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Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 3, 1941

By Ernie

Bushmiller

OH,

SLUGGO

YOU'RE

A

NANCY

'SLUGGO .... I WISH YOU COULD PATCH UP THAT QUARREL BETWEEN

NANCY AND

JANIE

I'LL TRY-BUT IT AIN'T GONNA BE EASY-** THEY'RE AWFUL MAD AT EACH OTHER!

WELL I GOT 'EM"" TOGETHER AT: LAST-

THEY'RE EVEN- PLAYIN! BALL?

Cope, 1141

Undled!

THE 18, L, S. THI, GIL/WAN etcbás panirrad

WONDER!

THE PENINSULA HOTEL

present

BAND CONCERT

SUNDAY, APRIL

at 9.00 p.m.

IN THE LOUNGE

by the

1941.

Combined Orchestras of the Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels

Tokyo Radio Rouses TURKEY &

Ire of Australians

THE Commonwealth Government will make a diplomatie protest to Japan against Tokyo radio criticism of Australian troops in Malaya, reports the "Sydney Daily Telegraph.”

The radio has described the Australians as "gons of con- victs," "raw colonials,” and “undisciplined.” Other comments

of a similar libellous nature have been made.

The acting Prime Minister of Aus to their fighting qualities, discipline,, tralla (Mr A. W. Fadden) said that and conduct." the muiter would be raised with the It is expected that the Common new Japanese Minister (Mr Kawal).wealth Government will send a long In Sydney recently, the Japanese memorandum on the matter to the Charge d'Affaires (Mr Akiyama) Australiari Minister in Tokyo (Sir made a general repudiation of the Jalin Latham). Tokyo radio;

He said: "You know ali radio on- nouncers are mad."

Federal Ministers take the view that the Japanese Government must accept responsibility for statements against the ALF. which were made repeatedly by radio announcers,

Scurrilous

The Army Minister (Mr Spender) said last week that the propaganda was scurrilous.

"These unpardonable attacks reflect on our men and on our nailon,” Mr Spender added.

The men of the A.I.F, have always

borne themselves with credit to the anny and to themselves.

"By their deeds they shall be known, and their deeds have already resounded throughout the world.

"They have brought great lustre

Japanese Troops, Planes

Leave Tonkin

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

SOVIET

Pact Satisfies British

- LONDON, Apr. 2 (Reuter).-The recent Turko-Soviet declaration con- lained 1110 following passage: "Should Turkey in fact be the object of aggression and be involved in

war in defence of her territory, Turkey could then, in accordance with the count upon the full understanding Turko-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, and neutrality of the Soviet Govern-

thent.".

In giving this information in the House of Commons to-day, Mr R. A. Butler (Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs) said that he regarded 'this declaration of the Soviet Union in regard to Turkey as eminently sails- factory.

To other questions, Mr Butler fe- plied: "We always hope that such developments will draw the relations with the Soviet Government closer."

outside

SAIGON, Apr. 2 (UP).-Five modern defence guns thousand Japanese troops and Haiphong with older equipment. nearly 200 Japanese planes The removal of government pro- have evacuated Tonkin duringperty from the lost Laos and Cam- the past week for an unknown bodla territories is expected to be destination. Meanwhile, the complete by May 20, when the Thal- tanders will most probably accupy the Japanese are replacing the most feeded territory.

Starts TO-DAY At The

LEE THEATRE

IT Can HAPPEN HERE!

HE DARED PREACH KINDNESS

so Pastor Hall became an enemy of the state... taken from his-home, from his pulpit, plunged into the living death of a prison comp!

HATE FLARED INTO VIOLENCE

...as storm troopers wrocked the shops of peaceful

merchants in a blizkrieg of terrorismi{"

THESE WERE ONCE A COUNTRY'S✨! GREATEST MEN. Their story--with Pastor

Halis comes to light is

this first foarless revelation of Naziiam).

PASTOR HALL'S DAUGHTER lights for her

father in a woman's way in this sensational drama that pulls no poaches... the picture that America says is the most daring, mustado film of our time!

PASTOR HALL

WILFRID LAWSON NOVA FT BEAMI

hermost

Lence

M. and Mme de San after, their wedding at St Joseph's Church on Wednesday. The bride was Miss' Leonie de Chaffoy 'de Courcelles and her husband is Secretary to the Belgian 'Em-

bassy to China,

-Photo by Mce Cheung.

WOMEN OF INDIA

Ably Back Soldiers

LONDON, Apr. 2 (Reuter).—The striking manner in which the women of India liavo risen to the war's oc- casions in support of their fighting men was the subject of talk given in the London Headquarters of the | Overseas League Mru Lall, wife of the Deputy Commissioner for India. The number of Allied countries re- presented-in-the-audience-mostly-in. uniform, testified to the interest taken in the subject of Indian wel- fare work.

Under the inspiring leadership of) Lady Linlithgow, said Mrs Lall, the war work of Indian women was on a wide scale and covered all pro- vinces.

Funds And Comforts

In almost every large Indian-city, women had come forward with offers of service through established or- ganisations and others set up since

the

Lovely bridesmaids at the wedding of Miss de Chalfoy dear began. The women of all communities were collecting funds Courcelles and M. de San at St for the Red Cross, knitting for Indian Joseph's Church on Wednesday.soldiers and sailors, and receiving They are Miss Joan Challinor training for A.R.P. work.

In the larger ports, they were pre- and Sessan Christensen.

paring to

deal with casualties from -Photo by Mec Cheung.] battle fronts and assist soldiers and the their familles passing through ports while the silver trinket fund of ornaments given to the cause had applied

blood transfusion plant) which was urgently required in the Middle East and provision for many ambulances.

ITALIAN U-BOAT,

TANKER SUNK

LONDON, Apr. 2 (Reuter)

Mrs Lall added, were assisting

It is officially announced that the few indian ladies left in Lon- a British submarine reports the Indian Comforts Fund and pro- comforts for having sunk, 'in the Mediter-viding much needed ranean, an Italian U-boat and climates. In this work they were soldiers and seamen In colder the Italian tanker, Laura aided by 000 ladies from all parts of Corrado, of 8,645 tons,

Britain.

SOLOIST

Y. K. SZE

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and

Schubert's "Serenade,”

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