DONALD
DUCK
a
COUGH!
Thursday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
December 28, 1939.
By Walt Disney
WELL, WELL, WELL---
I DO BELIEVE I'M
OUT OF
GAS!
YES, BOYS---
RIGHT AWAY!
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BRITISH DIPLOMAT RELEASED
Scized Aboard Ship
En Route To London
11-17
There's A Battle Of Words In The Far East, Too! SHIP CUT
SINO-JAPANESE CLAIMS
AND COUNTER-CLAIMS
IN HALF BY TORPEDO
Amazing Attempt To Reach Port LONDON, Dec. 28 (Reuter).
German torpedo, the crew of the London tanker, San Alberto, which was sunk without warning in the Atlantic, returned to the up and made a bold attempt to sail to port.
OVER and above the fighting which is taking place on the various AMSTERDAM, Dec. 27 (Reu- fronts, a "war of words" has been introduced into the Sino-Japanese_Their ship cut in half by a ter).-A description of his hostilities. detention by the Nazis was given
Recently a Japanese spokesman alleged that Chinese troops to the Oslo correspondent of the
by Mr. Gordon have attempted to cut communications on the Yangtse River, "Telegraaf" Vereker, the British diplomat and he also glossed over the "success" of the Japanese northward drive along the Canton-Hankow Railway and the "failure" of who has just been released.
Mr. Vereka said that he had the Chinese "winter-offensive."
These have all been refuted by a
In
Chinese
wanted to go to England vial Chinese mililury spokesman Rig, Sweden and Norway, and Chungking, according to a “Central had therefore booked a passage News" menange from the on an Estonian boat which was capital this morning. Laking 75 Polish refugees to
The spokesian states that the Sweden, presuming that no German warship would be met in this part Japanese report of the Chinese in- tention to cut the Janamnese conmmuni- of the Baltic.
on, the Yangtze River is betrays
"Mercly Propaganda“
Mexican Oil Control
President Cardenas' Latest Move " I had under-estimated. We cations were almost in sight of Stockholm, merely propagandn, which
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 27 (Reu-) although still
territorial their own fear and anxiety. As a outside waters, when a Cherman auxiliary matter of fact, he said, the Chinese ter).The Government has ap Cruiser of 15,000 tons appeared and have not made any such attempt as proved the law drafted by
It is not yet time.
which ex- President Cardenas However, though the Chinese have
cludes not formally enforced a
private individuals, exi blockade. many Japanese vessels have brea cepting Mexicans with certain The Germans came aboard and attacked in the Yangise River during qualifications, from exploiting
the past few months and an average oil. of three were damaged cach werk, this spokesman clained.
ondered us to stop.
Taken Prisoner
toolt the passengers prisoners."
Mr. Vereker then deseribed his tanding at the German control port of Swmemunde, where he was chut up In a military prison.
The law also abolishes oil rnyalties Will reference to the Japanes hitherto paid to landowners, bat operations on the Canton-lankaw provide for compeissation for damag
property through Although his Imprisonment was Railway, the spokesman stated that caused unpleasant, he said, his situation was the Japanese have long been dream-working. ns agreeable ng was possible under the ing at occupying the entire railway
north and south drive, convert-1 by ircumstances,
to
Mexicans cxcepted under this law,
be must
financially. Wechnically. The Germans ferated him with ing on Hengyang great correctness and sympathy, The Chinese rather welcome such morally and physically capable of and denied him nothing but a Japanese attempt, for though the carrying out the work of exploita
Japanese may mase all their newly-lon.
freedom.
When the order for
his release trained recruits and all their troups
came, he travelled by car to Sassuliz now scattered on the various fronts
and then on a regular boat to Sweden for the attempt, they will only tak Up to December 24, Japanese, desd
deeper into the quagmire.
Found by the Chinese numbered more Winter Offensive
than 13.800.
"Monkey Gland”.
No
As regards the Japanese allegation
Commenting upon the intensiflon- of the failure of the Chinese "winter offensive," the spokesman said that tion of Japanese propaganda in th
Expert Joins Up the Chinese had not hunched any last few days, he stated that it was
MEAT SOON TO surviving stern half, got steam
BE RATIONED No Shortage Likely
an
LONDON, Dec. 27 (Reu- ter). It is understood that announcement of the date on which meat ration- ing will come into force in the United Kingdom will be made shortly.
Rationing is a natural re- sult of the government's- decision to take over the control of the sale, slaughter and distribution of all home- produced meat early in January.
The control and rationing of meat is designed to muin- Lain the supply throughout the country. No shortage of meat is anticipated.
DOG-FIGHT IN SOUTH
Chinese Planes Give
Combat To Invaders
·SPECIAL-TO- HE TELEGRAPH.
This amazing story of the ses became known last night.
The San Alberto was attacked with- out warning on December 9. The erew escaped in four boats 15 minutes before she broke in two.
The fare part twisted and sank immediately.
Two bonis, with the captain in one, kept together in the driving rain, squalls and rising wind and they could occasionally see the other two but could not reach them.
Early in the afternoon, the cap- Lain determined that the after part returned would not sink. They and the crew started to raise sleam. By night-time the engines worked and there was electele Bight, The third bont came alongside but one was still missing.
Slow Astem
By keeping the engines going slow nstezn, they kept the seas from tear- ing the front part of the ship's re- mains in bits, but every time the had, her head to the sea, great trips ot Slaling were torn away.
The attempt to make port, there- fore, had to be abandoned.
Ai 10 p.m., another vessel's Nights was sent were sighted. An S.O.S.
and she was asked to search for the missing bout. She falled to find this bont and then stood by.
The next morning this ship, the the Beiglau Lanker, Alexandra Andre, attempted to transfer the San Alberto's crew. but the seas were running so Jalgh that the life- boat was unable to get nearer than 20 feet.
counter-offensive, and the persistent largely intended for home con ump-
After two men~had-jumped-inte NEW YORK, Dec, 27 (euter) reptat might have been originated tion-in-view-sof the upcoing of it
A JAPANESE AIR BASE, continued
the sea and were picked up, it was Serge Voronoff, the fainous "monkey to cover the staggering losses of the Diet on December 26. This propo-
until the weather gland" specialist, has ralled for Japanese forces during the curreal ganda will probably be
until next January or February after Dec. 28 (Domei). The first air decided to walt Europe to Join the Allied forces.
month.
the the adjournment of the Det sessien duel in South China for over two moderated.
That night a destroyer appeared M. Voronoff will direct bone and According to this spokesman,
no fewer than and the passing of Japan's military years is reported to have taken skin grafting operations for wounded Japanese suffered
place on Wednesday afternoon and offered to attempt un inmediate soldier in France.
100,000 casualties during the month.; budget.
when Japanese Army aircraft rescue, but the San Alberto's caplain decided to await daylight, despite encountered a flight of Chinese the heavy seas, darkness and the 1-16 type pursuit planes over breaking up of the remnant of his Sunhu, north-east of Nanning, ship, which was slowly sinking by Kwangsi Province.
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The Japanese aircraft moved out to support the operations of Japanese ground forces near Kaotang, about 40 miles north east of Nanning..
The Chinese pursuit planes, lame- diately gave combat and, in the first midair engagement in South China, Japanese craft shot down three of the Chinese machines, according to Japanese claim.
Д
Jnunnese planes carried out Intense bombardment of the Chinese forces and their positions near Kootam.
All Japanese pinnes safely return- eel to their base towards the evening,
LOSS OF COIN
DENIED
the stern.
At 7 a. en December 11, lines
1940 CALENDARS
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Give Calenders to your friends for the New Year. can never be too many of them in the home or office.
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Crackers
etc., etc.
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HITLER SHOW
PARIS, Dec. 27 (Reuter).- The failure of what may have been a little military show for Hitler's personal benefit was the only incident marring complete zalm on the Western Front
caterday:
RUMOURS THAT a large shipment of new subsidiary coins for Hongkong was lost when the
The D.N.B. reported that Hitler was vessel was sunk recently in present in the front lines south of European waters were officially Sanrbruecken
Approximately at the spot where denied this morning as beingHitler was supposed to be, the Ger "entirely without foundation." mans sent over a raiding party. If There is no extraordinary shortage Hitler had really been there he must of subsidiary coins in the Colony, have heard the rattle of machine- and the fact that premium is being guns and the explosions of grenades. charged by native money-changers is The raid ended with the Germans probably attributable to the fact that failing back on their own llacs, the usual demand for small coins ex- leaving an officer and two men in perienced just before Chinese New No Man's Land. Year has already commenced..
NAZI PROTEST
REJECTED
OPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”
French Communiquo SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH]TM PARIS, Dec. 27 (UF)~~~To-day's "Thero was says: communique strong activity by pairols and re- both oldes the Saar
connaissance planes an between the Moselle and Ilivers.
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 27 (UP) The Arkentenion Government has res "During the last three weeks, two jected the protest of the German Government at the internment of the enemy submarines were successfully 1,000 Officers and men of the scuttled attacked; one by the patrol boat pocket-battleship Admiral Graf Spec. Commandant Duboc and the other and La A German request that one officer by the destroyer Sirocco be permitted to remain with each Ballleute, co-operating with n naval
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