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LIGHTNING STRIKE OF SHANGHAI BUS CO. WORKERS

(Special To "China Mail” From Our Own Correspondent)

Shanghai, To-day.

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workers going out on lightning strike this morn- STOP PRESS TEL. 20022 or 33993 ing, Shanghai's transportation facilities are severely disrupted, causing acute inconvenience in the snowy sleety weather which is prevailing. Strong police contingents are protecting the Con- naught Road depots with a view to preventing serious trouble.

The management this morning told me the reason for the strike is the dissatisfaction of the workers with the reply received to their demands for an increased rice allowance.

PRINCE APPEALS

FOR FINLAND

Negotiations are under way for a settlement but it is unlikely that

work will be resumed to-day, thus GERMAN

leading to overcrowding of the trams and creating a disruption of trans-

portation facilities of the first order. LOSSES IN

Rickshaws are at a premium and the extremely bad weather is mak- ing things worse,

POLITICAL BACKGROUND?

In certain quarters the opinion is held there is a political background to the strike, since circles close.to Wang Ching-wel have tried to create dissatisfaction among public utility

workers throughout the city in re-

cent months.

Stockholm, To-day. Prince Eugene has issued a stirring appeal to Swedish men of military age to vo-to lunteer for service in Fin- land.

The support given to Finland al- ready, he said, was magnificent but it was not enough.

It is pointed out that the bus work ers are well paid and have no reason

strike.Our Own Correspondent.

ITALIAN – EXHIBITION (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

Naples, To-day. Count Ciano, Italy's Foreign Minis- Sweden's first line of defence waster, has paid an official visit to the in Finland at the present moment and Italian National Overseas Exhibition more volunteers were urgently neces- which will be opened to the public sary to stiffen the resistance.-Reuter. 'shortly. Havas.

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SEA COMBAT

London, To-day.

Up to February 25, the Germans lost by capture or scuttling 53 merchant ships. This represents six per cent. of the total German mercan- tile tonnage.

During the same period Britain lost 159 merchant vessels by enemy action, [representing 1.6% of ocean-going ton-

nage.

Actual figures on which these cal- culations are based are from the re- turn of the world's merchant ship- ping dated June, 1938, which is the latest obtainable, wherein it states that there are 2328 German vessels of over 100 tons which totalled 4,243,895 tons.

Britain had 7203 ocean going ships totalling 17,780,859 tons and the Do- minions 2478 ships totalling 3,186,961 tons.

If gains by capture and new ships now available are included, the Bri- tish proportion is even better than these figures show...

Convoy losses remain very small. During the week ended Feb. 24,225 neutral ships were convoyed by the Navy without loss, while the total of sing guarded reached 1107 and sustained a loss equalling only one- fifth of one per cent.-British Wireless,

GERMANS

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Helsinki, To-day.

It is claimed that the Russians. have lost 1,288 tanks up to February 20. The artillery fire now raging in front of Viborg is the heaviest since the outbreak of 'war.--Reuter.

Moscow T,o-day.

It is claimed in a communique that the Soviet troops are con- tinuing the development of the offensive in the Karelian Isthmus. The enemy attempted counter- attacks but suffered heavy losses and continued to retreat. Soviet troops have captured the enemy defensive fortifications on the north bank of the Salmenkaita River and occupied Ritsaari on the west bank of Lake Vuoksi. The communique details number of villages of which the capture is claimed and adds that on other sectors of the front no important changes have occurred.

Reuter.

Early this morning, H.M.S. Kanimbla arrived off Yokohama having on board nine German na- tionals taken from the "Asama Maru."

These men were handed over to two officials

from the Ja panese Foreign Office in the pre- sence of. Captain DIN.C. Tufnell Attache

SWAP the British Nayal

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL"). Amsterdam, To-day.

A proposal to exchange German Diesel-engined oil burning tugboats against

Dutch

A coal

has been burning vessels made from the Reich to several Dutch ship- ping concerns.______

re-

Tokyo.

As soon as the formalities- connection with the handing over of the Germans was completed H.M.S. Kanimbla sailed.

The prefix "Special" to telegrams, is used by the

Sunday Herald" and "China. Mali" The offer has been favourably

to Indleste news' which is strictly copyright under the provisions of the Telecommunica ceived here as Diesel-engined boats tions Ordinance, 1935, and may not be re- are much cheaper to operate.

printed under any olroumstances, either The propogal was apparently made wholly or in, part, without prior "arrange- because German firms expect further ment. restrictions on the use of all for civi

lian purposes in Germany Havas,

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