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Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPHU

BELGIUM Railways

SALVAGE

Radium Cobalt Stocks

Removed By Allios LONDON, June 6

Railways RAIDS ON

Part In Evacuation

CENTRAL

FRANCE

PARIS, June 5 (Router).

(Reuter) 186 Trains Make 620 The air raid alarm sounded in

nil

Most of the stocks' of petrol were

•

Journoys

the central region of Franco at 1.20 p.m.

Enemy bombers dropped bombs on a number of objectives,

French fighters necended.

June 6, 1940.

Hitler's EIRE WILL

Boast

Will Be In Paris In A Fortnight

RESIST

Party Leader Warna Bolligerents

Into a bloody

forces."

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” The Ministry of Economic Warfare announces that the

BERLIN, June, 5. (UP),

the 'Allies were able to remove

ex- LONDON, June 5 (British

Taking a leaf from Atocks of radium cobalt from Wireless).-While nearly 1,000

Kaiser's book, the Germans are Belgium.

claiming to-day that the Nazi the Allied armies across the sea,weat and central region from 2 pm streets of Paris in a week or a ships were employed in bringing The alorm was also sounded in the legions will march through the try would be Powera. The coun-{ destroyed,

p.m. Many other

alao 186 trains, comprising nearly to 3.60

fortnight. Little Damage Caused destroyed. The steel industry and 2,000 vehicles, distributed the

The air raid In central ore muts in Belgium and troops to various ports in Eng-caused little damage, according to Luxemburg, however, muy, not have land in 620 train journeys.

reports so for recolved.. been too heavily damaged yet, al-

The arrangements for this vast One German plane was brought though the latter country's mines are still within the range of the French ensportation were made in less than down.

The air rald warning Insted till

iron

yuns,

articles

were

Probable large stocks of gold and securities in private hands in folland and Belglum have fallen into Ger- man hands and steps are being taken to prevent their realisation in other countries.

Most of the Dutch petroleum stores have been destroyed and most of the Dutch ship-building industry has met with a similar fate,

Extension Of The Monroe Doctrine

Decision By Sonate, House Committoos

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEQRAPH" WASHINGTON, June 5 (UP).

seven hours and the movement of

gins as entirely directed by tele-3.05 p.m. phone.

Superintendent's Tributo

Most of the work feil on Mr. H. Ë. Wheeler, Superintendent of the Southern Railway, who to-day pald tribute to the work of all concerned.

The co-operation between every department on our railway was por fect," he said, "and that perfection remained throughout the whole ar- rangements. Without this co-opera- tion, not only departmental but be- tween all the railway companies, nothing could have been deno,'

Movement went on day and night for cigst days, Mr. Wheeler continued, and, there was not a single derail- ment or engine failure.

Jigh praise was paid to the train staff who "worked themselves to # standstill."

The feeding of red and hungry troops was arranged at specißed hults and one man was overheard to say that he had never enten so much in

is life before.

The Foreign Relations Com This Is Why

mittees of the Senate and House of Representativen have unani- mously

approved the new

historie declaration of policy in

the Western Hemisphere,

This new extension of the Monroe

Doctrine affirms that

the United

Nazis Will Lose War

States maker no distinction between Allied World Control Canada and Latin American, but applies the Monroe Doctrine to the entre Americas.

The resolution will be now nub-} mitted to the Senate and House of Representatives for approval. This, Scnator Key Pittnan beli.ves, will be given within the next few days.

Warning To Totalitarians Senator Piliman declared that the resolution would enunciale, hs Ameri-

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France

Paris Roid Details PARIS, June 5 (Reuter)In a proclamation

the insued to-day thanks Governor-General of Faris the populace for their proof that no enemy enterprise can shake tiem.

It is now learned that 254 were killed and 052 were injured during Monday's raid on Paris. Nearly all were civilians.

DUBLIN, June 5 (Reutor).-An Invasion of Ireland would be rosisted to the limit, sald Mr. Dillon, Deputy Leader of the Finegal Party in the Dall, to-day. "Submission by Ire- land to an invasion by a belligerent Power would involve a counter-in- vasion by other battlefield, and our peoplo destroyed between the contending for

Mr. Dillon was speaking at the second

Forces was passed unanimously. Bill, wendig, of the Defence He added, ie, suggestion

that it Ireland should pursue the expedient

it adopted by De

would be Two-Fold Objectiva

both Ignoble, and "Germany has a two-fold objec

The Defence Min'. Mr. Tray- tive," they say, "Firstly, we intend to completely separate England from mar, urged, the people of Ireland to show, that they were prepared to de- France; secondly, we intend to create new bases from which to attack Engcluded if Ireland dies very few of

fend, Ireland to the death, and cop land.'

up. Would

want to live.

At 8 p.m., military headquarters claimed that the Germans were "ad- vancing on a very broad front be tween the Channel and the Maginot Line.

It is bellaved in Beriln that the pre- two sent offensive will develop on lines, as follows:

- The Germans attacking in the Amiens area will attempt to strike.

Somme The French Ministry of Informa-southwestwards across the Lion denies the German claims that towards Le Havre; 2--The second many French Oghters were shot down

spearhead near. or destroyed.

Bolssons will attempt to thrust direct- ly towards Paris,

It has now been established that seven singleseater French fighters were shot down and 14 were destroy- ed on the ground.

The enemy lost at feast 25 planes.

This is a modification of the famous Schlieffen plan.

Many of them were multi-engined LETTERS

Paris Schools To Close PARIS, June 5 (Reuter),—Follow-. ing the bombing of Paris schools, the French Government, has decided to close all primary schools in the Paris. region from Saturday.

Post-Raid Tour

BY MILES HANDLER PARIS, June 3 (UP)-I toured the Citroen factory areas vulside Paris

and found the 65 acres of windows in this most modern European plant al- most entirely smashed by the German bombs which were dropped last Mon- day.

However, the machinery plants wero malaly intact and hundreds of women are still turning out shell enses. The accounting and drafting buildings were completely smashed but the shell shops and army truck assembly lines were unseratched,

The tour was personally conducted by the Minister of Armenis, M. Dautry.

can foreign policy, a warning to tie trot over lea, copper and its Monday night or southwest

Tao Fong Shan Appeal

To The Editor,

The "Hongkong Telegraph Sir, For some years Hongkong has given hospitality to a number of Scandinavian missionaries, who, in a quiet and independent way, have carried on a magnificent piece of work at Tro Fong Shan, near Shatin. To His Institute have come, in search of truth, numbers of Buddhist and Taoist monks from all parts of China, the borders of Tibet and Mongolia, These students Sped months, and sometimes years, tidy Ing Christianity under

che able guidance of Dr. callongues, and many have returned to China to

ny have returned Carry Christian inspira- tign bag to the Buddhist centres from which they came.

Reich

Of Necessities

LONDON, Junc Allied Colonial Empire co-ordination have given them virtual control of the world production of nickel, jato, eletine, colt, ground-nuts, rubber, tin,

A large portion of the funds for diamonds, palm oil, sisak, Enpok, tea and many tanning materials.

this work come from Norway and Meanwhile, the Watice dis- Denmark. The mission is now faced closed further that everal bombs with almost They have a high measure of con-

and. wool.

complete severence from were dropped during the raids last the chief source of supply, and the Totalitarians that any attempt to gain The Bata Shoe Company.

subsidiaries

and problem possession of territory in the Western 140

the central France. But it is impossible to exceedingly grave. throughout

continuing the work is Hemisphere now owned by Great world, except six in Britain and those

name the precise places.

We feel that this work, which Britain, France, Denmark or Holland in the United States and any Allied

reaches out to by the United country not over-run by Germany,

religious heart of the would be resisted Stales.

have been placed on the Board of

China, must not be allowed to stop. Help is urgently needed. Our sym- Trade "black list" as bolnų a concern

pathy with

Norway in her present trading with the enemy,

Buffering draws us very close to our Scandinavian friends at Shatin, and, notwithstanding the many claims on our resourees at this time, we venture to make a very earnest appeal on behalf of Tao Fong Shan

*The Monroe Doctrine, which was formulated by President Monroe on December 2, 1823, oftrms that no European Pawer can seize territory

'set up a Government on

the American continents. It was recent- ly broadened by President Roosevelt

07

to include the whole of the Western Hlentisphere, & presidential act that lias now been

confirmed by Foreign Relations Committees both Houses.

NARVIK WAR FRONT

Allied Forces

Advance

the

of

Nazi Idea Of Culture

Bomb Nine British Hospital Ships

LONDON,

June

(Reuter). Replying to a question in the House of Commons, Sir Victor Warrender, Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, said that since the outbreak of war, ne British hospital ships were bambed, shelled or machine-gunned STOCKHOLM, June 5 (Reuter) distinctive and unmistakable mark- by the Germans, despite the vessels' A new advance of nearly ten milesings. along the iron ore railway from Narvik towards Sweden has brought once. the Allied forces to Sildvik where the retreating Germans strongly entrenched positions, says the "Aftonbladet" correspondent on the Lapland border.

Are

Some were bombed

more than

The Atlantis was bombed five ilmes In in Norwegian waters.

The railway is being bombarked by naval and field. artillery from positions on the heights of Narvik.

The Allied forces are closing in on Bjoernfjell, and the final assault of this position seems imminent.

Canada To Take

Allied Refugees

The only sinking was the hospital carrier, Paris, on June 2, but the Brighton was holed and ran agraund and the Mald of Kent was set on fire.

How Calais Kept Going

R. A. S. C. Officer's Vivid Report LONDON, June 5 (Reuter). An officer of the Royal Army Service Corps 'described to-day how they had got their lorries to Calais in spite of the enemy's encircling movement.

Its unit had about 100 10-ton lorries carrying petrol and food.

They

were working quite well. When the enemy broke through, how- ever, they were practically in the line of advance.

The Germans bombed the town 10 or 15 times a day at almost regular intervals. always a raid at 6.30 pm.

For instance, there was

order to

After two days, they received the

move back.

Refugees Choke Roads They did so along roads packed with civilian refugees.

SOUTH AFRICAN hiding their huge vehicles under

APPLAUSE

rum.

4

of

а

At

Air Training Expansion

Commons Statement By Minister LONDON, Juno.5 (Reuter

question timo, in the douse of Commons to-day, Mr. J. C. Wedgwood suggested, b .e desir ability of building training plots in Ipa, Ceylon, Palestine, South

Africa and Dutch East Indies, and training pilots in Egypt.

anes and

Sir Archibald Finclair, the Air Minister, repiled

that the R.A.F. training organisation was being ex- Panded on a considerable scale to meet further requirements.

Palestine Difficulties

A large number of flying and train- ing schools were already opened or in the process of being. established

In over cas countries most suitable for the purpose.

Answering a supplementary ques tion about Palestine, Sir Archibald said with regard to the acquisition of training grounds overseas, he was in communication with the Government departments concerned but there every echt dificulties as far as abstine was concerned.

MUSSOLINI TO TELL NATION

ROME, June 5 (Reuter).-It is re- ported that Signor Mussolini will ad- dress the nation from the balcony of the Palazzo Venezia to-morrow even- Ing.

The new German offensive is on- a. for a donation to meet the Im-nounced in enormous headlines on mediate emergency;

the front pages of the evening newspapers.

"Stampa" comments: "The French cannot win."

The "Lavoro Faselsta" ridicules-the Maginot Line.

b. for

monthly subscription to ensure that the regular support all through this dif- work may have neult time.

Donations

End or subscriptions

may be sent to

The Rev. F. Short (Challenge Book

Shop)

Ice House Street, Hon. Treasurer,

Tap Fong Shan Emergency Fund, or paid direct Into the account under that name at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.

RONALD HONGKONG, A. J. FISHER

CHENGTING T. WANG, F. C. Woo FRANK SHORT M. M. THOMAS (HION. SEC.).

Anti-Nazi Aliens

Sir, is painful to think that in cauterising the Nazi canker from our They spent two days at one town, midst we must also hurt so many of our ailles-in-sentiment. But now Trees or wherever there were deep

that the Government have found it shadows. This seemed effective for impossible to distinguish in practice although a reconnaissance plane came between friends and foes among over, did not find them. LONDON,

5. (Beuler).

John German nationals, I trust

Blunt June

They then had 100 tons of petrol, will not deny those men and women General Smuts, the South African 140 tons of rations and 360 Jars of among them who have suffered at the Premier, has sent a message to Mr. Winston Churchill.

They hind

band of Germany few brushes with sympathy. Insulted and turned out a word of his "On behalf of the Government and enemy tanks and aeroplanes on the OTTAWA, June & (Reuter),Mr. the people of the Union," he said, "I road to Calais. T. A. Crerar, the Canadian Minister wish to convey to you our sincerest

from their native country, they now of Mines, announced that plants are congratulations on the unparalleled house and had some beer, Two tanks the Nazis, the people they despise und At one town they stopped at a farm and themselves in the same boat with completed for the fullest co-operation feat af evacuating the entire British were reported on the road only 200 hate most and for whose dov afall between the Canadian organisation Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk in yards away. Two men who stoppe deed, in a worse predicament here they must be praying. They are, In- for the reception of British and the face of vastly superior forces. French refugee children the Allled The Army, Navy and Air Force almost caught,

behind to Anish their beer were

than they would be in England where governments approved of their shared in the performance of which

would be only interned, for the transfer to Canada,

South Africa, with the rest of the

destination where they will be Commonwealth, is justly proud.

niready packed with refugees. low- ever, I these sw

sweeping measures have proved unavoidable, let us ni

lenst Thirteen inches of rain have fallen keep our heads cool, and a second in Hongkong during the last six days, thought, a bit more reason, "onstrain

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"South Africa salutes their British comrades in the triumph which we trust, and pray will presage a final victory."

his

Mr. Churchill telegraphed Bunks to General Smuts for his encouraging words.

"Win The War" Rally In Australia

only

BRITISH ENVOY

MISSING

LONDON, June 5 (British Wire- less).There is still no news of the whereabouts of Sir Launcelot Oli- phant,

British Ambassador in Belgium.

The.

The Military- ultache, Lt. Col. F. A. A. Blake, and the Assistant Com- mercial Attachen, Mr. K. E. Mar- kenzie, are still missing.

With these exceptions, the staff of the British Embassy in Brussels are all known to be safe,

Seven New Privy Councillors

LONDON, June 5 (Reuter)---Tlie following have been appointed Privy Councillors:

Mr. Brendan Bracken, M.P., Mr.

of Shipping), Mr. Hugh Dalton R. H. Cross (formerly Minister of Economic Warfare and now Minister (Misister of Economic Warfare), Sir Charles Edwards (Joint Treasury Parliamentary Secretary), Sir Percy Robert Vansittart.

13 INS. OF RAIN to go le Shanghai which is Harris, Sir Walter Citrine and Sir

IN SIX DAYS

BRITISH SUBJECT.

A further 31 points of rain were making these unfortunate people the recorded during the 24 hours ending butt of our hostility. at 10 o'clock this morning, bringing the year's rainfall to 42 inches, which is 10 inches above the average.

More rain is promised by the Royal Observatory, whose weather forecast issued this morning read: southeast MELBOURNE, June 5 (Reuter).-or variable winds; light to moderate; The Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. cloudy generally, ruin. Menzies, oddressed an enormous audience to-day & "Win The Wor"

rally.

He declared that the German tanks and bombers, which had been pre- pared during the past eight years, were thought to be irresistible. Yet the Allles had held them up thus proving that the spirit of mați could defont a Frankenstein monster.

"We are stul masters of the sen," he said. "We will soon be able to say that wo are masters of the air."

Canada Outlaws Organisations

OTTAWA, Juno (Reuter).-Tha Minister of Justice, Mr. Ernest Lapointe, announced that 10 or ganisations, including the Communist Party and the National Unity Party, have been outlawed under the De fenes of Canada Regulation.

The National Unity Party is al M LONDON, Juno 6 CERMERCAM

a black-thirted Fascist group, whom meeting to-day, the Labour Peers ap-leader, Adren Arcand, is at present pointed Lord Addison ns their leader under arrest. Iuccessfon to Lord Shell who had Been appointed Captain of Gentlemen at Arins,

Other proscribed. organisations, Include the oversous Organisation of the German Nazi Party,

Answers To Corresponda its F.K.L. No cable or typographical | error. Figures were checked back to source before publication. See moss- ago to-day regarding Henry Ford's claim. There seems no

reason to doubt that plane production, has at tained the proportiona mentioned. First Line planes by no means dia- close a country's total aerial re- sources-Ed.

HARBOUR CLOSED

The Nayal Authorities state that an precautionary measure Hongkong Harbour was closed at 7 o'clock, this morning.

Normi tenado' was resumed at 10,00

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