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Hongkong Telegraph.

FOUNDED 1861-

No. 18218

SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 六拜殿·號三月八英港香

1940 ̇日十三月六

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Failure of

France is rectified'

-Laconic R.A.F. Report

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, AUG. 2 (UP).—"FRANCE'S FAILURE TO DESTROY 142,000 TONS OF OIL IN DEPOTS ALONG THEIR ATLANTIC COAST HAS BEEN RECTIFIED," DECLARED AUTHORI- TATIVE AIR MINISTRY CIRCLES TO-DAY.

"Installations there are being bombed day and night and will continue as long as one oil tank remains,” they added.

They said the "destruction" of Hamburg was made possible by preliminary reconnaisance of oil refineries and storage depots there on January 11.

"Subsequent daylight visits have provided the night bomber pilots with photographs of the general layout. Then they got down to real business.

"Bombing attacks on Hamburg's refineries were opened on June 1 and continued nightly for a week.

"More' night raids were made on June 17, 18 and 19 and a further six in succession from June 30 to July 1. A fortnight later the nightly raids on the Hamburg refineries were renewed.

"There have been seven raids since July 20," the au- thoritative sources declared,

Today's Air Ministry com- munique states that R.A.F.

HONGKONG bombers made day and night

AND THE BLOCKADE

Export Ban Announced

The export and re-export of

raids yesterday.

They nttacked

Leeuwarden

and

ut wirdromes Haamstede 13

The Sale Everyone

looks forward to

Whiteaway's Great SUMMER SALE

Begins Tuesday

WORTHWHILE BARGAINS EVERYONE! NEEDS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS.

MEN OF THIS BREED AWAIT HITLER'S BRITZKRIEG INVASION

GUARDING THE SHORES OF ENGLAND

DESTROYERS on patrol and anti-submarine exercises af Portland. Hitler must evade the watch- Holland, considerably damaged the ful eves of the Navy, which has never yet filled England, even before his Blitzkrieg can start. synthetic-oil-plants at Gelsenkirchen,

Kaman,

Relshold; Homburg and altacked the Krupp works at

the supply depots at Hamm, Krefeld Dramatic Attacks On Shipping Fail

and Mannheim; several nirdromes in

northwest Germany,

One plane is missing from the day-

Ume ralda bút none front the night raids.

NAZI PLANE HIT,

all goods, except by licence, from EVACUEES CRASHES INTO

Greece. Yugo-Slavia, Hungary, Soviet Russin (Black Sea Ports), Turkey, Finland, Sweden, the Baltic States, Switzerland, Spain ·

and Spanish dependencies includ-

FAIL TO ARRIVE

EIGHT families hooked to ing the Spanish zone of Morocco, Portugal and Portuguese Atlan-leave for Australia by the big to turn tie Islands and Tangier, has now Canadian liner failed

the been prohibited.

up at the rendezvous at This is contained in a notifica-Peninsula Hotel this morning.

Officials were still awaiting tion in to-day's "Gazette" by the Controller of Trade, Mr. E. w.their arrival at 9.50 a.m., fifty

minutes

the after

scheduled Hamilton.

The order adds that applica-meeting time.

Meanwhile the thirty-two familles tions for licences must specify in who reported were taken aboard ship as great detail as possible then covered lorries at 0.30 route by which the goods con- cerned will reach their destina- tion.

SOVIETS START

BRITISH

STEAMER

LONDON,- Aug. 2 (Reuter)-An Admiralty communique

glutes:

"One of our convoys in the North Sea was repeatedly, attacked by German aircraft yesterday afternoon. No damage was done to any of the ships in convoy or escorting warships.

"One of the escorting vessels, H.M.S. Weston, shot down one enemy airerall. There were no casualties on the Weston.

BALKANS CAULDRON

Rumania Accused Of “Manoeuvring". NEW REPUBLIC BUDAPEST, Aug. 2 (Reuter), Canadian Wheat LONDON, Aug. 2 (Reuter)—Ac~~~While the first step for the cording to the Moscow Wireless, the opening of direct negotiations Soviet Parliament has passed a bill concerning Hungarian and Bul- For Britain

forming a Moldavian Federal Soviet garinn claims on Rumania is Republic, ronsisting of the former Ministry of Food has entered inin on the greater part of Soviet-occupied Government within a few days, LONDON, Aug 2 (Reuter) -The Maldavian autonomous republie and expected from the Rumanian the opinion, is gaining ground in agreement with the Canadian Wheat Bessarabia.

districts Bessarablan Board to purchase, during the cereal

well-informed circles here that Akerman, Ismail, with year from July 1940 to July 1041, Kholin,

This is the largest purchase evered into the Ukrunlun Republic under and difficult. .recorded.

ment to the Bucharest Goverment to make its own arrangements with quick decision is improbable..

The

of

"On another part of the North Seo, the steamship Highlander wna twice attacked by enemy aircraft inst night. In the first attack enemy alr craft dropped bombs which missed with and

raked the ship machine-gun fire. While doing so, a Germun aircraft was hit by the de- tensive armament of the Highlander and was seen to crash into the staf in flames 100 yards aetern of the ship.

then

Lands On Vessel

the

ABOVE YOU SEE Home of the 350,000 Tommies who were evacuated through Dunkirk, now back in England. They ate the nucleus of an army 1,500,000 strong who await with confidence any attack Hitler may dare inunch on England.

POLISH CAPTAIN FOILS ATTEMPT TO SEIZE SHIP

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

LONDON, Aug. 2 (UP).—The Admiralty announces that a number of Germans recently arrived by aeroplane at Port Dakar, French West Africa-the base for the French South Atlantic mail service-where they unsuccessfully attempt- ed to seize the Polish steamer Kroman,

This is the first official news that Germany is sending agents to the French colonies. This was not provided for in the published armistice

The Admiralty stated that the

VISCOUNT terms.

IN LATEST HONOURS

Outstanding Courage Aboard Warship LONDON, Aug. 2 (Reuter), The rescue of wounded men from warship's bomb-room filled

a

Gen. De Gaulle with fumes and smoke as the

"Sentenced To Death"

CLERMONT - FER- RAND, Aug. 2: (Reuter).

General

de Charles Gaulle has been sentenced to death in his absence by a Military Court, states the "favas" agency..

The sentence also in- cludes military degrada tion and confiscation of his property.

General de Gaulle is charged with treason, with an attempt against the outside safety of the state and with desertion abroad in war time.

ITALIANS MASSING

Egyptian Frontier Threatened

LONDON, Aug. 2 (Reuter)— News from the Libyan-Egyptian

result of an explosion and at the risk of further explosions which might have blown them to pïrce=| has earned awards, announced the "London Gazette."

These awards are the Order of

Prouch had immobilized the ship

by removing vital machinery but the Polish Captain. M Dybek, learned that the Germans. had arrived and were planning to seize the ship.

for

improvised

missing

He and the crew replacements

the machinery, enabling them to escape to Britain where the Kroman is now safe. The vessel in of 1,804TMiōnā.

LATEST

NAZI LEAFLETS

the British Empire to Licut AID RED CROSS

Commdr. Viacount Mandeville

on

to-day, and a Medal of the Order to Sub. LONDON, Aug. 2 (Reuter) —In Licut. Alexander Mitchell Hodge, several parts of England

people were busy collecting German. Viscount Mandeville, although in-leaflets which were dropped Jured, showed "outstanding courage Thursday night, possibly an unwitting of R.A.F. and enterprise" in searching for the tribute to the effectiveneas wounded.

Icoflet raids on German territory. Sub. Lieut. Hodge rescued several Most of the leaflets were picked up badly-injured men, one of whom was during the night by the Police and crushed under two very heavy bombs Alt Raid Wardens.

In one town,

were which could not be moved single-

the leadets being sold, the proceeds going to the handed. Hodge did not go on deck until he had satisfed himself that Red Cross Fund. German raids nobody was left alive below.

Britain in another

Swam In Burning Oil

are also helping respect. It has

A medal of the British Empire been found that carriers of the in- Order is also awarded to Marine cendiary bombs dropped are made of James Munro Hail, who swam through aluminium. Needless to say, this is water covered with burning oli to a not being wasted, - blazing ship loaded with enabling a chain to be fastened to the stem, of the ship which was towed clear of the jetty which was already catching fire.

petrol,

There were uil-tanks and a large stock, of petrol nearby,

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Further Late News

CANADIAN CONTINGENT INCLUDES AMERICANS

"Two minutes later the Highlander; was attacked by another Germon air-

renew the aircraft circled to attack, it was hit, causing it to lose craft. Again the bombs missed. As

height. The port wing of the air- craft struck the port lite-boat at the davlis. This swung the machine

OTTAWA, Aug. 2 (Reuter)-The safe arrival In England' service Canadian active of the Highlander.

Italians are assembling large of "another large contingent of the "This morning the Highlander steamed into harbour with the wreck-numbers of troops, the majority force" is announced by the Minister of Defence, Colonel J. age of the German aircraft on the of which would appear to be in Ralston, in the House of Commons.

the neighbourhood of Sollum,

respondent.

further 100.000.000 bushels of wheat. Northern Bukovina, were incorporat. negotiations are likely to be lobki pround and it crashed on to the poop) frontier... indicates

another bill.

IRISH SHIP BOMBED

BY NAZI PLANE

DUBLIN, Aug. '2' (Reuter),-A statement issued by the Elrean Government's Information Bureau on behalf of the Department of External Affairs discloses that the Irish- registered steamer Kerryhead was attacked on Thursday by a German bomber near the entrance to Oyster Haven, County Cork DW

The statement adds that the Irish

Berlin has been Charge d'Acuirea Instructed to lodge a protest with dam of the members of the crew, the German Foreign Ofee and claim * compensation for the damage caused

Several bombs. were dropped near the vessel which sustained some “damage.

"was injured

It is felt that Germany's encourage-

A

that the

Hungaria and Bulgaria means that apie only casually sustained in the writes "Reuter'a”, military cor- Second Division under Major-General the British people will be able to

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"We look forward to the time when The contingent includes part of the Highlander was two men wounded."

Odlum and certain ouxlifery units. No Early Result

resume the offensive on the continent Two Other Planos Downod

and carry the war Into Germany. They have been enabled to do

How Many Americans

Germany has asked for it and she is After preliminary meetings of the LONDON, Aug. 2 (Reuter)-When Foreign Ministers, there are certain a small vessel arrived at an east this owing to the absence of

LONDON, Aug. 2 (Reuter)-The golu to get it!" to be proposals and counter-proposals Scottish port to-day, it stated that anxiety about their Tunis from outstanding fenture of the batch of Farowell Morsage needing detailed discussion. There when on the north-east coast of tier now that the French are out Canadian troops who have arrived incfore the contingent salled Mr. Tore, It is thought that no result Scotland two enemy planes fred of the conflict.c

Britain is the number of American w. L. Moeitenzle King, the Prime. should be expected before the middle aerial torpedoes at the ship."

British forces have successfully citizens.

Minister, atnt o farewell message to of September at the earliest.

The ship's gunner 'shot down one harried the Italians while they are. Troops will inter join the First Major-General Odlum, saying: "Be- Budapest newspapers indignantly plane with the first burst of fire, and marsing

Canadian Division, together forming hind you stands a united people, comment on the Rumanian shortly afterwards shot down

Buy Of Little Importanco the Canadion. Active Service Force. pledged to support you with "manoeuvres" to escape concessions second plane.

Majer-General W. V. Odlum, the strength and power. Your journey Sollum is of little strategie, im- which are now belleved here

The crews of both planes are be- to: ba

Companding, cxpressed across the sens to defend the inner- portance, containing only a small Ofecr inevitable, loved lost.

cantonment" and.. ahallow harbour amazement at the precision and most shrine of freedom in the ancient-' the continual Meanwhile, the

post-

the world, what Freedom. ponement of the offensive against longer than it was ever supposed and useless for ocean-going ships cfficiency of the naval arrangements, land of Britain, which by its example

British fores in occupation which were responsible for the voy has taught,

means," M Britain has provoked the realisation this is bound to affect the position in Ten to Pago Third: Column nge being, uneventful, and said: that the war is likely to be much south-eastern Europe,

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