1940-09-02 — Page 21

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

September 2, 1940.

OF

REPORTED IMMINENT INVASION INDO-CHINA BY JAPANESE DOUBTED

Parleys

go

on

at Vichy *

KUNMING, Sept. 2 (Renter). ----Contradicting lively rumours prevalent here that n Japanese | invasion of Indo-Chinn

İx im-

minent, traveller just arrived by air from Hanoi says that all is quiet and normal thero and that there are no signs of im pending trouble.

Circles in very close Touch with Indo-China lake the view

that these stories should be din credited in the absence of de. Anite information to the cuts- trary, pointing

that

out

negotiations are still going

nt Vichy and for this season the Japanese are not likely in make any move until the outcome known.

Railway Continues

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grip, itereasing political prestige and Renerally preparing the way fur sequent assimilation

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11 might prove a erstly mistake for Japan if her hot-headed

forced the government's hand on the Indo-China question, tempted by the

apparent weakness of Indo-China, In

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Dn the strength of their air

alterafi being Indo-China's weak point, but there is no indication that it would force a rapid decision there any more than in China proper, according to observers.

The French have adequate armend i forces

their troups, Foreign Legiotis

"STRANGE CARGO" IT SURE IS

BIG CIVIL AIR DISASTER

RPECIAL TO THE ·TELEGAPH

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 1 (Domei). One of the big- gest disasters in the his- tory of civil aviation in America has claimed 25 lives in Virginia.

A transport plane of the Pennsylvania Central Air Line crushed to earth, kill- ing the entire complement

of 25 aboard.

Among the dead is Senator Ernest Lundeen, of Minnesota.

The four members of the crew, including the air hostess, were also killed.

CHINESE READY

For Invasion Of

Indo-China

High Chinese military and

were

-That's the name of the M.G.M. picture in which Clark Gable and Joan Crawford appear in the scene pictured here. And from

what we've heard, there's plenty more scence like it.

Virulent Attacks On Pope By Newspaper

SPECIAL ΤΟ THE

Rome Outburst

"TELEGRAPH”

ROME. Sept. 1 (UP),—Virulent attacks against the person of Pope Plus are being made in the Rome newspaper "Regima Fascista", organ of the Fascist Party.

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In the latest of

series of arurrilous attacks, the “Regina freista accused His Holiness The Pope of opposing Father Coughlin's utterances In Ameri ca beenuse the notorious "radin priost" is anti-Jewish and anti- Roosevelt,

Coughlin Defended

Father Coughlin 25 ronderaned by The Vatican bermare be in contrary to Bungeert, because he feels sympathy teas while the Potalitarian regimes and bere satasen fils serine of justice accepla antis Destos cath

the paranormales." prepe

Whed clown A matters of Futher Coughlin has Christran ideals

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Tame men of the VaturaG Terest Metaselves in polilies and not in the feelings of Jesus Christ "

-The Vaticani seeks to curb bathr Loughlin because of his interference

Ed in profiters

FROM PAGE ONE

Mme.

Chiang In Hongkong?

that Chinese NOLI COM report Madame Chiang Kai-shch avrived in Bonglong from

First Wednesday

It is reported that China's st Lady is en route to Singapore to, where she will travel from Hong" " Kon by alup with cert/keuken of apprevin Mor

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There who Juve China's War Chest

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(324 clicando vt the Chinese

Government are reported to be pro-

eeding to Manta for the same pur

THESE

DOC. GOEBBELS GABBLES

"The hour of judgment inexorably approaches. "Hitler will choose the decisive hour.

"The Fuehrer will lead to victory."

-Goebbels, gabbling in Kattowitz yesterday.

MEMORY HONOURED

Many At Funeral

Of Mrs. Woods

The

Many friends attended at the Chinese Colonial Chapel, Happy Valley. this morning to pay their last respects to the late Mrs. Maud Woods.

The Rev. J. R. Higgs

the service. officiated at remains are to be cremated.

Besides

the relatives,

The many present included the Hon Mr. S 1. Dodwell, Majat

Champkin, Mi A. K. Dimont, Mr J Anderson. Mr P P Pronklin, Mr G Burnett, Mr SF Chubb, Mr G. G ¡und, Mr. E. Murphy, Mr H A. Lammert, My # Langston, Mr. Noel White, MI LCR Souza, Mr and Mrs

U-BOAT ATTACKS EVACUEE SHIP

dren

FROM PAGE ONE

were

Just

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pened and two more Froups of chil-11 T Buxton. Mr and Mrs. It t

B Hancock, Me later arriving

and Mrs. Jov, Mes N Passmore and cheerful.

the Misses Stone, When the order to take to the honts Passmore,

Mra

other officials have conclud- SUNDAY'S "BAG" ed a conference regarding

IS 22 PLANES French Indo-China, accord-¦ ing to vernacular reports.

Important decisiona arrived at regarding the stepsj

tempts to destroy merodromess China will take in the event of aus

I was given, everyone got safety away Ormiston. Mrs. Beer, Kent, Surrey and Essex.

except the purser, who was totally and Mrs. Spurke. Japanese invasion of the French

Once in the morning and twice in injured when he missed a step enter- Colony.

the afternoon, a hundred or more ing the bout. raiders crussed the Kent coast, and

Ship Did Not Sink three times Fighter Command pilots. In an official announcement, by and anti-aircraft gunners folled the Children's Overseas Reception Board

attacks.

state that although full details are The second raid

day, lacking, it is known that the ship in between noun and I p.m., was the which the children were traveling largcal Over 150 raiders crossed did not sink and the transfer of the the coast and a bomber formation |}ittle evacuees from her to the flew as far as the southern out-rescuing ships, one of which *kirts of London, to be broken up warship, was carried out in perfect by anti-alrerafi Are.

order. Gunners saw that shells bit ut least three out of 12 German bumbers

Dying at 10,000 feet.

It ja reported that further Japanese

have Arrived renforcements

intrapevt at Hazchow

disposal French LONDON ROCKED salive units but they are lacking. BY EXPLOSIONS

and large

mechanised equipment and

war material

reserve i

Nevertheless if driven to extreme measures, the French could put up

a fight, it is anticipated.

"War of Nerver"

The war of nerves"

FROM PAGE ONE

south-western on two hamlets in England early this morning.

Bombs were dropped in the Mid-

Other raiders arc

18 which,

seema, the Japanese bave been wag-

ing hitherto, has been much more lands,

Neither can the disloyalty of the

over

successful and less costly than anarth-west England. military adventure would be.

British planes are retaliating. The Annamite population be counted on air raid alarms were sounded at 12.44 by the Japanese. It is true that... 1.30 a.m. and 3 am, in Berlin.

The Berlin-Radlo reports on these French colonial policy has been

anti-aircraft guns short-sighted and repressive in Indo-Talds: "Our China but it would be too much to blocked the British ralds. presume that the poverty-stricken. "No bombs were dropped within Annamites would give effective atd greater Berlin."

to such an invader as the Japanese

are likely to prove, according

circles familiar with conditions in Lausanne

of the

The third attack was weaker and

dromes.

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Prasa- Mr I

MEN. Forbes

Puppet Diplomats

Puppet Chinese diplomats are now

in charge of the Chinese Consulate

General in Takyo,

The Consulate was re-opened on Suturday after being closed and sea- ed for over 21⁄2 yours.

Sun T, a Nanking official, becomes neting Consul-General for "China,"

Hertzog Well Beaten

In Good Health & Spirits SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH LONDON, Sept. 1 (UP),-Over 70

SPECIAL TO THE was confined to the Kent coast aero-landed at a north coast port in good

of the evacuer

"TELEGRAPH" children have

CAPETOWN, Sept. 1 (Domel).- Hertzog's anti-war inotion was over- Single-scat

100 health and spirits. Messerschmitt

"The children whelmingly defeated in the South An officer sald: Bghters dropped bombs. They had been put to this use before but to-day boarded the lifeboats in perfect order. African House of Assembly on Tues- they were used us dive bombers. "There was no punle but some of day.

The motion demanded the im- the kiddies were measlek in the life- boats."

First Official Figures LONDON, Sept. 1 (Reuter)-It is officially announced that 11 enemy aircraft were shot down in this morning's raid.

Reports are not yet avaliable for

the second raid.

Dive Below Barrage SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" to The air raid alarm was sounded at. LONDON, Sept. 1 (Domel) - In Switzerland fifteen Employing new tactics four German minutes before midnight and again bombers participating in a rald on Doing What They Like Tat 12.2 a.m. Planes were heard Croydon Airport to-day left their

have been overhead.

formations and dived beneath, the remarkably successful in exploiting

balloon barrage in an attempt to dive which

bomb their objectives.

the French colony.

So for the Japanese

the state of uncertainty in

·Geneva also had two raid alarms, the French found themselves after one at 11.50 p.m. and another at 12.12

m.m.

-the armistice. Not once but a num- ber of times Japanese planca have Rown over Indo-China territory where defence works are situated and the methodical manner of their fight indicated that they are photo- graphing the area.

Japanese planes have landed on the military air fields at Hanol and

Only slight damage was caused to the air feld.

OVERTHROW FOREIGN RULE SAYS JAPANESE PAPER

SPECIAL TO. THE "TELEGRAPH"

The torpedo struck the ship mediate opening of peace negotio- after the children had gone to their tons with Germany and Italy.

beds.

The ship did not sink and several rescue rushed to the scene, picking up the? entire complement.

ships, including warships, Nurse loses 40-lbs. of fat in 6 weeks

German Denial SPECIAL TO THE #TELEGRAPH” BERLIN, Sept. 1 (UP)-We have no knowledge of any torpedoing of a British evacuee ship," said authorita- tive Nazi clrcles to-night.

*Germany does not feel ·res- ponsible.

"We announced our attitude when we announced the total blockade of England.

"No exceptions are possible." -

Bandits Kill Two Catholic Priests

Chinese

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHY PEIPING, Sept. 2 (UP)-Two Catholic priests, Father Peter and Father Paul Lu, of the Paoting Vicarite, were, diled by

have been allowed to depart in the Japanese Army in Shanghai, called upon all Asiaties to-day: SHANGHAI, Sept. 2 (UP).-The "Sin Shun Pao", organ of inolested. When

the Japanese Mission was to "overthrow foreign rule throughout the Orient." first allowed to proceed to Indo- Chine, Japanese military aircraft The paper condemns the so-called, will not tolerate this malicious aim, bandits last week. frequently brought the so-called "secret treaty between Britain and but will resist it desperately. members of the Mission to Hanoi the United States as being designed "Peuce in the Pacific depends on the buses south of Pasting yo without notifying the French auto "enslave Aalatles permanently." complete elimination of non-Azlatic) Other Chinesó. passengers thorities of their impending arrival. "Japan and ather Asiatle people influences."

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