THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 23, 1939.
PATROLS AND AMBUSHES ACTIVE ON WESTERN FRONT: LULL CAUSES SPECULATION
Paris, To-day.
ALL HAS BEEN QUIET on the Western Front, but
SITUATION
patrols and ambushes have been active at REGARDED AS several points: Saturday-Sunday night was also mainly quiet.
The present lull is the subject of much semi-official
speculation..
One military observer states that the original Ger- man attack was intended to lead to an over- whelming offensive against the Maginot Line.
This did not take place, and was followed by the German announce- ment that the first stage of the fighting in the west was finished.
Was this bluff, asks the observer, to cover up further arrivals of troops, or has Hitler changed his objective and is now focussing his attention on the North Sea?-Reuter.
"ALL QUIET"
Paris, To-day. The French communique said that all was quiet during the day.
There were ambushes and patrols at several points on the front. Reuter.
GERMAN COMMUNIQUE
Berlin, To-day. The German communique states: "With the exception of slight activity by artillery and reconnaissance troops there is nothing special to re- port on the western front."-Reuter.
PUBLIC NUISANCE
"Defendant had a method of cutting without getting a shock. This offence has become very frequent and causes great inconvenience to tenants," said Inspector Nolloth this morning when he prosecuted Leung Sze, 24, before "Mr. Q. A. A. Macfadyen for stealing electric wiring.
Leung was sentenced to two months'
hard labour.
Accused was seen by a Chinese constable in Fuk Wah Street at 2.45 a.m. and two lengths wiring, were tied around him.
He admitted he had stolen it from two houses in Cheungshawan Road ten minutes before his arrest.
BROTHER IN TIME
Miss Jessie Wong, of St. Andrew's Ladies' Hockey Team, of No. 11, Cumberland Road, was the victim of a bag-snatcher while entering her residence shortly after noon yesterday.
Miss Wong raised an alarm which attracted the intention of her brother, who, was nearby, and chased and arrested the snatcher.
-Chan Po-kwong, 22, was this morn- ing sentenced to six months' hard labour and 10 strokes.
FINLAND
CALM ABOUT
OUTLOOK
Copenhagen, Tọ-day.
In an interview with a newspaper
FAVOURABLE
Amsterdam, To-day.
The present military situa- tion is very encouraging for the Allies, writes the military correspondent of one Nether- lands newspaper.
Germany is holding back the at- tack on the Maginot Line because it would involve the sacrifice of 2,000,000 German lives.
At sea, the same prospect holds back the German fleet, which does not dare leave harbour.
U-boat successes, he says, been insignificant.-Reuter.
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RED ARMY OCCUPIES DAGO
Tallinn, To-day. Unita of the Red Army have now occupied the island of Da- go, which was ceded by Eathonia t Soviet Russia under the terms of the recent agreement.
The occupation of the island of Osel is proceading-Reuter.
LIBERALS IN INDIA REJECT BRITISH OFFER
New Delhi, To-day.
The Council of the Indian National Liberal Federation
correspondent, BABY CLIMBS have considered the state.
the Finnish Minister of Fin- ance said that Finland re- garded the future without alarm because of her sound economic and financial posi- tion.
Concerning the £2,400,000 defence loan just announced, he said it should be sufficient for all Finland's needs and it is unlikely that she will have to borrow abroad.
Here in Copenhagen, it is said that the Finance Minister is going with the delegation not because he is Finance Minister but because he is the leader of the working class party. The what he says, as representing the true Soviets may pay
more attention to feeling of the Finnish nation.
ARRIVING TO-DAY
The Finnish delegation, bearing Finland's reply to the Soviet propos- als, is expected to arrive in Moscow to-day. It is believed that Finnish counter-proposals will form the basis of the proposed negotiations.-Reuter
A BIN, DROWNS
A bably girl sought adventure in her aunt's garden. She claimed an old dustbin, fell in, and was drowned in eight inches of water.
The baby-Monica Janet McKernon, aged eighteen months, of Lothian- avenue, Hayes, Middlesex-was on a visit to her aunt, Mrs. Evelyn Shields, of Shakespeare-avenue, Hayes.
Mrs. Shields thought that Monica, an only child, was playing on the lawn with her little boy. Suddenly she missed Monica. She went down the garden and
saw something white showing on top of eight inches of water in an old dustbin.
It was Monica.
She
ment made a few days ago by the Viceroy, Lord Lin- lithgow.
They held that his statement was unacceptable.
ite" the promise that Dominion status The Council regarded as "indefin- for India would be considered at the end of the war and his inability to announce any war aims left the In- dian National Congress in a position of no responsibility for the duration of the war.
The Council also urged the need for larger participation in defence by the Indian population. Reuter.
CONGRESS RESOLUTION
WARDHA, TO-DAY. Mrs. Shields pulled her out.
THE CONGRESS WORKING COM- tried to revive her with artifictal res-MITTEE HAS PASSED A RESOLU- piration. But Monica was dead. TION CALLING ON ALL CONGRESS Her aunt told the coroner at Hayes. MINISTRIES TO TENDER THEIR "If it had not been that I had win-RESIGNATIONS IN CONSEQUENCE dows blacked out I should have seen OF THE VICEROY'S STATEMENT. he fall in and she would not have drowned,"
It is not expected that the Ministries A doctor stated that when he arriv-will resign until the resolution
A fine of $10 was imposed on Kwaned a short while afterwards the baby commended by the Congress high Heung-chuen, 71, merchant, by Mr. was dead. T. J. Houston this morning, for failing
command, expressing to report the possession of a ward, Kwan Stu-chan, 11.
A verdict of Accidental death was with
dissatisfaction recorded. The coroner said that clear-been passed by the provincial Legis- the Viceroy's statement, has ly no blame was attached to anyone. latures. Reuter.
VON PAPEN TO GO BACK TO ANKARA
London, To-day. It is reported from Berlin that 'Herr von Papen has been ordered to return to Ankara to-day to discuss with the Turkish Government the pact with Britain
and France. Reuter
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