1940-07-11 — Page 5

Thursday,

PRODUCE Roosevelt Asks Congress For Year's

99 Total Of £2,500,000,000 On Services

“LIKE HELL”

Munition Workers 84 Hours A Wook LONDON, July 10 (Reuter). -Mr. Ernest Bevin, the Minis- tor of Labour, in a speech in London to-day, said he had asked munition workers to work 84 hours a week and "produce like. hell" to maintain an optimum of

production. It was to the credit

of the men that they had) responded,

Mr. Bevin said he had now worked keep up the optimum of production

out a system of rotation which would

FANTASTIC U.S. EXPENDITURE ON NEW DEFENCES

WASHINGTON,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 10 (Reuter).—President Roosevelt asked Congress to-day to bring America's total defence appropriation for the year up to the staggering all-time record of US$10,000,000,000

(£2,500,000,000)

when, in a special message, he asked for an additional

as long as they liked and at the same time give the men the necessary rest appropriation of $4,848,000,- period.

He was sino organising a scheme in000. which an appeal would be made ic married women, middle class women and women who had never, been in a factory to come along and do couple of days' work, thus allowing the ordinary workers to have a rest.

Dispersing Factories Arrangements had been made to utilise small establishments. "Bembs can knock a big place out as well as have all your eggs in one basket," he a little one, and it is better not to

said.

The money will be utilised for the following purposes:

re-armament

1-To carry on naval any possible combination of hostile until the US. Navy is able to meet naval forces the world can produce;

3-To provide complete equip ment for an Army of 1,200,000 which can thus be mobilised Immediately war threatens

3

PLIGHT OF EUROPE

Shocking Effects Of Nazi Occupation LONDON, July 10 (Reuter). London of the severe hardships Evidence continues to reach

LETTERS

Nancy Not An Evacuee

To The Editor.

The "Hongkong Telegraph." Sir.-In view of the all round evacuation of Women and children, an Esuranco from the Editor that "Nancy and Sluggo" will be allowed to continue to entertain the local pubile, would I feel sure be generally appreciated,

REGULAR READER. (Naney and Sluggo are not being evacuated.-Ed.)

TIENTSIN

July 11, 1940.

CHINESE NOTE TO BRITAIN

Chungking Viows Sot Forth

LONDON, July 10 (Reuter). In the House of Commons to- day, Mr. Wilfrid Roberts asked

Mr. R. A. Butler whether any

protest had been made on behalf

IMMOBILISATION OF DUTCH ARMY of the Chinese Government with LONDON, July 10 (Reuter)-Ac-Tientsin Agreement, which dealt regard to Part 1 of the recent cordilisation of the bite with the question of Anglo-

the Dutelt Army la to be completed ort July 15. Japanese Pollco co-operation, or The General commanding the Ger- regarding Part 3 concerning the man Army of occupation has for-question of currency. bidden the wearing of Dutch military uniform after that date.

AUSTRALIA SEEKS MORE EVACUEES

MELBOURNE, July 10 (Reuter).- The Cabinet has decided to accept an friends, in addition to the original unlimited number of British children directly nominated by relatives of

Mr. Butter replied: "Lord Halifax has been informed by the Chinese Ambassador that the Chinese Govern-

men han addressed to the British

note

Ambassador in Chungking a setting their starpoint regarding the Tientsin Agreement.

Police and currency arrangements in

been received in London."

The text of the note has not yet

Ambassador has indicated certain re- tion, Mr. Butler said: "The Chinese

Replying to a supplementary

Get the conviction of the envisesting a mobliisable army of two and suffering in all German offer of 5,000, for the duration of the 'servations by the Chinese Govern- |

Mr. Devin said:

tanks, guns, artillery and ammunition 3.To produce reserve stocks of for an additional 600,000 men, thus

million men;

occupied territory and it is don't know what happened about 4To provide Government-owned thought that they will continue Munich or before I came to office, but manufacturing plants. facilities for to an appreciable extent as a I know that there is a task on. producing equipment for an army of result of the Nazi regime. the darkest hour, when it looked us: 2,000,000 men. If not more than 20 per cent. of our men would return from France, every Minister of the Government was solemnly resolved to see it through to the end and not compromise with Hitler.

In

"I have not witnessed any going back on that resolve. If I saw any weakness i would be the first to tell the country,

Wo Mean It

"When I entered the Government, I made up my mind not to settle with the Nazi regime. They would have to beat us to smithereens and then we would not settle. We mean it. I hope the country will mean it

"Let be said for the

working classes that there is no evidence in Norway, Holland, France, and Bel gium that any part of the working class of any political party acted as Fifth Columnists. The latter came from the higher-up."

GREAT AIR BATTLE RAGES

FROM PAGE ONE

oll rednery at Henhelm and airdromies at Borkum and Texel were strafed by British bombs.

Salvocs Of Bombs

also

As the bombers flew over, they released several salvoes of bombs which fell wide of the mark.

Anti-aircraft Funs barked and fighters roared up to the attack.

As the Righters drove off the bombers, a Nazi @ghter escort which had been hiding in the clouds above dived, firing with their machine guns,

Planos All Over The Skies Other British Spitfires went up and circled behind the Germans, driving them away after a sharp engagement. Planes appeared all over the sky and anti-aircraft guns for several miles round were in action.

An unidentified plone fell and is believed to have crashed.

-To procure 15,000 new bombers and pursuit plunes, together with the necessary spare engines, armament and the most modern equipment.

Means Sacrifices

"So great a sum means sacri fleca," President Roosevelt declared in his message.

"So great a programme means hard work and the participation of the whole country in the total defence of the country.

"We will not use our arms in a war of aggression," President Roosevelt

teared.

that

"We will not send our men to take part in the European wars."

Throats To America President America fully understood the "threat!

Roosevelt said of new enslavement in which one may not speak, may not listen, and may not think.

Raw materials accumulated over a considerable period in these ter- and transferred to Germany for use ritories is being systematienily reized

of its

115 war machine.

It is learned that a great many in- dustries are not being permitted to nufacture goods without Ger- are poor throughout Europe, partly many's consent. Harvest prospects owing to the severity of last winter. and partly to the devastalion caused by the invading German forces,

ITALIANS ATTACK

IN DESERT

war.

JAPANESE AND THE SHENKING

The Japanese announce that a very SHANGHAI, July 10, (Heuter), strong protest is being lodged with Shenking. the British naval authorities over the

It is understood that the British protested against Japanese interfer- naval authorities have also vigorously ence with a British ship.

STOCK EXCHANGE|

HESITANT

ment in respect of the two parts of the Agreement referred to. It will be remembered that in a private statement I said that the Chinese Government's concurrence was sought and given to the part of the Agree ment relating to silver."

Devastation Of Rotterdam

30,000 Known To Have Been Killed

Well-informed Dutch circles in London state that the number of dead was approximately 30,000,

LONDON, July 10 (Reuter). -Details are now receive, dof the terrible devastation wrought LONDON, July 10 (Reuter)-On the Stock Exchange to-day, Sirin Rotterdam by German bom- Kingsley Wood's overnight reference bers on May 14. to the probability of increased taxa- tlon was responsible for the hesitant tone of the market, but selling was Very small. unchanged or

Gilt-edgett holdings Anished either balance.

slightly lower on and .machine- Gulier

groups mostly were easier firmness in the late session. Wall Street was steady.

"As these threats become more NAIROBI, July 10 (Reuter). numerous and their dire meaning It is officially announced that clearer, it deepens the determination Buna, south of British Moyale, of the American people to meet them was bombed with a wholly adequate defence.

"We have seen nation after nailon, gunned yesterday by Italian air-but there was evidence of greater some of them weakened by treachery craft. from within, succumb to the force of Eighty bombs were dropped but no ggression. We see nations stilt gal damage was done. There were no lently fighting against aggression, en-casualties. couraged by high hopes of ultimatel victory.

Concerted Onslaught

This morning, the enemy heavily shelled British Moyale and later British troops were attacked.

No,further details are yet available. Enemy aircraft were also active in the same region.

An Italian claim to have captured a number of British troops in the Turkian region is denied.

Opposed To War That we are opposed to war es known not only to every American, but to every continent in the world.

"We will not take part European war, but we will repet aggression against the

United States or the western hemisphere,

The p lives in Congress know that threats people, and their represents-

Quict Elsewhere

to

CAIRO, July 10 (Reuter).—A com- our liberties, threats to

от our munique

the security, threats against our way of Somaliland and Kenya stated that Western desert life, throats to

to our institutions, of there is nothnlg to report. religion, democracy and international On the Sudan-Abyssinian frontier, good faith have increased in number on enemy force estimated at 300 from a month, from Colonial troops, supported by artil- lery and aircraft, occupied the fron- tier post at Kurmuk on July 7.

and gravity from a day." week,

Imputation Refuted Declaring that because America stitutions did not mean the country maintained democratic political in-

was weak, President Rooseveli added that free men and women of the LONDON, July 10 (Reuter).-The Lalled States were determined to be attack on a convoy off the south coast and the air battle which follow-rong as well as free, Apologists for despolism and those who ald

Eyewitness Account

or up-

police withdrew after inflicting 50 The small garrison of Sudanese casualties on the enemy.

Registration Continues

ed was in two phases, says "Reuter's" them by whispering defeatism correspondent who witnessed the peasement, assert that because we battle from the cliff-tops.

The registration of British women The first bombardment was de-arms and war preparations that we of age, continued

have not devoted our full energies to and children, and men over 55 years livered by a flight of 15 German bombers who dived in the face of

are now incapable of defence.

at the Supreme an intense barrage of anti-aircraft clared President Roosevelt.

"I refute that imputation,"

Court and the former Travel Bureau de.yesterday.. gunfire from the escort vessels and rained a shower of high explosive

There are many unique questions of eligibility in such a cosmopolitan bombs on the convoy.

Colony as Hongkong, but clarifica- lon of one angle was afforded by a Government spokesman. He said married to Britons

No hits appear to have been scored. The raiders were driven off by R.A.F fighters,

that Chinese

Only three buildings were left standing over an area of two square miles.

Despite this, the German statement published in German controlled Dutch papers said only 300 hundred

were killed.

Seven Wocks After

The work of clearing up is still pro- ceeding seven weeks after the bem-

STOCK MARKET bardment and human victims are

REPORT

summary issued yesterday says:

Hongkong Stock Exchange ofcial The short session was very quiet.

Buyers.

Providents $3.35

Landa 10

Trams

hina Lights (old) $5.00 Telephones (old) $19

Sellera. Providents $3.85 Trams $14.40

Sales. Unions $320

Defence Against Air-borne Troops

LONDON, July 10 (Reuter)--Sir Archibald Sinclair, the Air Minister, said to-day that measures were being taken for ground defence of acro dromes against air attack as well as landing of troops from the air. against attack on the ground by the A Director of Ground Defence has been appointed to co-ordinate defence action.

S'hai Incident: U.S. Attitude

THE WAR FUND Donations Received From The second phase of the attack on

Sikh Community could not register, but their Eurasian-Mr. Cordell Hull, United States WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuter). the convoy developed ten minutes later when a formation of 30 Nazl

offspring, ond British Eurasians, TEMPLE SUBSCRIPTION bombers was seen dying down the

could register, the decision resting Secretary of State, told a press con- Channel at a height of 10,000 feet.

with the persons concerned whether ference to-day that a study of further The War Fund of the S. C, M. Post, they wished to consider themselves reports on the Shanghat dispute be They released several salvoes of Ltd., yesterday received considerable of Chinese or European race. bombs which fell near the convoy.

tween the military, authorities of the support from the. Sikh community British Indiang and Malayans must United States and Japan only served and Sikh Temple, and by the after-register.

to strengthen his belief that the in- cident should be satiled locally.

Fighters In Action

Fighter planes appeared in every noon the totals reached were $1,237,- It is necessary to produce passports part of the sky, the RAF, conting- 763.66 and £2,828, 19s. Od. Follow it in possession of such, but birth ents attacking German fighter escorts ing are the latest subscriptions which were also subjected to anti-ceived: aircraft gunfire along several miles Odd Cent Club

of the coast.

Mr. E. 6. Ford "A Bupporter"

After sharp exchanges of machine-. de Mrs. J. Wattle gun fire, the Germans broke off the Moira & David Wattie engagement and fled across the Kholas Diwan Society (Sikh Temple) Channel after an unidentified plane Mr. & Mrs. Badan Singh & Family had fallen Games.

ITALY'S NAVAL

DEFEAT Turkey Delighted With Result

ANKARA, July 10 (Reuter).-The Mediterranean naval battle has been followed with intense interest in Turkey, where a decisive action by Britain always meets with instan- taneous approval.

The contrasts between the British communique and the Italian version

Mr. Mahan Singh

Mr. Kapoor Bingh

Mr. Ram Rakha Bingh

Mr. Chanan Bingh

Mr. Arjan Bingh

Mr. spooran Singhi

Mr. Hardit Singh

Mr. Gurbachan Bingh

Mr. Isar Singh

Mr. Gurdit Singh

Mr. Kandhara Singh

Mr. Avtar Singh

Alr. Dasant Singh

Mr. Moola Singh

Mr. Dan Bingh Mr. Hari Singh Mr. Inder Singh sir. Tara Singh Mr. Ballp Bingh Mr. Dharm Bingh Staff and Friends of China. Pro- vident Loon and Mortgage Co Lid, (2nd Donation) Mr. J. B. Wood (with compil

mants to Mr. Brayfield)

re-certificates will sumee otherwise. There was some misunderstanding on 24.27. this point again yesterday.

are noted with an amusement that PURCHASE TAX

not flattering to the Italians.

GAOLER GETS 1.5.M. LONDON, July 10 (Router)--The Imperial Service Medal is awarded to Ramalingam Rassalala, Senior Tamil interpreter of the F.M.S., and to Samuel Wright, a gnoler in the Straita Prison Service.

DROPPED

LONDON July

10.

The registration officers emphasised 2. that

persons making their

10.

own

20. arrangements to leave must report 125 their departure from the Colony to the Registration Office in order that

63.

Indian Resident Passes Away

being found at the rate of 300 bodies a day.

It is added that the devastalon wrought by the bombers was aggravated by the enormous fires which burned for two days.

The Lying Jade Active

Rumours Of Landings In England

--LONDON, July-10-(Reuter)--A Ministry of Information announce- ment states that keen determination throughout the country to be fully prepared against an invasion has pro- duced a crop of rumours about para- chutists.

one sense, be regarded as symptoms Although these rumours can, in of mental preparedness, they do cause, widespread alarm and anxiety.

Authoritative Denial

It is authoritatively stated that ro enemy parachutists have yet landed In this country.

The

many branches of the Civil Defence services can be relied on to maintain their constant vigilance against un enemy surprise atinck.

The general public must do their bit by being continuously on guard against fulse rumours such as these.

EVACUEES IN MANILA

FROM PAGE ONE

lady I talked to was enthusiastle

and appreciative of the treatment shown to them

Mrs. W. Awcock who evacuated with her twin sons, told me: "The kindness of these people is over- The funeral was held in the Mo-whelming and nothing has been too hammedan Cemetery yesterday, of Mr. Omar Ali, who died in the Queen

10. the authorities can adjust their lists. Mary Hospital at the age of 88 on

Slightly more than 400 persons Tuesday,

10.

10. registered yesterday, and a quarter

Mr. All, who was a member of

of these were men over 55. Regis-the ship's company of the Halching. tration will be continued to-day.

Portuguese Community

much trouble for them."

Mrs. The food is good and wholesome and Richards agreed, naying:

there is any amount of milk avail- able for the children."

fell I during the last trip. He is which I found the evacuees who had Later I entered the barracks, in survived by his widow, two sons, travelled in the Empress of Canada, one of whom is Mr. A. K. Omar, of Their opinion of the thoughtfulness the Dairy Farm, and two daughters. and consideration of the American

Moulvi Noor Shah oftlelated at the people is also unanimous, funeral

For the past few days the Portu- guese Consulate has been filled with hundreds of men and women register-W

ing for emergency evacuation. Over Among those present were Messrs. 1,000 Portugueso nationals have had U. M., R. M., K, M., O. M and A M

Not One Complaint

Though, they said, the sleeping quarters must be unavoidably

their names and those of their chil-mar (nephews),-Messrs, A. Manan cramped, every possible kindness and

dren noted.

The registration has been carried out efficiently by the Consulate, and 01. will continue to-day.

100.

Chinesa List Compilad

A total of 850 names has been re- ceived at the special Chinese registra-

chun Rural Welfare

Rumjalin and A. Manub Rumjahn

G.

(nephewe), SA Sepher (brother-consideration has been tendered.

"Nobody has a thing to complain In-law), Hajee A. R. Abbas, linjee about," said one Indy. Azim, "Iron" Bux, U. A. Esmail, C. Military lorries L. Clarke, Noble Johnson, C.

are stationed at Markar, A. M. Abbas, T. All, M. I. evacures. They have been converted various points for the use of the Razack, M. Hassan, and R. Nazarin,

into buses in order to carry the families to and from their living quarters to the ships.

Taxis are also available for those wishing to travel to Manila,

tlon depot conducted at the Shum- WASHINGTON, July 10 (UP)

Centre. They The Senate, by a vote of '80 to 16, has "Router" learns that the Purchase but a few merchants. and labourers Frank Knox as Secretary of the Navy. (Reuer) are mostly of women and children,confirmed the appointment of Colonel Tax is to be dropped,

(also registered.

10

LONDON, July 10 (Reuter)-A The Government. Intend to put fresh proposals in the new budget had no set scheme at present, but The Rangoon Harbour Commissioners Fund to the Lord Mayor's Red Cross The persons in charge said they RANGOON, July 10 (Reuter) been made from the Malaya Patriotic further contribution of £15,000 has which will be introduced, before the would devise one when an emergency. have donated £10,000 to the Burma House rises.

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