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BRITISH PLANES OVER HOLLAND?

The Hague, To-day.

It is officially announced that foreign planes flew over north- eastern Holland on Thursday at a great height and were fired on by Dutch anti-aircraft batteries.

There is some Indication that planes were British, and the Dutch Government is making on. quiries in London.-Reuter,

GOEBBELS LETS OFF STEAM

London, To-day.

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DRIVE FOR EMBARGO ON JAPAN

Washington, To-day. Representatives of public bodies in the United States interested in securing legisla.. tion to enable an embargo to be placed on exports to Japan are beginning to gather in

REPORTS FROM FINLAND indicate that the Soviets are

still falling back and that in places they have retreated Washington. some 30 miles. Finnish patrols are following them.They are preparing a re- closely and there was heavy fighting yesterday at Maer-newed drive coincident with the abrogation of the Japan- kijaevi, on the railway 20 miles west of Salla.

American trade treaty on January 26.

Although Maerkijaevi is only a small village, it is an im- portant town, because the road from Salla to Kunsamo branches there.

to

The retreating Soviets appear ¡have been the spear-head of the Rus- slan drive, and at one time were al- most half-way across Finland's "waist- line" to the Gulf of Bothnia:

The Finns are in a strong position north of Salla, and it is thought their best plan would be to try and drive a wedge down into the present Russian positions.Reuter.

300 Bombs Dropped By

Soviet Raiders

Helsinki, To-day.

BRITISH REPLY

APPROVED

Montevideo, To-day.

The Uruguayan Press takes

Mr. Cordell Hull, the Secretary of State, appeared to be purposely non- committal yesterday when. questioned by the press on the progress: of the resolution put forward by Senator Key Pittman..

This resolution aims at making possible an embargo on oll and other exports to countries which attack others in contravention of treaties to which the United States' is a signatory.

„M“ Corder"

tion was so Senate foreign

and the State Dep

between the committee --Reuter.

An official Finnish communique re- much the same view of the SENATOR BORAH STILL ports that on Wednesday, 300 bombs British Government's reply were dropped by the Soviets in sou-to the Pan-American confer- thern and south-western Finland, but

IN DEEP COMA

Washington, To-day. Senator Borah is still in a deep coma

Reuter.

that only slight damage was done.ence for a 300-mile "safety Others were dropped in northern Fin-zone” around the Americas and there is apparently no-hope. land, but to no effect.

as the press of the other American republics, namely, that the British reply is logi-doubt, excessive.

Helsinki had an air alarm lasting

London, To-day. Joseph Goebbels, Nazi.

for 30 minutes yesterday afternoon, Propaganda Minis-but as yet there is no news of actual ter, launched a violent

raids-Reuter.

attack on England in the RE-OPENING

course of a broadcast at Posen yesterday.

Goebbels said: “As regards the English there is only one opinion-destroy them.

"They are ferocious wolves wearing lamb-skins,

"The British want to force us by a new Treaty of Ver- sailles to carve up Germany. They have already lined up with the Emperors and Kings they want to restore.' -Rou- ter

"NO REASON TO SUSPECT SABOTAGE"

OF CHINA WATERWAYS

SHANGHAI, TO-DAY.

MR. SOTOMATSU · KATO, | JA- PANESE MINISTER-AT-LARGE IN CHINA, IS REPORTED TO HAVE RETURNED TO TOKYO BY AIR STEING THE UNITED AFTER STATES AMBASSADOR, MR. NEL- SON T. JOHNSON.

The two diplomats exchanged opin-

ions relative to the re-opening of the |Lower Yangtse and the Pearl River,

It is stated that Mr. Kato will report to his Government on, the establish». ment of a new central government in China and also on the talks he has had In Chins for the readjustment of Ja- and the

pancreation with BMC

|United States --Beuter.

TURKISH POLICY

cal and reasonable.

The influential Montevideo “El Diario," for instance, says the measures proposed by the American Conference are,

It supports the view that it would give "carte blanche to the pirates” paper and limit the actions of those, coun- that tries whose rule it is to respect strict- Pan-ly international law and the rights of without other nations.-Réuter.

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