1940-01-02 — Page 6

THE CHINA-MAIL, JANUARY, 2, 1940.

DISASTER UPON DISASTER HITS

TURKEY

FLOODS AND STORM FOLLOW EARTHQUAKE

Ankara, To-day.

Four

TURKEY IS NOW FACED with floods in the west, in

addition to the earthquake in Anatolia. rivers have overflowed and many have drowned.

been

In the earthquake devastated areas planes are be- ing used to drop food supplies and medical ne- cessities. It is feared the shocks will continue for about six months.

In the Smyrna, Brusa and Adriano- quake, accompanied by the Ministers overflowed of Health and Interior and the In- ple districts rivers have

asspector-General of the Army. their banks, and human beings

He immediately started a tour of well as cattle have been swept away.

Inundated and the wrecked quarters of the city and The floods have completely isolated numerous villages.laler had a conference with the au- The districts particularly affected are thorities and issued orders for Brusa, Menemen, Smyrna and Mainsa. celerating assistance for the survivors.

Several people have been

by lightning.

struck

at

ас-

SIX FEET DEEP Reports continue to arrive showing the devastating nature of the floods in the Brusa region and the plains of places has

CITY OF THE DEAD President Ineunu has arrived Erzincan, "city of the dead," which Karadjabey.

The water in many suffered most severely in the earth.

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AUSTRALIAN

SHANGHAI LABOUR

BOY IN R.A.F.

London, To-day.

An R.A.F. list of promotions contains the nama of Kenneth Dudley Stanion, who was born in Shanghai,

Stanlon is promoted from Flight-Lieutenant to Squadron- Leader.-Router.

reached a depth of six feet, and the populations of 20 villages have taken refuge in the mountains. dred people are marooned in isolated hamlets. Reuter.

THIRD DISASTER

Following

Five hun-

Istanbul, To-day.

SUPPORTS THE WAR

Sydney, To-day.

Mr. John Curtin, leader of the Australian Labour Party, broadcasting over the new Commonwealth radio station, emphatically placed the war guilt upon Germany. forcibly marched into thereby set the world on fire.

Mr. Curtin

The German

sald

Germany Poland

had and

Government knew Britain was pledged to help Poland in the event of attack, and theretore Germany knew that every shot fired on Polish soil meant shots at Britain, and France.

E

Mr. Curtin appealed to men and

world for women all over the change of spirit at the beginning of the New Year.

CONFERENCE APPEAL

the

and earthquakes floods, the Turkish people have now been hit by a third natural disaster. Many Turkish ships are feared lost in terrific storms in the Black Sea.

He asked: "Cannot Germany, hav-

of Istanbul The small British-built

ing regard for the larger claims is reported sunk civilisation, say the time has come steamer Turkan with her crew of 20.

to withdraw her armed forces from President Inenue

the left, Poland, and cannot Russia do

and then request the powers to take same thing in Poland and Finland,

council in conference, not between be- conquerors and conquered but tween equals?”

yesterday

supervise Erzincan for Sivas and Tokat, where

he

will continue to

the

rescue work.

Milder weather has aroused hopes that the most urgent relief work and the burial of the dead will be com- pleted within 10 days.

TERROR-STRUCK

According to the latest reports, over 300 people lost their lives in floods Floods are in north-west Anatolia, now reported from the Amassia area In the earthquake-zone-where-rivers, swollen by torrential rains, overflowed and swept away bridges and wreck- ed almost every building in their path. Hundreds of villages are maroon- ed and military engineers are build- ing pontoons to rescue the villagers. Many thousands of terror-stricken

and children men, women fleeing from the floods, half-cloth- ed, suffering from the bitter cold.

are

It is feared that the full extent of the havoc wrought by the floods will not be known for several days when penetrate rescue parties manage to all parts of the inundated regions.---- Reuter.

YUGO-SLAV QUAKE

Mr. Curtin emphasised that the Australian Labour Party stood for a safe world, and would always resist war makers and aggressors, and op- position to them would be unwaver- ing to the end and until victory - was won.-Reuter.

PLAN FOR LIBRARIES

Plans to establish eight Chinese public libraries in the Colony are being form- ed by a local Chinese social China organisation, the Mail” learns.

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The object is to provide library rooms in different parts of the Col- ony, catering to the large number of scholars in Hong Kong,^ many – of whom have been unable to continue their education owing to the Sino- Japanese hostilities.

London, To-day. According to the German radio an

An appeal has been sent out for earthquake yesterday seriously dam- books, magazines and other journals. aged several buildings in Dubrovnik, The Chinese press will be invited to Yugo-Slavia, but there were no casual-supply free copies of their publica-

tlons.

ties.

Reuter.

Here's Luck!

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