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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

GOLD FLOWS Finland Issues More TO AMERICA Urgent Appeal For Aid

Imports In January Roach $236,413,000

HELSINGFORS, Feb. 15 (Reuter).—It is pointed out SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGNAPH" here that although the Russians, as a result of almost WASHINGTON, Feb. 15

two weeks pounding away with heavy loss of life and (UP).-The Department of Commerce reports that gold im-men, have captured-a few outposts of the Mannerheim ports into the United States line they have another ten miles of tank traps, machine- during January this year, in

valued at gun posts and barricades to go through before they

round figures, were $236,413,000.

The countries of origin

follow:-

Canada

Netherlands

United Kingdom Japan

Philippines

Silver Imports

were

4IN

can hope to penetrate the line itself. $52.000,000

interview with the In un 30,411,000 23.005,000 Press, M. Kallio, the President of 37,070,000 Finland, mude another appeal for

3,360,371 foreign help.

He hoped that Finland'a Silver imparts during the Barnensht stimulate countries abroad to period totalled $5,709,000 including

Mexico

Japan

Peru

Philippines

help her. $2.538.000 Nevertheless Finland would con- 1,201.000 time to fight, he said, with help or 400,090 † without help. "We are faced with the extinction of our nation," he said.

79,158

British Army Doubled Many Volunteers Join Up

"We must fight to the last."

German Reply To Republics

America Safety Zone

Plan Rejected BERLIN, Feb. 15 (Reuter). The German Government has replied to the Note of the 21 In order to help relieve the pressure American republics regarding on the men at the front, the Finnish the formation of a 300 mile Government yesterday issued posters calling me of between 43 and 44 Rafety zone around America, years of age to the colours. They must report.

Attacks Repulsed

The feial communique isued to- day also states that in the Summa Finnish troops have defended all enemy

sector

CAT-

The Gennan reply states that only" It the British. and French attitude were revised could Germany see any hope of discussing Zone Plin.

The Allies, It will be recalled, while npproving the principle of the plan, asked for guarantees that enemy raiders and merchant ships should not sucessfully altacks.

North-east of Lake Lanogu, the allowed to use the Zone us a shield

to avoid legitimate capture. LONDON, Feb. 15 (British

Phemy attacked on several veeslons

The Germans now claim that this Wireless). The British Army all the attacks were driven back. reply shows that the Alles are, from strength is double what it was The Finnish troops destroyed of the very beginning, disposing of the one year agTUJ, This, with otherzet about a hundred convoy unitumoracutal idea of the security of interesting figures was authen-incipally comprising of provistons. the Zane.

The Fir

Finnish coastal batteries on the

Bertin also rejects the protest tically disclosed to-day.

Karelben Isthmus successfully re-

A protest was sent to Britain, France and Germany in connection with the Graf Spee battle off the The Finnish Air Force succesfully River Plate, an action which, it was attacked enemy troop concentrations considered, was one imperilling the and provision depots.

According to confirmed reports, 161 Germany is prepared to enter in a nemy planes were shot down and one further exchange of views on the pulsory Service Humilations, the in-mber was forced down in Finnish subject. crease in the year is only due in a territory. smaller part to the plants called un, for it is pointed out that over 150,000 volunteers Joined the Army since the outbreak of war, witle little difficulty was experienced in completing ter- ritorial establishments.

MR. & MRS. J. ROOSEVELT

ROOSEVELT DIVORCE President's Son Claims

Desertion

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SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPHU LOS ANGELES, Feb. (UP)-Mr. James Roosevelt, the President's eldest son, has filed a suit for divorce in the Superior Court, alleging that his wife deserted him over a year ago.

He also petitioned the Court for such other relief" as it might deems advisable to grant.

The

married

February 16, 1940...

CONVERGING

ON NANNING Chinese Claim Now Kwangsi Advanco CHUNGKING, Feb. 10 (Reuter). The Chinese claim that they are convergla on Nnnning in Kwongsi {province after defenting the Japan- ene, forcing them to retreat through narrow food-hills after a battle in which Japanese essualties totalled 20,000.

Chinese losses are also consider- able.

The Chinese also claim that

abelled Artillery units

Japanese transports and warships un the Yangtze River, scoring a number of hits.

Prevalence Of Snatching

Valley Folks Are Victimised

stressed

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eldents in the districts about Leighton The prevalence of snatching in- HI Road and Broadwood Road, Happy Valley, was Inspector A. V. Baker at the Central Magistracy this morning, when he complainant stated that he prosecuted U Wing-loks, was

in Brooklyn, Mas-employed, for the theft of a woollen suchusetts, un June 4, 1930 and that showl valued at $6 from a woman,

22, he had been separated from his wife Leung Sitt,

Dragon Terrace. since November 1, 1938.

There are two children of the mar

Inspector Baker said the woman riage, Sara Deluno aged 7 and Kate was walking in Leighton Hill Road aged 4.

carrying the shawl when U approach- "Airs. Roosevelt, noted for brains, ed, snatched it and ran away. He beauty and high stunding in Mus-was pursued by a district watchman sachusetts society, is the daughter of and caught near Ewo Hill Road. Dr. Harvey Cushing, a famous brain

She is believed to have a personal fortune at $750,000.

Excluding the Indian Army which pulsed all attempts by the enemy to shinst neifen talten by Nazi warships. specialist, 1 160,000 stront, the Army lo January, 1939, corcisted of 600,000 to the lee and destroyed # men serving in the Regler Torsierable number of detaclanents. ritorial and Rererve forees, the number is 1,250,000.

Iminense as are the supplies of manpower available under the Com-

To-day

The personnel of the latter rose by over 289,000 in the three years sine 1036. These figures do not include the great increase in strength of the Empire Army nor

take account recruitment to the Colonk furces.

of

Bastion Of Our Defences LONDON, Feb 15 (Reuter).Most

this morning) of the British Press dealt with Finland,

The news that British subjects) my chlist for service with the Fat- nish Army has been welcomed on all sides as just and 'wite,

safety zone.

LABOUR SUPPORT

FOR FINLAND

Her husband, formerly his father's secretary at the White House, is now vice-President of the United Artists' Corporation in Hollywood, He was associated with the production of

Wuthering Heights.”

Third To Seck Divorce LOS ANGELES, Feb, 15 (Reuter). -Alr, James Roosevelt, the Pre- sident's eldest son, has filed a petition for divorce from his wife, Bitsy, a daughter of the late Dr. Harvey Williams Cushing, the internationally known brain specialist.

He is charging his wife with de sertion.

LONDON, Feb. 15 (Reuter) Finland's urgent need for help was When the British Labour delegation,

The couple have two children, stressed by the "Times," "Daily Tele- which had been visiting Finland, Sara Delano, aged 9, and Kafe, aged described its impressions before 84. The marriage took place ten graph" and "Daily flerald."

The Finns are

overwhelmed, says necting of the National Council of years ago. the "Dally Herald."

Lubm here on Wednesday, it was If the action succeeds, Janes will The "Tines" says that the Soviets decided to launch an appeal for funds be the third of the President's chil-

dren to be divorced. have concentrated on the Karelian for Finland.

Mrs. James Roosevelt has 1- The delegation paid warm tributes Isthmus a force more than equal to the whole army available for the de- to the courage, energy and high spirita nounced that she will bring a cros of the Finns and said that they were fence of all frontiers in Finland.

that it was agreed that she would Although the Soviet tanses so far impressed by the military and polllion against her husband and added SOFIA, Feb. 15 (Dame)The

principles of Bulgarian Government headed by M. have been 50 to one Finn, this cannot tical level attained and by the people's have the custody of the children. G. Kiosselvanoff, the Prime Minister be maintained once the Finns try to attachment

SOFIA CABINET CRISIS

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

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the

and Foreign Minister, to-day resign-recapture the fortified outposts which democracy.

The delegation stressed, that the Obituary

ed en bloc,

It is understood that the Cabinet, which has been steering a midway course between the pro-Soviet and the pro-Italian factions, has been forced to retreat due to the recent rise of pro-Soviet Influence as a re- sult of the conclusion of the com-

and aviation mercial with the Soviet Union

nre now in e enemy hands.

The Finns have only a small re-Finns

were in urgent need of

plines. serve to relieve the inen fighting in armaments, especially heavy guns and the front lines.

The information and impressions

The "Daily Telegraph" says that the Finns far hold out during the which they obtained will be placed next few vital weeks they may be before the British Government. able to gain breathing space to rest

agreements their troops and prepare for a big

Difference Of Opinion PARIS, Feb. 15 (Router).--Accord- ing to a Sofia dispatch, it is thought that the difference of opinion be- tween the Prime Minister, M. Kiosselvanoff, and the Minister of Agriculture, M. Adrianov, regarding the candidature of deputies during the last Legislative elections led M. Klosseivanoff to resign.

Certain political circles in Soft connect Bie crisis with the arrival there of M. Popoff, the Bulgarlun Minister to Belgrade, who was sume moned to Soft by cable on Wednes- day,

WE WON'T BOMB

CIVILIANS

offensive.

If they get this breathing space,

must be turned to necount by outside sympathisers.

Both the "Times" and the "Daily

contingent

Almost Amounts To Highway Robbery

of

I was ordered to be expelled from the Colony is a destitute.

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LONDON, Feb. 15 (Reuter),—Ac | without obligation. cording to the Polish radio, Protes- sor Ignacy Clroanowski,, who oc- cupied the chair of Literature at the University of Cracow, has died in the notorious concentration comp Oranienburg.

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He is the eighth professor of the Cracow University to be killed by the Gestapo, added the announcer.

Fails To Report Arrival

Failure to report within 48 hours of his arrival from Manila on Feb- ruary led to Sooraen Topalian, 29, nn Aviation Company's representa-

at the Central Magistracy this morn- Live, being fined $10 by Mr. Edwards

Ing.

It was stated that Topalian, arrived by Clipper on February 8 but only reported himself yesterday.

Electrical Amazing Voyage

Pioneer

By Germans

BERLIN, Feb. 15 (Reuter).- The official news agency states that five LONDON, Feb, 15 (Reuter).

German seamen have arrived safely The death--is-announced-of-in-Germany after spending 7 days. Colonel Rookes Evelyn Bell in 29-fool life-boat off the West

African coast. Crompton, "father of the clec-

They made their way from Poly, where they sheltered on the outbreak trical industry," aged 94.

of war, to Las Palmas.

He was the first to instal electric

Two men, Pung Chol, 20, and Telegraph emphasise that the Bri- Wong Song, 24, were charged before tisht must be the first to help Finland. Mr. Sheldon at the Central Mugis-

The "Times" says that any army tracy this morning with the theft of lights in Buckingham Palace, Windsor sent to help a small country fighting a sliver pocket watch from Fung Ki-Custic, Holyrood Palace and in some for liberty cannot be complete with-saug. 22, in a public latrine in Canal of London's biggest bulldings.

st, Wanchal, yesterday. He did pioneer work at Mr. of Road West, out

« substantial

Defendants

denied the offence, which Churchill's request in 1915 in con- Britons,

the Police described as a crime bor- nection with the construction of land- ships which were the forerunners of highway robbery. dering on

St. Bentley said the men had in-tu-day's tanks.

Colonel Crompton took out a corps terfered with Fung before he entered the latrine, and, following him in of electrical engineers to the South they took the watch from him. The African war. victim called out and was heard by a district watchman, who arrested both accused

The Daily Mail" refutes the sug- gestion that help for Finland would dissipate our resources.

The Finns, frhting the battle of the century, may yet prove to be the vital bastion of our defence, it says,

Finnish Women's Appeal

SPECIAL TO THE "TELZORAPHI HELSINGFORS, Feb. 15 (UP). "Let your husbands and sons come

our ald and

fight help US

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LONDON, Feb. 16 (Reuter), Mr. Chamberlain to-day repented the Justice." Government's pledge not to bomb 'civilians deliberately.

He reiterated his statement made on September 14,1030, in which he said that whatever the others might do the British Government would not resort to deliberate attacks on men, children and other civilians for the purpose of mere terrorism.

Defendants were sentenced to six months' hard labour.

Parking Offences

H. J. Tebbutt, of Messrs. Davies, Brooke and Gran, St. George's Build- ing, was fined $5 by Mr. Sheldon of the Central Magistracy this morning for parking car No. 3054 in Chater

victoriously far liberty, humanity and thrusts along new lines were made, This was the appeat broadenst to but the Finns appear to have stood the women of the world by fifteen firm overywhere and have inflicted female members of the Finnish Diet astonishingly heavy losses on the In-Road for more than two hours on

vaders. to-day,

They emphasised the Finnish love

2resh waves of Soviet troops were of peace and described the terror of thrown against the Finns north of Summa over the lee of Lake Musta- the Soviet air raids, WO-

"With quaking hearts we ask how ajnervi and at Taipale. Jong the world will allow this to con- The attack over the lake might tinue. Must small peaceloving have been serious if it had succeeded, tition night alone to the bitter end for it would have brought the Rus- against nin enemy many

times sians to one of the main ronds lead stronger?" they asked.

ing to Vilpuri.

The Russians had to advance over

To this statement he had nothing

further to add.

BAGS HIS 6TH BAG-SNATCHER

in

destroyed. Thirteen tanks were

captured tanks were immediate

Two

the ice on the lake 10 miles wide

the sur-

to

Fire In "Black-Out"

Area In London

LONDON, Feb. 15 (Reuter)-A large section of London's "black-out" area was lit up on Wednesday night scrap when u fire broke

out in

metal storchotise.

Among the scrap metal was 50 tons of magneslum.

The flames could be seen for ten miles around Hounslow district.

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January 23.

LONDON, Feb 15 (Reuter)-His F. Buckle, of the Education De Majesty the King discussed mer- fined $5 for cantile morine matters when he partment, was also allowing cor No. 3854 remain vislied the new bullding of the stationary in Des Voeux Road Cen-Chamber of Shipping here to-day, trat near the Hongkong and Shang- The King, who is a Muster of the hai Bank for a perlod longer than Merchant Navy, showed himself to necessary to allow passenger to be an expert. In affairs of ships and

men who all the seas alight on January 20.

red duster."

Japanese Airman's "Suicide Dive"

A book and a felt hat, valued at a total of $21, left inside car No. 2070, belonging to Mr. G. W. Reeve, of 461 The Penik, were stolen yesterday CHUNGKING, Feb. 18 (Reuter)-when the car was parked in Queen's French sources here report that the Road near the Hongkong and Shang- Japanese bombing of the Haiphong-hal Bank. Kunming Railway on Tuesday caus- ed no damage and that the bridge was not hit.

Chinese circles, commenting on the Japanese Japanese report that a bomber made a "suicido dive towords the bridge," point out that the machine crashed at Wendian, or about 15 miles away from the bridge

Finn Communiquo SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" HELSINGFORS, Feb. 16 (UP) without any cover against machine- To-day's-oMcial communique from gunners well-hidden in Sald to have been responsible for Finnish G.H.Q. claims that over a founding woods. Moreover, the lee the arrest of five other bag snatchers, thousand Russian soldiers died in is now covered with a layer of three Mr. P. J. Santos was congratulated action during to-day's Red attacks to four feet of snow, in which the

men floundered helplessly. by Mr. Macfadyen at Kowloon on Muolanjaervi

OGPU Shoots Soldiers Magistracy this morning after he had arrested Wong Ng-tung, 34,

Many eye-witnesses report that Nanking Street..

ly manned by Finnish soldiers and Russian soldiers who refused to ad- vance in the face of certain death were used against the Reds.

A severe battle continued through- were shot from behind by political

at Taipale, in the agents, out yesterday

North of Lake Ladoga, the Finns course of which the Finns repulsed wave after wave of Russian attacks. thwarted an attempt to take pro-

In this area, the communique visions to a marconed battalion.

sustained 2.000 Three Russian divisions are re- claims. the Reds. casualties, bringing the total dead on ported to be in difficulties in this re-

gion. the Karelian Isthmus to 3.500.

Activity on the Summa front, is The Russians twice tried to rescue Army Corps. One plane, sent for ant attack by the Russians.

Russian attacks across the ice in this purpose, crashed through the fee. the Gulf of Finland were also re- of a small lake and disappeared. A the Stock Exchange to-day, alls and second plane landed by mistake bo-Kaffre closed firmer on better sup- pulsed.

hind the Finnish lines and both the port, but elsewhere the ione nirernft und crew were captured. Irregular.

Textiles were well-bought on a re- Finns Forced To Withdraw

Rubber HELSINGFORS, Feb. 15 (Router). ported shortage of stock.

Sgt. Nolan said that Wong snatch- en the bag from Mrs. M. J. Rull while the was walking a Nanking Street yesterday. Ten dollars was found missing, from the bag when it was recovered.

Defendant was sentenced to three Imonths' hard labour.

FRANCE INTERNS yn after 14 days of ince the Commander of the Thiriconth

27 CZECHS

PARIS, Feb. 10 (Reuter) Twenty-seven foreigners of Czecho- Slovak origin have been sent to n concentration.camp near Rambouillet on a charge of carrying on activities! dangerous to the country,

Five hundred Russians were killed in a battle near Kuhmo.

During the day, sixteen Russian plones were shot down in raids in various parts of the country.

Now Attnekr Launched

A Busy Day

On Stock Exchange

LONDON, Feb. 16 (Reuter).-On

was

It was stated to-night that in the was firm on a better trade demand They wore employed in National

face of terrife Russian pressure on and a larger United States January Defence factories. It la stated that STOCKHOLM, Feb. 15 (Reuter), the Karellan Isthmus, Finnish troops consumption:

Tin eased owing to speculative pro they refused to comply with a sum--The intensity of the Russian on- have withdrawn from the first line mons to serve in the Czecho-Slovak alaught against the Mannerheim Line positions at a number of points, in fit-taking.

Wall Street wns irregular: Increased further Legion in France.

to-day when' ilie Summa sector.

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ever.

Doctors and nurses everywhere advise California Syrup of Figs' because they know that to cure con- stipation you must use a liquid laxe- tive

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