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INDO-CHINA TO CONTINUE AS OUR ALLY?

LONDON, JULY 5, (REUTER),—ALTHOUGH THE FRENCH FLEET IN INDO-CHina was nOT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN MR. CHURCHILL'S SPEECH IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT WAS RECEIVED FROM SINGAPORE TO-DAY ANNOUNC ING THAT THE STATUS QUO WAS BEING MAINTAINED IN INDO. CHINA BY THE BRITISH AND FRENCH AUTHORITIES WITH REGARD TO BOTH THE COUNTRY ITSELF AND THE FRENCH NAVAL FORCES THERE.

One correspondent understands that an agreement was reached at an Anglo-French conference held at Saigon.

THIS PHOTOGRAPH is enemy propaganda. It shows Italian tanks exercising. To us is chief interest lles in the extreme mobility that has been attalued by the modern tank-both Allled and enemy. Mobility and manoeuvrability of this nature have revolutionised warfare...

On Thursday, the Governor of Indo-China announced that the French Moslems Pray

Empire would remain at the side of the British Empire until final victory

was won.

SYRIA FIGHTS ON

BEIRUT, July 5 (UP)--The French Colony of Syria has reaffirmed its determination to defend Syria against any foreign' encroachment.

Reports of an uprising have been officially denied.

ELEVEN DIE FRENCH FORCES

AT CASABLANCA

IN RAID

Nazis Machine-Gun Weymouth Beach

LONDON, July 6 (Reu- ter)lt__is now learned that 11 civilians were killed in the German air. raid on Portland 'on the Dorset coast on Thursday.

The planes came over at a great height, avoided detection, and then dived

and attacked civilians on the Weymouth beach with their machine-guna.

Anti-aircraft batteries and fighter planes went into action. One German bomber was brought down and probably another,

TANGIER, July 5 (UP),—A Diario Espana report from Casablanca states that coastal batteries fired on two British destroyers last Wednesday afternoon. Both British vessels escaped under a smoke-screen.

For Safety Of Cairo

CAIRO, July 5 (Reuter)—A dramatle appeal to save the "sacred city of Cairo" from serial bombardment was made in broadcast by Sheikh Marushi. the Rector of Azhar University, reputed to be the oldest seat of learning in the world.

The Sheikh broadcast from the Bifal Mosque after the Friday prayera, st which King Farouk was present.

The Sheikh urged Moslems to defend their Fatherland, to pro- tect the throne and sink their differences

He asked the Almighty to save the Moslem countries from the "körrors ""of "war"and" give the world the peace which it needed so sorely.

The French fleet at Casablanca includes a battleship, GIBRALTAR

four cruisers, twelve destroyers, forty submarines and

some smaller craft.

LONDON, July 5 (Reuter)..

TO SEVER There is still no news of the

RELATIONS

French Decision Is Confirmed

VICHY, July 5 (Reuter) The "Havas" agency confirmed the report that the French Government hns decided to break diplomatic relations with Britain.

Nazis Lose The

Heavily

32 Bombers Shot Down In Raids

It is stated that the decision was taken at a meeting of the Council of Ministers yesterday.

French ships at Alexandria.

British sources at Alexandria are quoted as saying that the position is

still in abeyance and they do not

moke

know when the French will their decision, but no French ship will be allowed to leave and surrender to the enemy.

All French sailors remained in their ships yesterday.

in

Towad To Britain LONDON, July 5 (Beuter)-It is confirmed in authoritative circles in London that some French naval units the course of construction in "Unjustifiable Aggression"

northern France were towed across to Great Britain with a number of LONDON, July 5 (Reuter).-

The decision was renched after unskilled workmen on board.. The Germans have lost 32 examination of the situation resulting

from what is described ns bombers and one fighter plane justifiable aggression of a powerful since they began their mass squadron of the British. Flect against attacks on Britain from the night the French squadron anchored at

Mers-el-ebir," of June 18 up to- to-day.. Many The Ministers' decision was com other planes had been so badly municuled to a meeting of some 50 damaged that it is unlikely that Senators by M. Laval in the course! they ever saw their home bases of a review of the general political

and diplomatic altuation. again.

"un-

M. Laval also informed the Senators The "bag". Includes Heinkels, of the Government's intentions re- Junkers, Dornier Flying-pencils, garding the forthcoming revision of Dornier scoplane and a Messerschmidt the constitution. fighter,

Since the beginning of the war 107. German planes have been shot down over or near the

const

of

+

FUTURE OF SYRIA

Discussed By Iraq

And Turkey

AIR RAID

First Since Beginning

Of The War

ter)Gibraltar to-day had its GIBRALTAR, July 5 (Ren-

first air raid since the war began. No casualties are hitherto re- ported or any damage.

It is learned that eight bombs were dropped but all fell into the sea.

French Planes?

A. R. P. WARDENS MOBILISED

This Morning's Proclamation

Eighty-one members of the Hongkong Corps of Air Raid Wardens have been mobilised, according to proclamation in to-day's Government "Gazette."

It is declared that the calling out of the wardens is deemed necessary, and the corps will remain mobilised under. Д further proclamation by the Governor.

HONGKONG Fifty-one wardens have been called out in Hongkong. They are:

Bay View Division ---H.12-Lam--Wai-nam,--H.18 -Tam

Shiu-wah, II.28 Mok Kal-ming.

Central Division D/District Warden Lai Do-man, H.102 Lau Hon-fai, H.103 Au Yeung-

BRITISH MOYALE IS SHELLED

NAIROBI, July 5 (Reuter).— A communique issued bere states:

"The enemy started intermil- tent shelling of British Moyalt is morning which only ceased about 10.43,a.m.

"Etherto only ono casualty and very slight damage is re- .ported,

"No ground attack' developed."

SUSPECTS MAY BE DETAINED

FIVE ESSENTIALS FOR PEACE

President Roosevelt On Freadom

HYDE PARK, July 5 (Router); -President Roosevelt at a Press conference to-day gave a list of five essentials which, he said, must be realised before per manent peace can be assured.

They are:

(1) Freedom from fear so that people will not be afraid of being bombed

from the air or attacked by another nation. This would require disarmament.

(2) Freedom of Information. Pre- sident Roosevelt sold this

was Important because the whole country must be able to get news of what is going on in every part of the country and the world. He said there could be no stable world unless there was freedom of every means of dis- To exercise control over per- tribution of information.

Move Against The "Fifth Columnists"?

Free Exprossion

sun, H.104 Cheung- Kam-sing, H.105sons and organisations suspected Shum Chak, H.108 Liu Kwal-hin, H.121 Li Fook-mun, H.202 Fung Wai-eubjects to foreign influence in chiu, H.232 Cheung Po-man, IL.235 sympathy with the Government sident Roosevelt observed that this

(2) Freedom of religion. Pro Ng Yee-chang, H.238 Lau Man-fong. of any power with which Britain was maintained fairly well under the H302 A.

A. Leong, H.303. Mu Wing-kic, is at war, the Hongkong De-democracies, but not in countries 11.304 Chul Keung, H.401 Lui Hol

Freedom of

Pre-

tung, H402 Lau Shul-wing, H.454 fences Regulations have been under other systems of government. Wong Kwok-cho, D. G. Asome amended, states the Government sident Roosevelt declared that every

Upper Level Division "Gazette" issued to day.

Yani H.500 Wong Tat To H.324 ÂU H.525 Miss K. M. Grant, H.532 S. C.

C. Olacs, 11.539 Weng Tuen. Po 11.440 Cheung, H.533 David Tsui, 1.538 E. J. M. Batelho, H.546 Lo Yu Yan.

Eastern Division

The amendments state:

person should be free to voice his opin.on as long as he does not bd- "If the Governor has reasonable vocate to overthrow his Kovernment. been or to be a member of, or to have dent Roosevelt said this must be ae- cause to belleve any person to have (5) Freedom from want. Prest- been or to be active in furtherance complished by the removal of cul- District Warden Ko Hay Man, H.703 of objects of, any such organization as tural barriers between the nations. is hereinafter mentioned, and that it Lau Shuk Yue, H.704 Tsang Chiu is necessary to exercise control over

- Frank Admission

foreign Influence of control. or

(a) the organization is subject to

LATEST

fu Chai Ming, H.708 Chow Yik Chi, that person directing that he be of these objectives raises the ques- Yan, H.705 Kai Chow Pang, H.700 him, he may make an order against President Roosevelt said the outling H.742 Kwong Kam Wo, H.701 Mok detained.

tion whether the United States is go- Chi Piu, HL760 Chu Lai.

The organizations hereinbefore ing to seek the five "freedoms." or Western Division ROME, planes dropped several bombs over H.1002 Chan Chuen Hau, H.1030 Lok satisfied that either-

July '5 (UF).---French

referred to are any organizations as Turn to Pago 4, Sixth Column D/District Warden Lam Sing Ilol, respects which the Governor is the British fortress at Gibraltar at Kai Ming, H.1046 Lal Chak Kwing. a.m., last Friday according to a reH.1057 Man Tok Ming, H.1072 Yeung port from Algeciras.

Kin. Chee, H.1078 Lee Shiu Cheung, British anti-aircraft guns opened 1.1070 Taul Cheuk Yu, H.1037 Tsui fire on the plane and drove away. Ka Wo. Further details are unknown in the

Quary Bay Division Spanish capital but it is assumed that | H.1210 Cheng Wai Lin, H.1213 the French planes wanted revenge for Fong Chung Kucn, H:1241 Wong Pak the British assault on the French Kuen. Fleet at Oran.

OUTPOSTS ATTACKED

Desert Garrisons Withdraw

` KOWLOON

*...

(b) the persons in control of the organization have or have had asso- ciation with persons concerned in the government of, or sympathy with the system of government of, any power with which His Majesty is at war, and in either case that there is danger

BLOCKADE OF MARTINIQUE

of utilization of the organization for

WASHINGTON, July 5 (Reuter}," purposes prejudicial to publie safety for defence, the maintenance of public --Mr. Cordell Hull refused to com- order, the efficient prosecution of thement on reports that British naval war, or the maintenance of supplies units were blockading the French

or servieda essential to the life of the island colony of Martinique, community,

He stated that the situation there appeared to be confused.

Japanese Raid

A. consignment of

Nothing is known here of the pre- sence of French destroyers or sub- marines.

recently Choi Hin Man, K.310 H. Montalt French Concession bought from the United States

"SHANGHAI," July 6" (Reuter)---| known to be there, as are also stocks Japanese military patrols co-operated of gold. Yuk with the French Police in raids

Jhore against "anti-Japanese

elements." *Well-known Chinese NO MORE KITES

Tsimshatsui Division D/District Warden Lt. Col. E. D. Matthews, K.2 W. J. D. Passmore, K.104 Tang Wah, K.113 Yuen Sun. Yaumati Division District Warden Chol Chung Shun, BAGHDAD, July 5 (Reuter).

District Warder Shek King Man, Delegates from Iraq, including the

D/District Warden Tang Yiu Wah, Foreign Minister who have just re-

K.260 Enoch Cheung, K.277 Lea Man French Humiliation

turned from a conference with the

On, K270. Kan Por, K.202 Turkish Government, said that the PRETORIA, July 5 (Reuter)-future of Syria was among the sub-

K.322 Shelt Bun. Britain, or while attacking British General: Jon Smuts, the South Jects discussed..

CAIRO, July 5 (Reuter)

Mongkoktsul Division shipping.

African Premier, in a broadcast,

To-day's war communique :ad- D/District

Warden Shek declared that the day would come - Yesterday's Victim when Britain and the Navy would opinion that Syria should be for son has withdrawn from an out-Pascoo

Both Iraq and Turkey are of the mits that a small British garri. Kuen, D/District Warden J. E. carried out in the French Concession LONDON; July B (Reuter) restore to France her glorious post-Syrians and that the country should post at Kassala in Sudan follow-

Noronha, D/District Ward

Warden Heinkel 111x bomber, which came tion and make amends for the loss enjoy complete independence.

Shamshulpo Division over early this morning wax shot they had been compelled in self- The Syrians, according to

LONDON, July 5 (Reuter)-The these ing an attack by an Italian force K.777 Chan Wing Fak, IL.703 'Ng arrested. _down after being driven back by freon that day the entire French (and it was only right that the final armoured cars and bombing See Wah, K.824 Fung. Sing Lam, Mocal adjustments" made between wing to the possibility of tie. by"

defence to inflict. from the ground batteries.

delegates, were fit for independence which included light tanks, Yuk Way, K318 Lei Kie, K.810 Wong arrangement was concluded in sever-hibition of kito ang alloying This action suggests that policing Air Ministry has announced the pro- Anti-aircraft fire was so accurate people will recognise in gratitude word about their future should rest planes.

K.833 Law Chun Wah, K.840 Mrs. C. the Japanese and the French authorit indicate targets, at strategle points or that the Spitfires could nad the plane Turn to Pago 4, Sixth Column with themselves by the puffs of

agents to signal invading forces and of bursting shells around

M. Bird, The British 'likewise withdrew from. Kowloon City, Division

|les during the past week. Th British planes chased it out of

an outpost at Galabat to prepared

Previously the French authorities suitable landing places for aircraft clouds, then saw it go down into the saner.

others who landed were taken pri-

D/District Warden Miss Chan Sun had adopted an intransigent attitude and parachutists as done in Holland LONDON, July 5 (Router)The on a strong attacking force, including Kwai, K.1270 Miss Lal Pui Chun, over Japanese proposals for 7 during the German Invasion.

a K.1203 Wong Poon. Latt sen with its undercarriage lowered.

High Commissioner for India hot two aircraft week Another German plane ever. Wales. opened a Register in London which

operation." Two of the crow went down with the this moming dropped four bombs in will include the names and addresses air forces bombed Matemma, gaining 1001 Yuen Hong Tai, K.1010 Lam bomber. A third drowned while 'open country. There

BW Hunghom Division "that"] trying the get ashore, while two casualties and no damage.

were no of all Indian nationals in the United direct hits on barracks and the land- Wal, K.1031 Wong Blu Hung, K.1034

Kingdom.

ing ground.

Lau Shuk Pang..

The communíquo në Mahli di

businessmen

were among those

NICOSIA, July 5 (Reuter), Troop exercises will be held all over the island of Cyprus to-morrow.

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