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BOYNBAD 1841

No. 10003.

# #-# WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1939. BATA+

A.R.P.

CRISIS APPROACHING SHOWDOWN

DRESS

FOR

66

99

H. K.

War At Sea Is News To-day

U-BOAT

CLAIMS

HERO CRUISER

LIEUT. GUENTHER PRIEN, the youthful Nazi U-Boat Commander who claims to have sunk the Royal Oak at Scapa Flow, has claimed another victim, which he describes as a 10,000-ton British cruiser of the London class. Naval circles in London do not confirm the claim. special commentary discloses that it is probably another German oxaggeration.

But a

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German CLAIM

German LIES

Prien's

WESTERN FRONT

British

Victory GENERAL WINTER' Losses

Report

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

1

TAKES COMMAND

By RALPH HEINZEN

("UNITED PRESS" CORRESPONDENTI

At

Sea

of

LONDON, Nov. 28 WITH FRENCH ARMIES IN FIELD, Nov. 28

(Reuter)-A special com- BERLIN, Nov. 28 (UP). (UP).—Three armies totalling nearly 10,000,000 fighting mentary states that the -An official Nazi announcemen are engaged in preparing winter quarters to-day, as

exaggeration gross ment claims that a U-boat cold rains sweep the terrain from the sea to Switzerland. German broadcasts regard- has torpedoed a destroyer Winter seems to be bringing to a definite ending the recent losses of and a heavy British cruiser

British merchant shipping cast of the Shetland Islands, any possibility of an offensive before carly next year is revealed in the figures LONDON, Nov. 28 (UP),~~~ Possibility of a winter cam-| Anti-Aircraft Defences now published by the Ad- Naval circles in London say they jpaign has faded as have absolutely, no confirmationtinuous rains widen swampy wide zone of anti-aircraft defences miralty.

19 fields, flood both large and small ground around every village has been

also being prepared. The high These figures show that losécs of the Berlin claims.

rivers, and thus establish water planted with machine-guns capable for the week ending at midnight U-Boat Commander's Claim obstacles which no modern of aring at any are, even directly on November 25 totalled 11 ships BERLIN, Nov. 28 (UP)-A mechanised armies could pass. overhead.

with a tonnage of 25,787, officiu! announcement here to-day!

Nine out of every

The total tosses since the beginning claimed that U-boat commanded

soldiers sleep under a roof. pared with five of every ten in the of the war up to the same date are Britishu 78 vessels, 288.169 tans: German armies across the line. French: ten vessels, 51.150 lons; and This difference is due to construc- neutral: 43 vessels, 144,592 tona. tion of the Maginal Line, which

the con- In this phase of preparations,

There is not a single sign across

ten allied

com-

by Lieutenant Guenther Prien, the the line that Adolf Hitler will give young rosy cheeked "hera of Scapa the order for an early attack. Re- Flow," has sunk a 10,000-ton British Ports which alter through the lines, Intk of cruiser of the London type-either as in all wars, emphasize u the Shropshire, Sussex; Devonshire Dreement between Hitler und many or London, all of which were com- of his military advisers over the ad-provides great-underground-bar. pleted in 1920 and which carry vanbility of winter operations and an normal complement of 650 men,

Invasion of neutral states.

Everything Ready

men and not b single

Pact with Finland

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

MOSCOW, Nov. 29 (UP)It is officially announced that the Soviet Union has denounced the non- aggression pact with Finland.

SOVIET DENUNCIATION

Abrogation of the pact becomes effec- live immediately.

The Soviet has also rejected the Finnish "explanation" of the frontier incident and has renewed demands for the withdrawal of Finnish troops from the border.

The Soviet Foreign Minister, in a brief interview with the Finnish Minister to Moscow, Baron Anno Koskinen, charged that the Finnish attitude is evidence of "deep hostility against the Soviet" and that "Finland shows a desire to bring the present crisis to a head.".

A.R.P. Workers in H.K. Will Be 'Green Army'

+

SMART and practical dark green uniforms have been designed to be worn by Hongkong's army of more

than 9,000 A.R.P. workers.

POPULAR

centre, the old German Club at

At the new A.R.P. training

King's Park, the Governor, Sir

YOUTH DIES Geoltry Northcote last week saw

Volunteer-Sportsman

one of the proposed officers uniforms being worn for the first time. The proposed uniforms will serve for peace- time and wartime.

The

-Comparison-With-1917. —— racks where the fortress garrisons)

These figures make interesting sleep In warm dry beds,

comparison with April, 1917, in The Siegfried Line, to the contrary; which month alone 190 British vessels This loss would constitute the tenth

consists only of thousands of small British warship and the tenth German

concrete pill boxes, each capable of with a total tonnage of 022,000 and 1430 vessels In all, of a total tonnage So complete are the German, pre-holding only one or two son victory, according to Nuz! claims.

parations, however, that there is al their in. There is

of 832,000, were sunk, Carry Hoavy Armament

It is also pointed out in London ways the possibly of a swift and fortress in the German line

Succumbs To Stroke Com that the recent tendency of U-boat The London type of cruisers carry powerful attack. The German High parable with those in the Maginot commanders has been to attack un eight B-inch guns, eight 4-inch, Command has assembled in and justine. twenty smaller guns, eight torpedo behind the Siegfried Line everything||

protected fishing trawlers in arcas Now Seasoned Campaigners where immediate counter-action tubes and catapults for aircraft.

needs for an attack.

French troops holding positions in against submarine forces, is not ex-

behind the

pected. PLEASE Turn To Pago 2. Although only four neutral ships German were lost as the result of action during the past week, neutral tonnage sunk was almost as greet se British due to the sinking of large vessels, such as the Terukuni Maru, Grazin and Sliedrecht.

News of

The ship in question was apparently

Contact between the enemy forces

north of the Scapa Flow basa in the were long ago established In "no the front between and

Orkneys when she was "sunk."

been

No-Man's Land

on

C. P. LINER WITHDRAWN

the sinking of the

inan's land." and there is always the Nazi's Outstanding Horo possibility that if Hitler can reach an

with his advisers Lieutenant. Prien is a vigorous, agreement

the German hundsome 30 year old officer. So far methods to be used. he is Germany's outstanding naval General Staff will proceed any day hero, Ile has

personally with an offensive action, without any decorated by Hitler, and Britain's intermediate period of intense patru! First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. nativity.

Though some of them were Winston Churchill, praised hi akili

booked through to Shanghai and Sliedrecht was received only last and daring in the House of Commons

Vancouver, all the passengers report on the sinking of I.M.S. Royal "No man's land." averages Oak, in which B10 British seamen lost one-half to one mile in width. It is

not populated in the daytime, but at aboard a Canadian Pacific liner their lives.

rage-it disembarked when she arrived It may be recalled that Lieutenant night-even when storms Prien was confident after the Scapa teems with activity as rival patrols here from Manila this morning. Flow raid that he had also destroyed by feeling out the enemy here and There were, however, only a few

there, keep the two high commands in the first and tourist classes. familiar with everything that goes on

LONDON. The ship is now understood.to behind both lines.

a second unidentiäed warship. "Nothing Is Known"

LONDON, Nov. 28 (Reuter).The

from

week.

All Nazi Exports! Now Contraband

SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH"

Nov. 28 (UP)-An In many places there are abandon-be under Admiralty orders and Order in Council has been issued are uncovering the extension of the contra- Ministry of Information states that ed villages in the middle of "no mon's her future movements

band control to all German exports. visited regularly known. They are nothing whatever is known in London land." about the German story of the each night by patrols to ascertain whether the enemy is endeavouring. alleged sinking of a British cruiser,

to take them. Often rival patrols

these meet in

abandoned villages. (UF) The Arma automatically go into action and German Admiralty claims that 700 shots are exchanged. Ives

were lost when, the "British cruiser was torpedoed."

Claims 700 Lives

BERLIN, Nov.

29

THE RAWALPINDI

Nazi Version

Of Battle

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

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Communiques dispose of these en- counters as "scattered action," and that, so far, has been the extent of action seen on the front.

Behind The Lincs

Behind the lines on the French and British side of the western front,

British

J

Planes

Raid

Nazi Seaplane Base

LONDON. Nov. 28 (Reuter)-Brief details of the raid by British aircraft on a German sen plane base on Borkum Island, at however, it is a different pleture. the entrance of the estuary of the River Ems, are given in an Every hour of daylight is used to im-:

Air Ministry communique issued to-night. prove defences. These are especially

the terrain, but they also form a

eft by A.A fire before they could

Naxi Version

adopted to the geographical features The base is used as a striking-that the British machines were driven BERLIN, Nov. 20 (UP)-AU-part of the gignatic plan of border off point for German machines drop any bombs. thoritative sources here claim defences worked out long ago by the which have been active in the that the British armed merchant general staff.

Shetlands, Firth of Forth and cruiser Rawalpindi was sunk "by The first phase of operations, last- North Sea areas generally. a group of German surface ing two months, consisted of digging boats, including heavier units, in protective trenches and tank traps

generally wide ditches with sloping

the first surface' engagement, of approaches on the far side, and an the war." g

1

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BERLIN, Nov. 20, (UP).It basi been officially announced that Royal Alr force planes this afternoon ralded Borkum aerodrome,

апу

"They were driven off by machine- gun. fre without dropping bombs," the report claims,

Machine Guns And Bombs. The British planes awooped low abrupt well on the defensive side and machine-gunned three German Battle In Bad Light

and the planting of artillery and anti-! reaplanes resting on the water and The German Official News Agency protective cover.

tank guna behind camouflaged and bombed the shore establishment. describing the sinking of the Rawal, The second pliase consists of con- Heavy anti-aircraft Bre greeted

It is also officially announced that pindi, ways! The brille was during structing further means of impeding the British craft but they pressed dusk in bad light.".

the progress of enemy tanks by home their attack and returned safely the attempted British air attack," on the north-west coast on Monday "German artillery immediately, hit planting mines and creating wide, without loss.

night was a fallure. One taider waS * the Briush cruiser which was en-burriers by chopping down trees over m

a further beloved, to have been forced down¦¦ Other machines: made' veloped In Dames.

corridors à hundred feet wide, Tanks "Detonations were heard followed trying to pass that barrier would successful reconnaissance flight over and lost in the North Bea

(The London Air Ministry earlier by an explosion and the ship aank crash through branches or its enter-north-west Germany. ^Iminediatel

pillar treads would become hope- A German statement, admitting the announced a "successful" recommris- lessly entanglød.

British raid on Borkum Island, claims. PLEASE Tom To Page 5,

After several long days of anxiety, wherein at times hopes

material for the officers were held for his recovery, Car-uniform is dark green drill. The los Nolasco da Silva, twenty-two style includes a cut down collar to be worn with a white shirt and black year-old member of one of tie. It has two breast patch pockets Hongkong most prominent Po and 1 in. attached belt. tuguese families, died at 8.45 letters A.R.P. in yellow are sewn on this morning in Hospital. He red patch, worn on the top of each adjoining the shoulder, Badges which he was afflicted while at of runk consist of one quarter of an succumbed to sun-stroke, with inch yellow braid stripes on Volunteer Camp a fortnight ago. shoulder strap.

prm

The

the

An interport swimmer, he wan also The Chief A.R.P, warden has four u keen badminton player and hockey stripes, Head Warden, three, Divi- enthusiast, and was one of the most sional warden two and District war- pupular members of the Victoria den one. Recreation Club. He was selected

the year for the Hongkong Swim-

Black Berofs

ming team, which, owing to trouble, Headgear is a block berei, with did not travel to Shanghal.

braid trimming on which the ARP. well-wear will consist of black shoes or

Crisis Rapidly Approaching

As evidence that the crisis is rapidly approaching a show- down, the Red Army forces which were on the border previous to the abrogation, Have now been ordered to return any Bre from the Finnish side and to "annihilate" those re- sponsible.

Reports from the Leningrad area facing Finland also indicate that the Red Army is prepared for. nction, while the Soviet naval forces centred

of Leningrad are described as being

ready. Inruil eventualities.

Not An Ultimatum

M. Molotoff's renewal demand for the withdrawal of Finnish troops docs not constitute an ultimatum ilme limit has been set..

as no

He told the Finnish Minister during their 20 minutes conversation that the Soviet denunciation of the non-

PLEASE Turn To Pago 10.

LATEST

FIGHTING REPORTED

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” MOSCOW, Nov. 20 (UP)—Fight- Ing between Russian and Finnish troops Is reported on two frontiers- the Anero area on the Arcile coast and north of Leningrad,

Meanwhile, the Soviet have seized

He was the youngest con of Mr.badge is pinned at the side, Foot-four unfortified Flanish lalanda... in ..

P. M. Nolasco da Silva, the known Hongkong broker, and toge boots. ther with his father and mother, leaves behind five brothors and three: kisters.

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The wardens uniform is as above except that a patrol type 'collar and Ha collapse occurred at Camp, no tie will be worn. Badges of rank Не was immediately removed to consisting of horizontal yellow braid hospital, where he has been for the stripes one quarter of an inch wide, past two weeks.

will be worn on the arm. He was born in Hongkong, and was; Senior wardens will educated at St. Joseph's College,stripe.. The letters II and K embroi- wherent he proved an excellent dered on each side of the collar will scholar and ultimately mateleulated. identify Hongkong and Kowloon

The funeral will take place to- wardens:

morrow.

Denmark Bans Exports

wear one

U.S. Ambassador

At The Palace

LONDON, Nov. 28 (Reuter)—Mr. Joseph P. Kennedy, the U.S. Ambas-

| King and Queen at luncheon to-day,

on holiday.

Sequel To British sador to London, was the guest of the Blockade Measures leaving soon for the United

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" COPENHAGEN, Nov. 28. (Domel).-M. J. Kjaerbol, the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Navigation, has announced that the export of important goods from Denmark has tem- pararily been banned.

The embargo list contains many important commodiiles and is likely to hayo serious effects on the coun- try's foreign traderen A

The stops are understood to have been taken at a precaution against "the "Britishsaizure of “Charman“ ex

ports on the high nás öl5SY

the Gulf of Finland. This may be Lone result of the Boviet denunciation of the Non-Aggression Pact with Fin-

and

The surrender of the islands of Hoagoland, Lavántart, Tycarisarf and Seiskai was demanded by Russia dur- ing the Moscow niegoślations, i

The Soviet has given no indication as to their next step but they have made it clear that no compromise will be accepted.

Speculation in diplomatie circles. exclude · the possibility, of capitula- Lion by the present Finnish Govern- ment ar possible Bumian willingness to resume the talks.

However, t believed that a peaceful settlement is possible if an- other Governmerit accepts the Soviet demands:

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FRENCH CAPTURE TWO NAZI MERCHANT SHIPS

PARIS, Nov. 28 (Heuter) The capture of two Gernian merchant vessels by the French Navy is announced in an official communique,

jabat Ono of the vessels wad of

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