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Paris, To-day.
WANG KEH MIN'S PLANS
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WANG KEH-MIN, HEAD OF THE PEIPING "PROVISIONAL GOVERN- MENT" WILL SHORTLY LEAVE FOR JAPAN, WHERE HE PLANS TO
A communique issued by MAKE A LONG STAY, SAYS THE the Bank of France states:-
"SIN WAN PAO."
The newspaper adds he will not To facilitate payments con- participate in the new Wang Ching- nected with Franco-British wei "government.”
Wang Keh-min's resignation as head commercial exchanges new
of the "provisional government" has regulations are being en- not been accepted by the East Asia forced as regards imports Development Bureau of the Tokyo
Government, the report concludes.
from most territories belong-Heuter? ing to the "Sterling area."
"Special licences will not be re- quired for financing, these imports and the necessary exchange will be provid--
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by documents certifying the origin of the imported goods.
"Moreover trade credits In france may be granted to real- dents in the 'Sterling area' financ- ing their purchases in the French Empire
"These regulations are applicable at present to France, Algeria, the French Colonies and the African territories under French mandate. Extension to
other parts of the French Empire is contemplated."-Havas.
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Paris, To-day. The vote for the expulsion of the veteran Communist Senator, Marcel two Cachin, was unanimous, only Senators abstaining.
Shanghal, To-day, Over 30 Chinese doctors left recently in two groups, one for Kinhwa, (Che- kiang) and the other for Yunnanfu, en route Kwelyang, Luichow, Chengtu and Chungking to serve in hospitals for the wounded, says a report to the "Sin Wan Pao".
The doctors responded to the recent appeal by the Ministry of Health in
the Chinese Government for medical workers, the report states-Reuter.
OMINOUS QUIET ON PETSAMO FRONT
Petsamo, To-day.. There is an ominous "quiet" pre- vailing on the Far North Front..
Russians taken prisoner state that an immense army is being secretly in preparation massed at Murmansk for a big push southwards.-Reuter.
M. Cachin was one of the oldest Communist leaders, and some 20 years ago was given the rank of honorary colonel in the Red Army, since when political world as "The cossack." he has been known in the French 'Havas.
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The Director of Air Raid Pre- cautions announces that the Na- val Authorities will be, testing the
val Yard at 10 a.m. to-morrow. air raid syrens in the Royal Na-
Moscow, To-day.
An official communique states that Soviet troops successfully continued developing the offensive on the Kare- lian Isthmus and occupied the Viborg-Valkjaervi railway line and Pero (East Viborg).
The communique also claims the capture of the town of Ylasainio and summer cottages on the east coast of Viborg Bay, two kilometres south of Viborg.
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Soviet On February 28 and 29, troops captured 270 enemy fortifica- tions.
There are no important changes on other sectors of the front. Reuter
Montevideo, To-day
Reliable quarters state that the re- ports of an imminent naval engage- ment in South Atlantic waters based upon speculation arising from British warship movements are without foun- dation. Reuter.
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Shanghai, To-day Large-scale fighting is expected to break out shortly following the ar- rival of large forces of Chinese troops in Hellungkiang and Kirin Provinces (Manchuria) and the influx of more troops via Inner Mongolia, says the "National Herald." Skirmishes with the Japanese are already “occurring dally in these areas, the report adds. -Reuter.
Jewellery and money to the value of over $1,000 were stolen from the Warders' Quarters, Stan- ley Prison, between 6 p.m. yes- terday, and this morning.
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