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Violent Quakes Again Rock the World: Strange Phenomenon STALIN EXECUTES HIS
ASIA
IN UPHEAVALS
6,000 DEAD
MINOR
MANY TOWNS WIPED OUT
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
EARLY REPORTS FROM TURKEY REVEAL THAT SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST IN THE DISASTROUS EARTH- QUAKE WHICH SHOOK THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY YESTER- DAY, SAYS A "DOME!” MESSAGE.
"REUTER" SAYS THAT UNOFFICIAL RE- PORTS PLACE THE DEATH ROLL AT OVER 6,000.
While reports continue to pour in from the various strickon districts, it has so far been established that the cities of Ordu, Amasia, Sivas, Tokat and Erzincan have been practically de- molished, while a number of villages have been wiped out,
FIVE COUNTRIES AFFECTED
Within a week of the great Banda Sea earthquake, which fortunately was attended by no loss of life because it occurred in the middle of the deepest part of the waters lapping the shores of north Australia, New Guinea and the Dutch East Indies, the world has been rocked by a series of earthquakes of unprecedented severity.
CROSSED N. SEA WITHOUT WING!
LAST WEEK, the Telegraph reported and commented upon the remarkable achievement of a British bomber which had the fabric of one of its wings torn away when it was struck' by à German anti- aircraft shell whilst on a raid over Germany. The explosion completely tore nway the fabric of one of the wings. Despite this, the plane succeeded in returning safely to its home base. Here is an official photograph, just received.
YANGTSE REOPENING
The most disastrous has occurred in Asia Minor. Like its predecessor, it has been recorded all over the world.
Almost simultaneously, other earthquakes hare shaken Los Warmly Welcomed By
Angeles, Tanglers, Persia and Soviet Russja.
The Asia Minor earthquake is described by Observatory
olicials in Hongkong as "a tremendous upheaval.”
Shipping Magnate
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Dee, 28, (Reuter).
It smashed the seismograph at Istanbul Observatory-the-Lord Elibank, in a letter to only time in the history of the establishment that such a thing the "Times," expresses pleasure has occurred.
GREATER THAN QUETTA
The seismograph at West Bromwich was put out of
that the Japanese Government has now officially expressed its intention to re-open the Yangtse River to merchant ships of all nations and that it hopes soon
motion, Mr. J. J. Shaw, England's well-known seimsolo-to re-open the Pearl River as gist, described the shock as the most severe the world well. has experienced in many years.
Lord Elibank says that both these projected measures are of great mo- ment in the present crisi and that welcome to all those with business interests in the Far East.
It was of a greater magnitude than either the Quetta their materialisation will heartily be
or Tokyo earthquakes.
Samson, the big wrecked.
seaport on the Black Sea, is
Lord Elibank's Hopes He expresses the hope that such re- opening will not be surrounded by hamper the concession now to be made, or render both re-openings largely negative in operation ewing to the number of rules and regula- tions attached to them.
Yosdad, Ordu, Refahiye and Amasye are among the conditions which Inoy minimise or towns destroyed.
HOLLYWOOD ROCKED
The strongest earthquake since 1933 simultaneously shook Hollywood and the nearby city of Los Angeles in California, states another United Press" message.
Lord Elibanie adds: "Further, it is not too much to ask that the re- opening, as for as the Yangtze is con- cerned, will not stop nt Nanking but that it will be rapidly followed by a The shock was felt most re-opening as well of the upper aoverely in the Long Beach area, reaches of the river where is situated fertile district of Central
Blm stars."
ANGLO-U.S. gathering place for Hollywood the most
TALKS
Lord Lothian Confors
With Mr. Hull WASHINGTON, Déc. 28, (Reuter). Lord Lothian, the British Ambassador, and Mr. Cordell Hull, the Secretary of State, conferred at length yester- day.
Chino.
"In any event, I feel sure thint The shocks insted only ten seconds. Japan con rely upon the greatest Hundreds of panic-stricken people amount of co-operation on the part left their homes and offices as chún-of all nationals in fulfilling any con- dellers crashed and street signs top-ditions of the re-opening as long as plcd.
they tre reasonably capable of ful-
No casualties have thus far been re-filment." ported.
Tanglers was also the centre of another severe carliquake.
TWO U-BOATS ARE SUNK PARIS, Dec. 20' (Beuter) The more U-bonts in sinking of two officially announced in a French com- munique issued Jast night."
The submarines wero sunk by a
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Crippled WinE!
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machines flow fick from.
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Germany, England with no. wise nad half the fabric gone from the starbonn ting usL strike even the lynns re markable,
Yet it is certain that home- thing of the sort happened, that. the damage occurred over Ger
"and that the machine many. succeeded in getting back to England
It was not very far above the waves when it reached home, my presund that the fund we may:
crew threw overboard every- thing possible to lessen the load, doubtless kept the rubber dinsby as thele most precious ossession.We may presum too, that the alltrens remained more or less intac
It is hoped that's photography
of the machine will be available before long and then experia i
RUSSIANS WANT TRUTH
"SILENCE" CONSPIRACY FAILING
LONDON, Dec. 28, (Reuter). The "Daily Telegraph" Mos-j cow correspondent says that the conspiracy of silence by the Soviet leaders to hide from the Russian people the fact that their army in Finland has suffer- cd reversca is falling.
PROPHET DEREVIANSKY
SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH?
HELSINGFORS, Doc. 27 (Domci)-M. Derevinsky thờ Russian Minister to Finland becamo to Stalin what "Horr Joachim von Ribbentrop was to Hitler—an inaccurate reportor and prophet. But Doroviansky's fato ́has been execution 'bofore a firing squad.
He reported on his return from Helsingfors to Moscow that the Finns would capitulato to the Soviet throats.
On the strength of this Stalin did not believe that Finlarid would take up arms, but would submit passively to Sovlet coercion.
The Finns, however, not only rushed to the defence of their country against the Russian invasion, but have since gone so far as to drive the Reds back to and beyond the Russo-Finnish border.
Shocked and amazed by this unexpected opposition. Stalin ordered the death of Deroviansky, the man who had, dared to give him false prophecy.
Finns
Advance 50 Miles Beyond Russian
Border
SPECIAL то THE "TELEGRAPH"
ON THE SALLA FRONT, Dec. 27 (UP).—The
| retreating and defeated Russian Army on the northern frent is becoming increasingly demoralised-to an extent that is puzzling observers.
The Finnish troops who, led by the Commander of the Finnish Northern Army, General Kurt Wallenius, last week penetrated into Russian territory, kas now reached to a depth in some parts of 50 miles beyond the Russo-Finnish frontier.
The Finns are completing the| demoralisation of the Russian forces with swift lightning at tacks by ski patrols, who are proving an invisible, swift and deadly enemy.
Along the Arctic Circle, Finnish troops have penetrated to as far us: Kantalahti, the vital Russian naval and aerial base at the head of the White Sea.
------- Supply Route Cut.
to the
defending
Graf Spee Protest Is Rejected
BUENOS AIRES, Inc, 28, (Roù--- ter)-A rejection of Germany's pro-
The Finns have succeeded in cut-test against the Internment of the ting the Leningrad-Murmansk Rail-crew of the Grat Spee is contained way, the only supply route available a long memorandum published by
the the Argentine Government.
In this memorandum, refusal is Article 13 of the this jusiifted under the capture nl strategle railway, the Finns advanced Hague Convention of 1007.
It is pointed out that the pocket to Kantalahti.
Russians northern area.
Following
"Our ski, troops do not let the battleship was sunk voluntarily and said the crew rescued in tugs expressly Russians resi or sleep."
General Wallenius, in an interview provided for the purpose. with foreign journalists to-day. "Russia
is now the only great Power supplying us with aims and
ammunition!
large
Using Red War Materials Our men are using the During these last few days, despite amounts of war materials left behind Stalin's birthday and the equally by the Russians during their retreat!" General Wallenius showed Bower-decked ceremony of the local Soviet elections of unopposed cand-fournalists how the snow had aided dates, war feeling has become alive in the Russian defcal. in Moscow.
Secret Tension Apparent You could feel a secret tension in
In a small forest which seemed. completely baro of mea, he claimed PLEASE Turn To Page 2.
LATEST
T. V. Soong Still In Hongkong
A "United Presa" report from Chungking stating that Mr. T. V.
the streets, the strain of those hidin Berlin-Moscow Soong had left Hongtong, and was
their real feelings.
This was because they were begin- nilie to hear about the many casual- les suffered by the Soviet Army in what had originally been presented to them as a mere man-hunt of Fin- nish polléemen a vastly superior
by Soviet expeditionary force.
JAPAN IS possibly to provide space lat beds.
ANXIOUS
Fears Modus Vivendi
Clause By U.S.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” TOKYO, Dec. 28 (UP)—Ac« cording to local reports,
Air Service
In January
OPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
now in the war capital, has been Joffeially denied in Hongkong.
The local office of "U.P." was this afternoon informed that Mr. T. V. Soong is still in the Colony,
It was also officially stated that there has been no alfempi made to catablish a general joint administra-)
They have heard that the Lenin- grad hospitals are full and that the
BERLIN, Dec. 27, (Domei).-tion of the four Goverment banics. schools of that city are being closed. A regular air service between
as an air-rald precaution, but
Berlin and Moscow will be 21, They have heard that at various inaugurated on January points on the Leningrad-Moscow according to an agreement an- Railway hospitals are ing up.
nounced to-day between Ger- And they have heard that the wounded are actually being shunted many and Russia.
Simultaneous with this nir trans- around Moscow.
Finally it is reported that one at port agreement, an arrangement has least of Moscow's biggest hospitals been made with regard to railway is being evacuated of Ita olvilian transport. patients.
au-
the are strongly objecting to reporteil American intention of making the modis vivaydi. can- cellable unilaterally and without
thoritative Japanese quarters Seven Men Saved
An urgent "United Press" flash, received al 11.30 am, states that many houses, including the Govern- ment Iank, have collapsed.
notice.. Loss of life has been heavy, the re-
It is intimated that the Pan-port edds. American protest against belligerent| naval activity in the so-called 5,425 Milos From Hongkong "Neutrality Zono" and econothie The picentre of the Ala Minor French naval patrol craft, maiters connected with the war were earthquake was 6,428 miles from discussed.
Hongkong, Royal Observatory ometals Fined For Speeding After the conference, Mr. Cordell PLEASE Turn To Pago 2. Hull stated that a Britlah reply to a
the protest could be expected soon.
the
It is claimed that the inclusion of such a provision would place trade relation between Japan and United States on a day by day basis, "Good Behaviour Clause" This it is
From The Sea
LONDON, Dec, 20 (Router),--.
of # seven members of the crew small Norwegian stemmer, which was mined in the North Son yesterday, have been pleked up..
The other members of the crew went down with the ship.
entall refer to as the "good behaviour
The idea is to tacitate the trans- port of grains and other material from Russia to Germany. -
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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPḤ" HELSINGFORS, Dec. 27 (UP).—Although interest
at present centres on the Salla Front, it is apparent that the Red Army intends to commence a major offensive Adae of $10 was imposed on Mrs. herbs out stated, wound on both claube", La an indication that the On the other issues, no conclusions Germany by the Allies, did not arise Me Macfadyen at Kowloon Magla- ant to
S. Marshall, of Tax Shting Street, by sides betause they would be reluct-authorities in Washington Intend to against the Mannerheim Line in the central area before af any kind were reached.
as no instance of Interference witit tray this morning for speeding along under such conditions.
The clause is held hero to be un- Mr. Rull told Pros representatives American carroca had yet been Carla Fank 2004 and Choungslaweni The clause, providing for the im- that the position of the United States brought to the attention of the Stats Road at cost much per hour or mediate cancellation of the modus just indemulch as it hullifies the spirit regarding the two-way blockade of Departinent.
tulomas, which American despatches of the modus vivendi,
make long-term contracts use it as a means of bringing prea-'
sure to bear on Japon.
long.
Three hundred thousand Russian troops havo pog been massed in the Karelian Isthmus,