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October 27, 1939.

ANOTHER REVIEW BY PREMIER

NO GERMAN Is NO GERMAN COMMERCE

House of Commons Is

Austria Also Has Informed of Progress

Secret Station

LONDON, Oct. 26 (Reuter Bulletin)Austria now ham met anti-Nasi radio station like the "Freedom Station" in Germany which has been a thorn in the Laxk side of the Nazi officials.

night the Austrian station Com- mented on he British Eropire and said, “Judge for yourself the conditions of the Briile

are free to possessions men declilo for themselves if they want to join Britain in the war. World Iller dare to grani süch rights to oppressed Austria?"

Soviet Terms May Be Rejected

Helsinki, Oct, 20.

Finnish negotiations with the So- viet may not continue according to the Finnish Premier. M. Eikko. If the situation becomes so grave that negotiations cannot be continued, he will put the cards on the table and speak frankly,

Ronowed Defence Precautions

Of War: British

Home Defence Praised

In the House of Commons yesterday afternoon the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, delivered his weekly review of the war situation.

The Prime Minister said that though there had been no material change on the Western Front, on the sea there had been some losses of British ships which had been more than effect by German losses and that the Government was confident that the U-bont menace was being coped with efficiently. In the air German air attacks had been Ineffective, though there had been several serious German losses.

Soviet Russin Is now credited in some quarters with designs on two of Sweden's most important ports in the Baltic. Germany is said to be informed of Soviet diplomacy to gain control of this sea.

A Finnish spokesman sintes that any agreement with Russin affecting the, independence of the country will have to be considered by the Parliament. Mine fields have been laid along the entire south Finnish consi.

London, Oct. 20, appointed The newly

Italian Ambassador Simmer Bastianini was in the Diplomats Gallery to hear Mr. Chamberlain present his weekly, at view of the situation to the House of Commuiis to-day.

The Prime Minister said in the past week there had been no opera is of importance on the Western Front.

added that they also evused suchý damage to other German bombers us to prevent their reaching home.

in the war un sen there had been

an intensification of the German sub marine campaign.

This intensiflentien they had al- ways expected, but he assured the House the situation was well in hand.

Rate of Destruction

Their submarines had been driven to operate further and further from their bases and further und further from the focal points where trade is

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RAIDERS. IN PACIFIC

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TOKYO, Oct. 24 (Domel),-Asked by a foreign correspondent regarding the alleged activity of German commerce raiders in the Pacific Ocean and also whether there is any foreign submarine in the Pacific, the spokesman of the Foreign Office sald to-day that it ; would be technically pomible that German commerco riders will show activity in the Pacile.

Il requires, however, claborato preparations on the part of Germany, the spokesman continued. He said that there has no far been no information of any activity of German commerce raiders in the Pacific.

He also added that ho had no information as to the presence

er appearance of foreign submarines in the Paclic.

The Japanese Navy, he pointed out has not been informed in any way of the so-called mystery submarine which was reported in a foreign message to have appeared off Alaska,

All Japanese submarines are operating in home waters and not a single Japanese submarine has ever attempted to penetrate foreign waters, the spokesman declared.

Questioned whether capital shipu aro mule from air attacks, the spokceman said that speelfications in armament are kept secret by all countries. Ho expressed the opinion, nevertheless, that although pre-War dreadnaughts would betray some vulnerabülly to air attacks, up-to-date battleships would be well-provided against air attacks in view of the recent remarkable progress in aeronautica.

City Of Flint

American Crew Are

Said Safe

U.S. And War

Setback For Isolationists

Washington, Oct. 20. Administration Senators have de fented the isolationists attempt to curb President Roosevelt's powers of discretion applying to the pending Neutrality legislation. Meanwhile Senators Pittman, Barkley and others agreed that it might be possible to reach a final vote to-day.

Berlin, Oct. 25. Meanwhile precautionary measures

It has been disclosed that Germany are being continued in Finland. The

is negotiating with Russia regarding Government has banned the export Minor adjustments in the positions į

of the captured disposition In spite of one or two strokes of the of foreign and Finnish currency and secupled find been made and the

the rate of sinking The negotiations are understood to all Finns possessing foreign currency gentrul result was that the French good fortune the enemy has not been American steamship City of Flint. nust hand it to the State Bank and German forces were now on the able to attalu

they attained at the beginning of the include the question of the release line of their common frontier,

of the crew, Reuter Bulletin,

A steady stream of reinforcements war.

of materiał for the and reserves British Expeditionary Force con- tinued, and the defences in the British sector were being continual ly strengthened.

In the air the aircraft of the had again been Fighter Command In action.

Mr. Chamberlain referred to the morning attack on the convoy on October 21 and sald it was probable that two of the six bombers were destroyed; in the afternoon attempt.. made by two formations of nine and twelve bembers respectively, it was Lertain that four and probably Ave planes were destroyed.

The voting was 61 to 20 to defeat Senator Edwin John's amendment, which would have eliminated presi- dential discretion as to whether n The Nazis claims they were forced conflict required application of the to take the ship to the Russian coast Neutrality Law or whether applica- due to the absence of a chart of the tion should be automatic in any war, sold that the ship's American crew minefields guarding Nozl ports. They-United Press. bound to congregate.

jettisoned the ship's apparently Finally the destruction of enemy charts. One German source said hei submarlies is being maintained at had heard that the slip à not in a high rate to encourageenworthy condition."-United Press. sumciently them to belleve that this metace to

Assurance of Safety trade would eventually British

Helsinki, Out. 26. Mines hove been lald off the southern coast of Finland as a pre- Donations to cautionary measure.

national defence the

func are steadily coming in from the whole country-Rester Special,

Beat Mr. Chamberlain

Helsinki, Oct. 20. M. Paasikivi, M. Tanner and two ather members of the delegation re- turned from Moscow at 6.35 a.m. and were welcomed by a crowd of several thousand, Including the Premier, Cabinet Ministers and the Ministers of Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The delegation went to the Foreign

Offee to confer.

Successes to Report

The next day one or two bombers were shot down off Saint Abb's,

"We suffered no damage," added Mr. Chamberlain.

overcome.

be

Washington, Oct, 20.

WARSHIP PATROL

Washington, Sept. 30. The United States' "Neutrality Ocean is Patrol" In the Atlantie ruptly assuming the proportions of a major naval force, It is under command of Rear Admiral Alfred W.

Referring to the sinking of five Russian assurances that the City of Johnson, Commander of the Atlantic British ships announced recently. Fiat's crew are safe at Murmansk Squadron. Mr. Chamberlain said the Stonegate have caused relief among the oficials,

Created by President Roosevelt to was sunk by the Deutschland some as the State Department gathered in- time no, but the information of its formation for demanding the return patrol now consists of over 30 war- enforce neuirality proclamations, the loss has only just reached them. To- of the vessel. fuether these ships aggregated 22.715

announced craft and at least 40 more are ex- Mr. Cordell Hull that the United States will take pected to be added as fast as they

can be re-conditioned. whatever action is justified-United]

tons.

Enemy ships arrested by Britain's blockade squadrons totalled 28,387 tons. In addition ship of 4,574 tons scuttled herself to avoid capture. There was, therefore a loss to the enemy of some 33,000 tons and a net to Britain of nearly 6,000 tons.

Growing Lawlessness

Preka.

hus

Although technically the patrol operates in all waters touching United States shores, the nain scenes of activity are on the Atlantic side and In the Caribbean.—United Press.

Ambassador Explains

Washington, Oct. 26. Lord Lotalan......British..Ambassador,

Wife Makes Appeal

Melrose, Macc., Oct. 36. Mrs. Joseph Gainard, wife of the City of Flint's Captain, has sent mes- sages to Herr von Ribbentrop and M. Molotov urgently requesting tele- graphic Information as to the where- Calling attention to the growing abouts of her husband. She asks-for- lawlessness of the U-boat campalin, assurance that her husband end speaking before the Pilgrim Society. Mr. Chamberlain soid, "It seems now

M. Paaskivi out-umbrellaed Mr.

"The work of the coastal units hav Chamberlain he was carrying 'two umbrellas when the photographera beer, almost continuous. This week caught only one. M. Tanner Joked there were certain accesses to re-gain by saying, "Show them both." port. Mines in the path of convoys on been detected from the air in United Preis.

Alme to save the ships of the con- voy from danger, "and"even" U-boats have been sighted.

Soviet Protests To Britain

Moscow, Oct. 20. Russia has strongly protested to Britain in connection with the examination of Soviet slips under

the War Contraband Control and re- serves the right to clalm compensa- tion for any losses, in a Note replyingz to the Britiah Notes of September 0 and 11 regarding contraband.

The Note refuses to recognise their validity and bases the Government standpoint on the Declaration of Re- gulations of Naval Warfare of 1009.

The Note declares that by including in the contraband list such articles

as fuel, paper, cotton, fadder for

"Of these, four have been attack ed. There is good reason to lleve

at least one was severely dunaged x Another destroyed by naval ves sels directed to the scene by the attacking aircraft."

now would

to have become the rule for merchant crew are unharmed and states that a sold that an armistice

would greatly relieve the give Hiller six months to reorganise ships to be sunk without warning reply Frequently passengers and crew have worries of any wife placed in such als army and make preparations for bren turned adrift in smal} opensitization. United Press,

bouts in stormy seas to suffer from cold and explosure.

Dangerous Situation

New York, Oct. 26.

the next pounes on neighbouring countries before the Allies could meet Jt.

he

Mr. Chamberlain then referred the.

"In the case of the Yorkshire in

"I am sure that when peace comes The New York Times, comment will not be another dictated peace, admirable work of the anti-aircraft nurticular, there was

a deplorable

ing on the detention of the City of for the Allies will not take from Ger- who in the Rosyth and 'loss of His among the wives tunners.

and Fist, says that Germany has already many any of her legal rights," Scapa Flow ralds brought down to cltldren returning Home from the sunk a large number of neutral ves-declared.-Reuter Bulletin. German bombers. Mr. Chamberinin East.

"Another blatant instance was the Flint is now in Russian port In- the City of sels and the fact that sinking of the Freach ship Bretagne stead of at the bottom of the sea carrying a lorge number of women is due to the fact that Germany does and children,

"No words are strong enough to not desire to antagonise express our detestation of this The delay of two days in which fortnight's time, states the Paris edi- cowardly form of Warfare."-Reuter. Russia informed the United States of Jon of the

Ribbentrop

Speech Reactions

London, Oct. 28. The Times declares that Ribben-

Hivestock, footwear, clothing and even trop's first fallure as Ambassador to: London was followed by a series of

Contention Untenable

London, Oct. 20. Information has

received been from authoritative quarters that the Soviet contention is completely un- enable.

The International Conference

of

1908 which drafted the so-called De-

claration of London was abortive, as

GERMANY MASSING TROOPS

completed the

new positions

Western Power.

American Red Cross

Paris, Cel. 20. The Arst United States ambulance the great unit consisting of 20 cars will leave

Paris for the Western Front in

New York Herald-Tri-

the whereabouts of the City of Flint bune. This will be followed by five was due to the embarrassment caus-

ed by the Germans bringing the ves-more units.

The Volunteer Corps, which has sel into a Sovlet port.

The New York Herald-Tribune already received donutions of 3,000,- the incident is full o: 000 frates, has ordered 247 umbul- says that diplomatic dynamite-Reuter But-nces. Two hundred stretcher-bear- ers and drivers have been recruited. letin

Reuter Special,

Ship St Held Up

Londen, Oct. 20. Russia bar. informed the United) States that 41 members of the crow SLANG OF THE TRIAD of the City of Flint have been re-

Murmansk in order that the cargoes;

leased, but the vessel is delayed at Sinologist Gives Address

To Y's Men

the declaration was never ratified by his policy in Japan, Spain, Italy, the digging of trenches and are bringing NUMBER OF MUI TSAI Triad Society back to the end of any country and went by the board Baltic and central and south-eastern up their artillery In the first week of the war in 1014. Europe, The Times says it would strategically evacuated by the French

International hardly

Increasing pressure on the whole tont suggests an impending attack.

foodstuffs which are articles of mass consumption, Britain creates the blunders which landed Germany in

London, Oct. 20. possiblity of unlimited arbitrariness the worst diplomatic position she hea

French military observers agree la classing oll articles of popular ever found herself in. The dominant consumption as contraband,--Neuter. note of "this blustering demagogue" that the Germans have now massed may be checked.

No explanation is given regarding was hysteria, and hysteria is a bad enough men and materials for ap this step as, according to international That the original Chinese Triad

could basis on which to conduct what the attack on the whole front or part, neutral cargo

be Societies were similar to the Ku Klux Nazis themselves describe as a war of it.

examined in a neutral port.

Klan of America, and the Carabini- Luxemburg reports say that part. of nerves. For years Ribbentrop was

The prize crew of 18 Germans have eres of Italy was the opinion voleed busily advising his chief that nothing of the Siegfried Line collapsed dur- been released on the excuse that the by Mr. T. Paul Gregory when he would induce Britain to take up tng the recent floods and that 40 City of Flint entered a Russlan port spoke on The Secret Slang of the arms, yet on Tuesday he screamed: were killed, but the French consider for repales, but it is understood that Triad Society" to members of the Y's "This war against Germany has been the terrain is generally still feasible the release is attributed to German Men's Club at the St. Francis Hotel systematically prepared for years by for an offensive, and it would not representalons-Reuter Bulletin. yesterday. Mr. S. B. Tan was Chair-

be surprising as the Germans are

man. the present British Government."

to have

Mr. Gregory traced the history of After

enumerating the effects of reported

the Ming Dynasty, when, he said, it {was formed with the Idea of driving Substantial Decrease In out the Manchus, and returning the Ming Dynasty to the Throne. After Past Twelve Months

{being defeated in their object, the Societies were driven underground According to the Annual Report af and eventually fell into disfavour. by the French south-east of Warndt the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, He gave a number of written and Germany is Much Worse

The Times declares that there is Forest, made three attacks since which was tabled at the Legislative oral examples of the along expres London, Oct. 28.

not the slightest doubt that Ribben- Monday and were effectively re- Council yesterday, the number of sions which were commonly used

mai tsai registered at the beginning among the Trind members, The Star says that Russia's Note trop has antagonised large sections of pulsed.

Mr. Poter N. Sin thanked the Own country. Ho Danish reports from Berlin say of the year was 1,300, but by the end regarding the blockade is like the opinion in bis United States profesta against inter-ended his lamentable speech with a that Hitler and the army chiefs con- of December it had been reduced to speaker, and described the talk ference with neutral trado during call to

that war against Britain ferred yesterday. Troops are still 1,102. About half of the cancella- being interesting and original. the World

tions were now corning their own War, but it points out which In itselt talsifies his own fore-moving to the Western Front. that Russia raises questions which casts and declares the bankruptcy French erities believe that the living.

of his own polley.

prolonged artillery preparation The number of girls registered (». The Manchester Guardian says the customary in the last war will be under the Protection of Women and

The S. C. M. Post has received following donation to the street Bleepers French can safely be left to answer discarded for brief intensited fire Girls Ordinance was 2,558, “The answer to the 'Nusaİntia parts of the speech which concern designed to bind the defence before Sectional reports reveal that there society in memory of the late Mr. F. J. that Germany is carrying out a com- them, but points out that France the onslaught is launched with avery were 3,772 permits laued for fire-Bradford; Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Dis St. plete contraband warfare wherever had a pact of mutual assistance with available arm, and special efforts will crackers, 2,927 being for weddings. It can be coupled with illegal attacks, Poland Tong before the National be made to disorganise the rear of Eighty-one books were registered, not only on enemy ships but neutral

into power in the defence and prevent supplies and compared with 61 in 1937, and the Government Com ships," the paper continuer. "She is Britain. That pact was valid until reinforcements arriving. These tacnumber of Chinese newspapers regia

December 31 was 14, of not starving tie of food only because the end, and was renewed by the tics were eminently successful instered on we are preventing her-United Franco Polish, Governments twice, Poland, but the conditions there were which 16 were registered during the Pract

too unequal for analogy--Reuter,

bo necessary to consider before October 10, The position under

the utterance of so dis Low to-day is that any belligerent seriously Government can declare anyulsing it astrous a bungler if he did not still, plenses contraband-Reuter."

unfortunately, occupy a position of international Importance.

ware never touched by the United Stater,

Reuters

The Germans, evidently eager to re- gain the valuable belghts still held

year.

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