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HELIGOLAND TRAGIC AFTERMATH Viborg Area
A
This is how our fliers on their regular visits to "Windy Cor. ner" see the island that, on and off for years, has made front page news. This picture was taken on a recent R.A.F.. reconnaissance flight, and shows how clearly any new war work is revealed by the air cameras to R.A.F. Intelligence. You have read about this Island of Secrets. Wondered what it was like. Now you see il.
"MPING_SILTĀ
OF RUSSIA'S TERMS
NEW: HAIBOUD—WITHO
VESSELS
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U.S. Naval Dept. Modifies Plans For 45,000-ton Super-Battleship
STOCK EXCHANGE WARNING
LONDON, Mar. 14 (UP), -A Committee of the Stock Exchange caused a Bensa- tion to-day by posting" the following notice warning members.
"There is reason to believe that enemy interests are making strenuous efforts to realize securities here; mem- bers must use the utmost care before exccuting orders coming from neutral .sources."
HITLER'S PERFIDY
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
NEW YORK, Mar. 14 (Domei).-A Washington despatch to the "New York Times” says that the laying down of the new 45,000-ton battleship Iowa, the first super battleship to be constructed by the American Navy in excess of the Washington Treaty limits, has been delayed.
Modifications in its plan have become necessary in view of recent trends in the European war.
According to the report, the new battleship will be laid down on June 15 and will not be com- pleted until 1944.
Sweeping changes have taken place in the original plan, especially in that part affecting the interior below the waterline in view of the heavy dam- by H.M.S. nge allegedly sustained Royal Oak and other ships in torpedo attacks.
Under
revised plan, the the armour plates in the interior will be made thicker and the bulkheads
will be made 'ughter.
Bucharest Sensation
Rumania's Richest Man Sent To Prison
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BUCHAREST, Mar. 14 (UP).
THOUSANDS START MASS MIGRATION FROM RED ZONE
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" HELSINGFORS, March 15 (UP).—FINLAND HAS JOINED THE MOUNTING LIST OF NATIONS WHOSE POPULATIONS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED AS A RESULT OF WAR OR POGROMS IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS- A MASS DISPLACEMENT SUCH AS THE WORLD HAS NEVER BEFORE KNOWN. China, the Jews, Czecho-Slovakia, Spain, Finland -millions of people from these and other countries have lost everything they held dear. Discomforts attributable to temporary evacua- tions from cities like London and Paris become insignificant in the misery they create com- pared to what is happening in Finland as a result of the Russian peace forms.
THE 600-year-old Greek Orthodox monastery of Valamo on Lake are now Ladoga, from which 200 extled Russian Orthodox Catholics fleeing. The island, together with hundreds of others in Lake Ladoga, now becomes Russian territory,
Monks in Ancient Lake Monastery Homeless
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
RIG A, Mar:" 15 (UP).-The famous Walama The sister ship of the lowa, the first-class sensation has Monastery on a tiny island in Lake Ladoga, which now New Jersey, is also likely to be laid been created in Rumania with becomes part of pagan Russia, is to evacuate to Estonia.
Amazing Revelations In down a little
White Paper
3
later than original the conviction of Max Ausnit,
The Estonian Greek Orthodox schedule, the paper further reports.
known Rumania's richest Church has invited the monks man, for fraud,
from the monastery to make Ausnit has been sentenced to six their home at the Petric Monns- years' imprisonment, the loss of histery in Estonia. citizenship for an additional four years, and a fine of 4,000 lei.
LONDON, Mar. 16, (Reuter). Reds Blame
A Polish While Paper reveals that a joint attack by Germany and Poland upon the Soviet Ukraine was the first suggestion by Marahat Goering to President Pilsudski in 1935.
The Polish lender rejected the invitation.
The same venture was raised by
Allies
Provocateurs Caused War With Finland
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Mar. 14 (UP)-Russian
Hitler personally during his conver- troops entered Viborg yesterday and sation with Colonel Beck, the former hold mass meetings to celebrate their Polish Foreign Minister.
"victory and pesco", according to the Of this
Col. Beck conversation,
Moscow radio, given a full account,
Elliler promised that, in return for Poland's aid, all German claims upon Poland would be dropped,
Tinned Fruits Import Ban
Safeguard Measure LONDON, Mar. 14 (Reuter) Tinned and all bottled fruits
have been added to the list of goods which
imported into "Great|| may not be Dritain, except under licence,··
It is all quiét along the front to- day, with peaceful troops assembling for.similar meetings,
• Allios As-Instigators. Speakers expressed gratitude to the Soviet Government for "securing the safety of Leningrad”, and indignantly referred to the French and British na Insilgators of the war.
He has also been ordered to return the French bonds taken
from the
The Walama Monastery Is the Finnish headquarters of the Orthodox Church,
Greek
Within Its walls are numerous priceless religious relics and treasures Reshitsa Company of which he was which are already being moved
a director.
Three
safety.
Nordic
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Unemployed To Benefit
500,000 LOSE HOMES
Trains, trucks and horse-drawn sledges are already awheel, bearing 100,000 old men, women, girls and boys out of the areas which have been ceded to the Soviet.
At least four times that number have been rendered homeless by the war, either as a result of the cession of territory or through aerial bombardment and shell-fire.
new
Viborg, which was Finland's second largest city and now be comes the capital of a Soviet Republic, is n shell of its former self. It is completely deserted and its 80,000 inhabit ants will never return.
M. Juho Koivisto, the Finnish Minister in Charge of Evacuation, satd:
"Our people have been forced
to leave their homes where, in many cases, generation after
lived for centuries.
generation
"They developed traditions and can never be rc- affections which
placed."
Russians Retiring STOCKHOLM, Mar. 18 (Reuter).- Russian troops have been retiring from the Petsamo region since yester- day morning.
Yesterday morning Russian troops in the Karelian Isthmus entered the ruins of Viborg.
No Pressure
of
HELSINGFORS, Mar. 10 (Reu ter) The Assistant Secretary
-stated M. Kolvistl. Agriculture, Increased Allowances
yesterday that no pressure was being From Fund's Surplus
brought on Finnish families to leave the areas ceded to Russia but none LONDON, Mar. 14 (UP)-had wanted to live under the Soviet Although they anticipated a de- regime. ficit during 1939 of £8,250,000,
States there beme saved
To Discuss New Treaty
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
OSLO, Mar. 14 (UP).The Foreign Office spokesman con. firms that Norway has agreed to negotiate a defensive milltary alliance with Sweden and Finland.
replied In the
An immense task had to be faced the trustees of the Employment and there were grave economic and Every effort would be made in re- Insurance Fund report à Bur-social problems ahead. plus of £15,600,000, which they establishing the evacuated families attributed mainly to the fact and to keep old neighbours in close that re-armament activity had association. absorbed many unemployed.
A
total
Finland's Economic Losses HELSINGFORS, Mar. 14 (Router). Attempts are now being made to assess the economic aspects of Fin- land's new frontier.
saw inulle.
From the accumulated balance of £57,000,000 the trustees propose to pay off a debt amounting to £37,000,- 000, thus annually saving £1,000,000.
One fifth of her exports went M. Tanner, . the Finnish pledge not to engage in any bloc. This saving will be utilised to through Viborg and a further tea
additional "Once more, they declared, "the Foreign Minister, has asked M. against Russin.
unemployed families an Amglo-Fronch provocateurs have Koht, the Norwegian Foreign any part in the alliance.
Denmark is not expected to have shilling a week on behalf of each of per cent, through Hangoe.
The territory lost in Karolla in- Iniled."
the first two children, whose allowance will then be four shillings; oludes many woodpulp factories and One speaker addressing Russian Minister, to negotiate. M. Koht
No Parleys Yot soldier said: "We have shattered immediately
week Instead of three,
Ro-Settlement Problem On the grounds that a post-war STOCKHOLM, Mar. 14 (Router), their plans and they know now what affirmative, awaits them if they try it again."
There is also the problem of- re~. No definite place has yet been fixed-There is no confirmation here of but the negotiations will be held in the reports that negotiations between slump will require the fullest re Sweden, Norway and Finland for cources, the trustees have rejected the
Trade Union request for a distribu-settling Finns who do not want to stay in the territories ceded to Russlu. the near future *:
Joint guarantee of
Their number is estimated nt about Denmark To Stay Out have actually begun. It was stated tion of last year's surplus.
400,000. STOCKHOLM, Mar. 14 (Reuter), at the Swedish Foreign Office that It is expected that Norway, Sweden so far as they are aware the Nor- und Finland will confer on a defen-wegian Government had promised to SHANGHAI, Mar. 13 (Reuter)—alve alliance as SOOD
Finland give the matter consideration.
EEDW Chen Chian, mayor of Tinghal, East withdraws her troops to the' It will also have the effect of Cheklang and his wife were recently frontlers and signs the final pecca aving tonnage and preventing the attacked by unidentified men nnd documents. accumulation of unnecessarily large seriously wounded, says the "Bin
Wan Pao." stocks a
It is stated that there are very
large stocks in the country, and km- Attack On Mayor
ports, have greatly increased since
the war, largely from the
States.
United
It has, therefore, become necessary
to control importa in order to con- serve exchange.
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The alliance will be a defensive is one only, so as not to break Finland's
their
frontiers
No Red Objections MOSCOW, Mar. 14 (Reuter)-It believed here that the Soviet Gov.
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Foreign Planes
Over Denmark ESBJERG, Mür.: H. (UP) --The day. Danish anti-aircraft guns were foreign planes flow over Esbjerg to brought into action,
All
available cars and lorries have been requisitioned to help in this work to resettle the poople. The Finnish Ald Committee has called for hundreds of volunteers and relief Sweden will give £18,000,000 workers.
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To Become
Republ.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”
STOCKHOLM, Mar. 14 (Domel). It is reported here that the Soviet Govern- ment has decided to make a now People's Republle of the territory in southern Finland which has been ceded to Rusia under the peace treaty.
Viborg will be its capital and the area will formally be incorporated into the U.S.S.R.
Spratley Islands To Stay Japanese
Japan's Warning Against. Blockade Of Vladivostok.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
TOKYO, Mar. 14 (Do- question can mei).—“No arise regarding the title to Spratley Islands, which the Japanese Government on March 30 of last year de-
incorporated clared
-into and Japanese territory placed under the adminis tration of the.. Government- General of Formosa," the Navy Office spokesman said
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Plulippine Saipan
Port Darwin
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ADSTRÄKNA
THIS MAP illustrates the strategic Importance of the Spratley Islands, which lie midway between Hong. kong, Singapore, Manila and French Indo-China. France claims juris- diction over the islands, to-day, when asked whether the question of Spratley Islands would be taken up in the projected Franco- Japanese talks, ww
The Yunnan Rallway servico
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Ribbentrop Proposes Alliance
and
BELGRADE, March 14 (Domel),- A high offeini of the Yuga-Siny Government to-day revealed that von Fubbentrop, the German Foreigh Minister, has proposed to Signor. Mussolini the formation of an exten sive économie, federation comprising the Soviet Union, Germany, Italy, various
in countries |
Central, Southern and Eastern Europe,
According to the informant, Sigrior Mussolini showed a cautious attitude, withholding any definite reply in favour of, or against the proposed ecotiomic federation, t
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