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PĦO WAT- THURSDAY, JANUARY
Allied Answer to Nazi Invasion of Belgium
NORTH SEA MAY
FLOOD BIG AREA
FREICH HAR COLUNIQUE
PARIC,
LINKEDNY
TONIGHT'S FRIMUL WAL, COMMUNIJUS (10. 178) DTIES;
"ALL. QUIET DURING THE BAT. BOTH LAND AND AIR · MOTIVINY HAD BEEN REDUCED AD MAGICALLY SUSPENDED. -UNITED PREZO,
AND HERE IS THE REASON
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
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 force 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 peaceting method of regulating the network of canals in the district.
Normally the canal locks arej closed at high tide and opened at low tide in order to allow the excess fresh water to run out.
For flooding purposes, the
toelts would be upened at high tide, allow ing the son water to overflow the
should damage the rich soil TEN Ettle as possibile.
Steps also are already taken to prevent any artillent foods spreading the ground occupied by the French Troupat
The intamures Include the oʻstem of dams which would convert the distret into vast lake virtually im- mechanised
other
NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (Domei).—The wave of cold anal bonies, and closed at low tide rope to
now sweeping Europe threatens to paralyse man-made hostilities, various reports from Europe indicated.
The severst cold is reported in North Europe. An Oslo despatch reaching here to-day says that the mercury was whittled down to 54 degrees below zero eastern Norway, the lowest
recent
to keep the water in.
Special efforis would first be maite to saturate the ground with fresh water so that the salt water
Big Red Drive Starts:
marks in Europe in meat year. Two Attacks Repulsed
Cown but
the
Turns into "Ice cream" in the buckel,
Denmark is also experiencing the severest cold enup in the past quarter
HELSINGFORS, Jan. 17 (Reuter).--Fighting in
century, Telegraph and telephone the worst cold which Finland has experienced in 35 years,
wires are everywhere snapping off,
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Snow began to fall in Park Tuesday. The thermometer there is registering a record low,
Shivering Soldiers
~~~~SPECIAL-TO-THE~~TELKORAPH"
EUROPE is in the grip of its severest winter in 15 years.
Warfare on the Western Front, says)
the Finns are facing a new Russian onslaught on Salla front.
The Russians have launched three new attacks in their drive westwards towards the Gulf of Bothnia, raging.
the
MASS RAIDS
nia, and a big belle is stiCONTINUE
Two of the attark' are
advancing towards Salla from
broken
1
well. The Fims have retaken Kur-
a "United Press” mesalge, has almost and the Finis, cotifter aftagkong, are come to a complete standstill.
Shivering and overcoated soldierz are shivering on both ades of No Man's Land, which is covered in aj blanket of snow.
Su..
Only 10 the south have the Russians inst with surness, and here the Finny
positiona ni Vitavaria.
300-400 Planes In
Daily Bombings HELSINGFORS. Jun. (Reuter),It is now becoming
17
Further storms and blizzards lastare falling buck its good order to ne clear that the Soviet air raids i
night are adding to the general misery
- braziers.
their over
eharcoal
of the troops, who are attempting to Finnish patrol report Shipt the keep warm
Russians are withdrawing heavy guns, presumably as a precaution to From all parts of Europe came out the heavy losses they suffered reports of phenomenal cold.
In the defeat at Suomussalmi front. A "Reuter" message from Oslo xtates that the temperature: ¡L
Russians Retreat Telnese, on the Norwegian-Swedish frontier, defled the mercury thermo-| meter, which was unable to register have becnuce the mercury froze.
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the
Jon Finland are aimed at any
thing on sight, even private in- dividuals miles from any fight- jing front.
In future, therefore, the Finns will not issue the names of the towns that are bombed.
On the castern front, the
Finns
Typical of the heroism of the Finnish
Sovict scored 11 bla success neur airines Nighting against the Kitela, north of the lakse, where after raiders against long odds was one
plot who each morning took The alcohol thermometer register-three days of hard fighting. ed B degrees of frost.
Russians have suddenly drawn back, pline up, circled round and then came Inhabitants of Moscow, which is abandoning several guns and 29 fast lown before setting off on his recon-
aalssance flight. knee-deep in snow, say that the city tanks.
The retreat is attributed to the lack of supplies,
is suffering from the coldest winter since Lenin died in 1924.
ге-
The intense cold is hampering Soviet ar activity.
"Every day," he explained, "ray machine gets shot to pleces and every night the mechanles have to put it
troops.
Or
Nazi Propagandists At Work LONDON, Jan. 17 (Reuter). Despite a Dutch official deniai. the German news agency to-day repented
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PHOTOGRAPH shows Germun bembers over the North Sea, en route on a bombing raid ngainst ' British fishing craft. This type of plune has proved no match for the swift R.A.F. Spitfires, and the Nazis usually turn tail as soon as British planes are scen.Domei Photo.
Fascist Leaders Warn: "Italy May Soon Have To Take Up Arms"
ROME, Jan. 17 (Reuter).-A warning that Italy might "find it the assertior in a German High Com- necessary to take up arms at any moment" was uttered by General
mand comtounique that a Dutch
plate flow over. German territory Ettore Muti, the new Secretary of the Fascist Party in a Speech to
war Nordhorn on January 13.
The agency stated that the Dutch violation of German territory bad becu established beyond doubt, adding that the plane was recognised by the colour of its markings.
Situation Unchanged BRUSSELS, Jan. 17
(Reuter).—
The situntion in the Lowland coun- Arles remains unchanged,
It is reported that the official Bel- gian quarters are of the opinion that if nothing happens in the inter-
situation national
in the next 24 hours, some of the troops mobilised may be released.
The Belgian Foreign Minister had an interview with the British,~French and German Ambassadors, statements have been issued.
INTERPORT FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Hongkong To Play Three Matches
BPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" "SHANGHAI-Jan-18-(UP); but no-Shanghai will not select her Interport soccer eleven until a week before the match, it was decided at last night's meeting of the Shanghai Football As sociation.
B.E.F. Leave Resumed D.K. LONDON, Jan. 17 (From "Reu- ler's" Special Correspondent to France).-Limited home leave for the B.E.F. has resumed.. To-night from the various rail- ways, trains ate carrying soldiers on their way home,
This fuct indicates that the tension of the week-end, though not relaxed, has at any rate coed considerably.
CHINESE REVOLT
(Reu-
Before the team is finally chosen, the Probables will play the Possibles, after which the representative side will be an- nounced.
However, at last night's meeting, it was decided to play the inter- port at the Canidrome on Chinese) New Year's Day, February 8.
Hongkong will meet an All-Star Chinese X on the 9th, and an All-| Star, Foreigners XI on the 11th, Shanghai Confident
Shanghai newspapers believe that the northern tenm's chances of win- ning are excellent due to the fact that
the Hongkong side appears to be weak as a result of the Chinese and Folice players.
Provincial Fascist, Leaders.
General Muti said: "Let no-one sleep with the illu- sion that Italy's present attitude to the war will last forever.
General Muli affirmed the un- compromising attitude of Fascism
FRONTIER SEALED
Remarkable Nazi Procautions
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 17 (Reu- towards Democracy. Bolshevism and the bourgeois ter)-While the arctic condi the German tions prevail on ideology.
frontier,-with-snowdrifts.and. frozen rivers, the Germans are busy hermetically scaling the frontier, and are erecting a tre Considerable irritation has been mendous barbed wire barrier. enused In Faselst elretrs by frequent
It appears that persons wish. allusions in the British and Frenching to enter or leave Germany
The statement is regarded diplomatic circles As emphasising Tiniv's
complete independence foreign policy.
Pross
since the recent Itellan
Cabinet re-shume, to a possible will only be allowed to do so at with change in favour of the Allies of the certain restricted points Italian Government's attitude.
great difficulty. General Mull declared: "The re- cent change in the Government and Party should not be interpreted as indicating any change whatever in the patly followed by the revolution,"
In same plaers, the high barrier I being electrified.
following the The Germans are
Thus inconviencing local residents. frontier line with securney, greatly being at one placo, the barrier is taken through a hotel garden and a humlet is cut from all communica
"Wo Must Not Sleep" SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" ROME, Jan. 17 (UP).—Ituly may lons. at any time be faced with the neces sity of talting up arms.
niet will be perpetual," he said. "We construction of an extension of together again. Every morning, there-
The thermometer there fell a fur- ther four degrees Inst night, glotering 70 degrees of frost.
In the meantime. Finnish tactics, fure, go up to see if it still works. Hospitals are remaining open night apart from trench warfare in the if it does, I can go off and fight the and day in order to attend cases of Karelian Isthmus, are directed at Russians,"
Hince then, the pilot has destroying the enemy's morale by Many Jerrica and ears are frozen harassing operations by patrols which killed and his patched-up machine
and destroyed. unexpectedly attack the
frostbite.
rear
up on the roads.
The Underground is packed with Banks, making the Russiana constant- people seeking relief from the bitterly ly fear being cut off from supplies, cold winds,
and being starved and frozen.
Armies Immobilised
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" PARIS, Jun. 17 (UP)—An intenso cold wave has immobilized operations in all sectors.
Air patrols ceased operations en- tirely and some land patrols moved In routine watches only.
Artillery on both alde has been silenced:
Atlantic Squadron On The Move
The
Finn "Nursery Tricks" Mary observers are astonished at the Finns' Incredible contempt for heavy masses of men and machinery, especially tanks. Finns brilliantly produced a num- ber of "nursery tricks" by which a single man could put a tank out of action.
In some cases, a Finnish soldier
Finns Outnumbered
been
(Nauter).-
17 LONDON, Jan. Between 300 and 100 Soviet bombers have been over Finland every day recently, a Finnish spokesman "Reuter."
told
To ward off these attacks, the Fin- that ash air force has about half number, roughly 150.
This includes training machines and aeroplanes since the war began.
received from abroad
leapt on to a tank, hit the machine APPLY FOR YOUR
gun with a heavy pole, bending its barrel and then dealing with it at leisure.
The Russians apparently found it necessary to bring up reinforcements at several fronts and in one sector they put into line cadets who are being trained as officers.
GAS MASK
Quarter-Million Men In Shansi Fighting SHANGHAI, Jan. 18 ter) Open warfare inside the ranks of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's troops has broken out in the south of Shansi Pro- vince, travellers reaching here nominations. from the province informed "Reuter" (day,!
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They also attach importance to the criticism expressed in the Hongkong papers of the selection committee's
have sounded a warning not to treat Nevertheless, sports writers here the visitors lightly. They reall the match of four years ago when on anow-swept ground at the Canidrome the
beat the Hongkong team
Approximately 250,000 men from two separate armies ar involved, these travellers strongest cleven Shanghai had turn
clare.
They are how said to be engaged fighting each other instead of jointly ghting the Zupanese as ordered by General Chiang Kai-shek,
red out for years.
£43,500,000
and
the
At Dinxperlo, a wire netting bar- rier is being erected down in the This was the warning given by the middle. of the street, which is half Secretary General or the Enselat German and half Dutch. Party at a gathering of Fascist and
measures It is believed that the Federal Secretaries to-day.
are directed chiefly against sples and "We must not sleep in the illusien saboteurs. that Italy's present stand in the con- With troup concentrations must be ready with arms and, abovej Siegfried Line, the Germans are all, in spirit."
anxious to keep many things from He ordered the party secretaries to prying eyes. exercise close supervision over their, individual districts, to solve problems such as unemployment, to give moral and material aid to their groups to: control prices and to avold hoarding] 10
sek-suffelency strengthen the campaign.
Gayda Joins In Signor Gayda, welting in the "Glor=" nale di Italia," commenting on the Secretary General's speech, ⋅ said: "More than ever Italy must dafend] her interests and freedom of action,
"There have been many evidenti foreign attempts to control the Italian!
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Apparently the trouble original FOR TURKEY political conscience for the purpose
arom over Iticlion between the two his
armies commanded by General Ven
an
Details Of New Pact With Allies
Tial-shan, commonly known "Old" Aimy kand his "Now" Army. The Old Army is the army which retreated with him before the Japan- The Director of Air Raid Precau ese advance into Shanal over two
LONDON, Jan. 17 (Router).] Lions wishes to remind the general years ago. The New Army is army recruited since them by
theDetails of the recently-signed publle that the application forms for the purchase of respirators are now General originally with the Inten- available.
flon of strengthening himself from Anglo- French - Turkish agree The forms can be obtained either any Communists and bersanta whoment have now been released. Dig Battle Near
from the A.R.P. Department, Lowri would join him, MORA
Britain and France are to glvo Rod Tondenclos
Turkey loans of £43,500,000, of HELSINGFORS, Jan, 17 (UP)-Albert Rond, Hongkong, or from any
which £25,000,000 will be used to to pass through the Leeward and Indicating that the Fians are again of the Police Stations.
This New Army, which is now purchase arms from Britain and about 60,000 strong, did not live up. France,
tions of loyalty, and for sometime, it sold.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHI WASHINGTON, Jun. 17 (UP) — Mr. Charles Edison, Secretary for the Navy, today announced that 22 war- ahipa of the Atlantic Squadron would, SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" soon leave Guantanamo presumably
+
Windward Islands in connection with, holding the Russian offensive aimed
leading exercises in the Caribbean to reach the Gulf of Bothnia acroși Swedish Ship Seized » General Yeh Hai-shan's expects- A sum of £15,000,000 will be
Bhs, near Culebra Island.
MADRID, Jan. 17 (Router) —Spain
has concluded” a' cominòrcial agrco- ment with Bulgaria.:
Finland's "waist", to-dav's communi- que reported the "successful" re-
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 17 (Neuter) ***
istated, they haye been noticeably Britain and France have under alalance on the Salla front.
There is very indication that a The Swedish steamer, Birger Jarl, more in sympathy with the Com- taken to purchase: annually from baitle involving some 40,000 men, destined for Stockholms from Latving munist-Eighth route Army group Turkey dried fruits to the value of with 50 passengers, was captured by Insh Yeri Islahan himself whom 20,000,000 during the duration of PLEASE Tum To
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AMONG the five officers missing aboard II.M.S. Starfish, one the three British submarines lost this wook in Holigoland Bay, was Lieutenant R.T.V. ("Toby") Kyrko, who was well- known in Hongkong.
Llaut. Kyrke was married, on March Previous to his appointment 10, to Milas Barbara Hanco, older last year to H.M.S. Starfish, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. R. Llaut, Kyrke was attached to Hance, of Ilongkong. H.M.S. Regent on China Station. He left Hongkong in January last Shortly after his arrival in England;}
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Hia widow is still in England. The late 'Lieut... Kyrke was well- known In Rugby and cricketing sit- PLEASE Turn To Page 2.