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No. 1004% 四拜禮 號八十月——英港香 THURSDAY,
JANUARY
18,1940.日十月二十
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Allied Answer to Nazi Invasion of Belgium
NORTH SEA MAY
FLOOD BIG AREA
FRENCH WAH, COMMUNIQUE
PARIS, AMIKODIY-
TONIGHT'S FREICH WAN COKIMIIIQUA (KO. #79) STATES: "ALL QUIET DURING THE DAT. BOTH LAID MD AIR NACTIVITY HAD BEEN REDUCED AL HACHIOMALY
SUSPENDED --UNİTED. PREKI,
·
AND HERE IS THE REASON
SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH"
EUROPE is in the grip of its severest winter in 15
years.
a
"United
Warfare on the Western Front, says Press" message, has almost come to a complete standstill.
overcoated
Shivering and soldiers are shivering on both sides of. No Man's Land, which is covered in a blanket of snow. Further storms and blizzards last night are adding to the general misery of the troops, who are attempting to their charcoal keep warm braziers.
over
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Sea dykes Loo dangerous to opeń even In wartime
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From all parts of Europe come reports of phenomenal cold.
from Oslo A "Reuter" message states that the temperature Telnerse, on the Norwegian-Swedish "frontier; defted-the-mercury_thermo- meter, which was unable to register because the mercury froze.
The alcohol thermometer register-
ed 80 degrees of frost.
Inimbitants of Moscow, which is knee-deep in snow, say that the city is suffering from Din coldest winter since Lenirs died in 1921.
The thermometer there fell o fur- ther four degrees last night, stering 70 degrees of frost.
rivers Waal, Lek
and Mass.
THE HAGUÉ ******* CESEEN WILHELMINA'S
PALACE
ROTTERDAM
TO BRITAIN
100 MILES
TO BRITAIN
50+
GOMILES
Hospitals are remaining open night and day in order to attend eases of frostblle,
Many lorries and cars are frozen up on the ronds.
The Underground is packed with people seeking relief from the bitterly cold winds.
Food Famine In N. China Attempt To Relieve Situation
PEIPING, Jan. 17 (Reuter),The food situation, which has been caus- ing acute distress to the Chinese population in Felping, especially the poorer classes, is expected to be grently relieved following the official announcement that the fixed prices for cereals have been cancelled tem- porarily.
Arrangements have been made for importation into North China of 2,000,000 bags of four before the Chinese New Year.
Large quantiles were on salc locally to-day and queues have been waiting outside the shops.
The situation had become so bad food that the Pollee were lasuing tickets for the poorer familles.
Hoarding on the part of local denters was one of the unfavourable factors aggravating the already acute food situation in Peiping.
Canada's War Loan Success.
YPRE
LILLE O
MAUBEUGE
AGINOT
FRANCE
LONDON, Jan. 17 (Reuter's Special Cor- respondent with the French Forces).-Although there is a fringe of ice on the shores of the North Sea, the elaborate flooding measures planned by the French Army at the northern extremity of the western front are ready to be put into forec at a moment's notice.
Within a few hours, vast tracts of land could be made impassable for an advancing army. -
The measures consist mainly of the reversal of the peacetime method of regulating the network of canals in the district.
Steps also are already taken to prevent any artificial floods-spreading Normally the canal locks are to the ground occupied by the French closed at high tide and opened troops. at low tide in order to allow the of dams which would convert the The measures include the system excess fresh water to run out.
district into a vast lake virtually Im- For flooding purposes, the locks passable to mechanised Br oller would be opened at liigh tide, allow-| troops. lng the aen water to overflow the canal banks, and closed at low tide! to keep the water in.
AMSTERDAM
BREDA
SEDAN
Special efforts would first be made to saturate the ground with fresh water so that the sall water should damage the rich soil little as possible.
EUWAHOEN
ARNHEIM
VITAL
PILLBOX FRONTIER.
To get behind floods, Dutch would retreat westward and ZONE Belgians south- ward, losing contact. Gap left for Nazi
attack
Sweden Warns: We Will Fight For Our Rights'
дя
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 17. (Reuter),—“Sweden will defend its·· independence and neutrality," declared the Prime Minister, 'Dr. Albin Hansson, during the debate on foreign affairs in the Riksdag to-day.
He added: "Any attempt to violate our neutrality will be met with all means at our disposal. There can be
Moscow Prosa' Angry SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH"
Nazi Propagandists At Work
LONDON, Jan.
17 (Reuter)- Despite a Dutch officiel dental, the the assertion in a German High Com- German newa ugency to-day repeated
mand communique that
NAZI
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CKTAKING SALE
Bargains in all Depts.
BOMBERS OVER NORTH SEA
PHOTOGRAPH shows Germon bombers over the North Sea, en route on a bombing raid against British fishing craft. This type of plane has proved no match for the swarRAF. Spitfires, and the Nazis usually turn tail as soon as British planes are sten-Domai Photo.
EMBARGO THREAT
TO JAPANESE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (Reuter).-Senator Key Dutch Pittman, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations' plane flew over German territory itear Nordlion on January 13. Committee, stated to-day that the Committee will take had up the entire question of relations between Japan and America at its first meeting
The agency stated at the Dutch violation of German territory been established beyond doubi, adding that the plane was recognised by the colour of its markings.
Nazi U-Boat Losses
ECONOMIC on January 31.
DISASTER
Contraband Control Throttling Nazis
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, will probably ask for reports on the progress of negotiations for a new trade treaty.
Two proposals aiming at the im- position of an embargo against Japan, as well as resolutions which seek to Invoke the Neulallty Act against China-and-Japan,-are-also-before the Committee.
motion
Moscow Silence
the
the
Commentator Makes Frank Admission-
LONDON, Jan. 17′′ (UP) LONDON, Jan. 17 (Reuter), Germany is suffering severely.
Senator Cillette, who yesterday -A special commentary on the as the result of the Allied Con-
10 set in extent of Germany's submarine traband Control, asserted Mr. Untroduced a resolution calling on
Congress Josses in recent months has been Ronald Hibbert Cross, Minister machinery for the operation of the jeonfirmed from an unexpected of Economie Warfare in a House Neutrality Act in the Far Eastern
that conflict, predicted to-day quarter.
of Commons statement to-day Foreign Relations Committee would He said at the end of the first approve of legislation restricting ex- The Frankfurt Radlo, in a broad- cast to-day, rald: "The wish of the four and a half months of war-norts to Japan.' English is father to the thought,
fare Germany's economic straits "They say
they have sunk 70 are similar to those existing dur- U-Boats. If they had said 35 they ing the last two years of the would have been searer the truth." World War.
The Allies have never claimed 70 U-Boat victims. The only aggregate
"Conditions of life in Germany are Plaim was made last Saturday by the strained," he asserted, and added that French Minister for Marine, who while Germany had not the same estimated that altogether 30 German resources of gold and foreign cur submarines had been sunk.
she had 20 years rency as German The
commentator, in "stocks of raw materials aśc also attempting to conceal from the Ger-for smaller." man people the seriousness of the There were shortages of petroleum, Nazi submarine losses has, in fact, iron, wael, cotton and many other admitted lasses more serious than commodities in Germany. those announced by the Allles.
Convoy Successes
MOSCOW, Jan. 17 (Reuter).— Ofelal_comment on Mr. Arla's state- ment is not available, but in the
Soviet version of his statement, the "emarks about the United States are given precedence.
The remark comparing the Frontier Agreement in importance with a Non- 252 Aggression Pact is not published in
the Soviet Press,
have been informed that Important steel works might even suspend operations because of lack The loss this week of three British of raw materials," Mr. Cross declared. submarines must be viewed in the light of the predominant tnct that half the U-Boats with which
cd.
Ger-
Contraband Detentions
LONDON, Jan. 17 (Reuter),-The many begon the war are now destroy- Contraband Control detained 3,304 The British loss has been offset by Germany during the week, ended ions of contraband goods destined for the success of the convoy system, January 13, making the total since the which has safely escortad
6,303 beginning of the war, 847,000 tons.
steamers and has lost only twelve.
In the last war, the convoy system reduced the losses to 8 per cent. The figure now is only 2,
Individus triumphs and setbacks grip the popular imagination but this Issue, will be decided by the cense. less flow of convoys to and from British ports.
·U.S. DESTROYER
PROGRAMME
Nazi Invasion
Recalled
Britain And The Vatican
No Criticism By Holy Soc Of Policy
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
VATICAN CITY, Jan. 17 (UP),~~-~ In the course of a private audience with His Holiness the Pope on Saturday_last, it is understood, Mr. D'Arcy Osborne, Brilish Minister to the Holy Seč, presented a note ask- ing if the Pope's publicly expressed opinion that the belligerents ought to subordinate particular. Interests to general interests for the bringing about of peace, implied Vallcan criticism of the publicly expressed
Britain's Loan To British and Frend: war aims,
Czecho-Slovakia
It is understood that the Pope re- plied that it was not the policy of the Holy See to take account of the country, political interests of any LONDON, Jan. 17 (Router)-either to express approval or blame WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (Reuter). The first reading was given in of their polity, except in the case of -The United States should have the House of Commons to-day Rusala, whose polley Is contrary to swarm of destroyers "to control the seas in the event of war, according to the Czecho-Slovakia (Finan- the interests of the church.
a Rear Admiral 5. M. Robinson, cial Claims and Refugees) Bill. Chief of the Naval Engineering Staff; The new Bill provides that the
LATEST
ITALIAN WARNING
May Be Necessary To
Take Up Arms
ROME, Jan. 17 (Reuter)-A warning that Italy might "find It necessary to take up arms at any moment" was uttered by General Eltora Muti, the new Secretary of the Fascist Party in a speech to Provincial Fascist Leaders.
General Muti sald: "Let no-one sleep with the illusion that Italy's present attitude to the war will list forever,"
General Mutt offrined the un- compromising attitude of Fascism lo- wards Democracy, Bolshevism and 'the bourgeoin ideology.
The statement is regarded in diplomatic circles as emphasising Italy's complete Independence in foreign policy.
Considerable Irritation has been caused in Fascist circles by frequent allusions in the British and French Pross since the recen! Italian Cabinet re-shume, to a possible change in favour of the Alles of the Italian Government's attitude.
General Muti declared: "The re- cent changes In the Government and Party should not be interpreted as indicaling any change Whatever In The path followed by the revolution."
Soo Back Pago For Further Lato Nows
BROWDER ON TRIAL
American Communist Faces Jury
A Jury of eleven men and one
NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (UP)—–
woman have been selected for the trial of Earl Browder, Secre tary of the American Communist
Adriel Robinson, who was testify-balance of the £8,000,000 loan made Atlantic Squadron party, who is charged with the
or the use of bases in our territory," about Soviet defents in Finland, and ing before the Naval Affairs Com-to Czecho-Slovakia by Britain before
On The Move
MOSCOW, Jan. 17 (UT)-The no question of breaches of neutrality Moscow Prets to-day stormed against such as permission for the transport the "monstrous foreign inventions" of belligerent troops through Sweden
mittee of the House of Representz- | Huller Invaded the country early Inst promised that the Finns will be Dr. Albin Hanson declared that in destroyed.
Uves, was defending the Administra-year should be used to satlify British tion's spite of the sympathy felt for Fin-
Not A. War I
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHO. programme for buildingdeancial claims in Czecho-Slovakia. destroyers against the criticism of Mr. The balance available for this pur- WASHINGTON, Jan.:-17 - (UP), Jand, caution was necessary in order
party to the SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
Carl Vinzon, who suggested that the pose la nearly £3,500,000
054- Charla Edison. Secretary for the OTTAWA, Jan, 17 (UP). The to nun'd becoming a
The Bill also provides for the dia- 'Navy, to-day announced that 22-war-- Bank of Canada announces that sub-conflict.
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (UP)gures proposed were too Jarga...
"Our situation is much like that of posal of the unexpended balance of lamps of the Atlantic Squadron would scriptions to Canada's Orst war loan, "He" added "Wo don't need orders president Roosevelt to-day declared Finland's Trearding the control of the the £4,000,000 gift made to Czecho soon leave Guantanamo presumably at the close of business on Tuesday, from abroad on our relations with that the United States neutrally not sens, the Admiral declared, vente Sigvaki after the Munich Agreement, 10 pass through the Leeword and was hear: 8240 000,000,
Finland. We judge for ourselves how does not apply to the Russo Finnish "A nation like Germans, must, at 2 The, remainder of this money will Windward Islands in connection with This is $40,000,000 more than war1 best to serve her cause and that of confilet because a far it la an ung thu outbreak of war, murronder con- be used for the settlement of Czech | landing exercises in the: Caribbean naked-for..
--the riorthern-states.!!------
Bea, near Culebra, falandplate
SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH"
fraudulent use of a passport.
The jury was completed after, an -hour's questioning by the defending and prosecuting eaunsols, who sought to weed out Jurorn with Ideological preludtee,
During the questioning one furor was excused after inaking an anti- Cominuniat speech;
The Judge warned the panel of 75 men; and women that the Browder irik] was not concerned,mwithman teanodus Gmatters but gravurely with the lilegal-ure:
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