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November 6, 1939.

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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" PARIS, Nov. 5 (UP)-It is rumoured here that Germany has revised her U-boat campaign in an effort to frustrate the de- livery of vital materials: from the United States and Mexico.

It is envisaged that Germany will concentrate, submarines in the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico in an effort to inter- copt tankers.

Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the British Admiralty, to-day

the British visited

Headquarters Somewhere in France. He. lunched with Viscount Gort.

It is understood that Mr. Churchill, M. Campinichi and M. Darian have drafted a plan to evade the German submarines Under this plan Allied of warships will convoy flotilus freighters for the entire voyage from New York.

Latvian Steamer Captured BPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" STOCKHOLM, Nov. 5 (UP).--- St has been learned that the Germans have captured the Latvian steamer Riga.

She has been taken to Stettin, where the Germans confiscated 70 crales of furniture belonging to the Polish Legation.

They also searched ten pouches of mail addressed to Sweden, England, France and Palestine,

Crook Steamer Sunk SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" RAMSGATE, Nov. 5 (UP).—The Greek steamer Embricos, salling from. Galveston with a cargo of grain, was sunk on Saturday afternoon following an explosion. The crew of 20 were picked up by a Dutch steamer.

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a ship of 2,500 tons deadweight and. 4,200 tons measurement, which the Taikoo Company is at present building.

The UB: army was recently playing war games at Plattsburg, N.X., with foreign officers as an audience. Here General F. von Boetticher of Germany, centre, paints out a plane to Col T. C. Kuo, China, and Col, John Downer. U.8.

LATE NEWS

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America-Japan

Ambassador Meets Nomura

relations

Tokyo. Nov. 4.

upon inundation. The first serious In view of the recent persistent! position encountered in the Nether

between Japan and lands by an invader would be the lines about possible readjustment of of the Maus (the Meuse) and the America, diplomatic cirdies attach

jssel rivers. The Mans is a formid- much importance

to the one-hour table obstacle in itself. Additionally, interview between Admiral Kichisa- the entire line is defended by con-buro Nomura, the Foreign Minister, crete block-houses.

and the American Ambassador, Mr. "Twenty miles to the rear of the Joseph C. Grew this morning. first position is the second position.

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Work on the Hanyang is pro-

Tokyo, Nov. 4. ceeding smoothly and she will pro-

Mr. Grew la reported to have; bably be launched towards the end

however, made representations similar to his of January. She should be in com- misstun late in 1940 or early in 1941.shows that the scheme of defence has public speech on October 10, with

Both ships will embody improve- no close relation to the problem the addition of specific cures.

The conversation, it is learned, was ments on the Company's ships at raised by possible German air bases. present trading between Hongkong "The great area north of the Rthlae purely Informal, but covered the field of Japanese-American and Tientsin, particularly in regard and east of the Ijssel River and the whole will be increased and made

country cannot be inundated except Router. at minor points and is virtually comfortable.

Now Diesel Ship

Indefensible. Three China Const trading vessels will then be in hand, for the Indo- China Steam Navigation Company has commissioned the Hongkong & Ltd to Whimpoa Dock Company "build"u"new-ship-in-plice of the all. Hinsang, recently broken up in Hong-

kong.

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The new Hinsang will belle the Company's title in that she is to be the first motorship in the feet.

Her career will be watched with Interest as she may start a trend to

the wards motor-drive ship's China Coast.

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WAR-TIME INSURANCE

Chinese Plan To Safeguard Factories

"National The Hongkong Times" correspondent in Chung- king reports that the National Government will shortly appro- priate a sum of $50,000,000 for the insurance of factories in the southwest against air attacks.

The proposal for lasurance of factories against alr attacks, the correspondent reparts, was first ad- vanced by the Government's Factory Removal Commission at Chingking to the People's Political Council in it The recent third plenary session. proposal received hot debate in the Council but was Anally referred to the Executive Yuan for action.

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. who was chairman of the Council, favoured the proposal in principle but asked the Government to give careful consideration as to what clarice of factories may be entitled to insurance, Air Attack Risk

Members of the Council who favoured the proposal maintained that the Government should accord full insurance protection to factories in the rear, for otherwise the heavy risk of being attacked by enemy planes would serve na a deterrent to their removal from the const cities to the interior.

Those opposed to the ideo, how- over, were of the view that if factories were accorded insurance facilities, traders and farmers would ask for the same protection. Factories, moro- over, should bear the same risk a soldiers at the front and civilians in the rear, who, are also exposed to air bombings.

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Serious Situation "A German incursion in this area

Tokyo, Nav, 4. Mr. Grew advised the seriousness would put at the enemy's disposal aerodrome sites representing sub-of the situation stating that unless stantial savings in distance, time and it was improved relations were likely fuel.

to worsen. He reminded thal there! "However, it is one thing to dispose would be a regular Congress in of the sites and another to establish America soon and any worsening of nerodrames.

the situation might result in an em- The Ants of Friesland and bargo demand. He requested "nega- Groningen would lie open to Erlush tive and positive" results, negative oir attack and the task of the Ger being a cessation of anti-American man administrative services would actions and positive being concrete be extremely unenviable.

evidence of improved intentions. "Germany would not only be

that Admiral It is understood damned from the moral point of view Nomura expressed a desire to adjust but would be exposed to certain third Power relations in connection heavy losses and possible disaster. with the China settlement and out- docs not appear probable, lined the new Chinn policy in con- therefore, that she would and in such neetion with the proposed establish- an operation the effective solution of ment of the Wang Ching-wel regime. her notorious dimculties."

United Press.

No Sanctions Throat

Washington, Nov. 4. Mr. Joseph Grew to-day informed the Department of State that his conference with the Japanese Foreign Miniser concerned solely with "objective fucts"

Japanese- Amerlean relations,

in

He said he had made no threats of possible economic sanctions agairistĮ Japan "either in the substance or tone of the remarks."—United Press.

Training Flights

Washington, Nov. 5.

It is unofficially learned that neval authorities are supposed to be cons sidering a series of "training flights". by patrol bombers from Pearl Har- bour to Manila after January 1.- -United Preu.

Washington Talks

Tokyo, Nov, 4. Mr. Kensule Horinouchi, the Ja panese Ambassador to the United Stoles,, made * 10-minute radio speech from Washington · Zast night over an international hook-up sponsored by the National Broadcast- ing Corporation of America.

Opinion in influential circles in

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America is in favour of an adjust Ferrow, of Middlegate Street, are no longer girls but ment of relations between Japan and boys.

the United States, the Ambassador

said.--Dorci,

**After leaving home for a period they have returned OCTOBER BROADCASTS in trousers, smoking pipes and with the names of Mark ZBW Devotes 63 Hours To

and David.

Mark, now 17, won a scholarship to a central school, but had Daventry Relays. to leave at 13 when his voice.deepened and masculine characteris- The report of Station ZDW forties began to appear. Later, he tried to study at Yarmouth Art October shows that hours of trans-School, but so many embarrassing incidents occurred that he left. mission totalled 435%, of which 2103⁄41⁄2

Eventually he entered the London stone he, and David studied art were devoted to European program- mes and 217 to Chinese programmes. Hospliul for treatment. He stayed in; together as boys.

Other members of the family are Apart from recorded programmes the country for a time to accustom normal and one older alster, to mar Daventry relays took the greatest himself to men's clothes and to mix-ried with one child. David will time, namely, 63 hours,

At Maid-| enter- hospital later. During the month 250 new Ucences were issued and 340 licences renew- ed. During 1999 licences issued have so far totalled 10,910.

ing with people as a man.

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