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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 7, 1939
Violation Of Luxembourg Neutrality Predicted GERMAN DIVISIONS MASS ALONG BORDER: TO BEGIN ATTACK ON MAGINOT LINE
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London, To-day.
“QUIXOTIC' WRECKED
London, To-day.
PREPARATIONS FOR A large-scale offensive against the Maginot Line are envisaged by the "Daily Mail" which
The Aberdeen trawler, Quixotic. reports that ten German divisions have been with-
was wrecked near Dundee yesterday. drawn from the Dutch border and are at present sta- Her crew of nine were rescued by a tioned on the Luxembourg border.
The paper asserts that the offensive is starting in the near future with the violation of the neutrality of Luxem- bourg. Havas.
CONCENTRATION CONFIRMED
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Rome, To-day.
In confirmation of the "Daily Mail" report, the newspaper Piccolo reports that concentrations of German troops and artillery
carried are being
in the Luxembourg region apparent- ly aiming to deal a shattering attack on the Maginot Line.-Havas.
"EXCEPT FOR PATROLS"
Paris, To-day.
lifeboat and landed Reuter,
at Dundee.-
The Quixotic was a steam trawler
at
of 197 tons, owned by the Grimsby Steam Fishing Company. Built Hull in 1898, she was 115 feet long..
GERMANS NOW USE
HEINKELS NOT DORNIERS FOR ENGLISH VISITS
London, To-day.
THERE WAS AERIAL ACTIVITY over the East Coast on
Tuesday-Wednesday night and yesterday.
Last night's French war communi- A German 'plane was brought down in the sea off Norfolk
que said there were no
events of
importance, except for activity
patrols. Reuter,
PATROL-RAIDS
Paris, To-day.
by
On the Western Front, the Germans are trying to carry out patrol-raids with the object of securing prisoners. six of There were no less than these within 24 hours in the Lorraine sector. The raiders were and far from getting any several Germans were captured the French.-Reuter.
and two others were picked up by searchlights over the Thames Estuary; they disappeared in a north-easterly direction.
Yesterday, an enemy 'plane flew over the Orkneys, while another was heard over northern Scotland during the morning.
Repulsed, ROOSEVELT
prisoners,
MR. JOSEPH KENNEDY
by
MESSAGE
TO FINLAND
Washington, To-day.
IN NEW YORK In the course of a cable to
The 'plane which crashed was a Heinkel reconnaissance machine, and is believed to have been engaged in mine-laying. It will be recalled that hitherto the Germans have used fly- ing boats for this task; several were badly damaged in the recent R.A.F. raid.
R.A.F. fighter planes went up, but owing to the darkness and axtreme bad weather, they did not contact the Naz! machine.
BODY ON BEACH
REPORT OF BRITISH CONCESSION TO JAPAN UNTRUE
London, To-day.
It is authoritatively stated here that a United Press message, al- leged to have originated in Lon- don and published in Shanghal on Tuesday this week, and re- peated over the Chungking ra-` dlo, that the British Government had decided to avoid depriving Japan of shipments of arms and munitions, is entirely without foundation.
No such decision has been tak- en-Rauter.
DISORDER AMONG RED ARMY
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Stockholm, To-day. Disorders have broken out among troops in the Leningrad military dis- trict.
Helsinki
This is reported by the correspondent of the "Social Demok- raten," who says he obtained his in- formation from absolutely reliable
sources.
were
he says, The disorders, caused by the unexpectedly fierce Finnish resistance,
district Troops in the Leningrad were told they would easily crush "the Finnish aggression."
Extreme dissatisfaction has been caused by the Red Army's lack of success in the Finnish campaign among the rank and file, who, morally and materially, are not prepared for a severe Winter campaign.--Havas.
DARK BLUES
a gasometer and several buildings, it WIN RUGGER
BATTLE
President Kallio on the occa-
The German 'plane, however, ap- sion of the 21st anniversaryparently got out of control in the bad weather and after narrowly missing NEW YORK, TO-DAY.
of Finnish independence, MR. JOSEPH KENNEDY, UNITED
LON- President Roosevelt declares: crashed into the sea. STATES AMBASSADOR IN
A lifeboat went
found out, but BY "It is my earnest hope that these DON, WHO ARRIVED HERE AIR YESTERDAY ON LEAVE, TOLD tragic days may not be long in giving nothing. Later, the body of a young GOV-way to a happier era and will permit German airman and some wreckage REPORTERS THE BRITISH
the was found on the beach. Reuter. people to continue ERNMENT HAD NOT THE SLIGHT- the Finnish
TWO VISITS TO ORKNEYS THE untroubled and steady development of EST EXPECTATION THAT
A CROWD OF 5,000 YESTERDAY WILL STATES
ENTER their free political and social institu-
London, To-day. UNITED
tions, which have aroused the ad- THE WAR.
In addition to the flight of Heinkels WATCHED OXFORD BEAT CAM- re-miration of the American people."
seen over the Thames Estuary yes- BRIDGE BY 15 POINTS TO 3 IN Officials
message
INTER-VARSITY here
ANNUAL state the
terday, German planes made
two THE the felicitations the
RUGBY MATCH. Reuter. flights over the Orkneys. cables to the on the occasion of Reuter.
Denying rumours that he is signing, Mr. Kennedy said he
was
returning to London after Christmas, goes beyond
He had come, he said, to see his President customarily family and to inform the State De-neads of States partment about the situation.-Reu- anniversaries.
ter.
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TWO SHIPS
OF NEUTRALS SUNK
London, To-day.
The Greek steamer Paralos (3,934
Antwerp from
tons), (Greece) with a cargo
..yesterday.
to Piraeus
OLD STORY WITH A DIFFERENCE
London, To-day. of German Yesterday was the 21st anniversary coal, was sunk either by a mine or of the Finnish declaration of inde- the Finns Thames Estuarypendence, and it found a torpedo in the
once again fighting the Bolshevists Three were killed and 22 rescued. with one difference.
When Primula The Norwegian steamer (1,024 tons) sank after an explosion in the North Sea. Eight are miss- ing-Reuter.
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CAMBRIDGE, TO-DAY.
It was the first time the encounter
ANOTHER PLANE GOES had been played outside London since
DOWN OFF HOLLAND
Amsterdam, To-day.
1872.
was
Owing to the war the match unofficial and no Blues were award-
A German 'plane came down offed, but play was keen.
the Netherlands coast yesterday.
A lifeboat rescued the crew after overcame early relentless Cambridge distress signals were seen.-Reuter. tackling.
FELL FORTY FEET
Oxford's clever and speedy backs
Oxford led by 7-0 at half time.- Reuter.
A 7-year-old boy, Li Choi-pang,
Mrs. Dickins, of No. 10, Hart has been admitted to the Queen Mary Hospital in a serious condition. He Avenue, has reported the theft of a fell 40 feet in Tung Lol Street yes- handbag from the hallway of her
house yesterday. terday afternoon.
ANATOLE ZAITZEFF & CO. fought years they
ago, they were helped by Germany, and
German soldiers lost their FURRIERS: many
lives fighting for Finland. To-day, the Germans are on the other side,
A saxaphone and case were stolen the price Hitler paid for from No. 6, Nathan Road yesterday.
friendship.
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Heuter.
Russian
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