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AS NAZI MOVEMENTS CONFIRMED
SECRET STAFF TALKS IN FRANCE PLAN DEFENCE
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PARIS, JAN. 17 (DOMEI). THE BELGIAN G.H.Q. WHICH LAST WEEK-END TOOK OVER. THE DEFENCE OF THE COUNTRY FROM THE WAR MINISTRY, IS REPORTED TO HAVE APPEALED TO FRANCE TO STATION TROOPS ALONG STRATEGIC POINTS WITHIN EASY MARCHING DISTANCE OF POINTS THREATENED BY THE Cerman foRCES NOW MASSED ALONG THE SOUTH- EASTERN FRONTIER OF BELGIUM.
General Gamelin, the French Commander-in-Chief, is reported to have
agreed to take "certain precautions."
1.
WESTERN FRONT
SNOW STOPS
FIGHTING
PARIS, Jan. 17 (Reuter}.- Snow is now falling along prac tically the whole length of the Maginot Line.
Monday's long-range artillery battle, in which both sides parti- elpated, was near the Moselle and considered the most violent one of the war.
The inhibitants of the Luxembourg village near the frontier led to safety as shell splinters fell on the town.
The Germans have now come to the
conclusion that the British troops are in the front line after all.
Hitherto the Germans have tried to
It is emphasised, however, that no French troops will be sent into suggest that all the work is being
Belgium unless it is first invaded by Germany.
SECRET STAFF TALKS
arc
PARIS, Jan. 17 (Domei).That not only Belgium, but also the Allies, aware of the dangers of a German invasion is made obvious by the fact that, for the first time since the outbreak of hostilities, Staff talks took place last night be- tween Belgian and French Staff officers from the two countries' respective G.H.Q.
Bombed Capital of Finland
POUNOWS SATAMA,
Harbour}
TELA JATAMA (South Harbour)
asha Basbetonen & Son, 114, Rickeburg"
Parts of Helsingfors, which is suffering from fresh Russian raids Strategic points are shown in the above plan of the city-1, Central Hallway Station; 2, Fredriksgatan; 3, Kalevagatan. The road to Malm Aerodrome, which was severely atincked, is shown at the top (4).
New Russian Attack Fails: Raid Losses
SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH"
It is not stated who attended the conference; nor is it divulged where it took place.
The conference is stated to have reached "important decisions re- garding co-operation between the Belglan and Allied forces In the event of an invasion of Belgium.”
B.E.F. In Readiness PARIS. Jan. 16 (Reuter) British troops are now being heldi In readiness for any Nazl offensiva In the Lowlands,
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH
PARIS, Jan. 17 (Domel).-French Intelligence agents have confirmed earlier reports that Germany has massed over a million troops on the Belgian and Dutch frontiers.
Of these the majority-some 250,- 000 men-have been inassed aleng the Belgian frontier between Luxem- houry and Aix-le-Chapelle.
The greatest threat appears to be towards Liege, the famous Belgian! fortress which so gallantly with- slood the German invasion In 1914. Eighteen divisions have been massed along the Dutch frontier be tween Maastricht and Meppen.
According to French sources, the
done by the French, but it is now stated that as the result of the clash between British and German patrols
in front of the Siegfried Line, the leader of the British patrol
was seriously wounded,
He was taken to a first-aid post by the Germans and died two days later.
No Man's Land Clash
LONDON, Jan. 10 (Reuter)-A patrol of the British force now hold- Ing a sector of the Maginot Line en- countered a German patrol in No. Man's Land last night and a fight ensued, says "Reuter's" special .cor- respondent with the BEF. in France. The British suffered no casualties, but at least one Germon was killed and his body was brought back to the British Inc.
Quict Day On The Whole
PARIS, Jan. 10 (Reuter)----To- day's communique said that it was "a quiet day on the whole. There was-
the usual patrol activity.
ATTACK ON
U-BOAT
R.A.F. Pilot Describos The Action
LONDON, Jan. 16 (Reuter) The R.A.F. pilot of a plane of the Coastal Command has now given his own story of the bomb-
en German divisions have been dividing of a U-boat in the North Sca el into two corps under separate on Monday. commands.
The RAF. plane was on patrol
On the strongest—is deslened | duly when a U-boat was sighted at a to attack directly through Belgium distance of a few miles. The pilot along the south-west sector, which
was having a snack at the time und is between the Luxembourg fron-
he heard the gunner shout "Look!" Her and Liege. ·
It Is problematical whether, in In case of an invasion of Belgium,
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SERGEANT'S BRAVERY
Workman Saved From Scaffolding
Looked Lika Rowing Boat
He looked in the direction of the pointing Anger and saw what seemed to be a rowing boat on the horizon. with a trail of foam behind it.
After a few moments,
he Rave 15 plane its full throttle as he was sure it was a U-boat,
As the plane approached, the U- bout crash-dived and the plane dived down on it, dropping its bombs.
Not Scon Again
Nazi Attempt To Wreck Britain's Communications
SENSATIONAL SABOTAGE PLOT UNMASKED AT HOME
LONDON,
PLOT NAZI
TO
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" JAN. 17 (UP).—A WIDESPREAD SABOTAGE BRITISH COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC WORKS, BRIDGES AND THE RAILWAYS HAS BEEN UNEARTHED BY SCOTLAND YARD AND BRITISH INTELLIGENCE SERVICE, ACCORDING TO THE "DAILY MAIL". The plot was organised by the Nazi Intelligence Service, and provided for the systematic and simultaneous destructions by German spies and other agents of vital strategic centres of communication, in an attempt to cripple Britain's commu: nications.
Scotland Yard and the British Intelligence Service worked to- gether in unearthing the plot.
Timmediately its details became known the necessary counter- measures were immediately adopt- ed,
of
Tragic Loss of Three British Submarines
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
They Included the despatch stret Instructions to key callway functionaries throughout the country. LONDON, Jan, 17 (UP).—An apparently effective The anti-spy system, was im German weapon against submarines, laconically referred mediately instructed to suspicious characters anywhere near to in a German communique as "German undersen the centres which were to have been defence measures" has claimed three British submarines wrecked by the Nazis.
watch for
The Dally Mall" states that the as its first victims-the first British submarines to be ers are the equivalent of enrolling lost through enemy action since the outbreak of hosti
instructions sent to railway work-
G00,000 men in a vast andl-sabotage system.
from
their
All of these men have received Individual instructions Immediate superiors.
The First Target LONDON, Jan. 17 (Reuter). S hundred thousand workers on Britain's rallways have been warned to keep a keen and constant look- out for suspicious charoelers who may be Nazi agents in disguise, re-j ports the "Daily Telegraph,"
The rowspaper adds that it is stat- ed that secret instructions have been sent out by the railway companies to station-masters, goods agents, and heads of the departments.
BRITISH OFFER TO NORWAY, SWEDEN
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Jan. 16 (UP)
lities.
The three submarines are small coastal craft of from 540 to 640 tons, their ages ranging from ten to seven years.
They are the 640-ton sister ships Seahorse"and" Starfsh"and""the"&40=" ton Undine.
According to an Admiralty nouncement, the three vessels, "which must be presumed lost," were. engaged on particularly hazardous service.
The German announcement states that some of their crew have been saved..
The peace-time complements of the Seahorse and Starfish are only
The Instrutcions say that informa-Informed Scandinavian sources 10 men each, while the Undine car- tion has been received which sug-claim that Sweden and Norway rics even less men, its complement service is planning to entry out nets offers of assistance if their in-armed with one 3-in. gun and car-
written British being 27 men. gests that the German intelligence have received
of sabotage in the United Kingdom.
will most likely be the first target for
In such an event, the newspaper dependence is threatened. odds, the lines of communication The Swedish Foreign Office enemy netion, and immediate pre-denies that it has recelved any cautionary measures are advised. Buch offer. Nevertheless, the report, which is accredited to informed sources, persists to- day.
Communists Ousted
France Wants No Red
Politicians
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
PARIS, Jan. 17 (UP)-The Chamber of Deputies has passed the Bill authorising the expul- stor of Communist deputica.
The report claims that as recently as last Saturday, Britain offered a guarantee of Swedish neutrality
against aggression for any quarter.
It is stated that this original offer was, in fact, declined by Sweden for fear that acceptance would be re- Barded by Hitler an grounds for action against the Scandinavian country,
No Norwegian Reply Sweden also adopts the policy that, in any case, aggression against her voles, 831 deputies voting in favour ranged on her side.
would find Britain automatically.
There were only two disaidient
lof the measure.
lof the Royal- Artillery--he has brown patch, with bubbles, spread requiring all Communists to pubilely Parkert for the report comes from
They seemed fall very close and a great splash of water followed the THE BRAVERY of a Sergeant explosion. A little later, a greenish over he position where the subraarine not yet been identified--was | dived. responsible yesterday for saving Although the RAF. machine re- the life of a Chinese workman mained on the apol for sometime the who fell from a height of about U-boat was not seen again.. thirty feet whilst working on the erection of a new building in į
The fall of the workman was
on which his clothes were Impaled
BRITAIN'S COST OF LIVING
The Bill for the expulsion of Com- It is reported that Norway has not munist deputies follows the previous yet replied to the British offer. Bill, which was passed on October 20,
where an important announce- |disassociate themselves.
ment was made last night by the Passage of the Bill was preceded Qual d'Orsay (Foreign
Ofter). by a heated debate, in which M. This announcement states that any Ifenti Dekerillis and M. Flandin neutral countries attacked by Ger- crossed swords.
M. Dekerills charged that Hitler many will "benent by formidable had enrolled partisans among the support from Britain and France."
Concurrently, Mr. Chamberlain has French pollllclans:
was
tal
HELSINGFORS, Jan. 16 (UP).—An official East Point Terrace.
M. Flandin, in sharply rebuking M. confirmed in the House of Commons Dekerills, explained that he had fa! that Britain and Franco have granted communique states that a Russian attack on the broken by some bamboo scaffolding,
voured the Munich Agreement more- Turkey a new credit of £25,000,000
for armaments, £2,000,000 ly because, It
Impossible Karelian Isthmus has been repulsed with heavy as the injured man swung to and LONDON, Jan, 18 (Reuter)-Tho September, 1930, for France to go to liquidate arrears in Anglo-Turkish
clearances and £1,500,000 lossos.
cost of living index figure on January. war, with Germany. fre the R.A. Sergeant, who was
liquidate Turko-French arrears, passing at the time, ran to the scene
1 was 74 per cent. abave the level of The Finns dispersed two Russian companies on the and climbed the scaffolding,
July, 1914, and compared with 73 on important north-central frontier near Salla, where it was clothes until help arrived and then,
He held the unconscious man by his December 1. recently reported the Russians were attempting mass with the aid of others, carried him reinforcements.
down to the ground,
The Army officer tore up his shirt A Russian detachment attac-that 60 Russian planes bombed to provide a bandage for the work- Ked on the southeastern Karollan eight Finnish towns yesterday, m'a arm, which was fractured
during the fall. Isthmus front near Tipale.
dropping 600 bombs.
As soon as the ambulance arrived The Sergeant disappeared, without divulging his name.
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The food index figure on January
December 1.
was 57, which was the same as on
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Canadian Pilots
For Overseas
OTTAWA, Jan. 17 (Router)The WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (UF) — first unit of the Royal Canadian Alt Danahor, atid Buy Forco designated for oversens is the Benators. John Gillette, hava, introduced resolutions City of Toronto Army of Co-operation seeking the invocation of the Neutra-squadron, whose average trois 24 to lity: Act agairut. Finland, Rusola, 25, it was revealed last night in a China and Japan."
broadcast on Canada's war offort,
The Seahorse and Starfish wero
rled six 21-in. torpedo tubes. Tho Undine carried no guns and also had only six 21-in. tubes.
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NAZI OFFICIAL JOINS THE FINNISH ARMY
· HELSINGFORS," Jan. 10 (Reuter).The German commercial attache in Finlànd has resigned his post and joined the * Finnish army as a volunteer,