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COLONY'S BUDGET

January 17, 1941.

The war has been switched, and now

It All Depends On The Navy

-by. Captain-

Bernard Acworth, D.S.O., R.N., distinguished commentator on naval affaire,

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world, the Eastern Meditor- rancan is a world battlefield, or,

SECRET PACT BY

THREE GENERALS

more accurately, a "battle-sca," By Victor Schiff

because victory or defent, for either combatant turns on sea. power.

As far as can be foreseen, at

IT

is rovented now that when France was crumbling under invasion, three French colonin! generals agreed secretly to fight on with the British Empire.

These rebels, who communi. cated with each other over thou- sands of miles, were:

General Nogues, in charge of

the moment, the enemy's stu- To those who are un- these sea-gates, Hitler's pendous plan for the overthrow dergoing trial by military victories on land of the British Empire, which the Battle of Britain has failed bomb in London and cannot be consolidated.

to achieve, can, therefore, be other cities the war The Straits of Dover are summarised as follows: seems to be raging on in our hands, and will re "The Outer Warl French forces in North their doorsteps, and the main so, but Gibraltar and

Aden are threatened, if only The breaking of the blockade Africa (Morocco, Algeria and heavy merchant ship verbally at present, and by overthrowing our sen control Tunisia); losses no less than these two vital sea-gates at Gibraltar and Aden. If the ⚫ General Mittelhauser, who had

.Axis cannot win this victory in 195,000 tons last week- - must be held.

what can most simply be de-succeeded Weygand in Syria as remind us that in the

If the Straits of Gibraltar scribed as "The Outer War," it C.-in-C. of the French Army in

cannot finally consolidate it-the Orient; and Atlantic, and round our were opened to enemy ships, ler's "New Order," no matter

General Catroux, the Gover- shores, the Battle of and closed to ours, the bloc- what succosses it achieves with-

nor-General of Indo China. Britain is not yet finally kade would be lifted, and in this ring. won, though we are get- the war, for us, would be

out of hand. ting the better of it.

Indeed, if the Axis, with Mediterranean. Under such circumstances, the connivance of Spain, the Mediterranean seems a

Mussolini is committed to an could establish control at attack on Egypt, and if his long way off, and to many the Straits of Gibraltar and armies are threatened with de- it might at first appear that

General Mittelhauser, who had events in these distant lands Aden, our fleet in the East- feat he will be compelled to

across the Mediter just assured General Wavell that and seas must be second in en Mediterranean could not reinforce

be indefinitely sustained, and ranean, which will give the Navy he would ignore the armistice of importance to events at

might even be caught in a battle that might prove as de- and declared that he could not its opportunity of a great sen Compiegne, then got cold feet home..

trap.

cisive on world history as Tra-possibly continue the fight alone falgar.

in the Mediterranean if he was

The land battles in Egypt will settle the fate of Alexandria, the Navy's main base in the Eastern

Two Gave Way

The first to give way-after much hesitation to the.pres-* sure from the French Govern- ment was General Nogues.

But this is not in reality So much for Gibraltar, so, and it is far to the South against which Hitler and Our Opportunities let down by Nogues. and East where our great Mussolini are plotting, est dangers, and opportuni- though the nature of the ties, lie.

plot has not yet been re- vealed.

Hitler Knows

He came to London to colla-

borate with General de Gaulle,

Against Laval

The third of tho three Should Italy be able to seize naval bases on the Greek 18-"rebels," General Catroux, stuck lands, the threat to Syria, and to his word. thus to Palestine, will be in-

He was dismissed by Vichy, tensified because, with Turkey In the Eastern Mediter neutral, the dispatch of Italian- and had to leave the colony to It is true that a successful

ranean the war has flared German armies to Asia, Minor escape arrest by his appointed eititer wholly of in part without previous invasion of this island-or, up by Italy's attack

successor, Admiral Decoux. on by sea will be facilitated. what would be equally effec-

Greece. This attack, though An attack on Palestine at the tive, its successful blockade ostensibly a wanton aggres- same time as we were repelling by U-boats--would lose us sion against another little an attack on Egypt would give the war, as would the break- CALMLY and confidently the ing of civilian will-power by country, is in reality aimed us two fronts to defend simul- as a mortal blow at Britain. taneously, and would strain our

military resources to the utmost. the French daily newspaper in The story is told by “France,” Hon. Mr H. R. Butters, the bomb raids. Colony's Financial Secretary,

If....

The dangers facing Britain in London, and comes apparently But in all these three yesterday introduced before the

the Eastern Mediterranean are from General Catroux's entour- Legislative Council a budget aspects of the Blitzkrieg,

Its object is to turn our great, but they are also the mea-nge. which, as an original estimate Hitler knows that he is fail-

decisive victory over the Axis. It gains interest in view of covering a 12-month period, is ing, and that it is elsewhere armies out of Egypt and sure of our opportunities for a

rumours about Nogue's reluc- easily a record for Hongkong. he must try to compass the Palestine, and the Navy out

Victory or defeat dependstance to support the second The community faces the pros- defeat of the British Com- of what Mussolini has pre-

upon the maintenance of our capitulation of France now pre- pect of an expenditure of $62,-monwealth--that is to say, maturely called "Mare Nos- own sea communications with,pared by Laval, and of the Axis

-trum” -Our-Sea.

-and-in,-theso-narrow-waters.-drive-in-the-direction-of-Syria. 389,776 between April 1 this in the Mediterranean. year and March 31, 1942, and an

Never before in our adven- To meet De Gaulle, who had envisaged deficit of $7,553,776 which is to be met by various opportunities of decisive vic- our army in Egypt we turous history has so much de-left for Afries when he arrived means, including an increase in tory in the Mediterranean should lose the great Naval pended in so small an area on in London, General Catroux had the rates of one per cent., fur-it may be well to outline base at Alexandria, and the power.

ther entertainment tax, in-

To understand clearly the

If Graziani could defeat

creased estate duty and higher very briefly the salient fea- port of Suez at the North of duties on liquor, as well as new tures of the strategical the Red Sea. taxation on table waters. All situation at the present mo- The loss of Suez, even this, however, is only expected ment.

with Aden in our hands, to produce about $4,000,000, and the remaining part of the deficit

Hitler, as we must admit, would immensely complicate, is to be met by increased war dominates the Continent of if it did not entirely pre- Europe, as did Napoleon, clude, the reinforcement of

our Army in Palestine. One-fifth of the expenditure with his vast military war-

taxation.

the triumph of British sea

to fly thousands of miles.

Their first dramatic meeting It is upon the Navy, under took place in the Sahara desert, the good Providence of God, that at Fort-Lamy, the capital of the victory must chiefly depend.

Chad colony, which was the first * Editor's Note: The foregoing to break away from Vichy. article was written in the carly stages of the

Now both M. Eboue, Negro campaign in the

decisive victories over the Italians

Mediterranean, since when Britain's Governor of the Chad, and oral and military forces have scored General Catroux, are members both at sea and in the African de- of the National Council of De- sert, thus breaking the plan of Atis fence appointed by General de

Gaulle.

is to be devoted specifically to machine, but we remain do- While Italy threatens our strategy discussed by the author. war purposes, including local minant at sea, and are thus position in Egypt, Germany

civil and military defences, and

a community gift of vessels able to blockade Europe, and Italy combined threaten

valued at $6,220,000. The ro- cutting off our enemies from our position in Palestine Emergency Mercantile

maining $50,000,000 constitutes the outside world, without which, at present, is power- domestic spending; for this, an which Germany and Italy fully buttressed by Turkey effort is being made to maintain progress in social services; an cannot live indefinitely. infectious discasca hospital is to

against North.

attack from th

be built; there is to be a Blockade Weapon Turkey's action in the

Fisheries Research Station and

an

Experimental Agricultural The blockade, slow work- near future is, therefore, station in the New Territories ing as it is, is our chief of- awaited with anxious atten- with the avowed object of im- fensive weapon, and it is the tion. proving the nutrition of the blockade which Hitler has Battle-Sea

Colony's population and at the

same time help to make the therefore vowed to raise. Colony more self-supporting; two new police stations are to

-Should Turkey remain neutral,

Fleet For America

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (Reuter),--President Roosevelt has

formally asked Congress for authority to build a fleet of 200

merchant ships "on an emergency basis." He has also asked for an appropriation of $213,000,000 to cover the cost.

President Roosevelt rinde the re- quest in a message to Congress in

which he said, "I am convinced that

The President's message added that

Hoover On Powers Of President

the national interests demand im- mediate steps to be taken to provide: against the effect upon the United It is exercised at the three the Axis must "by-pass", Turkey Sintes of a possible world shortage of

Wants Definition Drafted be constructed to meet the cry-great sea-gates of Europe and attack our army in Pales cargo vessels.""

effective Dover, Gibraltar and Aden tine through Syria. ing need for more

emergency ship construction should NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (Reuter).— - not be permitted to interfere with the Mr Herbert Hoover, the former Pre- polico protection in Kowloon and, so long as we control

But this means that the at-long-range shipbuilding programme sident sent a letter to Mr Sol Bloom, Tong and Wongmelehong; and the

tack must be sea-borne, and which the United States Maritime Chairman of the House of Repre vexed problem of nightsoil carrying and a

present dangers of spreading which deserves commendation. At a hence the declaration of war on Commission was already pushing for sentatives Foreign Affairs Committee to-day requesting a definition of disense, is to be solved by the work time when it is vitally necessary to Greece by Italy in order, main-ward, nor with naval construction.

There has been some speculation President Roosevelt's powers under taken over by the Sanitary strain every resource to assist in the ly, to obtain naval basca in the whether these new ships might be the Lease and Lend Bill and calling Department A new Public Mortuary Empire's fight for an enduring cause, is included in the programme, as well Government might well have been falands lying off the Dardanelles, lent to Britain or whether they will as a disinfecting station in Kowloon, excused if it had Ignored social im- which would control the en-place existing ships which might be Government subskly of the Tung provements; that the authorities, as trance and exit to those Straits-

expressed it. Mir Wah hospital is to be increased to the Hon. Butters $750,000, large sums of money are to preferred to try and steer and through which all and wheat can be spent on an adequate cemetery course and have followed the golden flow.

transferred to Britain.

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Funeral of Lord Lothian

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Duke of Windsor visits President Roosevelt

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Children in Australia put on a patriotic display in Sydney, otc.. atc., etc.

being

TODAY AT

KING'S

COUNT THE "TELEGRAPHS

EVERYWHERE ·

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the coming financial year; it will

the end is far more important than trance to the Aegean Sea.

certainly not please everybody, but

the means, and towards that end, it

in these abnormal times it is a skil is to be hoped, Hongkong will cheer throughout the history of the week. ful effort to strike a happy medium fully make its contribution.

Soldier On Serious Charge

for the Chinese in the New Terri- mean of practicality as against the Also Mussolini covets the Is-1 tories and, we are promised, several extremes of both ultra conservate land of Crete, with its magni-he Royal Army Medical Corps was Inkha will be spent on road main- a radical change", in both on- tenance and improvement.

couraging and consoling.

ficent harbour at Suda Bay,

Private Frank Kenneth Jacobs of charged at Kowloon this morning Chinese girl without her consent yesterday; and also

with

Indecent assault on the same girl,

The case was remanded for

on the Committee to draft into the

Bill "positive definitions of the President and specifically to exclude what they are not."

Mr Hoover declares that such action would eliminate much controversy and blomness.

These then, are the provisions for Extra taxation was inevitable, but which stands athwart the en-wth having find carnal knowledge Gunboats For Nanking

Once again, therefore,

SHANGHAI, Jan. 18(Reuter) ----?i. Two gunboats for the Nanking Gov ono ernment were launched yesterday at:

the Klangnan Dockyard..

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