1939-12-27 — Page 5

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 27,

1939.

OVERNIGHT

WEIGHT FINNS ARMY LEADERS NEWS PAGE FEELING MORE Expedition

Leaders Urged,

To Meet

LONDON, Bée. 26 (Reuter).— Broadcasting to America. Mr. Eamon de Valera urged that a

of

leaders conference Khould be held to seek a settle-

Hold in some way a con- fercore would have to ho irled eventually, azul common sense suggested that it should be fried before the Wor lad 10W, wrosght its full havor.

ITALIAN

PLANE WRECKED

Rome, Dec. 20.

It is officially anyunced that als her on the recently inauguraled Rome-Rio de Janeiro service missing.

19

The air iner left Villa Cisneros, West Africa, for Seville en route to During Rome, but failed to arrive.

the fight the wireless operator IL-

CONFIDENT

Christmas HAW no relaxing of the Russian, drive against Finland but the defenders managed, in Arette cold, to withstand all attacks and on one front lo force the invnders back into their own territory.

This success occurred north of Lake Ladoga.. On the Karelian Isthmus, the Mannerbelm Line held flrm against a determined. attack,

more confident

The Finnish army 'lenders are apparently now, and fa the north, at least, it is not expected that the Russians will be able to make any substantial advances during the remainder of the winter, If thereafter.

Veborg, Dec. 25..

| Russlam warship “Marat" one of their A Russian "Big Bertha" topidit largest, was fired on by the Finnish resumed the bombardment of Vilpurieustal batteries at Koivisto-United which started last night. The first Press. shells where heard at 7.40 prn, from

a range of about 25 miles,

It is allicially reported Finnish forces threaten to push the Russland back across the Itussion frontier,

Wintry Conditions

A

the edge of a clearing i peered down From a Finnish buttery position on what is normally

110-man's

land.

Starts

Junk Cheng Ho Sails For Manila

Uniler the friendly auspices of glorious weather and a favouring breeze, the tuzury junk Cheng Ho su{}} trern Hongkong soon after noon yesterday on the first stage of the Fairchild Troplent Garden make Expedition. She expects to Manila in about five days. After- wards she will sail for the Molucca (Spice) Inlands and will pursue a Telsurely course around the world lasting about two years,

number

The junk took aboard a of well-wishers before she left her anchorage just outside the wall of the Chi- Causeway Bay typhoon shelter, nese "devil-searing" ceremonies ot- tended her departure, including a marathon dragon dance to a perclay- ston band. This dance was staged aboard a launch, which circlect the junk many times before she weighed anchor and then pursued her until she reached Lyecmun.

angust.

Jardine's

Christmas

Tragedies

NEW YORK, Dec, 26 (UP).— Violent deatis interrupted the Christmas holidays in hundreds of homes. At least 107 persons led violently in automobile, air- plane and railroad accidents, as well as -shoulings, Orts anick drowningn

Traffic accidenis killed 285. Thirty-one committed suicide, 24 died from burns, aut 07 front miscellaneous CAUSER,

For example Princeton, Illinois. 2 girl's dance went berserk and shot dead ber parents, wounded her brother and then committed suicide.

Al' Los Angeles an aviator flow low to ware to his frienda and craslied Into a radio tower. where he was killed,

At St. Paul a man was run over by a motor car he Was eranking up.

The Police Reserve

List Of Parados For The

Coming Wook

Polemmisiones et Police, are:

out

6.3

that Bre with the Finnish ormy on the

Salla Front, Dec. 20. The black or of the trees against Letksa and the pale aky eastward

and snow

covered northward of Lake Ladoga where alopen, with the st appearing for a fighting is now going on Russian few hours as a red dise like a red hot sall for the first time since the com- irons on the horizon, that is, Christmas mencement of the war. The Russians

on the northern front, tacked

Vilpuri yesterday after

Using her molárs and, Inter, all heavy artillery preparation, and at

harbour to West Point and back, sall, the Cheng Ho sailed down the Suvanto Lake, between Sakkuin and

Reserve orders by Hon. Mr. T. H. Volosulka on the mid-Isthmus; the However there was none sucht, neither wared

Captain John Fant was

Chinese Company fighting

Inrewell continues.

from

Patrol duly will be carried Between Lakes Vauk und Muudah there a real front. A Finnish | Mausang and this and a number

ordered. offleer polated out another slope other ships broke out bon

Indian Company terrifle artillery first secured yester apposite and

poyage said, "There are the signals. The craft travelled smooth-retioned wil stiend Central Police Trating Course: Port 1-The under- ported a storm of such violênce that way. Early in the afternoon, six So-Russians. You can't see them. nor! by all eight ithols, with scarcely any Station on Wednesday, at 5.15 p.m. for the ordinary wireless direction And- vet planes heavily bombed Viipuri, can they see us, but you will soon vibration from her powerful motors.

From our high vantage point, our

Squad Drill under Sub Inspector Mehdi 3clan frequently hear them."

A distant explosion followed and board taken off Mahnined. S. Khan, A. W. Ander Near Junk Buy the visitors on hotel balcony, we were

Constables B. Singh, Y. Tipe, A. Karim. fucking inside as big chunks of shell the Fit continued, "The Russian nerd were with it by the follower. Bina Prele, tan, As, Kazal. Lai fragments clattered on nearby roofs. trench mortars are shooting suine Cheng to and showered her within Mohared, A. Haroun, A. Khan, M. Singh, N, J. Advani, A. Ihmid, B. Abbas, and where in the woods, the result of

crackers. Her adventurous personnel Singh, At, Ramzan, Hesar All, 5. A. Ismail, pieces of buildings shoot up froIR outskirts a

Jew

hundred yards away are now retreating and the Bring is wave as she approached the boorn Najah Khast. Mohamed itayal, 3. J. Tellia, K. S. Metta, A. R. Feruz, Ninnatullah.. a column of black smoke. merely to remind a great colonn The service will, however, be

us that they are just before 3 o'clock. North of Lake

Ladegh

Patrol duty near still there, but their retreat won't be!

will be carried out maintained according to schedule.

ordered. Lomola, the Fins destroyed one easy," Reuter

The Cheng Ho will be joined at

Flying Squad the Fluna Neur Vuurajoki, It was reportel

The following promotions have been haler tiut the tank.

Asked as to whether their return: Maath by the two sponsors of the inmushed two Russian companies and was expected, the officer said, "Not expedition, wrecked

Dr. bir üner was found

David Fairchild, previs-Lance Seirena Lee Chan-kee forest in the region of Mogador. the Russians are in retreat. The Rus-

at all."

Director of the Fairchild Tropical Lant, CousLabe He Wing-kwan to | Sergeant, Constable N tung-kwat Four charred bodies were found in Mans have lost one tank, and two

Although there are no figures, it is Garden, Coconut Grove, Florida, and to Lance Sergeant, and Constable Sung rums, On the left out of the Momer- Eestimmted that there is a whole divi- Mrs. D. Archbold, the debris.

Washington S-chee to Lance Sergeant.

Patrol duty will be carried But дл heim line, at Taipale, the Finns re-

sion of Rusulans, about 15,000 men, Society woman, and by Mrs. Fair-ordered. enemy atinck anal des- on the Salla front, of which it pilsed an

chiki.

The Fairchilds are already in

Emergency Unit Reserve troyed one tank. At sea, the famous estimated that at least one half are

Mrs. Archbold is in Hung-geant W. J. Pelet finve been released in

Inspecta W. V. Field and Lance Ser leither dead or hora-de-combat as the kong and will follow the Cheng Ho order ter Join the 1.K.I.N.V.J.

result of the battle.

by Cipper in a few days.

Their resignations have been accepted,

ing apparatus was unusable.

it is thought that the pilot tried unsure study to land nour Mogador and the machine was destroyed.

Fair persons were aboard, includ- we enw huge jets of fire, sinak ten day battle here. The Russians gathered on board and gave a final M. Haltim, M. A. Hammet, K. Att. H. Khan,

Ing one Italian and two Brazillan Journalists.

The plane was making the initial flight from South American to Roine after a successful outward flight.

Kus-soon,

America and Japan PEACEFUL TRADE

IS DESIRED

Three days ago where we stood was the same of fierce lighting in bloody battle, when six to seven hundred Russions were killed.

The offer said, "Poor fellows, they know they were going to die. found claries in their pockets statit that none of them thought they would return to Russia."

We

Manila.

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Sub lipector J. A. Bentall has been One of those who farewelled the pointed to Inspector dad has been ap- junk was Mr. A. Carmelo, Mexican Offer Commanding the Ener- Consul in Manila, Mr. Carmelo's.

ney Unit Reserve,

The

ning following promotions are yawl Elvira, will be sailed to Manila noiled, P.S. M. A. de Sousa to Sub - shortly by Mr. James Peterson, who

1xeter, L.S. I. C. Power to Police Sergeant, 12.C..31. M. Affunasalelf to Jance Sergeant and will return to Hongkong. is leaving the Chengt Ho at Manila PC. W. E. Dorable to Lance Sersteant,

The Hongkong Workmanship in While talking, a Finnish ski patrol the Elvira's construction has co in white gow shirts glided by' suc- { pleasod Mc. Carmelo that ite is plan- denly. There were rifle shots and titening to build a larger pleasure craft

The

51-ft. brigantine-in the Colony officer smiled and said, "The chaps next year.

Particulars of Jank

rat-tal-at of machine guns. Washington, Dec. 25. Senator William Borah telegraphed to Mr. H. in the wood are probably shooting at

reindeer" P. Herber, Seattle lumbermen's representative,

However a ride to the front in The Cheng Ho is a Fuochow type and reiterated that he favours all reasonable white washed cars on the icy roads junk as feet in lengh at the low presented proof that not only were water level, with a breadth of 24 efforts to maintain peaceful trade relations with there renders in the woods-under feet and a depth of t feel. Her a wrecked truck we saw the, waxen loaded mean draft.in.approximately Japan. However, he added, he would continue to face of the frozen corpse of a Finnish 10 feet 9 inches. Her gross tonnage oppose the sale of "arms, ammunition and im-woods-and returning we passed

soldier killed by a sniper in the Is about 160. plements of warfare."

sumpan.

All ranks will parade at Central Police Sulien u Janary i, at 3.20 pan. for humpection of equipùjun; ute, by the Com- Daly Commonader. Dress Blúe uniform. Sap with white enver, bell with brege. hofstr. lanyards,

whethe

and shain. armlets, and truncheon.

A recrtitis will parade at No Police station is January 8, at 5. pan. for Instruction under inspector J. A. Bendall.

Patrol auty will be carried out Ordered.

Matauchung Escapes

Two Internees Gaoled For Damaging Property

Her

auxiliary propelling machin- tents housing 26 soldiers, their equip ery consists of two sets of 110 bhp. Senator Borah told the press be trenly conversations, thus giving the ment all ingeniously camouflaged so Diesel engines driving twin feather- few metres distant in screws, The accessories include felt Mr. Joseph Grew was dealing impression that Mr. Joseph Grew's that from a with the situation with good judg-talks with Admiral Nomura have not nothing was visible but dry wood and a mator-driven and sall whale boat,

a motor as Japanese a branches of trees, ment. My telegram should not be progressed so far

and unpowered any other tiglit. Not counts Indicate. construed in

The Finnish "comforts" an illus-glass-bottom boat.

Chiu Tak-piu, 23, and Lo Wal, 19, only in the interests of business, bui Informed unofficial sources almost trated by a farm house behind the Insurance policies on

two the junk internees, were sentenced to in the interests of peace in the Far universally regard the situation as lines where I saw a young soldier

U.S.$45,000. Each member of the weeks hard labour each by Mr. East, we want peaceful trade re- still delicate. Lack of officiul con-lea e a Finnish steam bath and race crew is insured for 11.16.$2,000 against Ilmsworth at Kowloon Magistracy lations with Japan. In urging this, frmation of the Tokyo announcement naked across the snow to dress in denth and for H.K.$1,000 against loss | yesterday fur damaging two bed I have no desire to work any wrong that trade would continue normally stable, at which the newspaper cor- of limb or eye. The crew consists of boards in the Matauchung intern-

on the expiration of the treaty is re- respondents, who were covered

12 Chinese. un China."

ment camp on December 23, Mr. C. T. Murchison, head of the garded as particularly significant, their noses in wool and tues, stuck- influential Colton Textile Institute, and indicating that the United States dered audibly.-United Press, in an Interview with the United has not received satisfaction so far. Press said that the Institute most anxious that

was

Same important national business

the treaty with men believe that the Grew-Nomura Japan be renewed. "If a new treaty talks approached the trade problem suitable manner, but the results

is not entered into," he said, "It will

Seas Closing Rapidly

Helsinki, Dec. 26.

to

An olleial communique states that made public to date fall short of the the Finns shot down two Russian

necessary fundamental adjustments. Planes.

No Truce At Christmas

Paris, Dec. 26.

be a serious blow to Japanese and American trade. I do not think trade will collapse, but it will be a These views followed the publication The freezing sea is beginning to serious deterrent. I also hope the of Tokyo's offer to re-open the hamper movements of motor torpedo There has been no Christmas truce treaty will provide for private agrees Yangtse and Pearl Rivers and In-boats and small submarines, and al-on the Western Front. The Germans ments between United States and demnify certain American losses, and ready the eastern part of the Gulf have been almost an active as usual, Japanese business men,"

of Finland has been closed to these.sending out patrols and reconnals- the United States announcement toUnited Press. that Japan was waive import penalties. Ife pointed out

sunco units. They were particularly still an important market for United

Business groups sounded on the

active cast of the Moselle, but their Stater cotton, Inasmuch as Germany subject characterise each of these as

operations were sporade and did not and Italy were out. He was of the partially satisfactory moves, but they opinion that the treaty abrogation say the Japanese concessions are in would not affect the so-called gentle no way suficient to justify the beller men's agreement on textiles with the that trade will continue normally Philippines.

after January 26-United Press.

Long Range Skolling

exceed local raids. Vilpurl Dec. 20. The Russians continued all night a 25-mile hamburdment with their Big Christmas Day when, with the usual The main effort was at 4 am. on Berthas until 9.40 a.m.

accompaniment of artillery and From midnight the shells fell at trench mortar fire, they launched a more frequent intervals. Apparently raid of some importance on a wood they were heavy charges, sume leav-least of the Moselle and sought for DO Ing craters 12 feet across and six feet ¡minutes to approach a French post, whleli was surrounded by a box bar- deep-United Press.

rage, but the rald failed in the face juf French automatic arms and artil- {lery--Reuter.

Senator William King of Utah, said: "If we enter into a new treaty

Dict In Session with Japan, there should be n renunciation, on her

Tokyo, Dec. 20. part of her demands to be paramount in China. Imperial concern over the current This is a good occasion for us to urge siluation was voiced in the message

Soviet Claims Succosses peace in China and urge Japan to which the Emperor read at the open- cense her violence there and abrogate ing cerginonies of the 75th session of

Moscow, Dec. 28. avould the Diet this morning. The message her daims to be paramount.

A Leningrad Military Command not want the United States to shake stresses the necessity of replenishing communique claims miner successos

while they are national resources in hands with Japan

face of the in the Aghing between reconnoftring destroying the Chinese people. Forty intricate International developments. units, which. In some cases develop- millon Chinesa have already been The Emperor's message suil:

"We cd driven from their homes and ten are deeply pleased to note that the Reuter. million have been killed or wounded. relations between Our Empire and It is one of our most terrible chap various foreign countries are ters in history."

coming increasingly close and limate.

be-

and the

Activity In Air

Berlin, Dec. 20. Agh Command, communique

in lo seriou encounters.states that British war planes at- tempted to attack German patrol boats in Heligoland Bight yesterday. It claims the attacks failed in the

In-House of Representatives met this face of the German machine guns.--. Consults Army Chlofs

afternoon. It says: "I happened that Europe has been when the world eituntjon is filled

"At a moment Reuter. The Japanese Ambassador to America, Mr. K. Horinouchi said it is thrown into an upheaval

with grave potentialities all efforts possible that there will be concessions world situation is extremely intricate will be made by a solid unity of the by Tokyo for the purpose of effecting Efforts should not be spared in close-nation to cope effectively with the a new trade treaty subject to the ascertaining the Approval by Japanese military authorilles in China.

implications of situation, fulfil the Imperial aspira- the conditions now obtaining in the long and stabilise the Far Eastern world and by conserving Our national

situation."-Domel. He sak the Foreign Office Arst resources must obtain support of the oficials aspirations

to fuil Our national

and electunte Tho

hereby command State

In China before an agreement can be stabilisation of East Asin.

war

Australians Arrive

London, Dec. 28. Australian contingent, members of the nir

Important Naval Baro writen to replace the one existing Ministers to present the general and

Tokyo, Dec. 20.

The Arst Vice-Admiral Eijiro Kondo, former consisting of Tokyo was therefore sending n com- mission of military and civil leaders extraordinary military budgets for Commander-in-Chief of the Japan-force, have landed at a south coast to the China

zone for con- the 1040-41 Racal year, together with ese Yangise Flotilla, who led the port-United Press, sultations with Army

leaders to various legistative mensures to the hazardous drive to Hankow, has been

Reuter adds that all the men are effeel the necessary unanimity," Imperial. Dlet. Members of the Diet appointed first Mayor of Tateyama, United Press,

are requested to act up to the gravity the seat of Naval Flying Corps in fully tralued pilots, gainers, of the situation and fulfil the duties Chiba Profecture.

Jaorvors, ground staff or mechanics Amorica Still Sifont.

of helping the conduct of State affaira Sign Deance La seon in the appoint-ready to operate alongside the RAF Washington, Dec. 26. harmoniously and faithfully." --- ment as it is believed that Tateyama immediately; ----They are under the Government quarters continue] The reply to the Emperor's speech will be developed into an important command of Wing Commander L., V. bilen! regarding the Tokyo tradel was unanimously approved when the naval base. Domef.

Lachal.

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Inspector Rogers sald defendants bored holes in the boards to enable them to be used in an attempt at escape through the barbed wires round the camp.

Three weeks' hard labour was im- posed on Lau Kl-po, 30, interner, by Mr. Himsworth for escaping from | Matnuchung on December 23. Lau, who made his escape through the wires surrounding the camp. arreled in a tea house in Kowloon City the same day.

was

MONGOL PRINCESSES

Chungking. Dec. 20. The city expects the visit of two princesses from unoccupied

Inner Mongolla in the near future,

They are Princess Chi Tsun-feng, heriditary ruler of the West Banner, and Princess Pa Yun-ying, heriditary ruler of the East Banner. At pre- with sent they are in consultation Princo Sa, 00-year-old elder of entire western Inner Mongolia, after which they will come to Chungking via Yulin and Sian.-United Press.

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