1940-08-19 — Page 21

Mr. Herbert Morrison Says We Are~

Monday, BOMBED

READY FOR WORLD VILLAGE'S

OFFENSIVE

LONDON, Aug. 18 (Reuter)."We are preparing for a world offensive when the time comes," declared the Minister of Supply, Mr. Herbert Morrison. In a speech to-day.

he

"Three months ago," observed, "the situation was grave but my mind is filled with thankfulness at the trans- 'formation which has

taken place. Although the position is not yet satisfactory, we have put into the hands of the Army weapons sufficient to enable it to carry out, the immediate task Kuccessfully even if the call should come to-night.

Can Faco Any Eventuality "Behind the shield of the British Navy, helped by the vast resources of the Empire and the United States and other neutral countries, and our absolute refusal to admit the thought : of defeat, we have reached in a few short weeks a position where we can free any eventuality with renconable confidence.

"Once the immediate perit is past. we shall be able to jook forward to a steadily mounting tally of armed! might and striking power."

Stocks Of Raw Materials After giving figures of the immense annual turn-over of raw material dealt with by the Ministry, Mr. Morrison said that within recent months this total had been swelled by very substantiul purchases of finished steet from America, and he describ

ed as fantastically untrue the German statement Umat Britain was starved

Incessant

Raids On

Chungking

CHUNGKING, Aug 19 (Reuter).—Japanese air- craft are subjecting incessant Chungking to day and night raids in an

to break attempt Chinese resistance.

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on

GESTURE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

100 People Subscribe

To Buy Spitfire LONDON, Aug. 18. (British Wireless).The following let- *** ter has been received by Lord Beaverbrook from Mr. H. H. Merrett:

Between mid-day Saturday and 3.a.m. on Sunday, 10 planes flew. over Szechuan Province in eight batches, causing big fires in the heart of the capital.

LETTERS

Evacuees' Complaints

The "Hongkong Telegraph."

of material for steel as she bad great To the Editor, sources of iron ore supply in the Empire and foreign countries.

Sir, I was astonished to read in Discussing post-war reconstruction, Mr. Morrison, said a great many the Manila and Hongkong Press com- wenitnesses of pre-war Britain were pluints of certain British women who the result of lack of proper planning were among the first to be evacuated from Hongkong to Manila and I feel of economy and control.

"We want to see inequalities re-that, in fairness to the Filipino people moved, the insecurity threat taken and the American Red Cross and the Away from the people and oppor, U.S. Army authorities, they call tor tunliles given to all for a fuller, freer rejoinder. and more creative national life-the best of what the war has taught us." Mr. Morrison concluded.

DICTATORS' BLOCKADE WARNING

LONDON, Aug 18 (Reuter)-All news bulletins broadeast from many and Italy have navigational warning that

Being at present on a visit to the Philippines, where, I can assure you, have found a warm welcome and courtesy on all sides and having made few inquiries into the conditions under

which evacuees have been Living I feel bound to say that complaints appear to be unjustified and entirely uncalled-for.

"On Sunday last we received the Flying tragle news that my son. Officer Norman Merrett, had lost his while life somewhere in Britain serving with the R.A.F. On Monday morning we wake up to find that as the result of rald, Ave our store cattle had been killed and others badly malmed.

We Are Unconquerable

"

"The village in which we live s one of 1,000 acres and has a popula tion of 100 people. These tragic cir- cumstances have served only to strengthen the determination of this the little

community to prove to despicable enemy that we are un. conquerable and that we have set our hearts to rise to the greatest possible heights in assisting you and your col- leagues in the admirable efforts you are making in defence and feed the people of the must sacred spot God's earth.

He Was Only Son

on

Nazis Are Trying To Trick Eire

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

BERLIN, Aur. 18. (Domel)——— Negotiations between Germany and Elre regarding the latter's overseas trade have been brought to a satisfactory_conclusion, a cording to the Director of the Trade Bureau of the Reich For- eign Office, Dr. Karl Ritter.

According to Ritter, Eire has received assurances that Ger. many will guarantee Elre's im- port trade.

There appears to be a catch. Etre ahips, to receive this pro- tection, must submit to "escort"" by German warships and acro- planes!

American's Tribute

August 19, 1940.

BOMBS ON OUTSKIRTS OF LONDON

People Machine-Gunned. In One Suburb

LONDON, Aug. 18 (Reuter). -An air raid warning was Bounded in the London area this evening for the second time to- day,

Heavy explosions were heard in the outskirts of the city.

Seventeen bombs fell on a subur ban golf course.

Bombs were dropped on

number of districts this evening. Two bombs fell on the main shopping centro of a London suburb. It is reported that some personIN were machine- runned as they ran for shelter.

The Air Raid Warden of another town sald the planes were only 80 feet up when they passed over the town,

Plane Hits Chimney

four Some miles away, three or German planes, apparently in dim- eultics, Rew so low ever village street that one struck the chimney

lodged a bomb.

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"Canada, | Saluto You," pots of collages and the impact dis-

Broadcast

OTTAWA, Aug. 18 (Reuter), Canada, I salute you. You have cast out doubt and fear," declared Colonel, Henry Brecken ridge, Assistant Secretary of War in President Woodrow Wilson's cabinet.

"My hope for my own country is that the United States may draw its sword for freedom and humanity."

"I cannot provide you with another gallant son. The one that has gone was my only son. But I want you

from the to accept

of village Michaelston-Le-Pit the enclosed che- que for £5,000 to purchase Spitfire so that one of the ever-growing num- ber al Inds from Britain and the Doininions so anxious to defend us in the air may be equipped with an instrument which, combined with that indomitable spirit, courage and fearlessness, will enable him, as his colleagues are now doing, to take a severe foll of these, inferior machines attempting with Increasing failure to demolish the morale of our people Every member of this community is subscribing towards

ปร Spitfire!

It is not a personal gift but some thing to cominemorate the passing of my son."

Italian Raid On Fleet

Nine Enemy Aircraft Driven Off

This bomb fell on a cottage and the whole row of adjoining shops were wrecked.

A 10-year-old woman was foo atoul to enter the Anderson shelter and was killed when a bomb de- molished her house.

Some bombs felt in a church yard' in another town, shattering tomb-

stones,

British fighters have been playing: havoc with the enemy raiders, many of which crashed in fields or vil- Jages. A number of pilots were Colonel Breckenridge made this turned to death, while others were statement in the course of a nation-speedily captured. wide broadenst at the invitation of the Director of Public Information.

"Should Fallow Example 'He said that self-interest, intelll- gence and courage all directed that nations of the We

Western Hemisphere should follow Canada's example and

give

"If America sleeps and Britain falla, America will wake up to lis doom. The world cannot survive, kalf slave and half free, Hitler knows that and has relentlessly pur- sued his ravaging in a race to destroy

sal the last citadels of freedom." Colonel Breckenridge.

Britain' unstinted nid."

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Hikers and plenie parties in some cases saw thrilling Eghts or came upon wrecked and smouldering enemy planes in the flelds.

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PORTUGUESE

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Ambassador .to. France, urged Americns to lélegraph their Con- gressman and write to newspapers demanding conscription fhe the United States and the despatch, of old-age United States destroyers to Britain.

Admiralty Message Of Appreciation LONDON, Aug. 18 (British Wireless). The following nies-pared a way sage has been sent to the Minis-

First Lord of the Admiralty:

Ohe realises how difficult was the Job undertaken by the American Red Cross and the US. Army authorities and one can well sympathise with them when they stridenly find theat- Ger-elves the target of attack by those contained to whom they had extended a mid CAIRO, Aug. 18 (Reuter).—

"total of, friendship. Of course, human blocked, icly ship in the military wonnn) is never satisfied. It would warding off enemy air attacks on blockade of Britain having been nature is a funny thing and man (or Details of the R.A.F. part in zone round Britain will be attacked be most surprising if, among the the British Flect bombarding and destroyed,

several thousand evacuees brought to Bardia yesterday announced "Any ship's master entering the Manila, there were not a few dis- here show that nine enemy air-ter of Marine af Lisbon by the

Is but natural gruntled ones, and it area does so at his own peril."

The war zone was described as an that there should be complaints. craft were destroyed and two

• On behalf of the Beard" of the area comprising roughly a line drawn These, however, have caused a pain-more probably lost.

Admirally, and officers and men of from about 50 miles north of Sogne fut impression nil especially

round,

It is stated that our fighters, who the Royal Navy. I wish to express who were escorting the fleet while battle-warm appreciation of the chivalrouts Flord, Norway, passing near

among the Filipino

Innocent

Ice) that Faroe Islands, sweeping out some though

and Fortuetion of the Portuguere destroyer ships bombarded Bardia been unjustly

Capuzzo, first encountered an Italian Doo in making repeated and succesE- nsstiled,

naval ful searches for survivors of the Would it be fair to assume that flying-boat shadowing most of the women who hate comforce. It was shot down in flames." British Fome." plained were those who had expected;}**** Attack On Fleet. upon their arrival in Manila,

"Shortly afterwards, the fleet was aid in the form of amals, house-boys, attacked by a formation of 70's, coollisi and cooks songkong? which our lighters intercepted and Coupled with the

of the desire

women dispersed. Two enemy planes were

shot down into the sea,

the

distance into the Atlantic and the's they have been party people,

in a semi-circle to well below the south of England, then turns east into the Bay of Biscay.

The route which Legion is taking runs through the northern part of this zone

the American

How Will Sho Do It? SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH!

BERLIN, Aug. 18.(UP)-Ger many's "blockade of England will

Atlantic

stretch from the

coast of France around the British Isles to the coast of Belgium.

Germany does not make it quite elear how the intends to enforce the "blockade."

The exact area, as announced to- day is from the mouth of the River Loire, on the French Atiantle coast,

north of 1sics around the British Scotland and down the cust const, reaching the continent again ut o point on the Belgian coast.

domestic

to return to their husonnds, the inct that they were compelled to do their own washing may have caused them 10 express their dissatisfaction' over what I have been informed were ex- lecllent arrangements, dissatisfaction in which they are not joined by the majority.

WALTER HANMING CHEN, Editor, Far Eastern Journal, Former Editor, H.K. Daily Press.

Mileage To Melbourne Sir,In your issue of August 16 your reporter with the evacuees tells of the completion of the 28,000 mile" Elre and northern Ireland are in-voyage from Hongkong to Melbourne, cluded in the area to be blockaded.

Eiro Included

Negotiations are in progress with Eire regarding the exclusion of that country, which is neutral, from the area to be blockaded.

"It evems to us that the most con- venient method would be for the Elrean government to notify us of the lime ships are sailing under the Eircan flag," a Nazi spokesman said. When correspondents pointed out was that the Irish merchant fleet extremely small and could scarcely carry all the goods needed by Eire, the spokesman said: "Ireland will just have to acquire more ships and register them under the Irish flag."

Harmless Dynamite On Railway Track

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAFṀ" GODENSBURG, Aug. 18 (UP),

F. B. I, investigators revealed to-day

our

Torpedoed Without Warning The British Fame, outward bound in ballast and sailing Independently, was torpedoed without warning off the Azores on the morning of August 12. The Portuguese destroyer Dau

survivors but the first search falled se locate the boats.

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In France," said Mr. Bullitt.

Paints Grim Pictura He painted a grim picture of the future of the United States of America "If the British Novy goes under. He declared that all Europe, including Britain and Eire, would become one economic unit controlled from Berlin with the result that many countries of Latin America would come under, a degree of Nazi control.

"The lighting line and the way for

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Then large formations of 79's carried out an extensive search for AMERICANS SAIL

attacked the fleet. Two

were sept down in flames and a third was chased by a fighter until it broke up in mid- air."

Our Losica Nil

Later one lifeboat containing 15 men from the British Fame arrived at the Azores. They reported that Aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm the Captain had been taken prisoner accounted for another "S" 70 which by a U-boat and that three men had crashed into the sea in flames. An-been killed by the explosion of the other is believed to have been torpedo, The remaining 30 members destroyed.

of crew had been seen In โหด A further encounter by our fighters lifeboats....

The

with the enemy resulted in another. The Portuguese destroyer Dao Italian bomber being shot down, the

thereupon carried out a further shooting down of une more being un-search. located, and rescued the 30 confirmed.

missing men from the British Fame.

Finally another "S" 79 was com-

As a Mercantile Marine Omeer.pelled to make a forced landing in R.N.R. who has visited all Australlanthe western desert, the aircraft being ports from Canada via Hongkong captured intact. The crew were may I be permitted to quote, out Lloyd's Calendar, "Inman's Nautical Miles':

Hongkong to Manila.....630 miles Hongkong to Brisbane. :3,615 miles Hongkong to Sydney...4.130 miles Hongkong to Melbourne. 4,700 miles The distance from Manila to Mel- bourne is only 4.004 miles,

1914-1918

Our reporter erred. What, per- haps, she meant to convey teas that the ship followed an. Admiralty 'course which took it far off the

usual track.-Ed.

FREE BELGIANS TO FIGHT ON.

LONDON, Aug. 18 (Reuter).--The

that fifteen sticks of dynamite were "hard work" of all Belgian refugees discovered by troops along the permanent way in which the Presi-in England is being offered to help dential train, with President Roose-to win the war. velt aboard, travelled on Saturday.

This determination of all free The sticks of dynamite contained Belgians to put their entire militery no fuses and were therefore harm-economic and moral resources at the disposal Great Britain is expressed number of ex-Ministers and Parliamentarians now in England.

legs.

of

It is believed they were left behind in a statement tamsed by

by some railway employees.

made prisoner.

aircraft losses. We suffered One pilot was slightly wounded but was able to bring back his aircraft safely to the base.

When patrolling over the Kamaran Island in the Red Sea, our aircraft met an enemy S81 bomber, which was shot down in flames,

Forced Landing

"Mercy Ship" Proposal

Evacuating Japanese

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From Britain

AMERICANS SAIL ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS

FROM PETSAMO

LONDON, Aug. I (Reuter).--The U.S. Jiner American Legion, which las sailed from Petsamo for America, has about 900 passengers on board,! most of them. Americans returning | from the Baltic countries.

A German radio

announcer to-day referred to what he called "this wan ton voyage carried out despite Ger- maa warnings, and sald that

for responsibility

this "wanton voyage" rests with the U.S. Govern ment,

ASSOCIATION MEETS

Splendid Propaganda Work Being Accomplished

A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Hongkong Anti-Tuberculosis Association was held last Friday.

On Saturday night,' the U.S. State

Members present were: Hon. Mr. of the questionnaire had been printed Department said that it would hold M. K. Lo (Chairman), Hon. Dr. P. S. and all hospitals, canatorin, clinics, all belligerents to their previous as-Selwyn-Clarke (President), Hon. Dr. ele, had been asked for permission surances that they would not attack Li Shu-fan, Miss R. Mow Fung, Dr. F. to supply them with these forma.

The Sub-Committee had also writ- the ship..

SOMALILAND'S FATE, BOAST

1. Tseung, Dr. N. C. MacLeod, Dr. T. P. Wu, Messrs. M. F. Key and B. Wylie, ten to various charitable institutions Apologies for absence were received in the Colony naking permission for any information from Sir Robert Kolewell, Sir Shou-ila members for son Chow, Rev. E Sandbach, which might be relevant to its work.

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The Scientific Sub-Committee re- Vinson Lee, Messrs. C. G. Sollis,

ported that it had discussed the Dr. Benson and Ho Kom-tong,

The Chairman reported that a total following matters:

nearly 2,000 of the second Ant- Tuberculos pictorial posters had that the fate of been distributed to schools, Chinese: hospitals, health centres and public He claims that the main body of places. Two thousand Anti-Spliting the British troops are already en notices had been distributed to public barking for Aden.

places, 1,000 more had been made for Simultaneously,

distribution in schools and 900 had been stencilled in other quarters.

Doctors Gesture

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

. SPECIAL TO THE "TELIGRAPH" TOKYO, Aug. 19 (Domel)-

02 (UP) Signor ROME, Aug. 18 One of the enemy aircraft which Japanese residents in the United raised Alexandria on Friday night Kingdom are experiencing increas- Gayda, writing in the "Voce d'Italia" was compelled by our defences to ing diffepity in evacuating. due today, claims make a forced landing in the western to the fact that Japanese ships are British Somaliland is already scaled desert. The machine is intact and no longer calling at English parts. the crew captured.

Lisbon has now been made the last port of call in Europe for Japan- ese vessels.

Various ruids, the object of which Is to harass enemy troop movements in Somaliland, were carried out yesterday. Direct hits were regis- fered on buildings at Hargeisa.

One of our aircraft was compelled to land in the sea but the crew were saved.

British Consul Is Expelled, Report

LONDON, Aug 16 (Router).- According to the Belgrade correspon-

Japan now cotisidering a plan

Italy's leading political aumentators have launch- to send a "mercy ship to England against the civil and military com- ed an apparently inspired attack

Japanese.

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A clerk had been appointed to

in order to evacuate the remaining manders of French Somaliland, claim- | collect tuberculosis noUfication fees. ing they assisted Britain in British Twelve doctors in the Colony had

Armistice.'

ifowever, some 800 Japanese have Somaliland after the signing of the signified their willingness to donate)

sleadfastly declined to leave England, saying that they will share whatever fate is in store for the British people.

RUMANIA AND. BULGARIA

Von Papen Makes glan representatives will do on pri- Consul at Skoplje (Yugo-Slavia), Mr. Lons with Bulgaria opening to-mor

No Impression tain's side the resources of the Congo:

ANKARA, Aug 18 (Reuter). It

thing in to put on mobilisation of Belgian publie private nasels, and all available

is stated here, that the interview Herr Belgian soldiers, ships and seamen,

LONDON, Aug. 18 (Reuter) The The statement says that the Bal-dent of the Italian news agency, Mr. Rumanian Government has issued the Ralph Parker, described as Briush following statement on the negotin- Terence Atherton, correspondent of row Cralova, according to the "Daily Mail" in Belgrade and a Bucharest telegram to the German Swiss Journalist, Rudolph Singer, are news agency: expelled from

Government hans Yugo-Slavia for "The Rumanion sprending news regarding Albania decided to open conversations with calculated to disturb relations be- Bulgaria in a desire to find a peace- tween Rome and

ful settlement... to

that Belgrade."

questions

from her LONDON, Aug 18 (Reater) "Reuters”, diplomatic correspon- might divide Rumania The Nadia appear to be, concentrat HM.S. Boral Sovereign, the 20,000-deilt learns in authoritative quarters neighbours and in the hope of estab

Is no confirmation" in) lishing, in, this part af, the world a ing for the moment on urging the ten Britids, battleship, has anchored that there the Turks to increase trade with off Berbern, says the "Stefan" news London of the expulsion of Mr. political order based on the peaceful

Talph Parker from Yugo-Slavio, co-operation-of all, nätiöng Germany

Franz von Papen had with President

Ineynu on Thursday does not appear

to have entailed the slightest funda-

mental change in Turkey's "attitude.

agency,

14-lbs. of Ugly Fat Tost in 11 days

on a full stomach with pale, piasaant, reducing Trutment: * i have taken bottles of Bonicora and feel like =

new person. It took me only z v daya 10 reduce the "I have lost about B-tos sunca (1elba, in di) and 'haven't been taking it regularly.

wear dresser 4 veces umaliar. I anded sty stomach trouble, constipation, headaches and tored feeling m

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A report from the doctor in charge

(2) The most economical and use- ful variety of foods for prolett- ing the body agalist luber- culosis,

(2)- The screening or filming of,

suspected cases of TB. (The Commlites agreed that Riming was preferablo).

(3) Consideration of the number of beds required in hospitals ami sanatoria for Infokomm cases and cases likely to benefit by treatment.

(*) Open air schools.

(5) Types of spittoons

A report was also submitted by the

Sub-Committer.

of the Kowloon City Anu-Tubercu-Publicity losis Chinese Public Dispensary Clinic

was read and remfited to the

Good Finances,

The Financial Statement of the

Publicity Sub-Committee.

It was also reported that other two) Association revealed that receipti bad Anti-Tuberculosis Clinica had been amounted to $4,970.21 and Expendi- opened at the Tsimtsatsul Health tuve $1,156,00 leaving a balance of

the Shamshulpo $3,813.32, cash in hand. and at Centre Chinese Public Dispensary,

The meeting discussed the desir It was also intimated that an Anti-ability of increasing, the Membership Tuberculosis Film had been shown at of the Association and it was decided to write to the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce.

75 schools in the

the

Que Colony.

A report was also

by invite members of the Charlier' to ce become members of the Association

of the Committee

Sociological which bad, since its opening meet- Dr. Shu-fon submitted for the

ing in June, occupied itself mainly consideration with the drawing up of a questionnaire various types of spittoons, one of designed to be filled in by tubercular which was adopted “as a standard, of their and tentative Arrangements were raus showing particulars- living conditions, financial status, made ser to its manufacture in the Becupation, etc. Five thousand copies! Colony.