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HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1940.
HEINKEL BOMBER SHOT DOWN OFF
SCOTTISH COAST: ANOTHER ENEMY
RAIDER IS DESTROYED OFF NORTHUMBERLAND
Nazi Cargo Steamer Captured By French Destroyer
French Planes Behind RUSSELL YOUNG
Siegfried Line
A GERMAN HEINKEL RAIDER WAS ENGAGED AND How a boarding party from SHOT DOWN BY A PATROL OF THE FIGHTER COM- a French destroyer captured MAND OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE OFF THE MOUTH OF the German cargo vessel Ros- THE FIRTH OF "FORTH SHORTLY BEFORE ONE tock (2,542 tons) before she O'CLOCK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. could be scuttled was revealed by the French Admiralty yes- terday, according to a Reuter message from Paris.
On & moonless night the lookout оп the destroyer sighted a black object which turned out to be the Rostock steaming without lights.
The boarding party put out and rowed towards the German vessel.
This announcement was made by the Air Ministry, according to a Reuter report from London last night.
The Air Ministry also announced that a second Heinkel in the afternoon. bomber was shot down off the Northumberland coast early
The members of the crew were seen to take to the rubber boat.
A Reuter message from The Hague states that it was offi- cially announced that aero- planes of an unknown na Waiting until the party was al-
tionality were observed on most alongside the German ship Monday night flying along the French warship increased her "speed and, drawing
the coast of the Netherlands alongside, switched on her searchlights and near Amsterdam and over the ordered the Germans to surrender. Utrecht Province.
While the German, crew was watching the warship, the board
ing party climbed aboard and took them by surprise.
and
Ifeutenant, the sailors took the Rostock into a French port landed her cargo of bauxite.
Dutch anti-aircraft guns fired
at them repeatedly.
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SAITO CASE IN FOREFRONT OF POLITICAL SITUATION IN JAPAN:
DIET SUSPENSION IS PROBABLE What Constitutional Govt. Means In Japan
TOKYO, FEB. 27 (REUTER)-THE SAITO AFFAIR CONTINUES TO BE IN THE FOREFRONT OF THE
DOMESTIC
POLITICAL SITUATION IN JAPAN.
As a result of the appearance before the Diet Dis- ciplinary Committee last Saturday of Mr. Takao Salto, veteran member of the Minseito Party, who caused a storm by his questions regarding the Konoye statement which is being used as a basis by the Government in its efforts to end the China conflict, the gap between those demanding his expulsion from the Lower House, and those opposed to such an action, has widened.
F
Striking Feature Of
Karelian Isthmus Fighting
A striking feature of the recent fighting on the Kare- The Government is avoid-, In the House of Peers today,lian Isthmus, states Renter's TOKYO, Fel 27 (Beater) ing interference in the mat- Mr. Yoshiharu Tazawa, chairman correspondent from London, James ·Russell Young, Far
ter for the time being but has of the Jaban. Young Men's Lea-is that Russian reinforce- Eastern manager of the Inter- communicated to the politicale, urged the Government to ments reached the front line national News Service, who is parties that they should show publicly make known its polley in at Kaislahti in less than two at present in the Uahigome no leniency in considering connexion with the Salto case days after leaving Leningrad. Model Prison will be tried in Mr. Saito's punishment.
order to "avoid an unfortunate the Tokyo District Court. He
misunderstanding,"
The distance is not great but, (Applause), The attitude of the Army and was arrested on Jan. 1
says this military correspondent, He referred to newspaper Navy has strengthened but these ports on the Government consid- of communication are in excellent Meanwhile, he remains under quarters are much concerned over ering the suspension of the Diet running order.
re- this proves that the Russian lines detention.
the ultimate outcome of the issue. in connexion with the affal; and Russell Young was indicted to-
The Cabinet is watching deve-causing the day on a charge of fabricating lopments and is understood to be that it
In the same efficient manner, genera!" impression the Russians have been able to and spreading rumours concern planning an order for suspension Legislature
intimidating the
keep their 8-inch and 8-inch guns ing the Japanese forces in China.of the Diet if Party leaders are unable to enforce action and dis-
supplied with ammunition. The According to a statement by a
In reply, the Premier, Admiral effect of these guns on the Isthu Yanai. stated definitely that the mus. has been considerable and Japanese Foreign Office spokes-pose of the affair speedily. men on February 2 Russell Young
Government had intention they have destroyed everything in was charged under the Army Cri-
whatsoever on interiering with their terrific. bombardments. LONDON, Feb. 27 (BWB)-The minal Code with the following
with the business of the Imperial Diet
R.A.F. Planes Penetrate As Far As Berlin
stated that an official communique ing the last 24 hours a bluber c
A Havas message from Osio al Ministry announces that dur-orrences:
over
Under the command of a French was issued-by the Admiralty-deny← „ccessful tights over enemy ter- elsewhere in China between Octo- Sending Lom Bhanghal and ing the allegation
that three ritory have been carried out by ber 16.-1939, and January 6, 1940, British planes flew over Norwegian aircraft of the RAF These have territorial waters on Monday. This included
to the International News Service reconnaissances rumour was circulated by the Ger- Heligoland and the German North head office in the United States man News Agency.
Sea coast, as well as large, areas
and to newspapers and magazines No foreign aircraft were sighted, of the interior of western Ger-
in Japan some 38 "extremely it was pointed out.
many.
slanderous news items regarding MARKED ACTIVITY IN THE AIR PARIS, Feb. 27 (Reuter)
3 S'HAI SHOOTINGS IN 3 DAYS
Plane Crash In Village: Five Japanese Officers Dead
was
SPEECH FAVOURED. CHUNGKING, Feb. 2)
Transport will not be easy when the Russians encounter the No Man's Land of yesterday and they may regret that they damaged, the
kad FORTRESS GUNS TAKEN STOCKHOLM, Feb. 27 (Reuter The Finnish garrison in Koivisto A private organisation headed not only safely reached the Fin- Frince Fuminara Konoye. nish lines but also removed from
There is an unmistakable senti-roads and railways, men in Japan favouring the speech of Mr. Salto in the Diet on February 2
TOKYO, Feb. 27 (Reuter) by
"In the course of the night, the Japanese forces operating in The War Office today issued former Premier, Gen. Iwane Mat- the fortress guna and everything.
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and
actions of
addition to a standing patrol of various parts of China;"
a communique that a military the Fristan Islands, our aircraft re- Spreading "fabrications
plane crashed in Matsui, in commoltred important seaports in rumours"" regarding
Osumi village, Tsuzuki qis northern Germany and the Baltic the Japanese forces in China trict, Kyoto Prefecture, south YET ANOTHER SHOOTING," the Activity on the Western Front has while others, operating over cen- among many Japanese and for- of Kyoto City at 1.48 p.m. on third in successive days, os been more marked in the air than tral Germany, penetrated as far eigners at the Imperial Hotel in February 25 while en route" to curred yestery morning in the on, land during the past 24 hours. as Berlin. All our alreraft have Tokyo and elsewhere between Tokyo from "Manchukuo,”
There was the usual actvity, of
heart of the International Settle- ment in Shanghai when four shots reconnaissance and photographic
were fired at Mr. Liu Chung-ying, aged 41, by two gunmen, one of whom was arrested by two Chinese police constables,
According to a Reuter message. the motive for the crime is be- lleved to be political.
patrols over the lines escorted in each case by fighters.
French planes made long re- "connaisance fights behind the
-Siegfried Line.
There were German reconnais- sance flights bver France early this Mr. Liu was wounded in the morning. They crossed the fron- throat and chest and is lying in tier in a body of 30 to 40 machines hospital in a critical condition. then split up into groups of five." A man of varied interests, Mr. six and ten machines and headed Liu was a member of the Execu- in different direcions. tive Committee of the Chinese Alarms were, therefore given Ratepayers' Association, chief clerk almost everywhere in the north of the Citizens' Section of the War east France and Paris area. Refugee Relief Committee, Manager
o a bath-house and the Chi- "nese Radio 8:ation.
British Civil Estimates
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BROADCASTING
INCREASE
PARIS ALARM
About 4.30 am, 2 group of planes crossed the Paris alarm line
returned."
January 8 and 19, 1940.
JAPANESE FORCED BACK
All the six occupants perlahed, They comprised Lieut.-General Hisao Hozoji, Major Misao Okada,' Flight Lieut.-Col. Toshiharu Tsuji, two non-commissioned officers and one mechanic,
A telephone message from Kyoto
SOUTH-WEST OF NANNING reports that a large-sized plane
SPORADIC FIGHTING
ON THE SOUTH KWANGST FRONT, Feb. 27 (Cen- tral) After being defeated by the Chinese, the Japanese at Funan, south-west of Nanning, have retreated to Ta- tong, on the Southern Kwangs! border, 35 miles south of Nanning.
hell-dived and
crashed into
a
su former Commander-in-Chief else. likely to prove useful to the of Japanese troops in Shanghai, Russians. and Admiral Nobumasa Suetsugu,
Casemates, and everything not Fascist leader, found Mr. Sait removable, have been blown up.
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Weekly Shipping Losses Well Below Average:
4 British, 3 Neutral
LONDON, Feb, 27 (BWS)-Shipping losses due to enemy action for the week ended midnight. Feb. 25 com- prise four British and three neutral vessels, totalling 26,622 tons.
The British vessels lost LOWER WAR RISK, KATES were Loch Maddy (4,996 LONDON Feb. 27 (BWS)-An deavour (4,580), Royal Archer the unofficial schedule of suggest tons), the tanker British En-important new development in (2,266) and Clan Morrisoned rates for covering ships of (5,936).
paddy field in Matsui village and burst into flames about 1,49 p.m. Villagers rushed to the scene but were helpless and watched the wrecked plane burn almost out of recognition. The police and gendarmerie authorities Sporadic fighting continues. on the Nanning-Yamchow were communicated with. highway and the Nanning-Pinyang highway.
The message says that the char red bodies of the unfortunate oc- SHIUHING, Feb. 27 (Cen-fat Nannewpa, Fanghwamiao and cupants were recovered and they and the alarm was sounded... tral) Chinese troops operat other points" in the southern were identifid by the uniforms and
different nationalities against war Previously two planes approaching on the Sunwul-Hokshan Suburbs Over 500 casualties are epaulettes. ed the Paris area but no alarm highway had a chance en-reported to have been inflicted on
Lieut-General Hozoji, was Com- (Dutch, 4,760 tons), Bantos tion of lower raves for many ves- Neutral ships were Taraka, circulated at Lloyds for the was given though anti-aircraft counter with the Japanese at the Japanese
mander of the Japanese Military (Swedish, 3,840) and the sels when sailing in convOY
first time yesterday, is the quota- batteries opened fire. It was ex- Toyun and Muklong on Feb.
BABOTAGE WORK
Air Force which participated in trawler Petten (Dutch, 250). plained that the alarm was not 23. The Japanese directed
SOMEWHERE IN NORTH the Nomonhan incident. normally given for one or two, re-heavy artillery fire against Chinese mobile units have been
Reasons for the discrimination KIANGSU, Feb. 27 (Central)-- connaissance machines,
the Chinese, but failed to actively carrying out sabotage
TRIBUTE TO DR. check their advancé.
work on the Tientsin-Pukow Rail- JOSEPH BEECH Fighting was intensified in the way, south of Hanchow, in North evening when the Japanese were Kiangsu, A Japanese troop train-An official mandate, has been CHUNGKING, Feb, 27 (Reuter) reinforced. It continued on the was derailed near Sanpu, 10 following day. The Japanese were miles south of Hauchow, whers, the paid to the services of the Ameri- issued here in which tribute is finally driven away, abandoning rails on a bridge had been damag can missionary, Dr. Joseph Beech.
QUIET NIGHT PARIS, Feb. 27 (Reuter)-The LONDON,
Feb. 27 (Reuter)~Civil communique Issued today stated estimates and estimates for that the night was quiet on the -the revenue departments for 1940 whole front.
Issued today total £506,000,000 compared with £571,000,000 in 1939.
This apparent reduction includ-
ed services now being met from votes of credit" in accordance with
the Treasury minute dealing with
the token form...
The Secret Service requires £10,- 500,000, representing an increase of £400,000, while provision broadcasting is £4.500.000 an in-
·crease of „£735,000.
for
CHINESE ACADEMY
FOR MUSIC
RUBBER RATION IN GERMANY
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 27 (Reuter) According to the Berlin correg pondent of the Politiken, rubber, particularly rubber for tyres, is the next object to be rationed in Germany.
some 200 dead."
JAPANESE REPULSED
4 TUNKI, ANHWEI, Feb. 27 (Cen- tral-More than 1,000 Japanese troops launched an offensive at Liyang, 66 miles south-east of Nanking, on Feb. 24. They were repulsed on the following day.
Following in pursuit, Chinese troops overtook the Japanese at Nantu, north-west of Liyang, and
more casualties
upon
It is stated that from March 15 inflicted each driver must possess a rubber them, card. Repairs and exchanging of!
CHINESE CORDON. tyres and inner tubes can only be LANCHOW. Feb. 27 (Central), CHUNGKING. Feb. 27 (Reuter) made on presentation of the new Chinese forces are tightening The Ministry of Education is cards holding a meeting today to dia-
Before beginning the rationing cuss the establishment of a na- scheme, drivers with petrol licen tional academy for music near ces will have their tyres inspected Chungang.
and valued.
theft steel ring around Wuyuan, important town in West Sulyuan, which fell into Japanese bands recently,
Bevere combats have taken place
ed.
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In addition three neutral vessels are that "Germany draws no dia- are now, notified, which were sunk tinction between ships of beige- in the previous week but not in-rent and neutral nations and that" cluded in the weekly list owing to ships sailing in convoys, as clearly wegian, 2,477), the tanker Den canvored do ziot late receipt of notification.
They were the Steinstad (Nor- degree of safety which those un- shown by past records, enjoyʻa
(Danish 1,206) Haag (Dutch 8,971) and Aste.
Although scales have long been London Naval circles point out ars carefully prepared scale for issued for cargo this represents the
ships.
who was a former President of the the losses this week were well be- West China Union University at low the average weekly losses for Chengtu, and is said to have rain the twenty-five weeks of war, e@ $5,000,000 for the University. namely, 13 shilps of 43,700 tons.
POPE RECEIVES
MR. TAYLOR VATICAN CITY, Feb, 27 (Reu- ter)-President Roosevelt's "peace" Envoy, Mr. Myron C. Taylor, was received by the Fope for the first
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SUBMARINE LOSSES
SCUTTLING PREVENTED LONDON, Feb 27 (Router)—The German ahlp Wahehe, which re
Of this week's total tonnage lost, cently safled from a Spanish port 18,176 tons were sunk by sub has been captured by a British marine action, as compared with warship and brought to a British 74,524 tons last week
German losses consist of the 4,700-ton Wahehe, captured by a British warship and brought to a British port.
port
It is understood that the Ger- man crew was prevented in their attempt to scuttle the ship.
LASCARS INJURED ...
Up to February 21, 21 ships have LONDON, Feb. 27 Renter) been lost in convoy out of a total One Lascar was killed, fifteen The Ministry of Transport re of 10,076 Allied and neutral ships were injured and two officers veals that the number of motor safely escorted to their destina-were hurt when the Clan Morri vehicles registered for the Arst tions
time in Britain during January During the week under review the North Sea The crew teru son (5,938 tons) struck a mine in was 11,746, compared with 40,001 some 225 neutral ships were landed at an East Coast port on in January. 1939-(BW8),.
escorted without loss,
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