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HONGKONG, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1940.

NO 24-HOUR ULTIMATUM TO

FINNS:

SWEDISH-GERMAN

PEACE INITIATIVE REPORT

£700 MILLION FOR BRITISH WAR ́

EXPENDITURE

British Wireless reporia that the House of Commonx will be asked by the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer. Sir John Simon. on Wednesday to vote a further '£700,000,000 for war expenditure for the

year ending Mar. 13, 1941.

This is revealed in a Co- mand Paper which state that he credit is for securing the public safety and defence of the Realm.

The first vote of credit last September was for £500.000.. 000...

ALLIED TROOPS

FULLY ABLE TO

Direct Discussions Taking Place

PARIS, March 8 (Reuter)-There is no question of the fresh Soviet ultimatum to Finland expiring tonight, according to well- informed circles in Paris, which add that there is, however, a German Swedish move to establish peace between Russia and Fin- land.

It is stated that these have been pro- ceeding for several days and there is no question of time limit.

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ROOM IN LONDON INAUGURATED

Adequate Protection From NAZI ASSERTION Direct Hit From H.E. Bomb

A BRITISH WIRELESS REPORT FROM LONDON STATES THAT the co-operation and mobility of many units of the London fire region in the event of an air at- tack have been still further improved by the inauguration of London's new underground fire control room.

Completely self-contained, with Its own reserve elec- tric Ught installation, this room is adequately protected even from a direct hit from a 500 lbs. high explosive bomb, and has special arrangements for any difficulty alrising from heavy fallen debris.

The London fire region is divided into 124 districts and in the control room, when any appliance, such as a pump or escape is ordered by telephone from one district to help an appropriate map.

another, the position is immediately recorded by a peg on

FIGHTING ROUND NANNING: JAPANESE DRIVEN BACK IN

Aur Ministry announces: During RECAPTURE OF SANTANG

the night the Royal AN Force

IT IS CONFIRMED IN PARIS THAT FIELD-MARSHAL maintained patrols and reconnais-

territory. In the course of these

́CHUNGKING, March 7 (Central)-A Chinese military

ENTER FINLAND MANNERHEIM, WHO WAS ILL A FEW DAYS AGO IS BE-sances over wide areas of enemy spokesman said, in a press interview today, that the Chi-

VIEWS OF GEN. DUVAL

PARIS, Mar. 8 (Reuter)-The military commentator, Gen. Duval,

writing in Journal, declares that the Allied troops are fully able to Swedish or Norwegian territory or provoking German intervention.

He says that it would be easy to open the port of Petsamo.

enter Finland without violating

"No one thinks that a tew Rus- slan ships of medium tonnage could prove a serious obstacle to an Anglo-French squadron.

"The outskirts of Petsamo could

LIEVED TO BE STILL CONFINED TO HIS ROOM.

HE WAS, HOWEVER, APPARENTLY WELL ENOUGH TO HAVE LONG INTERVIEWS WITH FRENCH REPRE- BENTATIVES. YESTERDAY AND, UNDOUBTEDLY, WAS ABLE TO CONDUCT THE MILITARY AFFAIRS OF HIS COUNTRY.

IS COMPLETELY DISPROVED

Latest authoritative, tigures. says British Wireless, Comm=; pletely disprove the German assertion of the heavy losses. suffered by neutral ships on their way to and from British contraband control bases, that is, within one or two days' voyage from such bases.

Up the end of the third week in February, the losses. so far have been as follows:-

Swedish. three, out of 206 passing through a base;

Dutch, one cut of 502; Danish, one out of 150; - Norwegian, five, of which one is doubtful, out of 427.

Italian Ship Set Afire By German Plane

MUST HAVE SEEN

OUR FLAG" LONDON. Mar. 8 (Benter)—A East Coast lifeboat early this morning took of? 28 men and three

operations, our affcraft reconnol-nese recaptured Santang, on the Nanning-Pinyang high- over the city of Fosen.". tered western Poland and few way, yesterday and drove the Japanese back to Erhtang.

dramatic flight by RAF. bombers,

Some further details of this fengyal and other outer defence points of Nanning.

Fighting, according to him, continues at Shihfow, Kao- which in recent reconnaissance The Japanese, he revealed, units attacked, the Japanese on wounded from an Italian iteainer Speculation on the possi- M. Swinhufvud, Finland's aged fights have been over the most have voluntarily destroyed the the east side of Tsungming Island, which was bombed and set allee bility of an immediate armis- ex-President, had left for Italy important towns of Germany, are highway between lee in the Soviet-Finnish.con-"for" a "rest"

comes and is with the Ear to check the Chinese advance 360 casualties and captures The Italian vessel is stated to be Santang at the mouth of the Yangtze last night by a Gertaan plane some is messages British and south of Kaofengyal to River, on Monday, inflicting over miles from the British coast, filet is rife in Stockholm.

quantity of war apputek

“NO DETAILS

given

France

On the south back of the Wat River, the Japanese, after being defeated at Shangsze, have with drawn to Suhu and Ng Chuen.

21 member of the crew had been

The remaining 29 members were transferred to the lifeboat and brought back to port.

FOUR BOMBS

This has been greatly stimu- LONDON, Mar. 8 (Reuter)-In- lated by the action of the formation has been received in

These earker Rights includ

the Amelia Lauro." SAU GUN - DUEL VA ed six over Berlin and vista to Swedish authorities in plac-London that attempts to secure

When the lifeboat reached the Vienna and Frague, as well sa'

TUŃKI, ANHWEI, Mar. 8 (Cen-scene, they found that the crew of ing censorship on foreign cessation of hostilities in Finland to the North Sea and baitic

tral)-A heavy artillery duel took the Amelia Lauro had been taken are in progress but laformed quar-j

The spokesman, estimated the place between the Chinese and from the blazing vessel to another. press dispatches.

ters state that no detalls concern-

ports and navaj bases

Japanese force in South Kwangst Japanese forces Reuter learns that directing the actual terms proposed are first fight over Poland, it larning and the other along the coast. Yangtze River; in South Anhwet, Amelia Lauro's

Bombers which took part in this at two Divisions, one around Nan-Tungilu, on the south bank of the stated that

our-west of Italian steamer whose captain discussions between Finnish available apart from press reports.ported, lett. England before the and Russian representatives are taking place today not in

AID FROM FRANCE

black-out last night and, after

CHINESE RAID

on Wednesday. The Japanese gun killed. Stockholm but "elsewhere." hitherto has sent 175 planes to ed exactly to schedule at the Japanese lines at Yanglowsze. on PARIS, Mar. 8 (Reuter-France dropping leaflets over Posen, lann-

MILO, Mer. 7 (Central)-Chi- emplacements were badly damag-1

troops broke through the ed.

"If there are any difficulties. Foreign Minister, told Reuter thatgures published and also 496 guns of the morning after covering \north of Yoyang, and set fire to It is omcially reported that 280led that four bombs had been

M. Erkko, the former Finnish Finland according to the latest French airfeld in the early hours the Hunan-Hupeh border, 37 miles

PRISONERS TAKEN CHUNGKING, Mar. 8 (Central)- public opinion should await events with 795,000 shells, 5,000 machine-nearly 1,500 miles. before jumping to conclusions and guns, 400 ses mines, 200,000 hand-

Some searchlight activity was terday. A number of Japanese taken prisoner and over 200 Jap two Japanese supply depots yes-Japanese and puppet soldiers were way back, but only me plane was documents were seized. fired at and then only a tew rounda

soon be isolated and the position of the Soviet troops, on land. at tacked simultaneously by the Finns might well be precarious.

they are not military but political and diplomac."

nese

Several papers suggest increased added that the real fact he wouldgrenades and 20,000,000-cartridges, encountered, particularly on the rifles and a quantity of importantanese rifles seized upon the Chi-

Franco-British assistance, and like the people to realise was "the more than one proposes direct Al-war in Finland is still going on lted intervention.

and there has been no armistice."

FINNISH PEACE WILL GIVE RUSSIA A FREER HAND IN FAR EAST

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Ir broken English they indicat

lost most of their possessions and dropped on the ship. Many men

nese recapture of Tanghai, 12

wore borrowed clothes. JAPANESE. REVERSES

miles north-east of Ewatow

The captain of the Amelia Lauro Reuter adds that Londoners. SUWEN, LUICHOW PENINSULA, Feb. 27.

said that the bombs contained a North countrymen and men from Mar. 8 Central)-The Japanese

number of smaller bombs which ARMY HOSPITAL the Dominions participated in the have been unsuccessful in their

did not explode at first. An hour Alght, Intensive anti-aircraft fire "mopping up" operations on Hal-The Kwellin Branch of the Friends plosions on the vessels as the KWEILIN, Mar. 8 (Central) after the attack there were ex- greeted on RAF bomber as it nan Island. flew over the heavily fortified

The Japanese, who landed at decided, at its 7th meeting yester

of Wounded Soldiers Association small bombs went off. LONDON, Mar. # (Reuter)-Be-Ruhr last night but no hits were Lingshui, on the southern Hainan day, to build a model army hospi-"We were lit up. They must have A member of the crew' said: sides the Prime Minister, Mr registered."

coast, have been subjected to a tal in Kwellis. The Kwangst Pro-seen our flag before they attack- Neville Chamberlain and Lord

pincer attack, and have sustained vincial Government, the loss of 300 men. Those driving Medical Administration

the Army ed." understood that Mr. Sumner

northward "iröm Yuin Harbour, Friends of Wounded Soldiers - As- and the Welles will see the Opposition

also in south Hainan, are encircled sociation in Chungking will be

EMPIRE'S OLDEST by the Chinese north of Sunchuen, asked to donate funds for its ex-

PRELATE DEAD while those who landed at Tan-

tablishment hsten, in North-West Halban, are

BYDNEY, Mar. 8 (Reuter)--The trapped in the hills with their report the Campaign fur 100,000 Kelly, Roman Catholic Archbishop The meeting also decided to sup-Empire's oldest Prelate, Michael treat cut off: Moscow Radio states twenty Polar 8U, Mar, 8 (Central) Chinese

LONDON, Mar. 8 (Reuter)The

SOMEWHERE IN NORTH KIANG-launched in Chungking.

Friends of Wounded Soldiers of Sydney, died here at the age of

by the Soviet this year. expedition parties will be sent out

FAR EAST Halifax, Foreign Secretary, it is

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CHUNGKING, Mar. 8 (Reuter)--While no definite in-Leaders when he arrives in Lân- formation has been received in connexion with the report- don next week ed peace negotiations, which are said to be taking place between Russia and Finland, and while Chinese official situation with Mr. C. R. Attlee, Mr. Welles will talk over the quarters have maintained the strictest reticence regarding Leader of the Labour Opposition, the Russo-Finnish dispute, Chinese circles here generally and Mr. Arthur Greenwood, De welcome news of a possible peace between the two coun-puty Leader.. tries.

It is expected that he will also The Finnish war has placed, The conclusion of peace be see Sir Archibald Sinclair, Leader China in'a most delicate post-tween the two countries, it is of the Liberal Opposition. tion, it is said, and has result- thought. would enable Russia to -ed in the abstinence of voting give more attention to the Far on the part of China at the East. With the Finnish war be meetings of the League of coming protracted. Chinese circles "Nations since, although Rus-Russia must utliise the major part think that it is only obvious that sia has given valuable assis of her armed forces at the Earo- tance to China in the present pean front which will probably Sino-Japanese hostilities, result in an appeasement policy China cannot openly support towards Japan in the Far East, Russia's invasion of Finland

RUSSIA'S - ANXIETY.."..

PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS FOR CHINA

Special To HK. Daily Press NEW YORK, Mar, 8 (Havas) - The American Bureau for Medical Aid to China has collected $550,000 for the purchase of pharmaceut!- cal products for China, Cal. Theo4| Bureau, announced today.

as she herself is a victim of It is expected that peace be-dore Roosevelt, President of the Japanese aggression.

tween Russia and Finland will A successful conclusion of peace greatly ease Russia's anxiety in negotiations between Russia and Europe and thus she would be in Finland, it is thought, would auto-a position to give undivided at- PEIFING, Mar, 8 (Reuter)—It matically solve a delicate question tention to the Far East and, pos-is learned that the majority of which has been constantly occupy-sibly, to increase her assistance to the shops in Peiping's famous ing the attention of Chinese China.

Flower Street are underwritten by leaders, namely, the polley which This would be impossible, it is foreign insurance companies who would be adopted by China were considered. if the Finnish war will have to bear the loss, roughly Russia, to be involved in the Euro-continued.

20000 $500,000. *Dean war.

Finally, it is thought that the

It is considered that the danger projected peace may generally unable to give their attention to of Russia becoming involved in hasten more peaceful conditions the Far Esat owing to their own

uch a war against Britain and in Europe which, in turn, will be troubles, France would become less, once a serious blow to Japarat de peace is concluded between Fin- Fland⋅ and Bussia.

...Once Europe sees peace in sight, According to Chinese opinion Japan's position would be most here, Western Powers have been precarious, it is said.

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CHUNGSHAN

CANTON, Mar. 8 (Reuter)The purpose of the operations In Chungshan are for mopping up Chinese guerillas, declared the Japanese Any spokesman today.

He added that the Japanese forces had no intention of press- ing forward to occupy other dis- tricts on the West River.

The spokesman declared it was at present undecided whether the Japanese forces will remain in oc- cupation of Chungshan- or with- draw after the dispersal of the guerillas:

DUTCH STEAMER FEARED LOST

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ROTTERDAN, Mar, 8 Reuter) Afising boat and patrol boat Anding broken lifeboats and wreckage belonging to the Dutch steamer Vecht (2,000 tons), which was feared lost.

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