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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
December 6, 1939.
WESTERN FRONT
INCREASED ACTIVITY
German Radios Fail
U.S.-Japan CONSOLING
Relations
Officials Studying
Latest Report ́.
BPECIAL TO THE "TELEGNAPH"
FIGURES
Navy's Lossos Half Those Of 1914
LONDON, Dec. 5 (Reuter). WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, (UP)--From August 4 to November BERLIN, Dec. 6 (Reuter).—
State Department officials are study 4, 1914, the Navy lost 22 ships ing Ambassador Grew's report from totalling 125,656 tons, including. There was increased activity to-Tokyo to determine whether it offers five cruisers and one aircraft day on the Western Front, ac-ja basis for settling the Japanese-
carrier torpedoed, one battleship, cording to an official German American confllcis.
They said that pending a sludy. one cruiser and eight other ships war communique.
they would be unable to comment. mined, and three cruisers aunk There was local activity, says the Although it is understood that Grew in action by tenemy surface communique, except for some and Nomura did not specifically dis-
ships. "stronger enemy artillery action cast cuss negotiations for a new commer
From September 3 to December 3, of the Moselle, River."
clat pact, it is believed that the con- Germans Turned Back chithtory Japanese action indiented 1939, the losses, amount to nine ves- PARIS. Dec. ૐ (Reuter), To-that Mr. Nomura's proposals In con-er, totalling 73,886 tons, including night's French war communique re-nection with the claims was intended vealed that the Germans made to serve as a basis. number of raids on the western front
yesterday which falled.
It is not atated where the raids
wo
over-age warships. the Courageous and the battleship Royal Dak, torpedoed, and four mined.
Thus the losses at the beginning of this war are little more than hall
took place, but it is known that the U.S. AND ALLIES the tonnage, and less than half the
Germans have recently been busy in the Lissembourg reglon,
The German communique said that there was heavy French artillery ac-
BLOCKADE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (Reuter). tivity near the Luxembourg frontier-A decision can be expected this!
week BS to whether the United) States will protest to Britain and
number of ships in the same period of the last war.
The margin of superiority of the Allied Fleets is immeasurably greater 19-day than in 1914.
SCENE IN HOUSE France regarding the Allies' seizure Canadian Navy is ready for any call
OF COMMONS
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He added that the question has SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" been studied for some time by officials
Canadian Navy Incroaked OTTAWA, Dec. 5 (Reuter).—The
it, and the that might be made on normal six destroyers and Ave mine- sweepers have been increased by 50 craft of all kinds.
LONDON, Dec. 6 (neuter)-There of the State Department, following has been more than doubled.
The pre-war personnel of 1,700
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