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London, To-day.

An article in the "Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury" pre- dicts that the number of volun- teers fighting in Finland will reach 50,000 by next May.

The writer foresees the conclu- sion of a Germano-Russo mill- tary, alliance and believes that the main scene of operations will then be shifted northwards.— Havas.

NAZI TROOPS SET TRAIN ON FIRE

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Amsterdam, To-day. Serious discontent in the German army, which forced the Nazi military authorities to take disciplinary measures, is reported in reliable neutral

-quarters here.

The discontent is reported to have given rise to the first serious act of sabotage in Germany since war began.

This occurred at a point. 12 miles from the Dutch border, when units of the garrison there were ordered to leave for Galicia, in Poland.

When the men were about to en- train an armoured train was set on fire and there was a considerable amount of shooting.

taken

TROOPS EXASPERATED Disciplinary measures were but no details are available.

Apparent reason for the unrest is the continuous and pointless troop movements, which have been going on for months and which have exasperat- ed the troops. Reuter.

MME CHIANG

IN COLONY?

IT 18 BELIEVED THAT MADAME

PULVERISES KARELIA 180 DEAD

ISTHMUS QUAKES WITH THUNDER OF SHELLING

London, To-day.

IN MINE

TRAGEDY

Foochow, To-day. than 180

including many travelling to

spend. Chinese New Year with their families were killed when a launch struck a mine on the river between Foochow and Kwangtao be- low the anchorage.

The tragedy occurred in the early hours of Saturday.

The mine which caused such terri- ble havoc is reported to have broken

THE RUSSIANS APPEAR to have pierced the outer defences of the Mannerheim Line, according to the Helsinki correspondent of the "Daily Tele- graph," who says the Soviet forces are now press- loose The Finns, the correspondent continues, are show-

ing against the main Finnish bulwarks.

ing signs of tiring under the strain of the biggest battle since the war began.

The Soviets are now using 8 and 12-inch demolition shelfs with which they are plastering the whole 15-mile depth of the Mannerheim Line; the whole Karelian Isthmus is quaking with the thunder of thousands of these shells.

Over 300,000 Soviet troops have been engaged in a ceaseless attack which has gone on for 24 hours with- out let-up.

70-TON TANKS

Both sides have suffered heavily, and it is estimated that one Soviet division has lost 12,000 men in two days fighting.

The Reda have brought up huge 70-ton tanks, each with three gun turrets, and some of these monsters have already been put out of action.

In spite of the terrific pressure the Finnish communique rètains its spirit of confidence, and says 73 tanks have been destroyed in 24 hours, and nine planes shot down. Reuter.

700 PLANES FOR FINLAND

Oslo, To-day.

The "Aftonposten” reports that 700 planes are expected to arrive In Fin- CHINESE PRESS REPORT BAYB❘ land by the end of this month.

Four hundred, say the newspaper, CHIANG KAI-SHEK ARRIVED IN will be supplied by Britain THE COLONY LAST NIGHT AND France, 100 by Italy and the others WILL STAY IN THE COLONY FOR by various countries.-Reuter. ·

A WEEK.

RUMANIA

and

The report, however, cannot be con- TEST MOBILISATION IN firmed in usually reliable quarters, who although stating that they knew nothing about Madame Chiang's movements admitted the possibility of her arrival here..

Bucharest, To-day. Rumania has onlled up 200,000 Army reserviste in what is officially termed

It is known that Madame Sun Yat-a "test mobilisation.” sen, wife of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Officials state that during the mo returned to the Colony from Chung-bilisation last year plans falled owing king last night.

to the lack of organisation, discipline

Whether Madame Chiang was among and communications. Reuter. the group who accompanied Madame

Sun, cannot be established.

Police took precautions on arrival of | WEATHER FOREGABY the plane at Kal Tak last night.

moderate;

and drifted from a Chinese minefield near the mouth of the Mir River.

There were only seven survivors

and the vessel was completely des-

troyed.

Among those killed were a number

of mission school students and a mem- who had obtained leave to visit Shanghal to see his wife and children days.

ber of the Maritime Customs staff

during the Chinese New Year holi-

About eight bags of outward mails bound for Shanghal were also lost.- Reuter.

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