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SECOND EDITION

Supreme

Hongkong Telegraph.

FOUNDED 1801

No. 10112

三拜號三月四英港香

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1940.

日六廿月二

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THOUSANDS WATCH AIR BATTLE BETWEEN NAZI AND R.A.F. PLANES

NAZIS SINK OUR NAVY (AGAIN)

LONDON, April 3 (Reuter).—Further large-scale Nazi air raids on Scapa Flow are apparently in progress. According to the Nazi claims the British Navy has ugain been annihilated.

Here is the Nazi version of the raid, as issued by D.N.B.:

"Some hours ago Heinkel bombers once again paid a memorable visit to the British Naval Base at Scapa Flow.

"The first planes have already returned and are over

SUICIDE-

ATTACKS

Chinese Commander's Amazing Heroism

Heligoland.

"According to rudio reports 80 far received, several English warships were attacked with heavy bombs.

"Some ships sustained direct hits. Others have been damaged by explosions in their Immediate vicinity,

"One ship developed a list and LANCHOW, Apr. 2 (Central).from another dense smoke and The heroism and sacrifice of flames appeared." Major Chao Shou-klang resulting in the re-taking of the strategic town of Wuyuan in west Su yuan by the Chinese last month, was related in military messages received here to-day.

Six Bayonet Charges Major Chao and his battalion were assigned to the task of storming the district

building Kovernment Wuyuan, used by the Japanese gar rison as their stronghold inside the

city.

at

Defying withering machine-gun

announced that no ship has been (The British Admiralty has hit or damaged),

Admiralty Statement LONDON, Apr. 2 (UP)—The „Ad- miraliy announced that German plants attacked Scapa Flow at dusk to-day. Bombs were dropped, one of

which fell on land,

No ship was hit or damaged and

one German plane is believed to have

been-shot.down.

ALLIED THREATEN TRADE ROUTE

KEY emmmmm Corridor For German Ships Through

Norwegian Waters. Naval Bases.

ENGLAND

British Blockade

RANCE

Paris

Stockholm

@Barlin

GERMANY

INLAND

"!

S:OVIET

THROUGH THIS LONG corridor in Norwegian waters, the Ger mans have been successfully routing shipping against the Allied blocka de. It is this corridor the Allles are determined to block.

OF THE EXTENSION OF THE

NEUTRAL

MACHINES

PROTECT FRONTIER

AMSTERDAM, April 2 (Reuter).-Behind a brief communique issued by the British Air Ministry to-day lies a thrilling story of violent air duels over the North Sea, witnessed by thousands of spectators in neutral Holland.

The communique said:

"R.A.F. nircraft of the Bomber Command were actively engaged in reconnaissance over the North Sea during the day. Enemy patrol vessels were attacked with bombs and one enemy aircraft of the Junkers type was engaged and damaged in combat.

ship.

"The wreckage of this aircraft was subsequently observed by a war-

"One of our aircraft is missing."

The violent air battles were watched by thousands of spectators at points along the Dutch frontier yesterday even-

ing.

Dutch air patrols were scut up to protect Dutch neutrality.

People in many places in eastern and central Holland ran out of doors to see what was happening.

The rival planes tiny black specks wheeling and

neuvring in a clear sky--were clearly visible:

ALLIED BLOCKADE the

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, April 2 (UP)—Mr. Chamberlain has The raiders, were repulsed by fire warned Europe's neutral Powers that the Allies have decided to go the limit in the economic warfare against Germany.

fire from behind barbed wire en- from warships and land batteries. tanglements and block-houses,

the

battal on charged six times during the night of March 20. They Cumlly succeeded in dislodging the remnant Japanese from the building.

Battalion Wipod Out

in

No Damage

The Press Association reported that the bomb which fell on land caused

no damage. Air raid warnings were He also warned that any aid MAP CAUSES

Major Chuo was killed in action was soundert after three quarters of Germany might and all but eleven privates of the an hour. whole battalion gave their lives the fighting. The Japanese comman- der of Wayum was killed, together with several senior offers.

sounded at dusk and the all clear they might be extending to render the neutrals "liable to the hideous Fierce anti-aircraft are was audible fate" of past victim of Hitler's for live minutes after which the ex-foreign policy. plosion of bombs was heard.

Major Chao and his fallen men will receive posthumotts recognition from the military authorities.

Crumbling Dykes

Severe Flood Throat To Pennsylvania City

The raiders were

chased

Regardless of the neutrals' suffer- DI* protests, Britain will do.

Gauss Off To practical steps," he said.

Australia

A FURORE

Italian Pross Becomes Very Indignant

ECONOMIC WARFARE

No Cotton Re-Exports

+

To Germany

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHY LONDON, Apr.2 (UP) —

Anti-aircraft fire was heard from the German side of Exports from the United States

frontier.

SMOKE-SCREENS ACROSS FRONTIER

Great smoke-screens drifted across the frontier particularly in the neighbourhood of Zutphen.

to Europe and neutral countries-- were featured at question time to-day when Parliament resumed following the ten days Easter

recess.

The Minister for Economic Warfare Reports that the combatants flew over Dutch territory sald that while it is true that the Netherlands' imports of cotton from lack_confirmation but the roar of the aircraft engines the United States during the three months September to November 1939. ************* and United States exports to countries

continued

night.

well into the

saw

The watchers

five enormous searchlights being brought into action in the neigh- bourhood of Borken (just over the frontier from Arnhem) which swept the sky unceasingly.

At one moment observers saw

JAP VERSUS

ZEESEN

GOEBRELS is having some difficulty in making his pro. paganda broadcasts from Zeesen heard in the Far East..

Zeesen is being drowned by a "revving" morse station.

it.

off by R.A.F. fighting planes. An eyewit-ings

PARIS, Apr. 2 (Reuter).—† ness said he saw a German plane everything possible to stop the ship- make a spiral dive into the sea. ments of Scandinavian are to Gere The Foreign Office has issued a plane caught in the beam and escape

many, presumably by Intercepting

But the Allies are not causing German ships off

manoeuvres, the Norweglun communique regarding "the un-nin after a serilous of breathtaking

the trouble. Everyone in Hong- coast,

warranted excitement" caused

Fight Over West Front

kong is free to listen to the Nazi The Navy has already token abroad by a map of Europe which

LONDON, Apr, 2 (Reuter)—Aį

propaganda-If they can hear figured in the background of a bulletin issued by the Headquarters

'the Bidding For Balkan Products photograph taken at the Ministry of the British Air Forces in France

A Japanese station is offender. It is utilising a fre Secondly, Britain will take suitable of Finance during the recent states that yesterday three fighter air- between M. Paul craft of the R.A.F. attacked and broke

quency that blankets out up a formation of nine Messerschmills measures, believed to include high meeting

German station. ulds for the purchase of Balican pro- Keynaud and Mr. Sumner Wolles. of the 110 type on the Western Front

The call-sign of the duets, and otherwise do their utmost

This map has been represented as near Metz, to halt supplies reaching Germany showing how the Allies intend to All our aircraft returned anfely.

station is, appropriately enough, overland, including

from routes

"shape the future of Europe" by

JAP. Russia and south eastern Europe.

arving up Europe and reconstitulingi Thirdly, neutral Powers will be

an enlarged Czecho-Slovakia, Poland U.S. Minister-designate to Australia,

(UP). The denied Empire products unless they

and Austria, Mr. Clurence Causs, departs for de guarantee to limit their trade with United States by an American liner

Germany.

Former S'hai Consul's Appointment

SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH" SHANGHAI, April

to-morrow.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEORAPH" SUNBURY, Penn, April 2 (UP).-- Thousands of emergency workers are working frantically against time in an effort to erect new sandbag bar- riers against the crumbling dykes that are the only protection this

Fourthly, "the double standard S flood-devastated city now has against

Mr. Gauss will be joined by his neutrality created by Germany to the rampaging Susquehanna river.

and give the Reich all the advantages of The crest of the food-waters are wife and son at San Francisco

will then proceed to Washington, the neutral bloc and to impose all expected late to-day.

Ailles, disadvantages on the Wilkes where he will conter with President the The bridge connecting

cannot be tolerated and will not Barre and Plymouth has already Roosevelt. given way under the pounding of a After taking the oath as Minister to divert the Allles from their course.

Fifthly. squelching Australia, Mr. Guuss will cross the

any peace 15 miles per hour current.

Casunities have

reached Paclic for Sydney, from where he moves, the Premier announced that twelve. They include one man who will journey inland to the Australion the Allies have agreed to make peace shot himself when his home was capital to take up office. He will be only by common consent including

the first US. Minister to Australia. PLEASE Turn To Pago 7. destroyed.

noty

In addition, five persons are miss- ing. Thirty thousand are homeless.

NAZIS ATTACK CONVOYS

LONDON, Apr, 2 (Reuler)-The Admiralty announces that enemy air- craft attheleed our convoys. in the North Sea this afternoon but were driven off by gun-fire.

At least ten bombs were dropped, but no, hits were obtained and no damage was done.

The convoys are proceeding on their voyagEE.

BRILLIANT CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHER. HERE

A brilliant young American Chinese colour photographer, the adopted son of an American writer, has arrived in the Colony

to make colour shots of China and the Far East for various publications. They arrived together from San Francisco.

who was

Exports Astounded

Frontiers "Touched Up" -The French communique points out? that the map is merely on showing Europe's frontlers as they were "be- tore Germany's repeated aftgressions during the past few years."

up

Jockey Club's Handsome Gifts

In the reproduction of the map the photographer fouched certain B.W.O.F. & China Relief frontier lines, thus leading to mis-

Funds Benefit apprehension in the Itallan press, which is agitated at the apparent, in-| elusion of Tricate in Austria,

was

The British War Organisation

the

morse

Munitions Explosion

Three Lose Lives In Scottish Factory

Apr. 2 LONDON,

A message from Rome states that Fund and the British Fund for the photograph reproduced the Relief of Distress in China (Reuter).The Minister of prominently to-day in most of the have each benefitted to the ex- newspapers with bitter anti-French tent of $61,250 as a result of the Supply announces that an occurred in a Hongkong Derby which was run explosion in February,

munitions factory in Scot- According to on official statement land this evening.

and anti-British comments,

Three Ships ...In Distress

Caught In Hoavy Storm Off Norway

by the Secretary of the Hongkong It is feared that three lives Jockey Club, cheques for $81,250 have

been despatched to the two funds as a have been lost. Four men were contribution from the Jockey Clubinjured. from the result Derby sweep.

SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH" BERGEN, Apr. 2 (UP).-Three $297,020. merchant ships are reported to be in distress off the coast of Norway following a heavy snowstorm,

Оло

of

the Ilongkong

A Court of Inquiry has been

U.S. Fleet Sails

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

near Germany were larger than dur- ing the same period in 1938, he could not accept the suggestion that this indicated re-exports to Germany.

No Raw Cotton Ro-Exports According to official Netherlands statistics, he announced, no raw cotton was re-exported to Germany during the four months September to Decem- ber 1039. He added that during the same period re-exports of cotton In other forms were very small.

He stated that Imports of colton from all sources into the Netherlands for the whole of 1039 totalled 62,250 luns compared with 62,850 in 1937..

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It is interesting to note that a re-set up to investigate the acci- cord number of tickets were sold onjdent. this year's Derby, the 700,000 mark being passed before the sweep was closed. The first prize amounted to Battle Over Nazi Lines

partner of Micused. SAN PEDRO, Apr. 2 (UP)The Johnsen, Stokes and Master, the late SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" " LONDON, April 2 (UP)—A report United States Battle Ficet anlled to Mr. Herbert Johnson. Gedge, who la a Norwegian ship from

died, at 31 Montagu Square, London, Mr. Wooster, who is 40, has also Haugesund, another is an unidentified from the Royal, Ale Force in France dny two other adopted Chinese sons.

Danish ship loaded with wheat, and states that three Hurricanes engaged Battleships were the Inst to leave. on July 25 last, left Hongkong.catalo They are Chan Karn-shal (Walter the third is of undetermined. nation-nine Messerschmitts over the German The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. worth 8374,700.

Charles Edison, and Admiral An application by. tr. G. G.-N. lines to-day. William Wooster), 17 years old and allty.

oboard U.S.S. Tinson to seal certified, copy of pro- Three German planes were brought Richardson were Wong Kin-fat, 21, who are helping

bale of the will, has been granted. Pennsylvania.. down without loss to the .NA.F. Thim with his export business.

Ho is 17 year-old Lee Mun-king;

The boy's shots of San Francisco's (William Lee Wooster) adopted five years ago by the Ameri Treasure Island Fair have astounded ent writer Mr. Jacle Wooster in San experts, who claim that the boy is Bomba Dropped SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH“ Francisco. They first met when the cne of only eight photographers who have perfected The art of colour LONDON, April 2 (UP). The young Chinese boy, who was finding

that German a living by selling newspapers, at photogmply. Admiralty announces

the tended a photography class conducted convoy in planes atincked n North Sen this afternoon.

by Mr. Wooster at the Y.M.C... Dle

a born Ten bombs were dropped but no covering that the boy

photographer Mr. Wooster had him damage was inflicted,

The caldera were driven off by A: trained for five years with Eastman

Kodak Company. A. gunfire,

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A coastguard cutter has put out from Bergen to assist the vessels.

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