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Donations to the "S. C. M. Post" Ltd. War Fund continued to pour in yesterday, and by 4 p.m. the total had reached $1,106,627.70 plus £2,502. 14. Bd.

During the day a further cheque for $450,000 was forwarded to the Colonial Secretary for transmission to the British Government, bringing the total already despatched to $1,

100,000.

Mesars, South China Morning Post, Ltd. wishes to thank Mrs A. C. Jeffreys and Mrs. A. C. Ellls for the voluntary work they are doing with the staff handling the Fund, and the following:

For Invaders

Latest Example Of Gorman Thoroughness Germans, are planning the invasion LONDON, June 24 (Reuter), The of Britain with typical thoroughness, one example of which' is to be seen In the English-German phrase books which are being distributed to the troops, some of which have fallen into the hands of the British milltary authorities.

about the books is that the German, One of the most striking things when facing the British civilian, truth. All through the book he is suddenly becomes a stickler for the told to say: "If you do not tell me the truth you will be shot."

For All Eventualities Some of the questions seem to be intended for use when cross-examin ng civil authorities such as: "You, Mayor, open all cupboards where

British Ministry of Information (Far Eastern Bureau), Advertising & Publicity Bureau, Lid., for use of hoardings; Hongkong Broadcasting, there is cash Commitice for broadcaste

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

June 25.1 1940.

Dual Task Of Ambassador Fifth Column

Republicans

Foreign Issues To

Be Predominant

PHILADELPHIA, June 24 (Reuter). — The Republican

Safely Home

No British Envoy

Loft In France LONDON, Jung 24 (Reuter). Sir Ronald Campbell, British here to-day, is faced with the Bordeaux for England with his Party Convention, which opened Ambassador to France, has left dual task of selecting a candi-staff, "Reuter's diplomatic cor- dute for the Presidential elec-respondent learns. tion in November and fixing a policy to offer to the country.

Foreign Issues, it is certain, will be

known as a "straddle" that is, half form," which promises to be what is way between Isolationism and the policy of the Roosevelt administra- tion:

predominant in the Party's "pint-

Outstanding Points Its outstanding points are likely to (A strong stand

against Involve ment of the United States in war;

(2) A powerful national defence programumo and ald for those resist- Ing aggressors but "within the terms of International Law."

There will, in addition, be a strong ground that he is a war-monger" who is trying to get his country into Three Candidates

war,

In U.S.A.

Hotbed Of Activity Discovered

CHICAGO, June 24 (UP),—Mr. Murtin. Dies, Chairman of the House

day that his agents have discovered Committee for the investigation of un-American activities, declared to a mid-western "hotbed of fifth column nctivity authorities issued subpoenas for near- Subsequent to the revelation the 50 members of "three German and we Italian organisations."

His departure was due to the fact that France is now almost over-rimly by the enemy and his capture by the Germans would, prova embarrassing,

It is not due to any drastic change relationship with France, by the British Government in their

Officially, Marshal Fetain's Ber- deaux government is still recognised by the British Government's ful

General de Gaulle, M. Reynaud's military adviser, is in London rally- possessions' and ing many French French citizens who wish to fight on, and his action is receiving the fullest support from the British Government:

London Rally

Mr. Dies declined to nume the organisations but said "they are an bad as anything in Europe. The United States is now confronted with greater system of foreign espionage than England suffered."

or

France ever

FRENCHMEN KEPT IN

FROM PAGE ONE

ns the

That the General's action is ap of tha The comfort of the German troops progress of the Fund; Messrs. Reuters is not forgotten. If he feels ill or off-

Frenchmen all over the world is proved of by large, numbers of Limited; United Press Associations; colour the German soldier, by turn-attack on President Roosevelt on the shown by the large number of tele-was cheerful, talking about how close The Sunday Herald; Mr. Stan Hilling to the right page will be able to for corteos; and others for the many say "Give me pills" or "I have a

grams he has received from Deputies and Departments as well as indivi- to Parts the Germans got in the last offers assistance received.

stomach ache." The Committee of the Hongkong It is also interesting

duals since his broadcast last night. War to note that

The French Ambassador end staff

When the Director attiver he asked Branch of the British Legion_give | personal standards of cleanliness are their full endorsement to the Fund. to be maintained. People are order-publican candidate, there is little un- the Republic of France at the Court Germans were near enough Paris to

As to the personality of the Re-will remain in London, representing them to get ready to move, It has cssued the following statement, ed to wash two shirts, a pair of pants animity among the pundits as to who of St. James.

make it necessary for another rodie The British Legion is an organiza- and three pocket-handkerchiefs.

Is likely to secure nomination except

station to bo mode ready in case of tion of men who served in the last

that it seems generally, agreed that War and has remained in existence in

selection will be between Mr. Robert many parts of the world for the

pur- pose of coring as far as possible for

A. Taft, son of the late Fresident William Taft, who has been a figure Ex-Servicemen and their dependents

In national politica only since his who have temporarily fallen on hard

election as Senator for Ohio in 1938, Ilmes. One of Its Implied objectives | is to support the British Empire in

Mr. Wendell Willkie, Electrie' Vill- ties magnate, and former President every possible way, particularly in times of crisis,

"The grisis of the present moment Is possibly the most serious the Em- pite has faced in its long history and the local Committee of the British

Legion appeal in all sections of the

Hongkong community to support the South China Morning Post, Ltd, War Fund to the fullest extent in their

power."

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W. M. N. H. .......

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Mr. & Mrs. Weltsch

50.

Mr. J. C. Brown

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Mr. & Mrs. A. J. R. Mou

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Mr. & Mrs. D. Needham

Mr. Wong Tak-kwour

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Messrs. Gande Price & Co. Lid.

250.

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Mr. & Mrs. James Hunter

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Mr. & Mr. W. Melrose

00.

Mr. & Mr. D. B. Edward

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25

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Local Staff, Bellion Public School

European Y.M.C.A. Women's

War Work Centre (Further .Donation)

China Import Trading Co.

Mr. L. M. Parsons

Children, Garrison Infants'

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Mesers, Noronha & Co. Ad

Anonymous

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Command Of The Air

British Superiority

Is Prophesied LONDON, Jun 24 (Reuter).

"The day will come, and no

so superiority will be in our com- mand," declared Mr. Harold Nicolson, Parliamentary Secret tary to the Ministry of Informa. tion, in a broadcast to-night.

far distantly, when air

"Our resources are for greater than the Germans and our pilots are of a far better quality.

"That will be the day of victory."

Hunger Lic, Warning

Mr. Nicolson warned the public that another Hitler lie was coming- a hunger blackade lie.

"Having seized Austria. Czecho- Slovakia, Poland, Denmark, Belgium, Holland and France, Hitler Intended to rob the people of those countries of their dally bread,

"He will cut down their food ration'

Mr. Herbert Hoover.

The first ballet is expected to be taken on Wednesday,

DETERMINATION

OF AUSTRALIANS SYDNEY, June 24 (Reuter)--Even the British Empire, is left to fight G. Menzies, alone we shall still fight, soys Mr. R. the Australian Prine Minister.

The full effect of the German de- mands cannot be judged until the fate of the French Colonial Empire is known, he points out.

He does not think that this means the end of French resistance every-

where.

HERTZOG STILL WANTS PEACE.

JOHANNESBURG, June 24 (Reu- to just above starvation level so as ter),---General Hertzog and Dr. to feed his armies and munition Malan, Leader and Deputy Leader of workers and tell them their hunger the Opposition Party respectively, 500 1s the fault of the British Govern- issued a joint statement to-day de- 2.000 ment. If only Britain would sur-manding the immediate summoning

render, he will say, the war would of Parliament. 300 be over for everybody,

500.

The Keen Sang Brickworks

Mr. & Mr J, C. Power

100.

Jardines Imports & Friends

Mr. & Mrs. M. Murphy

100.

Mr. & MR. J. O'Donovan

Ates. Din Bros......

Mr. & Mr. V. M. Nune

Mr. & Mim. D. Hossick

Hongkong Realty & Trust Co.

Ltd.

#15.0.0.

$2,000,

Mr. & Mrs. C. E. Van Sickle

M. Blick

Mode-Ellle-zastu

Staff of Hume Pipe (Far East)

Ltd. 2nd donation

Mr. & Mrs. E. J. R. Mitchell

D. C.

J. Pestonjee

.L. W.

Mika N. M, Wentworth

Corrections

500.

100.

3.0.0.

A cheque from the Colonial Dispensary should have read $250 instead of $200,

HOSTILITIES CEASE IN FRANCE

➜ FROM PAGE ONE

turn of the French capital to Paris. Italian Communiquo.. ROME, June 24 (Reuter)The following is the text of the Italian stalement announcing the Franco- Italian armistice:;

The

Italian Government

"But we shall prove to Hitler in the end by the pressure of our Navy that bulter is more important than guns."

FLEET UNLIKELY TO SURRENDER

FROM PAGE ONE

Chandernagore and passed a resolu- tion to fight on

They recorded complete unity of desire of all free citizens of the French empire, to fight, and rejected any conditions dictated by force.

A resolution recorded their deter- mination to continue at the side of the British Empire until final victory was achieved.

They invite their supporters to hold meetings to protest against the de- claration of war against Italy without consulting Parliament and to demand the immediate withdrawal of the Union from the war,

Wellington Star

Crew Landed

LONDON, June 24 (Reuter)—All the crew of the Wellington Star, which was torpedoed near Cape Finisterre to-day, have been lunded from two boats.

-

Captain Williams and 51 members of the crew reached Casablanca In one boat.

Seventeen others landed near Oporto.

Nu passengers were aboard, The Wellington Star was completed last year for New Zealand.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH

Battle For Empiro BEYHOUT, June 24" (Reuter),-- The battle for France has ended, but; RAEDER VISITS the battle for her empire and a world war is just beginning, says a French FLEET UNITS officer who has his headquarters here. The French and British Em-: pires will stand side by side. BERLIN, June 24 (UP).D.NB. Bordeaux Retires Gaullo (Offcial German News Agency) to- BORDEAUX, June 24 (Reuter)-day reported that Admiral Raeder notifled the French Government that Ministerial decision taken on Saturlands, Belgium, and northern France

hus To-day'a official journal publishes visited naval units in the Nether the signature of the ormistice terms between France and

day by which the promotion to rank between June 17 to 21. Itnly were communicated to the German Gov-annulled.

The Admiral convinced himself ernment at 7.35 p.m. Iallon summer- Lime (5.35 p.m. G.M.T) to-day.

"Consequently, hostilities will cross at 1.35 a.m. Italian summertime on Tuesday morning, June 25, 1940, (11.35 p.m. G.M.T. Monday) the 18th yeur of the Fascist era."

timo.

AIR ACES DECORATED

LONDON, June 24 (Reuter). Thirteen airmen who between them destroyed 67 enemy planes in air combat figure to-night in a new list of R.A.F. men to be

awarded the D.F.C. or the D.F.M.

Among them is a forner clerk, Sergeant Alfred Whitby, of Liver-

need.

They did not expect to be away for long. She was asiced to take only one sult ense.

: It was

then about 2 arm. The exodus started next morning.

The trains were packed with men, women, children and dogs,

Miss Stirling saw two Slemese cats, a canory and squirrel.

She sat on her sultense in the cor- rider scribbling an article in a dirty note-book to all in the programme. It

there was a shortage of news.

No Rooms Availablo There were no rooms available in

Bordeaux, but she and several others were given a heap of straw to sleep

on.

pool, who shot down five during five days only in France, and since his return to England has destroyed an- other. He gets the D.F..

Next morning the full orchestra Another exploit was that of Pilot arrived and, taking no notice of the Omcer Lewis, of South Africn, who won the DF.C. for shooting down place, burst loudly Into "Cormen."

men and women strewn about the ve planes single-handed.

They were called to work at once and they knew that Paris was, In danger

they still had no although

WORKS STRIKES

IN BULGARIA Government Disturbed

By Upheavals

деу.

They were told nothing. The peo ple got very irritable and interrupted to ask: "Is Paris taken or not?"

Small newspapers carried speeches by various people but no news of any armistice.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" SOFIA June 24.

In her programme, Miss Stirling (UF).--The Bulgarian Government has ordered read extracts from Eve Curie's life the civil mobilisation of all industrial of her mother. She is now in Lon- workers following an outbreak of large-senie to

throughout the country, dou, Miss Stirling was glad to be able

to say. strikes in Sofa and southern

News A Day Old Bulgaria.

Next morning, Miss Stirling got an An offlelal communique to-day urgent message from the Consulate stated that despite all Government advising her to leave for England on efforts to prevent them large strikes a boat which was going in two hours. have occurred in the capital and several big industrial centres southern Bulgaria.

in

The Government, appealed to len- ders and industrial workers to begin negotiations for a settlement, and added that they will not tolerate strikes "started by obscure agitators,"

LATEST NAZI

CLAIM

LONDON, June 24 (Reuter)——Ac- cording to the German radio, the German High Command have on- nounced:

"The rest of the French army sur- rounded at Donut in Visges sur- rendered at noon to-day. Över 20,- 000 prisoners were taken, including

one General commanding an Army Corps, three Divisional Commanders and about 1,000 oMeers.

She tried to object saying: "I can't as I've got to do this Orst."

She was not being brave or any- thing like that. She just could not visualise a state in which England and France were even partly se parated,.

When she got to the boul, she was asked--if-she-had--heard-of-Mr. Churchill's offer to France. She read the news and sighed with rellef un- 1 she found that the news was a day old.

That sort of thing had been going on in the last fortnight in France, she sold in conclusion.

Two US. Envoys In London

WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuter}: Twelve complete artillery detach-The United States Ambassador to ments, including six motorised Poland, Mr. Anthony Biddle, who detachments as well

as enormous Intely had been in Bordeaux, has booty fell into our hands.”

been ordered to go to London to restime duties with the Polish Gov-

Mr. William C. Bullitt is remaining ps Ambassador ti France.

STOCK EXCHANGE ment.

QUIETLY EASY

Stock Exchange was quietly

LONDON, June 24 (Reuter)--The

easier

to-day owing to the disappointment New: Trans-Pacific

of General of Colonel de Gaulle is of their preparedness against Eng-at the Petain Government's accep-

By the same decree, General de land," the D.N.B, report said,

Gaulle is placed on the retired list

"as a measure of Lebrun

Appeal To

LONDON, June 24 (Reuter) The appeal of St. Pierre and Miquelon to the French Government to carry on

INDIAN NAVY LOSES SHIP

NEW DELHI,

June 24 (Reuter)- The Government of India announces

of the Royal Indian Navy, has been

+

lance of the German armistice terms.

Prices

holding shower fased but gilt-edged |

the close.

signs of rallying near

Gold-mining shares encountered small local sales.

Wall Street was 'steady.

-Air Service

An-

OPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH'! WASHINGTON, June 24, (UP)) Pan American Airways has nounced that regulor mail fights to Auckland via Honolulu will begin on July 12.

will begin August 12.

GOLDEN GRIFFIN STOMACH TEA

For

Datails In 48 Hours BORDEAUX, June 24 (Reuter)-to-day of the Council of Administra-

the struggle was rend at a meeting that the 600-ton escort ship, Pathan, SURVIVORS LAND The passenger and express service Hostilities are expected to cease dur- tion and other leaders of the com- ing the night.

IN PORTUGAL lost on patrol. Two officers and two Details of tho terms will

munity here. be published simultaneously in France,

It was agreed to eable M. Lebrun, ratings were killed. One officer and

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH Italy and Germany in about 48 hour Government to continue the war

the President,

seven ratings were wounded." for the French pleading

LISBON, June 24 (UP)-Seven- In peace-time, the Pathan was used

the A Commission will then lay down "with the aid of all French colonies for training. She carried a normal toen British seninen from

and the effective and fraternal collis complement of 60 and was armed Wellington Star which was torpedoed with one 4-inch and two 3-inch guns. on June 18 north of Cape Finisterre,

have landed on the bench twelve digestion, Batulence, lassitude, pains miles from Coimbra. Ta

A total of 623 Italians from Eng-in the abdominal region, and billows- Iand arrived at Togus this morning neza. nboard the Monarch of Bermuda, and A cup after meals will relieve you

awaiting the arrival of the Conto of your troubles in a short while. Rosso with Britons from Italy to-day. Of all chemists and department stores at $2.00 for a large package or $0.75 - for "a small package. Or directly from the: Golden Griffin Medicinal Teas Company,

the conditions for the application oboration of, the British Empire." these conventions, more

especially with regard to regulations for their St. Pierre and Miquelon are French

islands close to the south const. of NEW EXPORT BAN Newfoundland,

circulation in France.

The seat of the Government will then probably be transferred to a town in the centre of France where the executive power and Farlloment will be able to function normally.

Berlin_ Announcement BERLIN, June 24 (Router)~~~The

CANADA'S BIG RESPONSIBILITY

..

IMPOSED

LONDON, June 24 (Reuter)-There Board of Trade has made an Export Control Order, taking effect to-day:

under which export of all classes of German High Command announced OTTAWA, June 24 (Reuter)-Un- goods to French territories in Europe, that it had ordered the cessation of til the British Navy is free to act, including Corsica, is prohibited.

A revocation hostilities with France as from 11.35 Canada must ensure her own protec-

of outstanding p.m. GMT. to-night. ption against her enemies from with- licences for exports to the territories The communique making this out, and possibly from enemics from in question has been issued at the

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Windsors Going To England MADRID, June 24 (Reuter)—It in

that the understood

Duke and Duchess of Windsor are returning to England shortly.

Gastric and Intestinal disorders, In-

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