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GENERAL
Long Talk In U.S. REACTIONS British
British Envoy's Visit
Washington
LORD LOTHIAN SEES MR, HULL WASHINGTON, Dec, 28 (Reuter) -Lord Lothian and Mr. Cordell Hull conferred st langth yester- day. It is intimated that the Pan- American protest against bellige- rent naval activity in the so-call. ed "Neutrality Zone" and econo- mic matters connected with the war, were discussed.
TO CHRISTMAS
DAY MESSAGES
Nazi Declaration Shocks Americans
NEW YORK, Dec, 28 (Reuter)—- The Christmas declarations made by King George and M. Daladier are considered favourable and are contrasted with those of the Nazi leaders by the American
press:
CAUTIOUS WORDS
they of
To Chungking To Seek
Solution Of
Tientsin Issues
LONDON, Dec, 28. (Reuter)---- She Archibald Clark Kerr, Brt- tish Ambassador to Chins, whil
Une
FIERCE AIR BATTLE OVER SIAN
THREE JAPANESE PLANES DOWNED
LANCHOW, Dec. 28 (Central) ------ days on
of his periodical In one of the fiercest air battles visits Brid will discuss current ever staged, three Japanese War questions with the Chinese GoT planes were shot down by Chi- ernment, including various MIX-'nëse pursuits. over Lanchow on restions for the solution of the Tuesday.
After the conference. Mr. Cor- dell Hull stated that the British The Boston Herald says that reply to the protest could be ex- the statements by the King and each Chungking in the next ten pected soon. On the other issues, M. Daladier are more understand- no conclusions of any kind were able to Americans "because reached.
spoke in the cautious words rulers who recognise their respon Mr. Hull told press representa-sibilities to their peoples. tives that the position of the United States regarding the two-i
U.S. POSITION
WE ARE SHOCKED" "Convernly, we are shocked way lockade of Germany by the the Christmas message of Herr Allles did not arise, as no Instance Hess in which he said that the Ger-
interference of
with
has American man nation feels that God
man cargoes had yet been brought to sent us a man, because the the attention of the State Depart-referred to is not Jesus, but
ler:" ment.
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NO AGREEMENT YET
No agreement on these issues has vet been reached between the Bri.
THREE GROUPS
During the dog fight in which no less than 89 Japanese planes tish and Japanese Governments local Air Defence Headquarters took part in three groups, the
estimated that more than ten
The Asahi Shimbun statement that "everything depends on the British attitude is manifestly m-enemy machines were damaged. Of the three brought down, the correct, since the outcome also
reckage of one has been found at Yachung. A search for the other two is being made.
depends upon the views of the Japanese and Chinese Govern
ments.
The "Japanese raiders concen- It is, of course, the object of
trated their bombing on the out- the Ambassador's visit to Chang- king to obtain, if possible, the of demolition and incendiary mis- skirts of the city, raining scores consent of the Chinese to SOITIS stes and destroyed a large mum-
reasonable axrangement which will dspose of this troublesome question.
SECOND VISTI `SHANGHAI, Dec. 28 (Reuter)-- It is authoritatively stated that Sir Archibald Clark Kerr win be leaving for Chungking on Satur day, accompanied by Lady Keri.
This is the Ambassador's second visit to Chungking since the out- break of war in EurosY
SHUT UP IN MILITARY PRISON
ber of houses.
RAIDS CHALLENGED Chinese pursuit planes took to the air and challenged the raiders. The heavy bombers were oat manceuvred and chased out of formation. Three of the bombers
were put out of action by Chi- nese fire and crashed in midair,
All the Chinese planes partici- pating in the air fight returned to their base safely, it is HD. nounced.
"FIRES STARTED
Several fires started by the in- cendiaries from Japanese planes were soon put out by the excellent work of fire squads with villan co-operation
BRITISH OFFICIAL Shaq-lang.
DETAINED BY
NAZIS
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 28 (Renter) -A description of Hls detention by the Nazis was given to the Oslo
Although indisposed, Gen. Chu Chairman of the Kansu Provincial Government, per sonally directed "first air work, and visit the bombed districts where
homeless and destitute. a large number of civilians were
HENGYANG RAIDED
correspondent of the Telegraf by HENGYANG, Dec. 28 (Central)— Mr. George Vereker, Acting Coan-Hengyang, on the Canton-Hankow selfor at the British Embassy in Railway, 113 miles south-west of Moscow.
Changsha, in South-East Hunan.
Mr. Vereker said he wanted to was visited by Japanese aircraft go to England via Riga, Sweden twice yesterday.
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and Norway and had, therefore, During the Brst visit six ma- booked his passage on an Estonian chines dumped a number of bombs boat which was taking seventy, in the outskirts. The second visit five Polish refugees to Sweden, was in the nature of a reconnais- presuming that no German war. sance flight,
ship would be met in this part of the Baltic.
UNDER-ESTIMATED
said
"But I under-estimated" Mr. Vereker. "We were almost in sight of Stockholm, although still outside territorial waters, when a German auxiliary cruiser, of 15,000 tons, appeared and ordered us to stop. The Germans came board and took the passengers as prisoners."
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Mr. Vereker then described his landing at the German control port of Swinemunde, where he was shut up in a military prison. Although imprisonment was un- pleasant, he said, his situation was agreeable as possible in the ctr- cumstances.
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The Germans trated h'm with great correctness (and sympathy and denied him nothing but his freedom.
When the order for his re- lease came, he travelled by car to Sassnitz and then by re- gular boat to Sweden.
NAZIS PUT UP A SHOW
FOR HITLER
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY COSTUMES
PUPPET ARMY'S
UNIFORMS
HELSINKI, Dec. 28 (Reuter) Arrivals from Tallin have an amasing story to tell of the puppet Government set up of the Soviets at Terijoki, which calls itself the "Finnish Peoples' Government," although it has few people to govern.
TOY ARMY
The puppet Government now got its own toy Army. Unfortunately, the Army has no uniform of its own and the Soviets are too busy fighting the Finns to be able to provide them with any.
The Museum was accordingly ransacked and the toy Army is now fitted out with military costumes of the early Eighteenth Century.
THE RED STAR The costumes are worn exactly as they were 200 years ago, with
PARIS, Dec. 28 (Reuter)-The one exception. In the middle of fallure of what may have been aleach cocked hat now appears a little military show for Herr Hit Red Star.
ler's personal benefit was the only Incident marring the complete
calm on the Western Front yester INDIA'S SAFETY
day,
The Omictal German News DEPENDENT ON
Agency reported that the Fuehrer
was present in the front line south of Saarbruecken.
BRITAIN
RAID FAILS
NEW DELHI, Dec, 28 (Reuter), Approximately at the spot where The President of the All-India Herr Hitler was supposed be, the Liberal Federation said that the Germans sent over a raiding greatest danger to democracy in party. If Herr Hitler really had India was what he called the totall- been there, he must have heard țarlan spirit prevailing in the Con- the rattle of machine-gun and the gress and Moslem League. explosion of grenades. The, raid In a reference to the intema- ended with the Germans falling tonal situation. he said that I back on their own lipes, leaving dia's safety depended on intimate an officer and two N.CO.'s on the association with the British Com- deld.
monwealth
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