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THREE MORE BRITISH TROOPS LAND

MORE

DAYS ALONG THE NORWEGIAN COAST

THREE_more_days

Saturday, Sunday, Monday and then, there begins in the "Hongkong Telegraph" the most grip- ping story that any news- paper has ever published.

It is a story that will dis-- close to you the tremendous secrets that lie behind the

war.

The author is a man who knows niore of these secrets than any other Englishman. . . .

He la Sir Nevile Henderson, who was Britain's Ambassador in Ber Iin until last September.

IIIS STORY-THE FIRST FULL

TWO ACCOUNT OF

UNEASY YEARS OF PEACE~WILL AP- PEAR EXCLUSIVELY IN THE "HONGKONG TELEGRAPH."

SIR NEVILE HENDERSON believes that the way to prevent

breaking out war again is

"first to give the Germans a thorough thrashing on the Geld and show them that aggression does not pay and that Hitler has fed them on a path of destruc- iton."

He thinks the victorious Ailles should march to Berlin.

Once there they should negotiate *without

and rancour

willout pettiness, n fair honourable prace, a peace that will be genuine and lasting, one that will free the bt- man nation for ever.from the curse of Nazidom."

Sir Nevile will tell you-from his long experience of the Nazi leaders

why he has come to these cou

clusions.

LA

LONG QUEUES lined up at the polling booths in Shanghal for the Shanghai, Municipal Council

This photograph, elections, which resulted in an overwhelming victory for the Anglo-Saxon bloc." Just received in Hongkong, shows some of the voters-Domei,

Nazi Spies In

Peace Memorial Scholarship Result

United States Orient's Highest

BREAKING THE DIPLOMATS More Active Than They Scholastic Honour

RESERVE,

WILL GIVE YOU THE INSIDE

STORY OF THOSE

THREE DRAMATIC MEETINGS BE- TWEEN CHAMBERLAIN HITLER.

AND

Were In Norway

19,

WASHINGTON, Ápr. (Reuter). Mr. Martine Dles, Chairman of the Congression- Committee Investigating

MORE U.S. PLANES American activities, stated

FOR ALLIES

WASHINGTON, Apr. 18 (Reuter). Mr. Arthur Purvis, hend of the

Purchasing Anglo-French

Com- mission, has announced that contracts were signed in New York yesterday; for "huge quantities" of Curtiss pur- sult planes and Douglas bombers.

He added that another contract was concluded and would be signed im- mediately for a type of plane which Mr. Purvis did not identify but which is one of the remaining fåte types of planes released for foreign sale by the War Department last week.

that Nazi and Communist agents, for the purpose of sabotage and espionage, have penetrated key American In- dustries "vital to the country In case of war and also to the Allies if large shipments to them are planned."

Mr. Dica snid that his Com- mittee was looking into the "I nm situation and added: going to show that in the United States, we have a Tro- Jan horse situation worse than Norway's."

Torpedoed Crow's Shocking Experience

15 DIE FROM SLOW

STARVATION AND THIRST

SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH”

Won By C.B.S. Boy

MAJOR ATTACK ON NAZIS AT TRONDHEIM IMMINENT

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

LULEA, APRIL 18 (UP).—FURTHER BRITISH TROOPS AND SUPPLIES HAVE DISEMBARKED ALONG THE NORWEGIAN COAST SOUTH AND NORTH OF BODO, ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RELEASED TO-DAY.

BODO IS APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES SOUTH OF NARVIK. The British forces have entered Loding, in Saly Fjord, which will presumably be used as a base for operations,

Additionally, British troops have landed at an undisclosed seaport midway between Trondheim and Bodo. They are now preparing this port as a base for a major attack on Trondheim, which is the seaport of the rail- way to Sweden.

LANDINGS CONTINUE

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

NAVAL

LONDON, Apr. 18 (UP)—"The landing of British GUNS GO

troops in Norway continues. Contact is being made with Norwegian forces and operations are proceeding," states an Admiralty communique to-day.

The Admiralty also announced that on Wednesday the Fleet Air Arm repeatedly engaged German planes trying to attack. British warships returning from the bombardment of Stavanger. airdrome.

British Ship Sunk

one

One Heinkel bomber and Dornier flying boat were brought down and two additional Heinkels and one Dornier were damaged.

All the British planes returned safely, the announcement sald.

WARNING TO SKIPPERS

It was further announced that the Ignore Nazi Commands,

British steamer Swainby (4,033 tons) was sunk by a U-boat 20 miles of the coast of North Scotland. The crew of 38 have been landed in life- boats,

Landings Continue TO WILLIAM PRYDE, prominent Central British

LONDON, Apr. 10 (Reuter), School footballer, cricketer and athlete, has fallen the war Omee communique says: "Land-all greatest scholastic honour to be obtained by British boysing of British troops in Norway con- in the Far East-the Peace Memorial Scholarship of the Norwegian forces and operations £1,350.

The scholarship entitles the holder to three-years residence at a University in England as well as a first-class passage to

Home and back.

Follows Brother's Footsteps Pryde's achievement is made all the more remaris- able by reason of the fact that he has followed In his brother's footsteps. Two years ago, Walter Pryde, who; was also a CBS., student, won the Peace Memorial prize and I now studying at Cam- bridge University.

Turkey May Be Dragged Into War

SPECIAL TO THE "IELEGRAPH”

linues, Contact has been made with

jare proceeding."

Namsos Landing STOCKHOLM, Apr. 18 (Reuter) -

Norwegians Told

INTO ACTION

Stavanger Shelled From The Sea

FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1918-BRITISH NAVAL GUNS HAVE GONE. INTO

ACTION AGAINST AN OB-

|JECTIVE ASHORE.

Recalling the bombardment of SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHO

Gallipoli just twenty-five years WASHINGTON, Apr. 18, ago this month, the guns of (UP). The Norwegian Legation ELM. ships off the Norwegian Issued a warning to captains of coast poured a rain of shells into Norwegian ships in foreign the Nazi airport outside Stavan- ger at dawn yesterday, accord- False instructions, said the ing to a "Reuter" message.. seas to-day. Legation, were being issued to

An Easy Targot the Norwegian captains,

These instructions purported to The naval bombardment was pre- come from the Norwegian Ship-ceded by two heavy aerial attacks by owners Association in Oslo.

British bombers. The main serial But the Germans in Oslo were raid was carried out at dawn, the forcing the shipowners and the Ship British planes thoroughly bombing runway and some transport planes on the edge of the field.

this aerial Simultaneously with

owners'

STOCKHOLM, Apr. 18 (Reuter). under sortation to give orders the

central Sweden, It seems certain that According to a Press report from British troops have landed at Namsos, Allied Offensiva Predicted German troops in the Trondheim region are making hasty preparations to meet the expected attuck by British and Norwegian forces, according to a telephone message from Nordli.

that reports The message states that British units have landed Namsos 10 miles north of Trondhelm have caused great optimism through- out Central Norway.

Reports from Central Norway sug- gest that an Allled offensive may be launched in a matter of hours.

Mobilisation of Norwegian forces

at

מן!

The Norwegian Foreign Minister 189 Instructed masters of all Nor-bombardment, the guns of the British wegian vessels in the Far East or in warships went into action.

The aerodrome provided an easy American walers to contact the Nor-

target for the warships, which stood wegian Consulate in New York.

PLEASE Turn To Pago 7.

LATEST

Japan's Intentions Questioned

German Announcement- SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" CRISTOBAL, Canal Zone, Apr. 18 Consul, Herr (UP)The German Walter Schmidt, announced to-day: that the Norwegian Shipowners' As- ANKARA, Apr. 18 (UP),

sociation at Oslo had given instruc- tions through Berlin to all Norwegian A French military mission

vessels to stay in neutral ports or to These two bril-

n this area is stated to be complete. return southern Norwegian waters. liant boys are the

has arrived from Syria to German reinforcements are being Norwegian shipping agents in the sons of Mr. Walter

commence talks with the rushed from Southern Norway In Canal Zone, however, state that this Pryde, chairman of

ment is entirely German arinouncement the Hongkongj

giant transnes are reported to have contrary to the instructions Turkish General Staff.

British

which Football Associa

Meanwhile, the return of the destroyed Ave German aircraft llon, and their

British envoys to their Turkish raids on the air fields at Stjordal and have been issued by the Norwegian

Government to Norwegian masters. werc successes

"Norwegian captains are obeying gained in the face

and Balkan posts from the con- Varnes near Trondheim.

It is also stated that seven German the instructions from their own of stiff opposition

ference in London is expected to planes were destroyed and a direct Government, and not those conveyed from all parts off

mark new, and firmer Allied hit was scored on a petrol dump through the Germans," one ship agent LONDON, April 18 (UP).—Of twenty-four members China.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" during Tuesday's rald on Trondheim. said. of the crew of the Stanhope Steamship Company's ́ new

Previously two scholarships were policies towards Germany..

Advance On Narvik

LONDON, Apr, 18 (UP)--Mr. R. awarded annually to, British boys in This may inspire German mill-} steamer Stancliffe, who took to a lifeboat after the ship |China. Last year only one was tary action in south-castern In the north, over a STABBED IN BACK A Buthe Under Secretary fine Foreign Affairs, toid an uncasy. House Ils reported to be advancing on Nar-l was torpedoed without warning, only nine survived the available and strong competition was Europe when the Allied plan be-vik, part of which still appears to

An argument in Kam Wah Street, of Commons to-night that Britain forthcoming, especially from Tien- comes effective.

ba German hands..

Shaukiwan, developed into a fight in would continue her practice of keep- terrible ordeal of slow starvation and thirst before rescue tsin and Shanghai.

Some quarters even predlet. a An observer, who accompanied a which Cheng Long-po, 10, shop fold, ing Washington Informed on all

matters affecting the Far East came to hand.

The object of the scholarship as fald situation in which Turkey will find Norwegian detachment which was was stabbed in the back with an army "In addition, the explosions killed The Stancliffe was torpedoed three deck Officers, the radio operator, down by the founder is to encourage that she can no longer remain aloof forced over the Swedish frontier, jack knife. He was removed to the last Friday and the nine sur-the gunnery officer, the first and third boys to tum to the laboratory, them the war, despite the current stated that a large body of British Queen Mary hospital, and his assall-barrago of questions on Japan's in-

Italian manoeuvres in the Mediter- PLEASE Turn To Pago 7. ant arrested. and second workshop or the land, vivors spent a week in an open Engineers, the chief lifeboat without food.

stewards, the messroom boy and two

The winners of the scholarship Two Germans were expelled to- may choose any University for the day. Dramatic stories of-their

They were all in the dining continuance of his studles, but it is

-Turkey's Precautions ordeals were told by those of the saloon, having breakfast, when the stipulated that one of the following ISTANBUL, Apr. 18 (Reuter)---| Aurvivors who were able to explosion occurred, We nover

saw mibjects must be taken!.. Electrical A Bill ensuring "national safety from them again.

Engineering, Synthetic Chemistry, within" will shortly be introduced in speak to-night.

Practical Farming, or Horticulture, the National Assembly by the Tur- "Tile remaining 24 of üs took to aj

The successful candidate is chosen kiah Parliament, it is reported from lifeboat,

Acute Suffering

by the Examination Syndicate of Ankara. Cambridge University." "We suffered most acutely from

Fine Sportsman "We were 10 miles off the Scottish exposure, wet, and cold during the coast last Friday when a U-Boat time we were dritung helplessly in

Like his brother, Willam is not fred two torpedoes at us without the ch.

only.a brilliant scholar, but a first cinas sportsinan. Ari excellent all- warning.

"We sighted a worship about around crickster he has for two years "The terrific expilosions completely either awept the Captain overboard burned flares. But she did not seo and this season has made a name for himself in Hongkong league football, or killed him. We never saw him.

PLEASE Turn To Page 7.

Carpenter's Story. One of the nurvivors was William Hickey, the ship's carpenter. Ho said:

seamen,

rancan.

PACIFIST ACCUSED OF STABBING JUDGE

LONDON, Apr. 18 (Renter)--A man named Best appeared

in the Manchester Police Court to-day and pleaded not guilty to stabbing Judge Burgls, Chairman of the Lancashire-Cheshire Conscientious Objectors' Tribunal

Milltary courts will be established at each army corps headquarters for the trial of offences coming under the

The Incident occurred on April 5 the' attack Beat appeared before the category of, firstly, espionage; second-

knowingly spreading false news when Judge Burgis was stabbed four Tribunal of which Judge Burgls was detrimental to the country's Interests; times in the backs, at the station the Chairman.

Best's application to be registered thirdly, pr

false spreading

news relating while awaiting a train. He was taken as a conscientious objector was dis-

missed, destroyed the bridge, and the blast mile away on Friday night, and been captain of the CBS, arat eleven, to national defence; fourthly, divulge hospital in a serious condition.

Ing military secrets,

Judge Burgis was not sufficiently recovered from his injuries to appear in Court to-day,

again.

PLEASE Turn To Pago 7,

Those found gulity will be liable to

The defendant Best reserved his savere penalties, from which there defence and was committed to trial. will be no appeal,

It was stated that on the day before

that

This assurance was given during a tentions in the Dutch East Indies.

an Asked for

Assurance Britain does not intend to leave sole- By to Japan the maintenance of peace in Dutch East Indies waters if Holland is invaded, Mr. Butler re- torted that Tokyo had mada no claim to sole responsibility.

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