1939-12-26 — Page 5

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

These Men Delivered Christmas Messages To The World

of

THE POPE who, said “Atroci- | ties and unlawful means rlestruction are acts which call for Divine vengeance.”

POPE'S POINTED ADDRESS

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEORAPHY

VATICAN CITY, Dec, 24, (UP) Is Holiness the Pope to-day ad- dressed College of Cardinals

In a Christmas peace upprat, say- ing: " is necessary in set forth the fundamental points which are necessary for peace, and on which any government would be willing to nepoliale: but peace mus() bel Honourable to both big and ball nations."

Ele Fald that the armaments and ninority questions must be solved.

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He described Mr. Myren G. Taylor, President Roosevelt's personal re- presentative on the "rsi Ambassador

the provisional United States) Embassy at the Holy See. Festile not have received a more pratelul Christ- nay anneement which is a great contribution to a just ned lasting peace."

He sailed Russia, saying: **W* find premeditatedl unpression aspalastj amall work-loving peaceful peoples under the pretext of threat which neither existed nor is posible."

Flays Aggressors

ان

against,

LONDON, Dec. 24 (Bruter).- "Atrocities and unlawful Le

cans of de trin-tron not-combatants and evaches, ajoinst and children,

women, od people

College of Cardinals teslay.

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HERR HESS, Hitler's Deputy,į M. DALADIER, the French who declared: "The

more wo Premier, who said: "We will not Germans surround the Fuehrer take the initiative in inflicting with our love, the greater is the new sufferings to those which Intred of others towards us.” already prevail."

HITLER SPENDS

XMAS ON WESTERN FRONT

BERLIN, Dec. 24. (Reu- ter)-The official German reports that news agency Herr Hitler is spending Christmas at the Western Front.

Yesterday he visited the Gross Deutschlani Regi- ment and a reconnaissance squadron at a field hase.

To-day he visited an anti- aircraft battery and jaspect- ed many pill-boxes,

He spent the evening at various points near Saar- bruecken.

Hess Revels In A Diatribe

And End Speech With A Prayer

TO RETURN BLOW FOR BLOW

France Will Not Forget

-DALADIER

PARIS, Dec. 24 (Renter)— "We shall not take the initiative in inflicting new sufferings to those which already prevail"" de- clared M. Edouard Daladier, the French Prime Minister, in a Christmas broadcast

the 10 French nation.

"We shall return each blow. For hari more than 100 yers Germany fought wars on other propia termi tory. This line we shall keep an extet account of all her crimes.

"We are fighting, not against other peoples, but against war itself."

"Made Up Our Minds"

M. Daladier reminded his listeners of the victims of aggression. "May

all the peoples understand that they caran prevent aggression by trem- bling fair the aggressor, but by putting up a barrage of

courage an determination," declared M. Dandier. "We Frenchmen have already mas įmade up our minds. We are deter-i mined to fight this dreadful tyramy ¡to the

"We are fighting for the future of BERLIN, Dec. 24 (Reuter).—-

and the future of the entire France In the course of a Christmas wart freel all the more can we b

work, al jeenrageous, since we know we me stronger and more defermined."

the French fighting foress with tv words I was one of you

yet

You:

contempt of liberty and human hile, tere telt whith call for Divine venge," declared His Holine Pope in a Christmas me to the message broadcast aboard

German destroyer to Germans "We are hard to witness a throughout the world, Herr Hess, Concluding, M. Datadler addres, ed. of ach winch are incompatible with Hitler's deputy, referred to the international anel #stund haw afari.

I have not forgotten it. Fumanity," declared His Holiness love of the German nation for

nets seven how much the the Fuchrer, whom he described are united in your great task, i want Juridicat

Fenne het been deferted as the "first soldier of Germany," to our echt of you that I mode: totalitarian Cuzickalduna. This

The magar 30 urround bin with stand you are for my part. I ad includes category

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Cette love, the greater to the fated am dong my duty while you defener samit. beribu zugsression against

of litr, toward in, fie they kennar uur gantry. zud meile nations on the preteny at me love for ear header is the accur of a mance which never xisted,

tryggth at Stas nation, declared lens. and was not even posable,"

Declaring that he enviared with horn he copeequeber; of way, the Pope declared: Those proponsible. For the destiny of people would be able to define at an opportuné mo-

of ment the fundamental points just and honourable perice, and not to refuse to negotiate when ocension arises."

The

Five Points For Peace The Pope Rave five points as to the foundations of a just Internation

peace,

Firsilly, assurance of the indepen-

end of the armaments race. Thirdly.

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1 altinted site catre of the wer te industrious Ger-

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Germany Must Pay

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHY PARIS, Dre. 24 (8)--M. Dali- The Allies wor sing, said Hess, dier, in a speech to-day, asserted the

in the worst conflagra-, swave the destruction of the Germen present vem

tion Europe has seen for over a con- Jury. He said the small antiul of jmen who were responsible must be

crushed.

race.

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GEN. VON BRAUCHITSCH, the Nazi C.-in-C. who declared: The British and French war aims are to destroy, dismember and annihilate the German nation and culture”.

Hitler Distributes Christmas Gifte

Nazi Chief

On Allies War Aims

To Annihilate The

German Nation

LONDON, Dec. 24 (Reuter). ----Addressing German Sokliers in the Siegfried Line, General von Brauchitsch also asserted British and French that the

aims were to destroy, dismem her and annihilate the German nation and culture.

the cit

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peeally a tral towing in thirsking of the Puccet He also en 1- ing But ever.ng at de freut zuOHL Ji.

after mote Par in the aprong commandey, the

iciter, an! the creator of Greater Germany.

Hitler Distributes Gifts SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" "Will For Victory"

BERLIN, Dee. 31 (UP)---The SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

"Germany, for a century, las car-! Anny Commander, Catenal Generat Branchitsch. speaking BERLIN, Dec. 24 (UP)—Deputy¦ried war into neighbouring entries.) Walting Non Fuehrer Rudolf Hess, in a radio This time she must pay for each, in a rulio broadcast from a pill box broadest from Gemmin warship amerifier," the Minster dechired. to-day reiteratect the German "wif for victory."

"Our people are united in the war dence of all nations, Serondly, the against the West. he declared.

He ended with a prayer: juridicat institutions must guarantee that the lawful application aur prayer Oh Gull Lord...you

im-have given your people

Shant

of an agreement is of supreme, on portance, to an tonourable acceptance: of a peace treaty, and that arbitrary

interpretatioris and unilateral conditions of a treaty must be avoid- ed. Fourthly, the needs and just demands of the nations and peoples, and also the ethnic minorities must be particularly considered, if necess

and ary by means of a just, wise acceptable revision al treaties.

Fitilly, ie Pope emphasised

that

This

benedic-

Royal Family At Divine Service

OPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" SANDRINGHAM, Dec. 24 (UP).

Japanese Raid Shaochow

Lungchow Taken By Chinese, Report

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH' TOKYO, Dec, 24 (UP)-Japanese reports say that at dawn yesterday, Japanese planes bombed Shaochow on the south section of the Conton-

iis Majesty the King; to-day re-l Hankow Railway, as well as Sam- those who govern peoples must be ceived the American protest against hwache, 15 miles east of Yungyun. Imbued with a sense of their res- the violation, of the Panama De

Kwangtung. ponsibilities.

The report said there was heavy At the close of his address, the cloration's "Safety Zones"

Earlier King George, wearing the

nction; however, Pope thanked President Roosevelt

uniform of a Field Marshal, accom-anti-aircraft

for his noble and generous effort to anied by Queen Elizabeth and the Planes returned to their bases restore pesec.

He said that other high personalli-Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret ies also, whose names he did nat Rose attended divine services in the wish to mention, had approached him Royal Chapel at Sandringham. with efforts to restore pence,

MORE U.S. AID FOR FINNS

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

with the fourth company at the frunt near Sarrbruceken announced that 1er went to the front after dis- tribuling presents to the anti-aireraft units on Spichern Heights.

The Army Commander said. *Only when victory_Is__won_may_we_spunk of peace."

POPE'S VISIT TO QUIRINAL

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Rome, Dec. 22, The Popo will on December proceed to the Quirinal to return yes. allterday's visit of the King and Queen to the Vatican. The olleil announce- ment of the Pope's visit to the King and Queen on December 28 is dis- Dec. 24 (UP), played over four to five colurrans of The Standard Oil Company has sent the evening papers, which describe a message to the American Embassy it on an historic event and point out five Japanese planes that it is the first time since 1870 that saying that

Socony Office Damage CHUNGKING,

IR.A. Steal Army red several bombs near their the Pope has crossed Rome and visit-

Equipment

December 26, 1939.

Christmas Eve In

Finland

Heavy

Fighting Persists

Soviet Air Force

Is Active

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPK"

. Dec. HELSINGFORS,

21 (UP).—It has been officially an- nounced that the towns of Kotka, Viipuri and Tammersalmil were to-day bombed by Russian planes, which machine gunned dvilians without heavy casual. ties.

The official announcement says it planes Is known that 14 Tusslam were shut down and it is possible that four or five others were also destreyed while the Finns lost planes in dogfigists.

two

The temperature has dropped to 25 degrees below zero which is a tre ntendetes advantage to the Finns Numerous deaths have been reported Lamang Rursians suffering from nina: wounds and who have been frozen la death because they were unable to walk back to their own lines.

Kronstadt On Fire

Norman Deuel, "United Press" War Correspondent talked with an offer who returned to-day from a certain mastal battery.

He asserted that in the first days the Fin bombarded of the war Kronstadt which was get are al burned! for four days!

Finns Still Advancing HELSINGFORS, Dec. 24 (Reuters. --A communique saya that Cat the

Lasthuntis Ker. Kan

front. Troops, after carrying out reveral patrol speratione, est hd, the fron ind returned to their positions

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At Antlari the advance rate

WAT VAN

activit Emmy pres as a caft of th fine weather, Particularly in the Korella aven,

The Pjanich nie forre gaged in drividy est (nemy Southout her day.

ATALA OT-

planes

Finn

In numerus the raids, th brought down 14 Russian machin the be, of which has been confirmed. Principally they were bombers.

The Fins are abo believed to -four or live have brought down quelines which have not yet been futind.

The Plans Ist two machines.

GENERALS CONFER

Chiang Kai-shek Calls Important Meeting

Shanghai, Dec. 23.

An important military conference was summoned a few days ago by Marshal Chiang-Kai-shek at Slong- Ben- yang, in Hunan, to discuss the

orsi counter offensive measures dur- ing the winter months, according to reliable sources in Chungking, states the Sin Wan Pao.

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attended Among those who conference were General Esch Chairman of the Hunan Provincial Government and General Li Tsung- len, Commander-in-Chief of the Human-Hupch forces.

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Following the conference Marshal Chiang made a tour of inspection to the Chinese fronts. Ile loter pressed satisfaction at the prepared- ness of the Chinese forces, the reperl Shasi office Inst Wednesday, smashing fed the reigning sovereign of Italy.states-Reuter. doors and windows. The full extent Reuter. of the damage was not mentioned.

Lungchow Said Recaptured

Dec. 24 (UP) CHUNGKING

American Ambassador

SPECIAL TO THE "YELEGRAPH" - DUBLIN, Dec. 24 (UP).-Mem-]

Washington, Dec. 23. President Roosevelt announced the ber of the Irish Republican Army!

Army's While official confirmation is slappointment of Mr. Myron C. Taylor NEW YORK, Dec. 24 (UP)—Mr, to-day raided the Eire

is reported that the as his personal Ambassador to the Herbert Hoover has announced that magazine at Fort Phenix_

Park, lacking. It he has sent another $100,000 remit- overpowered the sentries and escap Chinese have recaptured Lungehow Vatican to work with the Catholic tance to Finland for food and clothed with large quantities of arms, about 120 miles southwest of Nan-Church "in parallel endeavours for

armmunition and equipment.

ing.

The Western

ning.

Front

TROOPS REMAIN QUIET BUT NO FRATERNISING ALLOWED

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

the

WITH THE ALLIED FORCES IN THE FIELD, Dec. 24 (UP),—Small units of Allied forces remain in their advanced posts, men altting inside the gun turrets on the Maginot Line as the main forces billeted in small villages between the North Sea and Switzerland cele. brate the first Christmas of this wor.

Japanese Make Claims

Hankow, Dec. 23.

"Winter The so-called Chinese Offensive" has been repulsed with heavy lessen both south and north of the Yangtze River.

South af Nanchang Japanese troops defeated Chinese troops near peace" however, this does not con-

|Shakuling. south of Fengsin, on stitute a resumption of diplomatic Thursday, relations with the Vallenn. It is South of Tungcheng on the Hupch- part of the President's new pro-Hunan border, Japanese defented a gramme to unit men of all faiths in force of the Chinese troops belong- efforts to restore peace, and ald Ining to the 144 Division the suffering wherein the President. Szechuan Army on Thursday, sent almost identical letters to the Chinese abandoned 168 dead, whic Popo; Dr. George A. Butterick, Presi 21 prisoners were taken. dent of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in Amerien; Rabbi Cyrus Adier, President of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, from whom he sought co-operation In co-ordinating the efforts of reli- glous faiths as his broad objective. In his letter to H. Holiness the

the

Pope, the President stressed

while worldwide Christmas sorrow "civilization to-day passes through 1the travails of war." Ho Bald a hopeful factor consists of the fact The fraternising which occurred, have been transported to the Front; cording to un official communique, that we are making ond experiene in 1914's No Man's Land is not being during the past week, augmented by the Western Front "spent a quiet chay ng

Jog a rebirth of the revival repented, both the British and French trucks and trainlots of gifts of as a whole." troops being under orders to abstain condles and clothing from various

Very Quiet Christmas from communicating with the enemy relief organisations, For the first

PARIS. Dec. 25 (Reuter)-Mil- dame' and to keep at a respectful distance time, to-day's official communiquentary observers state that the last 24 wept over western civilization from their machine guns.

Artistic talent has been mobilised agreed that there was nothing to re- hours on the Western Front

from Paris, London

Berlin

extremely quiet.

were

of cul- ¡ture

and religion from the previous erises, notably the Dark Ages "when and sword of Barbarians

I believe the travni) to-day is a new. In form of these old conflicts and musle hall concerts are being part,

The Germans attempted several those present moments no spiritual General Gamela's order of the day raids but they lacked punch given in decorated barns and restaur

and leader or no civil leader can move "Will the approach of the were easily repulsed.

to ants where the wine la fowing freely. kald:

forward on specific plans ter- New Year I Front Is Silent

and build am 'commanded to,

Thoro were no important nertal minste the destruction

Yet, the time for that will The Front is completely silent address to the entire army France's

enagements but the French made 26 anew.

surely come. Hence, I am sending mot affectionate wishes." with the three armies being im ills message concluded by saying successful reconnaissance flights.

you my personal representative in mared in blockhouses and villageThe grandeur of our cause is the

onler to parallel our endeavours for - The entire· north of -- France in

"PARIS, Dec. 25 (Reuter)—A com-penco and that the alleviation of shrouded in a heavy for which has nusurance of our vicley."

munique issued to-day states that suffering may be assisted."United halted serial activities."

Preer.

Oulet Christmas Eva ́

Nothing To Report

Three million packager of goods) PARIS, Dec. 24 (Reuter) -Ac-' there is nothing to report.

of the

The

In the Han River area, four Japan- ese Army units cut the crossings and the Chinese who crossed the river are subject to "annihilating attacks" near Tapnowan-Domel.

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