Education To Re-Commence 400,000 Evacuees Must Be Taught
EXPLOSION
ON LINER Big Trans-Channel Vessel Sinks
LONDON, Feb. 7 (Router).—
LONDON, Feb. 7 (Reuter), School attendance in the evacun-All passengers and crew of the tion areas is to be made com passenger and cargo steamer, pulsory to save the children Munster, 4,300 tons, which was from a growing demoralisation, sunk this morning are safe.
This was announced in the House of Lords to-day by Earl De La Warr,
President of the Board of Education, In reply to a motion by the Arch- bishop of Canterbury asking the Government for a statement educational policy.
of
Friday,
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WESTERN FRONT NAZI PACT
“ONE GERMAN WITH REDS SOLDIER FELL"Solidarity Of War
BERLIN, Feb. 7 (Router)-
Aims Disclosed
Special to THE "TELEGRAPH"
February 9, 1940.
NAZI PLOT IN AFRICA
the
Amazing Revelation By General Smuts A High Command communique'
CAPETOWN, Feb. 7 (Reuter), states: "There were no special
BERLIN, Feb. 7 (Domci) — —The extent of the activities of events on the Western Front The German Government declar- the Nazi Auslander organisation except slight artillery fire beed to-day that though there in the Union and South-West tween Mettlach and the Pala- existed no agreement for milit- Africa was revealed to-day by tinate Forest, and likely re-nry assistance between Germany General Smuts, during connaissance activity.
and the U.S.S.R., Germany had a (second reading of tho new Emer- "One reconnoltring expedition east of the Moselle developed into a live-complete understanding with the gency Regulations Bill.
action: One German soldier fell." Soviet.
Franch Communique
The absence of any under- PARIS, Feb. 7 (Reuter).—-To-day's standing for mutual assistance in communique states that there
is military measures does not mean nothing to report.
any deterioration in German-
assert. Soviet relations, the same circles
Most of those aboard the Munster were brought ashore by a tramp steamer. It is believed that the pns sengers and crew number appro-ly ximately 200.
An official of the shipping com pany, to which the Munster belonged, states: "No one from the Munster was lost. One or two may have been nearly ono and a quarter million injured, but everybody in safe. Four or five members of the crew are in hospital.**
Earl De La Warr sald that out of
children now in the danger areas, 400,000 were receiving по schooling or care at all.
some
Cannot Continue
Whatever the risk of-alr talds- and he believed the risk to be stil great that situation could not be allowed to continue, and from on, they must see that every. went to school somewhere,
now child
If parents were unwilling to send their children to the comparative
safety of the reception areas, then they must send them to a school in the towns.
Full-time schooling was the objec- five, but he would regard half-time provision for all children by the beginning of April as the acceptable minimum.
NEWS IN BRIEF
FROM. PAGE ONE
look a suspicious package, which he received by post, to the police station for examination. The package ex- ploded when li wns operied.
CONDITION SERIOUS
OTTAWA, Feb. & (UP)—Bis physicians to-day announced thpt Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada, is in a serious condition as the result of the braho čanctission de
ustained in his fall in Government House.
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MINESWEEPER LOSS
LONDON, Feb. 7 (UP),—The Ad- miralty announces that Sub, Deut. J. S. G. Comfort, R.N.V.R., lost his Hfe in HM.S. Sphinx.
LONDON STOCK MARKET
LONDON, Feb. 7 (Reuter)-Busl- ness was moderate, with severnl good spots. Japanese stocks were support- ed and Royal Dutch was prominent amonų Oils.
POLES EXECUTED
PARIS, Feb. 7 (UP)-The Ger- mans have executed 138 Poles in Waver and Anti in reprisal for the murder of two German polleemen. Among those, executed were eftizens of the United States.
·RUSSIAN-PROTEST
two
MOSCOW, Feb. 7 (UP).The Soviet Government has protested to France against a police rold last Monday on the Soviet Trade Offices In Paris. In addition to raiding the offices, plain-clothesmen raided the homes of the Soviet officials,
FREE SPEECHES
Twenty people from the ship were rushed to hospital when they were landed, suffering from minor injuries and shock. Only 's few were de- trincd.
A Blue Flash,
A member of the crew stated: "The explosion occurred this morning when there was a blue flash, then, boiling water and pieces of the galley furni- ture were flung everywhere. Another | vessel, eight miles away, seeing our distress flares, steamed up and took inany aboard.
"Although there were many women and children among the passengers, everyone behaved perfectly. The ship sank in an hour and a half."
The Munster was the crack ship of the Irish Bea crossings and the largest cross-Channel motor "vessel in the world.
The Captain had an arm broken in two places, but remained on the bridge to the last.
One of the crew and he was thrown out of his bunk by the force of the When lie arrived on deck, explosion, life-boats were being lowered. Bonts were drifting away from the ship.
A motor life-bont went to the ns- sistance of other life-boats towed them to a collier.
and
The Munster hud 180 passengers. She operated between Liverpool and Northern Ireland and had lett Bel- fast last evening.
Estonian Ship Sunk LONDON, Feb.
8 (UP)-The Estonian trieghter, Anu, of 800 tons, was mined off the east coast of Eng- lond late on Tuesday night.
Three of the crew are known to be dead, three are missing and 13 have been rescued.
Seven of the survivors, including two women, have been sent to hospital.
Freighter Torpedoed LAS PALMAS, Feb. 8 (Router).—— The Captain and crew of 53 of the British freighter, Armanistan, landed here last night by the Spanish motor ship, Onteatra.
were
were
Patrol Work Increases French Command continues to sound PARIS, Feb. 8 (Reuters, the
and probe the German lines, patrol activity is Increasing on the Western Front,
During the past 24 hours, three putrols advanced into No Man's Land
Germany has no interest in the Soviet-Finnish dispute but she completely understands the Soviet position. The
The Premier told the House that the Nazi organisation had absorbed the largest proportion of the funds collected in South Africa "for relief in Germany,"
Germans and people of German extraction had beeri compelled to join the organisation on pain of being subjected to social and economic boy- colt.
The relatives of defaulters Buil living in Germany, were threatened raw imprisonment.
between the Moselle ard the Saar, trialnge of German. Indus- with confiscation of their property or
and thence penetrated the German
All
lines; returned with much interesting information without being challenged or engaged by the Germans,
At five or six` points along the Rhine, in Northern Alsace and north
products... and Soviet materials la progressing satisfactorily the
In South-West Africa local Nazi and it is expected to increase with groups had been sub-divided into
Improvements 1 transport smaller cells. fuellities, German ofelals further asserted,
Exchange Of Goods BERLIN, Feb. 7 (Reuter).-AC- cording to the official news agency an exchange of goods under the German-Soviet Pact is now proceed-
of Strasbourg, there have been lively exchanges of fire between infantry manning the casemates of the Sieg- tried and Maginot Lines.
Air operations are still practicallying on a large scale. nil owing to the weather.
No nelivity la reported on the
but Franco-British sa short recon- a solitary German
playe naissance flight in Lower Alsace,
Reports of suspension of all leave in the German Army are not con- firmed in Paris, where is thought
only that any suspension may
be partial and due, lo transport dificul- ties.
EXPLOSIVES FOR THE ALLIES
Factory To Be Built In U.S.
Grain, oil, iron, steel and other metals, hemp, fax and manganese are among the important materials In- volved, it claims.
Usurped Courts The organisation possestes an hr- bitrator which, in reality, is a Nazi diction of the regular courts, court which has usurped the jurin-
General Smuls added:
on
The organisation also had a secret newspaper.
"The Government has a tall list of the whole of the Nazi organisation's membership in South Africa. "When the Government acts that list everyone named will be in on the people whose names are in terned. Proot of the innocence rests
the list, and the Government will A Berlin official statement de-deal fairly with them, as with those clares: "Russla has never asked interned for Nazi sympathies,
Russion goods at present are being reloaded into German trucks at the frontier. At two. stations, war pri-
are employed to accelerate re-
Germany for support of any kind against Finland, and Germany has never given any kind of military support to Russia in the Russo- Finnish conflict.”
U.S. Congress Moves WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (Reuter),— The first of several proposals design- ed to terminate American diplomatic relations with Moscow was defeated in the House of Representatives by the norrow margin of 108 voles against 105.
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EDNA BEST DIVORCED
Desertion By Herbert Marshall
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 7 (UP).—
By this vote, the House rejected an amendment by John McCormack 10 the State Department Appropriation Five minutes after she secured Bill which sought to forbid the use In divorce from Herbert Marshall of funds in the Bill for the mainten- in the courts of this New ance of the United States Embassy Mexico city, Edna Best, the well- in Moscow.
Representative McCormack plans known English stage and screen to propose other amendments design- actress, married Nat Wolff, a red to delete from the Bill $17,500 theatrical agent.
NEW YORK, Feb. 8 (Reuter).-The President of the Atlas Power Com- Dany disclosed that the British Gov-Bi ernment have advanced the company money for the building in the United States of an explosives factory whose total output would be consigned to the British and French armies, says message from Wilmington, Delaware.
The President of the Atlas Power for the salary of Mr. Laurence Stein- Company is quoted as saying that hard, the U.S. Ambassador
Soviet Union. they expect to start building Im- mediately and will begin production within six moinhs.
The location of the factory and the manufacturing capacity are not re-
vealed.
The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Henry Morgenthau, in revealing the fact that a loan had been maile to the Atlas Power Company, said that it is Practically a fixed policy to
require
The Armanistan was torpedoed 30 without warning by a U-boat miles off Lisbon on February 3.
The whole crew were rescued. Three Laseur
seamen, who the explosión, were wounded by token to hospital.
Nazis Warn Neutrals COPENHAGEN, Feb. 8 (Reuter) The Government newspaper, "Sozial de Mokraten, to-day replies to the additional factory facilities needed for the Allies to provide money for any Nazi warning against neutral ships the manufacture of any war supplies voyaging off the English coasts, they wished to buy from the United
It particularly refers to allegations
States, about neutral shipping appearing in the "Angrity" and says, "What Den- mark wishes is only to live in peace.
"What we ask for, and even claim under signed treaties and acknow- ledged international rules of right, is only to be allowed to carry on economically, and politically to great an extent as possible," the paper
continued. OTTAWA, Feb. 8 (Reuter)-The
"When the Angriff' frankly states Censorship Committee in elurge of that he who perishes while salling radio have decided that political neur England must himself take the speeches broadenst in connection with responsibility, that is a sentence which the General Election will not be sub-is contrary to international rights and mitted to the censor in future.
ENVOY ARRIVING
International agreement.
"On account of this method of war, Denmark has lost a number of ships including some of her best vessels with the loss of about 200 lives.
SHANGHAI, Feb. 8 (Daniel)-Mr. Nelson T. Johnson American Ambas- "An English politician in a recent sudor, left here at 2 o'clock this after speech said that England had not-
for Hongkong. It is under-sunk any neutral ships The same stood that after staying in Hongkong cannot be said the other party, for about two weeks the Ambassador will proceed to Chunghting.
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NEW MINISTER
LONDON, Feb. 8 (Reuter),Mr. George Gordion Vereker, British Minister Designate to Lapaz, has been appointed to be Minister to Poland.
This announcement recalls the fact that Mr. Vereker, who was formerly Councilor at the Brilish Embassy in Moscow, was captured by the Ger. mana in December and detained for weeks.
BIG LOAN TO CHINA
·FROM PAGE ONE
a further loan to
Pittman said.
Mr. Jesse Jones, Chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
"For us in Denmark it is complete ly incomprehensible that Germany is sinking our ships without warning. Even ships.in ballast are victims und the crews are not given a chance to save themselves.
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The neutrals are keeping up their trade as hitherto they have had right to do and that right ought to be frankly acknowledged."
KING SEES BRITAIN'S SECRET AEROPLANES
FROM PAGE ONE
a
n commission to direct the tablish acceleration of alternft production in order to reach the maximxum effort in the shortest possible time.
The objective under the Empire ready for the air.
REDS HAMMER AT FINNISH FORTRESSES
FROM PAGE ONE
where they captured a considerable amount of war material.
In the Kuhmo region the Finns have improved their positions and at Suomussalmi a Russian battalion has again been defeated, 250 Russians being killed and."large quantities of infantry weapons and other materials" being captured.
to
The communique's reference "several Russian divisions" involves a total of 14,000 Soviet soldiers, the largest number of men so far used in any single action of the war.
The Finnish communique adds that several Russian parachutist patrois who landed a few days behind the Finnish lines have surrendered,
600 Tanks Destroyed HELSINGFORS, Feb. 8′ (Reuter), -Nearly one-fifth of Russia's great Armada of tanks on the Finnish front:
destroyd, according to now estimates given here.
The number of tanks destroyed is given as 600,
The Russian losses at the battle of Summa
are now estimated to be 5.000. The Finnish losses are pro bably not one-fifth of this Dgure.
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South Africa To Protect Colonies
the
CAPETOWN, Feb. 7 (Reu ter)--"Kenya, Tanganyika and other territories are to a large extent the frontiers of the Union of South Africa and it would be a pusillanimous and suicidal policy to leave these outposts in
the lurch."
The Premier General Smuts, made this declaration in Parilament to-day when he referred to South Africa's
defence policy.
South Africa would be forced in her own interests to help these colonies, he declared,
Military opinion was unanimous, he declared, that, in considering the real defences of the Union, South Africa's interests lay farther, north and far beyond her own frontlers.
Miss Best alleged desertion in her petition, which was heard behind closed doors. The pro- ceedings took only few minutes, and a decree absolute was immediately granted.
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Herbert Marshall and Edna Best were married after the English star had divorced his first wife, Mallic Maltland.
1931
Edna Best stunned Hollywood in in order to rejoin Marshall in New
31 by brea
breaking a £25,000 contract York. She left a message saying she was "homesick and in love with-her- husband.
Marshall served with the B.E.F. in the Great War, and was wounded in action in France.
114 Neutral Ships Held
Contraband Control Operations
LONDON, Feb. 7 (Reuter)—
General Smuts revealed that the The Ministry of Economic War- Union had informed the British fare announces that the Con- Government of its willingness to traband Committee had under grant facilities for the training of consideration the cargoes of 114 British airmen in South Africa,
ships during the week ending February 8.
I. R. A. KILLERS HANGED FOR COVENTRY MURDER
FROM PAGE ONE'
I took in these explosions since 1 came to England I have done in a Just cause.
As a soldier of the Irish Republi- can Army, I am not afraid to die.
her,
be
In addition, the cargoes of 22 ships which had arrived in the previous week were subject to control search,
In ninely cases, the entire cargoes were released.
The neutral ships dealt with during the week included 32 Dutch, 29 Italian and eight Anierican.
There were 30 neutral ships in three United Kingdom control bases yester [day. Of these 21 have been detained
five days or less.
AFTER FEVER
CARE
Chinn," Senhtor} plan is to keep 3,500 machines always since the outbreak of the Finnish war caution against further Irish Re-undermined and weakened., Con-
Spending £25,000,000 SYDNEY,
sald negotiations were under way Australia is
Feb. 8 (Reuter). spending £25,000,000
War material lost by the Russians Includes 308 aeroplanes and 608
toises
with Chinese officials at present - in § during the next two and a half years.stated to be 1,560 horses, 20 troctors" postofflees.and pillar-boxes.
the United States for a new loan, which will be repayable by ship- ments of Un to the United States.
on aircraft maintenance. and Con struction in connection with the Em- pire Air Scheme,
God bless Treland and God bless the The failure of the Soviet tanks has fen who have fought and died for been one of the chief features of the
Barnes's Irish flancee, Miss Sarah present offensive against the Manner-Ann Kenne, saw him in the death helm Line.
cells before he was executed. Extra Precautions patrols of Police and detectives will LONDON, Feb. 7 (Reuter)-Night
During fever, the whole system reinforced to-night as extra pre- | including the digestive organs fa
valescence will bo hastened it publican outrages.
Special attention will be paid to 'nl! tanks, according to reliable informa-buildings of national importance, tissue can be quickly rebuilt and tion reaching here.
are large business premises, factories, strength restored by building up Among other Russian
reserves. The patient must be The strict supervision which Sent- 204 machine guns and 239 automatic and Yard's Special Branch has ex-
ehcouraged to take as much pistola.
ercised over the entry at English nourishing food in the capacity Mannerheim Line Bulging ? - ports of suspected persons from Elre of the weakened 'digestive organs inclines these officers to the view will allow, Doctors all over the During the flerec fighting in the that while no nets of terrorism on a World have found that Horlicks Summa sector of the Mannerheim larg
scale ore contemplated, there Line, the Russians are believed to are a few people lying in England supplies the right kind of have made a dent in the Finnsin front who are prepared to continue the nourishment in an easily digested line, bringing them within about 20 IRA. campaign when the oppor forth. Furthermore, it is palat- miles of the important port
tunity offers. Viipuri.
These few never remain, long in able and helps to stimulate the one place, and make it dieult for appetite. Get Horlicks to-day, at the Police to check their inoverents.] your wióro, In an amazingly Hangar Destroyed anort line you will be up and LONDON, Feb. 7 (Router) --Eight LONDON, Feb. 0 (Reuter),——Mr. Henry P. Harland was returned un-
some days and involving the expen acroplanes and five, aeroplane en strong again, full of vigour and diture of vast quantities ammuni- gines were destroyed by a fire which opposed on Member of Parlament tion and many lives, they are still broke out in a large hangar af s
only in the first line of the defences," civil nerodrome in Essex.
Sir Frederick Steward, the Supply
Interview to-day,
King's Message To Minister, announced this at a Press
New Zealand
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WELLINGTON, Feb. 7 (Reuter). The Governor-General of New Zealand, Lord Galway, has sent message of thanks to His Majesty the King for his message of congratula- tion on the occasion of New Zealand's contenary.
were
read
The King's good wishes to a large crowd of people at Wal- tang!, where the Treaty between the British and Maoris was signed.
He further said that 3,000 ranchines would be involved under the com- -plete scheme, including. 1,000 big bombers, the majority of which were being lent by Britain.
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