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ship and touk his decision in accor- dance with the truditions of the Officers' Corps, to which he had be- tonged for almost three decades.

The Navy. understands and esteems his action," the statement concluded,,

The Nazi Press also shown great

reserve in reporting the scuttling of

the Columbus,

British Captain At Funeral

** BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 21 (Reuter),

and Among those attending the funeral of Captain Langsdorff this afternoon

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December 22, 1939.

Heavy Air Raids On Helsingfors But Few Casualties

BOMBS WERE STALIN'S BIRTHDAY GIFTS

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

HELSINGFORS, DEC. 21 (UP).—IT IS OFFICIALLY REPORTED

POST OFFICE

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

On Monday, the 25th December,. and Tuesday, the 20th December the General Post Office and Branch Post. Offices will be open as follows:-e

Monday, 25th December General Post Ofice Ba.m. to 10 a.m.; Kowloon Central Post Office & 1.3. to. 10 p.m. Sheungwan Brunch Post Office & nm, to & dim.

Tuesday, 20th December

G. P. O. um. to Noom; K. P. 0,

10 u.m.

Private Clair and Driver was Captain Pottinger, of the British THAT RED PLANES, IN A BRIGHT BLUE SKY, ROARED IN THREE 8 am to Noon; Sheungwan 8 am to

WAVES ALONG THE SOUTH COAST, STRAFED TWO TRAINS AND BOMBED THE PRINCIPAL CITIES INCLUDING THE HEL-closed during the Holidays.

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No. 2 Police Station, Wanchai, or

steamer Ashlea, who wna one of the Graf Spee's prisoners.

The British Mission. tu Seamco sent a wreath.

It is now learned that on Tuesday,

Captain Langsdorff had long talk SINGFORS HOSPITAL DISTRICT.

effects as keepsakes, suggested that

|with his officers. Certain remarks he the fact then made, together with that he had distributed in personal he had suicide in mind.

Many Argentine newspapers take

suleide was a protest against Wer's

am. and 12 noon between January was still copable of doing some dam-

Agc.

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Nazis Don't Like To Have Truth Heard

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

TRIER, Germany, Dec. 21 (UP). A special court has sentenced Theodore . Serges, 45 years of age, to 15 months in the penitentiary.

He was charged with continually fistening to foreign radio stations be tween September 7 and November 1. The official news agency, D.N.D. commenting on 10 such convictions which have been announced thus far for listening to foreign stations, saya "The German people or in a life and death battle for their vital rights and cannot and will not tolerate even eshtest endangering of closing the ranks of the front by some stupit person.

"It is one of the strongest points in the German conduct of the wor, ns] is also repeatedly recognised abroad, that the German people are truth- fully informed about all the events in this battle with hypocritic powers,

"With the same hardness with which our soldiers conduct the battle unto annihilation against their of ponents on land, sea and in the air; ko, also, those elements will be ousted, who by listening to enemy radio stations, buve committed equivocal

treason."

T. H. KING, Commissioner of Police. 22nd December, 1939.

Ilong Koup.

BANK HOLIDAYS.

the view that Capt. Langsdorff's order to settle his ship while she

All other Branch Post OMeen and Money Order Ofice will be entirely.

There will be one collection from the pillar boxes each day as on Sun- days and one delivery of registered

.. on Monday, the 25th and al 1! a., on Tuesday, the 20th,

The Branch Post Offees at Stonley. Tal Po and Un Long

However, Finnish Army officials reported they marked Stalin's and ordinary correspondence at 15 birthday by repulsing powerful new attacks on the Karelian Isthmus and pressing their counter-offensive on the east front and regaining over will also have some lost ground in the far north.

Officially, more than 30 bombs drowned within the city limits of Helsingfors, some of which damaged an emergency Red Cross station, the Nurses' Dormitory and BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 21. (UP) and a hospital building containing a children's play room, an operating room There are persistent but unconfirmed several other structures in the hospital zone, most of which had been previously

rumours here that Captain Langs- dorff's Inst letter to the German En- basny strongly criticised Hitler's order to nink the Admiral Graf Spee instead of facing the enemy.

The Embassy has declined to make In accordance with Government

the contents of the letter known to Ordinance, the Exchange Banks the public and has denied the rum- will be closed for the transaction | ours.

Argentina has recorded the de- of Public Business on Monday and Tuesday, the 25th and 26th Decem-ceased Captain a hero's honours. The her, 1939. (Christmas Holidays).honour and a battalion of marines Argentino Navy provided a guard at Hongkong, 21st December, 1939. were detalled to perform full military

honours at the burial service,

The coffin Was

SER lowered covered with flowers,

Tightening The Stranglehold

Effectiveness Of Contraband Control

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Dec. 21 (Rouler). The Ministry of Economic Warfare 'nounces that during the last 12 weeks, 953 cargoes were wholly released by the British Contraband Control and 24 were wholly seized.

This compares with the total of 80 wholly released and 12 wholly seized in the first three weeks of the war.

It is stated that the large number of cargoes wholly released-which does not include any cargoes only part of which Is seized-is considered proof that Great Britain has no in- tention of stopping goods really destined for consumption in neutral

Another Possibility

RUSSIA'S BLUNDER

cvacuated.

Officials said they had not been

informed of reports that several of the raiders had been brought down but said two persons had been killed in Helsingfors and

Committed To A three were killed elsewhere.

Losing War

SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH**

Five bombs were dropped in one small village near the capital and six more in another small village nearby: During the last of four alarms, LONDON, Dec. 21 (Reuter), pinnes were heard over the capital that fall stations. All trains were stopped proving -Events are

but no bombs fell, Russia did not intend to commit

WANG NOT POPULAR

Attack By Japanese Pross In Shanghai

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH' SHANGHAI, Dec. 22 (UP).—In

dence each day at 11 am,

atmail Packet Post to all countles 5 suspended.

Christmas and New Year Cards earing not more than five writen vards and enclosed in open envelopes.

accepted by the Post Office at the ate for printed matter, ic. 5 cents for 2 ounces, for all countries.

Hongkong, China and Macao at 2 ento per 2 ounces,

Envelopes must not be closed.

OUTWARD MAIL TIMES Registered and Parcel Mails are osed 15 minutes earlier than the ime given below unless otherwise itated, and where mails are advertis- ed to close at or before 9 am, regis- ered and parcel onits are closed at When p.m. on the previous day,

nails are advertised to close after 5 Registered and Parcel milla tre closed at p..

LONDON, Dec. 21 (Reuter)-The herself to a major campaign in three floors of a five story dwelling dependent that if the new "Govern-Haiphong

scuttling policy is possibly also due Finland, states "Reuters" mill-

Germany's to an expectation that methods may again bring neutralstary correspondent.

The invasion was apparently into the war against her.

INWARD MALES

.Dec. 22.. .Dec. 22.

identical editorials to-day the Japan ese controlled Tairiku Shimbun and Sin Shun Pao" crillelse Wang Ching- One bomb in Helsingfors pierced wel's insistence on complete In

They said but did not explode.

facl that Fifteen houses were set afre and ment" neglects the

its Saigon ten demolished at Abe, while two growth depends on Japanese support Air Mail by "Fan American Air- were set aflre at Tammerfors, both and insists in mi egoistic way that ways Direct Service" San Fran- Uruguay might justifiably selze the conceived by the Soviet Staff as places cared the casualties were high mechanically refusing to acknowledge Japan and Shanghal

elsco Date, 15th December. Dec. 23. only Chinese can manage affairs;

and Sandakan ...... close relations between China Japan, then it means the Government Shanghal and Amoy de-Calcutta and Siraits has destroyed Prince Konoye's

Air Mail by "Imperial_Airways Direct cloration,"

"We appreciate Wang Ching-wei's Servico" London date, 16th Doc. efforts, but we cannot omit to mention

Dec, 24.. our hesitation and suspicion that the Japan new Government, as long as it is Manila operating under the name of freedom Shanghai and Amoy and Independence, cannot guarantee Shanghai ..

Straits against a recurrence of this tragedy.

intarned merchantships to coni- pensate for the damage done by the scuttled Oral Spee at Montevideo Harbour.

The sea-bottom, therefore, la the safest place for them.

on the south coast.

It is

in both towns

Ten

1111

a "walk-over," but it has failed already owing to the inadequacy

were bombs

drepped of initial preparations.

Hangoe Island; 12 on the hills or in Many of the tanks, which fell into the river around Provo and 12 in the the hands of the Finns have run com- Inearby town of Lappuvik. AMSTERDAM, Dec 21 (Reuter). pletely out of fuel.

Cold Aids Finns The story of the sinking of the The weather has now come to the Columbus was given a bare six lines aid of the Finns and both sides find HELSINGFORS, Dec. 21 (Reuter). and Capt. Langsdorf's suicide only land operations in the heavy snow-Soviet plance to-day raided Hel-

singfors. two short paragraphs in most of to-impossibię,

The cold weather is being main- Delay Will Aid Finns day's German papers.

In the first admission of difficulties Calcutta and Straits The German version of the Colum- The "was waist" drive towards tained and the Finns, who are better bus incident does not even mention the Gulf of Bothnin seems likely to jequipped to meet it, hope that the in negotiations with Wang Ching-wei, Japan and Shanghai that the vessel was German and be held up until the snows melt in temperature will drop even lower, the Japanese controlled papers said: Japan, Shanghai and gives no hint of her size.

the spring.

especially as it is reported that most "Japan wants no Wang Ching-wel

standing in opposition by standing in Manila The operation against the Manner-of the Soviet troops come

a common position. heim Line Is kely to be spasmodic, jcentral and southern Russia. while in the extreme north, owing to the intense cold, it is unlikely that there will be any further develop- ments.

The first casualty lists of the Ger- man victims of the Graf Spee battle are now creeping into the papers.

the

Full Naval Honours BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 21 (Reuter), Three hundred offlects and men of Gra! Spee, together. with

GAMBLERS ARE tries and which it is not the in- Argentine offlecik, were present at

ROUNDED UP

Thirty-three people were arrested by the Police resterday when gambling raid was carried out on the first floor of 635 Shanghai Street. Twenty-four of them appeared before

Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Magistracy, four being wonen,

Chan Cho, 23, admitted being the keeper of the gaming house und was fined $75. He had previously been arrested and fined $50 for, à similar offence.

Fifteen of the gamblers pleaded guilty and were ench fined $1, Eight, including the women, denied the charge, and were discharged as their pleas were accepted. Nine gamblers were absent and their bulls of $5 each were estreated.

Det-Sergeant Fraser said the game of pat kau was being playext. Table money picked up amounted to $31.30. This was ordered to be given to the Poor Box.

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A striking shrinkage in the seizure of goods destined for the enemy is also revealed.

Whereas in the first three weeks the war, between 80,000 and 93,000 tons of contraband were seized, the weekly figure has now fallen as low as under 29.000 tons.

Reluctant Neutrals

the burial of Captain Langsdorft with full naval honours in the locul Ger- man cemetery:

Argued With Hitlar LONDON, Dec. 22 (Router)-Be- fore committing suicide, Capt. Langs- dor, unhappy commander of the scuttled Graf Spee, wrapped an old German Imperial Navy dag of the Kaiser (pre-Hitler Bag) round him- self as a shroud, lay on the floor and shot himself, according to the Argen- tine newspaper, "Critica."

The body lay in state at the Naval Arsenal and was buried late yester-

It is authoritatively contended that the decline indicates neutral re- luctance on the part of neutral ex day. porters to ship goods to Germany In working the face of the enclent

Only Argentine Staff

Omcers,

control and therefore, it is presumed members of the Nazi Embassy and a few prominent German residents that, Germany's Imports of con-

were permited to view the body. traband material is Also suffering reverely.

HORE-BELISHA'S WARM PRAISE

LONDON, Dec. 21 (Reuter).- Following ble visit to "Hore Belisha Palace," the camp in England of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Mr. Lestle Hore-Belisha spoke warmly of the disciple and efficiency of the Canadian troops.

"When one sees these men one has no doubt about the result of the war," said the War Minister.

"I think they are quite unbrotable. I don't think any frier body of men has ever crossed the ocean."

New All-India Congress Edict

WARDIIA, Dec, 21 (Reuter). The Working Commitice of the All-India National Congress has decided that Congress members should continue to abstale from attending the Central Legislature except so far as this is necessary to retain Party seats,

ONE KILLED IN EXPLOSION

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Dec. 21 (Reuter),One was idled and six injured in an ex- plosion in a transformer at the works of the English Steel Corporation.

Considerable damage was done to the building.

The noise was heard nearly a mile nway.

Lying on it уда a beautiful wreath "from Adolf Hitler." Meanwhile, secrecy surrounds the exact circumstances of the captain's death. The fact that he had com-

mitted suicide was only revealed by the German Embassy some hours (after it had occurred.

Rumours that he had a long argument with Eliler prior to scu⭑- ting his ship are gaining ground. According to an Argentinian nova) officer, Captain Langsdorff argued strongly with Hitler and hoped to the very end that the Fuehrer would change his mind.

Secret Letter

The Captain left two letters behind, is learned. One was to the Ger- man Embassy, which has not made the contents known to the publle be- cause the "contents are impossible to reveal to the public."

The other was handed to a member of the Graf Spec's crew to post.

London Advertienmark

54 Degrees Of Frost

from

"He had better abandon Prince Konoye's principles rather than es- In the For North, it is not co cold, tablish a nominally independent but as on the previous day when 34 unsound Government." degrees of frust was experienced,

It has stopped snowing.

Delay will be in Finland's favour. Reinforcements In

and топсу material-at least will be forthcoming In this area, the Finns claim to and some proportion of her troops have made a valuable bombing raid may be able to rest and re-organise. using the seven Soviet planes whose

LIGHT

CHINA

CHAIRMAN'S. APPEAL TO THE GOVERNMENT

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$60,000 from the late General Mun- agers Rights, as per the Accounts, be carried forward.

Other Business

plots had surrendered, rather than Bght the Flans.

They bombed one Murmansk- Leningrad Railway, the main roule the of supply to the Russians on Palar ̄front.-

Finnish Victory Verified

On the central front, where the Soviets are trying to cut through to the Gulf of Bothnia, neutral corres- pondents have been able to verify reports of a big Finnish victory after several days of fighting.

At one place, they saw the remains of a Russian camp which was wiped

The Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo seconded out on Tuesday night when the Finns the adoption of the Report and Ac-came through the force's and down

off the Soviets as they stood there. counts, which were passed unanim-the slopes on their skis, and picked ously by those present.

It was so cold that none of the The Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo and Mr. J. P. Braga were re-elected Directors wounded survived. The frozen bodies on the proposal of Mr. Lam Shu-tak, of Soviet troops were too numerous

to count, neutral observers report. seconded by Mr. J. A. Alvares,

Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and Mat- thews and Messrs, Linstead and Davis $1,800 each per year. were re-elected auditors at a fee of

Directors present at the meeting were Messrs, A. H. Complon, Sir Elly Kadoorie, J. P. Braga, Hon, Mr. M. K. Lo, A. Raymond, I. N. Murray (Acting Manager), and J. V. Braga (Acting Steretary).

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Graf Spee Was Bluffed

New Revelation By Naval Authority

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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" PARIS, Dec. 21 (Reuter)-Fur- Germans ther details of how the were bluffed into scuttling the Graf Spee were given by a high French Japan.

Manila He declares that it was a glorious Formosa naval authority. bluff which succeeded, magnificently. Fort Bayard

"At the time the Graf Spee sanit Shanghal there were only two small cruisers Air Mall for "Imperial Airways waiting outside.

"The Cumberland had not arrived and the British capital ships were for away."

This authoritative statement makes| clear that the battleship Dunkerque also was not outside Montevideo.

Hospitals Bombed HELSINGFORS, Dec. 21 (Reu- ter) is now, learned that three hospitals were hit in the raid this but 20 civilians, including afternoon, namely the Orthopaedie, and children, were killed.

Sisters of Mercy and the Blind School.

droppexi by 12 planes.

Thirty high-explosive bombs were

Two of these planes are reported to have been shot down,

There were very few ensualties. Bombs were also dropped near at military hospital and an Red Cross dressing station.

women

Telephones Discontinued AMSTERDAM, Deo, 21 (Renter)

communication with Telephonlo Helsingfors was completely cut this afternoon.

Reds Hurled Back in North TROMSOE, Dec. 22 (Reuter)- Red Army in the Pelsamo region is retreating in disorder before vigorous Finnish counter-attack; ne- cording to reports from the Nor- wegian border.

Dircet Service”--due London 11ıt December.

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South Coast Towns Raided HELSINGFORS, Dec. 21 (Reuter). SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHU

Soviet warplanes raided towna all LONDON, Dec.

along Finland's south coast from advanced too far and too fast from, Fort Bayand and Tourane

Halphons 21 (UP)-The Swiss Hotel Association examination Borgu, 30 miles east of Helsingfors, the base to be able to establish

communications following paid advertisement up and was appointed to the Grand to Abo, 180 miles west of the capital, adequate

in the

Haiphong peared in yesterday's "Daily Tele-Hotel at Assunn, Egypt. From there dropping about 00 Lombs, 30 of Arcile weather conditions.

Indientions graph":

he returned to the Burgenstock Hotel which were rained on Helsingfors

have are that they "Henry Harwood wishes to ex-in

Shanghal Switzerland where he

abandoned large quanillita of pussed

and its suburbs.

war press his sincere sympathy for the special examinations relating to the

Returning from Helsingfors to Abo, malerials in their retreat, which has Batavia and Sourabaya relatives of the officers and men who cold storage of foods. He first came the Russian airmen swooped down on been observed from the Norwegian fell in the gallant action at La Plalta to Chino in 1930 with the Hongkong an express train and raked it with side of the frontier. December thirteenth."

and Shanghal Hotels.

Stockholm Demonstration | machine-gun Are, On one occasion Leopold was Two people were reported killed STOCKHOLM, Dec. 22 (Reuter). asked at the Hongkong Hotel to pre-and two wounded.

A huge pro-Finnish demonstration Λ second train was similarly was held in front of the Stockholm NEW RAF. FIGHTERSpare the same menu and wines us had

been set for the banquet extended to attacked but there were no casualties. Railway Station to day when the King George VI on tila vialt to Paris,

Two separate ralds occurred at Orst batch of Swedish volunteers for Shanghai and Parcels only for Tien- The sama table decorations, re-Helsingfors and is suburbs.

Finland entrained, presenting the Lake at Versailles When the Orthopaedle 'Hospital They were under the command of Saigon. Matang, Salomaa, Rabout Important fahing flect, constantly inner the famous Hall of Was hit, an operation was in progress. i Captain. Tann, who served in the Air Batt for "Imperial Airways Dkost

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in a position to protect the most

ПОНАСС Germany's vitalnaya) bases, control Gorman mine-layers whch have taken such a toll of Allled and neutral shipping and at the same time drastically reduce the danger of alr rattts Britain, Any considerable extension of the

over

Latest Graf Spee North Sea patrols to a point where

"Explanation"

It

were reproduced and the scene if the:

was also copied by placing buge; mirrors about the dining room

This dinner given by a Hongkong-A resident for a party of 30 cost $3,000.

Danish Diplomatic Appointments

Ethiopian Army as a volunteer dur- ing the Abyssinian wor

2.000 Russian Killed

COPENHAGEN, Dec. 21 (UP). Tidende's"

gpEGIAL TO THE "TELEGĦAPH"

Karelian Isthmus Fighting HELSINGFORS, Dec, 21 (Reùter), communique issued to-day stales that in the Karelian Isthmus enemy {attacks continued.

→The "Berlingske Russings liave suffered many losses | Rovaniemi correspondeut reports that and have made no progress.

the Finnish town was bombed during Eight Soviet tanks were destroyed. the afternoon, He reports that the The Finns bombarded Russlan rear-bomba fell outside the town without guard detachments, Inflicting heavy causing any material damage. casualties.

Thirty bombs were also dropped On the north-east front, the Finnish | on Komijaervi, killing two

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would amount to a constant policing wouhl, in addition, have an enormously beneficial moral effect, BERLIN, Dec. 21 (Reuter),—In besides being á considerable aid to - COPENHAGEN, Dec, 21 (Reuter), official Nozt dircles it is now mid that the control of Germanis exports in It is officially announced that the advance towards Salla has continued, wounding a dozen civilians. the reutiling of the Graf Spee was neutral ship, thus tightening the Government has deemed it oppor Enemy alrernfi continued their, at- The Roma correspondent reports ordered to as to avoid the risk of economie stranglehold which has tune in the present circumstances" to tacks yesterday, mostly being re- that two thousand Russians techblent secrets falling into foreign i been Indlented' na being one of appoint naval attaches to the Lega-pulsed.

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