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December 22, 1939.

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TO FIGHT TYPHUS IN FINLAND

Roosevelt Appoints Two Experts

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UP).-President Roosevelt has ordered two United States Public Health experts to direct and aid in the fight against typhus in Finland.

He has directed Senior Sur- .geon II. A. Spencer who is in Paris, and Senior Surgeon Vance B. Murray, who is in Berlin to proceed to Finland and to co- operate with the American Red Cross.

Years Of Experienco

Both men are experts in the pre- vention treatment of typhus, Dr. Spencer has had 20 years of experi- ence both here and in Europe, while Dr. Murray has had long experience in the Philippines and Japan. He also directed the Quarantine Stations at Shanghai, Alaska and at South American ports.

Robbery On Roof-Top Is Alleged

Charged with robbing Wong Hol of $114, a gold Anger ring and a wrist | watch on the roof of a house in Thomson Road, Wanchai, on Deconi- ber 17, six men, Chan Tong, 20, LI

Kim-ching 22, Lí Hon-cho,

Se Chan

Shu-yan, 19, Lau Hung, 23 and Lo Ki-kung 22 all unemployed, up- peared before Mr. Forrest at the Central Magistracy this morning.

Lo Ki-leung war-additionally charged with having counselled, pro- cured or commanded the others to rob Wong.

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Revising for the New Edition

Изтовизм

Remarkable Revelations Of Nazi

War Guilt In Yellow Paper

PARIS, Dec. 21 (Reuter).—An official Yellow Book dealing with international

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DRAMATIC RESCUE Swedes Saved In

Ocean Gale

LONDON, Dec. 21 (Reuter). -The story of how co-operation between British planes and a destroyer saved six survivors of

torpedood Swedish ship in the North Sea was told in London to-day.

An R.A.F. plane on coastal patrol sighted a small craft with six Swedes on it. It immediately signalled the newn to its base and another plane was sent out to keep in contact with the raft.

The Admiralty meanwhile sent out a destroyer.

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Thanks to a flerce gule blowing at the time, the ratt was driven for from its original position and the rescue plane had to carry out a wide search for it.

Guided by flores, the destroyer pleked the men up after steaming full speed for 100 miles or so.

Vivid B.B.C. Broadcast LONDON, Der. 21 (Reuler)— A vivid picture of the horrors of the present Nazi air campaign against defenceless Ashing craft in the North Sen was given by the master of one trawler in a BBC broadcast to-day.

While homeward bound about 11 o'clock on Monday morning, be said, they were attacked by a number of Nazi aeroplanes, which suddenly swooped down on them from a low altitude without any warning.

Not far off was another trawler which was also attacked.

In addition to machine-gun fire, bombs were dropped, but the master

of the trawler steered 0 zig-zng

events from the end of September, 1938, to the beginning of the war was published dropped before one made a direct bit

New Year's

Day Parade

Chungking To Stage

Demonstration-

CHUNGKING, Dec. 22 (Reuter) —~~! A mass athletle parade will be the

to-day.

It consists of six parts, name- ly the Munich agreement and Franco- its application; the German declaration on Decem-: ber 6; the diappearance of Czecho-Slovakia, the German- Polish crisis: the Danzig affair and-the-international crisis.

French Peace Efforts

Disappointed Germans

course so effectively that 15 bombs

on the forecastle, killing two men outright and wounding a third.

Continued To Attack

The trawler stopped, and the mas- ter ordered out the boat, one of the crew signalling to the planes that they were abandoning the ship.

The Nazis continued to attack un-

To Be Sent From South they had sunk the other trawler

Tyrol To Poland.........

when they made off.

Although the first trawler was badly damaged, she was still adoat, the master called volunteers BERLIN, Dec. 21 (Reuter). Thend Germans who are being repatriated, to try and get the vessel back lo The book emphasises the unceas- from South Tyrol are reported to be port.

All the crew, including the wound- peace and to warn Germany of the that most of them are to be sent td man, volunteered. risks of the German policy.

to German-occupied Poland. The preface consists of a list of a number of German piedges all sub- This information was given to a number of repatriates on their arrival sequently broken.

at Innsbruck to-day by the local Naz! } chief,

Det. Sub-Insp. Barkin asked for a feature of the New Year's Day cele-ing efforts of French diplomacy for bitterly disappointed at, the news remand until to-morrow, soying brations in Chungking, there were further enquiries to be! made. The case would be for com- mittal to the Sessions.

Defendants were remanded.

The parade will be in eight groups. The fist will be the army, com- prising infantry, artillery and Tank Corps units; the second, Labour, with} the Fire Brigade, First Aid and

This was headed "Words of Honour.

The book also describes the French

At this juncture a third trawler arrived, but as the master of the first trailer could see survivors from the sunken trawler In the water, he asked the third trawler; to rescue them.

Two more trawlers then arrived North Tyrol, he told them, will be and took the boat into tow.

South Tyroleans,

Farming detachments; the third, Boy peace efforts and describes inter alia Scouts; the fourth, Chinese boxing: how the French Ambassador, M. available only for a small number of

RAVE

MORE FLOATING. MINES SIGHTED

fifth, groups depicting track and Coulondre, on February 25 held events; sixth, games, including Hitler his word of honour as a soldier More floating mines have been soccer, basketbali, baseball and that France, would come to Poland's | sighted within the Colony waters, tennis; seventh, riding. cycling,

aid if attacked. Sub-Lt., LP. Ralph, H.K.N.V.F., motor-cycling and archery; eighth, reported yesterday that he saw two miscellaneous groups, including T- mines on the shore of Lantau Island presentatives of skating, swimming opposite Adumaster Light. One was and other organisations. partially submerged to the north of Tai Pak Tsui.

Zig-Zag Course Saved Boat

"I am convinced that the 'zig-zag Italian Offor To Nazis

course saved us from total destruc- tion," he went on. "They tried lo

Our wireless was out of ac-j ROME, Dec. 21 (Router)-Germans kill us. living at Bolzano and North Italy are lion and we had no means of calling Hitler's Refusal

offered the choice of German citizen- for help. That attack lasted for half Later M. Conlondre brought Hiller ship, and repatriation, or continued in hour." a personal letter from M. Daladier Italian citizenship under an Italo- and in the course of remarkable German agreement, the text of which There will also be aerial displays. interview

attempted to persuade is published to-day. Hitler to accept a peaceful settlement in Poland.

They must choose before December Hitler refused and confirmed the 31, refusal in writing,

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Different coloured voling papers The book also describes how Counifare being issued, white for Italy and

ajyellow for Germany.

The agreement was signed by Herr

Cinno on

proposed August 31 general conference.

"The master of the trawler rave his talk in a calm, unexclfed voice, but his velco shook with suppress. cd emotion as he concluded: "If that is supposed to be modern war- fare,

I call it ruthless cold-blooded murder!"

Another Trawler Bombed LONDON, Dec. 21 (Beuter)-A further case of German airmen at-

Poland agreed but the German Himmler for Germany and Signor tacking defenceless trawlers is related Rnounced Guidi, Under-Secretary for the In-by flahermen of the trawler, Dere-

wireless that evening

that Poland had rejected Uze term crior, for Italy, though Poland had never received them.

Rapprochement Anticipated

One of the most interesting de- curnanta Is the report of M Coulondre on May 7, Revealing tha prospect of a Russo-German under- standing, the report says:

hom.

The vessel, with another trawler, Pearl, were fahing close to each Jother when three German bombeis

DOCKERS CHEER wooped down.

THE URSULA

Gallant Men Given Special Leave

The first bombed the Dereham un successfully and then hit the Pearl-] amidships causing much damage.

As the crow were preparing to launch a anul boat, the German **If the Fuehrer's intention is real-

planes turned and attacked with ly to attempt a rapprochement withị

machine-guns killing one man who the Soviet, there the question of LONDON, Dec. 21 (Reuter),was hit by eight bullets, and injuring how be intends to exploit this new Dockyard workers cheered and naval

Itwo others.

policy.

ratings lined the rails of a submarine "In my view, he may be gelling supply ship to give a tremendous advantages In three differerst ways welcome to the submarine, Ursula, Firstly, by concluding with the when she sailed into harbour after Soviet a more or less tacit entente her great feal of sinking a German which assures him either the bene-cruiser of the Koln class at the mouth Two more vessels were mined and volent neutmllty of Russia in the of the River Elbe,

junk off the Dutch coast, namely the event of a conflict, or even its com- After the Urals had docked and 3,085-ton Italian steamer, Comitas, pilcity in the partition of Poland, the bearded members of her crow bound for Antwerp, whose crew ard "Secondly, by exercising. by the hot posed for newsreel cameramen in boats making for the Dutch coast, mere threat of rapprochement, pres-the now came that all had been and the Swedish ship, Vega, 1,700 sure at the same time on Japan and tranted special Christmas leave in tons, whose crew have arrived at Poland. It vus laiended to induce recognition of their servico.

Imulden.

the former to sign a military alliance Within a few hours, all hand caught] and the latter to agree to the conces-trains to their James. stons demanded.

Diofomatic Manoeuvro

Tho bombers then made off. The Dereham took aboard the sur- ¡vivora.

Two Neutral Ships Sunk AMSTERDAM. Dec. 21 (Reuter)

Several were wounded,

Huge Bacon Orders

For Canada

Thirdly, by inducing the Westerndre said that he was inclined to Powers, threatened with German and support the latter hypothesis because Russian collusion, to accept certain, in his own view and that of his

SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPHI Soviet demands to which Poland party, it was difficult for Iitler to and Rumanin would be opposed and enter a collusion with the Soviet LONDON, Dec; 21 (Reuter).—The thus moll the Alles' hand."

while completely neglecting the fact Ministry of Food will purchase from Declaring it uncertain whether that not only his Internal policy but Canadia an average weekly supply of Hitler was planning a real under so the National Socialists' policy 5,000,000 pounds of bacon and hum,. standing with the Soviet or merely was built up upon anti-Bolshevist according to an agreement reached by a diplomatic manoeuvre, M. Couton-i Ideology.

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