1940-02-17 — Page 4

SWEDEN'S

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 17, 1940

LIMITED AID

Official Communique On Request By Finland

MR. TANNER'S REQUEST

DIVISIONS

FOR TWO

NOT ACCEDED TO

Stockholm, To-day.

NAZI TERROR

OF STETTIN

SWEDEN HAS ONCE AGAIN declared that her help

to Finland will be limited to the forms it has al- HITS JEWS ready taken and cannot be extended to military intervention. An official communique yesterday afternoon says that on different occasions Finland has asked for the supply of various things and these requests have, on the whole, been granted.

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BERNE, TO-DAY. ACCORDING ΤΟ THE "NEUE ZUERCHER ZEITUNG" ALL JEWS

Sweden has already taken certain measures to care IN THE CITY OF STETTIN WERE

for Finnish wounded and invalids and for the transfer of Swedish workmen to Finland.

No change in this standpoint

TO

ARRESTED ON TUESDAY NIGHT BY STORM TROOPS WHO LATER ENTERED ALL JEWISH HOMES has AND INFORMED JEWISH FAMI- LIES THAT THEY MUST PREPARE IMMEDIATELY TO BE SENT AN UNKNOWN DESTINATION.

abandon All were forced to money, furniture and personal effects, excepting wedding rings and watches. Those possessing bank accounts and real estate were compelled to sign papers renouncing all their rights.

During conversations in Stockholm,! members of the Finnish Government | occurred, M. Tanner was told. have raised the question of aid by the

NO OBLIGATION supply of men. The latest occasion In this speech, the Premier pointed was on Wednesday, when the Finnish out that the object of collaboration

raised the Foreign Minister

matter between the Northern States was to with the Swedish Premier, Foreign ensure their neutrality and indepen- Minister and Defence Minister.

On this occasion, the question of sending Swedish troops was raised by M. Tanner. From the Swedish side, Finnish says the communique, the Minister was referred to the guiding

lines laid down by the Swedish Pre- mier in a speech on January 17 and which was generally approved.

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dence; there never was any question of military collaboration and there was no obligation on Sweden to go to the help of Finland.

He emphasized that although help for Finland had the sympathy of the

Government, caution was Swedish necessary to avoid being drawn into the conflict.-Reuter.

RAILWAY BOMBED

AGAIN

Kwong Chow Wan, To-day. The Kunming-Hanoi Railway Line was again bombed yesterday by some 30 Japanese planes. Details of dam- age caused are not available yet. Our Own Correspondent.

By Ed Reed

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The same measure will shortly be

put into effect in Danzig, Koenigsberg

and other German cities,

or-

Furthermore, Baron von Neurath, German "Protector" of Bohemia and Moravia, has just published an dinance forbidding Jews from selling their businesses which will be given over to Aryans.-Havas.

CUT IN U.K.

IMPORTS FROM U.S.

New York, To-day.

The United States exported to the United Kingdom goods valued at

CURIOUS

MOVE IN PEIPING

Pelping, To-day. According to a reliable report the local police authorities have received Instructions to remove all traces of anti-British posters and to destroy unused stacks of the posters.

The police are also instructing Chinese shopkeepers to remove signs in the Japanese language from the shopfronts and shop windows-Reuter.

DESTROYER WHICH SANK U-BOATS

London, To-day.

It is now learned that the British destroyer which sank two U-boats last week was H.M.S, Antelope, Lieu- tenant E. W. Douglas in command.- Reuter.

***Antelope is a 10-year old des- troyer of the Acasta class. A vessel of 1,350 tons, she carries four 4-inch guns and is manned from Plymouth.

The vessel is manned mainly by

Reservists and was commissioned at

when the Re- Portsmouth in July, serve Fleet was called up for service.

Reuter.

BRITAIN BUILDS M.T.B.'S FOR RUMANIA

London, To-day. Despite the war, British shipyards are still finding time to complete for- eign contracts and yesterday three motor torpedo boats for the Royal Rumanian Navy were named at Ports- mouth by the wife of the Rumanian Minister and the wife of the Ruman- ian Naval Attache in London. Reuter.

SCANDINAVIAN

$6,000,000 in January, compared with |MINISTERS TO CONFER

$41,000,000 in January last year.

Exports to Germany declined from

| $6,000,000 last January to $3,000.

Copenhagen, To-day.

It is learned that the Foreign Minis-

Holland took twice last January'sters of the Scandinavian countries are exports and exports to Sweden in- arriving in Copenhagen at the end of treased by $2,000,000.-Reuter.

next week for a conference, —— Reuter.

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