Designed for Hliterate Audiences Article on Finland Appears in "News of World" with Cuts London, Feb. 18.
An article by Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha, former Secretary of State for War, entitled "Shall we fight for Finland now?" which was an appeal for immediate and substantial armed support for Finland was published by the "News of the World" with explanations in parenthesis stating that a number of lines had been deleted by the censor. Altogether 44 lines were deleted, and the newspaper states that they were omitted at the request of the Government as being contrary to public policy, although the newspaper regarded the passage as a nine contribution to right judgment of the problem.—Reuter.
Paris, Feb. 18.
German units, amounting in strength to a company, unsuccessfully attacked two French outposts yesterday, according to a communique issued here last night—Reuter.
Tokyo, Feb. 18.
Shadow plays, a primitive forerunner of the motion-picture, will be "mobilized" to carry Japan's aims to the largely-illiterate population of North China and Mongolia.
Germans Claim British Plane Berlin, Feb. 18.
Several prisoners were taken during reconnaissance south-east of Saarbrueken, stated a communique issued here last night. The communique said German fighters shot down a British aeroplane, of the Bristol Blenheim type, over the North Sea. Reuter learns that the aircraft referred to is assumed to be an R.AF. plane which failed to return to its base in England from a Tokyo, will soon send cities, to/ teach Chinese how to stage performances, during which the operator provides a crude running commentary on the action "on the Instructors will also be sent by the Society to Manchuria to train. operators there. The Manchuria Development Company, it was learned, would organize a corps of shadow play entertainers who would tour he might possibly have Japanese authorities on
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