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No. 16401

FOUNDED 1001 六拜禮 號 廿月六英港香

SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1941.

GERMANY CLASSED AS INTERNational outlAW

日七廿月五

Advance MR ROOSEVELT THROWS

Continues

Syria Resistance Stiffens

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

CAIRO, June 20 (UP)-To- day's General Headquarters communique states that fighting is progressing on all fronts In Syria. The Australians are slowly advancing in the face of

sector.

HITLER'S CHALLENGE

BACK INTO HIS TEETH

Special to the "Telegraph"

WASHINGTON, JUNE 20 (UP).-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO-DAY Said that geR- stiff resistance in the coastal MANY HAD ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE UNITED STATES OFF THE HIGH SEAS BY THE South of Damascus, the Free RUTHLESS SINKING OF THE ROBIN MOOR, AND HE PROCLAIMED THAT THE UNITED French are holding their ground STATES WOULD NOT YIELD TO SUCH OUTRAGEOUS AND INDEFENSIBLE ACTS BY AN against determined Counter- INTERNATIONAL OUTLAW. attacks by superior Vichy forces. British and Indian troops made local advances in this area. Heavy fighting is in progress at

still not clear.

Meri Ayoum but the outcome is

Beirut Bombed

BEIRUT, June 20 (UP)~Tho British bombed the harbour of Beirut for a half hour beginning nt 0.30 on Thursday night. Flares made the port as light as day and silhouetted the city. Planca dive-bombed lig docks, naval units and warehouses,

A Beiral Story BEINUT. June 20 (UP)--The mopping-up operations at

Mezze resulted in more than 400 prisoners being taken. Our aircraft, land and navni unita, continued making reconnaissances and bombings In other sectors, positions are being consolidated. There has been some artillery duelling.

Some Gain at Damascus CAIRO, June 20 (Reuter),The position in the vicinity of Damascus is largely unchanged though British and Indian troops, despite stiff op- position, have succeeded in galning fresh ground.

Are

IN A SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, THE PRESIDENT STATED, "WE MUST TAKE THE SINKING OF THE ROBIN MOOR AS A WARNING TO THE UNITED STATES NOT TO RESIST THE NAZI MOVEMENT OF WORLD CONQUEST. IT IS A WARNING THAT THE UNITED STATES MAKES USE OF THE HIGH SEAS OF THE WORLD ONLY WITH NAZI

CONSENT."

Hongkong Losing Vital Industries

.

Serious Effects Of The War

Evidence is growing that the war is beginning to have ser lous effects upon Hongkong's conimercial prosperity, with res sultant threats of gravely increasing unemployment and ad- ditional burdens on the economic, and social structure.

DEATH OF

LONDON, JA Sellouter). MR PHILIP

Alled troops advancing towards

Beirut are meeting with a great deal JACKS

of machine-gun fire to the north of

Wadi Zelni.

-

Vichy artillery is shelling various Former Puisne Judge

sectors of the Allied lines.

R.A.F. Patrol

Over Libyan Deserts

Two Pilots Return

Of Hongkong

Due to the requisitioning of British shipping and American vessels plying in the Far East, Hongkong factories manufac- turing rubber shoes, flashlight, torches, electric bulbs, and cot- ton shirts which are exported in their thousands, are finding it increasingly difficult to obtain the necessary raw materials, and already numbers of these factories have closed down,

The message was couched in strong terms and fold Germany that the “United States will neither bo intimidated nor acquiesce in the plans for world domination which the present leaders of Germany may have. The total disregard shown for the most elementary principles of inter- national law and humanity brands the sinking of the Robin Moor as an act of international out- lawry. Were we to yield to this we would inevit ably submit to world domination at the hands of the present leaders of the German Reich. We are not yielding and we do not propose to yield.”

"This Government can only assume that the Government of the German Reich hopes, through the commission of such infamous acts of cruelty to helpless and innocent men, women and children, to intimidate the United States and other nations into a course of non- resistance to the German plans for universal conquest, based on lawlessness and terror on land and piracy at sea. United States holds Germany "The Government of the

responsible for the outrageous

Information has been received in throwing hundreds out of et indefensible sinking of the Robin

The important aspect about the

Moor.

Hongkong from the Colonial Omice ployment.

Full reparations for that Mr-Philip Jacks,-former-Puisne Judge, who retired in 1935, died on Colony's manufacturing industries is losses and damages suffered by Wednesday of this week. It is that they operate solely for export American nationals will be ex- believed he was at Weymouth when purposes, so that they achieve the pected from the German Govern- he passed away.

functions of securing fovelgn cur rency for the Colony and providing ment.

Part Time Factorics

The late Mr Jacks, who was born livelihood for many thousands of "The sinking of this American ship on March 7, 1877, was a Barrister-at-people. The situation has progres- by a German submarine flagrantly Law of the Inner Temple. Ile sively deteriorated. due almost ex- violated the rights of United Staten: started his colonial service carter in clusively to the growing absence of vessels to freely navigate the sens CAIRO, June 20 (Reuter). 1005, being appointed assistant Land shipping space for Importation of subject only to belligerent rights

accepted under international law, -R.A.P. aircraft yesterday Ofee, after which he held the offices necessary materials. machine-gunned and destroyed of acting Land Officer, and in addi-

Will Not Yield Seas tion acting Crown Solicitor. In 1027 a number of enemy motor trans- he was also Registrar of Marriages. torics close down, for a period and In some cases, it is revealed, fac-

WASHINGTON, June 20 (Reuter). port vehicles during normal

to-night de- In March, 1927 he was first ap- then reopen again with the arrival-President Roosevelt offensive patrols in the Western

does Desert, states an R.A.F. Middle Pointed acting Puirne Judge, and he of new shipments of materials; when clared that the United States

these are exhausted, the factories not propose to yield the use of the served in this capacity until July, East.communique.

1931, when he was

appointed an gain cease operating; many hun- high seas to Germany.

In a special message to Congress, During the night of June 18-19, additional judge to the Supreme dreds of workers have thus become

casual labourers.

which is permitted stronger language shipping in the harbour of Benghazi Court.

TURN to Page 7, Column One was bombed, buildings were, de-

molished by direct hits and a number both for criminal and civil coses in In 1933 he served as Pulsne Judge of fires were started.

in December, Two pilots of a squadron of the the Full Court, but South African Air Force, who were 1034 he again became Land Omeer missing on June 16, have and Registrar of Marriages, their unlis. Before being

shot down in combat over British troops, they destroyed one Messer- sclunitt 109, one Flat fighter and two Junkers 87's.

safely.

A Devonian

Accurate Agures as to the number) TURN to Page 7. Column Four of factories and workers affected to

LATEST

Woman Flies A Bomber

U. S. SUB. MISSING

201

Mr Jacks was a Devonian, and was

WASHINGTON, Junc educated at Plymouth College.

(Router).Three hundred and His interests in Hongkong were The communique adds that there

seventy-five feet below the sur- is nothing to report from other fronts wide. As a churchman, he was a and that all British aircraft returned about 20 years and also one of the

Trustee

face on deep-diving trials, an of the Peak Church for

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" American submarine with two Trustees of the Church of England LONDON, June 20 'Dust Stormi Raging

(UP)The officers and 31' men aboard,| In the Diocese of Victoria.

aviatrix, Jacqueline. Cochrane, ar- is soven hours overdue off the Devoted to outdoor sports, Mrrived here to-day, being the first coast of Portsmouth, CAIRO, Juno 20 (Reuter).-Condi

· Now: tions in Libya are now for the most Jacks played a lot of cricket and woman to fly a bomber to England

Hampshire. part again stabilised with the Cer-football in the West of England before from North America,

"Serious concern is felt for its In a press interview, Miss Cochrane mans not making any attempt to coming to Hongkong, and hero ho follow up the Allled withdrawal to confined his energies to cricket and stated, "It was a wonderful trip and safety," says the Navy Department their original positions.

golf. He played regularly for the without incident. The weather was and it is recalled that she is near the Dust storms are raging in the To Hongkong Cricket Club for 25 years, perfect." She asserted that her only spot where the ill-fated Squalus met bruk and Sollum areas.

TURN to Page 7, Column Three companion Was Bomber Captain disaster two years ago.

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Chungking Bombing: Exclusive Pictures

On June 15 Japaneso planes dropped bombs Indiscriminately on Chungking, damaging a considerable amount of forelen property, In- 'cluding the U.S. Navy canteen, the offices of the U.S. Milliary Attache and ather buildings. A bomb also nearly hit the U.S.S. Tutulla. Theso exclusive plotures taken by Mr McCraken Fishier of "United Fress" shows the Tutulla an hour after the bombing with resone workers in the foreground üleging for bodies, and a remarkable shot taken few seconds after 27 bombers had simultaneously dumped a load of bombs on downtown Chungking. The picture is alightly blurred as the exploding bombs Jarred the photographer,

And

Allied Losses

May Shipping

LONDON, June 20 (Reuter)Although shipping losses are very heavy and serious, authoritative circles stato that it should

EXECUTION OF SERBIANS

Convoy Molested LONDON, June 20 (Reuter).. Fourteen Serbians have been executed near Komar in the according to a Zagreb message to the official Italian nown agency...

Little Hope Left A dozen navy craft are searching be borne in mind that they include losses in the Eastern Medi-Travnik district in Yugo-Slavis, the missing submarine named Zeroterranean which, it is hoped in Britain, will not recur. Shelling Damascus but the choices of saving the drow

Ninety-eight British, Allied BEIRUT, June 20 (UP) This are "slim." afternoon the British started shelling It is believed that the submarine and neutral vessels, representing the Mouhapereen quarter of Damas- crashed to the bottom of the sea 461,328 tons, were lost during

during the dive.

the month of May, including One of the best submarines in the losses suffered in the Eastern United States Navy, It was recently Mediterranean during military re-commisioned for

operations.

cus with artillery.

Rumanian H.Q. of Nazis Finland Mobilises alles Barca derece

LONDON, June 20 (Reuter).—Hitler's Balkans blitz chief,

Field Marshal List, Commander-in-Chief of the Gorman armies

HELSINKI, June 20 (UP)—Fin-

land has ordered a general mobiliza în Rumania, has established his headquarters in a dense forest on. It is officially announced that 15 miles from Bucharest, at Snagov, country-seat of Prince must register

must earn between 1997 and 1923 with military. Nicholas of Rumania.

other Rumanian towns on the Soviet authorities as soon as possible. The staff of the Rumanian Army is border are being evacuated and fresh Lattached to the Gorman General Staff; classes of · Rumanian-soldiers were

at this headquarters, NY - called up on Wednesday.yang,

The figures include 73 Belilah

REMAINS OF TAMERLAINE

They were accused of having. ambushed an Oustachi (a terrorist organisation) food convoy,

Althoughi, "none" of the Oustachis was wounded, it was stated that "sovers maxsure" have been taken by way of example and if a similar

Chinese Donations 5000 tons), 40 Alled (02,000 skeleton of the great 14th century heavier punishment will be inflicted. MOSCOW, June 20 (Reuter)The incident occurs. In futuro," even". To Bomber Funds) and five neutral (led on warrior, Tamerlaine, founder of the "For every Ouriachi killed, 100 Three additional generous Chinese to have sunk during May 805,450 Central Asian Empire stretching Serbians will be shot," it is threater-

The from Syria to India was discovered | Ed. donations to the Bomber Fund were tons of merchant shipping.

The Germans, it is stated, claimed

nat Samarkand. In the burial monu-

Submarine Located received yesterday afternoon, after italians have been content with

the Telegraph had gone to press claim of 50,000 tons, making the total ment where the skeletons of his sons

have also been found in the last fow Captain Roosevelt

Large numbers of German trop Milliary marches and patriotic PORTSMOUTH, NH. June 20 They were as follows: The Bank enemy claim 861,400 tons. continue to arrive in Rumania and poems are broadcast all day on the (UP) The rescue ship. Falcon and of East Asia, Lid. $10,000; Mr Kan large quantities of bedding materials Rumanian wireless while the press, seven other vessels are now over the Tong-po, $1,000; Mr. Li Tse-fong,

Enemy Losser

days

Lisbon, June, 20. (Router) *** have been collected in the region of according to these sources, is making submerged "0-9 and one of the $1,000, the two latter being second tonnage loss (captured, sunk or scut- It is enimated that the total enemy

The identity of Tamerlaine was Captain: James Roosevelt, Marino Galatz and Braila,clear allusion to

Corps, who has completed his world. "forthcoming vessels reported to have located donations. Chinese subscriptions yes-led) up to June 10 is: Hassy, capital of Moldavia, and decisive events.

didate proved by the foot injury mentioned tour leaving by. Clipper; for underwater sounds, ma

terday totalled nearly $25,000. TURN to Pare 7, Column Four by historians.

America, to-morrow,