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TOKYO GLOATING
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1939..
OVER BRITISH
ON GERMAN ARMS
CONCESSIONS SHOWS JAPANESE AIMS UNCHANGED
Mr. Suma, In His Cups, Gives It Away, Is Sorry
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TOKYO, Dec. 6 (Reuter)-A statement by Mr. Suma, the Japanese Foreign Office spokesman, to the effect that the "measure violates all the known rights of neutrals and inflicts severe losses to them," was printed by the Miyako Shimbun"in connexion with the enforcement, of the British Order-in-Council authorising the seizure of German exports in neutral ships on the high seas.
"Should Japanese ships in Europe suffer any losses, we are determined to take definite action to cope with the situation in accordance with international law," Mr. Suma was quoted as having stated.
"Replying to our protest, Mr. R. A. Butler, British Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said they would do their best in handling German exports destin- ed for Japan. That is because Britain is afraid of Japan's determination.
"Do you ask why? Because Britain and France have considerable rights and interests in the Orient, including Hongkong and Singapore, and, if Britain and France clash with Japan, they will be like chinaware that is easily
broken.
NEW RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE
IN KARELIA
"What great losses they would suffer can easily be supposed. Moreover, the ad- justment of relations between
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32,000 BOMBS KILLED
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THOUSAND CHINESE CIVILIANS IN
SEVEN MONTHS OF AIR RAIDS BY JAPANESE IN SIXTEEN PROVINCES
Anniversary Of Finnish Independence
LONDON, Dec. 6 (Reuter) -- President Kyosti Kallic, broad- casting on Finland's anniversary of her independence, declared: "Our greatest strength is in unity,"
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He paid tribute to Finland's women, who had vallantly done their duty on the frontier, as well as the men, and the Finnish Gov- erhment who did its utmost to And a solution by negotiation but could not accept all the Russian claims.
Mass Destruction Of Houses: Over 300 Junks Blown To Bits
CHUNGKING, DEC. 6 (REUTER) ·FORTY-THOU- SAND CHINESE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES,. INCLUDING · 20,000 KILLED, RESULTED FROM JAPANESE AIR RAIDS on 16 Chinese provinces during the seven months between January and July this year, according to figures just re- leased by the Chinese Aeronautical Affairs Commission.
DURING THIS PERIOD, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT MADE 1,276 RAIDS AND DROPPED 32,000 BOMBS..
Sixty-four-thousand houses |
are said to have been destroy-
ed. 6,000 others damaged and Nazis Prepare
For Attack On Maginot Line
380 junks blown to bits. He said that Finland is defend-| The heaviest casualties occurred ing western civilisation and con- in the month of May,
as the result cluded by quoting the words of of the Japanese bombing of Martin Luther. "God is our Arm | Chungking on May 3 and 4. stronghold."
It is estimated that 14,000 people were killed and wounded in May.
EIRE COASTAL DEFENCE
LONDON, Dec. 6" (Renter) The Eire Government is spending an extra £250,000 for building craft for coastal defence.
Special to the HE. Daily Press LONDON, Dec. 6 (Havas)-Pre parations for a large-scale offensive. against the Maginot Line are en-
MAY 4 BOMBING According to the report of the Chinese National Relief Commis visaged by the Daily Mail which sion, casualties in the bombing of reports that ben German divisions Chungking on May 4 alone were have been withdrawn from the 4.572 killed and 3,637 wounded. Dutch border and are at present
Houses destroyed on May 3
JAPANESE ARTILLERY ATTEMPTS Evangtung is said to be the
Britain is now working hard, TO CHECK
would come to naught.
"So Britain would have every- ROME, Dec. 6 (Reuter)~~Accord-thing to lose and nothing to gain, ing to the Helsinki correspondent as far as Japan is concerned, as of the Popolo Di Roma, the Rus- the result of the enforcement of Bians have launched a new offen- the Ordinance.
sive in Karelia and the Lake "At any rate." the Miyako Shim- Ladoga district.
bun concludes, in quoting the
The correspondent added that spokesman, "Japan has a strong Finnish warplanes raided the determination against any outrage Soviet air base at Murmansk and and I am confident our national destroyed 60 Soviet planes
power will serve to cause Britain and France to reconsider the attitude."
BLEYEN TANK DIVISIONS Special to the Hongkong Daily Press
HELSINKI, Dec. 6 (Havas)-- Latest data reveals, that the Soviet troops attacking Finland are from the 7th Army, commanded by General Merejkov, and comprising 11 tank, divisions. Five divisions are reported to be massed at the Karelian Isthmus and four divi- sions to the north of Lake Ladoza One of the main objectives of
RETURNED FROM PARTY Questioned regarding the Miyako Shimbun's story at this morning's press conference, Mr. Suma, said that he returü- ed from a party very "late last night and found press repor- ters and cameramen at his re- sidence.
The press reporters asked many questions on Britain's decision to setze German exports found on
PORRIDGE FOR HIS MAJESTY
LONDON, Dec. & (Reuter)
Special Reuter's
Correspondent with the B.EF says that His Ma- jesty the King made an early start on his second day with the Army and had an English breakfast at 17.30 am. consisting of porridge
and bacon and eggs.
A full programme has been ar ranged to enable His Majesty' to see as much as possible of the different fighting units. The wea- ther was cold and misty but dry.
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CHINESE ADVANCE IN SAMSHUI SECTOR
FIGHTING IN PROGRESS
NORTH OF YAMCHOW
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totalled 900 and, on the following stationed on the Luxembourg bor-
der. day, nearly 1,100 houses were de-
-The" paper asserts that the molished by bombing.
offensive is starting in the near future with the violation of the neutrality of Luxembourg. REPORT CONFIRMED Special to the H.K. Daily Press ROME, Dec. 6 (Havaz)—In con-
most severely bombed of all the the BEVER- provinces. During month period it suffered 311 raids.
NAZI BOMBERfirmation of the Daily Mail the
CRASHES OFF -
NORFOLK COAST in the Luxembourg region appar
LONDON, Dec. 8
newspaper Piccolo reports that concentrations of German troops. and artillery are being carried but.
ently aiming to shatter the Ma- ginot Line.
SERIES OF RAIDS PARIS, Dec. 6 (Reuter)The
(Reuter) A twin-engined bomber crashed KWEILIN, Dec. 6 "(Central)-A Chinese column is on the Norfolk coast today. There counter-attacking Yamchow, according to military advices. was no air raid warning and no Germans made a series of raids Fighting is also going on at Siutung, 15 miles north of gunfire heard and it is surmised Yamchow.
that the enemy aircraft got out of On the Canton-Hankow Railway the Chinese are con- control and crashed into the sea. tinuing their pressure on the Japanese falling back to A lifeboat was launched in an Kuntien from Nganchanngau. Japanese at-points south of attempt to pick up survivors: but Nganchanngau have been subjected to further attacks. To none were found. Later the body the cast of Nganchanngau a Japanese contingent fought or a young German to cover the retreat of their troops yesterday morning.
In the Samshui Sector after? the recapture of Wongtong, attacking the Chinese are Kaitong, and Paisha. To check the Chinese advance
MALE JEWS MUST LEAVE BOHEMIA the Russians is the railway line neutral ships, Mr. Suma said, and
BERLIN, Dec. 6 (Reuter)—All from Peirlaervi to Oulu, on the he fully explained the Order-in-male Jews under 37 must leave Gulf of Bothnia and the Ladoga Council to a reporter and expressed Bohemia and Moravia by the end districts. Far to the north Soviet
day. Many Jewa have troops comprise skiers from Kan-the hope that Britain and France of February.
would share Japan's bellet in the gone to Russia where they are
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dalaksha, on the White Sea.
Well-informed quarters estimate that the Russians advanced 40 kilo- metres and sustained heavy losses In the process.
Swedish sources estimate that 400,000 Finnish soldiers are facing half a million Soviet troops. sup- ported by an overwhelming number of planes:
NO NAZI BECOGNITION COPENHAGEN, Dec. 6 (Reuter) --It is not expected in Berlin that Germany will recognise the so- called Finnish People's Govern- ment of Terijoki, says the Berlin. correspondent of the Politiken. "It is added that the Wilhelm- strasse will continue to recognise the Helsinki Government
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BRITISH MOTOR INDUSTRY LONDON, Dec. § (BWB)-—A state-
the past 24 hours on six differ- ent points of the 20-mile stretch of the Lorraine front.
All the raids were repulsed and at two points the Germans suffered definite losses leaving their dead behind them, It is clear that the Germans aru. trying to verify the Allied «"battle order by making raids along the NO CONTACT MADE whole front in the hope of raptar- The Air Ministry announce that 1ng prisoners but they have not some enemy aircraft were active captured a single man. last night off the ast coast.
airman and the wreckage of the plane was found on a beach.
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Japanese artillery heavily ment, issued by the President of the Some fighter aircraft were sent up bombarded Wongtong yester-Motor Manufacturers and Trad- but the weather was bad and no
ers Society says. that the decision contact was made. Three hundred Japanese troops of" the British motor" industry "to Referring to the wreckage of a drove toward Saichiushan from continue to supply overseas mar- German aircraft found on Kowkong and Fatahan on Monday. kets would be reached following coast, the Air Ministry says that They encountered atin Chinese conferences with Government de- it is presumed that it was engaged resistance. In spite of their supartments.
in mine-laying operations.
PASSING OF MARSHAL perior artilers are, they failed WU IS UNANIMOUSLY MOURNED BY CHINESE
the
through to break
the Chinese lines and fell back to Kowkong and Fatshan. Many villages on the way were set aåre.
PRISONERS MASSACRED KWEILIN, Dec. 6 (Central)-- CHUNGKING, DEC, 6 (REUTER)—CHINESE OFFICIAL Forty-six Chinese war prisoners-
captured during fighting on AND PUBLIC CIRCLES, AS WELL AS THE CHINESE Kwangtung-Kwangs! border "are PRESS, UNANIMOUSLY MOURN the passing of Marshal Wu reported to have been massacred Pel-fu. The press pays tribute to the former warlord for by the Japanese' at Kowlung and his “stubborn refusal to serve the Japanese In Peiping." | Pingkut, north-east of Yamchow.
Gen. Ho Ying-ching, Warj Central Dally. News, official organ Minister, after sending his of the Chinese Government, after condolences to the late Mar-dwelling on the "obscure circum- shal's family and relatives, stances of the Marshal's death, declared in a statement that declares: Despite. Marshal Wu Pel-fu's fallure in his past political Wu Pel-fu had always been and military undertakings he shall unshakeable in his convic always be known as one who had tions,
SOUTH AFRICA'S CHRISTMAS GIFTS
lived a successful life." CAPE TOWN, Dec. 8 (Reuter)——
"Even at the time I was in Fel- The South African War Fund has ping for the National Government
CLEAR CONTRAST decided to send £100,000 to Bri-the Japanese repeatedly attempted Marshal. Wu, Pel-fu's struggle tain as a Christmas Gift.
to make use of the Marshal in against difficult conditions in Pel- One - million South African forming the new regime but he ping, the paper, adds, contraste cigarettes will be sent to the British never yielded. The Marshal's in clearly with the shameful be- troops on the Western Front and tegrity and character became even haviour of traitors and puppets -another million to the French more inviolable as he advanced and demonstrate the
troops as a Christmas box.
in years and his death is a nation- After this, one-million cigarettes al loss.
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power
[of strength; · righteousness, and will be sent to the men at the Under the title "Our National bravery.
Hero front every month.
Marshal Wu Pei-fu" the
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JAPANESE BOMB GIVES ROAST PORK FEAST POPULACE OF MIRS
FOR BAY
Shortage Of Small Change In Shanghai
SHANGHAI, Dec. 6
(Reuter)-
The shortage of small change here is daily becoming more acute and It is almost impossible to obtain 20-cent notes, at the local ex- change shops unless one is pre- pared to pay 20 cents per dollar commission
For months past bus and tram- way companies have minted their SPECIAL TO THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
own tokens for small change and Less disastrous than usual, a raid by a Japanese bomb-now the Hongkong and Shanghal the Foreign Ing plane on Shan-U-Chung in the Mirs Bay area, on Nov Company Hotels ember 25, provided the populace with an unexpected, though YMCA and other leading that- tutioris throughout Shanghai are probably much enjoyed, feast of roast pork.
issuing their own small change tokens.
How it all happened was recounted to a reporter of the Hongkong Daily Press yesterday by Mr. Renard S. L. Chow, one of a party of three adventurous students from Hong- kong who returned from a fortnight's tour of the Mirs Bay region last Sunday.
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DR, SUN FO ON HIS WAY BACK
Mr. Chow relates that the, the pigs, more than 20 yards away,
TO CHINA plane, which was dropping were roasted alive within a minute of the bomb coming in contact with
HHANGHAI, Dec. 8 (Intl)-An Incendiary bombs, chosen as a the crackers.
unconfirmed report stated that Dr. target a large quantity of fire- The local populace, some 200 in Bud Fo, President of the Legisia- crackers, stacked up close to number, sat down later to feast on rive Yuan, who spent over a year the sea shore in a pile several roast pork prepared in this most in Soviet Russia on an emeral feet high and covering "an unusual Japanese way. area of about 80 square yards.
POPULACE SMALLER
Close to the stacked-up are- The populace of Shau-U-Chung. crackers were three crates con- Mr. Chow relates is not a large taining two pigs aplece. The heat as it used to be, and the men and
Continued on Page 6 of the conflagration was such that
mission, has left London for China, via the United States, Dr Sun is expected to be back Chungking early of the monta
He will probably fly from Ban Francisco to Hongkong.
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