1940-02-16 — Page 7

OVERNIGHT

NEWS PAGE.

Finns Not Alarmed

Stockholm, Feb, is, Hund-to-hand fighting in which the Finns are using their long knives as well as bayonets continued to-day on the Karelian Isthmus. Although the Finns are not discussing the seriousness of the situation, they are not showing undue alarm. They point out that after two and a half months fighting and the loss of about 250,000 men, all the Russians have to show is a preliminary foothold on the outside edge of the Mannerheim Line and a few strips of wild Finnish territory in the north.

Four regiments of tanks are stated to have been used by the Russians on the lathmus, 150 at Muolr. and 230 at Summa.

The Finnish general staff claim that half the total number of Run- sian tanks no far used have been al ready put out of action. The re- inalning tanks, however, able to advance without land obstacles in the Sunna rector where there is a cer-

Friday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

****Cotton Board

Thief's Daring Kowloon Coup

How a thief gained admitiance to a flai by calling out "gas" in English then stole the gold wed- ding ring from a European wo- man's hand as she unlocked the door was revealed in a report made to the police yesterday.

Mrs. Close, of Hankow Road, reported that at 2.15 p.m. yester- day she heard some one call out "gna" In · English' and thinking that he was the gas Inspector, started to unlock the back door. As sho turned the key with her right hand and the door handle with her left the thief placed his hand over hers and slipped off ker wedding ring. io ilien push- ed her back, took the key and locked the door on the outside. The ring is valued at $48.

The thief was described as being between 25 and 30 years of age, dressed in white clothing with blue stripes, and wearing a fell hai.

February 16, 1940.

No Military

To Be Set Up Japanese Captain Pact With Reds

Bill Passos Second Reading In Lords

LONDON, Feb. 15 (Reuter). -The House of Lords to-ly passed the second rending of the Cotton Industry Bill designed to promote the exports trade.

Lord Templemore, introducing the Bill, said that exports in the cotton trade were especially vital in war- time since the exporis of, coiton goods were greater than any other single. manufacturing industry.

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The Bill provides for the establish- ment of a Cotton Industry Board, whose main purpose is to neslat cx- port trade and also deal with market research and propaganda,

Prices, no far, as necessary, would be controlled by an order made by the inbter of Supply.

Lovy On Spinners

The B provides for o levy on 1846448304 | Spinners and also for payments to the

Empire Cotton Growing Corporation. amounting to nna penny in respect of each 500 pounds of cotton,

Fine Work Of

Life-Boats

LONDON, Feb. 15 (Reuter).-Life- boats in Britain have reached over 1,500 lives since the war began, and tal amount of open ground and the gratitude and atmiration of the covered snow which. has been trampled down and is frozen hurd,oyal Navy for their services has Bombs as well as shells are still be expressed by the Lords of the

Admiralty. being showered on the Isthmus. On They state that they are deeply im- one Finnish coastal port

on Lake Ladoga the Russian dropped 500sed by the one service of the www of the National Lifeboats, bombs without gaining single it. (especially those on the East Coast. The Fint are now praying for They know that this work has been heavy full of snow which will crip-carried out in fout weather, high seus ple Rusalin activity of land and air and bitter cold, none of which has and give the Finnish soldiers breath lowered 1 spirit of courage and Ing space. Russia is using men from endurance, and that these duties have a wide oren as recent prisoners have been., performed without feur

border-thought of self. come from the Turkish Router.

MADE A SCAPEGOAT

Asama Maru And

Capt. Watanabe

The story of the stopping and taking over of 21 Germans from the Asami Maris on the high seas about 100 miles off Yokohama by a Bri- tish warship was recalled when the ship arrived in Hongkong: from Japan.

Most of the officers were reluctant to. discuss the matter but one mem- ber of the crew was a little, more obliging. He said the British naval party showed exemplary courtesy and got on very cordially with the officers while they were ship's aboard. "As a matter of fael," he said, "although the feelings of most felt of us were a bit roused, we genuinely annoyed with the German who struck one of the British off- vers. Even at that time the British party kept cool heads and that crea- ted a good Impression. Personally, I have always led the British and cannot quite understand the strong anti-British sentiment in Japan," he salt,

Everybody on the ship, he con- tinued, was now genuinely sorry for Captain Watanabe, who was very popular. He had no doubt that Captain Watanabe would either be reinstated or given an equally im- portant command before very long after the whole incident has been finally settled. He pointed out that Captain Watanabe neted in aeco dance with instructions and not only the Japanese Government but pub- lic opinion was now slowly begin-

Brazilian Diplomat

Leaves London

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Lord Templemore, concluding, sald that the Colton Act of 1939 was

found too clobornte in war-time con- dillons.

Denies Charge

MANILA, Feb. 13 (UP),---- Captain Biko, of the Ukishima Maru, has sent a wireless message to the "Thilippine Herald" claim-. ing that Captain Onrubin, of the President Quezon, did not request him to provide lifeboats on which

return to the wrecked Ilner. Capt. Onrubla claimed he had acked the master of the Japaneso vizos for lifeboats with which to rescue the remainder of the Prezident Quezon's crow but he had refused on the ground that the seas were too high.

ARGENTINE DONATION

Nazis Dony Reports Of

New Agreement

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 15 (Reu- ter).-Reports published abroad that Russia and Germany have signed a military alliance havo been categorically denied by official circles in Germany, gaya the Berlin correspondent of the “Nyheter."

Ho Attila that Wilhelmstrasse omeinis belleve that the news originated from the satisfactory can- clusion of a trade agreement with Russlo, and they declare that Ger- many is quite capable of refenting Britain and France alone without Russia.

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Germany does not want military help but does desire neutral neigh- bours to supply her with raw materials to enable her to break the

£20,000 Sent To Britishockade.

Patriotic Funds

While they ure natunlly closely watching the outcome of the Franco- British appeals to neutral countries to SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

enter the war, Berlin cmcials, accord- LONDON, Feb. 15 (UP).-ing to this newspaper correspondent. The Chairman of the British state that they do not want to sce community's Council in Buenos Italy and Russia Involved agalust Aires has sent £20,000 to │London.

The money was subscribed by the British community to British patrio-

funds.

Lord Strabolgi painted out that we might have to export cotton goods in bulk as the need for foreign exchange grew, and our necessarytie imports increased. We might have to take far-reaching steps to seli cotton good: abroad and the present Bill inlght not be enough. He hope that the Government was already thinking about greater machinery to help exports in relation to barter and pre-emption,

FINLAND ISSUES MORE URGENT APPEAL FOR AID

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incipally certprising of provbalons. The Finnish coastal batteries on the Karelian athmus successfully putred alt attempts by the enemy to cross the tee and destroyed a

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LONDON, Feb. 15 (Reuter)-On the neension of the impending retire- ment and return to Brazil of His Ex-siderable number of detachments. cellency Senhor Raul Resis re The Finnish Air Force successfully Oliveira, a.c.v.o., G.B.E., Brazilian Arn-tacked enemy troop concentrations bassador to London since 1925 and duyen of the Diplomatic Corps, Prin-

ess cess Allee of Athlone to-day pre- sented His Excellency with a set of diamond cuff-links.

His wife, Dona Gina, was presented with a diamond and ruby brooch.

These presentations were made on behalf of their many friends in Loo- don.

Those

Plesent included Lady Asquith Brit Lady (Austen) Cham- berlain

GOERING BOASTS: WE CANNOT BE BEATEN'

FROM PAGE ONE

before every great battle our watch- word has been given.

"We think of Frederick the Great's watchwords before his great buitica.

"Although the ground is frozen you men and women stand on ile ihres- hold of a battle of production. I am now giving you the watchword for battle," he said.

He asserted that England feels insecure.

"It is ironic that England's fat and bacon cards give a smaller ration than the Germans," he declared and added that millions of tons of British food reserves lie on the sea bottom around England."

He charged that the British Empire

ning to realise that Captain Wata-hog been built up on "injustice and nabe had been made the scapegoat violence. in an incident which was not of his

"They fouled us in 1918 bat never making and which was, in the cir cumstances, absolutely unavoidabic, again," he said.

"Captain Watanabe was replaced

heat of the

moment, al a

Record Crops

provision depots.

According to conilmed reports, 16 cy planes were shot down and one bomber was forced down in Finnish territory.

Bastion Of Our Defences LONDON, Feb. 15 (Reuter)-Mest of the British Press this

morning dealt with Finland,

Or this amount £10,000 is being rent to the Lord Mayor of London for the Red Cross Fund and the other

£10,000 is going to building loana, and the Merchant Service.

France and Britain.

Support

For Gandhi

An additional £1,000 has been New President For

contributed to Admiral Harwood for distribution among the rela- of casualties aboard his three tives of ships who defeated the Graf Spee. It is azmi-oficially announced that until now the British community in Buenos Aires has subscribed appro- ximately £6,000. Further contribu- tions is expected to bring the total to over £122,000 by the end of October.

FOUGHT GRAF SPEE IN THEIR PYJAMAS

FROM PAGE ONE

of the wounded, recalled the ople case of a man who, with both legs hot away, told á superior offer that he was doing well "in somewhat ad- verse circumstances."

Indian Congress

BOMBAY,

Feb. 15 (Reuter),— Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, an eminent Muslim, has been elected President of the forthcoming Indian National Congress to be held at Ramgard Bihar next month,

Maulana Azad has already receiv ed

over 1,000 votes, while his opponent, M. N. Roy, the Communist. lender received over 100.

has Like Gandhi,

Azad Maulana opposen Naziom and would support India's participation in the way if a settlement was reached between the British Government and Congress.

Roy is opposed to war in any event.

The verdlet may be taken as over- whelming support for Gandhi,

Able Seaman Cross, from Bristol, described how the fifth salvo from the

wounded Obituary Graf Spee killed and many of the Exeter's men. "I was on the bridge when the salva burst. Next to me were two men standing

were standing by a loud-speaker to communicate, by bugle, orders to the gun crews.

The news that British subjects ride by side, and fragments of flying may enlist for service with the Fin-shrapnel killed them both. They nish Army has been welcomed on all eldes as just and wise.

Finland's

d's urgent need for help was stressed the "Times," "Daily Tele-.

by graph" and "Daily Herald."

The Finns are overwhelmed, says the Daily Herald

The Times" says that the Soviets ave concentrated on the Karelian Isthmus a oree more than equal to the whole army available for the de- fence of all frontiers in Finland.

Although the Soviet losses so for have been 50 to one Finn, this cannot be maintained once the Finns try to capture the fortified outposts which are now in enemy hands.

The Finns have only a small re- serve to rolleve the men fighting in the front lines.

The Daily Telegraph" says that if the Finns can hold out during the next few vital weeks they may be able to gain breathing space to rest their troops and prepare for a big offensive,

If they get this breathing space, it must be turned to account by outside sympathisers.

Both the Times" and the "Daily Telegraph emphasise that the Bri- Lish

must be the first to help Finland, The "Times" says that any army

"Eight of 15 men in one crew were killed and the turret put out of action,

Electrical Pioneer

LONDON, Feb. 15 (Reuter).

"Lieut. Commander Bowen Mani-The death is announced of Rookes Evelyn Bell feld, the navigator, was standing Colonel

In his pyjamas on tho bridge Crompton, "father of the elec- leaning over the compass. Tho

rome shell-burst killed him and

eight marines in the "B" turret. This was about a quarter of an hour after the action had begun..

The

Ajax, Achilles and Exeter were steaming in line astern when

-sighted the Graf-Spec. "Orders were signalled.

we

Dircet Hit With Second Shot "The Alax and Achilies went full speed ahead, and much to the sur- prise of the Grat Spec we converged upon her.

"Our first shot passed over the Graf Spee bui our second was a direct hit

on her control tower.

"The range was about 12 miles and we were all too busy to cheer. "The gunnery of the Graf Speo was accurate ai firsi, bal after our hit, it became ragged,”

trical industry," aged 94.

He was the first to instal electric lights in Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Holyrood Palace and in some of London's biggest buildings.

Mr.

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He did pioneer work Churchill's request in 1015 in con- nection with the construction of land-- ships which were the forerunners of to-day's tanks,

Colonel Crompton took out a corps of electrical engineers to the South African war.

HOUSE OF LORDS' SECRET SESSION

LONDON, Feb. 15 (Reuter)---In the House of Lords this afternoon, Lord Ponsonby asked the Govern-

discuss matters arising from the war, Lord Noel-Buxton and Viscount Cecil supported the request.

sent to help a small country nightint Germany To Havement to arrange a secret session to

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for liberty cannot be complete with-

« substantial out

contingent in the

BERLIN, Feb. 15 (Reuter).In a Britons, time when the whole of Japan was broadcast to agricultural workers 10-

but highly incensed,

The Daily Mail" refutes the sug- now, upon day, Marshal Goering said that the calmer reflection, it is fully realised extreme cold of winter has caused

gestion that help for Finland would that he did nothing worse than any Germany great trouble hut spring will

dissipate our resources, other Japanese skipper would have demand great labour from all Ger- done in similar circumstances," he

farmers. added.

During the voyage from Japan black-outs were enforced every night, making it a little uncomfort- able for the passengers, according to

them.

Death Roll Announced

man

"Although frost still binds," he said, "you are in the midst of preparations for a new battle of production."

Goering sald that the last two years had brought record crops. Germany had increased her produc- tion of fats and the consumption

ment had risen.

"We have Inid in ample stocks of raw materials which we cannot pro-

duce ourselves. We cannot be de- feated economically' or in the mill- tary

he said.

ering then claimed that Ger-

The Finns, Oghting the battle of the century, may yet prove to be the vital bastion of our defence, it says, Finnish Woman's Appeal SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH HELSINGFORS, Feb. 15 (UP).— Let your husbands and sons come our aid and help us fight

to

victoriously for liberty, humanity and

justice."

the women of the world by fifteen This was the appeal broadcast to female members of the Finnish Diet to-day.

They emphasised the Finnish love the Soviet air raids. of peace and described the terror of

many liad a reserve of 7,000,000 "With quaking hearts we ask how

metric tons of wheat. London, Feb, 15.

long the world will allow this to con- The Admiralty announces the fol-

Speaking about the scarcity of tinue. Must " small peaceloving Jowing as missing, presumed killed, coal, Geering and that Germany had nation fight alone to the bitter end Which

the naval trawler Robert ample coal but the German railways against an

were struggling Bowen was sunk by German planes

with enormous stronger?” they asked, during the coastal raids on Britain difficulties. Many tanks were frozen, ho said, and the difculties of trans-

enemy many

times

Summer Time

Lord Hallfax, the Foreign Secret- BERLIN, Feb, 15 (Reuter)-For ary, declined to accede to it on the the first time in over ten years Ger- ground that better results would be many is to have summer-time because achieved if the Lords concerned took of the lack of fuck.

the opportunity of discussing private- Summer-time will be in operationly with members of the Government this year from April 1 until October the questions which they had in mind,

No Disclosures LONDON, Feb, 15 (Reuter).—The

3.

will be re-established at a.m. on

February 25.

In Franco Too PARIS, Feb. 15 (Reuter)—it la announced that in agreement with the Prime Minister, in reply to a ques- British Government, summer

theton, said that he was confident that there had been no disclosure of pro- ceedings in the House of Commons in the recent secret session, and that it would be evilent to any member who was present that the article thereon in the "Hamburger Fremden. blait" was not based on any authentic information regarding what was then said 'but was published for purely LONDON, Feb. 15 (Reuter)-On | propagandi purposes. the Stock Exchange to-day, oils and Kafirs closed firmer on better sup-

A Busy Day On Stock Exchange

port, but elsewhere the tone Was irregular.

Textiles were well-bought on a re- ported shortage of stock. Rubber was firm on a better trade demand

CONSTIPATION KEEPS A CHILD BACK Unless the bowels move every day

and stunted.

your child

on Friday, Lieut. John Wilson, port were therefore insurmountable. WE WON'T BOMB and a larger United States January your child will be weakly, peeval

Temporary Licut. A. S.

1.N.V.I.

Temporary Sub-Lieut. R. H. G, R.N.V.R., was killed when the naval trawler Fort Royal was sunk at the same time. Lieut. Edgar King, n., is missing, presumed killed-United

Press

Blockade "Full Of Gaps" -

Marshal Goering claimed that the Allied blockade of Germany was full

CIVILIANS

LONDON, Feb. 15 (Reuter) --Mr. of gaps.

Chamberlain to-day repeated the The price of milk and butter would Government's pledge not to bomb be raised but no-one had suffered. civilians deliberately.. hunger.

He reiterated his statement made Britain was imitating Nazi metbads on September 14,1030, In which he and had introduced railon cards like said that whatever the others might de the British Government would not Referring to the shortage of agri- resort to deliberate attacks on wo- cultural labour owing to the calling men, children and other civilians for of men to the colours, necessitating the purpose of mere terrorism.

To this statement he had nothing the employment of women, Geering

sorrows and further to add. anld: "Despite all our

women io troubles, I implore you hold out."

500 TANKS JOIN dennany FRENCH ARMY PARIS, Feb. 15 (Reuter)Five hundred tanks, ranging from "bables" of two tons to 32-ton monsters, were officially handed over to the Trench Army by. M. Dautry, the Minister of Armaments, somewhere in France to- day

consumption.

Tin cased owing to speculative pro- is constipated, attend to it without fit-taking.

delay. But be careful what you give, Wall Street was irregular.

because purging weakens a child and leaves the bowels mora bound than ever.

King Visits New

Doctors and nurses

everywhere adviso California Syrup of Fige because they know that to cure con-

Shipping Building stipation you must use a liquid laxa-

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*****looding stores. arrived here to-day on a private visit,red cluster."

116 announced that 1,000,000 Poles would be employed in 'dition to war prisoners.

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