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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

HUGE CASUALTIES IN AIR RAIDS ON FINNISH TOWNS AS SOVIET BOMBERS SWEEP DOWN SILENTLY

HELSINKI, Jan. 30 (Reuter)-About Afty were killed and 200. injured in an air raid on Hangoe yesterday, while at Abo, 20 were killed and 50 wounded in series of raids. Dozens of houses were destroyed as fifty Soviet bom bers silently swept down on the city with their engines cut out.

The raids were the worst Abo has so far suffered and the British Press Attache from Helsinki, Mr. Kenny, and the British Vice-Consul, Mr. Silander, were among those caught in a series of alarms lasting from 9.45 a.m. until nearly 4 p.m. Neither of them were injured.

Abo was bombed thirty-five times during the past eight

weeks.

Times On

Evil Spirit Ascendant

In Germany

LONDON, Jan, 30 (BWB)-In with the sinking of

connexion ships by German sub-

neutral

marinės without warning, The says, "Thesc barbarities.

HELSINKI, Jan. 30 (Reu-mas

ter) North-East of Lake revolting as they are to all who NAZI RAID Ladoga, the Russian offensive Dre swayed by conscience, by re-

FOILED

CABLE

AW BOON - HAW GIVES $20,000 FOR HOSPITAL.

Mr. Aw Boon-haw, well- known Chinese industrial'st und philanthropist. hag donated $20.000 for the con- struction of a refugee hos pital in Kwangchowwan.

HOSPITAL SHIP

FOR WOUNDED

Graf Spee Action

Revelation

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LONDON, Jan. 30 (BWS)--It is

is fizzling out after eight days obligations, are but

ligion, or by any sense of human now revealed that, following the action against the Graf Spee, an index of of fighting.

E. M. 8. Exeter was met at a the evil spirit that is in the as-destination by a hospital ship, in A Finnish communique on rendant in Germany today.

charge of Dr. Pennington, which Sunday night stated that the

"It was that spirit which attacks were growing weaker prompted the rape successively of had been fited out at the cost of the British community in Buenos French Officer and that the offensive was Austria,

Aires...

Uses Fists

expected to fall soon.

FRESH TROOPS

of Czechoslovakia and Poland. Growing as it was given rein, that same spirit dictated the The Soviets, it is thought, had | brutal attacks. no only with PARIS, Jan. 30 (Reuter)-"Giving to continue their attacks for so bombs upon Polish cities, but even one. German a hefty swing with many days because if this offen- with machine-guns upon helpless his first, and knocking him down, sive falls, the Russians might refugees fleeing trom the ruin of and shouting. Help boys, the have to postpone any further at their homes. Boches are here. a Lieutenant of tempts until early in March at the French Alpine Chausseurs foil-least.

ed a carefully planned Nazi raid

The

B.B.C. observer

the OTI

PITILESS TORTURES

Tributes paid to the splendid work done by Dr. Pennington, a radiographer and twelve nurse who accompanied the ship in which 74 wounded from the Exeter, four from the Ajax and three from the Achilles were treated.

"Still unbridled, it leads to the The British community at the by which the port of destination is defrawing the to take prisoners," writes M. Northern Front reports that the pitiless tortures

Soviets are dissatisfed with the Gestapo seek to break the spirit cost of medical care and treatment Charles Morice in Petit Parisien.

results He states that a strong German

opened by their troops of their Jewish, Czech and Polish of the wounded in the hospital

Its exponent, knowing ship, a fresh victims. patrol crept up to the vicinity of there and are sending

Equipment of the hospital ship When this no other methods, think to sub- a small French advance post in division to the area. the sector north of Bitche, on the arrives, there will be 50,000 Soviet Sugate the world in the same way included all necessary supplies, an and since they have realised that X-ray machine and 100 fully- Western Front, by following marks troops. In this area alone.

the struggle against this country equipped beds, cut into the frozen snow the

must be carried on at sea. It is at previous day.

MOMENTARILY STUNNED About 300 yards from the post. the Germans sent on three men who crept through the barbed wire protection and hurled themselves at the Lieutenant who was ma-

mentarlly stunned but was revived by the Intense cold. He used his fists on one of the Germans and called for help.'"

DIRECT HIT ON FINNISH HOSPITAL

sea that once more they reveal to U.S. PRESIDENT'S the world the devil by which they are possessed.

BIRTHDAY

י

MOSCOW DENOUNCES "TRAITOR WANG"

MOSCOW. Jan. 30 (Reuter?- The Pravila denounces "the Traitor. Wang Ching-wth" stating that the object of his agreement with Japan was to place. China in A position

sub of completa servience to Japan. The

fact that the question of the forma- tion of a government by Wang has been resurrected Indleates the ever-increasing difficulties Japan is encountering in China.

ECONOMIC POSITION

The Izvestia. studying the economic position of Japan," gives a long account of the strain of the war on the Japanese agricul- tural system and emphasises Japan's lack of foreign exchange. material.. and shrinking

IRW

foreign trade.

Observer's here are wondering if there is any connection be tween the anti-Japanese, articles and the present trade talks.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1940. —PAGE 7

CABLE NEWS

“IN BRIEF

LONDON,

Jan. 30 (Reuter)———- Exports of linen from Northern Ireland to the United States in- creased by over a third compared with last year. It is valued at $9.750.000 compared with $6.500,- 000 of "last year.

The Northern Ireland Govern- ment is urging the people to in- crease flax cultivation.

LONDON, 30 (Reuter)-The West of Scotland, experienced the saverest weather for half a сеп tury. Yesterday Glasgow had no southward connection with Lon

"The Nazi at sea has shown the WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuter) world what the Nazi really is and-President Roosevelt celebrated nothing could more clearly de-this 58th birthday today. VIIFLRI. Jan, 30 (Reuter)-

Dinners and dances have been | don. Reuter's correspondent witnessed monstrate the necessity if world one of the most terrible effects to be a place. At for decent arranged throughout the country of the Russian warfare in Finland people, for unswerving persever- to raise funds for the infantile ance until the evil thing is mas-paralysis campaign in which the when a Russian plane scored

President is interested. The Chausseurs guard then dealt direct hit on a. hospital behind with the second German and sur-the front rounded the third. "When the skir- The hospital was clearly mark- mish was over the French had one ed with a Red Cross and contain- prisoner the other two Germans ed wounded soldiers, nurses, and being dead:

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tered."

ESTIMATES OF RUSSIAN members of the Lotta organisa- CASUALTIES IN FINLAND

The Lleutenant and two of his tion. Many were killed at their men were decorated.

posts and only seven of the wounded were saved.

WESTERN FRONT

FREEZING

LONDON, JAN. 30 (REUTER) — THE TIMES MILITARY COR- RESPONDENT SAYS THAT, ACCORDING TO · WELL-INFORMED RUSSIANS, the Russian casualties in Finland, till, early January, amounted to 120,000 and that the Finnish estimate of the Russian casualties, made a few days ago, of 200,000 may not be wide of the mark.

The Times diplomatic corres-life which was lately thought to pondent says that the Germans have been banished. are clearly trying to get the mi- tiative again between. Germany

LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuter) The Goverment yesterday enter tained to luncheon a party of PARIS, «Jan. 30 (Reuter)—The French war correspondents at- French war communique issuedached to the B. E F The today says that there is nothing Minister of Information was in the, to report.

chair. Another party of French "Freezing conditions have re-men-officers of the Anglo- turned to the Western Front ar- French Chamber of Deputies and Russia which they lost in the resting the thaw which started were entertained to dinner on Friday. Prospects of a real the Government with thaw appeared to be small last Dominions Secretary night," the message concludes.

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DALADIER'S WARNING

chair.

by Ribbentrop policy of scuttle in the the Baltic, believing that, as the Red in.. the Army is becoming more enmeshed in Finland, M, Stalin is less able to resist German presssure:

Civilian Population Will Have To Bear Brunt Of

Nazi Air Terror

PARIS, Jan. 30 (Reuter)-A warning that the Nazis would, in all probability, launch totalitarian warfare be- fore long, that the civilian population should prepare it- self for the worst and should live like soldiers," was given by M. Daladier, the French Premier, in the course of his broadcast to the nation yesterday.

M. Daladier said he had to be frank and even brutal. When Herr Hitler unleashed his aerial warfare, the civilian population would have to bear the brunt of it and they must not be deluded into a sense of false security and grów careless.

RE-OPENING OF YANGTSE

Continued from Page 1

regarding the re-opening of the Yangtse. wha

He said that he has now found "still lots of life left in : the place. Daar

Germans in Moscow refuse, in private conversations, to give an opinion regarding the Finnish 'campaign, but seem satisfied to see the. Soviet in temporary diffi- culties.

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HEAVY INDUSTRY Naturally, there is another side to the picture of heavy industry producing armaments and ma- chinery in great quantities.

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Continued from Page 1

the Foreign Minister, lasted. from 4 to 6.30 p.m. during which every angle of the matter was discussed. According to a spokesman of Food is more scarce in Moscow the Foreign Office a further dis- and Leningrad than for many cussion will take place tomorrow. years. Fuel is more scarce still. The spokesman added: "It wax Bread, particularly, is hard to agreed that the British Note come by.

FOOD SCARCITY.

Owing to the lack of coal, there is only low gas pressure in work- ery' flats, making cooking the more dificult, and bread, queues are seen to the streets. This was once a regular feature in Soviet

CHINA WAR

"NEWS

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could not be published line- diately. The Japanese Govern- ment meanwhile, is preparing a considered reply.”

N.Y.K. STATEMENT -

Germans

They will grant passage to Ger- mans having certificates stating that they are not "embodied in the German armed forces.":

ROME, Jan. 30 (Havas)-It 18 authoritatively denied that Count Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister, made a suggestion to the Japanese Ambassador for the conclusion of a new Anti-Comintern Fact.

LONDON. Jan. 30 Reuter) —— Mr. Euan Wallace, Minister for Transports, is launching a road safety campaign, He stated that the new twenty-miles per hour speed limit imposed this week in black-out was the result of tests carried out in his own car.

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MOSCOW. Jan. 30, (uter-Dr. Ivan Papanin, Arctic explorer in charge of the rescue of the Sedov, told how the Josef Stalin encour- tered apparently impassable Ice and took 10 days to force her way. through to where the Bedoy was locked "in new ice weighing sever- al thousand tons."

SHANGHAI, Jan 30 (Havas)—A special Philippine supplement was published with today's Issue of the Shanghai Evening Post featuring all the aspects of Philippine life and progress.

Test Case Heard At Magistracy

The question of whether $70.000 National currency, contained in a trunk and a parcel, and, discover- -TOKYO, Jan 30 (Reuter)-Theed on board a ship on January 17. Nippon Yusen Kaisha, owners of was cargo or not, was argued By the Asama Maru, state that they Mr. E W. Hamilton, Superinten- will follow the Government's po-dent of Imports and Exports, and lley and not deny passage to all the Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo who ap- peared for Wong Ming-sum. 38, and Leung Kal-fel, 38, who were charged before Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Court yesterday. for SERIOUS CLASHES

having manifested cargo on FANCHENG, HUPEH, Jan. 30

board the vessel. The charge (Central) Serious clashes have. The boarding of Hongkong dah-against first defendant was with- taken place between the Chinese ing Jinks by the Japanese in re drawn. and Japanese forces near Kwang- prisal for the boarding of the Mr. Hamilton submitted that shui, on the Peiping-Hankow Rail-Asama Mart by the British Navy anything on which freight was M. Daladier declared the way, 89 miles north of Hankow. is reported by the Continental payable was cargo. Nazi domination was different The rails between Kwangshui News Agency. * from anything history had and Yangchiachi were torn up by ever known.

the Chinese.

Germany was one of the most formidable powers in the world and it would be unwise, even criminal, to minimise her aerial strength.

TRUE TINT

Spirited fighting has also been in progress at Hähtien, northwest of Hwangan; in East Hupen.

· REPRISAL ACTION

In reply to a question, he said

Found guilty on a charge of at- POLICE CHASE that he was leaving the matter of

tempting to defraud the National obtaining better accommodation

A Havas message adds that the

Continued from Pago 12 City Bank of $1,800, by pretending and facilities for Americans going Premier, in referring to Commu-

to be Lau fu-put, who was en- to. Hankow and returning tonism, stated that Communism was

SHARP FIGHTING

taken from a junk which was at titled to collect the amount, Teo Shanghal in the hands of the U.S. not today what it was meant to

KINHWA, Jan 30 (Central)-tacked by pirates in Chinese Ping. 47. tallyman, was sentenced Consul-General in Shanghai,

taking waters on Monday afternoon be to four months hard labour, and be when it was set up by its Sharp engagements are

place in the outskirts of Blaoshan,tween founders.

Waglan and Tam Kon Chan Po-chak, 10, to six months Since the signature of the Nazi-on the south bank of the Chien-Shan.

hard labour, by Mr. T. 3. Houston The total value of the cargo at the Central Court yesterday Soviet Pact,

had tang River, opposite Hangchow Communism

Japanese troops to the west of carried by the junk at the time Mr. C. A. Gutharton Russ appear The Ambassador told Reuter taken on its true tint and when that the press placed undue in-the Red Army invaded Poland, the city have been "mopped up." was $1,500 and It is believed that ed for the complainant. portance on his conference with the mask fel,

the robbers were disturbed by the appearance of a sall in the din tance while transferring the car- go, and beat a hasty retreat.

This is what happened to junk No T3209H which arrived in

the. Japanese"

Ambakrador-at- The Red flag, the Swastika and

Large. Mr. Sotomatsu Kato, and the hammer and sickle had united

on the coming taĺkë in Chungking to become the flag of barbaric

with Bir, Archibald Clark Kerr and invaders

M.T.B. FOR GEIRE GOVERNMENT

DUBLIN, Jan. 30 (Reuter)-The

M. Henri Cosme whom he would Efforts had been made to set up Eire Government today took de meet in the ordinary course of Frenchmen against Frenchmen, livery of the first of a number of Hongkong, yesterday, according to events.

but these had failed and the motor torpedo boats which have the report made to the Water Fo Mr. Johnson is leaving for Government was engaged in a been ordered from Britain, « Hice by the master Fong dik Yuen," Shanghaj tomorrow morning. He ceaseless battle against Communist The boats weigh 38 tons and have 34, of Man Sin Village Fuklen will re-visit several ports later. propaganda.

a speed of 40 knots.

Province.

At the Central Court yesterday before Mr. H, G, Sheldon, E. W. Fielding was cautioned for driving. his car in Duddell Street without permission, The Rev, T, J. Malone was cautioned for a similar. offence. B. R. Imanes was fined $5 for parting his car in excess of time limit in Chater Road,

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ILLUSTRATED ADDRESS ON PHOTOGRAPHY GIVEN TO

ROTARY CLUB

Hongkong Botarians were entertained to a brief but very in- teresting talk on the finer points of photography by Rotarian W. C. Clark, at their weekly tiffin meeting yesterday.'

The talk was supplemented by a cinema, film entitled “Round Hongkong in Twenty Minutes" and several photographle “etllls” which Botarian Clark used for the purpose of Blustrating certain techinical and artistic points in the art of photographic.

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Visiting Rotarians were--Dr. G. Graham Cumming (Amoy), Mr.

Mr. L. C. F. Bellamy, president. Watson, Major R. L. Ward, Mr. N. of the Hongkong Rotary Club, G. Beale, Lt Comdr. J. C. M. Gren- presided..

ham, Messrs. P, Delany, C. W. Addressing the gathering Ro-Johnson. P. Morrison, D. Lyn, G. tartan Clark said "It really gives W. Schnabel, D. Humphreys, 6. C. me the greatest mental agony to Wang, Weihin Tong, L. F. Cecil. address you. For years I have avoided this and as much as like you, I would ather be a Geo. J. McCarthy (Shanghai) and thousand miles away!"

Mr. 8. D. Brothers (Manila). Getting to his subject proper, Called upon by the president to Rotarian Clark said that photo say a few words about Amoy: Dri graphy, being an art, was best Graham Cumming said that there illustrated graphically, Compo- was no Rotary Club in Amoy tion and light form the two following the Japanese occupation, main factors in a picture, He The Club' was reduced to six-meme. then dweit on the question of bers and was maintained only for lighting, sky filters, cameras and the purpose of relief work. sald that pictures should be taken chiefly from an interest" point of view.

COLOURED PICTURES

ALLEGED ROBBERS

Five men and a woman appear- Talking of coloured pictures heed before Mr. Q.A A. Macfadyen at Kowloon Court yesterday, showed that the film shown was spliced in coloured sections, some charged with having participated from England and some from in the armed robbery in Nam America The differences were Chang: Street on Sunday evening.

are accused very marked, the English colour-They

of having ing being more true to the real robbed a money-changer's shop of and perhaps not so bright,

$150, 67 tins of cigarettes Wand: Castle Fear district, Chinese New

The film showed shots from the three packets of cigars, babi Fear scenes, racing at the Valley, cake deliverer, Yip Ping, 30, Fang Accused are Cheung Ping, 20;

a^trip through the harbour in aƑKwai, 28. Pank Kau, 26, all un- 60 mph, gale, Lam Cheun Valley employed, and Yuen Kam, 23, and some telephoto shots besides married woman. They were all a few other familiar, local scenes remanded 72 hours in police cua-

The vote of thanks was proposed tody.

by Major R. D. Walker.

ATTENDANCE

After a meeting in. Cardin, the The following guests were pre-outh Wales Miners Federation sent:-Dr. A. V. Greaves, Capt. Executive decided to demand a Berridge, Messrs. W. J. Richards, further mcrease in, wages on top W. HE Coates, Sub, Lieut. K. A. of the 3d a day recently granted.