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SEABORNE TRADE OF BRITAIN IS WORK OF DESTROYING JAPANESE

MAINTAINED: SUCCESSFUL WORKING RAIL COMMUNICATIONS DESCRIBED

King Is 44 OF THE CONVOY SYSTEM

Today

Fruitless Efforts Of German Propaganda

LONDON, DEC. 13 (BRITISH WIRELESS)-THE RE- GULAR AND SUCCESSFUL WORKING OF THE CONVOY SYSTEM, TO WHICH THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIR- ALTY RECENTLY REFERRED, CONTINUES TO ENSURE, WITH LITTLE DIMINUTION, THE MAINTENANCE OF BRITAIN'S SEABORNE TRADE.

THE SMOOTHNESS WITH WHICH THE SYSTEM OPERATES, UNDER THE PROTECTION OF POWERFUL UNITS OF THE BRITISH NAVY, IS SUCH THAT THE ACHIEVEMENT ATTRACTS BUT LITTLE ATTENTION IN THE DAILY PRESS. SHIPPING CIRCLES OF NEUTRAL COUNTRIES, HOWEVER, APPRECIATE THE SIGNIFI- CANCE OF THIS UNŠENSATIONAL EVIDENCE OF THE STRENGTH OF THE BRITISH NAVY.

That the safe arrival in their ships to Great Britain for the

One of the big flying-boats of the Coastal Command North Sea patrol. Hanting enemy submarines and convoy work are also

included in the duties of these aircraft,

NEW R.A.F. TECHNIQUE:

convoy of hundreds of British duration of the war when they can SECURITY PATROLS UNIT

and also of neutral vessels at be sure of making larger profits! their destinations has equally than they have ever made in peace

LONDON, DEC. 13 (REUTER)—A NEW RAF. TECH- impressed Germany is shown and have complete guarantee

against loss."

|NIQUE is "reflected in the reference by the Air Ministry by the fruitless efforts of Ger- The Minister of Shipping has to security patrols. man propaganda to attempt already arranged the charter of With planes flying high so to prove to neutral shipown-several millions of tonnage and it as to escape detection, it is ers that the convoy system is seems probable that this healthy hoped that this new method

unsafe for their vessels.

process will continue to mutual

The main purpose of this pro-and general advantages. paganda is, however, well under- stood for the accompanied ships provide easier mark for torpedoes

of German submarines which hesitate to risk the depth charges and other defensive weapons of the vessels escorting the convoy.

The enemy's indiscriminate

HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE VI, second son of the late King methods of submarine warfare in- George V and Queen Mary, will celebrate his 44th birthday today.evitably claim occasional victims view of the difficulties and. in Born on December 14, 1895, His Majesty, who was formerly the Duke of York, Earl of Inverness and Baron Killarney, K.G., P.C., K.T., which merchant vessels experience G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., D.C.I., succeeded King Edward VIII (now H.R.H. In maintaining convoy formation in thick weather or in manoeuvring -the Duke of Windsor) to the Torong as King George VI on Decem-

In roadsteads congested by ber 11, 1936. His Majesty returned to London a few days ago after

heavy arrivals, accidents are. from a visit to the British Expeditionary Force in France.

time to time, unavoidable,

CHAMBERLAIN "SPIES STRANGERS" IN HOUSE

ANGLO-FRENCH been carried, attendants, in

NAZI RESENTMENT

Seventh Rail Disaster In 2 Months

BERLIN, Dec. 13 (Reuter)---It is

will enable the R.A.F. to know!

INCIDENT

Immediately when enemy air- CONSIDERED

craft take off from their, bases.

ocean.

CLOSED

Ninety-Five Locomotives Wrecked

SHANGHAI, Dec. 13 (Reu- ter)-The work of causing destruction to Japanese rail- way communications was des- cribed by the Commander of the "Railway Destruction Corps" during an interview with pressmen at Loyang re- cently, says a Chinese mes- sage to the Slu Wan Pao.

Between September, 1938, - and t November, 1939, the Commander revealed, the Chinese succeeded in completely destroying 95 locomo- tives, more than 350 coaches and 18 armoured tanks.

During the same perlod' the Chinese also destroyed 25 bridges spanning railroads, more than 8,000 catties of telegraph wires and removed about 130 kilometres of tracks and 4,000 sleepers.

More than 4,000 Japanese troops have allegedly been wounded and killed as the result of encounters with the Chinese "Railway Des- truction Corps," which also claims to have captured large quantities of Japanese arms and munition supplies.

SABOTAGE WORK

LOYANG,... Dec; 13 (Central)- Interviewed by the Central News

One of the greatest difficulties in

today the commander of a Chinese combatting enemy aircraft raks

rallway sabotage corps operating SHANGHAI, Dec. 13 (Renter)-in North Hunan, revealed that his during the night is the almost physical impossibility of tracing Rear-Admiral W. A Glassford, corps had damaged 95 Jaiknese them over the wide expanse of the Commander of the U. B. Yangtze locomotives, 350 wagons, 18 arm- Patrol, declared that he considered oured cars 25 bridges, 130 kilo- For some time the R.A.F., with the incident on December 6, in metres of rallway track and thou- officially stated that the seventh an abundant supply of long-range which a member of the U. S. Naval sands of sleepers and telegraph railway disaster occurred since aircraft, have been carrying out Purchasing once was slapped by wires from May. 1938 to November,

member of the Japanese Police. 1939 October when two passenger trains continuous patrol over the North collided in Western Germany. Sea and the whole length of the officially closed.

He added that be was gratiñed Seventeen were killed and 14 east and north-east coasts. seriously injured.

It is understood that the patrols that the Japanese authorities ex- This is the sixth serious accident are entirely a new R.AF. unit and plained the matter to the U. s. in the past month and altogether are directed against enemy mine-Consular authorities and expressed 113 have been killed and fully 150 laying aircraft and their bases. injured.

It is increasingly clear that Ger-

The accidents are thought to many strongly resents the resort by neutrals to precautions forced have been caused by the poor con- upon them including the charter-ition of the rolling stocks. ing of ships to the British Govern- ment.

Mr. Churchill, in the House of Commons of last week, said the

TRANSPORT PLAN

SWEDISH

CABINET

RESIGNS

regrets over the affair.

NEW GERMAN

ATTEMPT TO

"COCKEYED WAR" AND BREMEN

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (Reuter)— "The British Admiralty story makes a cockeyed war seem-some-

BLAME BRITAIN what more cockeyed." writes the

to feed the Admiral

von

LONDON, DEC. 13 (REUTER)-THE SECRET SESSION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS BEGINS TODAY when, after the usual questions, the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville

PARIS, Dec. 13 (Reuter)--The

New York Daily News on the es- Chamberlain "spies strangers" and moves that they should

Special to the R.K. Daily Press -withdraw.

fact that the German Navy when Minister of Merchant Marine, M.

BERNE, Dec. 13' (Havas)-Ger- cape of the Bremen Soon after this motion has driven off the shipping of their Ric, states that a complete Franco-

will - bel STOCKHOLM, Dec. 13 (Reu-any has released a new White The paper adds: "The Bremen

Paper, consisting of 48 documents, will be sent out selves by running amok among worked out by the authorities who ter)The Social Democrat in which Herr von Ribbentrop at Deutschland, the declared enemy "consoled them-British transport plan evening dress, who themselves!

shipping of neutral nations, ought will see that all needs are supplied Cabinet has resigned and a tempts to prove Britain is exclu-Scheer and other German raiders. MONETARY will also be excluded, will to encourage neutrals to charter in order of emergency.

"The Admiralty will most likely coalition Government sively responsible for the present usher

worth while the Journalists and

will be formed on a wider conflict since the Paper says that wonder if it was public from the galleries.

basis of representation. Britain constantly endeavoured to either as a military advantage or Special doors have been erected to keep strangers at a distance

ter to Oslo will head the gov- herself from the Versailles Treaty with such courtesy." from the Chamber and these will

ernment in place of M. San- dier, who favours active assis- tance to Finland.

AGREEMENT

ACCLAMATION IN PARIS PRESS PARIS, Dec. 18 (Reuter) The

be locked and guarded. Peers have the right to sit in their own gallery and cannot be excluded.

For the first time since the last press, without exception, acclaims war members of the Commons to- the Anglo-French monetary agree day will be forbidden to take ment & an event of enormous friends to the Inner Lobby and significance.

only those on the Special Lobby Yesterday marks a new his- toric stage in Anglo-Freach solidarity, observes L'Ordre..

list and officials are being allowed. EMPLOYEES TO LEAVE

All Commons employees have Hopes of driving a wedge be- been instructed to leave the pre- tween Britain and France must cincts of the Chamber, including now appear to be quite hopeless, the area above and below, for 45 writes Petit Bleu.

minutes before the sitting begins.

The debate will be confined to

· Thẹ agreement can be regarded: as a victory, remarks Petit Part-supply matters. sien.

US. WELCOME

new

CHINESE CONTINUE THEIR The former Swedish Minis- prevent Germany's struggle to free propaganda to treat the Bremen

HARASSING ATTACK IN FIGHTING IN KWANGSI KWEILIN, Dec. 13 (Central)-There has been no

"FINLAND DAY" LONDON, Dec. 13 (Reuter)

MUNICH BOMB: GESTAPO ma-sympathy for Finland is increasing MURDER TO HIDE FACT Governor Lehman, of New York ELSER WAS AT DAUCHAU

jor development on the Nanning-Pinyang and Nanning- Wuming highways. Chinese activity has so far been con fined to harassing attacks and destruction of Japanese communication lines.

throughout the world.

has declared next Sunday as "Fin- land Day' when collections will be

made.

Several attacks have been made against the Japanese The American Red Cross has al- north of Yamchow with success. About 500 Japanese were ready sent £4,000 of medical.sup- sandwiched in a Chinese pincer movement at. Nama and plies... Nahsiang last Friday, suffering some 200 casualties.

At Nachlen at least 100 pressed confidence in Kwangxi re-

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Mr. Leslie Burgin, Mr. Chamber-Japanese were killed in action sistance. lain, Sir Kingsley Wood, Mr. David and two heavy machine-guns Special to the H.K. Daily Press

Lloyd George, Sir Archibald Sin- and a number of rifles were WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (Reuter) clair and Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha seized by the Chinese. -The British-French monetary are expected to be the principal; economic agreement is unanimous speakers.

ly welcomed here.

Financiers stress that the agfee-

ment

not affect British, French and American monetary accord, and will not hamper Ameri- can trade.

COLLIER SUNK

U.S. INTERESTS

BADLY HIT

TIENTSIN, Dec. 13 (Reuter)—

In a clash at Ntukang, on the south bank of the Yam River, the Chinese captured a quantity of Japanese equipment."

GUERILLA ACTIVITY The guerillas and armed peasants

FOUR-POINT PLAN

He said that four things should bs dane inimediately to increase the power of resistance:

FIRSTLY, the mobilisation com- mittees in various hsien should be enlarged to take in all capable men,

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Council meeting

PARIS, Dec. 13 (Reuter)-A report from a high Nazi source from the Swiss-German frontier states that in order to hide the fact that GEORGE ELSER, arrested in con- nexion with the Munich Bömb explosion, was in the Dan- chau concentration camp from 1937 until after the Munich explosion, the Gestapo executed three of Elser's com- panions in the camp, PETERS, BECKEE and STETESELD: They were reported to have mate of the Dauchau concentra- shared the cell with Elser and tion camp from 1937 until Novem were his closest friends in the ber 17 was contained in a despatch

from the Hungarian-German fron tier. The report was stated to The three men were executed on have come from a high "Nationa December 5 for, refusing to sign a

Socialist source. statement that they never met

In a broadcast the German Free” Elser and that no-one of that name dom Station, addressing Himmler, had been in the camp.

the Gestapo Chlet, said: "Ton It will be recalled that German know, as well as we do, that Eser newspapers, on December 7, pub-is not responsible for the Munich lished an official statement that explosion. We know the perpetra the three men were executed for

[tors." treason.

camp.

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SECONDLY, stations where cli The Uniteri States Ambassador, are so actively destroying highways lians may co-operate with troop Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, who is at that Japanese units are finding it in the transportation of military present in Peiping, is expected almost impossible to maintain con- supplies and the wounded should here on Friday.

fact. The Japanese south of the be established along important

communication routes; LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuter)-ING Some circles link the visit with Wat (Yu) River have been com- English coiller Marwick Head, 498 the increasing difficulties experi-mandeering Chinese labour to re-

be posted by the reserve units in tors, was sunk by a mine of the enced by American businessmen pair the roads without success. east coast of England on Tuesday. In connex'un with the blockade Gen. Huang Hati-chu, Chairman various hsten and countries na at

Bix of the crew are missing and which, while ostensibly directed of the Kwangsi Provincial Govern- additional precaution against tralNewsettes the remaining five, including the against Britain, badly hit Ameri-ment, who yesterday returned to toru;

Continued on, Page 5- master, have been sent to hospital can interests.

Kwellin from a trip to the front ex-

THIRDLY, spécial sentries should

Finance, commerce"

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MORE MYSTERIOUS -

MASS EXECUTIONS LONDON, Dec. 13 (Reuter)—The

A Reuter report from London, French Radio states that following dated November 24, stated the wholesale, executiona in Pomorze Munich explosion arrests were be- the Gestapo had turned their at coming more mysterious."

tention to the district of Poznan

A report that Elser was an in-where 5,000 were executed.