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The SECOND EDITION
Hongkong Telegraph.
No. 10071
SAD WO+A WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1940. BLAE
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BY TEN NAZI SHIPS Attempt To Run
The Blockade
LONDON, FEB. 13 (REUTER).—ACCORD- ING TO THE "EVENING NEWS", A CABLE HAS BEEN RECEIVED IN LONDON TO THE EFFECT THAT SIX GErman shIPS LEFT THE SPANISH PORT OF VIGO UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS ON SATURDAY NIGHT IN AN ATTEMPT TO RUN THE BRITISH BLOCKADE.
Three others left Brazilian ports in addition to the Wakama, making a total of ten.
The newspaper says that the German vessels, which had been sheltering in neutral ports since the beginning | of the war, received orders to attempt to return home or
to scuttle themselves if necessary.
The ships which left Vigo are the Wangoni, 7,818 tonis; Wahehe, 4,709 tons; Orizaba, 4,354 tons; Arucas, 3,369 tons; Rostock, 2,542 tons; and the Morea, 1,927 tons.
The three German ships which left Braziliun ports recently are the Wolfsburg, 6.201 tons; La Coruna, 7,494 tons and the Koenigsberg, 6,466 tons. WAKAMA SCUTTLED
The Admiralty has announced that the German ship! Wakama was located by aircraft from His Majesty's: ships in the South Atlantic yesterday.
On-being-ordered to stop by aircraft the German 'crew set fire to the ship and scuttled her.
A British warship later picked up ten officers and
136 men.
NEUTRALS that when the crew
A
NAVAL Finns Retire From Advance Posts Under Heavy Pressure HOPES
THE FIRST original photograph of the final scenes at the sculling of the German pocket-battleship Admiral Graf Spec. This picture shows the ship just before alie settled beneath the waters of the River Plate. From bow to stern she was à mass of flames. Üler hull Is sech buckled and torn by the foree of the exploding am-
munition.-(Fox Movietonews picture.)
LATVIA IS JITTERY
Russia Not Finished With Demands?
It is reported in Rio de Janeiro: RIGA, Feb. 13 (Reuter).—
of the "We have no right to cherish Wakama noticed the presence the illusion that everything will
AROUSED of H.M. cruiser Hawkins, they turn out for the best," declared
Deliberate German
Sinking Of Ships
LONDON, Feb. 13 (Reuter), Neutral comment is becoming increasingly bitter about the Nazi campaign against shipping,
Bitter comments in Scan .dinavian and Swedish news papers emphasise Mr. Chamber- lain's statement that not one neutral ship has been sunk by the Allies.
scuttled the ship of the const Karlis Ulmanis, President and of Brazil 18 hours after leaving Prime Minister of Latvia, when Rio de Janeiro.
broadcasting a warning, that Meanwhile contradictory reports) 1940 would be a difficult year. eirculated here regarding the fate of) the 43 members of the crew.
"Requirements for national
were saved by the Hawkins while and when the decisive hour Some newspapers stated that they defence are increasing every day others said they were drowned.
The Wakuma was bound for Recife comes, at least one man in each (Pernambuco) carrying a full cargo home will have to don a uni- leather, minerals and cotton, uf 0,000 tons of grain, coffee, lard, form," he continued.
"Everyone must have his equip-
U.S. LOAN TO CHUNGKING
U.S. Senate Approves Appropriation
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (UP)-By a vote of 49 to 27 the United States Senate has approved the Bill in- creasing the capital of the Export & Import Bank by $100,000,000 to enable the United States to make addi- tional loans to China and Finland.
The Bill now goes to the House of Representatives, where an early approval is expected.
Sho was the last German ship at ment ready. I bid each of you to see** Rio de Janeiro, to which port she look to this. had arrived a week before the out- break of war.
"If money is lacking for such a OBITUARY purpose, those
have money must help those who have not.
Situation Very Grave
The Netherlands press is also
Valuablo Cargo bliter, and Dutch indignation has | There is no explanation why the been increased by the torpedoing of S.0.5. from, the Wakama before ahe the liner Burgerdijk.
was scuttled was received in Rio de Yesterday Holland learned from Janeiro yesterday afternoon and was! Berlin that the torpedoing of the relayed by the Spanish freighter
Ariaga Mendi, 5,535
ship was "a legal net."
Bound For Holland
Actually, however,
Who
"If the situation were not very grave I would not touch on such matters,
tons. The Spanish vessel said she was 48 mlies of our country but the population "We will strengthen the defences from the position and was sending must be ready to make great garrl- Amsterdam prompt assistance. She later wire- messages say that the ship was boundlessed that she had arrived and found fees in the near future.
"It would also be wise for you to a node enough supplies of bread
food to last a year. "Nothing is lost for the moment but it would be wise for everyone to prepare himself," he concluded. Authoritative quarters here
from New York to Holland with a cargo nine-tenths of which was for the Netherlands Government and the remainder for Dutch Importers.
There was nothing to show that
no trace of the Wakama.
The scuttled Wakan's cargo, it is reported, may be valued at £250,000.
she was proceeding to any belligerent BLACKOUT FOR
port,
Norway, which has lost incre ship-| ping, thanks to the Nazis, than any other neutral country, has lost
another vessel,
The Snestad was sunk (by a mine or torpedo on Sunday while on her way from Norway to New York in ballast. All her crew were anved..
Contraband Claim AMSTERDAM,, Feb. 19 (Reuter) -Neutral Inquirers wore told in Berlin to-day that the Burgerdijk was presumably sunk' because' sho
contraband on board.
had
So far apparently no report has been received from the captain of
the submarine which sank: the ship,
but Nazi circles declare, that contra-
band would be the only reason that "could make him torpedo a neutral
'vosel,
The Parliamentary
ARCHANGEL
put
HONGKONG SOLICITOR
Mr. Paul Hodgson Dies In Hospital
DIGGERS WELCOMED-
Frenzied Cheers For Anzac Contingents
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Feb. 13 (UP)The frenzied cheers which greeted the arrival of the Anzacs in Egypt echoed throughout Britain lo-day. The Australian New Zealand gesture accepted as a new Bliip to the British Empire's united war on- deavour.
Already accustomed to the fovial Canadian troops, Britain as a whole has heartly endorsed Capt. Anthony Eden's message to "the boys from Down Under that "by your action The seas you have sent tho
message a nation's power
in
can give.
"Nations of the great Common- wealth are now closely jail! In a common endeavour and, in their unity, by the certainty of final victory and the assurance of better things to come."
While the number of yesterday's arrivals in Egypt is still un oficial mystery Suez harbour is reported to be dotted with the swaying masts of convoy liners. ·
By RALPH FORTE
UNITED PRESS WAR CORRESPONDENT HELSINGFORS, FEB. 14 (UP);—THE RUSSIANS HAVE BROKEN THROUGH.
THE FINNS HAVE EVACUATED CERTAIN ADVANCED POSITIONS IN THE SUMMA SECTOR. THE POSITIONS ARE DESCRIBED AS MACHINE-GUN OUTPOSTS IN NO MAN'S LAND.
Evacuation was forced under pressure of continuous Russian attacks.
The Finns immediately counter-attacked with great ferocity and claim to have regained several of the posts after the Russian charges broke against the actual Mannerheim Line fortifications.
Most Desperate Battle
of War
By EDWARD BEATTIE
UNITED PRESS WAR CORRESPONDENT
WITH THE FINNISH ARMIES ON THE | KARELIAN ISTHMUS, Feb. 13 (UP)—The struggle over the blood-stained snow in front of Summa wore into its twelfth day of constant fighting with Russian men and machines still clinging desperately against the Finnish positions as they were mowed down by the fire of the defenders.
*
The Russians almost fatalis-
tically obey the orders of their tain death for thousands of
officers-orders which mean cer-
them.
Casualties are increasing, not only emong the Russians but also among the defenders, who fight to the last | man to defend even the most insigni- ficant outpost.
FINN LINE HAMMERED
Rods Army Receives Reinforcements
HELSINGFORS, Feb. -13
Up to this morning, when the most desperate onslaught of the war (Reuter)-Yesterday was the reached а new climax, the Russians 12th day of the Soviet attack on losses had run, according to Finnish the Mannerheim Line.
official sources, into very many thousands."
The increased intensity of the
The Russians are apparently re- attack shows that the Soviets lying on their steam-roller tactics have received reinforcements -constant pressure by un aver and are relying on the pressure whelming number of men, tanks,
guns and airplanes, to overwhelm of tanke, guns and infantry to the little Finnish defending forti- overwhelm the Finns through fications through; sheer exhaustion | cxhaustion. of man power and machinery.
50,000 Mortar Shells
Typical of the herculean Russian effort is the trench mortar fire from the Red lines,
It is computed that 12-inch mortars have hurled more than 50,000 sheils ni the Finnish lines since the offen-
sive started, in support of wave after wave of mass bayonet charges.
Finnish machine-guns and hand grenades simply
mow
down the Russians as they run across No Man's Land,
But as each bayonet charge fades away there is only a few minutes' pause before another climbs over the parapet to commence another charge of death against the Fins.
That the defenders have with- stood twelve continuous days of this type of hammering is bewilder- Ing even the most sceptical of mill- dary experts. It simply can't be dane, they say.
It is believed here to be one of the biggest armies over to have crossed the meas in a single unit. New Zealand Maoris New Zealand Meorls--sons of men The death occurred at the War who fought with distinction in the Memorial Nursing Home this we were among the shouting morning of Mr. Paul Mary past Mr. Eden, asking "When do we singing throngs of men who marched Hodgson, Principal of the firm of meet eld Adolf and submitting Te'o and Hodgson, solicitors. pound notes for the Dominion Road..
Mr. Hodgson, who was nearly Secretary's autograph. that no new demand have been re- 60 years of age, was an old ceived by Latvia from Russia.
rosident of Hongkong, having arrived here in 1907.
Speeding Up Productions
say
LONDON, Feb, 13 (Reuter),-
mile voyage as an adventure.
All of them look upon the 10,000-
The wreckage of between fifty and sixty Russian tanks, which cover each Red bayonet charge, lies in No Man's
But for cach tank destroyed the Russtons have another in reserve,
Determined To Win
32
The Savicis claim to have captured defence forts in the Karellan Isthmus. This is denied by the Finns. In the far north heavy snow has held up operations but Soviet planes have bombed Finnish positions,
To-day's Finnish
states:
communique
"Russion attacks continued during February 12 with undiminished force in the Summa sector.
"At Muokajnervi, Punnus. and Taipale, the attacks were driven back. and Finnish troops undertook numerous successful counter-attacks. At least 23 tanks were put out of action. The fighting continues.
"North of Lake Ladoga, all Russian attacks were driven back and at Pitkaranta the greater part of an
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LATEST
RED CLAIM
at
SPECIAL TO, THE "TELEGRAPH" MOSCOW, Feb. 14 (UP),—The They appear determined to break Sovlet Military Headquarters through at Sumina, no matter what Leningrad huve issued the following the cost.
communique; "As the result of suc- The Finns often wonder what the cessful actions Soviet troops have cap- Russian civilians in Leningrad· sro
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One said: "It beats me why we are being paid for taking this cruise." He was of a kindly disposition with tumultuous dog-waving reception had Reports from Suez said that the a sound knowledge of law both in not died down to-night, although the
He was theory and in practice.
a instigators aru already getting mon of good judgment in business down to the serious business of war, thinking about the hold-up of their tured 23 of the enemy's defensive matters and was also keenly interest at camp "Somewhere in the Middle ed in sporis of every kind.
East." Iis wife is at present on her way
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH MOSCOW, Feb. 13, (UP)-It is announced here that a decree has been enacted providing for the com pleto blockout, of Archangel and its environs beginning at 4 p.m. dually. Violations of this order will be punished by a dos of 100 roubles or imprisonment for terms of a month Proposals for an intensified effort in out to the Colony. Their daughter. daged tent has been pitched on upwards.
Major Generul Freyberg's 'camou the engineering industry to speed up who for several years resided in knoil in the centre of the comp the production of armaments was Hongkong, is at present in England. · Each man has been qupplied with handed to-night to representatives of
· a aprelally printed map showing the Acting Crown Solicitor
· bars, restaurants' and districts with- Before coming to Hongkong, Mr.in bounds to troops. Hodgson was a solicitor in the Royal Navy Thankød Supreme Court of Judicatura in Ena
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KING RECEIVES
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34 Unlons in confederation with
the Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions by Mr. Ernest Brown, Minis ter for Labour. bour.
NEW MINISTER LONDON, Feb. 13 (British Wire Brown and representatives of the Α conference between Mr. Ernest less).M. the King received Mr. Unlon lasted 24 hours and when the
land..
On his arrival here in 1907, he
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LONDON, Feb. 13 (Reuters Major General Freyberg, Comman¬
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pondentj G. M. Vereker on his appointment as proposals have been considered a joined the firm of woris and Herston, der of the New Zealarid Expedition- |
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British Minister to Finland.
further conference will be bald.
KING TO SIGN
fortifentions on the Karellan Isth--
STILIA.
"In some rectors. Intenso aviation, Infantry and artillery action con-.. tinuca."
The Soviet action on the Isthmus 1s developing successfully. Large Fin-
but were repulsed with heavy lostes."
PROCLAMATION nish forces attempted counter attacks
BPKCIAL TO THE "TELEGNAṛH“.
LONDON, Feb. 15 (UP) It [# reported that Xils Bijosiy · King
·George VI is prepared to issue shortly a proclamation loencing the, enlistment: of ́ British volun- loer for Finland.
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