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Hongkong Telegraph.
FOUNDED 1991 No. 10004
1939.日十二月十 #Q TEATA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30,
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The Baltic Crisis Reaches
Crisis Reaches Its Breaking Point As-
RUSSIA WITH
SWEDEN
Helsink
Gulf of fini
ESTONIA
KOLA
PENINSULA
m.s.
Leningrad
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WHITEAWAY'S
SEVERS RELATIONS THE FINNISH
Eyewitness Describes North Sea Battle
REPLY TO SOVIET
NOTE IGNORED
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
MOSCOW, Nov. 30 (UP).-The Soviet Union has broken off relations with Finland.
Relations were broken before the Finnish Minister had an opportunity to reply to the Soviet demand that the Finnish troops should retire from the frontier north of Leningrad.
FINNISH REPLY IGNORED
The break in relations coincided with instructions to the people to wait for an important radio broadcast by M. Molotov the Soviet Foreign Minister.
M.
The Soviet Vice-Foreign Minister, Potemkin, handed a note to the Finnish Minister
GOVT.
explaining the reasons for the severance of
the severance of Rawalpindi SEAPLANE FIGHTS to deliver the Finnish reply to the Soviet
TWO ARMED SHIPS
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”
BERGEN, Nov. 29 (UP).-By telephone an eye- witness in the Krokenes lighthouse near Stad said a sen "encounter occurred to-day-outside-Norwegian waters between two ships on one side and a scaplane on the other. He expressed the opinion that the ships were await- ing a convoy and that they were attacked by a German plane, although identification was impossible.
THE WAR GUILT
:
Geysers Of Water The eyewitness saw geysers of water alongside the ships as the seaplane attacked again and
Reply To The again.
Nazi Denial
One of the ships appeared to be of
the combat class and the other an arned merchantman,
Hitler Determined' To plane appeared to escape being hit
Go To War
Both fired continuously and often at point blank range, but the sea-
and flew off in a southerly direction after a sharp encounter lasting about an hour.
Fierce Battle Reported
relations, and gave the Minister no opportunity)
demands.
FINNISH POST ·ATTACKED
HELSINGFORS, Nov. 29 (Reuter).—No details of the Finnish reply to the Soviet note will be made public until it has been delivered to M. Molotoff, the Soviet Foreign Commissar..
Unofficial reports state that aFinnish frontier post well within Finnish territory has been attacked.
bullets,
The telephone was cut and the post itself was marked with
Several guards are missing,
"Unbearablo Situation"
U.S. SHOWS INTEREST
Roosevelt May Try To Preserve Peace
ter Moscow radio at midnight said that
Had No Chance Survivor's Story
A graphic story of the fight LONDON, Nov. 29 (Reuter)
put up by the Rawalpindi........was.
one of the related to-day by survivors, an old R.N.R. man, who saw service onTM H.M.S. Malaya at the Battle of Jutland. He was called up at the outbreak of war and joined the Rawalpindi ng
seoman gunner,
This man stated that when a wari-
The Scottish "Kilties"; who to-day will be remembering the anniversary
THE “SCOTTIES” IN FRANCE GORT WATCHES FATIGUE WORK
of their patron saint, are now in Britain's Embargo France, and these interesting picherca show some of "Kiities" digging in a forward 'sector of the British Lines, watched
By Commander-in-Chicj Viscount Gort, 'and his stof colleagues.
|Firth Of Forth Raid
HEINKEL PLANE CRASHES
PRESS IN FAVOUR Neutrals To Gain
In Long Run
LONDON, Nov. 20, (Reuter). The Anglo-French decision regarding the "atopping "of Ger many's export trade is generally discussed in the British Press and the consensus of opinion fa that auch restrictions are better
Dramatic Episode for neutrals than the two alter-
In The Clouds
patives.
greater
The "Times" says that the neces LONDON, Nov. 20.(UP)—M. | ing was given that an enemy, ship
LONDON, Nov. 29 (Reuter), sity is regretful but far Molotov, the Russian Foreign Minis had been sighted, action stations wereThere was an air-raid over the sacrifices are being made by the is not ia broadcast through the sounded, and those below deck rush-Firth of Forth, but although Allies for the cause which
ed up and manned guns.
merely their own,; machine-gun fire was heard, no air-raid alarm was given and nocletion of the justice of the Allied
Apart from Japan, greater appre planes were sighted.
decision is being shown by neutral countries afler · Initial objections It is belleved, however, that two when the measures were announced. RAE machines Intercepted Heinkel bomber and drove it off.
Action Absolutely Necessary
the Soviets were no longer able to
to
"Tho Deutschland began stand the "unbearable" situation. bombard us, and with our six-inch He said that the Ambassador to suns we could see that we would be
outranged. Finland
being recalled from
"We got nearer, however, and shells Helsingfors immediately, 29
and hc called for a liquidation of the Finnish began to hit us. State Government.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGNAPN" WASHINGTON, Nov.
.of (UP),—Secretary Cordell Hull to-day said he and LONDON, Nov. 20 (fleuter)-The
President Roosevelt are main- Foreign Offee to-night replied to, the German publication which has, at-
OSLO, Nov. 29 (Reuter)-& Bercelaining a close interest in the tempted to refute the British Blue battle between warships and aircraft Russo-Finnish situation. Book on Germany's war gullt,
off the South-west coast of Norway is This The statement says that opparent-reported. ly the German Government” is now claiming that Lord Halifax and the British Ambassador to Warsaw did their best to prevent the Polish Gove ernment from entering "serious negotiations" with Germany,
Britain's Initiative
It was of course known to every- one, including the German Govern- ment, that the British Government took the initiative in doing every- thing possible to bring about direct German-Polish negotiations, and that the German Government alone) blocked the way to these negolila- tions.
NEUTRALITY BILL
announcement
Caroused speculation
has
to
woo
"With a different Government at the head of Finland, Russia is willing, to make concessions," he concluded. Ride Rough-Shod Over Treaty LONDON, Nov. 20 Router) —A special commentary issued to-day states that authoritative circles in London observe that the Soviet Gov- ernment, in denouncing the Soviet Finnish Treaty, have ignored Article Five.
Fired Off Three Rounds "We were given orders to fire and got three rounds off.
Other guna around me were also aring.
"We might havo hit the enemy but shell, after shell bit us and be- fore long the Kawalpindi caught
Dre.
л
Bomber Brought Down LONDON, Nov. 20 (Reuter)-The plane brought down by an ̊ R.A.F. machine is believed to have been Heinkel bomber.
It crashed into the sea but a life- boat which searched the scene of the crash for three hours, found no trea of the bomber or its occupants.
The plane was first seen flying east behind. the clouds off tho (Northumberland conat,
"Another enemy craft began fring and a shell fell near my gun.
"When the order was given to from abandon ship, I with another man This Article lays down the concria-jumped into the cea. tion procedure in any question aris ing from any violation of mutual un- dertakings regarding non-aggression which has occurred,
Burning Like Paper
..........
In the face of the illegal - Nazi activity, some action in restraint was absolutely necessary,
While Nazis, cynically urgo, neu- {trols to stand up for their rights, they PLEASE Turn To Pago 5.
LATEST
Patience At An End
see the finch of guns.
A navul observer says that he could whether the-President is about So far there is no confirmation of to make some new movement in this report in London.
an effort to preserve peace in the Baltic. Mr. Hull said he is keeping in close touch with developments and that he is in telephonic contact with the President who is én route from
"The ship was then ablaze, burn- Warm Springs to Washington.
Ing like a plece of paper. Finnish Minister Rescued
M. Ivan Mulsky, the Soviet Ambas-waterlogged, come near,,
"A boat, which was empty but United Emphasising the
States Endor to London, must be em- "About 30 of us had jumped from In time and swerved suddenly to the to-day declared that Russia's interest, Mr. Sumner Welles, Assist-barrassed In attempting to explain the ship's side but I bellove that only invold striking the water. ant Secretary of State, lo-day re- away the manner in which his gov- ten reached the bost.
To date nt least 23 machines have ceived the Finnish Minister, M. J.ernment has 'ridden rough-shod over
"It was getting darker and darker been brought down, over WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 Procope, for a quarter of an hour, the Treaty which he himself had every minute, and it seemed a long Britain. :
Mr. Hull also said he had exchanged signed.
time before we were pleked up." Department information with M. Procope, but he (Reuter); State
Operation May Be Relaxed Switzerland Makes A Request
The statement adds "Hitler had inade up his mind to go to war, and the efforts of the British Govern- ment to secure a negotiated settle- ment, and thereby to maintain peacej in Europe, failed to prevent Germany officials are considering the declined to comment on tho lika- from entering a war, for the inserita possibility, of relaxing the hood of any new move by the United of which she is solely and entirely; responsible before the judgment of operation of the Neutrality Act States
the free peoples of the world.”
KRUPPS CAN'T FULFIL ORDER
He la niso speculating regarding the so as to permit American goods Stockholm report that the American to be carried to noutral vinAmbassador to Moscow has suddenly belligerent ports without insist-cancelled his plans for a hunting trip ing on a transfor, of the title, and left for Rign by airplane from whence ho will proceed to Moscow beforehand,
by train.
It is stated, that the matter was An official German short wave raised at the request of Switzerland wireless dispatch from Helsingfors which enquired whether it would be suggested that Mr. Steinhardt might BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 20 (Rous permissible to ship American goods offer to serve as mediator but that ter) German firms, including Krupp through Marseilles without trans-is doubtful as to whether Russin will and Thyssen, have told the Argentine ferring the title before the goods left jaccept mediation.. State Rallway that they cannot full the United States. the £1,000,000 order-for rolling stock Up to now the State Department
owing to the war.
has not reached a decision, but the
* Whont' and wool from the Argen- maiter, is being discussed in the light tine were to have been taken in ex of the apparent intention of Congress change, and shipment was to be made nut to disrupt normal trading with via the Netherlanda or Italy.
neutrals any more then is necessary.
Ready To Modiste
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29: (Router),
A
THIS TIME BRITAIN IS FULL PREPARED
-Sir John Simon LONDON, Nov. 29 (Reuter).-"Britain had a reputation of always being unprepared," sald Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, at a luncheon to-day.
An R.A.F, fighter-went up and when It was 400 yards away the bomber dived for the clouds 1,500 feet below. It dived vertically through the clouds Into the sea.
The R.A.F. machine saw the danger-
False Alarm
off
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” MOSCOW, 20 (UP)-The "IzVCE
patience has ended."
It also disclosed that the Red flect has been heavily reinforced in. the Gulf of Finland...
Bringing to a climax the Reus bitter attacks on Finland, it was off- air-cially announced to-day that four.
PARIS, Nov. 29 (Router).—An rald alarm was sounded over north-simultaneous artillery, clashes.cc- west, France this morning.
The "All Clear" minutes later.
Protost To Dorlin
curred on the Border, the "Izvestia" was given five charging that the guns fired at the Russians were "almed from Helsing- fors and other capitals,"
Further It was a
that the Fin- , nish
people
Angered at the efforts DRUSSELS, Nov. 29-(Reuter),--| D of their Government lenders to is learned from a reliable source has "provalto the Soviet, and it was Berlin regarding German planes fly throughout the Soviet testify to the the Government has protested to added that thousands of meetings ing over Balglan territory...
Quiet On The Front
"But this time plans were prepared, these preparations." in advance 'und far exceeded, in alt Sir John declared that it was 'a PARIS, Nov 29 (Heuter) sorts and directions, anything we had wonderful proof of the courage and communique says that there was no Proviously achieved in our history, determination of the British people incident of any importance on the
"If the full-binst of the hurricane that an institution like his budget front. Mr. Cordell Huil, the Becretary of had cone immediately, the people in should have been accepted calmly and there have been harassing fre by State, announced that the Govern- this country. Would have had good readily by practical, hard-headed our artillery, and a few patrol en
PLEASE Turn To Page 5. reason to appreciate the value of men.
`countersi
lang patience of the Soviet people being ended."
Informed guafters here are of the opinion that tho Finns must capitu toto in the face of war.