1941-01-17 — Page 13

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

January 17, 1941.

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LAST WORDS OF ADVICE TO Nazi Army FAR EAST AXIS PROPONENT On Coast

LONDON, Jan. 16 (Reuter).—Far Eastern problems are the subject of leading articles in two influential British newspapers to-day.

The "Times" discusses the situation of the Netherlands East Indies and Japan, and the prominent pro- vincial newspaper "Yorkshire Post," appeals to Japan to effect a rapprochement with the democracies.

The "Times" emphasises the Japan's relations with the British strong pro-British sympathies Empire." of the Dutch Indies and recalls

+

Vital Dependence The "Yorkshire Post" then points

that immediately Holland Wout Japan's dependence on America over-run, Tokyo assumed that for engineering supplies and vllal the Dutch colonial empire would raw materials. It emphasises that be ready to receive Japanese Japari depends on Britain for 70 per "assistance.'

eent. of the profits of her foreign

The special mission under trade. Koyabishe found the Indies willing to negotiate on an economic basis only and it returned to Tokyo with every protestation that the Dulch Indies did of the "new nut come within the

scope

order of Greater Asia, ord

the

Although this was doubtless oficial Tokyo view, says the "Times,"

to

easure

Illustrious Justifies

Name In Savage Duel

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LONDON, Jan, 16 (Reuter).—A thrilling account of how "More than this: the friendship of America and Britain would invite her the alreraft carrier Illustrious successfully fought off determined to collaborate in the new world order, dive-bombing attacks during Friday's German-Italian attack on not based like Hitler's on tyrannya convoy, is told by a correspondent who was on board her. and fraud, but framed

Despite the fact that she was hit by a heavy bomb almost Justice and security for all nations

at the beginning, Illustrious successfully fought off her attackers small" great and

The article concludes that there for seven hours during which it is estimated that from 40 to 60

1,000-lb. bombs in think over

It cannot altogether be without sign-fare signs that Japan has begun to German planes dropped at least 100

the alternatives and de- feance that the Japanese League for clares that her chief need is for

of autheastern the emancipation

statesman with courage to join Mr Asiatic nations has just issued "Cordell Iluil in telling her where her flamboyant manifesto in which rage true interests lie before the "unhappy in the East Indies, Mulaya, Burn entanglement with the Axty becomes the Philippines and even India are

irrevocable." mentioned as among those to έχει 'liberated.

Begins at Home

The "Time" neds that ruch emone(patim is unlikely to appeal to any of these peoples. This form of occupied China for

example.

attempt to sink her..

The correspondent was in the mess room when the bugles sounded the warning of the attack. He rushed to the bridge and had only Just reached it when a heavy bomb struck the flight deck. All the anti-

RAIDS ON NAZI aircraft guns were blazing away and

NAVAL BASES

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

although the German planes dived from all directions every gun crew kept up a steady stream of Are.

They stood in their unprotected positions blazing away despite dying

Vichy-Berlin Messages

Petain Still Waiting ZURICHI, Jan. 16 (Rewer)-Hit ler's reply to the personal message

Of Holland

Ready For Invasion?

LONDON, Jan. 16 (Reuter). For the

in The number of German soldiers now in Holland is much higher than even the most ex- tensive army of occupation would Justify, state well-informed cir- cles in London.

A great number of the soldiers are stationed in coastal districts which have been declared de fence areas.

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to play it better

Dutch clgar manufacturers have had to supply, over 50,000,000 cigars to the German army of monthly which 40,000,000 are said to smoked by the Germans in Holland, Even

if every soldier gets only one Gren in elgar per day this would mean that there are over a million soldiers in Holland.

Ten million cigars ace sent to Belgium and France.

It was clearly stated in un article In a Dutch Nazi paper that Holland was being used as a base for the attack on England. The writer com- plained of bad feeling existing among adding that "it is not population, ado

the

In the interests of the Netherlands to commit sabotage or to demonstrate against the Germans."

However, thnt position was

im-

charity begins of home-Japanese- LONDON, Jan. 16. (UP)--The Air splinters and machine-gun fire from which Marshal Pelain sent him before proved by the fact that the Germans

The paper concludes that although Japan has so much in hand, the Netherlands authorities are not takes Ing any risks and much wealth in. be- ing spent defence measures,

"In the cast of fn the west, Great Britain and Holland stand together."

Ministry announced the RAF at stacked

naval

fite Wilhelmshaven base throughout the night and caused extensive fires in the target areas.

They also attacked the docks at Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Emden, Flushing and the harbour at Brest.

German Version

the planes, What few breathing spells there were, were used by the crew to carry the wounded to places of comparative safety.

is may be brought before the Vichy Cabinet un Saturday, according the Vichy correspondent of "Li

Suisse."

Blown Through Hatchway

He says that the long-awaited visit One heavy bomb dropped In the to Vichy of Comte de Brignon, the water close to the ship sending a Vichy representative in Paris, is ex- column of water high over the bridge peeted soon and it will be followed Tund blowing the correspondent by a Cabinet meeting on Saturday to

Ahatchway to the deek

[discuss Franco-German relations.

exercised "to the full the right of an occupying Power."

FASCIST VICTIMS

The correspondent recalls that Sinclair On-Threat

Under the title "Japan Thinks 11 BERLIN, Jan. 16 (UP). The

HS through Over," the "Yorkshire Post" dis-offietal news agency says that the below. Between 2 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. cusses the effects of the Axiy Pact on attack on Wilhelmshaven miscarried there were never more than a few

hitherto in a military sense and the bombs minutes free from action. Just before Comte de Brignon is due to bring Japan. The chief result hos been to bring Britain

and were dropped without any plan, Two the seven hour ordeal ended thefitler's reply to Morshal Petain's America closer together in un-hospitals were damaged in addition German planes made a determined

ined message, 'compromising resistance to Japan's to seine residences. There was no torpedo attack. The Rear-Admiral

aggressive designs. It recalls that military damage. Ale Cordell full yesterday painted The High Command, out that the United States had tried stated that 20 were killed to show Japan that her best interests injured at Wilhelmshaven. would be friendly relations with the Informed German circles claimed water a few feet from her stern. The

[stood on the bridge and gave the order however, to push ahead at

at top spred the 30moment the Germans dived. Their torpedoes swished harmlessly into the

and

United States. "Even to the fire-that a U-boat sanık a 14,000 eaters of Tokyo, that shoukl be finerchantman but there are no

• obvious enough; it is equally true of Halls.

ton German attack east them dear for de-plane after plane was caught in the

jeurtain of fire and destroyed.

LONDON,

To Italy

LONDON, Jan. 16 (Reuter). "Hitler will be broken against the iron will of the British people," declared the Air Minis

Jan. 10 (Reuter). Reports spread abroad concerning meeting between Italian and German personages are devald of foundation,ter. states the oficial Hallan new lagency.

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Sir Archibald Sinclair, speaking in Glasgow to-day.

"Britain will not be his next vic- Um," he said. "But due country. which is in real peril of complete Nazi domination is Italy, brought to the erige of destruction by the in- fatuated mnbition of Mussolini."

The Abyssinians are now in arms. said Sir Archibald, and be hoped that there would not be a long wait be fore they

egained independence.

Doomed "Fascism is doomed and the friends Italy st hope that strong Jallan forces will break the grip of the Fascist bosses before they drag Italy down with them into German slavery."

Uttering a word of caution over the victorious achievements in Libyn, he

That behind the defeated armies of Italy loomed the huge armies of Germany-there was a most formi-. duble elemy.

"Something else happened too," he added. The great republic of the United States-has-taken-ils-stand-for- freedom against Nazidom. If Hitler and his German dupes dare raise their eyes, they will see the writing upun the wall of Congress-the Ald Britain B."

East Hupeh Invaders Repelled

CHINESE CHECK ATTACKS

to

CHUNGKING, Jan. 16 (Cen- tral News).The latest Japan- esc offensivo in castern Hupch has failed resulting in more than 500 casualties, according to field dispatches received here from the Hupeh front.

In the afternoon of January 4, a mixed Japanese force of infantry und artillery units numbering over 2,000 men launched a three-column attack with the object of clearing the Kwangsul-Hokou highway of Chinese troops. One column pushed from near Vinson, Kwangsul towards Mukungling hill another drove from to Hokou and Hslation

nepe

Hwangan

while the third advanced Hwanyuon

from

uon towards Chingshankou on

the border of Yinshan and Hsiapkan, The three columns were inter-

cepted by Chinese troops who put up a stiff resistance and checked their advance. Following severe fighting lasting two days and nights, Japanese offensive collapsed..

the

Train Wrecked SHIUKWAN, Jan. 10 (Central News)A Japanese troop train on the Canton-Sümahul Railway was badly wrecked on January 13 when it struck Chinese mines near Lion Hill. The locomotive and two coaches were blown up and some 30 Japanese soldiers were killed or wounded,

Hengyang Raided 11ENGYANG, Jan, 18 (Central Now#)-Nine Japanese aircraft rald- ed lengyang on yesterday morning but no damage was done. At 10.30 a.m. a lone Japanese plane appeared over_the_city_conducting reconnala- sance. Shortly after noon, nine others flew over and dropped bombs, all of which' missed ikefr: mark and fell on open fields outside, the city,

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