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WITH THE R.A.F.

WEATHER IS CHIEF TOPIC

LONDON, Feb. 4 (Reuter), Mr. Charles Gardner, the B.B.C. observer with the R.A.F. in France, in a review of the activities of last week, said that the weather was, of course, the chief topic.

Thoy had frost and snow and then frost again. The second frost caused a traffle hold-up and thoro was a collection of cars at the foot of hills.

Monday,

NAZI RAIDS ON BRITISH War In China

SHIPS

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

FROM PAGE ONE Big Battle Continues

The Corland, 3,400 tomm, "reaclied port safely,

The Belgian ship was a small versel manned by a crew of ten. Six of

In

Southern Kwangsi

February 5, 1940.

PRISON OF STATE

Nazi Plan

For Tho Unhappy Polos According to Chinese reports received this morning, million Poles and Jews are to be PARIS, Feb. 4. Twenty heavy fighting raged throughout the week-end" in the crowded into a territory the size vicinity of Pingyang, an important South Kwangsi city of Scotland and Wales, which will form a densely-populated The only ship known to be lost as in the northern, apex of the Yungning-Wingshun-buffer between the Third Reich

them tried to get ashore on a raft and lifeboats are now looking for then, Four other members of crew landed safely to-day.

One Ship Lost

Stuall

a result of the rald WHA Norwegian vessel of 630 tons,

Nevertheless to-day a Naz! High Command Communique claimed that 14 ships had been sunk,

At least three Nazi bombers were

shot down' by British fighter planes and two others are not expected to reach home.

Brave Seamen

(Reuter).

When one looked out of one's window, one saw scenes reminiscent of slapstick comedy, he said. 'Inf the people were falling down. Even LONDON, Feb. important seven star French generals Numerous instances of courage ot were not immune. The beauty of seamen and Ashermen were revealed being a seven star French general is following the Nazi air raids in the that one can fall down at the very North Sea yesterday. feet of a Guard of Honour and no one

Two German alteraft bombed the dare laugh at least not at the time. yowdale

while

machine-gun Are Attack By Bomber One of the highlights of the week was the attack by a Nazi bomber on The bomber came Il patrol. down to 26 feet and used its machine- guns. It did no damage.

This attack caused quite lot of excitement on some thought it night ferald the beginning "total war- fare,"

If the Germans do start that game, commented Mr. Gardner, there will be plenty of surprises for them.

crew.

Pingyang triangle.

TO RESIGN AS AMENDS Saito Pays Penalty For Diet Speech

House

and Soviet Russia.

This is the newest Nazi schemo for It is stated that the Japanese "solving the Polish qutation." line of attack northward on his plan of a purely Jewish reserve Hitler has apparently - abandoned

Pingyang from Wingshun hao in central Poland, Hear Lublin.

been cut at a number of strate. He plans to establish a bigger, gic points; including Kantanghu mixed Polish-Jewish reserve, a kind and Lutouhu, south of Ping- of "prison State," on a territory approximately une-quarter of the wang, which have all been Polish Republic. wrested back from the Japanese. The attempt to set up

or

a puppet Warckw Wingshun, 30 miles east of Nan. Tolish Government in ning on the Watkiang River, which Cracow having falled, the Nazis have was occupied by the Juvaders early given up the idea of a Polish protec- Inst week and used as a base for torate. their northward drive on Pingyang,

Wholesale Moves

OPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" TOKYO, Feb. 3 (Domel)-Mr. Saito, whose statement in the Lower House on Friday regarding the war in returned to Chinese hands yesterday, They have decided to annex four from the planes smashed the windows China caused a serious political Issue, malority of the Japanese forces German Governor-General.

These same reports claim that the provinces of Central Poland under a of the wheel-house, Billing the has taken signs to leave the Minselto! skipper and three members of the Party, the largest group in the Lower south of Panyang are now encircled This area, a tle over 40,000 at Nanlunghu, where vigorous Chin-square miles, is inhabited by 14,000,- Defying danger, a flabing craft went Mr. Koizumi und Mr. Tawaru, che attacks are proceeding The 000 people. out and aided the Yewdate to reach elders of the party, after consulta- total number of Japanese killed is The Nazis want to deport to it port safely. Except for broken tion with Mr. Muchlun, the Pre-said to have already exereded 2,000, the Poles and Jews from the Western windows, the Yewdale showed Milesident called on Mr. Takno Salto,

Polish provinces of Fonznania, Reinforcements Routed and, their personal enpacity signs of her ordeal.

Pomerania and Silesin, which belong- friends, advised him to "full his Japanese reinforcements from Nan-ed to Prussia before 1918, responsibility" as a Party mat ning were repeatedly beaten back at To these they propose to add two

Complying with the advice, Mr. Tonghu and Nalu.

or three more million people from Saito later met President Machin On the Nuning-Pingyang high- the textile district of Liz and the and the leaders of the Party and, way; the Chinese recaptured Napel, belt along the East Prussian frontier apologizing for his speech, offered north of Yungning, yesterday, also incorporated in the Third Reich. withdrawal from the party.

They Paid Tho Penalty LONDON, Feb. 4 (Reuter) --The bodies of three German airmen, one of whom was wearing the Tron Cross, were washed ashore at Northumber- and to-day.

The most remarkable feature of the war so far, at least where the Allies are concerne, he sald, has been the; eare taken not to bomb or ground- They are believed to be the crew strafe land targets.

of the Heinkel bomber brought down Such activity Inst September might I the mouth of the Tyne on Satur have been to Germany's advantage. ¦ day, But it is most likely that the Ger- A German flost, fully inflated, was mans did not indulge in it for fear washed ashore south of Onaldsay in

The Orkneys.

It is believed that the crew of the German aeroplase must have been

the raft, srowned after taking

The German Claim SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BERLIN, Feb. (UP)-It is

of reprisaluman" G.H.Q.

One of the leading items of news during the week, he continued, wasi the postponement of leave for the second time due to what was called "the ap"-transport troubles caused i by weather conditions.

This second postponement, how-offcially

J

Aritounera Liisit German

The announcement admitted that are planes had failed to return to their uses.

Deciding Saito's

TO THE PH

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In Kiangst, Chinese forces recap- The Jews will be driven to the tured Makwelling, a strategic moun-east, near to the Soviet-German tain pass on the Kiukiang-Nanchang demarcation line around Lublin while Feb. (UP)-To-day's Railway north of Tehan on January the Poles will be left to their own session of the House was delayed 27, and are launching a concerted destinies in an already over-populated from 1 p.m. owing to a conference of attack on Tehan, gateway to Nan-area.

all political parties, to deelde whether chang, according to field despatches. In a very short time this Polish Mr. Salto should be punished.

A Japanese detachment attacked "Resttant" (remainder State, as the Fenstufting and other points south Germans call it) would be reduced west of Kingshan in Central Hupch to the standard of the poorest and without success last Friday. Fights most overcrowded Chinese provinces. ingt i said to be still in progress

The House re-convened at 9 pan. when the Speaker referred the case

to the Punishinent Coinmiffee.

In refating Saito's interpellation, the War Minister sald that the China there.

Holy War bechuse campalu was a it aimed at the extermination of the "pro-Communist and anti-Japanese regime, thereby stabilising East Asia.

Japan, he declared, had no inten- thm of preying on lesser nations.

Political Circles Stirred SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" TOKYO, Feb, 3 (Domel)-Political circles are still showing considerable excitement.

REDS MENACE FINN DEFENCES

FROM PAGE ONE

ever, showed up Headquarter in al planes sonk nine merchant ships, one human light. One man was going pine-sweeper and four patrol boats home to be married, the wedding be in the North Sea. ing fixed for Thursday. He already dnd to postpone his. wedding twice before once when War began and the second time whey leave was tights over the North Sen German air "In the courre of recommaisiaure

If, as the Scandinavian countries postponed.

fear, the Russian plan to Invade Three times, he thought, was a bit force units attacked British warships

Army authorities evince great re-Norway and Sweden, they could only said Mr. Gardner. So dids well as armed and convoyed mer-

which, do so successfully through the Finnish dquarters. They sent him home alreraft fire and interference by they claim, is "derogatory to the pro-rallway system.

chantmen Despite, very heavy anti-sentment at Salto's speech,

Possession of these railways would blems in the event of hostilities in volving the Scandinavian

by plane, a privilege usually reserved British pursuit planes, one nine-posed objective of the current can immensely simplify their supply pro- for higher officials. The wedding sweeper, four patrol boats and nine paign." was held.

merchantmen were Funk atl Other Diet circles, including the numerous other armed merchant eformist section of the Seiyukai and ships were damaged, some of them the Jikyoku Dushikai, are urging dis- seriously." the amouncement claimed: ciplinary measures against Mr. Solto.

COLD WAVE

IN EUROPE

*** FROM PAGE ONE

cold is causing heavy shortages of Foodstuffs, especially vegetables.

Bombers Brought Down SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH“ LONDON, Feb, 3 (UP) —It is of- cially announced that three Heinkel bombers were shot down on the

Meanwhile, in compliance with the advices by the Speaker and the leaders of the Minselto, Mr. Salto, who has already voluntarlly cancelled part of his speech, will also make his excuses for his speech in the Lower

touse to-day.

BALKANS TO STAY PEACEFUL

> FROM PAGE ONE

they might more easily resist pres- sure.

No One Threatened

M. Gntencu, the tumanian Foreign Minister, dealt with the suggestion

Conference

known in London to have been spread by Nazl agents) that the ጌያን directed agakist neighbouring states. countries. le denied these reports and ap-

praved the speech of the Bulgarlan Fire And Tarture

Prime Minister, who said that Bul- Meanwhile.. Finland. fing.

gonegoria would respect the interests of through further fires and tortureihe Balkans. from large-scale Russian alr opera-

Like M. Markovitch, M. Gafencu tions, which are belleved to have

gratitudo spoke with

of Italy's been intensified in revenge for the

policy. appearance of British and Italian

Extend Balkan Trado In Finland's skies. With the appearance of

more

BELGRADE, Feb. 5 (Reuter). responded with wholesale air raids. are niready taken and further pro- The strategy of this is that the gress is expected at the meeting of castigation of civilians, especially the standing Economic Committee In along the routes of evacuation to Sweden, has caused so much distress the middle of February.

It is understood that the conference among the population that the Finish just concluded decided that the mo- High Command may have

to with-

ment was mopportune to raise the the newly-acquired fighting question of territorial revision. draw craft from the front in an attempt prevent the suffering-in-

M. Sarajoglu, the Turkish Foreign unprotected.

Minister, en route for home wit towns and villages behind the lines.

President Kallio's statement last assure the Bulgarian Prime Minister that Bulgaria's peaceful attitude is week that Finland is ready for an "honourable peace" is believed to warmly appreciated. Her territorial mean that unless ald is immediately claims should be left for forthcoming from other · Powers,

Russin will soon be victorious.

The shortage of coal is described nurtheast coast ursul planes en-to to-day's general meeting of the Finnish nlrplanes, the Russians have The Arst steps to extend Balkon trade

as "drastic."

It is estimated that riearly apartment houses are without Ing facilities in Berlin alone. Private houses have been tioned only 300lb of conl February.

Three British

Unusual significance thus attaches 1.500mged a Heinket which was attacking Lower House, at which Japan's at-

A British trawler off the Yorkshire titude in China will be clarified. const, and chased it inland, where it

heat-

apper"

for

erashed in flames on the Yorkshire moors. Two of the German crew were killed and two others were sent

Britain's Fuel Shortage SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH"

to Rospital.

Witnesses said that three British

No Pole Will Turn Traitor.

to

Inter.

discussion

-LONDON. Ecb. 5. (UP).—_The_bil-filter_planes dived about the Ger- terly cold weather which swept the man pline and chased it back and British Isles last week has résulted) forth until the German began billow-

PARIS, Feb. 4 (Reuter)--Neither in a temporary fuel shortage.

in smoke as it sank lower and lower Germany nor Russia had, managed Special measures are being taken and Itnally crashed near a coastal to forms a shum Government in those lu Glasgow, Birmingham and Man- town, chester to relieve the shortagė,

German planes resumed their at-parts of Poland which they had Householders formed tong queues tacks on Allied shipping of the east could not find a single Pole willing respectively occupied because they

Good Impression in Birmingham as they awaited de- coast this afternoon. One German

PARIS, Feb. 5 (Reuter).The re- to turn traitor, declared the Polish

Frontal Attacks livery of coal.

plane dropped six bombs at a steam-

Minister for Social Welfare ut n Citizens of Glasgow are being per

session of the governing body of the is stated in a communique in-day created good impression in offcial HELSINGFORS, Feb. 4 (UP)—It sulls of the Balkan Conference have milled to cut trees in the publie

International Labour Office.

that 1,000 Russians were killed in circles. These results are stated to parks.

The whole Polish people, and parti-five violent attacks on the Manner-indicate the strengthening and colia- cuturly the workers, are carrying on helm Line. These attacks were made boration of the Entente with each The bombers came through theperate struggle for liberty, he said. of the Mannerheim Line but all of particularly Bulgaria,

under terrible conditions in a des- in an attempt to break the middle other and with Immediate neighbours, mist over the cast and north-east

When the War was over, he con them fallet. coasts this morning, split formation tinued, Poland would play her part and swept down on ships of all sizes, in establishing international using their machine-gui

operation in all spheres.

PASSENGERS TELL OF N.Y.K. LINER INCIDENT

FROM PAGE ONE

'stopped and when the ship

closer she asked us our name and destination.

came

er which another plane had attacked earlier in the day. All the bomby missed their target.

Crews Machine-Gunned

British fighter planes rushed sea- ward and engaged the Germans,

The Air Ministry announced that "This information I gave and then two of the German planes were asked the stranger to reveal her brought down and another was "very identity. She did not do so and we seriously

damaged.' There were The resumed our voyage at 11.05, p.m."three successful interceptions.

Other jassengers could not say plane forced down in Yorkshire ntir- whether the stranger was a man-o-rowly missed a cottage before it war or not. All were unanimous in struck. saying that no shots were fired.

The Tatuta Maru Inter met #1 Japanese warship, which escorted her for some time.

Train Runs Into A Landslide

Four of the assaults were made at Muola. co Summa and one at Lake

Another at Kuhmo also inlled.

Eleven Bussian planes were shot down, 40 civilians were idilled and

A Warning To Free Nations

It la considered that the Confer- new stage in the ence also marks a Improvement of relations between { Yugo-Slavia and Turkey.

50 wounded in air raids on 15 Fin- STILL NO FOOD

nish towns last Saturday.

In the combined ralds of Friday and Saturday, 100 were

were idled and 200 wounded, 50

50 seriously.

580

The Russians dropped over AMSTERDAM, Feb. 4 (Reuter) bombs in the Helsingfors area on

seven hitting

air-raid The Netherlands newspaper, "Han- Saturday,

IN TIENTSIN

TIENTSIN, Feb. 5 (UP).-Despite assurances that Ave truckloads of foodstuffs were to be permitted to enter the British Concession dally, no

Many Britons are also complaining that they have been held up by Japanese sentries in the cold weather

up to two hours. Food

This is the most successful re- tort the R.A.F. has yet made to the delalad", commenting on the Vatican shelters and two hospitals at Kuopio. food has yet arrived,

brondcusis of Nazi terrorism, says The town of Natuvnio in the Pet- that these may be considered a warn- same area was bombed. ing to western treo nations to form

Sunday: Raid a wall against barbarism and des- potism.

in

Aubo, Feb. 4 (ÚF),—Several per-for perleds ranging To Enter

were south-west Finland

German bombers which have been preying on shipping.

Corman Airmen Rescued LONDON, Feb. 4 (British Wire-

sons were killed in this afternoon's less)--According to agency reports, The world is asking how the Ger air raid when ten Rusalan planca TIENTSIN, Feb. 5, (UP)-Three four of the crew of a German bomber, man methods which justified dropped 15 bombs in the centre of truck-fonds of food were permitted presumably one of those shot down overthrowing the Versailles Treaty, by British fighters in the North Sea can be put, alongside the cruelties the city. Seven houses were set on to enter the British Concession at LONDON, Feb. 4 (Reuter)--One yesterday, were rescued today by the which she herself is showing against It is understood that other towns ing two long

fire.

19.20 am, to-day, each truck chrry- woman was killed and several other trawler, Harlech Castic. A lifth was the small and weak nations that are

of food under the injured when a drowned before the flihermen could in her power,

also present Anglo-Japoneze arrangeinent passengers ኳየሮድሮ L.M.S. train from Northampton fo reach him,

of permitting, three trucks to enter London ratt into a landslide: near One of the four rescued men died

each morning and, two, each after- Watford.

Five landslides have been reported

The trucks were not escorted and on the Southern Raliway, during the tåken to hospital and the fourth has

for correspondent says that it is were not searched. They were zero- past 24 hours.

estimated that 1,000, Russian aviators ly required to display the Bellish Ong. have been killed since the beginning, Market-owners in the Concession MOSCOW, Feb, 4, (UP)The of the war, causing a serious short are jubilant and food prices Sovjet Government has apologised to

already declining.. ・・ Estonia because Russian warming at age of trained pilots, Tallit fired on an Estonian plane which flow over the Soviet déct.

on board the trawler from wounds in REDS APOLOGISE

tite head, while two others have been

Ibeen handed over to ní military guaid,

JAPANESE LINER HAS NAZI CARGO ABOARD

· SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH"

YOKOHAMA, Feb. 3 (Domel)-The first Japanese ship to bring German goods to Japan following the enforcement of the Allied measures for the seizure of German exports, the 0.5.K. liner Sanyo Maru, 8,360 tons, arrived here this morning;

She sailed from Rotterdam. With her goods covered by complete contract prior to the enforcement of the contraband control measures, she has been permitted by British authorities to carry her

She returned home via the Atlantic.

cargo.

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TO ESTONIA

The "Tass" agency says that an understanding has bien reached that Estönlar planes will not fly over Tallion or Russian warships anchored there Flew Over Warships

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raided.

Shortage Of Pilots

1. STOCKHOLM, Féb. 4. (Réuter) — noon.

The "Social Democraten's" Helsing-

arc

THEY FELT COLD, SO THEY RAIDED JAPANESE

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The Note says that the plane Tunnus, the western terminus of the Kirin-Tunhun Railway. several times flew over warshipą,

In the brief fighting which ensued, the Japanese troops were which mistook it for foreign plane rodied, and enbugli equipment was found to clothes the 800 men.

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