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五拜禮號六月九英港香 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1940. 日五初月八

No. 10248

Evacuation Ship From England To

Australia Attacked By Nazi Planes

HONGKONG WIVES AND CHILDREN IN IRISH SEA DRAMA

A BRITISH SHIP CARRYING HONGKONG WOMEN AND' CHILDREN FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA FOR EVACUATION UNDER ARRANGEMENT WITH THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN, BOMBED.

• As far as can be ascertained, all the Hongkong women and children are safe. They have been landed at Aberdeen after two days at sea.

The following are among the Hongkong people known to have been aboard

the ship:

Mrs. Smith, wife of Chief Inspector A. W. Smith. of the Hongkong Police, and her family;

Mrs. O'Connor, wife of Inspector Taos, O'Connor, of the Hongkong Police and her family;

Master Billy Carr, son of Mr. Thos. Carr, of the Public Works Department; Master Benny Hooper, son of Mr. J. Hooper, Chief Sanitary Inspector. The sons of Messrs. Carr and Hooper were travelling with Mrs. Smith.

Attacked on Wednesday

Raid Alarm As House Mects on

LONDON, Sept. 5 (Domei).When the air raid warning was sounded in London to-day, Mr. Winston Churchill had just entered the House of Coinmons to make his speech.

The House, was ordered cleared by the Master at Arm until the All Clear was given.

A dozen bombers, closely pursued by fighters, were seen above the city during the raid, which lasted 66 minutes. No bombs were dropped on London.

ITALIAN PORTS BOMBARDED

And Their Ships Run Away

LONDON, Sept. 5 (Reuter),—An Admiralty communique states that extensive operations have been carried out by our naval forces in both the Western and Eastern Mediterranean over a period of six days.

These operations have been entirely successful except that no contact has been made between ourselves and the Italians.

Meanwhile air reconnaissance re-, ported that the enemy main fleet, consisting of battleships, cruisers and destroyers, was at sea. It was then about 150 miles from our forces,

Enemy Funks It

Efforts were made to make contact but the reports of the reconnaissance aircraft showed that the enemy fleet turned back immediately on receipt of reports indicating that British forces were in the vicinity, and was heading for its base of Torunto at high speed.

Another British force was at this time operating to the westward of Sardinin and Stefly.

On August 31 Skuu aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm from this western force

Story Of

N. T. Plane Crash

The chup left un English port for

August 30, and was. bombed five days lateran Wednes- day.

According to one report the pas | seusters, were" forend «Maltabolites |

Hfeonate, But 11. k bellived that the vresel managed to reach Aberdeen under hur own steam, and dischiaravď her passengers there.

Only the briefest information of the incident has been received la Hongkong.

Chief Inspector Smith

is attached

to the Police Training School Kowloon. Inspector O'Connor Divisional Inspector at Taipo.

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It is believed the ship was bombed In the Irish Sen.

Mother Evacuated From H.K.

Mrs.

Hooper, whose son WBJ

aboard the ship, left Hongkong, in July with the evacuees who proceed- ed from here to Australia,

Her son was at school in England, as was the son of Mr. T. Carr,

French Indo China

Chungking Ready To March In

Special to the "Telegraph"

CHUNGKING, Sept. 5 (UP), The Chinese military spokes. man alleged to-day that the Japanese Vice Consul at Hanoi By Eyewitness has arrived at Haiphong with The “mystery” Japanese plane 364 ronin who are in reality fifth which crashed on the Kwanti columnists.

race-course shortly after 4 It is not believed in Chungking o'clock yesterday was a com-that an immediate Japanese attacked the nerodrome of Elma in mercial machine owned by the invasion of French Indo China Sardinia. Our aircraft were not able Nippon Airways Company. is likely.

It was en route from Taihoku

to observe the dumuge caused but the Italian broadcast, admitted that one wing of the military headquarters (Formosa) to Canton when the was destroyed as well as two air-crash occurred. There were not craft on the ground.

passengers aboard-it has

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While returning from this attack, commodation for ten-and the one of our aircraft sighted an Italian only persons involved in the U-bout on the surface. Having no bomby left, the aircraft munchine-crash were the crew of three. gunned the conning tower of the All were injured, one seriously.

Ino part engine of the plane burst into flames. when the machine crushed.

submarine. as It dived.

From this operation all our nir craft returned safely, if

On the morning of September 2, Swordfish, bireraft of the Flest Air Arm from this same force attacked the aerodrome ut Cagliari, Sicily. Bad visibility hampered this attack but it has been reported that enemy earchlights at Scaffa were success- fully bombed and put out of action.

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AIR RAIDS

Eyewitness Story Mr. G. Chrisile, of the Fanting Kennels, was an eye-witness.

Road when the plane appeared, flying- "I was walking along the Kwantl very low," he told a "Telegraph re- porter

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"It circled over the Fanling Kennels and then made for the race-course.

"The plane landed about 200 yards: from where I stood. It managed to avert two small club large trees, but struck a

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RUMANIANS RIOT-See P. 2

This plcture shows clearly how seriously the, Local. Defence Volunteers of Britain are fulfilling their responsibilities in our war effort.

King or commoner-all have to prove their identities before they are allowed to approach areas of national importance

When this photo was taken the King was visiting L.D.V. detachments near London to watch the men In training.

- He was stopped by an armed guard and had to produce his identity papers be fore being allowed to pass.

Four Thousand German Soldiers Die As Big Transport Goes Down

Special to the "Telegraph”

STOCKHOLM, Sept. 5 (UP)—~Hundreds of corpses of German soldiers who were either returning to Germany from Norway or were en route to Norway-it has not been ascertained which are being washed ashore along the coasts of Denmark and Sweden to-day.

Representing one of the heaviest tolle in maritime his- tory, 4,000 Germans are believed to have died as a result of the torpedoing off Skagen on Wednesday of the Nazi troop transport Marion,

First details of the torpedoing of the vessel were brought th by Swedish fishermen, who witnessed the sinking of the vessel by a British naval unit,

The Marlon sank within a few minutes of being torpedoed.

Talks With Japanese Continue, Says Vichy

Special to the "Telegraph'

"United Press" reports from Vichy state that the French Foreign Office continues officially to deny that negotiations-be- tween France and Japan regarding Indo-China have been broken

of.

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Nazi Fliers Banned In America

Sent Back To Colombia BAN FRANCISCO, Sept: 3 (UP) ~~ Immigration officials to-day ordered four German filers id return 10

and

of the entire complement of over 4,000-aboard, only 100 have been saved:

Military conversations are con-mony is fully aware of what is trans- Colombia. The alers had hoped to The Marion is registered at Ham tinuing with the purpose of reaching piring. It is believed that Japan is reach Germany via the Paciße but no burg. She is of 20,000 tous

a military accord as a prelude to a keeping Berlin fully informed of her Japanese vessel was willing to pro- order to attack the "conveyed vast economic treaty between Japan intentions and actions.

vide passage. transport, the British naval unit had and Indo-China, according to official These same sources are: of the The fliers, Guenther Katzke, Franz to enter the dangerous, waters of the sources av ASIAN opinion that "close and friendly re- Nowmann; Hans Sendkamm

The French Government has never will insure that the problems con- ed on the German-owned air line in lations between Germany and Japan Ewald Flesch were formerly employ- considered that the Japanese demands nected with Indo-China will be set Colombia and had plaimed to retur Further Details

High for air and naval bases and 'the right | tled." LONDON, Sept.

Alto Germany, and join the air force. (Reuler). --] of passage, for Japanese troops on Stockholm correspondents give fure Indo-China railways was couched in ther details of the sinking of the the form of an ultimatum, sem 12,000 ton Nazi transport Marion by MARCANERACAYMAN BESTE

Skaggarak. It apparentedly after torpedoing its victim.

escaped

ابرگاه

R.A.F. Keep Up Bombing Attacks On Germany

a British submarine in the Kattegat The Chinese Embassy in Vichy on Monday nights. W

KUT VRYLANconfirms that Chiang Kai-shok: has Over 3,000 German, soldiers were moved troops along the Indo-China on board on their way to relieve for the purpose of covering the

the right troops in Norway. The transport Bank of the Chinese army, was escorted by a destroyer and two Thus, China is able to insure that

the

Japanese will not be able to armed trawlers, 13 ~

LONDON, Sept. 5 (Reuter)The R.A.F. bombed a power About 10 pm,

British sub reach the Upper Yangise along the station and anti-aircraft factory in Berlin last night,

tempt to o drive inland through Indo-It also t

Mountains, Thuringian and LONDON, Sept. (British Wire-left wing and engine right off the Tho Japanese do hot appear to

at Stetin and military objectivca, con the Black Forests, Fo less).It is omcially stated that plane, which slow, around and con- have concentrated any, considerable

forests where explosions occurred oil stocks at Magdeburg, 1. goodiyará

operations

south of Brech, and the United Kingdom during August to rest VENDAR China, despite earlier reports to the were: killed, 627 mm; 335 women The engine in the wing which had contrary to any cults Tote bellaved that not more says another United Press message two of our siterpit did not return and several

occupied France and Belg and 113 children; seriously injured, been torn off burst into lamel A matter of course. Chink is than 200 or 300/ot the 3,000 on board refuse to comment on the Japanese one crashed on Jandingk

KAN HALF conmunique adds that Coastal Command aircraft aliació 771 men, 448 women and 102 A ran towards the pinne I saw fully ready to plunge into the French were saved Wreckage, and bodies demands on Indo-China children.

JASE TURN 13 Page: 7. Column Three Ţ TURN to Page 21 Column Two drifted onto the Swedian count jull

-informed quarters in Berlin, many fires and explosions: followed oil tanks at Cherbourg and dop er are convinced that Gerdhe attacks on military objectives in Te

The force of the impact ripped the

which struck the Marlon," breaking Chibas BENNEMANN cented in the Black Forest, and other Other objectives attacked included marine appeared and fired a torpedo Red River valley even if they do at pakkembed a synthetic oil planta tha

elvillen. casualties due to air raids ori inued for about twenty yards coming naval forces in the vicinity of Indo The STEAMERY S No Berlin' Comment

her into two. She, sank almost in- mediately

ources in Berlin, From thest widespread Official Gerran Darkne made rescue work m