1940-01-18 — Page 20

GERMANY RUNS INTO OBSTACLES

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U.S. ARMY OF 223,000

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Washington, To-day.

The Secretary for War, Mr. Harry Woodring, announced yesterday that 92,000 men had enlisted in the U.S. Berne, To-day. Army since July 1 1939, and on Jan- The "Neue Zuercher Zei-uary 15 this year the total effectives

were, 223,000. tung" announces that Ger- This, he added, was only 3,000 short many has decided temporar- of the total asked by President Roose- ily to interrupt railway traf-velt last Spring-Havas.

fic between Rumania and the Reich across Russian Poland.

The step follows difficulties raised by the Russians in fullling the traffic programme.

The Russians are not willing to allow Russian carrlages to be load- ed to maximum capacity and are not willing to lend Russian loco- motives.

that

Hence Germany has decided traffic from Rumania will go across Hungary instead of Russian Poland.----- Havas.

BUTTED IN ON ARMY

WIRING ACTIVITY Sentence of one month's hard labour was imposed on Wong Tung, 26, by Mr. H. G. Sheldon, K.C., this morn- ing, for the theft of nine iron stakes from the hillside above the junction of Bowen Road and Stubbs Road.

The stakes were left there by the Military Authorities for barbed wire entanglements.

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S.P.C. COLLECTION BOXES MISSING Seventy-five collection boxes, reported to be missing from the Old City Hall. They are the property of of the Protection the Society for Children.

Mrs. Hodge, of Kennedy Road Mili- tary quarters, has reported the loss of a gold bangle In Kowloon yesterday.

Harold Brown, of No. 15, La Salle the theft of his Road, has reported

47, Cox's bicycle from outside No. Road yesterday.

A Kowloon Cricket Club Dance will be held on Wednesday, 7th February, Mr. Ward, of Chatham1940 (Chinese New Year Eve), from The Rev.

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Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, accompanied by Generals Li Chal- Pai Chung-hsi, and Chen Cheng, personally inspected the fronts in the Nanning region a few days ago, according to the "Phenomenon," local evening vernacular, this afternoon.

The journal adds that plans were mapped out for the defence of Kwangsl.

London, To-day. Extension of the navicert system, recently introduced, enables ships In certain circumstances to

pass without detention or examination. The new system is called "ship's navicert," and covers cases where the whole cargo of a vessel is granted a navicert before sailing.

The procedure is for the ship- master to present the ship's na- vicert to the local British consul, who telegraphs the particulars to London, and the contraband au- thorities allow the ship to pass freely.Reuter.

Bucharest, To-day.

The Czernauti - Lwow - Cracow railway, by which the Germans hoped to import large quantities of Rumanian produce following its reopening in December, has ngala ceased to function.

The Germans accuse the Rus- sians of making difficulties for the transit of trains across Soviet- occupied Poland, while the Rus- sians say the Germans and Ri- manians failed to fulfil the terms of the agreement under which the railway resumed working,

A German commission is now "on-the-frontier carrying out -in- vestigations. Reuter.

London, To-day.

As a result of efforts to find parliamentary seats for the new Ministers, Sir Andrew Duncan and Sir John Reith, it is expected that Sir Alan Anderson will re- sign the City of London and Sir Charles Barrie, Southampton.

Neither Labour nor Liberals would oppose the new Ministers,

Reuter.

Stockholm, To-day. The special correspondent of the "Tidningen" with the northern Finnish forces says it is reliably reported from the Salla front that the Russian forces which have been trying to drive westward

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It is believed the Reds have withdrawn several miles.

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Shanghai, To-day.

The Japanese are being attack- ed on "their own doorstep," as it were, close to Shanghai.

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Kowan, the Yangtse, in Kiangsu province, was being shelled by the Japanese yesterday afternoon, according to private re- liable cables reaching here.

The reports emphasise that the capture of the city from the Ja- panese is probable.

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Taichow city, the reports add, was bombed by the Japanese Monday and Thursday, suggesting that it had been captured by the Chinese.

be- Kowan is a Yangtse port tween Chinklang and Kiangying. -Our Own Correspondent.

Washington, To-day. According to reliable reports, proposals by Britain and France for tripling their present orders for American warplanes were dis- cussed yesterday by President Roosevelt, Mr. Henry Morgenthau (Secretary of Treasury) and army and navy officials.

Britain and France are said to have notified the United States that they contemplate ordering for speedy delivery upwards of 8,000 planes, and even more engines.-- Reuter.

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Shanghai, To-day. Though not confirmed, it is be- lieved likely that the United States Ambassador, Mr. Nelson T, John-

the son, is leaving for

upper Yangtse on board the US.S. Luzon on Monday on an inspection tour. Mr. Johnson arrived in Shang- hai-from-Chungking-yesterday———— Our Own Correspondent.

Stockholm, To-day. Mr. Guenther, the Foreign Minister, declared during the bud- the yesterday that get debate whole Swedish people was unani- mous in its desire to help the Finns.

This was also an essential prin- ciple of the Government's policy but the Government must avold anything that might be consider- it ed un-neutral, and therefore was impossible to do all they might wish to ald Finland.-Reuter.

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