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SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1941. +A=+ 六拜禮 號一十月一英港香

KOWLOON.

AID TO BRITAIN BILL

OUTLINED:

SWEEPING

MEASURES DISCLOSED

Special_to_the “Telegraph”

WASHINGTON, JAN. 10 (UP).—IT IS UNDERSTOOD THE ADMINISTRATION'S SWEEPING New bill, desIGNED TO AID THE DEMOCRACIES, WHICH WILL BE INTRO- DUCED IN CONGRESS TO-DAY, INCLUDES A PROVISION FOR REPAIRING AND OUTFITTING BRITISH WARSHIPS AT AMERICAN SHIPYARDS, AND A CLAUSE ASSERTING THE PROVI- SIONS OF THE MEASURE ARE APPLICABLE "NOTWithstanding THE PROVISIONS OF

ANY OTHER LAW."

Authorities interpret this as waiving the Neutrality Law and the Johnson Act insofar as it will permit lending munitions, interchanging do- fonce information and outfitting belligerent

Harbour battleships in a United States harbour.

Battleship In Naples Believed Hit

CAIRO, Jan. 10 (Reuter).--A hit or a very near miss on the stern of an Italian battleship of the Littorio class during a particularly heavy raid on Naples is announced in an R.A.F.

(Middle East) communique.

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13th January 1941

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AN EMPIRE ON THE VERGE OF TOTTERING

This map illustrates Mussolini's Italian empire which, as a result of British operations in Africa and Greek achlevements in Albania, is on the verge of tottering. Already, it is estimated, Il Duce has lost 5,000 square miles of his African territory owing to the British offensive against Libya. To-day the Italian dictator faces the prospect of a revolution in Abyssinia and a major Allied offensive from Kenya upon Italian Somaliland, za

SPAIN

MOROCCO

ALGERIA

TUNISIA

Yugo

SLAVI

FORE CAPUZIG'

LIBYA

Thailand-Indo-China Fighting

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TURKEY

SYRIA

TRAN

IRAQ

EGYPT

PLANES & GUNS ROAR

French Reported Retreating

The Bill was introduced' in Congress at noon to-day and its early passage is anticipated. It is entitled "An Act to promote United States Defence" and provides: "Notwithstanding any other law, the President may from

NONGKAI (Indo-China-Thailand frontier), Jan. 10) time to time, when he deems to be in the interest of national defence, authorise the Secretaries of War and (Reuter).-With heavy fighting in progress at various Navy or the head of any other Department firstly, to points along the border, rigid black-out restrictions are manufacture in their arsenals any article for the defence being enforced in all towns and villages in this region of any country the President deems vital for United

owing to the frequent air-raids. States defence:

The attack was made on Wednesday night and battleships, merchant shipping, docks and the rallway station at Naples were

| the objectives.

The bombs which fell 011 ur Secondly, to sell, transfer, exchange, lease, lend or other- very near the stern of a battle-wise dispose of any such Government defence article; ahip caused a dull red glow." Other bombs caused outbreaks of Thirdly, to test, inspect, prove, repair, outfit recondition or [fre among larger motor vessels, otherwise place in good order defence, articles for other Gov.

Fires were also started along the jernment;

"BLITZ" RAID ON CALAIS

Violent R.A.F. Action

waterfront from the north end of the Fourthly, to communicate defence, 'information to foreign

dock to the jelly.

Gasometer on Fire

export.

Defence articles are defined as "any weapon, munition, air Several bomba hit buildings on the craft, vessel, machinery, facility, tool, material or supply neces quay and railway lines, which the LONDON, Jan. 10 (Reuter). A gasometer was set aftre and a

railway station suffered direct hits, sary for the manufacture, production, processing, repair or A force of R.A.F. bombers, series of explosions was caused in strongly supported by Bighters, the dock area and among shipping.

were

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servicing operation,

Can Exchange Information

The Bill authorises the Presi

Operations In Africa

G.H.Q. Communique

A strict curfew is in force in Nongkai where the military in leaf-green uniforms, khaki-člad. police and boy volunteers, patrol every nook and corner of the town to prevent fifth columnists from signalling to French planes.

Martial law has also been declared. While the drone of bombers over- head disturb the night, Intermittent shelling by the artillery across the

wide Mekong river sends the popula- tlon scurrying to shelter at intervals during the day,

Two civilians were killed and 19 were injured during the hours of shelling on Wednesday night. Dug- outs and. trenches have been built for the civilian population in towns and villages all along the frontier. The beat of drums warns inhabitants of the approach of raiders.

PORT SUDAN

NAS

·HASSATA ASMARA

ARABIA

ERITREA

"MACKAÇAN ASSAB

ADDIS ABARA GURA*

FRENCH SOMALILAND

BRITISH

DINEDAGA VOMALILAND

ITALIAN 50M

SOMALILAS

ABYSSINIA

·MOYALE

"PROFI Loudoir

WAJIA KENYA

Hopkins Sees Halifax, Eden and The Premier

LONDON, Jan. 10 (Reuter)-Mr Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt's special envoy, to-day told the press that he had con- ferred with Mr Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, and Lord Halifax, the new Ambassador to the United States, and had lunched with Mr Winston Churchill, whose conversation had detained him 90 minutes longer than he had expected.

Mr Hopkins continued: "I have| come here as the President's personal representative to meet Mr. Churchil and other members of the Govern ment, and to discuss with them matters of mutual urgency to our two countries. I shall stay in England! until I have finished my mission--not | less than two weeks, not more than of four."

been

One particularly violent explosion to-day conducted n daylight occurred on the north railway line, "blitz" on German aerodromes A successful attack was made on dent to communique information

Benina nerodrome on -in-France in the style of the Benin

January 8. of any plan, specification, design, Direct hits were registered dir RA.F. hammering of Italian hangars, and barracks were seen to prototype or information pers nerodromos In Libya.

be gutted. Many aircraft were set taining to a defence article.

French Retreating are and at least 12 were seen to be The operation is described as burning fercely.

It provides that contracts for the transfer of war materials must cou-

BANGKOK, Jan, 10 (Reuter),It an "extensive sweep" over the

During Wednesday night, Benghazi tain a clause binding the recipient

is stated that the French forces are CAIRO, Jan. 10 (Reuter) retreating without offering serious Pas de Calais.

was heavily raided. Bomba fell on Government not to transfer title or government bulidings, causing fires possession of the material without the Concentration of British forces resistance and large quantities Several aerodromes

and explosions, bombed and machine-gun ated to have received a direct hit.

One ship is belley-consent of the President. Contracts around Tobruk continues, the arms and equipment have

must fully protect the patent rights movements being covered by tacks were made from a low

On the same night, Tobruk was of all United States citizens concern-operations to the west of the level on military installations raided and direct hits were registered ed.

on buildings.

from a communique The Bill includes authority to re-lown, and patrol vessels,

Other aircraft attacked Palermo pair or outfit British warships

in British G.H.Q. announces. where explosions were caused on or American shipyards. This is contain- On the Sudan frontier British near shipping moored to the jetty. ed by authoritative sources earlier. patrols inflicted

number A Dombs straddlied to the northern mole

At the press conference to-day, casualties. and a whart.

President Roosevelt said he did not On the Kenya front, t British Italian troop concentrations were personally desire the powers given mobile column entered attacked at Tesseni in East Africa.

him in to-day's Bill but "somebody opposed yesterday morning. obviously must have it." He said that It is also ascertained that the

No Aircraft Lost Only a few German fighters were encountered. Three were shot down and a number were damaged on the No British aircraft was lost, ground.

There are no reports of German air activity over Britain,

The RAF's attack on Brest on Thursday night lasted six hours. In

bright moonlight, the crews of the TURN to Pago 2, Column Fivo

Egyptians

Attack

Fascism

FALL OF KLISURA

Officially Announced

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of

Buna un-

if the policy of the United States is Italians have abandoned Elwak as

manth.

to assist the Democracies to survive, the result of our successful raids last methods of speed must be provided which are strictly legal. He declined

to guess the sums involved. He said the new legislation would not imply

Italian Claim LONDON, Jan. 10 (Reuter)---The'} Italian claim that a British battleship the repealing of the Johnson Act was hit during an air attack in the ATHENS, Jan. 10 (Reyter),-An- banning the credits to nations who Western Mediterranean is not con- nouncing the capture of Klisura, un defaulted in the payment of their firmed in authoritative quarters in official communique says: "The very world war debts. He declared that London. hard battle which our herole army the Bill applied 99 per cent to future has been waging for several days in wars. the strongly fortifed region of

In the contrary, it is stated that no TURN to Pago 2, Column Six

Nazi-Soviet Agreement

scized.

LATEST

Full Story Of Mirs Bay Robbery -

Asked whether he had a good idea of who was going to win the war, Me Hopkins replied: "I have, indeed.

I have no misgivings about the out-

come of the war.

Nazi Oil

Supplies Bombed

American muni- R.A.F. Strike Again

tions production will reach its penk

at the end of this year and early next

LONDON, Jan. 10 (Reuter).

year. There is going to be a united-Defying thick clouds which

and an altogether successful effort in the production of defence materials!

made their taak extremely

in the United States to be used by difficult, ourselves, Great Britain, Grecce and bombers Chius.

Travel Around Britain

Royal Air Force on Thursday night struck another heavy blow at German oll supplies.

Many fires and explosions

Mr Hopkins said that he would not visit any other European country were caused at one of Germany's except Britain but that he expected important synthetic oil plants at to travel around the country and to Gelsenkirchen and the whole see everything necessary.

Asked his impression of last night's factory was blotted out by roll- air raid, Mr Hopkins remarked that ing smoke from the burning he could think of nothing less im- oil. portant than his personal reactions to the blitz.

Latest reports of the daring armed robbery by a large gang of men on Ping Chau Island in Mirs Bay reveal

Other turgels were also attacked thut four boats containing about 60

and the crew of one bomber shot robbers sailed into the Buy about 4

-Mr Hopkins gave no clue of the down a Junkers plane, la fames. p.m. On Thursday, After Bring precise nature of his mission buti Enemy Bombers Downed several shots the pirates then split assured Britons of President Roose-

LONDON; Jan. 10 (Reuter)—Two into groups and robbed shops and velt's good health under the greatest enemy bombers were shot down dur- strain and "his unsifaken faith and ing Thursday night's ralda on north- determination."

west England. Mr Hopkins added his personal A British bomber engaged and shot opinion that Lord Halifax would have down an enemy fighter during British great success as British Ambassador operations over Germany the same in Washington.

night.

Klisurn has ended in a fresh Greek Arsenal of Democracies triumph. Our troops have occupied) WASHINGTON, Jan, 10 (Reuter), the town of Kilsura.

The British Aid Bill in terms accom- "The

kidnapped the following persons: advance is continuing with panying the statement which Con- irresistible momentum."

gressional leaders issued when it'was]

Ying Cheung grocery shop, money ORGANISATION

Reports from the front stress that introduced to-day simply translates

and Jewellery to the value of about the policy of

the (Chinese) stolen and $4,000 during the past 48 hours, Italian re-into legislative form FORMED

Economic Programme sistance was confined to heavy artil-making America the arsenal of the

master, Fung Hung, kidnapped;

Leo On Krocery shop, $4,000 ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 10 (Reu-lery are and desperate attempts by Democracles, and seeks to carry out

LONDON, Jan. 10 (Reuter). (Chinese) stolen, and Lam Ful-yan Italian aircraft to hamper Greek President Roosevelt's pledge to send A Soviet German tor).-An Italian anti-Fascist

economic partner), Lam Chol (partner), Fu movements while Italian detach to those countries in "ever incensing agreement was signed in Moscow Kam (toki), Chui Chau (foki), Lam movement is rapidly gaining ments were busy attempting to build numbers, ships, planes, tanks and

Wal strength in Egypt where various new defensive positions.

(tok), and Fu Sang (foki), to-day after negotiations which kidnapped; guns". are uniting under

The Bill would, as the statement have been going on there since Luen Yick grocery shop; $3,800 groups central organisation in Cairo, knowledges with gratitude the con-added, enable the United States to the end of October.

(Chinese), $30 (Hongkong), two Win- tinued successes of all the three furnish war materials of every kind These in turn are carrying on British fighting services in Libya.

The agreement is based on the chester rifles, 20 rolls of cloth, 00 TURN to Pago 2, Column Five German-Soviet, treaty of February boxes of cigarettes and a safe stolen; active propaganda work among the rest of the 60,000 Italians now in Egypt.

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Meanwhile the Greek

Dress

De Protano, President of the Alexandria section of the recently founded "Gruppo' Dazione Anti- Fasciata" to-day declared: "We with to see Italy freed from the tyranny of Mussolini, the Fascist regime abolished and the treaties with Ger- LONDON, Jan, 10 (Reuter)-Before the crow of the many which led to this unfortunate British merchantship Shakespeare had abandoned the vessel off sinto of war broken. All anti-the coast of Portugal, they had fought a gallant action with Fascists in Egypt are good Italian only one gun against an Italian U-boat, citizens and most of them fought In

HEROISM & CHIVALRY

MARK END OF BRITISH SHIP

the World War on the side of the Details. of the fight, which launched. Allies."

Dr. Protano expressed the hope lasted two hours, were recolved

year.

Japan's Aspirations: Wants Peace & Trade

Special to the “Telegraph”

11. 1940 and it is stated in Berlin that

Father And Son Seized It represents a further step in carry- ing out the economic programme en- You Lung Chan grocery shop, visaged in 1939. It regulates the ex- property worth about $2,000 and an change of goods between Germany unknown amount of money, stolen, BATAVIA, Jan. 10 (UP)—The head of the Japanese and the Soviet until August next and the master, Lee Lin, and his son, economic delegatión, Mr Yoshizawa, told the "United Press" to- Lee Ko-to, and a foll, Yuen Kam-fo, day that responsible persons in the Japanese Government are The German announcement says kidnapped; that the deliveries provided for for Chan ng grocery shop, $2,000 making an effort to avoid the United States, Britain and the exceed those of the first year of the (Chinese), one pair of rattan bangles, Netherlands.

Mr Yoshizawa asserted that the treaty: Germany will deilver indus- and two gold finger rings stolen and

tripartite pact did not change Japan's trial equipment and will receive raw the master, You Tak, kidnapped; He said that Japan "certainly attitude towards other nations, point- materials, napthan products and Kwan Wo grocery shop, goods and has no intention to reshuffle the ing out that: the appoinment of foodstuffs.

the master, Luke Cheung, it was undeniable that Japan has Japan wanted

the Walied: States ・ was

proof that that all economic questions in-kidnapped;

peace, cluding those arising from the incor- Fook Cheung grocery shop, $800 aspirations in this part of the Asked If Japan had ever been poration of new territories in the (Chinese); 100 rolls of black cloth world, this aim cannot be realized unable to buy Netherland East Indies cofrerponding to tire Intereals of the worth 3170 stolen and the brother or by sending Nipponese forces into Mr Yoshizawa said it was known traditions of USSR., were settled in a manner worth $160, 30 boxes of cigarettas

goods except oil in any desired quan- two countries.

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money

Shortly afterwards the Shaker he omelat German news agency stolen on “2 about $2,000 (Chinese) For Eastern map" and although Admiral Nomura as Ambassador to

that Count Sforza, former Italian in London to-day." Not until 19 speare was sunk by gunfire. Foreign Minister, who was exiled of the crew had been killed and The commander of the U-boat because of his anti-Fasclat opfufons, sonid of the remaining 28 had acted up to the best rahakespeare's might be available to lead the move-been wounded was a lifeboat feboat to within sight of land, ment.