HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
RUSSIANS MAKING
LITTLE
CABLE
HEADWAY
AGAINST THE FINNS: CUNNINGLY - LAID
LAND-MINES CLAIM
MANY CASUALTIES
Anglo-Canadian
Nickel
Mines In Flames
LONDON, Dec. 5 (Reuter)-A. Norwegian correspondent in the Petsamo region says that the Russians are making very little headway. Some 3,000, Soviet troops have been landed from ships on the coast and refugees are now streaming over the Norwegian border.
The Anglo-Canadian nickel mines in the Petsamo area are now ablaze, the same correspondent reports, and huge columns of smoke are pouring into the sky.
The Canadian Manager of Works has arrived in Nor- way. He reports that when he left the nickel production plant itself had not been damaged.
EVACUATION NOW
COMPLETED HELSINKI, Dec. 5 (Reuter
The civilian population is leaving and only Finnish
troops remain.
The Finns have established
Great Asset INDIAN RULER'S Sacrificed For | SON JOINS THE
An Illusion
LABOUR CRITICIZM OF SOVIET ACTION
LONDON, Dec. 4 (BWS)—Ad- dressing the London Labour Party Women's Conference Mix. Herbert Morrison sald that M. Stalin, by preferring an "illusion of national military security," had wantonly sacrificed a great asset worth many army corps the goodwill of 'pro- gressive-minded people throughout the world.
The British Labour Party had for years urged good relations be- tween Britain and the Soviet.
He added that if Hitler were to make any move towards a Nazl- British alliance against Russia, the Labour Party would oppose it.
But the "Labour Party in Par-
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R.A.F.
LONDON, Dec. 5 (Reuter)— Nawab Zada Mohazada Mo- hammed Ehteshamali Khan, son of the Nawab of Jaora, & Central Indian State, has been accepted for enlistment in the R.A.F. and has already Joined a training unit A3 a rigger mechanic. It was his own wish to start in the ranks.
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Nawab Zada is believed be the first Indian ever to be accepted for the R.A.F.
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King Visits Troops At Front
LONDON, Dec. 6 (Reuter)-
their military headquarters in Lament would have been a traltor It was officially announced
to Ita Socialist ideals if it had not Helsinki and other towns are now one of the office buildings. being cleared of their civilian
entered a sincere and deep protest LAND MINES
against the brutal aggression of the populations in bitterly bold wea- On the Karelian Isthmus thel ther..
Russians are also making little or Soviet Government towards the Heavy snow-storms have pre-no headway.
peaceful people of Finland." This is admitted vented any Sovlet air activity by the Communist organ Pravda, since Saturday. Intensive raids which complains of the thorough on Helsinki are expected, as, soon manner in which the Finns have as the weather clears, especially as laid their land-mines. the German steamer Donau has now left with Germans, Italians and the staff of the Soviet Lega- tion on board.
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Only one-sixth of the normal population now remains in Hei- sinki, which is striking evi- dence of the efficacy of the Governments evacuation scheme,
.. While several hundred Ger- mans and Soviet legation stafi left yesterday, a large "number of Germans are refusing to return to Germany.
PROGRESS OF THE WAR AT SEA
LONDON, Dec; 5 (Reuter)— So far Britain has taken 114 U-Boat prisoners and 32 Ger- man merchantmen,' totalling 171,390 tons, have been pui out
· of action, according to official #igures issued by the Admiralty The German war on merchant men resulted in the loss 410 Bri-
tish seamen. During the past week Britain lost six ships, total- ling 23,282 tons, while neutraj countries lost 30,932 taKIS.
The total losses during Novem- ber, however, are only one third of those in September.
During the three months of the war, the Royal Navy FÜ». abled 21,000,000 tons of British shipping to sail, with the loss of only four per cent, of the total naval tonnage.
Nazis Proved Responsible
SOVIET DESIGNS
IN BALTIC -
sibility
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The mines, says the paper. are found anywhere in roads, shops and houses. Telephone poles have been cut and dan- ger lurks in every corner.
yesterday that His Majesty the King arrived in France on
visit to the troops. landed in the afternoon from a British destroyer.
He
. His Majesty was met by Viscount Gort, British Com-
Most Honest Figures In The World
MORE PEOPLE AT WORK NOW IN
BRITAIN
LONDON, Dec. 5 (Reuter)~- There are 25,000 more at work than a month ago and 425,500 more than in the correspond- ing period of last year,
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1939. —PAGE 7
The Minister of Labour, Mr. Ernest Brown, in a statement, said he had good reason to believe that this was the turning point. Els task would be easy, he said, the could use the devices Germany uses to reduce her unemployment figures.
The unemployed in Britain now totalled 1,400,000 and these were the "most exact. most comprehensive and most honest figures in the world."
Development Of The Air Arm For War Purposes
LONDON, Dec. 5 (BWS)-In no
mander-in-Chief, and drove way is the development of the Air
Evacuation Preparations es In Stockholm
LONDON, Dec. 5 (Reuter) -
The mines are almost invisible
Preparations are proceeding in In the snow and explode every Stockholm to evacuate the minute. They are even found un-tans in case of emergency.
A scheme has been prepared and, in addition, families are urged to
der the front doors of houses.
SOVIET CASUALTIES
The official organ Izvestia makes a similar complaint. One dare not touch a standing bicycle or ring a bell, for if one does everything goes skyhigh.
make their own evacuation ar-
rangements. This does not mean. that the authorities anticipate an immediate emergency.
An
to British General Headquar-Arm for war purposes more evident ters.
than in the extended area of sea intensive programme now regularly patrolled by aero- has been planned, including planes of the Coastal Command. a visit to the front line.
It is estimated that 3,000,000 miles have been flown by these ROUGH CROSSING
machines since the outbreak of the PARIS, Dec. 5 (Reuter)-war and their duties include not The King's visit recalls aonly submarine search and des- similar trip by his father, truction, the precise success of the George V. during the Great latter, although known to be high cannot accurately be assessed, and keeping watch over the herring fleet, but also directing aid to at- tacked ships.
War.
the
His Majesty crossed channel in the morning in a As regards Swedes desiring to destroyer in very rough wea- fight for Finland, the position is if ther and escorted by other The snow is helping this activi- they are not recruited on Swedish destroyers and machines of ty and several hundred Russian soil they are free to join the Fin- the R.A.F. casualties have been caused in this wag near Terijoki, the seat of the puppet Government.
In the area north of Lake La- doga, the Finns report having killed 300 Russians and taken 700 prisoners,
Finland claimed yesterday that 1,500 troops" had been captured north of Lake Ladoga,
ANOTHER DEMONSTRATION ROME Dec. 5 (Router)-Another anti-Soviet demonstration, similar to that made in Milan, was staged by students today.
Preferred Scuttling To Capture
NAZI SKIPPER'S REPORT
LONDON, Dec. 5 (Reuter)........ A report on the scuttling of the German ahlp Watussi
rather than allow her to be captured, was given yesterday by her commander, who is now. a prisoner in South Africa.
PLAYED FOR TIME
Is
rish Army as there is no law for- The King was accompanied bidding Swedes to offer their ser- by Major-Gen. the Duke of vices to a foreign Government. Gloucester.
HORRORS OF PROPOSED “JEWISH SUB-STATE”
These duties require a high de- gree..of navigational sklil and in this the personnel
excel, The number of aircraft patrolling at any one time depends upon the visibility.
A constant watch and ward is kept and such, number of aero- planes as are needed adequately to cover the vast sea area at low heights is the number employed.
VICTIM OF
IN GREATER GERMANY CONFIDENCE
LONDON, DEC. 5 (REUTER)-HORRORS OF THE PROPOS- ED "JEWISH SUB-STATE,” SITUATED SOUTH-WEST OF LUB- LIN. TO WHICH ALL JEWS IN GREATER GERMANY ARE TO BE SENT ARE DESCRIBED IN AN ARTICLE IN THE SPECTA- TOR BY A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN CORRESPONDENT,
It will be some fifty miles by sixty miles in area, or, roughly, about the size of Hampshire. It will be entirely encircled by barbed wire and into it will be crammed no less than 190,000 JEWS.
Far from being a Jewish Sub-State, writes the corres- pondent, it will be more like a huge and horrible concentra- tion camp.
Before Jews leave their homes for the camp," every- thing is taken from them and if they cannot find shelter within the confines of the barbed wire, they must build. their Own shelters, without means and without tools.
Zulus Pledge Loyalty To Britain
TRICKSTER
A woman, named Li Man-fong. was the victim of a confidence trickster in Connaught Road Cen- tral last night.
As she was walking along about 7.30 p.m., she was approached by a men who told her that he was a stranger in Hongkong and asked her if she would do him the favour of exchanging some money for him.
Giving her a thick packet wrap- ped with a piece of newspaper, he informed her that it contained- several hundred dollars of notes. He asked for security whilst awalt- ing her return, and she handed
man never saw these nor the man again!
"OUR" HEARTS ARE $40 and a gold ring. The wo-
WITH THEM” LONDON, Dec. 5" (BWS) - At Victoria on Saturday the Natives Representative Council passed an unopposed motion affirming
October 17 answerving loyalty to the King and Government of the native people of South Africa."
CERTAIN DEATH When a South African military plaze demand the name of
Already Jews feel that for many
LONDON, Dec. 5 (Reuter)-For-All his lifeboats were equipped
ship, he said he played for time. of them it means certain death.
Migration to the area will be ther evidence of German respon- with two weeks' provisions and under the charge of the Gastapo these anxious times of war their
for Soviet aggression, the passengers
were mustered, and beginning from against Finland is provided by He then had their quarters set on every week after that batches of yesterday's revelation in authori-fire and ran up the German nag 2,000 men, women and children are tative quarters in London of the before the crew and passengers being sent there. real reasons for the breakdown of got away. the Anglo-Franco-Soviet discus- sions last
summer, which had hitherto been kept secret.
SOVIET PRICK
They were all given food and codes and every attention by the British warship which picked them up.
In one case, at least, how- ever, only 1,400 went out of 2,000 chosen, the others bad, either ded от committed suicide.
In moving the resolution, the
Paramount Chief of the Pondos said: "We want to tell the King and the Government that our hearts are with them and we pray that victory may come to them, as they are not responsible for the
Jews in Germany, the correspon- dent concludes, begged him to trouble." make known just what the The resolution was seconded by MAGNETIC MINES Tewish Sub-State" really signi the Zulu Paramount Chief.
NOT NEW LONDON, Dec.: -5 (EWS)
The Soviet Government insisted, as a price for the alliance, that Britain and France should per-. suade Finland and the Baltic countries to put their naval bases on the coast, Oesel, Dago" and Aaland Islands, at Russia's dis-Magnetic mines are not new, said posal.
Str Thomas Holland, Principal and
files.
Migrations being carried out in bitterly cold weather.
Britain and France refused to Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh Uni India War Purposes
traffic in the sovereignty of smal-versity, addressing the Edinburgh
ler countries,
Chamber of Commerce.
"Magnetic mines were known as
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WAR AGAINST
RIGHT STRATEGY, SAYS BRITISH PRESS LONDON, Dec, 5 (Beuter)—. The British press points out that, from yesterday, a new phase in the economie war the seizure of German'' exports as well as imports,
RIGHT STRATEGY
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Nazi Threat
To Shipping
LONDON, Dec. 5 (Reuter)- As from yesterday both Ger- man exports and imports will TO FACE FURTHER
be seized by the Royal Navy EXAMINATION
as a reprisal against. the illegal mine-laying of the PEIPING, Dec. 5 (Reuter)
Germans. The Berlin: corres- Ostensibly the cause of the block-
pondent of the Dagbladet re- ade of the foreign concession in Tientsin, the four Chinese accubed right strategy to stand on the culating that Germany will The Daily Herald says that it is ports that rumours are chr- of the murder of the Tientsin Cus- defensive by land and to cut Ger- declare a certain area around tome Commissioner, who have been many off from other countries until Britain to be blockaded. In undergoing examination by Japan- the Naxi economic system cracks. this area they will sink all ese Gendarmerie, in Tientsin for Reprisals must be immediately and vessels without warning, no well over two months, will now be deanitely made effective, despite matter what their nationality. brought up to Pelping to face any political or technical dim further examination,
culties.
Moscow - Chungking
The Daily Mail says that the PUBLIC SENTIMENT Allled reprisals will do grave in Jury to the enemy by cutting the IN US. MUST Reich off from its badly needed BASELESS CLAIM
LONDON, Leo. 6 (Heuter)-
BE SATISFIED supplies of foreign exchange." Russla therefore broke off the long ago as 1908 and the only India ofice announces. that the Further detalls of the Heligoland Phone Service Both papers emphasise the need NEW YORK, Dec. 5 (Reuter) negotiations with Britain and difference between them then and War Purposes Fund already exraid by the R. A on Sunday
for depriving Germany of her The New York Herald-Tribune France and came to terms with now was that international law ceeds £450,000.
show that one pilot reported that CHUNGKING, Dec. 5 (Reuter)-neutral land markets, which will discussing the suggested moral em- Germany, whose Government was had been broken by placing them
three of his bombs straddled a Direct Moscow-Chungking tele- now be the subject of an intenbargo co the shipment of war willing to sacrifice the Baltic In parts of the sex traversed by The following will represent the warship and he was confident that phone service has been made possive drive, States in order, to achieve aggres- neutral as well as enemy ships, Police in a friendly cricket match he registered a hit
sible by the establishment of im sive designs on Poland.
"British scientist were not dis-against the HKC.0. at the Police Another pilot dropped a bomb | proved | wireless communications, This is yet further proof of the turbed so much by their, magnetic R.C. on Saturday:-Pope, Lough- | directly on a warship, while a third The telephone reception was said baselessness of the German claim qualities as by the fact that they | lin, Stephens, Hunter, Denbroskwy, said that one of his bomba fell to have been perfect last Bunday to act as a bulward against Com- were scattered in open seas,” con- Fyfe, Forrest, Lewis, Kirby, Estall close to the ship and must have when Soviet pressmen: conversed. mmunism,
cluded Bir Thomas,, **!
and Tyler.
caused considerable damage,
with their Mosdow- ofice.
"Bay high and sell cheap against Germany, muat be our strategy,” “mays the Dally Herald, while the Daily Mail- asks for a Franco-British ex- port drive,
materials to Boviet Russia, that if President Roosevelt has found a stratagem to give an eine phatic indication to the Freundin, of, the American attitude, bo have stated public sentiment-lif the United States
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