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Sabotage In Waltham Abbey Munitions Blast C.I.D. CAUGHT NAPPING AFTER
WARNINGS
FLARE-UP IN THE KARELIAN ISTHMUS
HELSINKI, TO-DAY.
LONDON, TO-DAY.
SABOTAGE IS SUSPECTED TO BE THE CAUSE OF YESTERDAY MORNING'S GUNPOWDER FAC- TORY EXPLOSION AT WALTHAM ABBEY.
It is learned that there have been attempts at sabotage and for over a week Scotland Yard officers have been in- vestigating.
It is understood that the authorities received anony- mous information that accidents might happen at the factory and also in other parts of England. Reuter.
In Drying Sheds
AFTER A LULL OF SOME DAYS, THE MANNERHEIM LINE (KARE- LIAN ISTHMUS BECTOR) HAS AGAIN FLARED INTO ACTIVITY, WITH THE RED ARMY TAKING ❘ facts about the Waltham Abbey muni- THE INITIATIVE IN A SERIES OF VIOLENT ASSAULTS.
The new offensive was preceded by a violent artillery bombardment and Viborg was again the target of heavy guns which dropped shells into the city with monotonous regularity from
́a distance of about 25 miles.---
Despite the bitterly cold wea- ther, the infantry attacks were on large scale and the battle con- tinues to rage, althuogh the small progress achieved by the Russiana has cost them heavily in casualties. AIR RAIDE
The Soviet also carried out large- scale air raids throughout southern Finland, some hundreds of planes tak- Ing part in the operations. Several made forced landings owing to the formation of ice on the wings and at least eleven were shot down,
(SPECIAL TO THE “CHINA MAIL") Official discretion is obscuring the
tions factory explosion, but it is con- firmed that the blasts occurred in the drying sheds, thus explaining the low casualty toll.
"Five mań were killed and a number of employees were injured. Fortunately most of the Injuries are alight.
"An inquiry into the causes of the accident is being made.”
In a later statement the Ministry of Supply revealed: "The name of the Waltham Abbey's famous stained- factory in which the explosion took glass was removed some months ago place is the Royal Gunpowder Fac- for safety from air raids and escaped tory at Waltham Abbey." damage, but the veritable tornado let The evening-press-reports that the loose in the district shattered hun-explosions, which occurred in quick dreds of windows.-Havas.
Three Explosions
a
The explosions were felt over radius of 20 miles.
There were two big explosions close together and a third a little later.
Alarmed people rushed into the streets as cellings collapsed and win- dows smashed, thinking they were being bombed.
Flames shot high into the air and a thick pall of smoke hung over the
The Finnish Air Force concentrated | factory for some time afterwards. upon bombing Red Army concentra- Thanks to the fact that it was heavi-
tions in the Karelian Isthmus,-Reu- | ly sandbagged, a nearby hospital escap-
ter,
PREPARING ALLIES QUICK HELP
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London, To-day.
The promised Allied aid for
ed damage, although it was severely shaken-Reuter.
Waltham Abbey
It was announced yesterday after- noon: "The Ministry of Supply greatly regrets that an explosion occurred this morning at a factory in North London.
CHINESE AIR
Finland is materialising LINE INTO
chiefly in light artillery and aeroplanes.
More than 200: planes have already been despatched to Finland.
The attitude of the":"A¶lles Finnish war la unchanged. and Parlamen-not- but are
Soviet
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RUSSIA
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THE
succession at 10.45, were heard and fell over a radius of 20 miles.
STRATEGIC SOVIET RAILWAY
Moscow, To-day.
The Moscow radio announces that the Soviet has begun build- ing a rallway. 70 miles in length between Julfa and Minjevan, on the Russo-Iranian frontier.
The line is of strategio Impor- tance... because. It will complete. the railway link between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea along, the" Soviet frontier Iran and Turkay.........Reuter.
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WASHINGTON DISPLEASED
WASHINGTON, TO-DAY.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT 13 REPORTED TO BE DISAPPOINTED WITH BRITAIN'S REPLY TO THE STATES PROTEST UNITED AGAINST THE OPENING OF AM- ERICAN MAILS.
The United States is said to regard the reply as a rejection of the protest, and is reported to be taking the line British that Britain is claiming a right denied
her by international law.--Reuter.
Doors of houses and glass windows of shops in the, neighbourhood were blown out and windows in hundreds of houses were broken. Wireless.
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