THE CHINA
RUARY 14, 1940:
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BATTLE STILL RAGING Finnish Counter-Attacks In Karelian Isthmus
NO LET-UP IN THE SOVIET PRESSURE
Helsinki, To-day.
YESTERDAY'S FINNISH communique stated that the Russian attacks continued during Monday with undiminished force in the Summa sector. At Muolaajarvi, Punnus and Taipale the attacks were driven back and the Finnish troops under-
took numerous successful counter-attacks, in which at least 23 tanks were put of action. The fighting continues.
North of Lake Ladoga all the Rus- sian attacks have been driven
back
and at Pitkaranta the greater part of an enemy column of 100 vehicles was destroyed.
During Monday the Finnish air forces participated in air combats, out re- and in addition carried connaissance flights, besides bomb- ing enemy columns and bases.
MR. WELLES' AIDES
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Washington, To-day.
his
SWEDEN BUYS U.S. FIGHTERS
Washington, To-day.
It is authoritatively reported that the Swedish purchasing mission 144 Vultes has contracted for planes which are reputed to be capable of a speed exceeding 400 miles an hour.
Cost of the order is approxim- ately $10,000,000,-Reuter.
R.A.F.
FLIGHT OVER GERMANY
PARIS, TO-DAY.
ON
DESPITE THE NEW COLD WAVE WHICH
DESCENDED HAB
FRONT BRITISH THE WESTERN PLANES MADE A LONG RECON. NOITRING FLIGHT OVER NORTH- WEST GERMANY AND RETURNED SAFELY ALTHOUGH ATTACKED By GERMAN FIGHTERS, IT WAS STATED HERE.
On the front itself the thermometer
LATVIANS
WILL NEVER RETREAT
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RIGA, TO-DAY. THE FOREIGN MINISTER, M. MUNTERS, IN A SPEECH AT RIGA UNIVERSITY YESTERDAY, FOR- FOREIGN RE- MALLY DENIED PORTS OF THE SOVIETISATION OF LATVIA SINCE THE CONCLU- SION OF THE SOVIET-LATVIAN MUTUAL ASSISTANCE PACT OF. OCTOBER 5, 1939.
M. Munters stressed that the station- ing of Soviet garrisons in Latvia had not brought the slightest complication, and Soviet-Latvian relations very satisfactory.
were
"Greater trials may yet be imposed but the free Latvian people will never retreat from their present position," he declared. Havas
NO SOVIET TRADE WITH BRITAIN
LONDON, TO-DAY.
In the war zone the enemy concen-
Only two men, Mr. Jay P. Moffat, line trated air activity on the front
SIR ANDREW DUNCAN REPLIED Mr. Lucius and its immediate vicinity over the Head of the European section of the
State Department, und Isthmus and north of Lake Ladoga.
anti-aircraft Johnson, Third Secretary of the Ameri-|has fallen to only eight degrees above TO QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE OF zero, Fahrenheit, and all activities are COMMONS YESTERDAY FOR THE Finnish fighters and
can Embassy in Panama, are accom- ma-
at a standstill except for patrolling | FIRST TIME IN HIS CAPACITY OF artillery shot down four enemy
confirmed re-panying Mr. Sumner Welles on
PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF and reconnaissance flights. chines, according to
The French have also made one | TRADE. ports, while in addition there were trip to Europe.
such flight and a number of sorties a number of unconfirmed
have been made by their fighter Reuter.
machines.
One solitary German plane toured
Beuter. over northern France.
cases.
INCREASED INTENSITY
Helsinki, To-day. Yesterday was the 12th day of the Mannerheim Soviet attack on the Line, and
the increased intensity shows that the Soviets have received on relying reinforcements and are pressure of tanks, guns and infantry to overwhelm the Finns through ex- haustion.
The Soviets claim to have captured Karelian in the 32 defence forts Isthmus; this is denied by the Finns, In the far North, heavy snow has held up operations, but Soviet 'planes
Finnish bombed
positions.
have Reuter.
CHINESE ART ON FANS
on
Mr. Johnson is acting in the cap- acity of Private Secretary.--Havas.
BRITISH ATTITUDE TO WELLES' TOUR
London, To-day.
Mr. Neville The Prime Minister, Chamberlain, referred in the House of Commons yesterday to the forth- coming visit of Mr. Sumner Welles, U.S. Under-Secretary of State.
-
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE QUIETER
He was asked what was the
tent at present of Britain's
with Soviet Russia.
ex-
trade
of
He replied that the publication details of trade with particular coun- tries was suspended at the beginning of the war.
In connection with the agreement last October for the exchange of rub- ber and tin against Soviet timber, it quieter had not been found possible to carry The Stock Exchange yesterday; home rails met with profit-out this exchange-Reuter.
London, To-day.
Was
taking and industrials were irregu- ANOTHER N.Z.
Mr. Chamberlain said the British Government for their part would be
Boose-lar,
him Gill-edged Becurities ready to welcome President velt's representative, and take fully into their confidence, with the object of assisting President Roose- velt to form an estimate of the pre- sent situation.-Reuter.
CRYPTIC
occasionally
on small Cape sales. improved, while Kaffir were weak
Wall Street was irregularly higher. Reuter.
BROADCAST
BY PREMIER OF LATVIA
Riga, To-day.
master- A GOOD DEAL OF INTEREST has been aroused by a week-
CONTINGENT NEAR READY
WELLINGTON, TO-DAY.
24 HOURS OF THE WITHIN LANDING OF THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TROOPS, THE NEW ZEALAND MINISTER OF DE- FENCE WAS ANNOUNCING THAT A SECOND NEW ZEALAND CON. WAS OVERSEAS TINGENT FOR
OF FULL DNLY 763 MEN SHORT STRENGTH.
He declared that within a week
[ sufficient men should be available to
An Exhibition of Chinese Art Fans will be held, under the auspices of the Chinese Society of Hong Kong University, at the Fung Ping Shan Library, from Thursday to Saturday, dally from 10 a.m. to 6 pm. A collection of over 600 pleces treasured by prominent collec- tors, will be displayed. Many of the masters of the brush of the Sung and the Yuan Dynasties are represented, but most of pieces are of the Ming "We do not know what is in store for us. When the time ready some mouths ahead of require- comes, at least one man in each home will have to donments. A National Recruiting Com- uniform.
and the Ching Dynasties.
General Ho Lok, former Comman- der of the Police Force in Canton, a well-known collector, will conduct the opening ceremony at fram. to-mor-
row.
FINNISH ATHLETES
IN NEW YORK -- NURMI MUCH ALIVE
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end broadcast by the President and Prime Minister of Latvia. He said:-
"Everyone must have his equlp- ment ready.”
Those unable for financial reasons to equipment must helped by
The Latvian Chief of Army Staff is now in Tallinn, visiting the Eatho- nian Chief of Staff-Beuter,
those who had money. He continu GERMANS
ed:---
"If the situation were not very grave I would not touch on such mat- ters. We will strengthen the defences New York, To-day. of our country, but the population “A tremendous welcome was given must be ready to make great sacri
vò Nurmi | fices in the near futury,
appeared
the Finnish athl
and Taisto Maki, when thi
at an alizetið 19
of the Finnish ReHef
terday.
Nurmij
distance
the uniform of a
here ye
Ish infantryman,
was-given a tremendous ovation.
The crowd rose while the orchestr played the
-Havas.
“It will also be wise for all to put and
food to last a year.” Rain some quarters,
this broadcast pressure, but denies Whim, 25m
was felt that
difficulties at
to the call had been excellent.
form a third contingent. The response
The New Zealand Government, hè said, was trying to get reinforcements
mittee is, therefore, being formed. Beuter.
ONE HUNDRED PER-CENT.
San: Francisco, To-day. Except for the despatches from abroad, Canadian citizens' would not even know that a war, was 'on; two
WITH SOVIET ondials of Trans-Capetia Air Lines
FORCES
London, To-day.
the Professor Tancred Borenius, noted professor, says that skilled Ger- man officing now with the Soviet forces.
told the press on their arrival yester- day.
The Cai ever, they hind
WEATHE
selves, how- per cent bo Reuter.
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