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SEOND EDITION

Hongkong Telegraph.

FOUNDED 101

No. 16047

- WIT MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1940. 日四十月二十

Over 80 Men Lose Their Lives in New Sea Disaster

BRITISH DESTROYER GRENVILLE SUNK

Soviet Planes Demolishing Finnish Towns

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BULGARIA AND

TURKEY IN AGREEMENT

SOFIA, Jan. 21 (Reuter). -King Doris of Bulgaria and President Incenu of Turkey have exchanged messages expressing a com- pleto identity of Turkish and Bulgarian points of view.

This is the sequel to the. visit paid recently to Sofia by the Turkish Foreign Minister;

In his

message, King Boris says that the visit gave Bulgarin an oppor. tunity to confirm the friend- ship existing hetween the two countries.

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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, JAN. 22 (UP)-THE 1,485-TON Over 6,000 Ships Guided To Safety

CONVOY FEATS BY

FLOTILLA LEADER H.M.S. GRENVILLE HAS

HELSINGFORS, Jan. 21 (Renter).Some 20 BEEN SUNK BY A MINGDANNOUNCE:

different places in Finland were bombed by Sovict planes ACCORDING TO AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCE- on Saturday, and much material damage was done, oneMENT ISSUED BY THE ADMIRALTY LATE report saying that hundreds of buildings were wrecked. LAST NIGHT.

So far only three people are reported to by killed, and casualties seem to have been small.

ITALIAN LINER AFIRE AT SEA

800

PASSENGERS STILL MISSING

SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH”

Abo Suffers Badly

The port of Aba suffered most. This port has been raided 20 thre hee hostiles started, but the latest ralds are salt to be the “worst yet" Helsingfors had four alarmy, but sitheagh the rumble f

explerin

I was hard, at Lointer werp - dropped

jam offiver- the town or its aburley

In all, ven, Soviet plijes were J-bot down and three mare are

believed to have laten derireyed

Red Forces Change Tactks

THE BRITISH NAVY

Wang's

Infamous Sell-Out

Would Deliver Chinese

Into Bondage

ONE OF THE GREATEST scoops in the history of Chinese journalism was scored by the Hongkong "Ta Kung Pac" when it exposed the dramatic story of Wang Ching-wei's intrigue with Japan.

Publication of the full text of the treaty signed in Shanghai on December 30 by Wang Ching- wet and a Japanese delegato was made possible by the defection of two of Wang's most im- Dortant followers, Kao Tsung- wu and Tao Isi-sheng, who "in

LONDON, Jan. 21 (Renter).—Except for the loss consideration of the indepen of three submarines, there has not been much news from the sea this week, commented the naval observer of the B.B.C. in a weekly review of the war to-day.

There has been nothing spectacular and it is, therefore, easy to conclude that nothing has happened. This was what the American papers were saying just before the Graf Spee was sunk. They asked, "What is the British Navy, doing?"

THE TRAGEDY OCCURRED SOMEWHERE Free Train

There is little news of time. IN THE NORTH SEA,”

The Soviet torres in the Karelor Iathinus have abandened the attempt

Of the complement of 199 men-24 more femmah through the Martin than the destroyer's peace-time complement,

Line and are now trying to cridant the Finns from the Talpali River.

There were miner engagement: north-west of Lake Ladoga,

eight are known dead.

Another 73 are missing and presumed dead, while 118 have been rescued.

H.M.S. Grenville was commanded by Captain G. E. Creasy. It is not stated whether he has been saved.

-The-Grenville was launched on August 15, 1935 and

TOULON, Jan. 21 Reds Using Crack Troops (UP).-Enveloped in fire

HELSINGFORS, Jan. 21 (Router).) from end to end, the 11,700-A special correspondent with the lsh forces on the Central (Sala) ten Italian liner Orazio is on reports that the Soviet troupe drifting-helplessly-in-there are out-class soldiers well Mediterranean. 100 mijes off the at the two defeated divisions, was commissioned on July 1 in the following year, the French coast.

She carried five 4.7in. guns and eight 21in. torpedo Eight hundred

tubes.

- passengers are missi

quipped out mice expertly fed than

The prezent Soviet defeat does not her decide the battle of the Salla front

he says, but has merely moved it a miles nearer to the ftorian frontier. Of the 1.700 passeng and

The Russians have in fact gained crew aboard, the rest hive been strong defenes position but have at. necounted for by French war-the same thine weakened their post ships and an unnamed French on for a new ollensive.. liner,

The Finn clubm to have destroyed |two Soviet lanks in this serius, Every available ship ht. been orifered in the scene of the faster Better Finnish Defences to search for those who have hot yet! been accounted for.

The Finnish army in this sector The Orazio, which was owned by is fortifying the ground over which the powerful. Italia Line, left Genoa advances. The Finnish lines here,

118 Survivors Landed

LONDON, Jan. 21 (Reuter).-The Admiralty announces that the dus- troyer, Grenville, has been sunk by a mine or torpedo In the North Sen.

and nen Altogether 110 officers have been louded.

Eight men are known to be killed and 73 are missing. They must be

on Saturday for Itio de Janiero, Mon-rays the correspondent, are many presumed to have lost their lives. tevideo and Buenos Aires.

children

milen deep, and if the Russların ol

lempt to return this way in another attempt to ent the Finnish walst-ling.

NAZI MINE VICTIMS

Blue Funnel Ship

Trips For Parents

dence and freedom of the 400,- 000,000 Chinese and their descendants," believed them- selves absolved from "the moral responsibility of keeping secret the details of the treaty be- tween Wang and Japan."

The treaty, photostat copies of which were surreptitiously made by, the two Wang followers, is the mast The Navy, points. out the observer, amazing document to which the is only in the publle eye on occasious, dgnature of a... wveponsible Chinese and then we realise that there is one. «fficiat has, allegedly, been attached, Dat once the excitement of a I virtually sells China Into bun particular incident is over, the Navy |dage to Japan. Jagaala becomes rather a mysterious service and disappears behind censor- stup and the horizon. However, its work never stops.

Full Control Of Scas

Terms In Brief

In brief, ther terms to which Wang has agreed are as follows:

1.Cina will recognize the E- pire of Manchukuo as an Independent

The Navy now holds control of the nation. isen. In other words, the German 2-China will Join with Japan and flect, such as if u is not free to tourMenchukun in a new Anti-ComIntern the necans and to threaten trade Pact.

-$2

To Visit Evacuated Children

router. It is impotent, and the 3.- zone of "strongest Sino- normal life of the people away from į Japanese solidarity" will he LONDON; Jan. 21 (Reuter). The actual scene of the conflict goes abfisited. Att North China and

Xongolia, -Contrast between conditions in on.

1-In-order-to-check-Conumunism, Itin-enemy, however, comet be Britain and Germany is afford completely stopped, and they try to Mongella shall be designated as an ed by the fact that on every become a nuance, attempting io area where Japan will retain a para- Sunday for several weeks now, stop rood, etc., from reaching | mount position, both militarily and hundreds of parents have Britain and interfering with it by politically;

Japan, Chian and Monebukuo travelled by rall into the country means of U-boats, raiders, mines and

shall hereafter conduct their dipin aeroplanes, to visit their evacuated children.

These new inventions mean that macy,ott the basis of mutual cu command of the son cannot be ab-operation. In their relations with This does not cost them a penny.

solut:, and so the Navy has the job third Powers, they shall nut net To-day, for instance, nearly 3,000 or escorting merchant vessels and contrary to this principle: people were carried by the Southern loenting and sweeping mines. Railway to Western Englund, Sussex,) Kent and Hampshire.

Colossal Convoying Tasks Great areas are swept daily, what-

colossal job, but the Navy is dealing very successfully with II.

Among Five Lost ordinary call services and show how ever the weather, for mints. It is a

These trips are in addition to the

well British railways are able to cope with the special circumstances, Whereas In Germany-

The Nazi rallways are far diferent. 7 aan, on Saturday, the German

Since the wär started, 6,500 mer- chant ships have been convoyed by the Navy with the loss of only. 12.

SPECIAL TO THE TELEÒN@PH" LONDON, Jan. 21 (UP).— British Tanker Sinks

ITer U-Boat campaign destroyed Many Women, Children

LONDON, Jan. 21 (Router)The by the counter-measures of the

A huge army of soldiers has been! Jucluded in the

their task will be a far more diffeult British tanker, Carchi River sank off Royal Navy, Germany is turning radio announced further restrictions passengers were hundreds of women and

one than it was when the Finns had the south-west coast of England yea-more and more to her magnetic on journeys to the home and family conveyed to France, it is being fed emigres, in addition to the Italian practically no defences at all.

terday after an explosion.

mines.. sown indiscriminately of Germans working away from their and supplied, and the man come and from The correspondent cominents on the ;

A contingent normal place of residence. Not only go on leave. around the English const by are they limited by last November's Canada has been conveyed across the

order us to the number of journeys Aftonte and 35 U-boats have betni aeroplanes, ·

they may make, but the privileges sunk. Several varels, including neutrals,

whereby In certain Cosen extra Typical of the Navy's work is that are latest vilims of this diabolical journeys are granted have now been of just one escort vessel which, from

cancelled,

September 3 to December 31-119 days-hd spent 103 days at sea, During the remainder, It hud to re- fuel so that it was probably never In vort for more than a few hours at a time,

All the crew are safe although some Aviation Mission to Bolivia and the incredible speed" with which the new al Minister to the Panama plans are carrying out the work of are injured. Republic.

The vessel had just been refitted fortifying the sector on they advance The fire broke out when the ship after the retreating Rissions.

and was undergoing tests. was midway between Marseilles and Darcelona,

Immediately the 8.0.S. WILH picked up, the French Naval au- thorites ordered every available

warship to Eteur to the assistance of the doomed Italian liner.

Two French destroyers packed 600 passengers on their decics and desist- ed from picking up others only when they were endangered themselves from overloading.

The warships proceeded at full Markellies, where the sur to vivors were Innded.

steam

Many of the Aurvivors xverc noverdy burned: others are suffer- Ing from exposure.

Nazis May Be Brought Here

Interception Of Japanese Liner

It is believed that the Germans.

Swedish Ship As Well LONDON, Jan. 21 (Reuter)--The- Swedish ship. Flandrin, 1,200 tour, was zunk when she hit two German mines on Thursday about 100 miles from the Netherlands const.

Seventeen members of the crow were drowned.

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type of indiscriminate warfare.

They include the 9,500-ton Blue Funnel or Protesilaus, which is

She is well-known in Hongkong. one of the oldest ships of the Al- from Helt fret, being launched In 1910.

The Protesilaus was wrecked off

BROAD HINT

News of the rinking became known the west coast of England on Sunday, TO BRITAIN

U.S. Sentiment Too Valuable. To Lose

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (Reuter).

While at sen, the crew were' al- | ways at netlan är defence stations for

Tong perioda keyed up, and this was. In great strain on both men htt machinery. But this escort vessel is only one of many.

of military age who were taken MR. CHURCHILL'Swhich expired and sank off the

Al-In a leader by the Managing-hunted that they

off the N.Y.K. liner Asama Maru

River was malls:

nations.

0.--Japanese "advisere" to parti-

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when four survivors landed in Hol-after striking a mine.

All the crew were saved.

lost land last night after two days in na

Another large British ship open boat,

through the Nazi Ominenkrieg" blockade was the 7,800-ton Hulder

Hunting U-Boats Bros. S.S. company's Caroni River,

U-boats have been to successfully ¿south-weɛl const on Saturday,

now prefer to though all of the crew of 31 were Director, Mr. Edwin James, the "New operate further afield, preferably at- SPEECH Conto Biancamano Aids by a unit of the China Squadron

rescued, twenty men sustained vari-York Times," says regarding the Iwill be brought to Hongkong for

ous injuries as a result of the ex-British censorship of United States tacking the ships of small. neutral The Lloyd Triestino liner Conio'

internment.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (ficuter). plosion. The Caront.

Meanwhile, the Royal Navy's cruis- Bilanciano, cu route from Hong",

Mr. Winston Churchill's speech was engaged in the refrigerated meat trade!

"Unless great keng lo Genoa, altered her course! A "United Press" message from received too late for editorial com- between Britain and the Argentine

care 1x exerciseders are hunting down German mer-

and chant ships

Falders. It is to amini in the rescue work, and Tokyo states that the captured menment, but the general impression here The small constal steamer Forryhill both in Washington and Londen, dangerous works, but as we have transferred two Ilfeboats of wur- were members of the crew of the s

that he was not speaking to (1,100) tons, engaged in the Welsh there is the making of an argument

Navy known vivon from a French ship.

Columbus, The captain of one of the French They were,

America Fo much as to the Mediter- coal trade, sruck a mine and sank off of no small proportions. There exists ample ovidence, the

what to do with them when it finds states the Tokyo ranean and Scandinavian countries, the worth-taat const, Twelve mem- the possibility of a diplomatic differ them. destroyni reported that, when last

ence which risks to rel

resembling the message, attempting

10 Discussing the Sennters' demand bers of the crew of 14 are missing,

But all this is only a part of the seen, the Drazio was enveloped, in Germany via Siberin.

for the severance of diplomatic rela-

rgument of World War days over Navy's work. It is only possible, the flames from end to end, and was on

.Neutral Losses A total of 22 Germans, all of mill-tions with the Soviets, one political

the. British contraband bar against observer concluded, because of the the verge of sinking.

tary age and useful to the German commentator declares that the Ad- British tips were not the only Germany.

preponderance of the mala battle

THE HAGUE, Jan. 31. (Reuter),== Two other destroyers are standing war cifart, were taken aboard the ministration is more worried by the week-end victims.

feel, which provides a shield behind The American. Minister, Mr. George by the burning hulk, which will be British worship, ***

possibility of getting into a war in

1400-ton Danish steamer

Causing Irritation The

which the peaceful trade of the world A. Gorton, hnda 30-minutes inter- stink of gunfire if she does not her- The Asana Maru arrived of Yoko- the Pacific than in Europe..

Tekla, owned by the Torm: Italian There is no doubt that' search of goes on.

view with Queen Wilhelmina 10-day, Line, and engaged in trade between United States mail on the high seas

It is officially indiented that tho Antwerp bad. Italy, was mined off: hus caused irritation. Iir continu- the Shetland Islanda. Her crow have once is likely to cause = increased

| way an alarming symptom, boon" sävelA

frowe daadi IrritationJE NA

Itouter" understands that Prente Tha Tabliliy dwindling Estonian | assam por

DERLIN, Jan. 21 (Reuter)-A (dent Roosevelt has received some in-

wolf aluk Beveral

hamn at 7 o'clock last night. lifeboats full of survivors Although no official information Is

ata beloved to be drifting towards fortheeming In Hongkong, it is not

!

Border Meeting

U.S. Minister Sees Queen Wilhelmina

New Nazi Decree vet cannot be routarded as in any

The French const in a stiff breeze. believed here that the men were Most of the missing passengers are officers and crew of the German liner believed to be safe. in Ilfeboats, but Columbus. Earlier, a "United Press" BUCHAREST, Jan. 21 (Reuter) ~M~ antidiffet of about thirty ships | The leader adds that American decree issued in Derlin sets up a de- formation, probably from the Ameri= rus work is hampered until day message reported that the crew of M. Gateneu, the Rumanian Foreign suffered further less on Sunday when sentiment was about 80 per cent. for pariment to dent with enemy pros can Minister in Berlin, which he con- daynigitsels in, s

the scuttled German ship were still Minister, had a two-hour meeting the 2,050.pn Nautic sank of Scotland, the Allies at the beginning of the war, perty in Gerrigny, in dúltion to the Conte Dion in San Franciser, after the Asamin with the Xuro-sinvian Foreign Minis artere string again, the rule, This is perhaps something, ted valu-

The decree, also provides for referred should be brought to res

Wheiming's notice, mind the steamers Colombo and Maru was scheduled to leave that ter near the commolt tronks of the rosmedialed were the Canadian able to fid-molling by searching tration of enemy property and forbids The mastlag I not connected? Pallini irė participating in the search porty

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