1940-05-28 — Page 24

SOVIET WARNS ITALY,

REPORT

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

BUCHAREST, May 27 (UP)-When

the report Was made known in Bucharest yesterday that Moscow had informed Rome, that if Italy spread the war to the Balkans, Russia would Immediately fight for the defence of the Balkan States, bets were waged at odds that Italy would re- main non-belligerent.

Moscow's Influence in the Balkana has increased during recent weeks, following the visit of the Yugo-Slav misalon to Moscow. The mission, signifi cantly enough, stayed over at Bucharest both on its journey to Russia and upon its return,

This is considered to be the first signa of accredited Slay ties with Rumania and Russia.

of the

Prior to the departure mission, the Italian press warned Russla. against invasion of the particular against Balkans, and in

an attack on Rumania,

The tables now appear to be turned. Omctal Soviet circles in Bucharest have created the impression that Rusin would not make a rapproche- ment with

with the Allies, but at the same time, she would not become involved in the present conflict, though al is watching it with the keenest interest. Turkey Calm

ISTANBUL, May 27 (UP),~A Stale of Emergency

not heen declared by the Turkish Goverment

as reported abroad but it is believed that Italy's entry into the war will

bring immediate mobilization.

Curfow At Gibraltar GIBRALTAR, May 27 (UP),-It has been decreed that a curfew will become effective this Tuesday. No- body will be allowed on the streets between 11.30 p.m., and 6.30 am.,

daily.

Italians' Loyalty To France

Achiet

KAMIENS ME

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Baissele

Tuesday,

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ALENCIENNES

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Excellent Exhibitions Of Table Tennis At Chinese Y. M. C. A.

EXCELLENT TABLE TENNIS was witnessed at the Chinese Y.M.C.A. yesterday evening, when the visiting Saigon champions, Cheng Pit-fat and Cheng Pit-hin, were in opposition to Hongkong's best. The Colony triumphed in all men's matches, and it is further evidence of Hong- kong's fine standard of play.

When Szabados and Kelon, the lungarian world champions: were here in 1938, the former was beaten by Pun Sai-on, and the defented player and his

Gigantic

partner had then much to say in Allied

DELFORT, May 27 (Reuter)-The praise of Hongkong's Italian Ex-Servicemen's Organisation, tennis.

In

the districts of Belfort, Mort

nation.

table

Bellard, Audincourt and Herimeon- Yesterday, several of the court, has issued an order affirming original players were prevented their complete_loyalty_to_the_French from turning-out-and-a-re- The French nation, stated the Or-arrangements of the programme ganisation, have given us their hos-was necessary. Miss Yeung pitality, work and liberty.

**WE STE_PRICIN}}g" "dur" Unstratable confidence in a victory for the Allies, We are ready to fight the barbarous German aggressors on the side of our old brothers-In-arins,' concluded a spokenman of the Organisation.

Air Raids On Britain, Lies

Nazi Imagination Running Riot

LONDON, May 27 (Reuter).

Offensive Pending

May 28,

1940.

Harassing Nazis' Communications

R.A.F. CONTINUE RELENTLESS RAIDS

LONDON, May 27 (Reuter)—The Air Ministry announces that the R:A.F. last night attacked aerodromes in Flushing, Brussels and Antwerp.

Operations also continued against the enemy's com- inunications in Belgium and western Germany.

Hits were made on railway Junctions, sidings, and convoys of armoured vehicles,

Earlier in the evening, much damage was done by medium bombers to a concentration of enemy mechanised · vehicles near Boulogne,

To-day, bombing operations were carried out against various objectives in Flanders.

German Losses

So far all our aircraft have [returned safely.

Preliminary report show that 20 enemy alreraft, were destroyed or seriously damaged by our alrerett io- day.

One patrol of Defiant shot down: five enemy bombers.

Five of our fighters are reported missing.

On 12

AIR MAIL REPORTS OF WAR Brief Messages From Our Own Correspondent 100 BOY SCOUTS SHOT

LONDON, May 17. "Sweeping RaidsTMTM

With regard to the following "stury" the Boy Scouts Association says that LONDON, May 27 (Reuter),The they have no desire to circulate stru- Air Ministry states that rail and river city stories but are satisfied that the trafle were disorganised over a wide It Is stated that agents of the Gestapo dreadful episode described in true, arca from the Rhineland to the have been pursuing the Polish Scouts French frontier during Sunday night's since the conquest of Poland. They activities by the Bomber Commend. herded more than a hundred of them in front of the Town Hall at Bydgosez, Typical was the record of one theavy

bomber which, within half an young boys aged between 110 and 16. wearing elther Scout uniforms or school hour, scored direct hits

clothes, and set up a machine Kon mechanised column near

neor Brussels, extinguished a searchlight by bomb-palte them. A priest forced his wa

through the crowd and with crucifix ing it and another by machine-gun held aloft gave Benedletion while the Are, wrecked a rallway line and Scouts knelt in prayer. The priest was bridge, and demolished machine- removed by force, the soldiers manned gun post on a hill-top with a enlve the machine gun while the Scouts sang the Polish National Anthem, and then of three barbs.

Other bombers scored direci hits cries of "Lour Live Poland." Even the machine gun mowed them down to on a railway track south of Aachen. some of the Germans could not bear to in Belgium, where the bombs which ed the boys as "little hereen." They also wrecked a railway junction witness the dreadful sight, and describ fell on a nearby wood caused excep-BOMBING DESCRIBED tionally ammunition store had been hit

heavy explosions ns If an

Two heavy bombs struck a convoy of 24 vehicles and the bursts were followed by two violent explosions and a blinding flash it the country for miles,

Coastal Command in Action

The Captain of one of the last Dutch ships to leave Holland arrived in Eng- land and described the Indiscriminato orbing of Amsterdam by the Germans. Heald that all the way down the Dutch and Helgian counts they could sco huge fires raging; it was not war but alicer murder.

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It is reported on the best authorlly SYDNEY, MELBOURNE,

day, report that the fuel dumps get therately, machine-running on are several days before were sill burning.

They went on to "visi!? other mill- tary objectives and when they left

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work in the Balds. They are nine lovis MANILA and Way Ports over towns and villages and shooting JAPAN

hard and indiscriminately. In one case

tiny village that it wasa-wrecked by....thu

German bomber few so low over a LIVERPOOL. at dawn they could see the fires they explosion of the bomb it dropped on a via SINGAPORE, BOMBAY, had started from 30 miles away. farmhouse. Of the crew of four, and MARSEILLES,

Wat-pun (Kwangtung and Hongkong By WALLACE CARROLL bit. ladies champun of several years standing) and Miss Mok Wan-king (Inter-school ladies champion) were featured in a doubles match with the visitors which the former lost 21-16, 21-7.

The best match of the evening was that between Lay Kwok-chul and Chitt Chip-kwan. Lau won match by virtue of excellent defen- sive play. He often scooped the ball from almost the floor in nice returns that Just turned over the nel Chiu's shots, with one exception, his service, were all either drives or smashes. Although their match. was of two games duration, long rallies made it interesting.

These lies are growing by -Icaps and bounds.

The latest version says that several Chattnél ports have been bombed,

DOUBLES VICTORY -On Sunday, the Germans put! In their doulies match against Lee out certain lies about having | Chi-ching and Au Lung-fat the Cheng bombed British aerodromes in brothers managed a game, but were beaten 14-21, 91-10 and 15-21. In England.

this match, Cheng Pit-hin was the better player. He had a concealed back hand drive, which often caught forchand dri

nrd. His players off guard. drives were well placed and with them he secured many points.

TWO SINGLES WON

Entirely Untrue

Those stories are entirely untrue. - The people on the south coast ore in a position to discount them from their own knowledge.

On Friday night, AS already announced, a few bombs fell in the country districts of Yorkshire, East

Anglly and Essex.

Little damage was done and only eight civilians were injured.

SENNET FRERES MURDER

Northern Chinese Is Charged

the local

("UNITED PRESS" STAFF CORRESPONDENT) LONDON, May 27 (UP)--To- night's official British

com-

munique states that the British Infantry to-day smashed against the German lines in Flanders behind a spearhead of French tanks,

Miktary

despatches to-night herald An Impending rigantic Allied counter-offensive against the Narf corridor to the Channel. The British front In Flanders remains intact, Jays the

com- munique.

In Belgium, the Brilish forces, Bghting side by side with the Belgion-Army, are meeting the at- tacks of strong enemy forces.

THRILLING ESCAPE

How British Pilot

Fooled Nazis

LONDON, May 27 (British Wireless).--The story has been told of how a British pilot, shot down over enemy territory, was able to make his way back to his base.

In their singles encounters, Tang Sul-hel disposed of Cheng Pit-fat in straight games 21-13, 21-13, while Siu Slu-nung, who partnered by Lau Kwok-chlu and lost the only motel to the visitors on Sunday, was extended by Cheng Pit-hin in the other singles encounter, but even tually won 21-18, 15-21 and 21-18,

Other scores were

DOUBLES Cheng PR-fat and Cheng Pit-ilm

Deat

Miss Young Wal-pun Over east Belgium in the carly (Saigon) and Miss Mok Wan-king 21-18, 21-7 days of the German push, the Flight Lau Kwok-chlu and Lui Sik-Lieutenant was returning after en- cheong beat Lee Tsun-hang and gaging enemy bombers. He was at- Yeung Holt-ling 23-21, 21-18,

tacked by six fighters but managed to Cheng Brothers (Saigon) lost to get away. However, is engine had Lee Chi-ching and Au Lung-fal been holed and it became evident that 14-21, 21-10, 15-21.

The sensational shooting in Messrs. Senact Freres, Pedder Street, on May 2. hot a sequel in Central Magistracy this morning' when a Northern Chinese was charged bofore Mr. 21-19, 21-13. Edwards,

SINGLES (Saigon) 21-13, 21-13.

Tang Sul-hel beat Cheng Pit-fat Siu Stu-nang beat Cheng Pit-hin (Saigon) 21-18, 10-21, 21-18.

Leung Chlok-fai beat Lal Shiu-hon

Lan Kwok-chul bent___Chlu___Chip-|

Lau Ying-chee lost to Lul Shik-

L-Hung-ful-allas-Li-Yuir-shak-kwan 21-18, 21-15. alias Joseph Il, 20, unemployed, of Sung Kong City, Klangau, was necus-

ed of the murder of Jean Dablos,chong 9-21, 19-21.

In Messra, Seunct Freres, on May 2.

Deleclive-Inspector O'Donovan New U.S. Minister

appeared for the Polles, and Juno and 7 was provisionally fixed for the hearing of the caro.

He landed in a field and with the

man was killed and three captured. To

(CASA-

In one case German troops were crossing a bridge as the British bombs The plones then went down icy and the gunner completed the work of disorganising the column.

66 Planes Downed

Weary groups of refugees trailing officially announced that the French na respite from both and machine gun

LONDON, May 27 (UP).It is into France relate how they have hei VANCOUVER and SEATTLE and Brilsh brought down 60 German attacks during their journey; one may whose arm had been blown off had lost planes-in-five hours fighting over mother and nephew on the read, and NEW YORK vla JAPAN, Boulogne on Sunday and also 43) his alster was wounded. during Sunday's massed raid over

· LOS ANGELES & PANAMA Calais.

|BOMBING OF CHILDREN

the amusement of the villagers, one of BLANCA), etc. then was their own village pharmacist Shanghai, Japan HONOLU who had flydd htung them for many years without their having dreamed ha| LU, SAN FRANCISCO, LOS isus a German,

ANGELES

Germans Thrown Into Panic

In two towns in Northern France, CALCUTTA confirmation processions of boys and SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

girls were bombed and machine-gunned BOMBAY PARIS, May 28 (UP) Then they were proceeding to church. French General Stuft analyst of NINE RAIDS IN ONE NIGHT operations dcclared to-night that the German civilian population has been surprised by the intensity of the Allied air raids and the case with which French and British bombers are methodically attacking central and western Germany.

In many cities in these centres, the analyst declared, the people have been thrown into a ponte because they have believed in Goeting's boast that a curtain of fire would prevent Allied planes from crossing the Siegfried Line.

King George Upsets Berlin

The people of Nancy, France, were kept awake all night on May 15 by nine separate nie raids, and an undisclosed number of people were killed and wounded. Twenty-nine German bombers swooped on a Bolginn town, released | U dozens of high explosive and incendiary hombs on crowds of civilians and re- fugees with, appalling effect. British war correspondents there helped to rescue people from the debris, including little boy trapped in a cellar who led at them despite his wounds and Bald "Merel, Messieurs." TREACHERY IN HOLLAND

According to reports reaching the French High Command through neutral channels, mass evacuation of ion of Dutch uniforms and establishe Fifteen thousand Germans in posses the civil population has begun from in the chief towns in Holland were the the Rhineland provinces and West-key factor in Fifth Column action in pholla.

Holland, aaya a Dutch olejal now in Paris. German transport planes drop- ped 10,000 German soldiers in Dutch uniform and about 2,000 other para- chutists. The Ofell further says that Dutch Nazis and Communists began to do all in their power to help this force whose tactics consisted mainly of tho basest kind of trickery. They would march through the streets singing Dulch manga, and a moot as a

had crowd collected would open fire on them with A machine gun. Again, if they met a Dutch ofeer, their leader would salute him and then turn and shoot him in the back. The Dutch troops fought gallantly, but their heroism was largely tronchery of their own countrymen. ANOTHER METHOD

Violent Reaction To Empire Broadcast LONDON, May 27 (Reuter),

he would not be able to reach home. The Berne newspaper, "Basler negatired by the black help of pensants who were working near, he pulled branches to cover his aircraft. He had just time to hide in a ditch before German bombers came over.

Successful Camouflage.

600,000 More Men Mr. Pierrepont Moffat ag U.S. and examined the engine. He found

To Register

Nachrichten" states that Berlin has reported an unprecedented and violent reaction in Germany against His Majesty the King's Empire broadcast.

The Ministry of Information has paganda stories, intended to undermine warned the public that German pro-

"confidence, are in the next weeks bound The newspaper considers that it to be launched in greater volume evon thax kitherto The German-wiralcon can only be that His Majesty's words has already announced to Dutch Jiston- exercised a profound influence on ers that the parle and fear of invasion world opinion,

in no great both in Britain and Francs that the King of England and French Government aro preparing leave for Canada.

the to

"I thought they had spotted my aircraft for certain," sald,the pilot. "They kept cruising around for about

Nazia' Dolicate Problem and ten minutes, camming quite low,

The "Gazette de Lausanne says all the time I expected them to open

that a delicate point for the Germans up with machine-gua fre; but To Canada

this to plan the continued supply of POISONED SWEETS TOO camouflage must have been

een quite munitions and petrol which have

Dutch Among a party of been seriously

refugees WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuter), good, for they finally flow away

hampered by the arriving at a Bouth coast harbour word The pilot emerged from the ditch British Air Force, -President Roosevelt has nominated

natural" expectant mothers and a large According to experts, the German number of very young children, mom- Minister to Chinada in succession to two small holes, but the aircraft was troops are using petrol and crude oil bers of the Dutel: Parliament, journ- Mr. James Cromwell, who recently otherwise undamaged.

in astronomical quantities to auch analists and a burgemaster. It was stated resigned.

Walking to the nearest town, he extent that they will encounter that the Germans had sprayed the Mr. Moffat is at present Chief of called at a garage, obtained

chocolaten and LONDON, May 27 (Reuter)-An-the European Division of the Stale car petrol and

motor serious dimeulties if the battle last streets with polsoned oil and persuaded for a long time and with the same as bases of attack on neighbours. Re- | that German residents used their heuloN other 600,000 men will reglater for Department, He accompanied Mr. several men to act, as bearers. At a Intensity. the armed forces before, the end of Summer Welles to Europe,

fugees Tandled at another port sald that grocer's; he bought a packet of chew Jung

Another factor which is generally Naxi parachute troops had been found Ung gum This will be done under an, o

at order

PARIS May 27 (UP)Four

regarded-na decisive is the morale of wearing bultonsconhlakaplama "I chewed the gum to get it tacky the troops

of various districts. Ije' said that young which has just been forued.

Communist workers in war factories and then plugged the holen he said. "In Germany it la belloved that the Clerman women were sina" dropped by The order requires that the 1911 in Paris have been charged with "It set very well I got the petrol tenacity of the French, British and and were abls to give valuable informa

parachute who had worked in Holland class register on June 18. and the sabotage and condemned to death, and all put in and then took off for Delrians troops can be conceded to clor to localition to other parachuts 1019 class. rogistor, ón... Juno -22,- Two of them were only 10 years old. horne....

nobody, in the world

troops;

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