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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

Japan Still Toying With Idea Of "New Order" For East Asia: Hint

ANOTHER

To U.S.A. NAZIS WANT

AXIS GROUP NO EXTENSION OF

PROPOSAL BY ITALY?

TOKYO, Jan. 29 Reuter "The Asahi Shimbun under-

stands that at a recent con- ference with the Japanese Ambassador in Rome, Count Clano suggested that if be- cause of the Soviet-German rapprochement Japan was dia- satisfied with the Anti-Comly- tern Pact, a new group of Anti-Comintern Powers might be formed.

No further details are rt- vealed by the Asabi,

JEWS IN FAR EAST

1

ANY SPECIAL PRIVILEGES

TIENTSIN," Jan. 29 (Renter) ---Interviewed here regarding the possible connection be- tween the expiry of the United States Trade Treaty and the sudden tightening of the bar- rier

resteletions, Lieut.-Gen-

eral Homma. Commander of the Japanese Garrison in Tjen- tsin, warned Americans of the "necessity for improving rela- tions between the two coun- tries.

RLY. STOCK

FROM ITALY

ROME, Jan 29 (Reuter)-It is. understood that one of the objects of the visit of the German trade expert, Ilerr Clodlus, is to obtain Italian stock.

CABLE

ANOTHER JUNK. ROBBERY

CRAFT ATTACKED

OFF SWABUE ·

To the long list of piracies of small walling craft in South China waters in recent weeks has been added the robbery, on Sunday, "of Hongkong-registered trading Junk off Swabue. '.

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The junk. Na TI429H, lett shaukiwan on Thursday last for Chiu Yeung, south of Swatow. I carried a crew of Ave, including the master, Chan Luen, and had un board cargo valued at $325, consisting of 148 tins of Kerosene, five sacks of rice and six sacks of Chinese medicine.

CHAONIO CONDITION The chaotic condition of Ger- man railways and bad state of roll rig-s ock has long been assum ed here, but it is considered dou-

The master. reporting to the btful whether the Italian railways

stock police on his return here yester- will barter LWBY

the junk was when all national efforts are day, states that being devoted to defence prepara- lying off swabue when, about 6.30 tions, though experts believe, that on Sunday morning, robbers in a our efforts to improve Italy might release a number of large fishing junk approached his relations with America. fall, the steam locomotives, as sixty-five vessel and fired at them, wound- Japanese will see no further rea- per cent of the Italian railways ing a foki, Chau Mo in the back. son to extend special privileges to have been electrified. American citizens," he said.

**If all

PLAIN HINT

Lieut-Gen. Homma hinted plainly that, in the event of failure, the Japanese military would be forced to review the situation and reconsider the steps to be taken.

JAPAN IN ROLE OF SYMPATHISER Special to the HK. Daily Press

"NEW ORDER" SHANGHAI, Jan. 20 (Havas) - {

No amount of pressure would Commenting on the position of Induce Japan to abandon the es- Jews in the Far East, local obser-tablishment of a New Order in vers point out that Japan hai East Asia. taken on the added role of sym- pathiser of the Zionist Movement during the present incident." he

Seven robbers, armed with rifles and revolvers, boarded the Hong- An American news agency report kong Junk and ordered the crew from Bucharest to the effect that into the hold. Here they remain- British and French Ministers had ed until about 11 am, when the threatened to break off diplomatic master, noticing that there was deck, crept out and unless quiet on relations with Rumania satisfaction on the oll supply ques- found that the robbers had sall- tion was obtained is officiallyed away. He also found that they

had taken away all his carge. denied.--(BWS).

Cast Asia of the sacrinces made 20

200,000

Soviet

Troops

in the Far East because she hope said: "If you were in our shoes, Concentrated For New

thereby to win the friendship of would you go so far as to nullify influential American Jews.

all that has been accomplished

With the pending question of because pressed' do so by another the renewal of the "Trade Treaty country" with America, Japan is more than i ever benevolerit to Far Eastern- Jewa.

The latest indication of this policy is the permission granted to European emigres, who have permits. to reside in Shanghal and to travel to Stanghal, val "Manchukuo."

KOREAN SOUGHT

"BY POLICE

#

U.S. INTERESTS AFFECTED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (Reu- ter)-The

Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. Senate will on Wednesday, discuss the situation arising from the abroga- tion of the Treaty of Commerce with Japan.

"Political circles comment

Attack On Finland

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LONDON, Jan. 29 (Reuter)—

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"NORDIC GODDESS"

IMPROVING

Special to the H.K. Daily Press LONDON, Jan. 29 (Havas) Miss Unity Mitford, Hitler'a "Nordic goddess," who returned to England recently with, repor- tedly, two bullet wounds in the head, is getting better, according to a health bulletin, in the Ox- ford clinic where she is convalesc-

1g.

She is under the care of one of Postcards and announcements by the most brilliant brain specialists the German Radio in the past in England. - two days brought news of the The operation, as indicated by safety of another eight men of a recent X-my, will not be known the British submarines sunk off until her general condition im- Heligoland last week.

proves.

MAGINOT LINE TOURED

HUGE SUCCESSES CLAIMED BY FINNS HELSINKI, Jan. 29 (Reuter)

All eight had been reported The smashing of the week-long

the front missing by the Admiralty and Soviet offensive on

now their familles bad un- North of Lake Ladoga İS

feared the A Korean, said to be at large in favourably upon the..new Tientsin estimated by # neutral corres- | worst, Hongkong after escaping from a developments. Including the elec-pondent to have cost the Red The German radio last night. ship. Is sought by the police. trification of the wiring around Army 15,0000 casualties. 7.000 of gave details of four-more sur- General McNaughton, Commanding

The mn, whose name is Lau Chl- the concessions and, although they them dead. yuen, allas Ng Ah-fong, is 36 years regard the measures as ald and was born in Shiuchiku-tallatory action for the Asama sha, Formosa, of Korean parent- Maru incident, they point out that interests are almost age. He formerly served six years American imprisonment in Japan for forgery, equally affected.

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Extermination Of Polish Element Is Taking Forms Of Perverse Sadism

LONDON, JAN. 29 (BWS)-PROMINENCE IS GIVEN IN THE PRESS TO EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT, now published, on German persecutions in Poland which has been "presented to the Pope by the Primate of Poland and upon which recent Vatican broadcasts were apparently based.Eye. witness accounts of Nazi sava- zery towards Polish priests, included in this report, were given in a further Vatican broadcast on Saturday the transmission" of which was Jammed by the German station.

FINNISH CLAIMS The Russians are now in retreat and the latest reports state that three divisions retiring along the only roads in the area have been decimated by Finnish artillery fire, which covers all their lines of retreat.

Le quantities of armis and ammunition have" fallen Finnish hands.

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"South Africa Not Yet Out Of Her Troubles" -

LONDON, Jan. 29 (Reuter)-}· 660

vivors, inchiding Lieutenant the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, Richard Kyrke and added that was the guest of honour at an more names would

Gen. McNaughton, who has just shortly.

a tour of Berlin clains that four officers returned from and 26 ratings were saved and Magino: Line, complimented the has so far given twenty names,

cheerfulness of the British and French troops on the Western. Front.

announced Anglo-French banquet last night. Out

HINDENBURG DAM

ACTIVITY

COPENHAGEN, Jan. 29 (Reuter) Great activity is reported on the Hindenburg Dam which connects the mainland with the Island of 200,000 TROOPS

Sylt. Intelligence information indi Unusually long trains have been cates the concentration of over running from the island and it is 200,000 men, more than twice as suggested that it may be due to many as have previously appeared the evacuation of the civil popu- on this front, ready for a renew-lation from Sylt, ea offensive against the Manner- heim Line to the north of Lake Ladoka.

Mr. W. C. Clark will address the Hongkong Rotary Club today at its EXTREME COLD

usual weekly tiffin meeting on "By Operations are continuing in the Way.... His address will an atmosphere well below freezing, be illustrated with films. point..

The conviction is shared by most neutral correspondents that the

the

He aid that the Canadians re- gretted leaving their own shores but we must stand together with you in this struggle."

Times' Leader On Debate

LONDON, Jan. 29 (BWS)-The five-day debate in the South Afzi- can Parliament resulting in an increase In the majority, adverse to General Hertzog is discussed in The Times'-editorial,

On his Neutrality Motion five months ago General Hertzog re- ceived 67 votes. In thé debate now exided his Peace Motion was rejected by 81 votes to 59.

"The actual increase of the ma- NEW RAILWAY

jority from 18 to 22," says The Special to the HE. Daily Press Times. "must be profoundly grati- MOSCOW. Jan. 29 (Havas)-Afying to the Government who, they camé into power. new ralway, linking the Kara- since ganda Coal Mines to the impor- laboured incessantly to strengthen tant iron ore and mining centre the Union's Defences both on land of Magnitogores, has just been and air and who proclaimed its completed. Its total length is determination co-operate in every

the 806 kilometres

way practicable with effort of Britain and France and the other Dominions."

The line will shortly be, extend

towards Barnaul whers it will Rail- reach the Trans-Siberian way, at Taichet. in the Irkutsk region.

Incidents which occurred in the checked action of Hitlerian im- diocese of Gneisenau are cited. plety, a region with two millions There ten priests had been shot by of Catholics and with flourishing Nazis and one had been killed with religious Hfe, will become de-Chris- ride butts. Four more in the tianised. diocese of Poznan had been shot. two died in gaol, and one from the of the Polish element in the dio- the spring. results of forced labour. Thou- ceses of Poznan and Gnlesanau,

communique states that! sands of priests, it is stated in a which, it is remarked, follows the three Soviet planes raiding town's general review of the situation, had Mein Kampf model of extermina- in North Finland were shot down been sent to concentration camps tion, it is stated it is continuing yesterday. and many deported to Germany without Interruption and, further- where their fate is unknow

With regard to the elimination Finnish defences will hold out unti FRENCH DEPUTIES

The report forecasts that the persecution will soon have achieved its object and by the middle of the twentieth century. It will be a fact that, owing to the frenzied and un-

All Traffic Dislocated

SEVERE WEATHER IN BRITAIN

LONDON, Jan. 29 (Renter)— The severe weather at the week-

end caused the biggest railway

more, is taking forms of perverse sadism."

A

IN

ARRIVE

ENGLAND TO STUDY BRITAIN'S WAR EFFORT

war

During that period the Union Governinent had to face Hitler agitation not only from General Hertzog and the Ministers who resigned with him but also from the Nationalists under Dr. Malan. "SHORT-SIGHTED VIEW"

300 KILLED

& INJURED

USAKA. Jan. 29 (Reuter)—A gasoline, railcar was derailed and overturned at Ajikawa Station. It is believed that 300 passengers were killed and Injured. }

TERRIBLE SCENES OSAKA, Jan. 29 · (Xeater) Terrible "scenes were witnessed when a gasoline train(conxlst- ing of two coaches crammed with

employees from

the Sumitomo Copper Works wES" derailed near Affkawa Station - this morning.

The train overturned and the rear coach caught fire. It - it feared, that ́ at", least 200. persons were burned. to death and 100 people seriously: in- jured.

The Times points out that most or the objections raised by the op- position were not based on sym- pathy for Nazis but ""upon the PRESS PROMINENCE

short-sighted view that South The newspapers give much pro-Africa need not concern herself minence to the arrival of the with Germany's doing in Europe." * NELSON JOHNSON

In the view of The Times there party and the meetings with Bri- Albiost all Polish nobilities,

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t'sh M. Pa are regarded as pro- is evidence that General Smuts especially landed nobility, tens of

viding useful aid to a fuller mu- simple reply asking "How long thousands of both rural and urban

Tomorrow, he will be entertained

tual understanding between the could South Africa retain her in- familles and almost all the educat-lby the American Chamber of Com-

elected representatives of the Bri- dependence if Britain and France ed class have been exiled to "gen-¡mer at a tiffin party and later

tish and French people, which ds were defeated" is being found con- eral gouvernement polen. These reception will be given by the LONDON, Jan. 20 (BWS)-A an essential foundation for close vincing by increasing numbers. is reported here, people have been robbed of all American community.

A very warm welcome has been given | collaboration upon which the two

It adds that Government difficul- their real and personal property Mr. Johnson, who is the first to a party of French Deputies Governments have embarked.

ties are increased by the daily Ger- and are allowed to take only ten Ambassador of a Third Power to which arrived in London on

a broadcasts in Afrikaans con- marks with them,

visit Hankow since its occupation Saturday, by British, Parliamen

centrated on, stirring up anti- British feeling

WAR WELCOME EXTENDED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (Beater) Efforts to side-track the legiala- ton to impose an embarro on exports to Japan, but to extend additional financial aid to China

· LESS EFFECTIVE.. -. "Fortunately, these broadcasts

NAZI EXECUTION FOR SABOTAGE COPENHAGEN, Jan 29 ter)--The announcement of an- other Nazi execution for sabotage.

(Reu-

Arthur Waller aged 19 was executed after being condemned by a special court at Kiel for setting fire to an important military pre- perty "in desire for vengeance."

No Free Trading In Motor Vehicles

The Daily Telegraph, comment by the Japanese, left Shanghai on tarians with whom they will have ing on the Nazi attempts to jam January 22 accompanied by Rear- many opportunities for common the Vatican broadcasts revealing Admiral W. A. Glassford, Comman- discussion and personal exchange these facts, says they have no der-in-Chief of the U. S. Yangise during their visit, the programme doubt been effectual so far as Ger-Patrol

of which has also been planned are gaining some headway in the have been less effective than they many is concerned.

current re-might have been because of their After returning to Shanghal, Mr. to give them means of appreciat Senate, according

blatant disregard both of truth ports. Johnson will leave for Chungking, Ing the British war effort.

COPENHAGEN, Jan. 29 (Reuter) via Hongkong.

These said that Mr. Cordell and of consistency which is ex- › VISITORS ENTERTAINED..........." According to a statement made by

Hall had informally advised legis posed by the official wireless ser-The Berlin correspondent or the The French party is led by lative leaders that the State, Device as wen as by the efforts of the National Tidende reports that Ger-

"THE GOEBBELS' WAY” "German people-a large pro- portion of whom aze fervent

holdup in many years, dislocating Roman Catholles-have not been him on January 18, both visits the former Foreign Minister. Mpartment preferred that no em- Unity and Truth Service Organisa-many will' prohibit all free trading- traffic throughout Britain and allowed to know anything of what have no special significance but are Delbos, who yesterday evening bargo should be imposed at, pre-tion founded by public subscrip-in motor vehicles from February 1.

some of the services were their co-religionists in Poland areas; suspended.

TRAINS "LOST"

the usual routine trips."

Italian Fencing

Champion Dead

sent.

broadcast a message to France.

tion under the auspices of the Anyone wishing to buy a car after suffering for their "faith at the

United Party,

this date must obtain a special describing the purpose of the hands of the Nazi Government.

-- ME. HULL'S VIEW In Scotland the trains were Evidence that cannot be refuted is

"South Africa is not yet out of permit. The French Ambassador: gave Mr. Hull is represented as bo-her troubles. Hertzogites and Ma "Tost" and "late last might had suppressed. That is the Goebbels" not reached their destinations, way,

a dinner last night at which re-ing opposed to any complication lanites, who seem on the point of The Cariboo district in Central while the expresses to London Though German people may

presentatives met the members of the present situation following combining forces, are still strong British, Columbia the scene of the from the north were as much is thus be kept in the dark, the world Special to the HK. Daily Press.

of the French Delegation and the the expiry of the commercial enough to do a good deal of mis- | famous gold rush of 1859, is to- twelve hours late,

cannot be so deceived, and it will ROME, Jan"; 29(Havas)-Nedo British Government is giving reaty with Japan as the expira-chief. But the bulk of Bouth day the centre of a new mining Conditions on the roads were draw its own conclusions from the Nadi, world famous Italian fenca dinner tonight alone w tion of the treaty automatically Africa has rallied round General development Tungsten, cinna also bad Bus services were Nazi Government's fear lest it ing champion and President of On Tuesday the visitors will meant that Japan must respect Smuts and his position is steadily bar, antimony, malybdenum and disorganised and many motorist should be known how evil are, its the Italian Fenang Federation, dine with their British colleagues United States rights If she wishes becoming stronger," the paper con- manganese ores have been found

died here today.

at the House of Commons. 'to continue trading.

cludes.. deeds.

In the vicinity of Prince George were stranded,