while accompanying a part of the Norfolk Regiment, look over after the British officer was killed and led the Norfolks back safely to British lines.
and members of the crew.
The destroyer tried to come along side twice so that they could leap on board but the heavy swell mude this operation difficult. They had to resort to lifelines fired from the
Engineer's Incredible Pluck He had a special word of praise for an engineer who was hurt in the first explosion.
By some means this man crawled through the shaft tunnel and up the perpendicular ladder,
Twice the stew of the whaler tried
to the heavy seas.
CANADIAN ELECTION
Opposition Leader
On Conscription
broadcast
to get across to him but failed owing| OTTAWA, Már. 5′′ (Reuter)
Finally they led a life line to Dr. Robert J. Manion, lender of him and fixed a life belt around him the Opposition in the Canadian and let him gently down into die Parliament, accused the Liberal water. The poor fellow could not Leaders of having deceived the stand the additional strain of the people of Quebec on the con- bitterly cold water.
des-scription issuo in An R.A.F. plane helped the troyer to save another inember of election aldress,
Dr. Manion declared: "Their whole the crew, a young cadet who was on
object is to divide Quebec from the his first trip.
The lad was the only survivor of rest of Canada for political purposes."
Failure In The Last War Expressing himself as absolutely opposed to conseripiton, Dr. Munion The planes spotted him and guided said: "If I am elected Prime Minister the destroyer to the raft to which he of Canada, there will be no conscrip was literally frozen. The only way tion put into effect by the Govern- to get him off was by method ment I lend
1
six men who were on a raft.
The Navy Way
adopted by the Navy.
Several men formed a buran
Conscription, iny
mind, was a failure in the last war as it raised only about 10,000 men from
much misunderstanding n our country."
LETTERS
Taipo Rural Orphanage
To the Editor,
afty
City Welcomes
River and abandonment of farms by John Simon's war loan announcement LONDON, Mar. 5 (Reuter)-Sh the Chinese, there is considerable was welcomed enthusiastically in the distress. This had resulted in a
ה
steady increase in the price of rice, city, says "Reuter's" City Editor.
It is expected to constitute arid
in some nlaces the cost has
the stabilising influence in
market risen to $60 a picul, the highest price for Government securities, in history-Reuter.
Some circles even suggest that it may have a tonic effect on current prices.
Japanose. Reinforced
Shekki, Mar. 4. Laden with troops and horses, four Japanese gunboats passed through yesterday morning from the Kongmoon-Sunwui sector to join in the fighting around Taleung and Kwalchuu south of Canton.
here
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Nova Scotia To Help Win War'
"Our Most Important Consideration"
THEFT OF RIFLES
Daring Robbery From London Barracks
London, Mar. 5.
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Mar. 5 (Reuter). "Winning the war is now our Aral and most Important con-
The theft of several cases of small sideration." declared a speech from arms and ammunition from the West the Throne read by the Chief Justice London Barracks was revealed to-day Sir Joseph Chisholm of the opening by an anonymous letter sent to Scot- of the Legislature.
Innd Yard which is investigating the
Have the Chinese terms and issue price are exactly "The speech" added that many other mystery with the assistance of Police
that is achieved,
"Hongkong Telegraph." Sir-1 shall be grateful if you will allow me to express, through your paper, to all those who took the Trouble and the time to come to the Talpo Rural Orphanage last Saturday, _The_transfer_of___Japanese_from_It is generally believed-that-the- the delighted gratitude of the Com
chance to raid that town on March right in the present market
con-matters of interest and advantage to officers with wide knowledge of the mittee.
2, whereupon street balle broke out ditions for this kind of loan.
Nova Scotia must be postponed until methods and activities of the Irish
Republican Army men. hi the western suburbs. The raid-
It is stressed in official circles that
How the
cases were stolen rs claimed to have killed over forty
that Nova baffling mystery as a military police- puppet soldiers and set fire to the no further war loan will be issued
The speech revealed terms as favourable as those now on Though we have reached our first barracks before they were
Scotia had taken steps to make the man is always on duty at the depot forced announced. It is hoped that the
gate and also a strong military guard more province's mineral resources century (with 52 boys and 48 girls), out. Other Chinese columns are ad- banks will give reasonable assistanco we are still feeling our way. We vancing on Kongmoon from Hokshan la the shape of temporary credit readily avaliable for Canada's waris maintained there day and night. ask our friends to forgive our many in the west and from the Fatshan-tangements for the smaller investors effort. obvious imperfections. With their Kongmoon highway, help and counsel we hope to grow
effelenicy.
We had expected perhaps friends to come. There were nearly five times that number.
Dr-
anxious to subscribe but who are
In the sector to the south of mot in position to complete payment steadily in numbers, imagination and Kongmoon, Japanese bluejackets and do April 15 of the 50 per cent of the Z.B.W. Programmes mercenary forces are making another remaining due after meeting the 10 attempt to invest Sheungshut and per cent. application money. Sha-tu in order to reach Szeyap and
RONALD HONGKONG.
During February
is a
There are several tracks in the depot but when these trucks are load- fed or unloaded all goods are checked. When the anonymous letter was re- ceived the ammunition was checked over, revealing that several Cotes were missing. The soldiers on duty over the week-end have been already
by officers.
future occasions.
chain over the side of the destroyer more than 500,000 and stirred up disease, who are clustering around north in order to hinder the Japan- so far financed by additiopp. 203 to Chinese programmes (ZEK)~~~ | future issues, but it would not be
until one man was able to grab him and wrench his hands free from the raft and drag him on board.
Not Hannibal Wreckage
Air Liner's Fate Still A Mystory
that there is no hope of finding sur- vivors.
Japan's Peace Formula
*
The China Affairs Boned mei la conference last evening to discuss the "formula"
The date of issue of the statement
be timed to
may
statement now.
Kowloon Beggars
Samfow, where a state of emergency. Chancellor's Announcement is again declared. However, large
Actual hours of transmission by the closely questioned Sir-Could not the Police take numbers of Chinese troops are sin- LONDON Mar. 5 (Reuter)-Sir
Hongkong Broadcasting Studio dur-United Press. ing February totalled 4114, of which some action to round up the Increas- tloned at Sheungshul and Tusha, John Simon, at the outset of the Ing number of beggars, most of whom while other Chinese detachments are announcement, said that our very 208% were devoted to European pro-borne in mind in respect of possible
grammes (ZBW)-83 in the morn- are suffering from malformations or counter-attacking Kucheng to the large national expenditure had been
taxution ing and 145% in the evening-and There would certainly have to be the bus stops in Kowloon.
ese-Special,
imposed last September, by an These people rely upon the fact that
precluble neresse in the volume of 50 in the morning and 145 in the wise or prudent for him to make any Intending passengers must wait at
Treasury bills and the
the ever-mounting evening. the bus stops for the arrival of the
proceeds of the very successfui aov- Apart from recorded programmes He appreciated the point made by buses and descend in a veritable
ings campaign since November, the following items were broadcast Mr. Leach about preventing would- swarm the minute anyone arrives.
Tho Government's appeal for over ZBW. Studio "Ber" 1; studio be lenders on this side entering into They are particularly bad in Nathan
subscriptions to a large loan
concerts 18: studio talks 15; local collusion with some friend abroad to Road at the bus stop near the Austin
necessarily to be delayed until it was relays (including Church services) 0; get better terms. Rand junction, and also at several
felt that the market was ripe for its Daventry relays (including news) The Government would take good Issue. The time for this hod now 85: Sunday evening epilogues 4; and care to see that it was no president's arrived.
children's conceria-5..
money which would be lent on the terms that he had suggested.
People in Britain must pay their
bus stops in Prince Edward Rond and
Waterloo Road,
Apart from the fact that some- thing should be done to care for these
-
HOLLAND FURIOUS
FROM PAGE ONE
Anglo-French Trade Talks
Delegates Welcomed
At Opening
5 LONDON, Mar.
had
Borrowing since the outbreak of war had all been for short periods. besides
Cheap Borrowing
New licences issued during Feb- ruary were 381, while renewals of licences totalled 857," The total number of licences fasued during 1040 are 5,800.
similar to those attaching to some of our loans in the last war.
There will be Post Offee and na-
toxes.
Government Statement Expected Shortly
ZEK broadcast the following items
recorded programmes TOKYO, Mar. 6 (Reuter). The malformed people, their presence on
(Router), The new loan, however, would beStudio concerts 22; theatre relays. 0; Government will issue a statement in the streets is not a good advertise British and French trade talks, for a period of 15 to 10 years, carry
studio talks 20; and chlidren's "ton- the near future, probably sometime ment for Hongkong, and particularly sponsored by the Federation of an interest of three per cent. nnd
certa 8. This month, setting forth Japon's for Kowloon. I can hardly conceive British industries, opened here to-day would be issued at par. NEW DELHI, Mar. 5 (Reuter) tentative pence terms or what it is that the police would permult these when Lord Dudley Gordon, President- What was at Arst thought to be the called in ontleiul circles here, wreckage of the Imperia Airways formula for the disposnt of the China people to operate on the bus or tram Elect of the Federation, welcomed stops in the mid-level or Peak areas visiting delegates, including the heads
That rate accords with the Gov- liner Hannibal is now found to be Incident."
of a wide group of French industrica the wreckage of a dhow,
These terms have already been on the island, so why in Kowloon?
PUNCE EDWARD ROAD, including coal. chemicals, wool, ernment's avowed policy of borrow- Ing as cheaply as possible, and at the nollon, metals and engineering. The air search is to be continued communicated to the House of Peers to-morrow, but it is now. assumed and the House of Representatives at
Lord Dudley Gordon In his speech same time it is a reasonable one from that the Hannibal sank in the ses and their present sessions.
aald that it would be the purpose the lovestors' point of view.
The loan will be repayable in part of the discussions to see where and how Anglo-French industries could on October 15, 1958, but the Treasury best co-operate.
reserve the right of redemption tional Savings Bank Issues, to which Such collaboration would serve not partly or wholly at any time after the minimum subscription of £10 INDIA'S NEW AIR with the opening of the political nounced its intention to "take steps" only to haaten success in the struggle October 14, 1955, on three months
will be accepted, although no such conference in Nanking, which will as soon as it possesses the necessary but after the war would make a notice.
It is, therefore, to be known as the application must exceed £1,000, newspapers valuable contribution to the establish- SERVICES
proceed with the inauguration of the information, new puppet Central Government of bitterly point out that all Dutch pro-ment of a slable and enduring peace. Three Per Cent. War Loan, 1955-59,
tests about her torpedoed ships have
To Borrow Much More NEW DELHI, Mar. 3 (Reuter)-China under Wang Ching-wet.
Been disregarded by Berlin, The rapid expansion of India's In-
The amount of issue is limited to Flaming Indignation
£300,000,000. The Government will The tender in the "Algemeen
have to borrow considerably more that "the Handelsblad" declares
than that during the next 12 months, The Indian Airways carried four
abominable procedure of German times as much mail as in the year STOCKHOLM, Mar, 5 (Reuter) - fliers cries to ligh heaven. Floming
but a first issue for a limited amount before. The total mileage was in-It has been learned authoritatively indignation blazes up in our people Despite a recent order making part of is convenient to the Treasury from creased by 127 per cont and the that the Gloucester Gauntlet fighting on learning of such outrages by Scotland "a prohibited area, holliday several viewpoints, and it is also in
the
comed by the Opposition, who put number of passengers carried nearly (planes released by South Africa for German airmen y emblem with Scottish Highlands as usual.
They makers will be able to visit the general interests of the lender.
a few questions on the subject. doubled that of 1937.
the Finna have arrived in Finland.
Ten per cent, of all smeared their own
Aubscriptions This was announced in the House will be payable on application and Replying to these questions, Sir There has recently been a great innocent blood. It is an instance of Despite the expansion, the Indian
John Simon said, that the suggested Airways maintained their high record speeding up in the delivery of foreign frightfulness, devoid of all humon of Commons by Mr. Oliver Stanley the balance on April 18 next.
Subject to cortoirs anfeguards, the of safety. Not one passenger was aircraft and there are now more than feeling. These alemen have damaged who said that there was no reason
issue of a short-term loan at a lower rate of interest, particularly suitable Injured during the four years from 100 planes from America, France, the German name in a way that why the order should discourage Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed 1985 to 1930 although the Rights Italy and Sweden in 'action, "Including German propaganda won't easily visits to the Highlands for business or offering to non-resident subscribers for inrge Anancial houses, made by -? totalled over 9,000 miles.
holiday" reasons.
exemplions from faxation, somewhat. Metalck Lawrence would be
ternal air services is seen in the report S. A. PLANES IN
of the Director of Civil Aviation in
India for 1930.
FINLAND
over 50 British fighters and bombers. repair."
but the
Summer Holidays As Usual
LONDON,
Mor.
5
(Reuter),
This will afford such subscribers an opportunity of lending their sav ings for longer than provided by Savings Certificates Bonds.
and Defence)
Opposition Plensed LONDON, Mar. 5 (Reuter) The Simon loan amouncement was wel-
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