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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
RUSSO-JAPANESE MILITARY PACT IS RUMOURED
FROM PAGE ONE
have attempted to use Soviet Russia to check Japan's aims in China.
"It is a fact that the foreign policy of Soviet Russia is directed by a man who believes in better rela
lons with Japan (M. Molotoff's wife Is a German and he is a pronounced Germophile-Exl).
"Friendly overtures by M. Moiolet should, therefore, be taken advantage of..
Nazis "Reconstruction"
"Germany is procerung with the construction of a new urder In Europe similar to that which Japan is creating in East Asia.
Russia would enable the latter to "An agreement between Japan and turn their oxclusive attention to mnt- ters in Europe and to co-operate with Germany in her mission there,
"If Russin would fein Germany in constructing a new order in Europe, Japan's construction of a new order In Asta would
certainly facilitated."
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Far From Agreement .SHANGHAI, Jan. 11 (Reuter),—| The Japanese authorities and Waag Ching-wei are almost as for away as ever from reaching a final agrees ment despite all the excitement that has appeared in the Press recently,
"Router" was told this to-day by authoritative sources connected with the Wang Ching-wri entourage.
It is added that the only παν development that has occurred in the has been that the terms negotiations of a general agreement, reached some three months ago, have been
into a formula drawn deliberately allowed to leak out In Japan-presumably for purely Japanese domestle reasons.
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The wide general principles on which Wang Ching wel was set up In government were agreed as long ago as October, "Reuter" is informed. Difficulty in Application These correspond generally to the terms suggested by Prince Konoye In his broadcast in December, 1938. Since then, there has been consider able discussion on the application of these principles, It Is stated, but up to now it has been found imposs- ible to agree to the details, notably concerning the control of Customs, the number and power of Wong Ching-wel's Japanese advisers and the construction of an independent
army.
The gulf between the viewpoints of the Japanese and Wang Ching-wet an these and similar details remains virtually as wide to-day ns ever, It is asserted.
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Aerial Dog-Fight
Over The
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North Sea
MESSERSCHMIDT BROUGHT DOWN
January 11, 1940.
THOUSANDS WIPED OUT IN ONE BATTLE
FROM PAGE ONE
the Russians will surrender without putting up a night.
The Soviets lost 60 per cent. of their effcellves in the recent Suomus- almi battle which resulted in the wiping out of the 44th Division and 2,000 men, including a Divisional Chief of Staff.
Forty officers surrendered under a Bag of truce.
The Finnish victories aver the 163rd and 44th Divisions virtually annihilated 50,000 Soviet troops, it is claimed, and broke up the Ninth Army Corps.
A major-general is said to have been among those killed.
Russian Dismay
in this sector.
LONDO N, Jan. 10
Hússian dismay at the Russian try announces that a R.A.F. loses has resulted in an attempt to (Reuter).-The Air Minis- forrnation encountered long-inject a new spirit into the troops range enemy fighters far out
over the North Sea to-day.
A running fight lasting half- an-hour followed.
One Messerschmidt. 110 was It is Been to crash into the sea. known that another was forced to land in Denmark.
One of our aircraft was lost, but the remainder, after beating off the enemy, continued to the easterly limit of their reconnaissance and returned anfely.
40 Bombs Miss Ship LONDON, Jan. 10 (Heuter)--The two German bombers which attacked British shipping off the east coast yesterday almed 40 bomba at a British steamer, Northwood, 1,148 'tons, but all missed.
There were no casuallles among the crew. although the ship was swept with machine-gun fire.
One of the planes was hit about the fuselage by the Northwood's Lewis gun and immediately after- wards both machnes made off.
When the vessel arrived in port 'to-day, the Captain said that the German machines dropped the 40 bombs with more haste thinn necuracy.
The attack lasted ten minutes.
Escaped Franco: Sunk By Nazis
LONDON, Jan. 10 (Reuter).-The loss of a British ship in the North in the more Sea on Tuesday bitter because of her earlier escape from air bombing during the Spanish wang
This Is the Glasgow steamer, Oakgrave, of 1,985 tons, which has been sunit, by Nazi aircraft.
All her crew have been saved, but
who
Japanese "Brain-Terser" SHANGHAI, Jan. 11 (Reuter).-her master is missing. He is Captain
Falconer,
commanded
the The "China Press," in a leader to-day. Dalsgrave during the Spanish war. says that the most interesting At one time she was held by the iiuical brain-tenser in Japan to-day Spanish cruiser. Almirante Cervera. is whether Premier Abe's desperate off Santander, but, was rescued by efforts to set up a central regime in
a British cruiser and a British dc- China will Anally save his tottering
stroyer. Cabinct.
The newspaper adds that it is clear that the programmes to organking such a regime are being used by General Abe purely ns political weapons to ward off those attacks which threaten to overthrow his Cabinet, and that they are cooked up without the powerful support of the Japanese military or the import- ant and powerful section of it, namely, the Japanese Army in North Chinn Makeshift Plan
China After reculling the North Japanese military spokesman's recent staternents to the effect thut the Japanese Army chiefs in that area had not been previously informed on the plan and wanted no part of it, the "China Press" concludes:
This Is Real Cowardico LONDON, Jan. 10 (Reuter) —In connection with the atlacks of Ger- man alreraft of unarmed merchant- men and defenceless fishing boats, authoritative quarters have pointed out that such methods of warfare upon "must make greater demands the conscience than upon the courage of the attackers, and it is hard believe that they can be anything but repugnant to the officers and men ortlered to carry them out,'
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A high political Comalssar is re- ported to be on the way to the front to supervise the efforts to strengthen morale.
Finnish women, who evacuated Helsingfors at the beginning of the war, are starting to come buck again despite the possibility of further alt ralds. The Government la advising them to return to the country.
Stalin Scape Gost" SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH" MOSCOW, Jari. 19 (UP)-Stalin is looking for more scapegoats among i his unhappy Finland. campaign teaders.
It is officially announced that the Soviot Commissar for Aviation, M. Kaganovich, has been "relieved" from office.
He is lo be succeeded by M. Shakurin.
The pficial Red Army communique to-day states: "Noth important occurred on the front to-day. There was some scouting and some artillery fire, but our planes were unable to carry out reconnaissance flights owing to unfavourable weather."
Russians Massing For
Big Offensive LONDON, Jan. 10 (Reuter).-Fin- nish dretes in London itate that the Russians have concentrated "astonish- Ingly large masses of troops" in the Salla and Lake Kianta fronts. Hence the Finns expect to face new slaughts there shortly.
on.
A communique issued in Helsing fors to-day states that on the Kare- Han Isthraus the day was relatively quiet, apart from the usual artillery and patrol activity.
The Russians continue to strengthen their defences.
On the Suomussalmi front. the Finnish troops have renched the frontier and have cleared the area of enemy troops.
This is the fourth point where the frontier invaders who crossed the have been thrown back on to Russian BOII.
Messages For Enemy Countries
PEOPLE with civilian rela lives-living-in-belligerent-coun
short send them tries may messages about family affairs. There quarters add: "The in-
• This has been arranged ba sistence on the presence of armed
tween the International Red Patrol craft, which has so uften been the feature, of Germua High Com Cross Committee at Geneva and suggest the British, French and German and communiques, would an convincing. attempt to import censors. military favour to
operation.
the
-German Version
The makeshift eleventh-hour planThis suggests the calculated brutality of the Tokyo Government to set up a
and cowardice of the gunman rather entral regime has only one direct
than the chivalry and courage of the Abe, sponsor, and that is General
uirman." whore political fortune may be saved of by the Immedinte establishment I Chinese 'Government." Many
to Japanese observers are able through this scheme arranged by General Abe, and no wonder they are saying to-day that Abe la bartering away Japan's New Crder Asla for another month in the Premier's office."
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in East
Link With Nurse Cavell
SPECIAL Tɔ THE "TELEGRAPH"
The scheme, which applies also to territories occupied by a belligerent State, is already operating in the London and Outer London areas.
Arnarements will be made as soon au passible the provinces,
Messners, to be treated like tele- BERLIN, Jan. 10 (Domel).Angrams, will be received at Citizens Advice Bureaux at a charge of 78. official German communique claims
coch. that four German military planes of nine encountered the newest type British bombers of the Bristol type over Helgoland about 1 o'clock this
afternoon.
They must be limited to 20 words and can be accepted only if they deal! with purely family news and are sent to relatives.
Messages can be accepted in Eng- saysch, French or German.
The German announcement that the British planes "began to face and German plants gave chase, shooting down three of them.
"All German planes safely returned to thele base," the German com- munique claimed,
.
Corman Communique On Acrial Activity BERLIN, Jan. 10 (Domel). Ger-
STATED to be the son of a man who was shot by the German High Command announcement mans as a spy in the last war, Julien Joseph Verbeeck (38) was at Middlesex Sessions sentenced to 12 months' im- prisonment.
Mr. May, who defended him, said: "Verbeeck's father was one of the combination which was in commun!» ention with Nurse Cavell. Histoir brothers, who fought against the Germans, were killed, and he was left at the age of 13 to support hla
mother.
"He was brought up with a hatred | of Germans, and he came
to this country."
Verbeeck was accused with three other men of attempting to steal from a safe in a house from which the occupanta had been evacuated,
James Cordash (35) and Ernest Smith (32), whom the chairman de- scribed us the ringleaders, were en- tenced to two years' hard labour, and Thomas Nelson (30) to six months.
85 TRAPPED IN
COAL MINE .
BARTLEY, WEST VIRGINIA, Jan. 10 (Reutor)-Eighty-five men have been trapped in a coal mine here following an explosion.
Two others are known to Have [been killed._
says that on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning German aircrafl carried out reconnaissance flights along the eastern coats of England and Scotland.
Two British merchant vessels and two escort vessels were attacked and sunk by German altcraft off Norfolk, the German announcement claims.
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German planes were subject anti-aircraft fire by four armed mer- chant ships off Scalland. The ships were bombed and sunk, the German announcement claimed.
Drama Of Survivors LONDON, Jan. 11 (Reuter), ---- Three
of the survivors of the treat- Oakgrave required hospital. ment.
busy
British naval vessels were hunting in the North Sea yesterday for further survivors of the mined liner, Dunbar Castle,
According to latest reports, all but two of the ship's crow have been rescued.
Describing the sinding of the Dunbar Castle, one passenger ank that he was in his enbin with his wife and children when they heard a "terrible bang." It must have been a mine, he said.
All the ship's lights went out and the children asked him, "Is it black- out already?"
They went up on deck and found everything was most orderly. Par- sengers were getting into the bonts without any sigus of panic. All tho passengers got off safely.
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