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LABOUR DEBATE

Britain Not Doing

Her Utmost

LONDON, Jan. '21 (Reuter). The debate in the House of Commons following Mr. Ernest Bovin's speech revealed the current opinion that everything possible was still not being done to expedite the war effort and that there should be a greater measure of compulsion on all parties to contribute a larger measure of compulsion on all measure of labour.

This is a principle which Mr Bevin' has been opposing us unnecessary.

There is difference of opinion inside the Labour movement un the issue na shown by the

the former speech by Labour Minister, Mr Shinwell, who declared, "We need not be afraid of drastic, even revolutionary, methods in this

lle contended that country,"

the hopes that the last change of Government would preface a new and unified polley of comprehensive" planning and complete co-ordination of the national efort had materinilsed,

not

FOUR KILLED IN

EXPLOSION

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Jan. 21 (UT), The

Ministry of Supply announced that four persons were killed in an ex- plosion at a Scottish arms factory this afternoon. Property damage wn's slight,

Wednesday,

January 22, 1941.

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Y.M.C.A. PRODUCTION OF SHAKESPEARE

The cast of the Y.M.C:A. production of Shakespeare's comedy, "Twelfth Night," as they appear in the finale. The presentation will be continued with a matince this afternoon, and two performances on Friday and Saturday, at 9.15 p.m. (Photo: Ming Yuan)'

Japanese War Chief Reports On Third Year Of China War

Special to the "Telegraph" ›

TOKYO, Jan. 21 (Domei).-Reporting to the Diet on the developments of the China campaign during the past year, the War Minister, Lieut-General Hideki Tojo, declared that Chinese resistance was characterised by "lack of initiative and passive-

ness..

The Chinese failed to make any general counter-offensive excepting at the end of the winter offensive launched at the end of 1939 and the comparatively spirited sorties of the Con- munist forces in North China in August.

Attributing the sustained

Delhi Conference- LONDON, Jan. བ། (Reuter) Valuable and far-reaching recom- mendations of the Delhi. Conference are being dealt with in consultation | defensive taken by the Chinese between the British Government and other governments concerned, de- clared Mr L. S. Amery, Secretary for India, in reply to a question in the House of Commons to-day,

TRAWLERS SUNK

LONDON, Jun. 21 (Reuter}.—-Two

trawlers Manx Prince and Refundo, have been sunk, states an Admiralty communique.

There was no loss of life in the

Manx Prince but there casualties in the Refundo.

under Chiang Kai-shek to a "decline in fighting strength," the War Minister pointed out that the Japanese forces have continued "positive and vigor- ous" operations in various areas.

The major bbws dent were the capture of tchang, the joint bombing attacks against the interior Chinese bases by the Army air force with the

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Draw For Colony Open Championship

THE DRAW, round by round, for the Colony Open Chess Championship Tourna- ment (1941) has been an- nounced as follows:

Tues. Feb. 4:-D. E. de Carvalho v. C. M. Sequeira; G. S. Coxiteád v. E. Zimmern: L. Karpovich v. K. Weiss,

Thurs. Feb. 4:-Zimmern v. Car- valho; Karpovich v. Sequeira; Weiss v. Coxhend.

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Thurs. Feb. 20:-Sequeira v. Car- valho,

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Tues. Feb. 25:-Carvalho v. Zim- Sequeira v. Karpovich, Cox- v. Welss.

Thurs. Feb 27:-Welsa v. Carvalho, Zimmern v. Sequeira, Karpovich v. Coxhead.

Tues, March 4:-Carvního v. Cox- head, Sequetra v. Welss, Karpovich v. Zimmern.

Thurs. March 8-Karpovich V. Carvalho, Coxhend V. Sequeira, Weiss v. Zimmern.

Basketball

U.S.S. Tulsa Seek Matches With Local Teams

U. s. S. Tulsa's Basketball squad are straining at the leash for a few friendly tilts before the focal League gets under way, and will be

more than grateful if any local quintette will arrange practice games during the next two weeks.

The gunboat will be in port until about February 3 and further informa- tion may be obtained from Schuyler Norton, U. S. S. Tulsa, core of the American Consulate.

A tentative line-up of the "Mighty eagemen are: centre, Schuyler Norton; forwards: Pawnee Myers andl "Oink" Guinn; guards "Yee-ho" Evang and "Occo" Hofman. Others nrc Lefly Stockton, Tex (Chill picker) chardson, R. E, Golden and Willard

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In Central China, the Japanese carried out the tchong drive from

Mr Kennedy suggested J small May to the beginning of July, defeat-

to work ing about 50

Congressional Committee Chinese divisions totalling 470,000 troops, making the with President Roosevelt on aid to Chinese abandon about 00,000 dead Britain; advocated a time limit on the and capturing 13,000 rifles.

lend and lente powers, and also to The capture of Ichang resulted in filmit the amount of moncy to be ex-by Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co., Ltd. the further advance inland of the pended. Japanese alr bases, fäcilitating effee- tive bombardment of Chungking and He told Representative George increasing the difficulties attending Tinicham that we would be free they might normally expect from the

United States, the transport of war materials by theable if the United States sends any Chinese,

Things Not Understood navy units to fight for Britain,

Asked whether he expected South of Yangtzė

convoys ships or has a ship blown

crisis to develop in the next 60 or 70 up. He said he did not believe the Bill days, Mr Kennedy said that he did During October the Japanese forces have the President blank cheque not know exactly what that meant carried out operations south of the powers. He summarized his stand to and that there were many things in Yangtse and routed about 200,000 give utmost ald to Britain beenuse, the military situation he did not Chinese troops west of Bangchow, it is to our own best interests." undersland. For example, he never

Asked if England had been faced understood why the German

Army frustrating the Chinese plan to dis- turb the lower Yangtse della.

with a crisis since September 1939, permitted the British Army of 300- In South Ching the Japanese forces Mr Kennedy said: "If by 'crisis you 000 to escape from Dunkirk.

If the German air force was operated near Leungkow north of mean that England could fall within Canton to facilitate the Japanese 60 or 00 days, I do not know on what strong as it claimed to be, Mr Ken- operation in the lelang area in May that could be based. But the situa-nedy thought it should have had a and June, while advancing on Indo- tion has been very critical since the perfect chance to annihilate the Chinn border in late June the Japan- fall of France." ese forces completely cut off the sup

He said he did not understand why ply route for the Chiang Kai-shek regime from there,

the Germans permitted the with- On September 23, the Japanese drawal from Dunkiris, "If the Ger- forces. entered northern Indo-China mans have the strength to assume under the terms of the arrangements command of the air, a crisis might concluded in Tokyo on August 30 and come at any moment, but it is not on the spot on September 22, and indicated that they have that titus completed the Interruption of strength." supply routes to Chungking from the

He said that the

British balloon rench colony.

barrage and anti-aircraft batterles Admitting the presence of defeated were never very effective. Chinese troops in various parts and When asked if there was any pos The questioner, Representative the

e growth in strength of the Com-ability of the British benting the Hamilton Fish, then asked whether munist forces, the War Minister Axis Powers, he said: "Entirely Mr Kennedy thought that something pledged that the Army will continue from numbers. I do not see how ought to be done to let the United relentless operations In future alde | 1,500,000 men can drive 6,000,000 States know the nature of these aims by side with the efforts to pacify the men who are armed to the teeth from before further aid for Britain wAS Chinese mosses and stabilise the oc- any place, unless there is a revolu- proceeded with, Mr.

Bald Kennedy cupied areas.

that he did not understand the Britain Divided On Issue question and suggested that it was WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (neuter)-one for the State Department,

Mr Kennedy declared that "some Referring to the internal conditions A statement that Britain's leadership In Chungking, the War Minister as-was divided on the question of the people at the top in Britain felt that serted that the Chinese have lost 80 advisability of tre United States they were not getting the kind of help that they would expect from the United States."

Chungking Conditions

tion."

Nazi Blunder

to 00 per cent of customs duties, salt becoming an active participant in the Tabelle and consolidated taxes which war was made by Mr Joseph P. formerly accounted for the main Kennedy, former American Ambassa sources of revenue. The index figure dor in London.

their alternal

ycar

on

British force. He did not understand why the Germans had not wrought frenter destruction industrial centres.

Britain's

Mr Kennedy continued: "If they have the strength to capture the air, n crisis might they have not indicated that they come any day. So far have that strength."

Asked whether he knew the British war nims, Mr. Kennedy replied that he certainly did not,

Nature Of War Aims

.

Mr Fish asked whether. It was fair to the British people "for us to of commodity prices on the basis of Mr Kennedy was testifying before Intimate that the United States would be in a possible continental 100 prior to the conflict in January, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the

Invasion. Mr Kennedy replied, "1 1940, showed 315 but in November House of Representatives on Presl of the same yerr rose to 850. dent Roosevelt's Bill for helping the don't believe that we have ever done

that officially." As the Communist troops increased democracies.

Mr Fish asked if there was any Replying to questione, Mr Kennedy over the preceding the nal strife between the said that some members of the British truth in the reports that Britain was Chungking and the Communist forces Government felt that if the United "going Socialist." Mr Kennedy and grew in intensity

the States entered the war, it would "find that the Labour and Socialist parties Others were becoming more important, He Chiang Kal-shes tegime

a way to earry it through," still ad- believed that entry of the United added that nobody had the right to hering to resistance, overcatimating the old from third Powers

vers and hoping States would be to the detriment of assume that conditions would over go for increased at in future.

Britain's war effort because it would

they were. Paying tribute to British morale, Minister said that the slow down the flow of material aid

Mr Kennedy said, "I can't imagine Chinese still fail to understand from America.

the anything better. There is a great Japan's national policy and spirit, be- queation," declared Mr Kennedy, who deal less turmoil there than among lieving that Japan will imminently added that many, people in the the people I have met in the United suffer political or economie disrup- Brlilsh Government felt that they States. It's just a question of plain flon from within.

were not yet getting all the old that gutz."

The

War

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No Flower Show

To Be Held

It is learned that at a meeting of Committee of the Hongkong Horticultural Society it has been decided that there be no Flower and Vegetable Show this, year, owing to adverse condillons largely brought about by the war.

with

No site for the show easy of access is available, as

as in past years, and the

evacuation of large num bers of women and children from the Colony the potentint attendance has been greatly reduced. Costs of erect-

are another ing matsheds are

considera- is tion, and it estimated

that expenses would be more than double those the previous show. Under the cir- cumstances It has been unanimously decided that the Society should not attempt to stage a show this year.

STOCK MARKET REPORT

Hongkong Stock Exchange Official Summary, issued yesterday says.

The usual daily enquiries continue higher prices paid for for Wharves, resulting in a good turnover, and Providents and Electries

Buyers

H.K. Banks $1,305 Canton Ins. $210 Unton Ins. $405 HK. Fire Ins. $105 Docks "O" $18.50 Providents $5.70 Hotels $3.55 Renities $3.75 Lighta X Rts $0.30 Electrica "O"

$10.50 Electrics "N" $40.25

Telephones "O" $25.25 Watsons $10.00 Entertainments $7 Constructions "O" $1,80

Sellers

H.K. Banks $1.410 Providents $5.00 Star Ferries $84 Electrics "O" 341 Electrics "N" $40.75 Cements $18 Ropes $8.35 Watsons $11 Vibro Pling $7.70 Sales

.H,K. Govt. 3% Loan (1934) 92.25

Wharvos 300 Docks "O" $18.05 Provident 35.75 Lands $34.50 Star Ferries $03.50 Lights Rts. 074 Electrics "O" $40.75

Electrica "N" $40.50 Cements $18 Watsons $11

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