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February
1941.
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FRENCH CABINET MOVES
New Set-Up Includes Laval
LONDON, Feb. 4 (Reuter)-Admiral Darlan, the Vichy Minister of Marine, reached Vichy from Paris to-night, and con- ferred immediately with Marshal Petain,
It is believed in Vichy that he will return to Paris "short- ly"probably to-morrow or Thursday-to "Inform other parties in the negotiations there of the Marshal's attitude," presum- ably towards the reinstatement of Laval.
eliminated.
Laval considers it necessary, If he la recalled to the Government, to be given "for-renching powers," says: the despatch.
Earlier reports had said that Laval is expected to reach a decision about would accompany Admiral Darian to the reinstatement of Laval in the Vichy, the Marshat having accepted next few days, soya a. Geneva dea- the German demand for his reinalate- patel to the official German news ment
in the Cabinet.
agency. These re These reports added that the Vichy Government would probably be
Meanwhile, M. Paul Badguin, who was Marshal Petain's first Foreign Minister and afterwards Secretary of State to the Prime Minister, la stated to have been given a new post. Thin, according to the German news agency, is the presidency of the Administra- tive Council of the Bank of China.
Warning To France LONDON, Feb. 4 (Reuter)
Indo-
Chungking Appointments
CHUNGKING, Feb. 5 (Central) News).The Executive Yuan - nounced the following appointments yeaterday: Mr Yin Jen-hsien, Direc- tor of the Publie Loans Department warning to France not to pince her of the Ministry of Finance, succeed- hopes in a British victory was broad-ing Mr Tuo Chang-shan who is cast in French by the German radio transferred. Mr Li Wei, Councillor station at
of the Commission on Mongolion and The speaker said that such an Tibetan Affairs.
Stuttgart to-night.
bordering on
Mr Li Huan member of the same
attitude showed "inexcusable frivolity Commission, succeeding Mr Liu
high Treason" and added: "Unless all Frenchmen make Chin-hsien. up their minds to carry out without
LONDON, Feb.
4 (Reuter).-On
delay the readjustment indispacial the recommendation of General Sir
in the political, economic and
spheres, the dimculties under which Archibald Wavell, Acting Brigadier France is labouring, far from being A. R. Chater, of the Royal Marines, relieved, will worsen-possibly with has been appointed a Companion of disastrous speed,"
the Order of the Bath in recognition Decision Soon
of his distinguished services in de- LONDON, Feb. 4 (Router),—Vichy fending British Somaliland.
WAR IN HOLY LAND-Black smoka pours in a huge cloud from burning oil tanks sof afiro in Haifa, Palestine, by Italian bombing planos. Thirty Moslems word killed and 58 wounded. Bomb fragments damaged mosque and cemetery, foreground.
Football
Japanese Precautions Monthly Meeting
Against
Espionage
Special to the "Telegraph”.
TOKYO, Feb. 4 (Domei).—The proposed national defence security act is aimed at extirpating alien espionage activities in Japan instead of controlling the Japanese people, a spokesman of the War Office told the House of Representatives' committee
Chinese Claim Debacle dealing with the national defence security bill to-day
Of Enemy In Honan
of
Admitting considerable anxiety over the manner in which the new net máy be enforced, the War Office spokesman urged the "inevitable necessity" of preventing alien espionage intri-
line of demarcation In the current gues.
"Frankly speaking, since the Man- situation as to when the limes churinn incident there have in fact peace or war begin or end. been occasions when national opinion Was divided.. While UIC Dict and the military were militang against each other, financial
LOYANG, Feb. 4 (Central News).-Chinese strategy has turned the Japanese offensive in south Ilonan into n debacle with enemy casualties of 20,000 approximately. Large quan- titles of Japanese arms and ammunition were captured.
Natives Take The Chinese success is understood to be the greatest since the turn of the year,
The Japanese force of about 100,000 to the cast of the railway, taking internal dissensions
A second column pushed northward pursued private interests regardless
the interests of the State. The Low Road men is said to have been encircled Wayang. Juinan,
thus entailed And Shonatsal have given occasion to Communism Tribe Sings "Loch Lomond" and subject to a counter-offensive. From Shangteal this column made an and Liberalism to take advantage of
Wuyong, Siping, Shangtant, Pacan-attack at Chowkiakow but was re-the situation," the Army spokesman Charles Wagley, Columbia! yl, (south of Ychhsien), Tushuchen, pulsed.
University anthropologist, plod- (north of Fangcheng) and other A third column pushed northward] strategic points which) the Chinese to the west
Asked whether the net is a ten-ded 800 miles through Brazilian of the rallway. After porary wartime legislation or a per- jungles to meet the naked Tapil- abandoned in order to entlee the passing through iloshangteln, Hing-manent Japanese to penetrate deep into chwang. It attacked Shanghotlen.
one, the Mialster of apes Indians who, he assumed, south Honan, were successively re- A fourth column drove westward a
Heisuke would grimace at him and speak enptured by the Chinese.
from Sinyong to Tungpal and turned has
on
declared.
Justice, Licut - General Yanagawa, said that the act
The Japanese troops at Singyang northward to the neighbourhood of delicate international situation which
been necessitated by the in ugh-ugh language. ened an offensive on January 19 JA
the Peiping-Hankow Railway
launched
in four columns. One column push-
Of Referees' Association
The monthly meeting of the Foot- ball Referees' Association was held at the Hotel Cecil last evening, Mr II. Beard was in the chair, assisted by Mr J. F. de Silva, Iton. Secretary and
Treasurer.
A proposal to request the Football Association to award referees and lines- men with souvenira in the form of whistles and medals when oficiating at senior and junior shield Anal and terport games WAX shelved until more prosperous times.
Following a discussion on routine Imatters, R. S. M. Ford addressed the meeting on the conditions of soccer at Hunie. He dealt with the war de- mands on inan-power and the con- sequent financial effect on some of the teams-which is some cases had meant the closing down of the Club for the duration.
Speculating on the future. hc foresaw the Meultles of such Clubs when it came to re-opening after the war: their dificulty competing with other Clubs that had maintained their nucleus of -players- throughout.
In
In summing up, the speaker sald
but though the period to come may he was certain that there would be changes in control or presentation, be difficult, it was everyone's duty to uphold the game to the level it had enjoyed during fis period of peace.
to attack Sianghokwan. On is prevalling now and its necessity ing Loch Lomond in English Instead, he found them sing- 20 some Japanese troops would not be lost unless the present with a heavy Scotch burr. Sulping
and Siping reached International situation undergoes sub- ed northward along the railway line,
stantial changes. entering Mingkang, Kioshan, Chu- After trapping the Japanese, the
That shocked him and he be motien and Suiping. It was sub- Chinese started a general counter-examining the act in future in case learned that a Scottish mission- Admitting the possibility of re-gan investigating. At length he jected to annihilating attacks by the offensive with the aid of local self-of substantial changes coming over Chinese on the way and was drawn defence units. The Japanese were the situation, the Justice Minister ary, one of the three white men further northward to Siping.
surprised into confusion.
Fadded that it was diffeult to draw a to visit the primitives in many
years, had been there five years The First Division League Cricket jahead of hm.
match between. Kowloon Cricket Club and Civil Service "Loci Lumond"—was-the-mis-been-postponed to a later date.
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J. F. MacGowan, J, Stichell, II. Parrott, ls return from a jungle expedition, sald he devised a shock for the next white visitor.
He taught the tribesmen to sing "Sidewalks of New York" and "Mademoiselle From Armentiers."
Ex-King Carol's Marriage
No Record In London Ex-King Carol of Rumania, now in Lisbon with Madame Magda Lupescu, is reported to have announced that he was married to her in London "some years ago"-but a search of Somerset House registers reveal- "ed no record of the marriage.
F. A. Meetings
The League Management Com- mitice of the Hongkong Football Association will hold a meeting on Friday, at 5.30 p.m., when, the finals of the Lai Wah Cup and Sunday Herald Cup competitions will be ar- ranged.
The Council of the Association will meet on Wednesday, February 12, to discuss the usual monthly liems and to make the draw for the Second Rounds of the Senlor and Junfor Shield competitions.
Winter Games In Japan
SAPPORO, Feb. 4 (Domel).-The
A Press Association reporter winter events of the Japanese 11th examined entries of marriages National Athletic Meet commenced that have taken place during the here to-day with a formal ceremony past 20 years. Neither King at 10 o'clock attended by 3,400 sklers, Carol's name nor Madame Lu-packed the municipal stadium to wit- skatera and officinis, wille 50,000 pescu's was among them.
An official said, "There are no cir- cumstances In which ♪ morringe could take place in England and! Wales without registration.
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Bulgarian Pro-Nazi Minister Resigns
person might be married in o name other than, his real one, but the LONDON, Feb. 4 (Reuter)--M. assumed name would have to be one Bagrlanoff, the Bulgarian Minister of by which he was well known. then he might find it a rather diff-sympathies, resigned this morning, Even Agriculture, known for hia Nazi cult thing to do."
according to a Soña telegram. Ex-King Carol has often been in King Doris has accepted the re-. England. He was there in 1928 assignation and his post has been taken Prince and Madame Lupescu was over by M. Filoff, the Prime Minister. with him then. He was in the coun-
try again. In 1036, 1937, and 1938.
Nazis Execute
Paris Students
Several students were executed on,
the spot by the Germans during
recent student demonstration in Paris, according to information re-
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