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Ubrary, Supreme Court,

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

ILLNESS

Belief That Nazi Victory Would KONOYE'S Affect America Growing Sharply

In a survey just completed by the American Institute of Public Opinion, it is shown that since last Spring a growing number of Americans have come to believe a German victory in Europe would affect their lives and fortunes directly or indirectly; that America's economic security no less than her military security might be at stake, Dr George Gallup, the Institute's director, reports.

"Since the invasion of the Low Countries by Nazi troops Inst Spring, virtually every study of public opinion here has shown a growing desire to increase the scale of United States aid to Britain," Dr Gallup says.

"Whether American men and

women are right or wrong in HALIFAX TALK

POSTPONED

INDO-CHINA

·

Diet Crisis Is Averted

ΤΟΚΥΟ,

Feb. 20 (Domel)-

Threatening for a while to develop

into

National Service Association debute

February 21, 1941.

Hockey Meeting

Caer Clark Cup Tournament

To Lapse

AT THE ANNUAL MEET- serious political tasue, the ING of the Hongkong. Ladies' will be settled on Friday as the Lower Hockey Association held at the Ilouse Budget Committee, following Gloucester Hotel yesterday, it an informal meeting this morning, has was decided that for this year agreed to accept the Home Minister, the Caer Clark Cup tournament Baron Kichiro Hiranuma's reply and should lapse, though the Seven also to refrain from appointing an acting Premier in the absence of the a-side tournament be continued Premier, Prince Konoye, due Rubber Exports To

to as usual. The Government also held on ex- was in the Chair, assisted by Mrs Shirts are inevitably a prominent Miss E. M. Gray, acting President Be Controlled traordinary Cabinet cession in the 1. Joyce.

Dict building to discuss the Dlet]

Miss Gray presentel the annual re-

Itom in every man's wardrobe. TOKYO, Feb. 20 (Reuter)The requests for the Premier's attendance port and said that the Cher Clark | Governor-General of Indo-Chinn, at the Budget Sessioni. The Cabinet:

for the fourth Our shirts are suffering no war flow Detained in Capital Admiral Decoux, has issued regul- session has decided to appoint Baron Cup had been won

year in succession by the "Y" Ladies, lions controlling the export of Tub-rauma Home Minister to answer with St. Andrew's taking runners-up change, being still made of the NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (Reuler)ber,

a semi-offelal interpellations behalf of the position and the Southern. Cup. according to

In the Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to Japanese report.

the Junior league, Argonauts best materials and tailored by Under the new regulations the the Budget Session. Washington, has had to postpone his

had won the Brawn Cup, and D.G.S.

experts. Whatever you pay you catablish A tentative engagement to speak at Governor-General will

the Mamak Cup for second position. Pilgrim Society function to-day as he Rubber Exporting Administration in

The Annual Seven-a-side tourna are buying sound workmanship four leave Washington at present which representatives of the

and good style. Hitler's Order Unpopular calinot

Great Interest was taken In the largest rubber plantations and the "Less than half of one per cent, in-

announcement

the Government will take part and all dicated a belief they might be bene-earlier.

of British Ambassador might speak as ficially affected by the victory

thla Adolf Hitler's 'new order It Europe, it was thought that he might deal rubber exports will be made through

holding such alarms may have far less importance during 1941 than the fact that they do hold them and that the desire to aid Britain may increasingly from this source.

"Wheras only 47 per cent of these interviewed in a nation-wide survey last March thought that a German victory would affect them 71 per cent now think they would be affected.

Volers in

In successive surveys were asked: 'Suppose the United States does not go into the waT and Ger- many defeats Entland-do you think you, personally, would be affected by this German victory?

Year's Trend

The trend since March is shown 'in the following Agures:

Not

Ar- fected

March, 1010

Al- Don't feeted Know 35'4 1875

May (after Low.

Jamis invasion) 64%

24'1

June (after Dr.

feat of French) 58%

27C%

July

24%

1252

3562

0

September

637

236

12%

To-day

7100 2112

8

ERSATZ COFFEE

that

with Brilain's war and peace aims in greater detail than had been done to date.

To-day's was to have been his first big speech in America.

Anglo-American

Cotton & Rubber

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH'

clores.

administration, the report de-

The four largest plantations will sell rubber direct to this administra- tion, while small plantations will be required to sell through com- missioners to this organ, it is added.

Sabotage of, Peace? TOKYO, Feb. 20 (UP); The

"Asahi Shimbun" has charged that

the United States and Indo-China are making a joint effort to throw a

omle advance before the Indo-China- Thailand negotiations in Tokyo attain results,

on

Premier and accelerate the work of

DR JOHNSON

RELICS

Saved In Raid

Many relles of the famous Dr Samuel Johnson escaped harm when the house in Gough Square, which he occupied dur ing his lifetime, was damaged in

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (UT)-Ar "defence line" against Japan's econ- a big fire raid on London,

Jesse F. Jones, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Export and Import Bank, said to-day that

In the first week of the war the of the house removed, custodian valuable prints, paintings, and first

ment had been held on February 10

and had been won by C.BA, who thus won the Pearce Cup, while Argonauts look

runners-up

trophy. the Knill Cup.

This was the first year of competi ilve hockey for the Argonauts and they had won the Brawn Cup and the Knill Cup.

Due to the European situation, the

interport match with Shanghat wa not held.

Elections

At the suggestion of Misa Gray, the

position of President was left vacant for the duration. The following were the ulcers elected for the year: Vice-President.-Miss E. M. Gray. Hon, See. and TreasMiss R. Smith. Counsell-Miss M. Nemedios and Miss A. Burnett and Alves Recrelo), Mra O. Misa M. Booker (K. Ladies), Miss F.

America at present had enough rub- The paper, says that Indo-China's editions and stored them in water- Miss M. McCaw ("Y"), Miss Smalley and ber stores alloat to last from 10 to 24 fobjectives-to obtain a monopoly for roof wrapping in a large trunk in Wong and Miss G. White (5! Andrew's),

months. He said that he did not be-

Into Indo-China,"

French Arms and Anglo-American investors and there intimate relations lieve that the source of foreign sup-with the United States-are also con- ply would be endangered."

sidered "Anglo-American efforts to Asked if there were any prospects drive a political and economic wedge of another British-American cotton- rubber barter deal, Mr Jones said (Heuler)perts but would be delighted to ar - LONDON, Feb. 20 Tulip coffee is the latest Nazi ersatz range a deal. specinity.

Nazis Use Dutch Bulbs at he had not heard of such pro

According to "Frij Nederland," the Free Dutch newspaper published in London, Dutch bulb-growers are ex- ceedingly busy because the Germans are using about 5,000 tons of bedbs

to make "coffee" for Dutch consump- tlon.

Belgium Under The Nazis

The "Asahi says that the Japanese Indo-China machinations."

the basement. Forced by fire to Mise E. Churn and Milsa V. Jex (D.G.S.) leave her cottage the lodge of their G. Figueredo and Milas M. Maxwell house she returned at 5 am. and nuts). Mrs Joyce and Miss Daxter

(CBA).

For Bomber Fund retrieved the trunk, which had begun to i with water.

A proposal by Mrs Joyce to make The trunk is now in a place of safely.

donation to the Bomber Fand was Although the walls of the

unanimoury adopted and the initial

also decided to turn this year's Seven. a-kide tournament to the benelli of n similar cause, and Miss Gray express- ed the hope that the public would show a more hearly response..

Covernment is sternly watching "such house still stand, the interior and sum of $100 was agreed upon. It was

British Submarine Sinks Nord Ship

LONDON, Feb. 20 (Reuter).-The

LONDON, Feb. 20. (Reuter).The British aubmarine Sea, Lion has des- situation in Belgium istroyed a Norwegian ship of about eronomic

The bulbs, with the exception of described as "catastrophic, accord-1,500 tons operating under German hyacinths and narcissl, which apparing to travellers arriving in Spain, control off the Norwegian coast. ently have a poisonous content, are says "Inbel" (Free Belgian Agency), The country has been pillaged and cut in small pieces, roasted to the

occupying it is found that a further addition forces. The position is worse than correct colour, chicory is added and stripped bare by the of a sanall quantity of pure coffee that which existed in Spain during the civil war, travellers declare. makes the concoction taste better.

Spinning mills are idle owing to Inck. of woul.

INDIAN. DEFENCE Protected Places Named

Heavy Air Raid Casualties

BOMBAY, Feb. 20 (Reuter).—The "Gazette" has declared oll depots; electric water-works, dams

LONDON, Feb. 20 (Reuter)-It s power stallons in certain district headquarters and elsewhere through- now neeertained, says Air Ministry, out Bombay Province "protected that the number killed on Wednesday places" under-the-Defence-Regula-night's raid on the London area is tions as a special precaution.

greater than at first thought.

when abandoned.

most of the historic furniture were severely damaged,

Aga Khan's Jubilee

Gilt Of Diamonds

Combined Services XV's

follows:

An Admiralty communique an-

Two Rugby matches will be held Ismaili Moslems plan to pre- nouncing this says that the Sea Lion allowed 15 minutes while the crew sent the Aga Khan with his own tomorrow afternoon on the Club ground at Happy Valley when Com- abandoned the Norwegian ship and weight in diamonds on the dia-ined Services will field senior and then sank her by gun-fite.

Her crew were quite safe in life-mond jubilee (60th anniver- junior fifteens against Club-Police The Servicee sides pre as boats as she was very close to land sary) of his accession to their fifteens.

spiritual leadership.

1st XV (430 p.m.-Honeywiit (Navy); The Aga Khan weighs ut least, Richards (Army), Douglass (Army), Paul (Navy) and Dowden (Navy): Carter £0,000,000 worth of diamonds.

At the celebration of his golden (Navy) (Capt.) and Rutherford (Navy);

Watson Sutherland Kiiltor.

(Navy). Jubilee in Bombay, in 1936, his fol- Bompas [Anny); (Army). King (Navy): Pinkerton (Army), Derry (Army: lowers gave him his weight in gold

The gift was worth £27,000. He and Poole (Navy)

2nd

.m.). Fairclough XV (3.15

(Army), Sklawith ordered the money to be given to Army); Macdonald

(Army). Hook (Any) (Cupt.) and Marsh (Army); Pearce (Army) and Doblinson charity.

Army); Palmer (Navy), Hewitt (Army), Winter (Navy); Stockham (Navy), Even

Anny) Flyn_{Navy}___Gilain__ #Army) and Wilson (Navy),

Australia To Build Merchantmen MELBOURNE, Feb. 20 (Reuter), The Federal Government is shortly jappointing a commission to arrange for a substantial shipbuilding pro- gromme for merchant shipping.

A sum £6,000,000 has already been allocated for this purpose.

Support the Bomber Fand

and provide

more of these

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REMITTED TO LONDON

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The Aga Khan Is one of the world's richest men.

-Now-Refugce-

A refugee from France. he is now in Switzerland. Last year he com plained: "What's the use of money if you can't get it? You might say I am almost destitute."

Last December he sold his race-

which horse Mahmoud.

WOB the English Derby in 1936, for 20,000 | guineas.

Kwangsi Wine Prohibition

KWEILIN, Feb. 20 (Central News), Tightening the ban on wine drink- ing, the Kwangal Provincial Govern-

American School Innent has issued a proclamation that

Tokyo Closing

beginning from March if wine is found to have been used at any fenst or social gathering a dine of N.C. $100 will be imposed.

Brewing and the sale of wine are also prohibited by a previous gay- a measure to ernmental order as conserve rice, malt and other food-

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" TOKYO, Feb. 20 (UP) 15 understood that Tokyo's American School is terminating 40 years of activities in June, when the term stuffs,

ends.

The present enrolment is 70, of which ten are Americans, contrasting with a normal 200.

The American School is the last of the British and American schools throughout Japan.

Envoy To Soviet

Panama Canal Lock Work

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" CRISTOBAL, Feb. 19 (Domel),— Construction work on the Third Lock in the Panama Canal was started

MOSCOW, Feb. 20 (Reuter).—Mr|to-day from Gatun Lake. Montri, the new Thai Minister to lite At a total cost of $8,000,000, the Soviet, nid on his arrival to-day work will be completed in two years that he hoped to establish, normal eight months. Blds for the engineer- diplomatic relations between the two ing work were made in December, countries.

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