1941-01-22 — Page 15

January 22, 1941.

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

By Ernie Bushmiller

NANCY

WELL, NANCY... HOW'S YOUR · BUSINESS COMING ALONG?

O.K.

ONLY I DO ALL THE THE WORK --- RUNNING

ERRANDS AND STUFF” HE DOES NOTHING!

HE COULO AT LEAST

SHOVEL SIDEWALKS!

NANCY AND SLUEGO

ODD JOBS

DONE

Czecho-Slovak Institute Opened In London

LONDON, Jan. 21 (Reuter).-"In these coming months wo shall need all our strength and courage and all the help that free peoples can give us. There is no margin to spare. Yet our faith in final victory is unshaken. We know that we must win through."

Thus declared Mr Anthony Eden, the Foreign Secretary, at the opening in London of the Czecho-Slovak

Institute

CS-

tablished by the British Council as a national centre for Czecho- Slovaka in Britain, who now number 15,000.

The King in a message to President Benes wrote, "The Institute will form: a happy link between our two peoples in the pursuit of those ideals of) Iberty and Justice to which both are 50 whole-heartedly attached."

whose clutches Czecho-Slovakia was

Food For

British Prisoners

Reasons for delay

INVESTIGATED

LONDON, Jan. 21 (Router). -The difficulty of getting food Mr Edlen also declared that it would parcels by tortuous routes to not be to long before the tyrant in sorely-pressed British war pri- hold, was utterly overthrown. The Honers in Germany was again. Czechs were now fighting side by side raised in the House of Commons with the forces of Britain. Poland and other allies with the fire and de-

de-to-day. termination of men who would not endure bondage. From time to time he was greatly moved and encouraged 200,000 parcels were despatched by by now of some noble net of oppost- tion by those gallant Czechs who bad now to suffer the rule of Hitler's Gestapo.

In reply, Dr Benes expressed the Czech determination to increase and deepen Anglo-Czech friendship "once the world is rid of Hitler's vulgar gangsterism."

Referring to Mr Eden's allusion to

against Nozi oppresalon, Dr Benes said. "They deserve your praise and they will not fall you.”

I was ometally disclosed that over

the General Post Office during the past month and that during December 100,000 parcels and over 100 tons of food left Geneva for camps in Ger- many.

HERE ---TAKE

THIS SHOVEL

OVER TO HIM**

MAYBE HE'LL

GET THE

HINT

Exchange At A Glance

SELLING

T.T. London Demand London

TT, Shanghai' Singapore

T.T.

T.T. Japan

T.T. India T.T

U.S.A.

TT. Manila T.T. Batavia

TT..Bangkok

T.T. Salgon

1/2% .1/274 420

.62%

.10215

232

.40

.43%

149%

T.T. France

T.T. Switzerland

T.T. Australia

101 Nem. .994 .1/0

BUYING

4 m/s L/C London

1/3/2

4 m/s D/P London

1/3%

4 m/s L/C U.S.A.

.2444

4 m/s France 30 d/s India

Nom.

.84%1⁄2

U.S. Cross rate in London 4.02%

U.S. Cross rate in N.Y...4.03

Danish Minister

In Chungking

News)-Mr Halmar Collins, Danish; CHUNGKING, Jan. 22 (Central) Minister to China, arrived here from Shanghai via Hongkong yesterday. He will make a brief stay in the Anrgesson, said that a special

The War Secretary, Captain David capital and will call on Chinese missioner which had gone to Lisbon

com-government nuthorities.

Mr Collins presented his ereden 10 investigate the delay in transmis tials to Mr Lin Sen, Chairman of the sion of the parcels had ascertained National Government, on June 18 layed in transmission

across the the presentation. Iberian Peninsula and France.

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FORD ERRANDS

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NANCY

French Cameroons Join Britain's Economy Plan

LONDON, Jan. 21 (Reuter)-An economic agreement re- Inting to the French Cameroons has been concluded between the British Government and General de Gaulle's Council of Defence.

The

British Government undertakes to purchase the total: output of cocoa, palm kernels, palm oil, ground nuts and beniseed from the French

Cameroons as well as nearly the whole production of coffee and n large proportion of the produc-| tion of bananas.

On these commodities and timber, regarding which a separate agree- ment is foreshadowed, the French Cameroons depend. Whlic ensuring the livelihood of the population, the agreement gives Britain useful com-

modities that it can absorb,

The ngrerment has fixed the rate of exchunge

the for

French

Cameroons at 176.825 franes to the pound.

The agreement is retrospective, covering the second year of the war A similar agreement relating to French Equatorial Africa is almost ready for signature.

Diet Hears Navy Report

Minesweeping And Blockade

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" TOKYO, Jan. 21 (Domel).--The Imperiul Japanese Navy River letilla has disposed of 750 mines on the Navy Minister, the Yangtse, Admiral K. Olkawa, told the Diet to day.

forces In

Since the middle of July the naval

ce

accordance with tactient

necessity, completely prohibited ship- ping trame in Pinghun, Wenchow and other important points along the China been carried out against Chinese const. Surprise attacks have military bases along the coast..

The most daring operations in the year were carried out by the naval air force which since the end of April to October have continuously bombed

India's War Pulse various inland bases In Szechuen,

Quickens

Supplies For Britain BOMBAY, Jan. 21 (Reuter)-In November war supply orders total Bombay province. ling 15,000,000 rupees were placed in A vast munition programme is well

are being produced while hand grenades have reached their full ex pansion, as have also tools and small

the struggle of the Czechs at home in the parcels were seriously de- last year. He went to Shanghai after] under way. Guns of 4.5 inch calibre

arnis.

especially Chungking.

While the naval alrerufi in South China are still continuing attacks against the Burma rood, the naval air force in Central China is also continuing vigorous activty in the Szechven area,

The

air force by the Fleet air arm during

Jossca

inflicted on the enemy

the

past year amounted to about 320 while the Japanese suffered 11 planes lost.

The marine forces operating in Hainan Island in March and April inopped up remnant Chinese troops and drove them deep into the moun- tainous region.

Ships had been chartered to con- vey parecia by sea direct to Marseilles CHUNGKING, Jan. 22 (Central An experimental order for land! RANGOON, Jan. 21 (Reuter), or other convenient ports. Parcels News)General Hwang Isu-chu, mines is also being carried out.

The Fleet forces effectively sup- Major General R. 1. Dewing, Chief had also been sent by a new

ported the Army in the entry into over Chairman of the Kwangsi Provincial The tempo of the All-India effort French Indo-China by transporting land route through Portugal, Spain Government, arrived in Chungking is similarly exemplified by the run-and escorting them by sea. and occupied France direct to camps from Kweilin by plane yesterday. ning of a special train every two Generalissimo Chiang days to deliver motor chassis, to the

bullders.

of the Combined Staff of the different services under the C-in-C., Far East, and Wing Commander Yarde have arrived here.

in Germany and if this route

was He will see

Ruccessful, it would be developed. Kai-shek.

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January 23rd & 24th

Loss of Submarine The Navy Minister then made a special statement regarding the sinking of Submarine 1-77 in August Inst year. The disaster occurred about p.m. about 000 miles south of Tokyo Bay while the fleet Was engaged in manoeuvres.

The undersea craft was lost observed by a

by an aeroplane which happened to fly in the "Vieilly, ̈ ̄Al that moment, the ship was seen be- ginning submerging operation

but

since that moment communication with the ship was totally lost. The Reet at once searched in the sur- rounding area but falled to obtain any traces of the missing ship.

The matter was made public on October 25.

Midland Bank Safes

Indestructible

LONDON, Jan. 21 (Reuter).—---Not

a single safe or strong room has been destroyed in the Midland Bank, one of the largest banks in Britain wita branches throughout the country,

This was disclosed by the Chair- man, Mr Reginald McKenna, in the annual statement which circulated to shareholders in place of the usual speech "In view of the possibility of the meeting being Interrupted by an alert'

Nine branches of the Midland Bank, he said, have been completely wrecked and eight others severely damaged, but repair work will enable the staff to return to them shortly.

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