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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

February 27, 1941.

GOOD USED CARS

Year Prico

of the

Make of Car

Studebaker Roadster, 1933 $ 650.00

Studebaker Sedan ... 1033 750.00

1038 1800,00 1034 850.00

Bulek Bedon... 1035 2200.00 Studebaker Sedan.... 1935 1200.00 Pontiac Sedan Morria 10 Saloon Singer 11 Saloon Standard 12 Saloon Vauxhall 14 Coupe Vauxhall 14 Saloon Studebaker 2 Door

Brougham

1935 1400,00 1937

Defence

Netherlands East Indies

2000.00 The Netherlands East

speed and success of the at-

1930 1890.00 Indies has been energe- By William Henry Chamberlin tack.

1934 1290.00

1038 4000,00

All cars serviced the same as

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1

ADDITIONALLY ——

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Inspection and trial invited

Stubbs Rd.

The

t

ma-

Japan's first effort to tap tically pressing forward u

lands Indies. First is the On the other hand, the is the natural wealth of the a programme of emer-

coloninl army, which, before lands are approximately Netherlands East Indies, af- gency preparedness, the beginning of the Euro- 3,000 miles from Japan pro- ter the German occupation military and economic, pean war, numbered be- per and Japan would be of the Netherlands and the since the conquest of the tween 35,000 and 40,000, obliged to maintain long fall of France, was peaceful All units of $1,500 and over In value Low Countries by Ger- mostly native troops under lines of sea communication rather than warlike. A de- Netherlands control of the in order to support and sup- legation, headed by Ichizo many, and since Japan's

artillery and the technical ply an expeditionary force. Kobayashi, Minister of Com- avowed alliance with services. This

army has

It is questionable whether merce, went to Batavia and the Axis powers has visi- probably been increased, al-

naval Japanese

leaders negotiated for larger pur- bly increased the danger though figures are kept would be willing to assume other strategic raw

chases of oil, tin, rubber and of foreign aggression secret.

this risk in the face of the terials. HONGKONG HOTEL

against this vast archi- Auxiliary military organi- threat of possible action

Mr Kobayashi went away GARAGE

pelago, with its 67,000,- sations, with exclusively from British Hongkong on Phone 27778/9. 000 inhabitants and its Dutch membership, are the the right flank of their with only part of what he asked for: an agreement to rich stores of oil, rubber, militia, numbering about southward line of advance sell 1,800,000 tons of oil pro- 15,000 men, in which service and from Manila on the left ducts, not to include high- tin, sugar and many is compulsory for younger flank. They have probably octane aviation gasoline or other valuable foods-

men, and the landsturm, en- not been indifferent to the aviation crude oil. The pre- British-owned Hongkong Telegraph. tuffs and raw materials. rolling between 17,000 and recent strengthening of the dominantly

Extended Powers

18,000 men of the older submarine flotilla of the Royal Dutch Shell group classes, regarded as fit for American Asiatic Squadron, and the American Standard- The Governor-Gen- home defence tasks. eral, Dr Tjarda van The navy is, of course, the

A defence measure which per cent. of the oil output of THE brefix "Rpecial to the Telegraph Starkenborgh Stachou- first line of defence for this the Netherlands East Indies the islands, and these com- have been advertising for panies are not anxious to indicate news which is strictly copyright Wer, has been given ex- island colonial empire. It

includes three cruisers, nine years is a project to destroy sell oil to Japan. powers. The

the oil wells in the islands.. New Mission destroyers, fourteen large the United Prem Associations, the colony has been de- submarines and a number of The most valuable of these

Now a new mission, are in the Balik Papan re- clared in a state of mar- minelayers, minesweepers

headed by Kenkichi Yoshi- tial law. Allegiance to and auxiliary coast defen- gion of Borneo. The total

sive vessels.

output of the islands' wells is Zawa, veteran Japanese di- plomat and former Minister about 7,000,000 tons a year. the exiled Netherlands Government in London Danger From Attack This constitutes the largest to China, has arrived in the source of oil in the Orient The Dutch have asserted was reaffirmed. German Expert opinion is divided and represents a temptation their intention to do nothing nationals in the islands on the question whether the to the Japanese military to aid the Axis powers.

Indies leaders, who certainly do not were interned-a mea- Netherlands East

could ward off a Japanese like the present position of annual meeting of the Hongkong Sure which has been attack. The total coastline being dependent for much of will keep the conversations and Shanghai Banking Corpora-maintained despite re- mileage of the archipelago is their oil on the United within diplomatic bounds or Whether the Dutch whether threats of violence tion yesterday. It placed pro-prisals against promin- enormous and the available States. blems and exaggerated hopes ent Netherlands citizens forces are scarcely sufficient could fulfill their project of will lead to an open show- to prevent the Japanese totally destroying the wells down will become clear with- and fears in their proper per- in the Netherlands--and from landing somewhere. would depend largely on the in the next few weeks.

Thursday, February 27, 1941. Wyndham St., Hongkong Teleptione: 20015

is used by the "Hongkong Telegraph" to

under the provisions of the Telecommuni

cations Ordmance, 1010. Such news attended bears the Indication "UrTM is received in on the date of by serve all rights and forbid repúbleadonk

arrangement

either wholly or in part without previous

Far East Finances And

Economics In Review

HON. Mr J..J. Paterson de- livered a statesmanlike review

of the financial and economic situation in the Far East at the

spective. There was no attempt

to offer a dogmatic forecast for German ships in East: the future, but Mr Paterson did Indian harbour

find room for an exhortation seized.

were

which, if heeded, will make more Aeroplanes are not easy to obtain-in-this age

for the future desirable, than any wishful thinking.

of worldwide arming for Re-emphasis was given to the important factor that the stabi-national preparedness; lity and prosperity of the Orient but the Netherlands are to was dependent as much on poli-credibly reported tical as economic issues, and that have brought the

China's role was a dominating

ex-

influence; hence it is just as im-strength of their air portant for Chungking to put force in the East Indies her house in order as it is to up to 500 planes. A have a clarification of the com- number of these flying] imercial and financial situation in

boats, which are the occupied areas. Mr Pater-

to co-operate son's references to Japan and pected the influence she is wiekling in with submarines and the many commercially impor- torpedo-boats in oppos- tant parts of China were oblique, ing any attempt at a

hostile landing.

but telling; it was easy to trace the cause for his concern over the servicing of foreign loans by the Nanking regime, the obscure

Air Raid Shelters Java, one of the most

export position in Shanghai due thickly settled regions in the to monopolies, controls and other world, has been provided extraneous influences, and the with a considerable number creation of the new Centrul of air raid shelters, despite Reserve Bank with its threat to the difficulties offered by the free market of Shanghai. land that is only a little

The prosperity of Hongkong is above sea level. integrally bound up with the There are three military conditions pertaining to its near organisations in the Nether- neighbour, and while it is true

that from a trade point of view war and its effects are just be- the Colony has benefitted to ginning to catch up with Hong- some extent from the misfor-kong, which means there may The lean day's ahend. tunes of China, the continuance be or spreading of the strife must Colony's financial and conimer- cial resilience is such, however, inevitably bring its repercus that given fair opportunity, it sions. This was clearly re-will weather the storm; it has cognised in Mr Paterson's review done so before; it will do so which sounded, by inforence again. Thus, По the Bank rather than by direct phrase, a speech pointed out, both pesal- warding for caro and economy miats and optimists will have In the future. The European their day, and both will be right.I

which is based on Manila. Vacuum interests control 88

THE INFERNO

Biniss

10 the

Netherlands

East Indies.

Whether Mr Yoshizawa

Giovanni What's happened? Is Vesuvius in eruption again? Pietro Worse! It's the Royal Air Force!

By BILLIKEN

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