1940-02-14 — Page 25

Wednesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

February 14, 1940.

Chinese Spokesman Describes:-

In

Rout Of Japanese South Kwangsi

Kwangsi Front

Details of the new Japanese debacle in South Kwangsi are supplied by "Central News" in a roport from Liuchow which, besides confirming the recapture of Pingyang, claims that over 5,000 Japanese troops were slain in the fighting on this front.

A Chinese military spokes- man, reviewing the fighting near

Pingyang, said that the Japanese

mobilised about 100.000 men for

Germans Fire

this second drive in South At Dutchman

Kwangsi following their defent

at Kulunkwan, the strategic

pass on the Nanning-Pingyang He Wanted To Read highway, Inst December.

The right column pushed toward Pingyung by a roundabout roule vin Wingshun, reaching na far as Shong-

tin, 18 miles north-west of Pingyong while the left column forced its way to the southern suburbs of Wuning by the Nanning-Wuming highway.

Column Cut

In accordance with preconceived plans, crack Chinese troops were sent to attack the rear and left Bank of the Japanese column advancing up to Pingyang

The Japanese Column

was cut into several groups, and the lengthening Japanese communication tine was cut at reveral points.

The Meters

(Reuter).The Dutch authori AMSTERDAM, Feb. 14,

ties are investigating an incident on the German frontier in which an employee of a Dutch electri- city firm is alleged to have been shot at by Germans.

It appears that when he came to read the meters of a few houses on which were served by the Dutch the German side of the frontler

company, he WAN not First, Wingshion and Shekfow, re-

to cross Into the German speciively east and west of Nanning,frontier and he shouted to the house- were recovered. Following five more owners to come and show him their days of fighting, Kula Kantong, Naho card. and Takisoki, points around Pinyang, were then regained.

On the Nauning-Wuming highway the Japanese, the apokesman went on, were driven back to Shuankiao, south of Wuming, where they were sur- rounded, As a

a result of a general Chinese counter-offensive Launched

D, the Japanese forces at Shanglin and south of

C:11

Wuring werd router. The road betwech Shanglin and Pingyang wan strewn with Japanese dend and dying.

recaptured

Pingyang February 11.

On

Japanese reinforcements, according to this spokesman, were called up at Suling, but they were subjected to encircling attacks by Chinese forces. The Japanese are now stated to be withdrawing towards Nanning.

Northern Front

Altogether four. Japanese trans- ports have been damaged between Fanchang and Tungu by Chinese shelling during the last few days, spys a message from Aghwel. Yes terday, another transport was shelled; by Chinese land batteries while she was steaming up the Yangtze River, She was damaged in the stern,

Fire was opened at him from the German skle of the frontier. He put up his hand and waited until some

Germans, carrying revolvers, came ross the border and questioned hini.

He was able to satisfy them, but the women to whom he had been talling in connection with the meter- reading were arrested and taken off to the town of Vreden.

GERMANY DECLARES WAR ON NEUTRAL SHIPPING

FROM PAGE ONE

been increased by the torpedoing of the liner Burgerdijk.

Yesterday Holland learned from Berlin that the torpedoing of the ship was "a legal act."

Bound For Holland Actually, however, Amsterdam messages say that the ship was bound from New York to liolland with a cargo nine-tenith of which was for the Netherlands Government and the remainder for Dutch importers.

In recent fighting in Hupeh, over 1,000 Japanese were stain, the Chinese 'claim. The surviving There was nothing to show that Japanese on this front are now, in she was proceeding to any belligerent full reirent towards Kingshan and

port. Yingeheng.

More Chinese Claims

Norway, which has lost more ship- ping, thanks to the Nazis, than any Altogether 8,000 Japanese officers other neutral country, has lost and men were killed in 180 engage-another vessel. ments with the Chinese on Hainan

THE FIRST original photograph of the final scenes at the scuttling of the German pocket-baltleship Admiral Graf Spee. This picture shows the ship just, before she settled beneath the waters of the River Plate. From bow to stern she was a mass of flames. Her hull is seen buckled and torn by the force of the exploding am- munition.--(Fox Movietonews picture.)

TWO ARMIES LOCKED TWO SHIPS SCUTTLED FINN LINE HAMMERED SZESZEN

IN DECISIVE WAR

TO DEATH

FROM PAGE ONE

positions as they were 'mowed down by the fire of the fenders.

AS NAZI ARMADA FLEES

FROM PAGE ONE

Finnish professor, says that, skilled German officers are now with the Soviet forces.

FROM PAGE ONE

"We have reason to expect a Ger- de-cable has been received in London to man Expeditionary Force before long the effect that six German ships left In South Finland. We must expect the Spanish port of Vigo under cover a stab in the back exactly as in the of darkness on Saturday night in an ease of Poland," he said. attempt to run the British blockade.

Great Violence PARIS, Feb. Three others left Brazilian ports in

14 (Reuter).-A addition to the Wakama, making a Soviet offensive on the Mannerheim Line developed with great violence

The Russians almost fatalis- tically obey the orders of their officers-orders which mean cer- tain death. for thousands of them.

Casualties are increasing, not only nmong the Russians but also among the defenders, who fight to the last man to defend even the most Insigni- ilcant outpost.

the

total of ten.

man vessels, which had been shelter-formation reaching office

The newspaper says that the Ger- early yesterday, according to In- quarters ing in neutral ports since the begin- from Helsingfors. It is added that ning of the war, received arders to the Finns are still standing firm. attempt to return home or to scuttle

Red Claim themselves if necessary.

are

Up to this morning, when the most

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH desperate onslaught of

The ships which left Vigo are the

MOSCOW, Feb. 14 (UP), The, reached a new climax, the Russions tons; Orizaba, 4,354 tons; Arucas, Leningrad have issued the following war Wangoni, 7,848 tons; Wahche, 4,700 Soviet Military Headquarters at losses had run, according to Finnish 3,380 tons; Rostock, 2,542 tons; and communique: "As the result of suc official sources, into "very thousands.”

many the Morea, 1,927 tons.

cessful netions Soviet troops have cap- three The

German ships which left tured 23 of the enemy's defensive The Russians are apparently r Brazilian ports recently lying on their steam-roller tactics Wolfsburg, 0,201 tons; La Coruna, mus.

the fortifications on the Karelian Isth -constant pressure by an over- whelming nun

number of men, tanks, guns and airplanes, to overwhelm the ile Finnish defending forti- fications through sheer exhaustion of man power and machinery.

50,000 Mortar Shells Typical of the herculean Russian

the Red lines.

7,494 tons and

6,400 tons.

the Koenigsberg, "In some sectors intense aviation, infantry and artillery action con- Wakama Scuttled

tinues.* The Admirally has announced that "The Soviet action on the Isthmus the German ship Wakama was Is developing successfully. Large Fin- located by aircraft from His Majesty's nish forces attempted counter attacks ships in the South Atlantic yesterday, but were repulsed with heavy losses," On being ordered to stop by al- Polish Airman Fight For Finland

ship and scuttled her.

The Snestad was sunk by a mine effort is the trench mortar Are froin craft the German crew set fire to the

Island from February, 10 last year to or torpedo on Sunday while on her January 31 this year, according to a way from Norway to New York in Chinese estimate. During this ballast. All her crew were saved. period, three Japanese planes were brought down by Chinese anti-air- craft-fire, while-two-tanks, three| motor boats, over 20 army lorries and several feld guns were destroyed.

Jury Locked Up For Tiffin

Contraband Claim AMSTERDAM, Feb. 13 (Reuter). Neutral Inquirers were told in Berlin to-day that the Burgerdijk was presumably sunk because she had contraband on board.

So far apparently no report has been received from the captain of the submarine which sank the ship, but Nazi elrcles declare that contra- band would be the only reason that. could make him torpedo a neutral vessel.

Retiring at 12.30 p.m., the Jury in the murder trial heard by the Chlef Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, at the The Parliamentary correspondent Criminal Sessions to-day intimated of the "Telegraaf writes:" "Our

before

as consequence

1 p.m. that it would take people feel nothing but disgust and some time before they arrived at indignation at such piracy and the

Government knows in advance Court was adjourned to 2.30 mm. it has the whole nation during that the Jury remaining closeted. It makes clear at the proper time The case Involved Lau Tin-young and place and with proper emphasis and Lau Tou who were accused of that Holland does not wish to strangling a 63-year-old widow, threatened with

Lam

wont and hunger Po, at Ap Man Liu village, Salkung through the litegal and unreasonable district, on the night of November 6. action of one of the parties in the The Arst was represented by Mr. war."

Inglls Hosang. Instructed by Mr. A.

cl

Netherland Protest

.It

30 men.

have hurled more than 50,000 shells computed that 12-inch mortars

A British warship later picked up at the Finnish lines since the offen-

officers

and sive started, la support of wave after that when the crew of the Wakamu It is reported in Rio de Janeiro wave of mass bayonet charges and noticed the presence of H.M-cruiser

Finnish machine-guns and

they scu Hawkins, down the

scuttled the ship off grenades simply mow Russians as they run across No Man's the coast of Brazil 13 hours after

Rio de Janeiro, leaving Land,

Meanwhillo contradictory reports circulated here regarding the fate of the 43 members of the crew.

But as each bayonet charge fades

of

Some newspapers stated that they were saved by the Hawkins while others said they were drowned.

The Wakama was bound for Recife (Pernambuco) carrying a full cargo of 6,000 tons of grain, coffee, lard, leather, minerals and cotton.

away there is only a few minutes' pause before another climbs over the parapet to commence another charge of death against the Finns: That the defenders have with stood twelve continuous daya this type of hammering is bewilder Ing even the most sceptical of mill- tary experts. It simply can't be done, they say, The wreckage of between fifty and sixty Russian janks, which cover each Rted bayonet charge, lles in No Man's break of war.

Road.

Rusalans have another in reserve,

But for each tank destroyed the

Determined To Win They appear determined to break through at Sumroa, no matter what the cost.

Arculli, and the second by Mr. AMSTERDAM, Feb. 13 (Reuter). D. J. N. Anderson, instructed by Mr.It is understood that the Govern J. M. Hall.

ment will shortly protest in Berlin ME, H. Williams, Crown Counte!, at the torpedoing of the Dutch Isthmus,

freighter Arendskerk. prosecuted.

The continuous artillery Are, nl- serious view is taken in most official quarters regarding reports of heard with much greater clarity dur- en in ways clearly audible in Leningrad, is the torpedoing of the Burgerdijk ing the long, silent winter nights. which have been received up to now,

Attempted To Bribe Constable

A

She was the last German ship at Rio de Janeiro, to which port she had arrived a week before the out

Valuable Cargo

The Finns wonder whether the U.S. Navy Budget

LONDON, Fett 14 (Reuter).-The "Daily Herald" reports that nearly 400 Polish airmen are now in Finland and will soon be manning British planes against the Soviets.

Earlier Reports

By Kalsh Forte

UNITED PREGS WAR CORRESPONDENT HELSINGFORS, Feb. 14 (UP).- The Russians have broken through.

The Finns have evacuated certain Summa advanced positions in the sector.

The positions are described as machine-gun outposts in No Mun's Land.

Evacuation was forced under pres- sure of continuous Russian attacks.

The Finns frumediately counter- attacked

to naked with great ferocity and claim

after the Russian charges broke against the actual Mannerheim Line fortifications,

INDUSTRIALISTS TO CO-OPERATE

There is no explanation why the S.O.S. from the Wakamȧ before she was scuttled was received in Rio de relayed by the Spanish freighter Janeiro yesterday afternoon and was

Arluga Mendi, 5,536 tons. The Spanish versel said she, was 48 milles The Finns often wonder what the from the position and was sending thinking about the hold-up of their lessed that she had arrived and found dustrialicis is about to be effected Russian civilians in Leningrad are prompt assistance.

PARIS, Feb. 14 (Reuter).—Con- She later wire- tact between French and British In- mighty Red Army on the Karellan

no fraco of the Wakoma.

so that the industries of the two The scuttled Walcama's cargo, it is countries may he complementary and! reported, may be valued at £250,000. not competitive in war time.

The first meeting, provisionally fixed for March 3 in London, is in- tended for a preliminary investiga- tion of the possibilities of co- ordinating Franco-British production, firstly, during the war, and secondly, after it.

French industry will be represent- Viborg, behind the Finnish lines-The Appropriations Committee of ed by a delegation of Confederation it is the second largest city in Fin slashed $111,000,000 from the Roose

the House of Representatives has employers. knows what efforts have gone into velt Budget for the Navy and has land-does not wonder, because it

recommended appropriations totalling the Finnish defences.

Viborg have ever seen taking shelter when States to build battleships and the most efelent elly I$900,000,000 und urged the United an air raid alarm is sounded.

cruisers "superior" to those abroad. The reduction was the largest sent fighting "Russia's anniversary hitherto made by the Committee to Peak, was summoned

Some Finnish officers call the pre-

Lestle Archibald Lewis, of 317 The before Mr. offensive" ns, they belleve, it is des any single budget recommendation..

Sheldon at the Central Magistracy signed to produce a great victory, and The Committee, however, contend- this morning for falling to give notice entrance into Viberg on February 23,ed that the needs of the fleet could in writing to the Registration of Russia's "Army Day." Earlier, how adequately be met by the smaller Persons' Office of his departure from ever, Stalin's birthday was to have sum.

the Colony on January 0.

It is considered that if the reports Russians in Leningrad never speculate are verified the sinking of the Bur on the fact that the fighting has re- erdijk was the most flagrant vloin mained in virtually the same spot tion of the rights of neutral shipping since the war started eleven weeks

bribe to a constable "Offering a in a very serious offence indeed, said Mr. Himsworth at Kowloon yet committed, Magistracy this morning, when he sentenced Iu Kom, 49, coolic, to a

At 2.10

one month

on

the

A very strong protest is expected.

Swedish Ship Lost fine of $10 or on night' soll, and a Swedish steamer, Dalaro, 3,927 tons, LONDON, Feb. 14 (Router). The charge of dumping further two months' hard labour for sank in the Atlantic early yesterday, offering a bribe to the constable. The crew of 20 were rescued by

a con- Belgian trawler which made for an this morning, a.m. stable on patrol in Mataukok Road Irish port. raw defendant with two buckets of

The Captain died soon after the alghisoil in a field. On seeing the rescue. constable, defendant ran away, but It is not known whether the Dalara was chased and arrested. The bribe was mined or torpedoed, of a dollar was offered to the con- stable on the way to the Police station.

Constable Faces Serious Charge

Polish Liner Had Anzacs Aboard

LONDON, Feb. 14 (Reuter)—It is officially revealed that, one of the Alleged to have indecently assault-transports used by the Australian ed a woman at the King's Park and New Zealand Expeditionary Refugee Camp on February 26 Forces was a Follch vessel manned Constable, PCC740 Yuen Kou, op- by Polish sallors. peared before Mr. Macfadyen

al

Kowloon Magistracy this morning. Mr. E. V. Searle, of 03 Waterloo He was formally remanded for one Road, Brst floor, was robbed of an week.

Det-Sgt. Fraser sald there would the total value of $50 when a thief lovercoat and a pair of spectacles to be further charges against defendant, entered his home yesterday,

ago.

produced this occasion for rejoicing

among the Russians. ・・

Clash With Armed Tribesmen

Is Slashed

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (Reuter).

KING RECEIVES

NEW MINISTER

Did Not Notify Authorities

A representative appeared on be- half

of Mr. Lewis and stated that the

defendant was in Chungking on busi-

ness.

An adjournment of two weeks wasj

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LEG. CRUSHED

When two steam launches collided

Hair-Dress Alleged

A 20-year-old girl was admitted. when tying up near the Sal Kung at the Tung Woh Eastern Hospital Wharf, Comaught Road West, yester

LONDON, Feb. 13 (British Wire- NEW DELHI, Feb. 13. (Reuter) less)-1LM the King received Mr. A British officer and an Indian Sepoy G. M. Vereker on his appointment as were killed, and five Sepoya were British Minister to Finland. wounded in a clash between troops and armed tribesmen aaven miles LONDON, Feb. 13 (Reuter) north-west of Bonnu to-day..

General Walther von Brauchitsch, the day, a seaman, Mui Hing-nem, 87, on Monday, sultering from burns to The fighting took place when the German Commander-in-Chief, has had one of his leas crushed. He was the bend alleged to have been caused The gang is believed to have suffered on work, according to the German On Chau, and was rushed to the wave. Her condition is reported to troops were on reconnaissance duty, gone to Danzig to Inspect reconstruc- a member of the crew of the launch, when she was having a permanent

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KING TO SIGN PROCLAMATION

LONDON, Feb. 18 (UP)—I D

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH

reported that Hia. Majesty King

· George· ‚VT" Is. prepared-to' legutó shortly a \proclamation, Leeneing the enlistment of British-- volun- teers for Finland.

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