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February 2, 1940.

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DRAMATIC RESIGNATION OF REDS LOSE 136 NEW QUEEN'S COLLEGE

BELGIAN CHIEF OF STAFF

"Gunga Din" Is Tripe Young Indian Film Director's Criticism

SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH" | Vandenbergen was granted al BRUSSELS, Feb. 1 his own request.

(UP) The resignation of

Unconfirmed reports staté that the resignation was due to a conflict between the Minister for National Defence, General Denis, and the Chief of Staff.

This disagreement is reported V he

forcem at full mobilisation, and the

on the subject of maintaining Belgian

the Chief of Staff of the Belgian Army, General Vandenbergen, has created a first-class sensation, here. Official 'circles are most reticent regarding the re-restoration is belleved is be in pro- SHANGHAI, Feb. 2. (UP).—son for the resignation, but the sectional demobilisation Itam Bagal, a young Indian quarters close to the govern-week. motion picture assistant director ment assert that there has from Hollywood, arrived here been no disagreement. to-day, en route to India where

SPECIAL TO THE "TELCONAPIJU

he will direct for RKO Radio.

He said he had worked on such pic- tures

as "Suez," "Hunchback of Notre Dame," and "Gungs D.nu.”

The Isal fim, he said, “ls tripe. It makes the world think that Indla place of mystery, swanles,

is

The resignation of General

Police Face

Grave Charge

undertaken by General Denis Inal

PLANES IN A

MONTH

HELSINGFORS, Feb.

1 (UP). It is officiully claimed that 136 Russian planes were destroyed during the month of January.

STILL POSSIBLE DESPITE WAR

men-

THAT DESPITE the war the matter of a new Queen's College was being actively pursued was tioned by Mr. F. J. de Rome, M.B.E., retired principal, at the annual prize giving of the school this morning.

"You will remember," he said, "how very pleased we all were, at the prize giving last year, at what H. E. the Governor said on the subject. Since then the war in ******* [Európe has come along and with it, a revised outlook on

many things.

However, this week I have been making enquiries about the prospects of the new school, and I am very glad to be able to inform you that it is being actively pursued.

This brings the total Russian losses to 287 planes.

FINNS' HEROIC FIGHT IS THREE MONTHS OLD

By WEBB MILLER

UNITED PRESS WAR CONRESPONDENT

r

"The important question is that of forms: and, whether you find your- am afraid this ia dimeuilselves eventually in Hongkong or in site, and and will require much thought and Ching, I hope you will fight, and foresight; but in a modern building,ght hard, to remedy the extreme: surrounded, if possible, by playing poverty, disease and had housing that WITH THE FINNISH ARMY IN THE FIELD, felds, with her traditions and pres-you see around you now, Queen's

Over 70

with as borne an honoured name in these tige externay, of valuable ferusades in the past, (e.g., Sun Yat station. named Feb. 1 (UP)-Finland's heroic war of resistance her

[Sen), and I hope she will bear an with the powerful scholarships, and educational medium of antion pie Sarah Khan, 26, and fustan Khan against the overwhelming hordes of Russian invaders backing of her innuential Oki Boys even more worthy one in the future.

Swan Song

- fortune-tellers and worring nations." Ram Bugal said that the proples of China and India muy nów rise to the highest world affairs through the

tures.

U-Boat Survivors

Landed

Two spreial guards attached to the Pokfulmi

police

128, were charged before Mr Sh

don it the Central Magistracy tosby; with obtaining a bribe.

to-day became three months,

Dre offenen was alleged to have fold. term.committed at Telegraph Bay uh Lieut. General H. V. Oester- January 30 when $2 was obtained from Yim Fo, atingedly in connection, Commander of the Army with the arrit of Lu Yuk for rein the Field, remembered the moving and from Crown Land, janniversary by inviting a party LONDON, Feb. 1 (UP).--Survivors). Mr. M. A. da tava uppeared, for jŋf war correspondents to the of the cresy of the U-Boat which defendants who were rouanded' for was destroged by joint naval and a week.. Defendients are on bit of aerial action earlier this weckt were $200.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

Inde at an unspecified port late onj

Wednesday afternoon,

The majority of the men appeared

to be under 21 years of taste.

They were all heavily beurded, in- dicathing that they had been a long!! time at scTL

They were removed to an intern- ment camp in two inator huses.

HIT BY BAMBOO:

Shanghai A

White City Fears For Safety Of Street Sleepers

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front,

This is the first time a member of the Finnish High Command other than Field Marshal Mannerheim ha contacted the war correspondents.

Lieut. General Oesterman showed ur Eussinn tanks and had silenced

us where Finnish guns had destroyed four

In battery.

SWEEPING

JAPANESE ATTACK

+

years,

Association, there is no doubt to my mind that Queen's would rise to even greater heights than she ever did in I think I have said enough on the past. And that incans much both serious strain. I should like to be tor Hongkong and for Chinn.

more cheerful but it is difficult be

I

Headmaster Congratulated cause I don't suppose I shall address There is another matter which Mr. you again in an official capacity, O'Connor has not mentioned in his This, I am afrokd, will be my formal report but which should like farewell of Queen's. I arrived here, in this building, 30 years ago this 10 refer to, viz., the enormous. diffenties he has und. to cope withon't say any more except stood a long stretch in a man's life. As regards staff since September. A vital Chinese base in the what with the demands of censor bye, or rather, au revoir, for with Mr. north-west of the Suiyuan-ship and camps, the ravages of sick O'Connor's permission I shall certain Shensi border yesterday

you sometimes wasness, Queen's has heen harder bit. I come up and see

fore I finally teave itongkong, And, gravely threatened as Japanese think, than any other school in the after tant, long before I reach the

colony I have been amazed troops continued their sweeping times that you could ears of at the of a flourishing now Queen's College, allotted span of life, I hope to hear thrust over the Mongolian "Unfortunately, in

like

As we watched, Finnish artillery plateau. The operation was present, it is often the schools that to the oficial opening of which i

carried out in a temperature of suffer, 30 degrees below zero.

marching up to the front lines.

mute asters and school Hope, and expect, to receive a free

эле

called upon to

do very responsible work, and I might

they

do

it cheerfully and efficient- I congratulate Mr. O'Connor and

lazily shelled Russian reinforcements

Russian patrols, attempting to cross No Man's land, which at parts is over

The vanguards of the Japanese inile wide, walked into four Fun-columns at

noun. on Wednesday nish land-mine traps.

eperied a bravy attack on several his staff, both old and new, on having SILANGHAI, Feb. 2, (UP).-zone.

Ar they walked into

the danger thousand Chinese ravalry. Army alt-ent the school going so well during i Fimish look-outs fired the craft supported the operation with the last few months, Shanghai had its heaviest snow-mines and sent the Russions into a bombardment on the Chinese de- full in-ten-years.this morning.clernity.

tt「1t* The city is completely blanketed. Fears are entertained for the hun- walking in dreds of homeless street sleepers,

KILLED

- A --- £ix-year-okl...-boy-was..... killed yesterday when he was struck by ni bamboo pole.

Ho Chi-chlu

S.O.S. FROM ATLANTIC

invitation from Government!

French Building A New Fleet

Battles Of Life

•|--Now-a few-words-te--you--boys: ----PARIS-Feb-1-(Reuter) —The ex- Your country is at war, and so is tensive French naval building pro Yesterday the Japanese forces mine but these wars will come to an gramme to analysed by the "Journal pressed home their onslaughts end, sooner or later. I hope none of des Arts" which enumerates the O'Brien Htund when a pofe fell from¦ many of whom may freeze to death LONDON, Feb. 2 (Reuter)-An; through the Yinsham mountains and you will ever have to fight as soldiers following vessels under construc- a hotte and struck him on the hond, to-night,

SOS. message has been picked up along the Yellow River shores skirt-but, If you have any intelligence.ortion:- fracturing St.

The snow was still failing at 9 dan. from a ship which reports her posing the northern side of the Ordis any decency in your make up, you An ambulance was sent for but he! More than a thousand Chinese tion as about 500 miles from the Plains.

Four 35,000 ton battleships; will have to fight other battles when <liert whic was being rushed to were frozen to death In Shanghai Azores on the main shipplar tane

you leave schon).

118,000 ton aircraft carriers; three hospital

during January.

from New York to the Azores.

Expected Soon To Fall

You will have to light, not the 8,000 ton cruisers; 29 destroyers; Alve According to "Domei," the impor-more subtle and selfish, viz., the marines;

even large submarines; 15 smaller sub- Tarees of dictators, but forces

three submarine mine- tant Chinese base in this sector is forces of greed, of bribery and cur-layers 15 well as mine-sweepers, expected to fall in a couple of days, ruption, of exploitation in all its gunboats and other auxillarles,

"Central News" messages report

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that spirited fighting abated in the vicinity of Kingshan,

out 90 miles north-west of Han kow, is claimed that several

1: sauent points have been captured by the Chinese and that in an attack on aungno, the Chinese Inflicted heavy sualties on the enemy.

On the southern front, Japanese positions at Mahaw, six miles south of Sumshui, were attacked by the Chinesa on the morning of January 31. Many Japanese troops were Kiled.

The same report states that four

steamed Japanese warships

from Sunwul to Kuchen, in the Chung- shan District, und fred many shells

shore.

Sequel To A Collision

Chinese, Driver Is Fined $15.

A

PROGRAMME

THE PHILADELPHIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

BY

UNDER

LEOPOLD STOKOWSKY

ON

HIS MASTER'S VOICE RECORDS

Hungarian thapsody No. 2

Valse Triste

DB3086 DB3118

Oh, Lord most Holy

DB2274 DB3226 to DB3230

Choral Prelude

Symphony In D minor

DB3254 Tannlauser. Prelude to Act 111 DB3255

DB7745 to Symphony No. 9 (Choral) DB7753

DB1700 to Foem of Ecstasy. DB1707

.(Liszt).

two

(Sibellus). (Caesar Franck), .(Bach).

(Caesar Franck),

....... (Wagner).

(Beethoven).

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MAHINA HOUSE,

'As a sequel là a collision at Cause- gemeng

10. QUEEN'S ROAD C.

way Bay recently, Chan Chung-tung THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE

was summoned before Mr. Sheldon

Int the Central Magistracy to-day for

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

$35,000

having driven in a dangerous manner. The Society asks for

Mr. M. A. da Silva neted for Chan and sold there had been an in 1940 to meet the increasing needs of sick error of judgment on Chan's parl. and destitute children in Hong Kong, ogainst Sub-Inspector Clarke sald defen- which the Income to date to $12,000 only.

In order to continue its work, the Society dant drove a car down Causeway appeals for the balance of $23,000 before the | Read turning into Hennessy Rond close of the financial year on 31st October.

A motor car was coming in the A copy of the Annual Report for 1939 may be opposite direction and a collision obtained from:

occurred. Chan had turned a cor Mr. A. MCKELLAR, CA.

Iner on the wren alde. of the c/o Mackinnon Mackenzie & Co.,

rond. The complainant was A Me

P. & C. Buliding

Tocker, who was at present out Mr. KWOK CHAN,

camping. Extensive damage

caused to Mr. Tacker's car.

recardd, was fined $18.

waj c/o The Banque de L'Indo-Chine,

Hong Kong.

Defendant, who had a good driving Hon. Treasurers.

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