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Hongkong Telegraph.

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No. 16233

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BRITISH FORCES COMPLETE DIRECT HIT ON NAZI OIL TANKER

EVACUATION OF SOMALILAND

“DIRECT HITS WERE SCORED ON GROUNDED PLANES | TROOPS FACED

Anti-Greek Feeling Rises In Albania

By REYNOLDS PACKARD

UNITED. PRESS STAFF CORRESPONDENT

TIRAÑA, Albania, Aug. 19 (UP).—A special guard com, posed of one half Italians and one half Albanian Gendarmes wus stationed in the neighbourhood of the Greek Consulate to-day for the first line as the anti-Greek feeling rose throughout Al-~ bania.

Precautionary measures were

also taken in several of the Duke And

southern provinces, especially

the towns and villages around Duchess To

the Greece Albanian frontier.

The Albanian newspapers to-day unanimously carried front page "editorial attacks against the Greek Government, charging that the Albanians and Greeks, especially in the Clamuria reglan, are bring per secuted,

Correspondent Booed

Lust night as I was returning to my temporary residence in Tirona, 1 was booed and hissed by a group of Albanians when I asked them the way to the Greek Consulate. The crowd continued yelling and would not answer me until I explained in Italian that I was not a Greek but was trying to find a house in the sume street where the Greek Consu- inte was located, the name of which I had forgotten.

Visit U.S.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

NASSAU, Aug, 19 (UP). The Duke and Duchess of Windsor plan to visit the United States this winter.

They will fest go to Florida, and then on to the Duke's ranch

Calgary, Canada.

near

The Duke, In reply to a press inquiry as to whether or not he Intends to spread goodwill in the western hemisphere declared:

"While Britain has employed me in Uls role in the past. I doubt that Britain has in mind my official duties here should extend beyond the Bahamas."

In cafes where groups of Albanians, ***** wearing white fezes and tight woollen gathered drinking

were

trousers Racky-a sort of Albanien whiskey--I saw them reading and discussing the anti-Greek editorials In the Albanian press.

"Hell For Albanians"

The morning

3 MORE

RAIDERS

comments under the little "Terre DOWNED

that "Cinmurat Is Hell for Albin-

lans," and adds: "every night Greek

gendarmes make Albanians come into Sunday's Total Rises To

the streets while they enter houses and confiscate whatever fits their Turn to Pago 8, Fourth Column

V

144, Says Ministry

LONDON, Aug. 19 (Reuter). —An Air Ministry and Ministry

Roosevelt To of Home Security communique

Make Offer

states:

"Reports have now been received of the destruction of three more czemy bombers yesterday, · bringing the total up to 144, Two..of these

For Purchase Or Lease wore shot down by Blenheim aircraft

Of British Territory

PSPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

of the Coastal Command.

possessions in the ground interlocked, being

Minor Activities

THREE DRAMATIC ALTERNATIVES

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

LONDON, AUG. 19′ (UP).—BRITISH MILITARY FORCES HAVE EVACUAT- ED SOMALILAND SAYS AN OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE WAR OFFICE TO-DAY.

This grave step, it is explained, was forced upon the' British authorities through the defection of the French forces. The British troops were left in a seriously jeopardised position and there were but three alternatives open to the authorities; either to reinforce which meant weakening our forces elsewhere, withdraw without making any effort to fight, or withdraw by fighting a rearguard action and inflicting as severe losses as possible jupon the enemy. The last-named method has been

adopted, says the War Office.

Here is the text of thej ********* official communique which tells the story of the loss of British Somaliland to the Italians:

M

French Defection

How often since the start of the war have we rend of direct hits on enemy grounded planes and wondered what it really

"The original Allied disposition in meant.

Here we have the Somaliland was based on a scheme answer in an official R.A.F. of close co-operation between the British. Under this photograph which shows the French and effect of British bombs on an scheme, the French forces at Djibouti the right flank the Halian uerodrome in Italian East were to hold

Ipivot of the whole position. With Africa. Note that at least three the sudden secession of the French grounded machines have been Government from participation In hit.

CHALLENGE TO NAZIS

FACTS ABOUT BRITISH SOMALILAND

The British Somaliland Pro- tectorate, declared in 1884, con- lains about 68,000 square miles, His boundaries being defined by treaties with Ethiopia. France and Italy.

The population mainly consists of Somalls,

ཝཱ Moliammedan people.

and 15 climated де 344,000.

The Protectorate carrison_bez fore the outbreak of war was confined to a Camel Corps 400 sirong and a police force of 550. Chief products afe caltle. sheep, goats, hides, skins and guns,

Revenue in 1938 was

writi £236,074

expenditure £227,340. Total Imports were valued at £728,050 and exports at £207,548.

further hostilliles a new and grave situation was created. More than half the available Allled force had been neutralized and it became

necessary 10- medlately

10- decide upon The inost effective measures for dent ing with the emergency.

"Various alternatives were open to jus. We

British could reinfores Somaliland in sufficient strength to ensure its safely but to do so would the involved employeening the Important reserves and thereby reserves in other theatres of war LONDON, Aug. 19 (Reuter).mediate war efforts than Samuli- which were more important to our Well-informed observer land. The time factor

was nisu emphasise Britain's most out-serious consideration. This plon was,||-|||||| standing challenge to the Nazi therefore, reluctantly abandoned. air hopes with the following comments (writes "Reuter's air) war correspondent):

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Significant Feats By The R.A.F.

Other Alternatives

"Another alternative was the im- mediate and unresisting evacuation.

(1) Almost 25 per cent of the This meant giving up British terrl- German raiders yesterday were tory without fighting and thereby brought down;

losing the opportunity of inflicting

(2) For the Arst time, whole enemy losses on the enemy. In men and squadrons were destroyed; material which will be difficult for (3) Shell barrage defence by anti-him to replace.

aircraft gunners has proved deadly:

Forcing An Answer

(4) The enemy, however, were thrown by daylight against the best defended port in the world

London;

(8) A blockade cannot be sustained

Bolated Forecast

Chungking's Worst Raid

Churches, Hospital Damaged

A particularly vivid photograph taken during an R.A.F. raid on a German oil tanker, showing a British machine watching the end of the enemy ship as she blizes from end to end in the English Channel after an RA.F. attack.

R.A.F. Continue Devastating Raids

NAZI ARMAMENT PLANTS WRECKED

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

BASLE, Aug. 19 (Domel)-British raiders, who, it is stated, flew over Swiss territory and caused the air raid alarms to be sounded throughout the country, are reported to have scored numerous hits on one of Germany's largest aluminium factories just across the Rhine from Rheinfelden, ten miles cast of Basle.

Reports from Romanshom on the Swiss-side-of-Lake Constance state that the bombers hit Nazi armament! plants along Lake Constance includ- : ing the Zeppelin works at Friedrich- shafen.

Italian Factories Bombed LONDON, Aug. 10 (Reuter)--An Air Ministry communique states that our bombers again bombed Italian aircraft factorles at Milan and Turin. works

Badrheinfelden, and chemical works al Waldshut near the German-Swiss frontler,

Italians Feel

Scourge

hors and Of R.A.F.

Buildings were wrecked by direct hits and left in flames,

Aerodromes at

Freiburg

Habsheim, near Mulhouse, were

heavily damaged.

LONDON, Aug, 19 (Reuter), Coastal Command nireroft made -R.A.F. action has added another successful attack on Boulogne greatly to the difficulties of harbour in the face of intense search Italian preparations for a large- light activity and heavy anti-aircraft

Arc.

All our aircraft returned.

Boulogne Again Raided LONDON, Aug. 10 (Reuter).

| scale offensive in the Near and Middle East, "Reuter's" air war correspondent learns.

This and British naval action

Vivid flashes and flames lit up the undoubtedly explains the delay in the y over the French coast in the threatened invasion of Egypt, it was direction of Doulogne carly to-day stated in London to-day.

It is believed,

It is calculated that aiready the big R.A.F. raid

R.A.F. offensive has been on a seale In on the port was progress

Explosions were heard and search-50 per cent. bigger than the Italian lights and anti-aircraft muns were air force and with far fewer losses

active more than an hour,

"The third course was to remain SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH** with our small force using it to inflict CHUNGKING, Aug. 19 (UP), maximum losses on the enemy until It has been officially announced withdrawal was decided. This third

that the Japanese planes which course was chosen and 'evacuation of Somaliland has now been successfully participated in to-night's bomb-when, completed. Our force has been ing came in two batches of 90 withdrawn. All guns except two each, one from Hankow and the (5) British fighters are forcing on which were lost in the earlier stages other from South Shansi,

answer to the qucation of how of the action have been embarked. "do the Nazis plan an invasion *પવ

The first batch bombed Tachungpr or a blockade."

ond which is upriver via Luhsien Jungchang, The second gave Chung-, at the present rate of German ROME, Aug. 19 (UP)-Signor king its most severe blow since the losses, which total

nearly Goyda, writing lo the "Glarnale start of the war. 1,000 since June 18;

[d'Itolia_to-day, forecasts the capture In addition to the Institutional Church, the French Catholic Mission (7) The English Channel, thanks of Berbera by the Italians shortly.

to the RAF, and the Navy and At the same time, the British re-Hospital-the largest in Chungking mercantile morine, remains annistance which has been stiff in was directly hlt, the bomb piercing English channel;

Somaliland, will be followed by guns the roof,

An official communique termed the war started and added that 20 fres were caused by incendiary bombs.

Continuous Raids

Turn

than the enemy's.

Low Opinion Of Enomy Feeling The Denught

Notwithstanding that they are LONDON, Aug. (19) (Reuter) generally outnumbered and equipped One effect of the RAF, ralda on with aircraft not of the latest British Germany is that the industrial output. of the Rhine and Ruhr districts has pes, R.A.F. personnel have formed dropped by over 30 per cent., says Turn to Page 8, Fifth Column a low opinion of the enemy's air message from Zurich.

The Nazi Ministry of Labour has issued an order which states that in cases of necessity, workers may be

after the all-clear signal following an air raid.

to Pago 8, Fourth Column Turn to Page 8, Fifth Columned area as the widest since the allowed up to half an hour recreation

U.S.-CANADA JOINT

DEFENCE PACT.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH'

CHUNGKING, Aug, 20. (Reuter)-- Chungking is being bombed by the Japanese day and night. Over 130 enemy bombers flying in two groups raided the city yesterday afternoon and dropped many Incendiary bombs.

RESIGNATION IS

...ACCEPTED

SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH" HYDE PARK, Aug. 19, (UP). President Roosevelt to-day accepted the resignation of Mr. Henry Wallace

Berlin Gets Raid Alarm

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

BERLIN, Aug. 20 (UP).—In-

dicating that the Royal Air

"The third was destroyed by à TORONTO, Aug. 19 (UP),—Mr. Mitchell Hepburn, Premier sergeant pilot of an unarmed Anson of Ontario to-day described the joint defence agreement be HYDE PARK, Aug 19 (UP)-Whether he intentionally rammed the ternational political gesture in the history of the North American aircraft of the Training Command. tween the United States and Canada as the "most advanced in- is expected that President Roosevelt raider will never be known. The

Force were about to take re- will soon announce that the United two aircraft collided and fell to the continent."

venge for the attempted Nazi Staley to ready to purchase or Icase)

raids on London during the past somis, key.

MC Hepburn, who has long been we are at the moment the most de-. western hemisphere on which to est-1.

Mr. Mackenzie King's political foe, fenceless and most coveted countries

three days, Berlin's air raid ablish naval and air bases

To-day's enemy activities over praised the agreement because it pro-

fa the world.

alarm sirens went into action af It is understood that Mr. Winston this country have been on a minor vided for immediate defence by the On the other hand, should the as Secretary of Agriculture, to be- 12.451a.m. (8.45 a.m. H.K. Time) Churchill 16

las Indicated his willing scale. Only intermittent attacks have two countries and with the aim of dustry, and resourcefulgeas of our come effective on September this morning stand fantalin ace for the United States to have been attempt by aircraft operating bringing and to Britain, people be fully harnessed, we could not

Mr. Wallace has been nominated No have yet been made decess, to virtually any of Britain's in small numbers. hapes from Newfoundland to Brilish Damare bomba was done to Having regard to our populations only defend ourselves; but could at as Vice-President on the Democratieresice of attacking

licket to run with. President Roo- Turn to Page 8 Third Column and resources, declared Mr. Hepbum Turn to Poza B. Third Column

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