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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1940. 日八十月二十
No. 10055
Heinkels Attack Neutral and British
Vessels
INTENSIFIED RAIDS ON SHIPS DURING WEEK-END
Hitler's Iron Cross Adorns Body Of Dead Pilot Washed Ashore
LONDON, FEB. 4 (REUTER).————REPORTS have now BEEN RE- CEIVED OF ATTACKS ON SIX SHIPS DURING SATURDAY'S AIR RAIDS ON THE EAST COAST OF BRITAIN,
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· FIVE OF THE SHIPS WERE. BRITISH. ONE WAS A BELGIAN VESSEL.
Reports have also been received that an unknown Swedish ship was bombed and machine-gunned somewhere in the North Sea but no definite details are yet available.
4.
The British ships are the Kildale, Yowdale, Rose of England, Corland
.and Harley.
An S.O.S. was picked up from the Kildale, a 3,800 ton vessel, saying that the crew were taking to the boats.
Two East Coast life-boats were landed at a port on the East Coast. It is un- derstood that six others are * missing.
Collier Attacked The Mowdale, an 800 ton Glasgow collier, was attacked by two German planes about a mile from the coast. Although the ship suffered little damage the Captain was killed at the wheel and three members of the crew were injured.
Was
The Rose of England, a Grimbsy trawler of 200 tons, was attacked in the same area. No one
hit though the ship---wa-machiste va gunned.
The crew of the Harley, 100 tons, have been landed at an East Coast
reached
town.
The Corland, 3,400 tons, port safely.
The Belgian ship was a small vessel manned by a crew of ten. Six of them tried to get ashore on a and lifeboats are now looking them. Four other members of crew landed safely to-day.
One Ship Lost
45 DIE IN
NEW QUAKE
ANKARA, Feb. 4 (Reuter). -Forty-five were killed, scores badly injured and two villages completely destroyed in the neighbourhood of Erzindjan as the result of another carth- quake.
Tremors have been felt daily Hince December 27. 1939, throughout Northern Anatolla, but more frequently and stronger in the past 48 hours.'
The people are said to be in a state of terror.
WITH THE R.A.F.
WEATHER IS CHIEF TOPIC
LONDON, Feb. 4 (Reuter).--- Mr. Charles Gardner, the B.B.C. observer with the R.A.F. in France. in a review of the activities of last week, said that the weather was, of course, the chief topic.
They had frost and snow and then frost again. The second frost caused a traffic hold-up and
TO RESIGN there was a collection of cars at
AS AMENDS
Saito Pays Penalty For Diet Speech
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" raft TOKYO,
3 (Domel)-Mr. Feb. for Saito, whose statement in the Lower the House on Friday regarding the war in | China caused a serious political issue
has taken steps to leave the Minselto, Party, the largest group in the Lower
The only ship known to be lost as House. a result of the rald
small was a Norweglan vessel of 630 tons.
Nevertheless to-day a Nazi Caramunique claimed that 14 had been sunk,
High chips
At least three Nazi bombers were shot down by British fighter planes and two others are not expected to reach home.
Brave Scamon
Mr. Koizumi and Mr. Tawara, elders of the party, after consulta-
Pre tion with Mr. Machida, the
Takao Saito, sident called on Mr. and, in their personal capacity friends, advised him to
full his responsibility as a Party man.
Complying with the advice, Mr. Saito inter met President Machida and, and the leaders of the Party
offered apologizing for his speech,
Deciding Saito's Fate SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
LONDON, Feb. 4. (Reuter)-withdrawal, from the party. Numerous instances of courage of seamen and fishermen were revealed following the Nazi air raids in the North Sen yesterday,
TOKYO, Feb. 3 (UP).-To-day's Two German aircraft bombed the session of the House Yewdale, while machine-gun
from 1 p.m. owing to a conference of from the planes smashed the windows all political parties, to decide whether of the wheel-house, killing the Mr. Saito should be punished. skipper and three members of the
crow.
fro
verying danger, a fishing craft went
out and aided the Yewdale to reach port sofoly. Except for broken windows, the Yowdale showed lite sign of her ordeal.
They Paid The Penalty
Was
delayed
The House re-convened at 9 pm.
the foot of hills.
.
When one looked out of one's window, one saw scenes reminiscent of slapstick comedy, he said. Half the people were falling down. Even important seven star French genetals were not immune. The beauty of being a seven star French general-is that one can fall down at the very feet of a Guard of Honour and no one dare laugh at least not at the time.
Attack By Bomber
One of the highlights of the week was the attack by a Nazi bomber on
and patrol. The bomber came down to 25 feet and used its machine- guns. It did no damage.
This attack caused quite a lot of exellement as some thought it might herald the beginning of "total wir fare."
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RED Balkans BOMBS TO
To Stay
FIRE
FINN Peaceful
TOWN The
噂を閉
LONDON, Fob. 4 (Router).—
following communique was |issued at Belgrade to- day after the meeting of the Balkan Entente according to the Copan- hagen wireless;
SNOW-THATCHED VILLAS in this small Finnish village burn-fiercely after Red bombers poss overhead-one of many similar scenes In Finland to-day. Photo, radioed to New York and thence by Clipper to Hongkong-Domei Pluto.
RED PRESS FEATURES DEFEATS
MOSCOW, Feb. 4 (Reuter), -News of the Finnish war. which for some time has been confined to a fow lines, la now being prominently featured in the Soviet Press.
Newspapers publish long de- tails of Soviet defeats with ex- "tracts from Scandinavian news-- papers and speeches by promin- ent Finns
Observers are wondering this development presages a new Russian attack
whether
PRISON OF STATE
Nazi Plan For The Unhappy Poles
If the Germans do start that gaine. PARIS, Feb. 4. Twenty commented Mr. Gardner, there will million Poles and Jews are to be be plenty of surprises for them.
The most remaritable feature of the crowded into a territory the size war so far, at least where the Allies of Scotland and Wales, which are concerned, he said, has been the will form a densely-populated care taken not to bomb or ground-buffer between the Third Reich
Such activity last September might land Soviet Russia.
strafe land targets.
"Human" G.H.Q.
Warsaw or
Prepared Drive
Allies For Nazi
By MILES HANDLER.
UNITED PRESS WAR CORRESPONDENT
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN THE FIELD, Feb. 4 (UP).-France's Maginot Line is believed to be
calibres
"The four members of the Entente, in an atmosphere of cordial co-operation, have agreed on the following points:
1.Preservation of peace in the common interests of the member staics;
2. To continue the policy of excluding the war from their part of Europe;
3.-Maintain
the cloacst.co-
operation between the states the Entente
of
4-To establish friendly rela-. tions with neighbouring peoples;
5. To intensify collaboration in commerce and transport between the member states;
6.To prolong the Balkan Pact for another seven years;
7. To maintain close contact between the Foreign Ministers of the member states until the next conference at Athens February 19, 1941."
Entente Wants Peaco BELGRADE, Feb. 4 (Reuter)—An encouraging speech was made at n banquet by M. Marcovitch, Yugo- Slavian Foreign Minister, to-day."
He declared that the Balkan coun- tries wanted to remain neutral pro- viding their independence was re- spreted.
He was happy to say that the at- titude of Bulgaria and Hungary conformed with the peaceful polley of the Entente powers.
This Justifiable hope for a happy future might be possible for the
tions
he continued. -HA-hoped-tlust an economie-cgl--- laboration inlght develop, as then
sure.
No One Threatened
impregnable, but the High Command has taken every Balian and Eastern Danublan na- precaution to stem a "break-through” behind-the... Line- should the German armies prove powerful enough to ey might more easily resist pres- shatter the deep and heavy system of fortifications.
Theoretically, at least from regiments, artillery of all
M. Gatencu, the Rumanian Foreign the historical viewpoint, no and superior mobility, enabling it to Minister, dealt with the suggestion to have been position is 100 per cent invulner- rush to danger points in the shortest (known in London
possible time.
spread by Nazi ugents) that the Jable or impregnable provided the
Conference Was The French "manoeuvring masses", neighbouring states.
directed against enemy is willing to pay a high enough price for the privilege of (shattering such a defence.
Considered from this angle, it is possible to raise the problem of what Germans would happen if the managed to pierce the line at one or several points.
tres which are presently based at unstated cen- He denied these reports and ap-
are within striking disproved the speech of the Bulgarian tance of all present and potential Frime Minister, who said that Bul- front sectors. Their size and com-aria would respect the interests of monds are not known.
the Balkans.
LATEST
Should large German Torees breech)" Like M. Markovitch, M. Gafenett the Maginot Line to an extent where
*poke with gratitude of Italy's policy, they would threaten to out-flank the fortifications, the French High Com- In the first place, it is an accepted mand would order is "munoeuvring or even several forts over a distance enemy. fact that a breech between two foris masses" to advance and engage the
It is calculated that, threa of several kilometers would be of no
tened on both flanks by Interal fres practical value to an enemy which from the concrete forts, the enemy would be faced with the Impossible would be placed in a very criticnt task of holding terrain from altuation in which to meet the mobile flanking counter-attack by mobile armies sent to Intercept them.
forces.
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Such engagements are perhaps one have been to Germany's advantage.į This is the newest Nazi scheme for
If They Succeed.
of the few, possiblities of drawing? But it is most likely that the Get-solving the Polish question."
Assuming that the Germana did the ereiny into a decisive battle which mans did not indulge in it for fear of reprisals,
Hitler has apparently abandoned conceivably break through along a would terminate the war quickly.
and to a. fair Failure of the Germans to take the his plan of a purely Jewish reserve considerabia length in central Poland, near Lublin: depth, how could the French meet initiative of operations at the begin- One of the leading items of news He plans to establish a bigger, such a threat?
permitted the French ning of the during the week, he continued, was mixed Polish-Jewish reserve, a kind The attacking force, it is presumed. to complete their concentrations be
Linc. when the Speaker referred the case the postponement of leave for the of prison State," on A territory would be composed of mechanized bind the Maginet to the Punishment Committee. second time due to what was called approximately one-quarter of the units. These units would be exposed These concentrations are said tol
in refuting Salto's interpellation, the flap-transport troubles caused Polish Republic.
constantly to lateral fire of the anti-make possible a decisive engagement the War Minister said that the China by weather conditions.
tank guns of the forts themselves, such as the one described above. campaign was a Holy War because This second postponement, how- The attempt to set up a puppet because there is but little likelihood is considered now that the Germans it aimed at the extermination of the lever, showed up Headquarters in a Polish Government in "pro-Communist and anti-Japanese human light. One man was Hoing Cracow having failed, the Nazis have they would be silenced or forced to would have had a better chance to surrender. A break-through would crack, the western front had they regime, thereby stabilising East Asia, home to be married, the wedding be- Riven up the idea of a Polish protec-more than likely pass by the greater began operations while the French
Japan, he declared, had no inten- ing fixed for Thursday. He already torate.
majority of these blockhouses, and were in the midst of their general of preying on lesser nations. had had to postpone his wedding
Wholesale Moves
their firing power would be un mobilization. twice before-once when War began
They have decided to annex four Impaired.
An attensive to-day against the and the second time when leave was provinces of Central Poland under - In the second place, medium and Maginot Line, It is said, will find the SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" postponed.
German Governor-General..
heavy-sized batteries
the French fully prepared to Three times, he thought, was a bit)
Thala area, a little over 40.000 Maginot Line would concentrate their decisive battle at any point along the! of the Heinkel bomber brought down
TOKYO, Feb. 3 (Domel).—Political steep, sald Mr. Gardner. So didi off the mouth of the Tyne on Satur-elrcles are ill showing considerable Headquarters. They rent him home square milea, is Inhabited by 14,000, fire on the breeched sector. Ger- entire front.
man forces would here again be sub- excitement.
by plane, a privilege usually reserved 000 people. A German Goat, fully inflated, was)
Army authorities evince great re for higher offeinls. The wedding the Poles and Jews from the Western innumerable batteries before
The Nazis want to deport to it all jected to an intense cross-fre from they washed ashore south of Onaldany in centment at Salto's speech, which, was held.
Ponznania, could dig in or bring up supporting provinces of the Orkneys.
It is believed that the crew of the they claim, is "derogatory to the pro-
Pomerania and Sitesin, which belong-forces. ed to Prussia before 1910. German acroplane must have been posed objective of the current com-
paign." drowned after taking to the raft,
LONDON, Feb. 4 (Reuter)The bodies of three German airmen, one of whom was wearing the Iron Cross, "were washed ashore at Northumber
land to-day.
They are believed to be the crew
day.
The German Claim
tion
Political Circles Stirred
Polish
Arrangement Said
To these they propose to add two or three more million people from
behind
Decisive Battlo
the
wage a
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JAPANESE LINER HAS NAZI CARGO ABOARD
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” YOKOHAMA, Feb. 3 (Domel).The first Japaneso ship to
In the worst eventuality, in which Other Dlet circles, including the reformist section of the Solyukai and
To Be Reached
the textile district of Lodz and the the Germans did manage to drive SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
the Jikyoku Doshikni, are urging dis-
beit along the East Prussian frontier through the line with heavy forces BERLIN, Feb, 3 (UP)—It is ciplinary measures against Mr. Salto. SHANGHAI, Feb. 5(Router). also incorporated in the Third Reich. sweeping away all obstacles, -oMcially announced that German
French "manoeuvring masses", held Meanwhile, in compliance with the While Shanghal Municipal Council! The Jews will be driven to the in reserve for such occasions, would bring German goods to Japan following the enforcement of the planes sank nine merebant ships, oneladvices by the Speaker
the still refuse to break their cast, near to the Soviet-German mine-aveeper and four patrol boats leaders of the Mingelio, Mr. Salto, llence regarding the outside roads demarcation line around Lublin while be called up to play their role In the North Sea..
The announcement admitted that part of his speech, will also make his sponsored "Mayor" of Greater Shang- destinies in an already over-populated enemy...
who has already voluntarily cancelled question, Fu Slap-cn. the Janantse the Poles, will be left to their own fighting a decisivo battle with the Allied mensures for the scizure of German exports, the 0.8K liner
The "mandouvring masses" three planes had failed to return to excuses for his speech in the Lower hal, told reporters yesterday that "au, pren.,
House to-day..
arrangement" had been reached.
a very short time this Polish Fist of an autonomous army com- In the course of reconnalannco.
Unusual significance thus attaches Fu refuzed to enter into the details "Restinat" (remainder Sinte, as the posed of all elements found in a de- → fored units attacked British warships Lower House, at which Japan's at-all would be published "In
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