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NAZIS PLANNING VIOLENT SPRING

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BRITISH SUPPLIES GOING TO FINLAND

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London, To-day. British munitions fac- tories have started to send arms and ammunition to Finland, according to the "Evening Standard" last night.

The newspaper adds that units of the Royal Navy are keeping watch over the ships in which the supplies are being transported in order that they may reach their destination safely.

Although keeping her own neede to the forefront, says the "Stan- dard," Britain la granting as many licenses as possible for the ex- port of war material to Finland.

SUPPLY OF PLANES.

Meanwhile, an Amsterdam report says that several Finnish air force officers recently passed through the Netherlands bound for London.

It is believed that they will fly back British planes for the Finnish air force-Havas..

SINKING OF GNEISENAU

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Berne, To-day.

THE BERLIN CORRESPONDENTS of several Swiss newspapers report that Germany's attitude to- wards the Russo-Finnish conflict is the main ob-

NEW JOB FOR GOERING

Berlin, To-day. General Goering has been giv. en a new past, which makes him Gormany's economic dictator- Reuter.

ject of comment in neutral circles in the Nazi DENMARK

capital.

So far no official statement has been issued, and

Nazi officials are highly reticent.

MINES HER COASTS

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Copenhagen, To-day.

In order to facilitate the work of

The correspondent of the "Basler Nachrichten," however, learns from authoritative sources that Germany considers that a country in which Bri-coastguards for preserving Danish tish or French fight, even as volunteers, must be considered the Reich's enemy,

The same circles reject comparison with the case of Spain, where the German Condor Legion fought against the Madrid Government, declaring that the Spanish war was a civil and not an international conflict.

The correspondent was unable to obtain a clear statement In

· Bertin regarding Germany's at-- titude towards Sweden and Nor-

PATROLS

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NAZI LINES

Paris, To-day.

A French patrol penetrat- ed the Nazi lines one and a half miles east of the Saar and brought back valuable information concerning heavy German troop concen- just behind the

Siegfried Line.:

COPENHAGEN, TO-DAY. DESPITE THE DENIAL PUBLISH. ED ON DECEMBER 22 BY D.N.B.,trations THE OFFICIAL NAZI NEWB AGENCY, LATVIAN SOURCES PER- BIST IN STATING THAT THE GNEIBENAU, CRACK NORDDEUT8. CHER LLOYD LINER ON THE FAR EASTERN RUN, HAS BEEN SUNK IN THE BALTIO.

Near the Saar river, the patrol had a skirmish with a German patrol and brought back several prisoners.

The sathe sources point out that the It is revealed that in skirmishes in loss of the Gneisenau was announced the Vores realm, when German at the time by the official Soviet radio | detachments of from 50 to 100 mện. stations.

were surprised and scattered with It is impossible to learn whether the heavy losses, the French did not lose liner was sunk by a mine or sub- ja single man, nor was anyone Injurėdi marine.Havas::..

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way should these countries facili- tate the transit of British and French volunteers.

neutrality, further mine barrages have

been laid between Moen and Falster, In the straits separating Denmark and Sweden.

As a precaution against submarines a chain of .nets is to be fald at the entrance to Sonderborg harbour, which commands the entrance to Fileburg Fjord, on the German-Danish fron tler-Havas.

Meanwhile, some neutral quarters wonder if Germany will not take ad- vantage of the Soviet's present difficul- ties to impose on Moscow a military alliance, a step to which the Soviet WEATHER FORECAST: has so far been reluctant.-Havas.

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