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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

HITLER ADMITS "LONG WAR"

| -> FROM PAGE ONE

to Goering, Prepare everything for five years.'

"We did not set this way because I believed the war would last five years.

one,

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"Come what may, Britain will.col. Inpse. I know no other end but this When, the people in Great Britain ask: Why don't you come?" we re ply, 'Colin yourselves. We shall come,'

"The world will be set free. Once and for all we must do away with the absurd state of affairs that one a position of its own .nation is in

sweet will to blockade an entire con- tinent.

He Hates Our Navy "In future it must be made Im- possible for a pirate state at its own sweet will, every now and again, to expose over 430,000,000 people more or less to poverty and misery.

REPORTS CONFLICT

Speculation Rife Ön Indo-China

Salgon, Sept. 4.

September 5, 1940,

BARRAGE BEATS NAZI PLANES:

FROM PAGE ONE

comprise 20 bombers and fighters and i were quickly dispersed.

British fighters suffered no loss. Raid On Kent Tension, following the rejection of Only two small formations of Japanese demands for permission to about 200 enemy aircraft managed to send troops through Indo-China, isiplerce the defences on the cost of rife throughout the Colony. Owing Kent when a raid was made shortly to the strictest censorship it is Im-after mid-day.

possible to discover for certain what The raiders were met by anti- is happening or what the immediate aircraft gunfire and fighters, and future holds in store,

most of them were driven back ever

It would appear, however, that the coast. the die has not yet,been cast for, de- Of those that plereed the defences spite the open rejection at Japan's one flew inland and dropped bombs demands, segotiations between the on industrial premises, causing some Japanese and Indo-China authorities damage and a number of casualties, continue in an outwardly friendly some of which were fatal. and rational manner,

Another formation

passed over Major-General Nishiharu, head of Kent to the Thames extunry the Japanese Inspectorato in Indo-dropped bombs on a Medway town. China, remains on Indo-China soil.

Some houses were damaged. There were a few casualties but no fatalities were reported.

Reuter.

and

Optimism In Tokyo

Tokyo, Sept. 4.

Elsewhere in the south-east, bombs Reiterating that he had not been in- were dropped in a few scattered formed of the alleged revolt in Indo-areas, Damage was caused to a num- some China, Mr. Yakichiro Suna, the For- ber of shops and dwelling houses,

eign Office spokesanan, to-day ex-,

Terrific Barrage

thr

45

"I consider It Intolerable that a nution of 85,000,000 should be punished body and soul" by another

whenever it pleaser nation plutocratic authority."

After referring to his last "appeal | pressed the hope that everything was From the northern heights, a ter-i to reason," Hitler said: "I prefer to "quiet and well-tananged" in the rifle anti-aircraft barrage was seen light till a definite "and final decision | French Colony despite rumours to to the southward and eastward, and le reached."

the contrary.

searchlights were unceasingly active. Prepared For Everything

"We hope that matters will be The sky was speckled with hshes Hitler continued: This final deci-smoothed out in a few days' time," the of bursting shells, sion will be that the rule of pitiable spokesman said. Questioned regard A number of flares were sces doat-

ing the negotiations with the Petalning slowly to earth. and dishonourable Warmongers Is abolished and a state of affairs intro- Government,

spokesman dix- The Air Ministry communique an

the destruction of duced in which it will be impossible closed, that they were "progressing" mincing

though the Opal stage

has not yet enemy to tyrranise over the heen reached.Domel. for

adds planes to-day une nation to

that whole of Euro

of Europe.

rieven of our aircraft were just but Parleys In Progress Germany and Italy will see to it

the pilots of five of these are safe. that history never repeats Itself in

Hanol, Sept. 4. Another 12 rnid warning Was this respect and England's allies wil

General Nishihara and Admiratį sounded in the London area of 8,03 not be able to help her here whatever Decoux are still holding conferences pm. G.M.T.

and peaceful settlement is experted they may plan.

Reports up to 7 pan. showed that We are prepared for everything.hortly. French military leave haa45 enemy plance, of which 33 were We have the will and the deter-been cancelled. A Japanese destroy-bumbers" fighter-bombers, er and steamer are stationed at Ital- teen destroyed by our fighters. Faluation to act at any time.

phong, allegedly for the purpose of "Above all, nothing can make us afraid. We German National Social-picklog up the frontler inspecture in ists have been schooled in the hardest the event of an emergency.

The censorship is apparently being relaxed.

con

The reference to the peaceful set- lement is regarded as an indication

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Imaginable. Nothing intimidate or surprise us."

Hitler proceeded to say that the general revolution in Germany hoped for by England when she entered the wid did not fake place. Then Eng-will submit to the Japanese demands land sad they had "another ally" for the passage of troops.United General Hunger.

Pearl River Indicator

Shanghai, Sept 4

of an agreement whereby the French (ummary issued yesterday anys;

Uneasiness over

the situation in

"We knew in advance that the great friend of humanity, as in the Great War, would attempt to starve | Indo-China has been heightened by women and children and we had the action of the Japanese in ugain prepared mirselves for it. Thus this closing the Pearl River. “General' was only a bad speculation.

"General Bluff

Messages from Chungking indicate that Chinese forces are concentrated an the frontiers of Indo-China, ready

Inte betion

at a moment's

According to Chinese reports from

the

people there are jorganising petitions for a frm stand That is their only rehable ally against Japan.-Reuter. They cannot beat us waxy longer with this General. Therefore, we perhaps make fools of the British,

"Now they have discovered a third General, namely, General Whiterto The British should not forget to raise notice. their most important general to the rank of Field Marshal of the Em-Indo-China pire. I mean 'General Buf."

"The German people have now got i trally to know Grent Betala The British will not win this war by this method and others are, thank God. In our hands and will remain in our hands.

"When the hour has come, we shall place General Fact in place of Gen- Cruis

Hunger, Hes ulution, Winter or| Bu and then we shall see who is, the better mani,”

"Explaine" R.A.F. Raide Hitler declared thist the It AP bod bombed Germany at night beeHIZO.

they were unable to fly over in day- leht. The British rropped bombas | indiscriminately on elyrian residenti -

al quarters, latins and villogen.

For three months, he did not reply

| because he beloved they would stop

But Churchill saw in This sign German "weakness," so the Germans tre now giving their after night

night

wifi

"We shall stop the hundiwork these night pirates, The haur rtrike when one of us (will break and that will not be National Socialist Germany. The

apponent who still remains to-day, Great Britain, the last Island in Europe, will be broken,"

Hitler declared that Britain hated the Germans "because of our social creed, because all that we plan and curry out seems dangerous to them. I am convinced that the world and the future will cling to this develop- ment and that the states which do zert Join this development wili collapse sooner or later."

Hiller, referring to British air

raids on Germany said, "I the

British Air Force drops two or three or four thousand kilogramme bombs, then we shall now in one night drop 150, 100, 230, 300, 400 thousand kilo- grammes (prolonged cheering). And if they declare that they will inten- sify their attacks on our eltics, we shall blot their cities out."

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