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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH:

February 5, 1941.

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FRENCH CABINET MOVES

New Set-Up Includes Laval

LONDON, Feb. 4 (Reuter),-Admiral Darlan, the Vichy Minister of Marine, reached Vichy from Paris to-night and con- ferred immediately with Marshal Petain.

It is believed in Vichy that he will return to Paris "short- y-probably to-morrow or Thursday-to "inform other parties in the negotiations there of the Marshal's attitude," presum- ably towards the reinstatement of Laval. -

Earlier reports dat said that Lavali would accompany Admiral Darlan toj Vichy, the Marɛlial having accepted the German demand for his reinstate-

ment in the Cabinet.

These reports added that the Vicby: Government would probably be eliminated.

Meanwhile, M. Paul Buduuin, who was Marchal Petain's first Foreign Minister and afterwards Secretary of State to the Prime Minister, is stated to have been given a new post. This, according to the German news agency, in the proaldoney of the Administra- tive Council of the Bank of Indo- China.

Warning To France

Germany's Girl Parachutists

Girls in their "teens are used as parachute troops by the Germans.

This was stated in an Interview in

the

New York by Mra H. Kay Sterling. who lived in Germany until "pring of 1940 escaping to Belgium and France just before the Nazi invasion.

Two of the girl parachutists were) captured in Brussels while she was there, Mrs Sterling said,

General Saved From Wreck

LONDON, Feb. 4 (Reuter)-A warning to France nut to place her hopes in a Dritish victory was broad- east in French by the German radio station at Stuttgart io-night.

General Legentilhomme, former speaker said that such an caminander of the Allied Forces In mable frivolity Somaliland, was a passenger in the and Empress of Britain when she was make bombed by enemy Aircraft of

The

attitude slowed

bordering on high

added: "Uniess all

the

up their minds to carry out without Irish Coast. delay the readjustment Indispensable After spending several hours in an in the political, economie und social open boat he was rescued, and con- spheres, the dimculties under which tinued his journey to London. France in labouring, far from being! There he placed himself at relieved, will woraen-possibly with disposal of General de Gaulle disastrous speed.” .

the Free French Movement.

Chinese Claim Debacle Of Enemy In Honan

the

and

WAR IN HOLY LAND-Black smoke pours in a huge cloud from burning oil tanks not afira in Halfa, Palestino, by Italian bombing planes. Thirty Moslema were killed and 58 wounded. Bomb fragments damaged mosque and cemetery, foreground.

Japanese Precautions Against Espionage

Special to the "Telegraph"

TOKYO, Feb. 4 (Domel).—The proposed national defence security net is aimed at extirpating alien espionage activities in Japan instead of controlling the Japanese people, a spokesman of the War Ofee told the House of Representatives' committee dealing with the national defence security bill to-day.

Admitting considerable anxiety over the manner in which the new act may be enforced, the War Office spokesman urged the "inevitable necessity" of preventing alien espionage intri

line of demarcation in the current guce.

"Frankly speaking, since the Man-situation as to when the times of churian incident there have In fact peace or war begin or end. been occasions when national opinion was divided. While

Dlet the

and the military were militating against each other, financial cliques pursued private interests regardless

LOYANG, Feb. 4 (Central News).—Chinese strategy his turned the Japanese offensive in south Honan into a debacle with enemy casualties of 20,000 approximately. Large quan- tities of Japanese arms and ammunition were captured,

The Chinese success is understood to be the greatest since the turn of the year.

A second column pushed northward of the interests of the State. The The Japanese force of about 100,000 to the east of the railway, taking internal dissensions thus entailed

Juinan, and men is said to have been encircled Wuyang, and subfret to a counter-offensive.

declared.

manen!

one, the

Minister

of

Natives Take Low Road

Shangtsal. have given occasion to Communism Tribe Sings "Loch Lomond" From Shangtsal this column made an and Liberalism to take advantage of

Charles Wagley, Columbla j Wuyang, Siping, Shangtsal, Pacari-attack at Chowklakow but was re- the situation," the Army spokesman yi, (south of Yehhsien), Tushuchen, pulsed.

University anthropologist, plod- (north of Fangcheng) and other A third colunin pushed northward

Asked whether the act is a tem-jded 800 miles through Brazilian the Chinese to the west of the strategic points which

railway After abandoned in order to entice the passing through Hoshangtein, Hing-porary wartime legislation or a per- jungles to meet the naked Tapil- Japanese to penetrate deep Into chwany, It attacked Shanghotlen.. Justice, Licut General Heisuke Apes Indians who, he assumed, south Honan, were

ere successively re- A fourth column drove westward!

would grimace at him and speak Yanugawa,

that the act captured by the Chinese.

from Sinyang to Tungpal and turned s been

thefin ugh-ugh language. necessitated by The Japanese troops at Singyang northward to the neighbourhood of delicate International situation

which Instead, he found them sing. Peiping-Hankow Railway Miyang to attack Siangholewan. the

is prevailing now and its necessitying Loch Lomond in English launched an offensive on January 14 January 20 some Japanese troops would not be lost unless the present.

ColumRE four

MRE, One column push from Sulping and Siping reached international situation undergoes sub-with a heavy Scotch burr. ed northward the railway line, Wuyang.

stantial changes,

That shocked him and he be After trapping the Japanese, the Admitting the possibility of entering loshan, Chu-

regan investigating. At length be mation and Suiping. It was sube Chinese started a general counter-examining the act in future in case learned that a Scottish mission- jected to annihilating attacks by the offensive with the aid of local self-of substantial changes coming over Chinese on the way and was drawn defence units. The Japanese were the situation, the Justice Minister ary, one of the three white men further northward to Siping.

surprked into, confusion.

added that it was difficult to draw a to visit the primitives in many

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Football

Monthly Meeting Of Referees' Association

The monthly meeting

the Fool-

ball Referees' Association was held at

the Itotel Cecil last evening, Mr H. Beard was in the chair, assisted by

Mr J. F. de Silva, Hon. Secretary and

Treasurer.

A proposal to request the Football Association to award referees and lines- mon with souvenirs in the form of whistles and medals when oficiating at schfor and junior shield final and more prosperous times. Interport Kames was shelved until

Following a discussion on routine matters, R. S. M. Ford addressed the meeting on the conditions of soccer at Home. He dealt with the war de- mands on man-power and the con- sequent financial effect on some of the teams-which is some cases hud meant the closing down of the Club for the duration.

·Speculating on the future, he foresaw the difficulties of such Clubs when it came to re-opchilig after the war; their dlmcuity In competing with other Clubs that had maintained their nucleus players throughout,

of

In summing up, the speaker saldi

he was certain that there would be |changes in control or presentation,

but though the period to come may be difficult, it was everyone's duty to upluld the game to the level it had enjoyed during its perlod of penee.

C. S. C. C. Eleven

The First Division League Cricket | match between Kowloon Cricket Club and Civil Service for Saturday""bas "Loch Lomond” was the mis-benn postponed to a later date. |sionary's favourite song and he had taught them the words, accent in

cluded.

Devised Shock

Wagley, 27, telling it now after his return from a jungle expedition, sald he devised a shock for the next white visitor.

He taught the tribesinen to sing "Sidewalks of New York" and "Mademoiselle From Armentiers."

Ex-King. Carol's Marriage

No Record In London Ex-King Carol of Rumania, now in Lisbon with Madame Mugda Lupescu, is reported to have announced that he way married to her in London "some years ago—but a scarch of Somerset House registers reveal-

The following will represent Civil Service in the Second Division against Indian RC, at Sookenpoo:

II. E. Strange, G. Ainslie, J. Barrow, G. Davidson, F. E. Lawrence. T. Lockhart, N. L. Smith and A. Watson, J. F. MacGowan, J. Mitchell. 1. Parratt,

F. A. Meetings

The League Management Com- mittee of the Hongkong Football Association will hold a meeting on Friday, at 5.30 p.m., when the finals of the Lui Wah Cup and Sunday Herald Cup competitions will be ar Tanged.

The Council of the Association will ment on Wednesday, February 12, to discuss the usual monthly Items and to make the draw for the Second Rounds of the Sentor and Juntor Shield competitions,

Winter Games In Japan

ed no record of the marriage. SAPPORO, Feb. 4 (Domel).-The A Press Association reporter winter events of the Japanese 11th examined entries of marriages National Athletle Meet commenced that have taken place during the here to-day with a formal ceremony past 20 years.

Neither King at 10 o'clock attended by 3,400 skiers, Carol's name nor Madame Lu-packed the municipal stadium to wit- skaters and officials, while 50,000 pescu's was' among them..

An official said, "There are no elr- cumstances in which a marriage could take place in England and Wales without registration.

ness the events.

Bulgarian Pro-Nazi Minister Resigns

"A person might be married in a name other than his real one, but the LONDON, Feb. 4 (Reuter)-M. assumed name would have to be one Dagrianoff, the Bulgurlan Minister of by which he was well known. Even Agriculture, known for lis Nazi then he miglit and it a rather dim-sympathies, resigned this morning, cult thing to do."

according to a Sofa telegram. Ex-King Carol has often been in King Boris has accepted the re- England. He was there in 1028 as aliation and his post has been taken Prince and Madame Lupescu was over by M. Filoft, the Prime Minister. with him then. He was in the coun-

try again. in 1930, 1937, and 1938.

Nazis Execute

Paris Students

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the spot by the Germans during

recent student demonstration in

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