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THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 24, 1939

MORE SHIPS LOST

British Warship Rescues "Geraldus" Crew

TYPHOON NOW 200 MILES EAST

THE TYPHOON IS NOW SITUAT- RD ABOUT 200 MILES TO THE EART OF HONG KONG AND I8

MOVING BANT,

Another depression appears to be forming about 800 miles to the south- east of Manila,

One effent of yesteritay's blow was to bring the temperature down sharp- ly from a maximum during the day of 20 degrees to as low as 88 slegreoh during the night.

ing was 70 degrena.

Rainfall in the last 24 hours

totalled 8.23 inches, which beings the

for the year to 2.04 inches above average.

total

THREE BRITISH CRAFT GO TO BOTTOM

London, To-day.

TWO MORE BRITISH SHIPS have been lost. The

first is the Hull steamer Geraldus, 2,500 tons,| whose crew of 26 are safe and have been landed from a British warship. She sank on Wednesday night.

This morning's thermometer read The other is the trawler Sulby, 300 tons, which was sunk by a U-boat off the Scottish Coast. Seven of her crew of 12 have been rescued, but five others, including the skipper, are missing. They may, of course, have been picked up by another ship:

Lovers

A muterato anticvolone China, and a ridge of high pressure extends from it to the Sea of Japan.

A depression is moving eastward between Japan and the Bonins.

JAP. TRADE WITH SOVIET

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VOLUNTEER CAMPS

It is announced in connection with the Volunteer Training Camps that in view of the recent typhoon, those units of the H.K,V.D.C, who were to have gone into camp at 'D'Agullar to- day will now be required to go to-morrow morning instead. They will report to Volunteer Head- quarters at 9 a.m.

The units concerned are

the First Battery and No. 6 A.A. Com- pany.

Arrangements for the camp at Pakshawan are not altered,

QUAKES IN TURKEY

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Istanbul, To-day. Intermittent earthquakes have been rocking certain parts of Anatolia for the past 24 hours.

Eighteen have been killed and many communications dis-

Allied successes in the 24 hours up) Seven of the crow of 12 were res- to 4 p.m. yesterday included # Nazirued. The remainder are missing but 'planes shot down; R.A.F. flights over|may have been pleked up by a steam- | wounded, and Germany; and the anking of two | or---Reuter, U-boats by a French warship,

Allied laser Include 2 merchant- mel HMS, Gipsy (destroyer), a French trawler. an R.A.F. "plane damaged in a German raid on the Shetlands (no loss of Ute), and a French plane shot down in fighting. Neutral losses include the Greek

4,600 tons, ship Elena.

sunk by a Germmal mine.

Que of the eight Nazi 'planes shot donate am Wednesday was brought down by anti-aircraft fire in the sea off the Earex Coast, not far from London, This is the first time our coastal de-

Moscow. Todar. Well-informed quarters here state that negotiations

Soviet between Russia and Japan for the conclusion of a trade treaty are starting at the end of December.

The Japanese. it is stateri. kame now withdrawn objection to the Sof viet desire that the CoToersations should be carried on in Mosenor.

It is stressed that the agreement, it'plane at night. signed, will be the frst Soviet- Japanese trade treaty, Havas.

NAZI STEP IN WASHINGTON

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Washington, To-day. The staff of the German Embassy

fence batteries' have brought down a

Two Nazi 'planes Const and air-raid sounded.

approached the warnings were

ROCKED LIKE CORKS

Searchlights flickered up into the sky and found, and held, the enemy 'planes, which, in the words of one observer, were rocking "like corks" as the a.a. shells burst around them. One 'plane tried to put out the searchlights by firing down the beam, but did not succeed. One 'plane was

in Washington has been considerably shot down, the other was driven off.

increased by the opening of offices for an Air Attache and a Attache.

Yesterday, the Air Ministry refuted Naval German claims that their 'planes had cruised unmolested over London. Only one German 'plane has got over London and that was shot down by the R.A.F. and its crew imprisoned.

The first German Naval Attache is Hellmuth Raeber, who was formerly the New York representative of the Zeppelin Airship' Company, Havas.

TENSION

RELAXES

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Amsterdam, To-day

An R.A.F. fighter attacked a Hein- kel bomber flying four miles above France, it was revealed yesterday.

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The pilot had to use his oxygen oylinder, but shot the Nazi machine down in three minutes, the 'plane crashing .. into the #02 off the Franch coast near Boulogne. Reuter,

rupted.-Havas.

NEUTRAL COMMENT ON BRITAIN'S

REPRISAL PROPOSALS

London, To-day.

THE COMMENTS of the press of neutral countries most effected by extension of the Allied Contraband control to German exports show a comprehensible apprehen- sion of the effects on their carrying trade, but in most cases an equal appreciation of the necessity to take re- prisals against German violations of international law. The "Svenska Dagbladet" draws an interesting parallel with the last war, in which it says: “No one can chal- lenge the judgment of history that the German Empire torpedoed itself with the unrestricted submarine war.'

The Copenhagen

newspaper sadly attitude reflects on the jettisoning of the last German remnants of the Hague Convention,

revealed in reports of the German action in laying mines on trade routes

near the British coasts.

when it declares that the disregard of neutral flags, innocent lives and legitimate com- merce will compel the majority of their attitude to- Powers to change wards the present conflict. In Holland, the "Haagsche" says

Incidentally, it is understood that that while the British reprisals are the Order in Council, which the bad news for neutrals, they are not Prime Minister stated would be issu- surprising,

ed giving effect to the decision to

German "Vaderland" sees the reprisals as seize

exports. In neutral completely disorganising Dutch ship-ships, will appear early next week. ping, but adds they will also be a In the meantime no formal in- timation has been made to neutral hard blow to Germany.

| Powers. British Wireless.

WOMAN MURDERED

ACTION CRITICISED Other Dutch newspapers criticise the Allied decision as being outside generally accepted international law.

The critical tone taken in a number of Dutch newspapers

taken in London as reflecting the views of the Dutch Government, and authoritative A gruesome discovery, of the body comment here expressed surprise at of a Chinese woman with throat cut the attitude of the Dutch Government and several wounds on the head, was and the fact that while protests made by a farmer on the Sung Wong are made against the extension Temple, hillside, near the Dogs' Home of contraband control to Gerin Kowloon City yesterday,

DETAILS OF SINKINGS Indianting further relaxation of the tension occasioned by the recont

London, To-day. menace of Nazi Invasion, the special Three more British craft, totalling guard placed at the beginning of the | 4,182 tons, have been sunk by enemy month outside public buildings has | action. been withdrawn.

'The largest of the victims, the Hull A detachment of special State | steamer Geraldus (2,484 tons) was man exports, the Dutch Govern- The Police were informed and on Police, summoned to The Hague on sunk off the East Coast, but the whole Nov. 10, have been sent back to bar-crew of 26 were picked up by a Bri- racks-HavER

YULIN AREA IN SIX INCHES OF SNOW

arrival found patches of blood all over the area. A blood-stained belt was found some 10 feet away.

`DANISH MISSION ARRIVES IN LONDON London, To-day.

ment apparently remains- silent in the face of German measures cal- tish warship.

culated to inflict. far greater damage The 1,851-ton vessel Darino was to neutral shipping and almed against sunk, on Nov. 19, and it is feared that neutral vessels regardless of the des. 18 of the crew were either killed or | tination or origin of cargo, whereas drowned.

the Allied move is confined to car- Eleven others were landed at an goes of German origin, the control of Chungking, To-day. East Coast town after spending three which will be subject to the ordinary It is snowing heavily around Yulin days in the U-boat which: sank them procedure of contraband control, in- in north Shonal, according to reports | before being transferred to an Italian duaias reftrance to prize court and received here from the north yester= |ship,

right of appeal to the Privy Council, Discussions will be opened to-day day.

The third steamer, the Fleetwood

REALIST ATTITUDE

for the purpose of examining quen- “Vulin, it is added, is in 6 inches of trawler Sulby (287 tons) was sunk of

rticle in the Portuguese news- tions of Anglo-Danish trade in pre- snow. - Our Own Correspondent. the Scottish, coast,

„displays a more realist | sent circumstances,-British Wireless.

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A Danish mission led by * Prince Axel of Denmark arrived in London yesterday afternoon.