Friday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
By
E
NANCY
MY MIND'S MADE UP-- THAT LITTLE,
IMP HAS
TO LEAVE MY HOUSE
TONIGHT!
OH BOY-- HE
LOOKS AWFUL MAD THIS EVENING!
GOOD EVENIN
MR. SPUTTER
VMUON
SWEDEN
NLAND.
U.S.S.R
GERMANY
RUMANIAN CRISIS Brought To Head By
German Demands
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH“
EINUADIS
U.S.S.R
November 24, 1939.
Ernie Bushmiller
TEE HEE--- I BET HE WON'T. SLEEP TONIGHT, TRYIN'
TO FIGURE THAT
ONE OUT!
FINLAND A NATION Sounds Like A
IN ARMS
ARMS NOW
From E. ERIKSEN. "Daily Herald" Correspondent
OSLO, NORWAY.
BEHIND HER BARRIER cf a thousand lakes, her marshes and her great forests Finland is arming to-day to repel a possible attack. Officially, there has been no mobilisation yet.
THE Scandina vian countries, are anxiously watch- ing the talks now going 012 in Aloscow belteeen the Finnish envoy Stalin and Moloto. To-day's map illustrates the for their
Į anxiety.
BORAH'S NEW CRITICISM
and
Sol
In effect, with class after class hmportant islands in the Gulf of Fin- of conscripts called out and the entire Civil Guard standing to, Finland is now a nation in arms.
Her people are determined to make any nyanion so costly, even to a great Power, that the aggressor will hesituto) before attacking.
EXCHANGE OFFER ?
Russian Trial'
British "Espionage Agent's Confession"
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
BERLIN, Nov. 23. (UP).— The German Government claims that Captain Stevens, one of the British "Secret Service Agents" arrested in connection with the Munich beer cellar explosion, has "testified" that the British Secret Service sabotaged 15
In return, it is suggested, Russia German, Italian and Japanese intry offer the eastern part of the ships before the outbreak of Rybaisthi Peninsula. on the Arctic war.
The "Voelkischer Beobachter", Geran.
to Finland.
The western part already belongs claims that most of the sabotage oc- curred in the Spanish war and that one slip thus lost was the German Rumours represent the Russian de-ship Fernia, on which an explosion mands as being far wider, and ex- occurred in June, 1937, while she was ending to a Soviet-Finnish milltary presing through the Kiel Canal.
Other ships destroyed included the pact, with political and economic co-
German ship Hostia and the Italian operation.
Up to now only one division of ship' Felicoe, the newspaper claims. Seventy thousand people Were Russian troops has been reported atį evacuated from Helsinki yesterday. the border.
"NO DICTATION" "Russia attempts to dictate her claims to us, we shall dle with ur boolu on." a Finnish Labour journalist said to me.
Another 70.000 are leaving to-day. A number of Soviet planes have WAR BRINGS NEW
carrying
With evacuation and mobilisation been
scen going on side by alde, all trains are naissances, however,
ol squadron leaving hours Inte.
And
out
recon-
Russian
On the ronds, buses and private destroyers has arrived at Estonin's cars are pouring out of the capital capital of Tallinn, on the southern in long caravans.
shore of the Gulf of Finland.:
There are queues outside the banks 3 evacuees draw money for their immeritate expenses,
REFUGES READY
BUSINESS
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Nov. 23 (Reuter)—The Ministry of Supply uncounces that in the week ended November 14 orders valued at £8,615,000 were placed
CZECH-SLOVAKIA with frins supplying clothing, equip-
NOT CRUSHED
ment, stores, etc.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (UP).— the Senator Borah has taken up issue of the State Department's apparent decision to defer trade talks BUCHAREST, Nov. 23 (UP).with Japan until there is an improve- -The immediate cause of the ment in the Japanese treatment of Rumanian Cabinet crisis la at-Americans and United States business tributed to the German demands "Our trade with Japan is decidedly for more raw materials, parti-increasing, and it should not Ea cularly petroleum and cereals. thrown pelde without a very sound to appear on windows, as in London, President, declared to-day that his CONGRESS PARTY
In China.
It revealed that the Ministers of reason," he said.. Armaments und Financo resigned
New Cabinet Formed
simultaneously last night when accept the demands to an majority of the Cabinet rejected the sumelent to satisfy Berlin. German demands. The Prime Minis- ter presented the King with resignations of the entire Cabinet.
It is
tin
extent
BUCHAREST, Nov. 23 (Reuter) The former Premler of Rumonia, 1. not unlikely that a new Taterescu, has formed a new Govern- Cabinet will be formed which willment,
Over 400 new firms have become new contractors.
But there has been no panie run, and the bank rate has remained the
LONDON, Nov. 23 (Iteuler).-Dr. same.
Strips of sticky paper are beginning Eduard Benes, the former Czech
A.R.P. and
refuges arc being country was nut crushed..
"It continues, it lives and it exists, MAKES GESTURE estabilshed.
he sald. "Tlie pressent Nazi letntor- Most of the schools are closed. Even to-day, however, high oftelat ship is incomparably worse than the of the quarters in Helsinki are optimistic, absolutism und militarism
Kaiser. This war Is the sume though quite aware of the shoals struggle, as in 1914, for principles, ahead.
They forecast that Russia will elaim and must end in the crushing of
Hitlerism." Hogland and two other strategically
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WARDIA, Nov. 23 (Reuter)-- The Working Committee of the Con-
gress Party has passed a resolution which leaves the door open for fur- ther negotiations with the British; Government.
Pocket Edition Of "Mein Kampf"
LONDON, Nov. 23 (Reuler)- "Mein Kampf," it is learned, is to be published in a pocket edition size.
In order to make it a handy size, it is thought possible in London that the chapters on the evils of Bolshe- vism may be deleted.
CIVIL SERVICE POSTS The following promotions, trans- the fers and re-appointments in Colonial Service were gazetted in London last month:
Mr. C. W. E. Bishop (Engineer), to be Do- Executive Engineer, Public Works partinent, Hongkong.
Public
Mr. R. Cryan (Electrical Engineer), to be Chief Electrical Engineer, Works Department, Ilongkong
B. Purve
Waterworks
Engineer), to the Assistant Director of Pubile Works Hongkong.
Mr. W. Woodward (Excentive Engineer). to be Waterworks Engineer, Public Works Department, Hongkong.
LOST
CHANCES
IN CHINA
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At Amey and Swalow the piera of British shipping companies are sur rounded by barbed wire barricades guarded by Japanese marines, Nú cargo can be loaded or unloaded by British ships.
Erich Hongkong is still carrying on some of the trans-shipping which made it one of the world's busiest pests, but its importance has decreas ed greatly since the Japanese cap- ture of Canton in the fall of 1930, onter China's war materials now
от through Frencil Indo-China Burma, while only Japanese ships con curry cargo to and from Canton. Taicing advantage of their freedom of operation, Japanese shipping com- panies have recently merged their China branches in single company
operates which
shiba in China coastal traffic, on the Yangtze and Pearl rivers, local forry lines and shuttle services between Shanghat: ond Japan.
At Dairen, in the north, the Japan. nese have constructed a huge port in which last year ranked sixth volume of business among all the harbour cites of the world. Strate- gically located at the tip of the gate
North way for Manchukuo and China, into it the Japanese are pouring vast quantities of military supplies and machinery, and funnel out the products of those regions for export all over the world.
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