1941-05-29 — Page 21

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 29, 1941.

ANY OVERT ACT WILL BRING THE UNITED STATES INTO THE WAR

Special to the “Telegraph”

WASHINGTON, MAY 28 (UP).—THE SCRIPPS-HOWARD COLUMNIST, MR WILLIAM SIMMS WRITES TO-DAY THAT "FOREIGN ENVOYS HERE HAVE WARNED THEIR GOVERN. MENTS THAT THE UNITED STATES IS AWAITING ONLY AN OVERT ACT BY THE AXIS TO ENTER THE WAR." THAT IS THE INTERPRETATION ON THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS AND PROCLAMATION.

The fact that President Roosevelt acquainted Year-Old Canton Killing Indian To Trial

Congressional leaders beforehand with what he intended to say made his pronouncements as

coming as close to a war declaration as the pas

sident is able to go. The United States policy is described as a clear ultimatum which, in effect, is what the speech could be called, without great exaggeration.

Columnist Raymond Clapper stated, “America has changed overnight. Without action by Congress or any mention thereof, President Roosevelt assumed new powers. The President placed himself in a position to begin an undeclared war, or rather unannounced fighting against the Axis when his judgment calls for it. This is, in effect, an executive declaration that a state of war exists."

Almost Undeclared War WASHINGTON, May 28 (UP) -President Roosevelt has led the nation near to the limits.of an undeclared war if he is pro- pared to implement his unlimited emergency proclamation. A

special press conference is sche- duled for to-day in order to elaborate and explain the mes-

sage.

The President sald last night that strikes and lock-outs must abruptly in order to enlarge the scope

cease

Selangor Rubber Strike

Indian Agitation

LONDON, May 28 (Reuter).-The

of the Ald-to-Britain programme, recent rubber strike at Selangor was and this supported

by bristling | raised at question time in the House threats to deliver war materials to of Commons to-day. the fighting men with armed force.

Brings

12 Inst year, an Indian guard, Dost Mohamed, appeared before -Charged with the murder of a Chinese in Canton on May the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl, MacGregor, at the Criminal Ses- sions this morning, and pleaded not guilty.

Accused.

Japanese Deficiency In Science

Govt Stimulation Not Likely To Succeed

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”

TOKYO, May 28 (Domel).-The Government programme for ac- celerating progress in the scientific tial in the construction of national and technical branches as an essen

was halled by newspapers

nre papers

Mr E H. Williams, Crown another Indian who had arrived at Harold W. Lee, instructed by the found that the revolvers belong- Counsel, prosecuted, and Mr the scene. Examining the weapons, deding the "Kokumin" and the Mr D. McCallum, appeared for in to Sher Bahadur and the other "Yomiur" this morning.

Indian were fully loaded, but that

"Better of the Accused contained live spent papers

Inte than never," these Accused was originally charged cartridges and one live round.

declare. Scientific and with the murder of an

Mr Williams submitted that there below world levels, these unknown

teclinical facilities

Japan leave to amend the charge and to If the Jury believed that Accused, tlcians' ignorance of and Indifference Chinese, but Mr. Williams asked was no provocation for the shooting point out, blaming Japanese poll- substitute the name of Kwok Man in his struggle with the deceased, and to scientific matters for the situation. for the word "unknown."

In the heat of his passion, shot Kwok Air Lee objected to the amend-Man, then they could bring in a ver- against their excessive

Warning scientists and technicians ment, saying that it would embarrass diet of manslaughter. They could attitude, these papers urge

academic the only find Accused not guilty of mur students of science and technical skill the amendment was pro- fire in order to save himself from an purposes.

their abilities 征 State fudicial to the defence. and allowed angry mob, as related by Sher the, amendment.

Bahadur, who was the only witness

Total Scientific Spirit The following Jury wus em-to speak of that, panelled: Messrs J. C. Fonseca The case is proceeding.

(foreman), Leung Hew-fung. Chan Woon-fun, Young Kee-hung, Tsui Shang-luen, M. A. Prata and Loung Kam-long..

the defence.

His

not thship remarked that he did der if they believed that he opened to turn

Mr. Williams said that Accused was Л

watchman

employed by the China Navigation Company at hele wharves at Kuk Hin-bok in Honam. Canton, and the murder occurred on May 22 last year, when accused allegedly shot Kwok Man.

Court's Jurisdiction

Big Gambling

י

School Broken Up By Police

The "Kokumin Shimbun" says that the Japanese spirit has never been "unscientific" as many believe. This spirit must be made "more selentiile" because a totul war cannot be waged willout the nation being armed with #scientific

While end the proposed "new

structure of scientific skill," "Yomiuri Shimbun" is

the sceptical

whether

the proposed facilities for researches in science and technical skill will be realised. So many new

The names of 36 persons, charged Government offices have been created

national elamour of applause despite strikes early in May and that the jects when they commit a crime in

High Commissioner had reported China. The Foreign Jurisdiction Act day when he failed to nut up ba

all Americans."

Senator Robert Taft asserted, "The declaration of an unlimited national emergency has no legal effect what soever. The President has no statutory or constitution authority to declare such an emergency!

intimidation

of

Bombing IF AXIS

START SHOOTING U.S. "Task Forces" Will Reply

Explaining how the Accused came with gambling, were read out before since the outbreak of the Chien to be tried in Hongkong, Mr. Wil-Mr G. T. Lowry at. Central Magis campaign and yet these have failed The pledge went far beyond convoys Mr G. H. Hall, Under-Secretary for liams said that by a treaty between tracy this morning. Of the 36 per- to achieve their original aims, the which the Administration considers the Colantes, declared that some Great Britain and China, Great Briony only one man was in Court. He paper warns. obsolescent. The speech aroused a 7,000 strikes were involved in serious tain hud jurisdiction over her sub-as Ng Yat, 52, unemployed, and was detained by the Police yester- Representative Melvin Maas saying,

for the of $250, for keeping the laid down the proceedings for the by Senator Tom considerable "This means wor." Connolly declared that it was

bands of strikers and Ave deaths in trial of British subjects who commit huuse.

Two other men, Tong Hop, 28, "ringing call to duty and service for the disturbances between May 10 and offences in countries like China and

elsewhere. Section 8 of the Act unemployed, who. May 15,

was on ball made provision for the British au- $500, and Mak: Yin, 32, unemployed, The High Commissioner had in-thorities in China or any other uny keeping a gambling house, failed to on ball of $250, also charged with formed Lord Moyne, Secretary for try to send a person for trial to the Colonies, that there.

Any Was no British possession. In 1825, an Order-appear in Court and their ball was justification for the strike and that in-Counell was passed stating that estreated. Bail of $10 each put up wages of Indian estate workers in ills Majesty's Supreme Court in by the other men was estreated. the rubber industry were at present China might send a case for trial tfined $100 or

Ng Yat, pleaded guilty, and was! higher than ever before and included British possession.

months' hard! cost of living allowance.

native of Punjab, Indiu, and was

Accused, Counsel continued, was a labour. registered

British Deceased was

subject. Deceased

hawker. At the time of the incident, the steamer Fatshun was lying

wharf on by a which Accused and another fudian Their duty was to search all persons guard, Sher Bahadur, were stationed. entering the wharf to board the steamer. Behind the wharf were a

The district concerned had been subjected to considerable propaganda by adherents of the Central Indian Association of Mainya.

Very "Encouraging" Senator Carter Glass. "agreed with every word and more besides." Speaker Sum Rayburn of the House stated, "It will be very cu- couraging for the democratic ptoples Subversive Propaganda throughout the carth."

Senator Waiter George said, "It was a very

The High Commissioner had in strong statement of the Administra-formed Lord Moyne that there was Lion'

basic philosophy."

clear evidence of subversive propa Representative

Fish gande by one of these persons who

to banishment.

Hamilton

" Br

2

two

A sum of $309.58 picked up was ordered to be confiscated,

BPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHY WASHINGTON, May 28 (UP)-Informed quarters to-

velt's assurance

Philippines Trans-day interpreted President Roose- Shipment Watched

that Britain

United

thought it was "Just sop to the inter- was arrested on May 5 with the view/row of godowns, and lying alongside Regulations against the re-export of forces," especially designed

war.

Consulate-General

un-

Some

to

would receive war goods #S 4 signal for extended Against Axis Ruses' States naval operations on the SHANGHAI, May 29 (Reuter).Atlantic, probably by "lask ventionists.

a small landing pier were three car-American goods from the Philippines Senator Gerald Nye asserted, "The

go bouls, The High Commissioner is actively

to foreign Incident

countries At Godowns

have President gives notice that we are concerning himself_with_a_full and

been meet the Axis threat, tightened

ned up by a new ruling which They were of the opinion that alrently convoying."

Evidence would be given by Lam requires an application for new ex these would probably be com- sympathetic Senator Pat McCarran declared, "I grievances which the workers may standing by one of the godowns. He can be legally made, according to an carriers, destroyers and sub-

examination of

any Ping, a godown keeper, who was port licences before such re-exports posed of hattleships, aircraft- think it is another way of declaring advance.

would say that about 0.20 pin, on American Robert Wagner was of the opentant President Roosevelt rustigations on the ground that "there searching people going on to it. He sented to the United States Depart-to the British squadrons which

Mr Sorenson suggested fuller in- | May 22, he saw two Indian guards nouncement.

marines, and it was predicted al the entrance to

to the wharf is frmly accepted and courageously must be something other than subsaw a Chinese carrying a basket apment of State and must name the sought the Bismarck.

The new applications must be pre- that they would operate similar exercised the great responsibility versive grounds."

Mr Hall said that the High Com-proach the wharf, and the man was proposed countries of ultimate .des- invested in him by the American people in an unparalleled world missioner was making a fuller inves-stopped by Accused. A conversa-tination.

stated sources

that the crisis."

tigation and that the Government tion took place between them. Lom was awaiting his report.

Initiative for shooting in open Re-Export Permits then saw Accused strike the Chinese

Unless such

warfare will be left to the Axis, with his fist, and the other

Indian

applications are re-export of

If the Axis decline to fight vastly hit him with a stick. The Chinese granted,

American INDIANAPOLIS, May 28 (UP)-Working All Day Oned closely

me goods from the Philippines would delivered without shooting but, they be superior forces, the goods will the basket and ran away,

constitute a violation of the Export observed, if an atluck by Accused

was made, President Roosevelt's fireside speech Military Supplies Order Sheer Bahadur.

Control Act and regulations, adds then the United States would be Lam would say that the announcement declared "It was a virtual declara-

no time any attempt made

The new ruling is believed to be unable to tion of war. The

Before Mr H. G. Sheldon, K.C., at to

insure delivery of the talks

the basket. Outside to search about hard cold facts but no one in Central Magistracy this morning, the of the godowns were

specially designed against the ruse goods without returning the fire. America has tried to create fear in Bat Tat Weaving Company of No Chinese. The Indians and the man whereby goods exported, from the the minds of the American peonie 184 Belcher's Sirect, Kennedy Town.they were chasing were last to Lam's re-shipped from the latter point to United States to the Philippines are more than President Roosevelt since were fined $100 for allowing 17 view, but shortly afterwards, he March, 1933. I not know what women to work on the premises at heard the sound of two shots, follow. Russia and thence to Germany.

do the President means by declaring an 145 am on May 4.

ed 11e later by three more shois

he take than what he alrendy has, Kiro-chuen, stated that they

were eve

several Chinese approached the unless he has taken over labour, in-engaged on some work for the mill-wharf and resented the

searching, dustry. communications and the tury authorities which entalled One of them struck Accused in the press7"

Senator Wheeler's Reactions

Senator Burton Wheeler, regarding

President

ong

number of

emergency. What more powers can The Manager, of the finn, Mr Ip Sh

Sher Bahadur would say that First Edition Of

working 24-hours a day,

Wavell's Abyssinian Campaign Vindicated

LONDON, May 28 (Reuter).

in

Struggle On Lighter

Keats Sold

TRAIN FIRE TRAGEDY RECALLED

Axis Shipping Losses Since War Began

face. The Chinese appeared to be In 1874 John Addington Symonds, angry, but Sher Bahadur said that he the critic and poet, presented a copy

LONDON, May 28 (Reuter),~~~~A did not see clearly what happened of the first edition of Keats' "Ends- verdict of accidental death was re- after that. Accused ran after amion," 1818, to Chinese, and

urned at the inquest to-day on the his bosom friend, victims of a fire on a train in which shortly after, Sher Prof. A. C. Bradley. At Sotheby's boys from Ampleforth College. Bahadur heard a shot being fired and recently Mr Ernest Maggs gave £72 Catholic school, Including two sons sa. Accused with a revolver in his for it. Hand. The Chinese he was chasing A rare survivor of St Jerome's Hubert Pierlot, lost their lives.

of the Belgian Prime Minister, M. was lying on the ground. There was "Lives of the Fathers," printed in a crowd of Chinese about

The Coroner said that he had come an 1495 at Westminster by Caxton's suc-to the conclusion that the fire started angry mood. Accused showed signs cessor at Westminster, Wynkyn de through lighted matches and cigarette of having been in struggle.. Worde, brought £90. There was ends being thrown about in fun and General Sir Archibald

good bidding for books in a two days' mischief by the boys, but he did not Wavell's strategy in completing the conquest of the Italian East

Stories told by three other wit-sale totaling nearly £3,000. African empire when distractions were afoot further north was

attach blame to any of them, nesses differed substantially from that vindicated in the House of Lords to-day by Field Marshal Lord

told by Sher Bahadur, sald Counsel. Birdwood and the Under-Secretary for War, Lord Croft.

One of them, Chan Fung-po, said that his attention was attracted by Lord Birdwood, who is often | Indian felends in

circumventing and fighting with a Chinese. The the two Indians, who were chasing called the "Father of the Indian these dimculties."

Lord Croft warmly concerned with Chinese broke away and ran on to a Army," said that he had an un-Lord Birdwood's praise of the Emlighter. Accused followed and fired comfortable feeling that

Un pire troops, notably the Indians and two shots, which apparently missed. wittingly, full justice had not South Africans, and Bald: "When The Chinese grabbed a long pole and been done to the magnificent we realise the colossal distancs pointed at Accused, and a struggle work of the officers and men Bismarck, it gives more idea of the red three more shots, and the Chin-tons of enemy merchant shipping have been disposed of be

travelled in the great hunt for the

the look

between them. Accused place

LONDON, May 28 (British Wireless) Nearly 3,000,000 from India, Dominions and the distances'

ese collapsed. covered up the East colonies in the East African African sea-coast to.

tween the beginning of the war and the middle of May, it is That story was corroborated by Addis Ababa, three other persons--Tong Shac- stated authoritatively in London. between March 13 and May 14, 01 campaign.

for within a month every capital of Lord Birdwood sald that the the Italian East African Empire was Another witness would say that he seized. 61, totaliing 274,000 great deal of this shipping being hong, Wu Hu-kiu and Chan Chok. German shipà captured or ships off enemy-occupled coasta majority of troops, were from South occupied,"

saw Sher Bahadur with a revolver tons; sunk or scuttled, 286 ships, Africa and India, and practically Mediterranean. Drive

|çoastal, traffic. in his hand, and ho seized it from every African colony wns repre- Dealing with the importance of the him.

totalling 1,499,000.

The latter figure is telling evidence sented.

East African operations, Lord Croft Accused was taken to the wharf It was cerinin that Hitler ordered declared that the obvious strategy of office and Mr Johnson, the Whart 39, totalling 183,080 tona; sunk or trame to the maximum to polvo trans- Italian ships captured or seized.of the enemy's efforts to use coastal his subordinato, the Duke of Aosta, the Axis is to pinch out Egypt and Superintendent, was sent for. On scuttled, 170 ships, totailing 020.000 port problems wherever possible. to contain the British troops as long the Suez Canal, and endeavour to arrival, Mr Johnson saw a Chinese tons.

That the enemy is still trying to as possible in Abyssinia to use up driverst great essential, therefore, i dlead. There was a wound in the ships totalling. 1,773,000 tons peut so is shown to the fact that in a นส from the Mediterranean. lying on a lighter, and the man was Germany has, therefore, lost 340 circumvent the British blockade by large supplies. A feature of Our the campaign, however, was the ex-was to remove the great menace of head behind the left ear. When he Italy 315 ships, totalling 1,082,000 recent week, April 23. to 30, 14 treme i rapidity with which

the the Duke of Aosta's Army of 250,000 mndo, his way to the office, Mr John-ton operations were carried through..

German and 10 Italian ships were being

A per accounted for.. saw, Bahadur with a Praise For Troops!

addition, 30 ships of other coun

mostly. sunk. Sudan and Bucz. Referring to the mines and demo-The success of the operations may him.

tons, have been disposed” of.

this country of the extremo unwil- tillons left by the retreating Italians, well have been a very decisive in-

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