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Seismographs Record Heavy Shocks All Over World

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TWO MAJOR EARTHQUAKES For The

ROCK PACIFIC

HONGKONG SEISMOGRAPH PEN "WENT OFF SCALE"

TWO MAJOR EARTHQUAKES—THOUSANDS OF MILES APART -SHOOK THE WORLD WITHIN A FEW MINUTES OF EACH OTHER THIS MORNING.

Both shocks were felt throughout the Pacific zone, and the second, which was the most intense, was recorded in London.

The first earthquake occurred in Costa Rica, the South American

¡republic.

Russians Mowed Down

In Thousands

Story Of Awful Carnage

SPECIAL TO THE "TILEGRAPH"

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 21 (UP)"I have just return- ed from the North Salla battlefield after treading my way through thousands of dead, both Russians and Finns, lying in long, silent rows for several kilo- metres."

This is the dramatic lead in an eye-witness story, one of the first to come from the battle area, by| the War Correspondent of the Stockholm "Dagem Nyhetero.”

The correspondent adds that it is, impossible to bury the dead, whose bodies lle frozen in the snow.

Mowed Down In Thousands

"Russian cavalry and infantry hays been mowed down in thousands by the terribly efficient fire of Flanish machine-gunners

"Even the Finna themselves are zurprised at the mass slaughter they have infileted.

Near

two Russian ammunition dumpa which have been captured by the Finns I saw the lone corpse of a Ruslan soldier_slumped over a sew- ing machine. The Russian had been mending uniforms" when he was killed.

"Nearby stands ar overturned

truck.

A Russian baker lies beside it under a heap of bread which it was carrying when it was struck by, Finnish shell,

A “United Press” message states that it was the most intense earthquake in sixteen years.

It rocked the entire countryside and was felt with equal severity in neighbouring countries.

The first shock occurred at 2.55 p.m. (4.55 a.m. to-

day H.K.T.).

COUNTRIES Washing

THE N.D.L. LINER GNEISENAU.

The populace of San Jose, the capital, were thrown N.D.L. Liner Gneisenau Reported

into a panic, and rushed headlong from buildings through-

out the city.

Sunk No reports of the extent of the damage have yet been

received.

The second earthquake is believed to have occurred

in the Dutch East Indies.

It was recorded all over the world.

AIR BATTLE OVER UTRECHT

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 21 (Reuter). Hundreds of people in the streets watch- ed an air battle fought over Utrecht to-day between Dutch and foreign planes.

The nationality of the foreign planes is not yet disclosed.

machines

The foreign finally put out a smoke- screen and disappeared. London Has No Knowledge

LONDON, Dec. 21 (Reu- ter). It is learned that the Air Ministry has no know- ledge of the reported air battle over Holland.

U.S. SHIPS FOR EAST

Now Service To H.K. Projected

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

Recorded In London

According to a "United Press"

message from London, the sel- smograph at Selfridges recorded the first shock at 10.08 p.m. G.M.T. (6.08 a.m, HLK.T.)..

The neelle swung violently for over ten minutes.

It

Both Shanghai and Manta Obser- vatories placed the epicentre at same- where in the Dutch East Indies. was recorded at Manila at 5.04 a.m. and at Shanghai at 5.00 am.

A "United Press" message from Manila says that the last quake was apparently centred in the Celebes.

The shocks lasted for, three hours. Shocks were also recorded

and DaveD.

By Explosion In Baltic

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" COPENHAGEN, DEC. 21 (DOMEI) —RELIABLE INFORMATION FROM LATVIAN CIRCLES HERE REPORTS THAT THE 18,180-TON NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD LINER GNEISENAU, WHICH WAS ON THE FAR EASTERN RUN BEFORE THE OUTBREAK OF WAR, HAS BEEN SUNK BY EXPLOSION IN THE BALTIC SEA.

British Tributes To Capt. Langsdorff

REDEEMED HIMSELF

Suicide As Protest

Jolo Of Whole Nazi Navy

"The shocks were so severe that to earthquake is probably one of

adde

so great that the

It is not known whether.

the cause of the explosion NEW R.A. F.

was internal or external

The Gneisennu sailed from Riga with German repatriates aboard on December 2.

It is believed that the majority of the passengers have perished. They included about 100 German workers returning to the Reichz for special

duties.

Speedy Trip

FIGHTERS

Britain's Answer To Messerschmiḍts

(UP)—

LONDON, Dec. 21 Britain's answer to the German Messerschmidt pursuit planes new two-seater fighters which

The Greisenau was well-known in Hongkong, where she last arrived on July 27 She made a speedy trip to Europe, arriving at Bremen before are faster and more powerful the outbreak of the war.

than the Hurricanes or Spitfires has entered full production.

LONDON, Dec. 21 (Reuter). the most severe experienced in theThe British Press to-day de- sister ship. the Scharnhorst, in has already been tested and Dutch East Indies, the message votel the bulk of its comments held to on hill just before ske fted to from Manila just before Ranks With Biggest

to the suicide of Captain Langs- the outbreak of war. The Potsdam,

. Considering the British version "It was one of the world's major dorf, drawing conclusions from a third alater-ship, was en route of the recent large-scale air bat- earthquakes," said a Royal Obser- it at to Hitler's notion of sea started, and landed her passengers tle over the Heligoland Bight,

Hongkong from Europe when war vatory official, in referring to the

warfare. Dutch East Indies earthquake this

at a Spanish part. She is now be in which it is claimed that at aflement.

The Times" pays tribute to lieved to be at Trieste.

least fifty per cent., or at least The amplitude, as recorded in Capt. Langsdorff as a scaman Hongkong, was

These three slips, capable of pro- twelve, of the super-Messerschl- Den on lite seismograph, which re and says that it is a tragedy that ducing over 21 knats, held the Blue midts were brought down, it is cords up to 100 milimetres, left, such men to-day cannot serve band for the Europe-Asia service believed that the new British planes the scale"

their country save in the ilvery of via the Suez.

will effectlyely outfight anything The Observatory official stated that a master, whom in their hearts they Of 18,180-tons each, they were Hitler may have up his sleeve. the epicentre of the quake was 2,030 must despico.

ranked fourths in ske in the NDL

One of the new British fighters will SINGAPORE, Dec. 21 (UP): miles from Hongkong

kilometres

Fleet. They wer The "ally Telegraph" skyn' thos or approximately 1,820

exceeded in size be known as the Boulton-Paul. It was Capi Langsdorff has proved that he

only by the 57,000-ion Bremen, the Beginning what is believed situated in latitude a south, longitude feared nothing but dishonour... He 40,000-ton Europa and the 32,600- It is an all-metal plane equipped

endure could not

the ignominy east. This would place

ton Columabas. The latter was set with likely to be a growing tendency 130

the

a mill-gun swivel turret,. afro and scuttled at sea earlier situated behind the pilot in the cock- Triad To Hide In Snow to divert American ships to the spicentre in the middle of the Banda which ler Impased on him and he

this week. sca, __about midway between Timor redemed himself.-

plt. "Many Russians tried to hide them. Far East, it was announced to- and Dutch New Guinea, or about 300

Ruthless Terrorism of Port Darwin. selves in the snow when they were day that the, City of Newport miles north, weat overwhelmed by the sudden Finnish

It is almod directly on the main

Dicussing the attacks on defence advance.

News, the City of Los Angeles, Hongkong Australia trade route. less fishing craft by Nurl planes, the "They tried to dig in with their the City of Norfolk and the Owing to the violent disturbances paper says that this is an equal tri- bare hands, but could not break the

from the Timor earthquake,

bute to Hitler's methods.. frozen mrface.

City of San Francisco, formerly Hongkong observatory was not able Slaughter of this kind. In hot an "One lies where he fell, his hands of the United States Lines, to record shocks from the Costa operation of war but ruthless fer- bleeding and discolouring the snow will In future be operated by the and a bullet through his head.

"From one of his pockets I took a American President Line between Jetter which he had started to write Singapore and New York via Manlio, home.

Los Angeles and the Panama Canal.

The Admiral Y. H. Williams, which His childish scrawl began: 'Dear

thos been chartered by the President Papa The rest was blotted out, Lang, sailed for the United States to- by his blood.

**Dear Papa—**

Rican quake.

thel

The Gnelsennu was launched at the Deutsche A. G. yards in Weser In 1933. She had luxurious first class accommodation for 300 passengers.

Another Ship Saved

'Another report states that an in- cendiary bomb was discovered in the luggage of a passenger aboard another German steamer, the 11, 492-ton Gera Cordoba, as it was leaving a Latvian port. A plat to blow up the ship is be. leved to have been frustrated by the discovery.

The Gera Cordoba is not listed in Lloyd's latest lists.

It has a wing span of 39%1⁄2-feet and 4 fuselage 30 feet long-

It will be. powered with a single 11,000. h.p. engine.

To Fush Advantage

Hitler Extending Siegfried Line

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”

LONDON, Dec. 22- (Do- mei).-Germany's famous West Wall-the so-called Siegfried Line—is to be ex-

tended.

Reliable information reaching. London clates that Hitler has ordered the construction of a further 100-miles of "impregn- able" fortifications to cover the Swiss-Gorman frontier.

The new fortifications will extend from Batie, where the borders of France, Germany' and Switzerland meet, to the Lake of Constance, on the shores of which is the famous. Friedrichslinten zeppelin base.

Germany apparently fears that France and Britain may attempt to skirt the existing Siegfried Line by violating Switzerland's neutrality! It is believed that Here Hitler has decided to maintalh the defensive throughout the war on the Western Front kl will concentrate

his attention un more positive affronts in eastern Europe and the Balkans.

Such allen, in addition to bringing trim into conflict with Turkey, Greece and Rumania if he attacks either, would probably jeopardise his friend- ship with Italy.

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DECORATED BY KING

Former Hongkong Naval

Officer's Bravory LONDON, Dec. 21 (Reuter). -The King to-day decorated the commander and other mem- bers of the crew of the sub It is believed here that Britain s prepared to push its advantage in the marine Salmon, which last week air, as disclosed by recent combats, carried out one of the most bril to the fullest extent, and there are liant submarine exploits of this certain to be more frequent nerial war and the last. engagements in future over the North Sen as the Royal Air Force extends ford, the commanding officer, who Lleut.-Commander K. O. B. Blck. the patrol system,

The Admiralty and Air Ministry Station, serving in 1.M.S. Odin, Ju - was formerly attached to the Chim are believed to have already worked been awarded the Distturnished Ber- out a joint plan to counter the Nazi vice Order and promoted to the rank attacks on helpless fishermen.

of Commander. SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

31 will be recalled that the Salmon Fow Lines Obituary

NEW YORK. Dec. 21 (UP)-Two

first sank a U-boat and then lor. BERLIN. Dec. 21 (Reuter)-Ger- officers of the German Uner Colum- the North Sen patrol and the develop- Leipzig and the Bluecher.

The prospect of an extension of pedoed two German cruisers, the man newspapers give only a few bus have been, nisigned share ment of the newly designed plants, lines to the death of Capt. Langsdorff, Commander Dachne's sleeping quar. In addition to those ordered from the

Other Decorations although two weeks ago he was beters to prevent, it is reported, à United States have combined to has awarded

In addition, His Majesty, the King ing balled as a great naval victor,

the D.S.C. to The main reference to his suleido ] repetition of the Longdorty suicide substantiate the reports of Britain's Maurice Fairfax Wykeham Martin,

rorim.

All the worst tactics of the old Samo Quake Belt

German Reich have been taken over Costa Rica and the Dutch East by litter as a going concern.

The "News Chronicle" says -- that Indies, although thousands of miles Langsdorf's suicide must be read not apart, are in the

same carthquake belt. It is known

only as a protest by the Graf Spee's Shore Earthquake Zone", it starts whole German Navy against a deci- as the "Pacific commander himself but from the on the Pace coast of South America,

sion which once again has brough proceeds up the western coast of "Among all there bodles were

the United States to Alaska, crosses before the world.

the name of Germany Into contempt spread In indescribable confusion

through the Aleutians to Japari hundreds of books and pamphlets,

Formoso, the Philippines and the NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (UT)-The Dutch East Indies and then written by and about Stalin, whose

turns birthday to-day many of his soldiers American President. Lines to-day eastwards to New Guinea and down will rover celebrate,

stated that they have leased the to New Zealand,

.

day.

To Call At Hongkong'

"I inlked to one Rossian prisoner bottoms only for Far Eastern runs. who had been exptured after hid, The United States Lines will retain Ine himself in a forest for three operation during the coastwise circul days. He was the only survivor,

Novel Calendars

Columbus Officera

to

Air Superiority

Lieut

Meanwhile, the Immigration off-determination to achieve undeniable Transit through the Cain! Zone' Air-rald calendars

CHUNGKING, Dec. 22 (Reuter)~~a of a detail of twenty men.

har come not from the usual oficial elals hearing is expected to require superiority in the air within the First Lieutenant and Torpedo Officer. are the latest Nazl sources but from the High Cora- a fortnight to determine whether or shortest possible time. others died of cold and hunger.

of H.M.S. Balmón; Lieut. Robin Hugh. "He was exhausted and the Fin-

will be monthly instead of weekly. household Innovation here.

mand of the German Navy.

In a statement, the High Command bus are distressed scament and there not all of the survivors of the Colum- New colendors for 1949 are helpu

In this connection the North Sea Mayliss lancock, and Warrant Ene nish officer who captured him spared

The ships will call at Hongkong isatied with offeint, androval, tornid that Capt. Longedert did not fore entitled to 10 days freedom, or

the first objective.

gineer Owen Felton Lancaster. him the necessity of holding.hla and Penang, in addition to the ports daily Inatntelfons on air-raid-menu-

Wins to survive the sinking of his whether some are miltory

With Britain, In.serial control of hands in the airba

Imentioned in the above report.

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