NEWS BY RADIO

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 November 1939, Page 7

NEWS BY RADIO

MR CHAMBERLAIN’S WAR SURVEY COMMENT ON M MOLOTOV'S ' SPEECH. AIR & SEA ACTIVITIES. The following Daventry reports have been rebroadcast by the New Zealand National stations: — Referring to M Molotov's speech. Mr Chamberlain, speaking in the House of Commons, said the speech must have been very disappointing to Berlin and that he was not disturbing himself ovei the mere flights of fancy in which M Molotov engaged. The presence of the Empire delegates in London provided a striking demonstration of the determination of the Empire in its present task. The whole-hearted co-operation from other parts of the Empire was equally striking. The war effort of the Colonies would be mainly economic during the early part of the conflict Plans for the use of the man-power of the Colonial Empire in the most effective way were now being worked out. Throughout the Empire the offers ol voluntary services far exceeded immediate requirements. The war at sea had been uneventful. Although we had lost a number of merchant ships wc had continued to take a toll of enemy submarines and nothing had occurred to shake confidence in our ability tc overcome them. AIR FORCE ACHIEVEMENTS. Mr Chamberlain went on to state that recent events had confirmed the high opinion formed of the quality oi Britain's fighting aircraft and of the skill of their pilots and crews. The reconnaissance flights over North-West-ern Germany were particularly gallan. exploits. In order to secure valuable photographs some of the machines flew as low as 200 feet, in spite of heavy and concentrated anti-aircraft gun fire. GERMAN PLANES BROUGHT DOWN. Three German planes flew over tin Western Front yesterday and two were brought down. They met with ho. anti-aircraft fire over the British lines and when recrossing the lines were engaged by five British machines. Om enemy machine was shot down ant another was brought down by antiaircraft gun fire. The third disappeared trailing smoke behind it, either as a protective screen or as the result oi having been hit. THE CITY OF FLINT. The City of Flint is reported off the Norwegian coast. The German Government is still withholding information about the American crew aboard the vessel. FINNISH DELEGATION. The Finnish delegation arrived in Moscow yesterday morning, but last evening there had been no meeting with the Russian authorities. It is stated that M Stalin and M Molotov have been fully engaged with the meeting of the Supreme Soviet Council and that the delegates will probably be received today. CZECH CASUALTIES. According to Czech officials in Bucharest, the Prague demonstrations last Saturday in celebration of the anniversary of the founding of the Czechoslovak republic resulted in more casualties than the Germans had admitted. At least 60 people were either dead or missing in Prague, it was stated. The leader of the former Czechoslovak National Socialist Party is reported to have died recently in a German concentration camp in Prague. • DISORDERS IN VILNA. Reports from northern Europe speak of disorders in Vilna and distress among Jews. Communists and Poles are stated to have clashed and the brawl developed into a Jew hunt. More than 50 Jews were injured and many Jewish homes were ransacked. Forty Russian tanks have re-entered the city, from which Russian troops recently withdrew. A dispatch from the Jewish Telegraph Agency states that 1000 Jews who had been driven out of Germany were now gathered in the no-man’s land on the Lithuanian frontier and were without food. There is a possibility that Turkey and Russia will shortly renew negotiations and that Rumania may participate. The proclamation of martial law over parts of the Netherlands affects 500 villages but no city. This step has been taken merely to strengthen the defences of the country and to curb espionage.