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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

New Japanese Demands Officially Reported INDO-CHINA SITUATION TAKES TURN FOR WORSE

Special to the "Telograph"

September 20, 1940.

Weather & Fear Of R.A.F. Stop Raiders K

Special to the "Telegraph”

High winds, rain and schlt cred clouds offered unfavourable conditions-for Nazi raiders÷yesterday,\reveal-“United «Press”

only one brief raid alarm up to 6 o'clock in the evening.

Dover reported at 5 o'clock

THE SITUATION in French Indo-China has taken a sudden turn for the messages from London, and in consequence the London area had

It is officially announced in Hanoi that the Japanese have presented new that there was a high wind, demands.

These demands, says an official French communique, are "incompatible the instructions received from Vichy and the previous agreement."

Negotiations are continuing

but, the communique adds, they OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUES have now reached, a delicate

phase.

"United Press" reported from Hanoi early this morning that the situation had become critica).

Mission Leaves

The Japanese Mission is departing from Hanol, leading to the belief that the negotiations had been >uspended.

Major General Nishihara, leader of the Mission, has paid a farewell call

ક Vice-Admira) Guvernor General,

Decoux, the

Air

Its

choppy seas, and scattered high with some rain earlier in the day; and and low clouds. There had been

Force Continues Splendid Work

although an enemy raider was spotted, it was seen to dump its bombs in the sea before turning buck to the French coast,

West End Damage

Treatment Of Aliens

1

Common Statement LONDON, Sept. 19 (Reuter). decret

A tour of the West End of London-Before going into haa revealed the extensive damage Rustained in recent raida,

session to-day, the House of The new neens damaged include the Commons had the customary forecourt of the British Museum hour of questions and answers. Sir John Anderson, DR the most that o questioned Minister, agreed liberal policy of exemption from the Aliens Act restrictions should be followed in respect to citizens of the United States.

Among official communiques announced yesterday was the heavy bomb made a big center in the following issued by the Air Ministry:

Bomber Command alreraft last night continued to disconcert the Four hundred Japanese civilianaemy's Invasion plans by delivering have been ordered to evacuate Hasol sustained attacks with strong forces

of bombers against the ports of

and will leave for alphong this Antwerp, Zeebrugge, Dunkirk, Os- morning by a special train. They

tend, Calais, Boulogne, Dieppe and le will board three Japanese slips of

Havre. Haiphong.

Much damage was done to ship- Four and a half tons of Jajusnese baggage left Hanoi for Iniphong lasting and military stores, and many

wight.

Serious Situation Admitted

The serkusnEGA

firen were sorted,

Other forces of bombers nitacked distribullon centres

Isnabruck, at Homin Munphelm and

of the situations. Ehang, was admitted in Vichy last night by BrusseİA.

M Baudoin, the French Foreign Coastal Command aircraft altneked Minister, who told Ameriena correas, a convey of Borkum. A direct it pondente that France hud been หาง registerest

An enemy

forced io be realistle because, destroyer although Washington had been kept Other Coastal Command aircraft fully informed of the situation, the attacked the port of Cherbourg, United States had promised nothing shipping off the Dutch coast and the more than a formal protest to Tokyo, uccidrome of Dekooy.

If Indo China were attacked

Seven of our aircraft are missing

"Japon is such a tremendous powe),LONDON:

in the Far Fuet to-day that verbal, protests would be insufficient," M, Baudoin said,

In

No Large-Scale Raids

¿ No large scale action has been e- Indated during the day

"Negotiation will undoubtedly pre- serve French sovereignty China, but Japan will get a preferrn- i til market there.

"It would be foolish for France, IN ker present position, lo try and en- force u French monopoly of thun mot - krt, or try to overlook the Jupatvese

el

Single-Handed

Two enemy arcraft dropped bortaikas.

in districts in East London, emising some damage and casualties

Both were engaged by our fighters und one was shot down

Bomalia

ult

fistaty rejsarked mantal towns In Essex and Sunses and at se point in west Englund The number of casualties was small

Despite scl visibility our fighters Eart We have only small military successfully intercepted a torge pro naval and air forces there 25 Stath portion of the enemy and Ave energy has withdrawn her military forces bombers altogether were destrayed from Hongkong and Singapore and CAIRO: No

"France is single-handed in the Par

the United States has declined to give

us any military support in preserving the status quo in Indo China

“At the same time. Franer will un all the force allowed by the armistice convention to assure her integrity by fighting those forers whe provoke Tissidence.

The same determinations to pre

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RADIO

ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) and

Change In Situation | 31.49 metres (9.520 kilo-cycles) Bass and Flute Recital From the Studio

There is no change in the situation in Egypt The energy continues to Barya and Soiluin areas eneolidale his positions 131 Sat

Railto There thing to report on witei

Tec

serve the Freach Empire will gate R.A.F. Raid On

France in her refusal

Programine trondeust by . Z. 13. W on a Frequency of 849 k.r's. und on shurt wave from 1-2.15 p.m. and 8-11 pm 011 152 MC's. per

12.15 pin

To do the last-minute demands By

Tur territorial

CORICENSIONIN among the Mekong River intrin The same de. termination will stimulate Princes insistence on full respect for her sovereignty in the Franco-Japanese (Rhodes). Several explosions, follow.. negotiations at Hono

Dodecanese Islands reemd A Mugh nuccessful attack with Jousse bert

yesterday

The agonist enemy in the Dodecanese Islands.

Fires were aturled at Maritz

Decoux To Call Bluff? Another "United Pre manage from Hanol, received at #30 a ti, quotes Informed crels there as br- Heving that Vice Admiral Decoux lun catled Japon's bluff

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Short Service of Inter-

Cresesion

12.30 The I. B. C. Dance Orchestra, 100 Local Time Signal and Wea-

ed by u large fre, were SCER ather Report. Culato

1.03 Paul Robeson (Bass). 1.13 Band of H. M. Grenadler

1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announc ments. 1.45

Compositions of Tchalkowsky, 15 Close Down. 6.00

liongars, barracks and the harbouri jetty WETT hit at Portelago Bay Guarda (Eds) A fuel store was also h und a fire spread along the cast All over planes returned safety It is understood that the members

Continuous raids are benig mate of the Japanese Misaron have

against the Bey m Un western been depert.

An aircraft started fires at quibbing among themselves because, it is alleged, Tokyo has not yet agreed, buildings were hit at Tobruk English Composers,

Land large motor transport concentra- 6.20 p.m. Dennis Noble (Bariione). tlons between Sidi Barrani and Solet 6.30 ListMefisto Walz,....Bos- tum were set on fire.

ton Symphony Orchestra conducted A successful tack was made on by Serge Koussevitsky.

to support any show of force.

DANCE RECITAL about 50 aircraft aground at Elmim

FOR CHARITY

0.43

Short Programme of Old

where

small bomb fell. There are three huge craters in the street near the Japanese Embassy, while a single courtyard of the Wallace Collection in Manchester Square,

bomb shattered A high explosive three storrys of Peter Robinsons, the well-known departmental store in Oxford Circus, while the blast from a bomb in Regent Street damaged the roof of the Picadilly Hotel. Another bomb knocked off the southeast turret of the Records Office.

It

"i ales revealed that the head-

Sure

the

He added that steps had been taken to this end.

Questioned regarding internees, Sir John indicated that the Government's polley was not to Intern Kations with 20 years' residence in Britain provided that nothing unfavourable was known

Germans And Austrians quarters of the London County Coup- ell Hall was damaged in a recent rudd. the Home Secretary declared that it Regarding Germans and Austrtons, Mr Charles Latham, leader of the was in many cases more dificult to Coured declared: "Although fabric of the County Hall received residence than those who had come the feel confidence in those with long some daringe. I want to pubile that the London civil defences more recently as refugees,

The general policy of releasing and other services are being main-there with long residence ngainst inined,

whom nothing was known could not Somerset House Damaged be Justifled although there were in- LONDON, Sept. 10 (Reuler) - dividual enses in which long residence From to-day parts of Somerset House, could be properly treated its which who recently damaged by a to be taken into account when ap- bomb, are closed and staffs are being pilention was made for release. evacuated to North England.

CHELSEA ROYAL HOSPITAL HIT

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Japanese Cabinet Meets

At Palace

LONDON, Sept. 10 (Reuter) -1}

TOKYO, Sept, was revealed today that the Ruya Cabinet Ministers and Service Chiefs

19 (Reuter). Hospital Est Chelsen, where ull

conferred for three hours at the Im- Koddlers and picturesque Chelsea

pertal Palace in the presence of the pensioners live, was hit by bombs Emperor this afternoon.

Secretary of the Cabinet says that commualque issued by "importint affairs discussed.

recent aid

Lord Croft. Under-Secretary for Wai, said to-day that a number of incendiary bombs fell on the build-

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The conference the Prime Minister, the War und WWIAN attended by To deal with them. Some of the Navy Ministers, the Foreign Minister, men over 50 years of age were the Finaner Minister, the Chiefs and strained with difficulty from taking Vice-Chiefs of the Army and Navy part in the work and hud to be General Staffs and the President of

terally ordered back to their shel- the Cabinet Planting Board.

ters.

This conduct is an inspiration toj their young comrades in the army! to-day, Lord Croft commented,

General Killed In London Air Raid

LONDON, Sept. 19 (Reuter) it is learned that Major General C. J. Bruce Hay and Mrs. Hay were killed at a bumbed West End hotel.

Major General Hay was inspector General of the Iroq Army and head of the British Military Mission in! Trug from 1034 to 1937.

Internment Camp Shooting Protests

CHUNGKING, Sept. 19 (Reuter)

The Foreign Office las protested tu the British and United States Em- bassies at the shooting in the intern- ment camp of the Shanghat Inter- national Settlement and is demanding and assurances of a non-recurrence the punishment of those responsible of similar incidents in future.

The Foreign Ofee is also reserving) all rights and clos

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More Help For Britain Urged

LONDON, Sept. 19 (Reuter)~A 2,000-mile cruise in the Closing Local Stock Quota- Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean with British cruisers ! (Libya) Bombs fell among the air- tions

and destroyers which were on a reconnaissance patrol is related 0.45 Dance alusic and Variety. craft there and dumuge was eauxd,

Haids were also made on Homtm.. 7.30 London Relay--Thn New

by "Reuter's" special correspondent aboard a British destroyer. Burdla and д camp in the Capuzzo: 8.00

8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Under the patronage of His

The Fleet was sweeping the for British destroyers using the Asdle Ex-Sollum area. Ong alteratt is missing Report and Announcements. veliency the Aeling Governor, Lt.. Aircraft of the South African Alr| 8.03 Handel-Concerto Grosso No.

Greek archipelago for enemy hydrophone. General E. F. Norton, who has kindly Porec raked Mogadiscio aerodrome

The effectiveness of this instrument 1 Op. 6...

submarines and ships engaged The Boyd Neal String consented to be present,

was demonstrated during the д Dance (Italian Somailland) for the sixth | Orchestra,

in contraband oil trade with the when a submarine was detected and Hungarian "Reign Of

trip Recital will be held in the Rose! time on September 17. All the 8.15 Studio A Bass and Flute Dodecanese Islands. Room of the Peninsula

Hotel

on bombs dropped on hangars and build- Recital by Y. K. 8ze (Bass) and

the correspondent saw depth charges Friday evening, October 18, at 9.30 ings and many fires were started.

Walter II, D. Teh

A greater part of the trip, the eardropped, after whith bubbles of air (Flute) accom-respondent says, was remarkable for and patches of all appeared on The performance is

Attacks were made on Lavello panied by E. O'N, Shaw, by the Chinu Defence insured

Its lack of interest. For many days, surface. of (Abyssinia). One bomber was des (a) "Weeping which

for Ever"

"we were within bombing range of Madame Sun Yat-sen

stroyed and considerable damage to] (Hundel); (b) "Great

Later depth charges were dropped Chairman; and the proceeds will be buildings and hangars resulted,

Osiris"

(Mozart),...Y. K Sze; 2. but a colitary Italian recornuissance unlikely to have survived the attack. Leis, Great Italian aircraft stationed at Rhodes around another submarine which is In ald of Chinese War Orphans. Three raids were made by R.A.F. Grosse Sonata in A Minor (Kuhlan); dying bont which circled out of the

Star performer of the evening will bombers on Kussola. One enemy (a)

Allegro con passione; (b) Scherzo be the well-known Chinese dancer, Oghter attempting to intercept was Allegro assul, Walter H. Deze range of our guns was the only sign says the, correspondent, that one of that Hungarians had started

of the enemy

its escorts the previous day had been Lack of Petrol?

"reign of terror" in unsuccessfully attacked by four

1933 to 1937, urged that the defence This suggests that Dodecanese Italian aircraft, suffering from lack of petrol, the tempted to attack with an aeri

one of which at many Transylvanian cenprogramme be bet at full speed ahead,

aerial tor-tres.

He said that more support should be supply of which has been cut on by ipado."

given to Britain. the British Fleet.

It 15

learned that three of these Submarines provide the only four had been forced to land on the

pan.

Miss Al-Lien Tal, formerly with the damaged, Ballets Jooss in England, who will

Assab and Diradawa

(Eritrea)

present several original dances, both were again attacked and fres were Western and Chinese, including one observed. specially composed for the occasion.

Mias Tai will be supported by 0

string orchestra of local musicians

under the direellon uf Mr. J. R. M. DONATION FOR PLANES Smith, and the evening should pro- vide a very novel and interesting. programme.

Jetanbul, Sept. 10. The British Colony has started a Tickets will be on sale shortly at fund to provide two fighter planes the Peninsula Hotel, at the Anderson for the Royal Air Force. The fund Music Company,'and at several other reached £5,000 within a few hours. addresses to be announced.'

-Reuter.

King and Queen Talk

To Air Raid Victims

LONDON, Sept. 19 (Renter)Standing amid a scene of devastation near wrecked houses which had received a direct hit from a bomb, the King and Queen to-day talked to men, and women who had marvellous escapes from death.

3. "Last Night" (Kjerulf); "O, Star

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of Eve" (Wagner),....Y. K. Sze.

Compositions of Men 8.90p.m. delssohn.

0.00 Loudon Relay-The News. 9.30 London Relay-"World Af- fairs"-Wickham Steed.

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On Joining the convoy we ́learned,

By Americans Terror" Alleged

LONDON, Sept. 19 (Reuter). ---Moro and more prominent BUCHAREST, Sept. 19 Americans are naking that nian radio to-day alleged (UP).—The official Ruma- greater help be sent to Britain

and the Allied cause.

At a mass meeting in the Chicago Stadium, Rear-Admiral Stanley, who Chief of Naval Operations from.

II

It was asserted that ten 0.45 A Classical Request Pro-method by which these islands can Turkish coast as the result of damage Rumanians had been

be supplied, and this is a hazardous sustained by naval guns of the British task since these craft are easy prey escort

massacred.

erimine.

11.00 Close Down.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

SUBSTANTIAL DONATIONS TO FUND FOR BOMBERS The War Fund inaugurated by the South China Morning Post, Ltd, out of which Erlush ghting aircraft are to be pur- chased (mainly zombers) received

great flip yesterday with one of the largest arnotmis donated for a long time. It will be recalled that soon

the Find was commenced., my Bongsong firms donated largo suma, and the Hong kong and Yatmal Ferry Company have now contributed $20,000, truly, en- couraging Instance of support. from one of the big local Chinese organisations. With, in addition, an anonymous donation of $1.000, and other welcome subscriptions, a total of $1,343,003,07 was reached yester day by the Fund. The latest donations,

arat!

This occurred during a tour of King remarked, "These Anderson The Hongkong and Yeumali Ferry three districts in Lendon which have shelters are wonderful," received bad-bomb damage.

Looking around at the destruction, In the middle of which were two med "Anderson ↑ shelters, the

Co. Ltd.

He and the Queen listened while "Un ami Etzenger (Haiphong), the survivors, who had been in the "The Family" shelters when the bomb fell only a Mr. and Mrs. D..E. D. In memory. few yards from them, told Their the late Mrs Stafford Smith

"Ewo. Poker Party" Majesties of their escapes/

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He suggested among other things

of some torpedo boats, Colagnus Appeal

Dorothy Thompson, the noted columnist, called on the U.S. Govern)- ment to It is believed that there toys with torpedo, boats and flying

supplement the gift of des have been isolated killings fortrestest LAN

A similar appeal was made in a in other parts of the coun-radio broadcast by Senator Lee of Oklahoma, who was a private, in | France in the last war, ta

Governor Lehmann of New York has also stated that he is in favour of supplying Britain with all weapons the United States can spare. In this way, we will immeasurably add to eur defences.”” he says,

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Bank Of England Meets In Vault

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"- LONDON, Sept. 19.. (UP)—~The

Bank of England held its annual

General Court to-day in the-under-

grund vaults of the banke Thatead of

In the Assembly Hall.

We are holding this meeting in this dreary

CAPTURED PILOT BROADCASTS

LONDON, Sept. 19 (Reuter)

lovely FC Ostend of our Englishman, broadcasting from Rome,

|| Mr. Montague idenuded himisht ng Flight. Lieut. 1. Norman, the Governor of the Bank. Grifory of East Twickenhain."

"We have had some upgots In He said he was brought down, be maintaining our daily, business, but tween Solly and Manita. advance precautions, plus current. He said he has sent a message to goodwill,

have so far brought us his wife and father in through.

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