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4-HONGKONG "DAILY PRESS INCREASED WAR EFFORTS IN BRITAIN'S EMPIRES
LONDON, FEB. 23 (REUTER)—REPORTS OF INCREASED WAR EFFORTS CONTINUE TO COME FROM ALL PARTS OF THE EM- PIRE.
In Southern Rhodesia yesterday the Acting Minister for Defence ssid that three complete air training schools are to be established in the Colony.
Canton "Celebrates" Japanese "Victory"!
When Mr. Casey, Australia's First Minister to Washington, ar- rived there on Wednesday, ba saíd that Australia had recently par- chased 100 planes as part of a programme of 2.500 planes which Australia intends to contribute to the Empire
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CANADA'S FART
War Supply in Canada. the CANTON, Feb: 23. (Reater) Board has approved the purchase Aeroplanes distributed hand-bills or 500 aeroplanes, with spares at and crackers were let off yester- cost of £1,500,000. day for the Japanese-spons red Mr. Mackenzle King announces.
following in connexion with the "victory celebrations," reports of big Japanese successes Canadian Division for
second
overseas.
In North Kwangtung and South that already 70,000 men are under Kwangsi
arms in Canada's active service forces, with 9,000 men in the Air Force and 6,000 in the Navy.
MASS PARADE The "celebrations" began at 10 a.m. and lasted throughout the day.
A mass parade, was held, 50,000 persona taking part and last night there was a lantern procession.
Curfew hour had been extend till midnight..
China Co-
operative Enterprises Assn.
CHUNGKING, Feb,23 Central) -The China Co-operative Enter- prises Association held its inau- "gural meeting here under the chairmanship of Mr. Shou Mien- cheng, yesterday when its con- stitution was adopted. “
Généralissimo Chlang. Kai-shek was appointed honorary chairman of the organisation; Dr. H. H. Kung, Vice-President of the : EX- ecutive Yuan, and Mr. Chen Kuo- honorary vice-chairmen, and
CANADA'S WAR COSTS
This number will be increased
GENERAL
WESTERN Volunteers Fighting For
FRONT
NAZI PATROL HURLS STICKS
OF DYNAMITE
FARIS, Feb. 23 (Reuter)—The German patrol which tried to raid a French outpost hurled sticks of dynamite, just as did the Asturian miners in the Spanish Civil War. The French were occupying three houses, on the edge of a deserted, village.
ATTACK BEATEN OFF Hand grenades 2.5 well 25 cynamite were thrown at the French and one house was set on fire.
"The attackers were beaten ons before they could approach within effective throwing distance.
WÀR COMMUNIQUE PARIS, Feb. 23 (Reuter)-A War Communique says that there was artillery actions on both sides.
by tens of thousands and Caria-especially to the west of the Saar au's Alr Force Co-operation and east of Blies Squadron will soon be joining the First Canadian Division overseas.
The Canadian Finance Min-
· Ister" announces that the war will cost Canada £125,000,000 for the year" "ending
nert month, £31,000,000 more than was originally estimated.
NAZI AIR ATTACKS ON SHIPS
TRAWLER SUNK: 17 MISSING
Mr. Yeh Chu-tsang. Secretary- General of the Central Kuomin- LONDON, Feb. 23 (Reuter)-An tang Headquarters, hönarary ex- Admiralty communique, fasued at
ecutive,
10.03 p.m., announces that His Majesty's trawler Filtshire (Actmi | Sub-Lieutenant J. V. Seares (Wood) has been sunk as the result of enemy aircraft attacks. It is fear- ed that there is only one survivor, Able-Seaman Albert Edward Blowers,
There was also increased serial activity on both sides between Moselle and the Rhine and also Over Alsace.
SECRET DEPOTS
FOR SALES
Master-Mind Fences
Finland
PENSIONS ISSUE RAISED IN HOUSE
OF COMMONS
LONDON, Feb, 23 (Beater" the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Chamberlain, replying to ques- Hons on voluntary aid for Finland, said he understood that the terms of service for Brit'sh mbjects, pho volunteered for service in an in- fernational force operating in Finland, had been arranged bet~ ween the Finnish Ald Bureau and the Finnish Government.
PENSIONS QUESTION Mr. 3. McGovern (Independent Labour) asked whether it was not an unjust and a great contradic- tion that volunteers who might be wounded or killed should be re- fused pensions when the League of Nations was prepared to give Finland assistance and the British, Government was giving arms and permission to volunteers to go.
Mr, Chamberlain said that the terms of service were properly ar- ranged between those making ar- rangements for enlistment in Britain, and the Finnish Govern- ment.
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Questioned further on the matter of pensions the Prime Minister declared: "They are volunteers and it is not a mat- ter with which we are сод- cerned."
THE OPPOSITE
EFFECT
LONDON, Feb, 23 (Reuter) — The Nazis'' ruthless efforts, apparently almed at breaking the nerves of the men man- ning British
and fishing craft, had the opposite effect.
trawlers
As already reported, there has been a great response "of fishermen and volunteers for mine sweeping work. Older men are just as keen, how- ever, and in the House of Com- mons next week the Prime Minister will be asked to con- sitler abolishing the maximum age limit of 45.
Another Neutrality Violation
SWEDISH ANGER AT BOMBING OF PAJALA
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STOCKHOLM, Feb. 23 (Reuter) The Swedish newspapers expressing great indignation at the bombing of Pajala, saying Sir John Anderson, Home Secre- that Sweden has never been the tary stated that no difficulties object of such a serious violation
NO DIFFICULTIES
would be placed in the way of of her neutrality either in the
British subjects who desired to last war or the present one, serve in Finland, if they were volunteers approved by the Finnish Ald. Bureau.
PEACE. WANTED. Stockholm's Tidingen says that
POLICY ENDORSED
Behind Thieves Black-out Flying Squad patrols have been ordered by Scotland Yard to track down an organised STOCKHOLM, Feb. 23 (Reuter big gang of £1,000-a-week food-All parties in the Swedish Gor- pirates
ernment endorsed the Swedish Government's policy of withhold ing military aid to Finland.
Their haul of £2000 worth of ceef extract from a lorry left in a yard, at Enfield has brought this new gang to the top of the Yard's Hst of public enemies.
In less than six weeks they have stolen food of all kinds from lorries and warehouses to a total value of more than £5.000,
ABANDONED LORRY
Two officers and 15 ratings are by Flying Squad parola, C. I. D. missing and arè feared lost
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AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE LONDON, Feb. 23 (Reuter Two Nazi planes which aimed bombs at a British trawler off the Norfolk coast got an unpleasant surprise today.
The trawler was alone about s mile from shore and seemed an easy prey. The bombers flew low to attack and received a hall off 1 bullets from the verseľa new
machine-gun.
The planes quickly disappeared
and the trawler went on her was unharmed.
AIR ACTIVITY There Was considerable activity" along the Norfolk coast after the attack and British fighter aircraft were seen roaring gut to sea and later an explosion was heard.
TARA SURVIVORS AMSTERDAM, Feb. 23 (Reuter) -Twenty-three survivors from the Netherlands abip Tara (4.700 tons; were landed yesterday on
the north coast of Spain,
The ship was off Cape Finisterra. and at about 2. a.m., kurvivors re- port, they were awakened by ja lotki explosion. As they were launching their lifeboats there was a second explosion.
One lifeboat, with 12 other members of the crew, is 'still miss- ing.
The Tara was bound. from the Argentine to the Netherlands with a cargo of wheat for the Nether- lands Government.
REFUGEES FROM 'NAZI TERROR
LONDON, Feb. 23 (Reuter) is officially estimated that 74,500 refugees from Germany, Austria, Czecho-Slovakia and Poland are ΠΟΥ in the United Kingdom, stated Mr. R. A Butler, in a writ ten reply to a question in the House of Commons. unofficial
He added that it was unofficial
ly estimated that there were
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In addition to the special watch
officers in all areas have been. artalled to discover the identity of the gang, and where the stolen food goes.
Altogether they got rid of many tons of beef, sausages, mutton. purk, chicken, bacon and tea.
Two or three master-mind fences are believed to be behind the organisation. which bas secret depots for the disposal of the food to Micit Euyers. In last night's theft from En- field the gang stole the lorry with the beef extract and later the Intry was found abandoned and empty at Hemel Hempstead;
BIG. ORGANISATION Because the robbers dealt so rapidly with such a large quantity -there were more than 4,000 cases on the lorry-it is now be lieved that the organisation is far bigger than was at first, realised,
Will details of the thert, and of others that the gang have com initted, have been circulated to every police station in the Metro- politan areaa
Nazi Bombers
| Sweden' wants peace and so " does
the whole of Scandinavia..
..
*It is certainly growing dark up here, however, and perhaps aй nemtrals will have to make serious decisions in the near future," comments the paper.
SWEDISH" WARNING, STOCKHOLM, Feb. 23 (Remer) -General Nygren, Military Com- mander of the Province of Norr- land, declared that anti-aircraft batteries will fire on any foreign
Shot Down In planes which cross the frontier.
France
30-MILE CHASE AFTER HEINKEL LONDON, Feb. 23 (Reuter) Reuters special correspondent with the R.A.F. states that Allied fight ers and anti-aircraft guns have shot down 47 German bombers in France since the war began.
Be added that, the military au- thorities sent experts to Pajala immediately after the bombing.!
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Soviet
The Altmark Incident
LONDON, Feb. 23 (Reuter)-The Muwaukee Journal, commenting on the Altmark incident, states: "Norway let her territorial waters be used by Germany as a protect- LONDON, Feb, 23 (Reuter)-need waterway to avoid the British Heinkel which was shot down in Blockade. It is diffenit to see
30-MILE CHASE
the se yesterday was destroyed how Norway has a leg to stand on after a thirty-mile chase through in her protest to Britain."
ANOTHER CHASE
the clouds by Hawker Hurricane! The San Francisco Chronicle fighters. The pilots saw it break mys: “The neutral" world will up in a dive into the water.
grant no right to Germany in this The plots are members of the affair." squadron which recently downed. The Cleveland Plain Dealer three Heinkels in two days.
says: "The British are well aware Germany has played fast and The Flight-Lieut, who led the loose with the rights of her small formation helped to shoot down a neutral neighbours and the Ger- raider which crashed near Whitby mans are unlikely to get far in three weeks ago. The Heinkel, their legalistic disputes." which crashed at Stabb's Head, The Tampa Times says: "The was chased by Spitfires and crash Altmark had no right to take ad- ed after one of its engines stopped vantage of Norwegian neutrality and should be interned with all The Cerman pilot set his her officers and crew until the end machine on fire before the police of the war, despite Nazi bluff and arrived to the arrest the crew. bluster."
One of the biggest hunts is onworking. for one of London's biggest and newest gangs-(Evening News,
What Soviet Wanted From Finland
MANNERHEIM LINE'S DESTRUCTION
“LONDON, Feb. 23 (Beuter)-The Soviet demands on Finland, be- fore the Red Army invaded the country, included a demand for the destruction of the Manner- heim Line according to Finnish Minister in London. speaking at a luncheon of the English Speaking Union
the
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The Minister said that Finland had agreed to far-reaching de 21 Make mands, but it was not enough,
| abouky 42,000, "such refugees because the Soviet Governmen
France, 20,000 in Belgium and 23,000 in the, Netherlands.
IRAQ GOVERNMENT
beloved
Weight
insisted on Finland destroying 134 Rind main line of defence, the Man- 27 Wizardry : nerheim Line; on getting posses- 30 Indian
slon of Finland's principal port;
coin
31 Russia
spirit
in dominating Finland's only ice free part, thousands of miles from Leningrad and on the right to 32 Bingly contain two naval bases; and to 33 Fetter keep troops in Finland.
RE - SHUFFLE.. BAGHEAD Feb 13 (Renter)- Nuri Sa'd has reformed the Gow erniment by reshuffing the port folice and the introduction of two new ministers {AGE
Nuri Said himself has temporari- 13y taken over the portfolio for rendering their
Foreign Affairs.
Minister declared.
NOT ACCEPTED
· Finland could not accep; that. for it would have meant sur- freedom, the
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