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CANADA. TUESDAY,‘ DECEMBER 23, 1941

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Hung Kong Defenders Cling To Posts

Chinese say Canuoks throw Japanese back

Dominion Forces Credited With Some Measure 0f Success; Details 0f Fighting Are Vague.

By The Canadian Press

A tougii garrison of Canadian, Scottish and Indian troops clung tenaciously last night to the de- fences of embattled Hung Kong is- land. In Ottawa one Canadian battalion was credited with attack- lug the enemy's rear and in China's central Canton headquarters the defenders were credited with throwing back some of the Japan- ese forces who had landed in the colony.

l-lon. J. L. Ralston, Canadian minister of national defence. is- sued a statement at Ottawa saying the situation in l-Iong Kong re- gardlng the Canadian forces was confused and that reports were be- ing received only alter a consider- able delay.

lie said the troops were tired from continuous fighting but that on Sunday morning "not only were they holding further Japanese at- tacks. but....one Canadian battal- ion was reported to be attacking the enemy's rear."

There was no casualty report.

The Chine. central news agency said the defenders inflicted 15,000 casualties on the invaders even be- fore they could set foot on the is- land which is separated from the mgiiand by a mile-wide strip of w r.

A few miles inland from Kow- loon. mainland port, on the border 0i ihe 0010p? 13.14’ Chilll PFODBI‘. troops of Marshal Chiang-Kni Shel: battered at the Japanese in an cf- fort. to relieve Hong Kong. Chin- esmeadquorters said the Japs had been compelled to divert some of the siege forces to reinforce those opposing the marshals men.

fn Ioridon the defenders were reported still able to maintain com- munication with london and

(Continued on page s, Col 4)

lon Brauchitsch Says heart trouble Cause of dismissal

BmLlN. Dec. 32 — (German broadcast recorded by APi-Field Marshal Gen. Walther Von Brou- ciiitsch, who has been relieved of his command of the Nazi armies by Hitler, issued an order of the day tonight saying he asked for his dismissal “on account of heart trouble."

"The order furthermore express- ed the conviction that Der Fuehrer would lead the German soldiers to litiiily." a broadcast said.

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(BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON. Associated Preu War Anal t) anylihmuiiiilll GQVGIIIDIIIGIIi-l hint at internal disintcgrationyln Germ-

A frantic effort b Hitler to bolster German morale against def t in Russia ‘and im n doom of the Axis army in Libya might pretty: gialfgdign “paint t an any territory lost or taken by either side, or any der the ‘war illglllelnlll! wlululllternierlgs l crack?’ wmfln Erlrmlny un- end in utter disaster for the ihls o can my 0W “on s w“ m"

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Whatever hi: undcrly reason. Hitler has dis laced his boasted great captain, Field Marsha Walther Von Broueliitsc , to take crsonal common of his winter-logged armies, mumably because of the Nazi military debacle “in ltuaain. And to dlsgu a little from his people that first smashiu defeat of the war. the announcement of Von Brarrchitschs removal contained this revealing statement:-

‘With the Amazingly rapid annihilation (bv Japan) of the Amer- lean Pacific fleet and ho British forces at Singapore and the occupa- tion of numeroul British and American bases in East Asia by Japanese forces. the war now is entering ‘en's new phase favorable to us."

It is devout! to be hoped that Hitler himself believes that to be a true picture of t e war acetic in the Pacific. ills awakening will be all the more rude when the truth dawns upon him.

For the fact is that the United States Pacific fleet, wherever it is and whatever its immediate mission, still is the most powerful defensive force in the Pacific. The fact is that no vital American or British base about tho China Sea has been occu led by the Japanese. llong Kong. even tiny Wake Island with its Amer can garrison, s i at last accounts. . '

Nor is it yet certain that a Ja anese blood-bath attempt to take Manila bv its military front door. he Llngnyen Bay route, can achieve its ob ecilve. First terse reports from Gen MacArthur‘: headquarters no

defini ely encouraging.

German, rather hen Japanese necessities clearly timed the blows at both Singapore and Luzon. in aia a the tropical rains are now duo to start. They could swamp the Nipponese attack as Russian cold and snows, coupled with the astonishing rccuperailvc powers of the Red army, blasted the German "victory" drive.

Japan is risking much to strike at Manila before American rein- forcements arrive. li. savors of desperation. unless Tokyo believes lilt- lcr'| version of American naval disasters in the PM:

Hitler May lilavel Drive filanned

Possibility new ‘fintuitive” venture was too much for Von Brauchitsch.

(Canadian Press:

Hitler. who likes to think of him- self as a man of destiny myst-ically guided by i; providence that looks out especially for the German people. had the world guessin to- day over his next move. An rie may be doing some guessing of his

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News Briefs

SANTA BARBARA, Calif, Dec. 2%-(AP)~—Thc Corst Guard announced that an en- emy submarine fired a torpedo at the standard oil tanker ll. M. Story today off Point Ar- guello, 45 miles north of Santa ‘Barbers. The tanker was not

doubtediy was what the Puehrer hoped for when he ordered dis- closure Sunday of the fact that on Dec. i9 he stripped the commend of the Germany Army from Field Marshal Gen. Walther Vozi Branch- itsclt-es able a soldier as the Ger- man Army ever produced—s.nd personally took over the Job.

The most noteworthy point in the German explanation of lilt- ler’s startling move was the con- tention that Hitler, plodding little house- ainier corporal of the first Great er. is a military genius.

"Today Germany is in s for- tunats position that her political leader is at the some time also a military genius." said n Berlin

broa cast.

"What was dlvlned in the Polish campaign of 1939 became clear to the world by the revolutionary conduct of the war in Norway and the west, which was directly due to the Puehrer."

The statement did not say what happened to his "miiita genius" in Russia but apparently plied it

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OTTAWA. Dec. 22—‘(OP)—Among the valiant defenders of Hons Kong are two Canadian nursfiig asters. Kathleen G. Christie cf Toronto. and Anna Mav Waters. of Winni- P98-

NEW YORK. Dec. 22-(Al"i- British troops "arc inflicting severe losses on the Japanese" who gained n. foothold In Sar- awak on the lslnnd of Borneo, the BBC said tonight quoting a Bntlvin dispatch. The Broad- cast was heard by CBS.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 22—-(APi- The Japanese attack in force on the Gulf of Lingavcn. ii0 miles north 0f Manila. is regarded in military circles here as possibly the first prong of I powerful pincer-s attack on Gen. Douglas MacAr- thur's main defence army.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 22- APl-State Secretary Hull in- illcnied today that an agree- ment had been reached with French authorities of Martin- iouc assuring the neiltrnllution of that sirntezlo Caribbean island.

WASHINGTON. Dee. 22- (AP)-

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International At A Glance

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(Canadian Press) WASHINGTON-Prime Minister Churchill and Lord Beavers-brook arrive in U. S. capital for confer- ence to coordinate war aims.

OTTAWA - - ofence M’ ' ‘ r Relation discloses one battalion of Canadian for-cu in Benin lion: garrison attacked enemy roar Sunday while London report; d0- fcnco holding and colony in deli! communication with lnnden and Chungking.

CIIUNGKING — Chinese any llorig Kn defenders hurled in. vailerl bu: at one point.

MANILA r- Between I0.000' Mil 1000300 Jlpl peek Philippine lend-

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Crown Prince Olav of Norway said today. because of military reverses in Russia and Libya. Germany was pulling . out. of occupied Nor- way and underground IYIFGM’. among loyal Nzrweginns we- growing n“ bv day. The Crown Prince has lust arrived here. from lmndbn wiherq he has been with the Norwegian nov- ernment.

ll. S. Stool Industry To skip holiday

NEW YORK, Decffii --(AP) _ Confirming recent reports that the

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Philippine Situation isi Well in hand

U. S. Tanks, Artillery In Action Again-st Fresh J ap Invaders.

By Clark lice

Associated Press Staff Writer

MANILA. Dec. iiL-(Tuesday) (AP>— A heavy force of Japanese sea-borne troops supported by air- planes landed yesterday at Sunto Tomas on the Gulf of Lingayen northwest of here, but Gen. Doug- las MacArthurs headquarters an- nounood that American defenders had the situation "well in hand."

American tanks and artillery lfll- mediateiv went into action between Santa Tomas and Damortls, a town several miles south of the landing

ace.

(Washington already had au- nounced that the fighting centred in the ZO-mile coastal stretch a- long the gulf northward to Agoo, which is Just north of Santo Tom-

as.

The army communique said:-

"The engagement yesterday oc- curred in the vicinitv of Santo To- mas, La Union Province. Latest rc- ports indicate our troops are hold- ing a position north of Damortls. The enemy was very active in the air yesterday. Numerous places were bombed and the ground at- tack was supported by aircraft."

One unconfirmed report from Dagupan on the gulf said that at least three Japanese transports out of the B0 which had been sighted outside were sunk in the gulf itself.

Reliable sources said it was pos- sible that many more had been de- stroyed by the Amerlcan forces. who were using artillery and tanks against the landing parties.

It still was not known. smother the Japanese had been able bring any considerable amount of equipment ashore.

Although American tanks al- ready had gone into action. it also was not clear whether the Japan- ese intended to unload all of the B0 transports in Lingayen Gulf. or try to shove shock forces ashore elsewhere during the night.

(Continued on page If; col. l)

Island Airman To broadcast

OTTAWA, Dec. 22—(CP)—Names of 4B Canadian airmen overseas who will broadcast messages to Canada tomorrow were made public tonight by National Defence headquarters.

They will be heard on the “Gentlemen with wings" program over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's national network from 8 to 8.30 p. m. A. El. T.

The names include:

Prince Edward ls and-LAC. M.A. Ayers, summerside,

Nazi Battleships Trapped in docks By British raid

LONDON. Dec. 22—-(CP)—A dir- ect bomb hit or. the gates of the drydocks at Brest France, in an R. A. F. daylight raid Dec l8 is believed to have trapped the 2C,- o00.ton German battleships Soharn- horst and Gneisenau in the docks and damaged them anew, the air niirkistry news service reported to- n i; t.

It said aerial photogrpahs taken during the raid also gave reason to believe, "although the confusion of smoke precludes a certainty, that a heavy bomb has fallen emidship and penetrated the deck of the Scharnhorst."

In addition, the service announ- ced, it is "quite certain that l. heavy armor-piercing bomb" fell between the stern of tho Oncisenau and the aide of the drydock and another similarly between the Bcharnhorst and ber dock.

The news service said neither battleship probably could not be moved unti the damaged gates are repaired. Moreover, it added. "a greet number of bombs" have fal- len close to thorn alth h "how much damage these have one can onlyvbs conjectured at the mo-

on . "Important submarine n: at Brest also were heavily gimbed during the attack and received one certain and two probable hits," it

reported.

"Buildings, possibly workshops. behind the submarine pen have been demolished."

Although the attack was made from " eat height in order to enable t bombs to penetrate the ship's armor)‘ the ministry said photographs b wed such extreme accuracy that "not. ii single bomb fell into the civil town or in the commercial put of "

Democratic Leaders Meet

Prime Minister Winston Churchill, (left) d Pr id t [to glgeht), who mot yesterday at Washington for gnhistof; halting gt-iiillalt:

A Decl a res Has Begun

(By Henry-‘Ciissidy, Assoc- iated Press Staff Writer)

MOSCOW, Dec. 23 — (Tuesday) — (AP) — Reoc- cupation of a number of populated points by Red army forces steadily advan- cing in fierce fighting was announced by the Soviet in- formation bureau today.

~The communique said the

m gains were registered all the

way from Leningrad in the north to the Sea of Azov in the south. It mentioned speci- fically heavy fighting in the sectors before Leningrad, Moscow and Kalinin.

The accounts of continued Soviet gains were accom- panied by the exultnnt de- claration that after six months of war Russia "has begun to win. and will con- tinue to win."

Even guerillas have come out into the open now and are mowing down the floundering Nazis from fixed positions, a Soviet announce-

(Contlnucd on page l1, Col 6)

Naval promotions Ara announced

OTTAWA. Dec. 22-(0?) -Pr0- motion of Commodore George C. Jones and Commodore Leonard W. Murray of the Royal Canadian Navy to rank of Rear Admiral was announced tonight by Navy Mints- ter Macdonald.

Rear Admiral Jones, officer com- manding the Atlantic coast. is pro- moted as of Dec. i and Rear Ad- miral Murray, in command of the forces based on Newfoundland, as

of Dec. 2. “The fiomotions of these officers an in eping with the growing nsiblllties of their sitions

a are a recognition of t e vast- ly increased importance of the Royal Canadian Navy." Mr. Mac- donaldu announcement mid. "Rear Admiral Jones and Rear Admiral Murray have spent almost their entire lives in the naval oer- vice and their advancements in rank are regarded as highly merit-

(Only recently Percy W. Nelles. chief of the naval staff, was pro- motod from Rear Admiral to Vice- Admiral.)

Both men were born in Nova Bcotin, Rear Admiral Jones in l-lall- fax in i895 and Rear Admiral Mur- ra at Granton a year later. They io ned the Royal Naval College at Halifax in 191i and were graduated two years later.

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(yrrawa. Dec. 22 _(cr>> _ Prime Minister Mackenzie King said tonight he "much hopes" that Prime Minister Churchill will be able to visit Ottawa be- fore he returns to Britain after conferences with President, Roosevelt.

A reliable source said he con- sidered it would be “a safe as- sllmiJi-lon" that an invitation to come here already has been ex. tended to the British Prime Minister, whose arrival at Wash- ington was announced tonight by the White House.

A brief statement from Mr. King also said he has been in- vited by President Roosevelt to go to Washington while Mr. Churchill is there. The time of his visit will be announced 1st. er.

If Mr. Churchill comes here his visit will be radically differ- ent from his first trip to Canada, in i931. He was on a speaking tour. accompanied by his daughter Diana. at that time, government officials recalled, lVLr. Churchill was “just a voice crying in the wilderness."

An independent member of the House of Commons, he came here to advocate extended defence measures at a time when such recommendations received scant sympailiy in Britain.

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War-ZS Years Ago Today

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Joint Plans For Defeat Of Axis‘

Talks will be only ground- work for united action against Germany, Italy and Japan.

(By J. F. Sanderson, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2Z—(CP)—Prlme Minister Win- ston Churchill arrived in Washington late this afternoon after n secret journey for a series of momentous confer- ences with President Roosevelt which mny pave the way, for unified direction of war strategy.

Accompanying the Prime Minister on his history-mak- ing visit to the United States was Lord Beaverbrook, Can- adian-born Minister 0f Supply, and a technical staff. But beyond the bare statement that they arrived at a nearby, airport and were greeted by the President, no details of their trans-Atlantic trip were divulged.

A few minutes after the Prime Minister and Presti- dent shook hands for the second time within six months- they mot in August somewhere on the Atlantic-Mr. Churchill was inside the White House andword was flash-

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ed to the world of his safe arrival. The Prime Minister, it was said, was wearing a reefcl -presumably his familiar pea jacket-and a cap.

‘There was widespread

speculation that the confer-

ences would cover such questions as:— Establishment of a supreme command for the fighting forces 0f all of Hitler’s opponents.

Establishment of a joint minis- try of supply for all the armies.

Negotiation of an agreement among the allied nations, binding each not to sign a separate peace with the Axis but to continue the struggle against Hitler-ism until it has been smashed.

Formation of some sort of an in- tor-governmental council in Wash- ington so form a iiiik between the guprplne war council and the gov- ernments or allied nations. Unlike the supreme war council which would be dominated b military men, it would consist so ely of po- litical representatives.

it is beginning to be believed licre that. unity of command, in the strict meaning of that @1111. will not be attempted for a variety of reasons including professional objections originating in both the British and American armed for- ges. It may be discovered. however, that the President fllld the Prime Minister, mectmr: together can

devise some united method of com- S

mand that will meet many 0i tho professional objections,

A statement issued from‘ the white House said the primary purpose of the conferences "is the defeat of Hitlerism througiioirt the world" but it emphasized tliat they were only pielirrilliflfy 3° Turin“ conferences WlllCh will officially include Russia, China, the Nether. lands rind the DOlYlllllOllS.'

The statement. said "it lS expect- rd there will thus be evolved an over-all unity in the conduct of ti r."

ISOlYlltsr nations will be asked to participate to the best of their ability in the over-all obiective, it declared. apparently "iemnil Hi0 European Govemmerits now in Lmidon and the Latin American states who are fighting on the side of the allies.