THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 16, 1939.
BIG
PUSH NOT
ALLIES STILL WAITING FOR HITLER TO TRY LIGHTNING WAR TACTICS GERMAN THREAT TO USE GAS
London, To-day.
Paris, To-day.
THERE IS NO BIG CHANGE on the western front, and the last 48 hours have been confined to ac- tivity by enemy raiding parties and patrols along the whole front, and especially between the Luxembourg frontier and the Saar.
Artillery has been active on both sides, notably in the centre of the front, east and west of Saar- bruecken..
Referring to the report cir- culated from Berlin on Octo- ber 1 that the Polish troops had employed "yellow cross gas mines" obtained from Britain, the War Office says: units were active on the whole front
"Despite a categorical denial issued by the British Government which has not supplied any form of gas at any time to Poland, the German Radio Stations continue impudently to broadcast this baseless charge.
It is pertinent to recall the sequence of events of the last war.
By March 1915 preparations had been completed by Germany to use gas on the east of the Front.
A LIE
On April 17, 1915, the German News Agency gave out that: "Yesterday on the east front the British employed shells and bombs filled with as- - phyxiating gas." This was a lie.
"No gas for
war purposes was manufactured in Britain until May, 1915. On April 22, 1915, the ûrst German gas attack was launched.
"The world will draw obvious co11- clusions. Reuter.
WAR ON NAZI
During the night, says yesterday MEXICO SUSPICIOUS raids were made between the, Moselle morning's French communique, enemy and the Saar without result.
There was artillery action Saarlauter, while our reconnaissance
Reuter.
IF HITLER STRIKES
near
If Hitler strikes, observers here ex- press the opinion that it will probably be on the Saar Front, where his con- centrations are reported to be heaviest.
The Rhine Front with its fast flowing river would present great difficulties especially as the French have now blown up the main rall. way bridges.
The Front just east of Luxemburg includes wooded, hilly country very difficult for tanks on which Hitler is believed to place great reliance,
If Hitler launches an offensive it seems probable that he will use masses of tanks and swarms of bombing and fighting planes. The French command is well pre- pared for every eventuality.-Reuter. - MISTY AND RAINY The latest communique states: The weather was misty and rainy. There was no great activity on the Front during the day.
North-west of Wissembourg our scouting parties obtained results aim- cd at. Reuter.
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ESPIONAGE CONTROL OF
STOCKHOLM, TO-DAY. FOREIGNERS IN SWEDEN ARE NOW NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS ETC. IN RAIL- WAYS, PORTS, FACTORIES. AND OTHER PLACES.
This is the result of recent reports that Nazi espionage agents were send- ing information about Swedish ships to Germany, making it easier for them to be sunk by U-boats. Reuter,
TEA OUTPUT
London, To-day.
India and Ceylon have made ar- rangements to control the tea output, and have appointed a Tea Controller to co-ordinate a control scheme with Britain.
Over £120,000,000 of British capital is invested in tea production, which employs two million British subjects.
Reuter.
GERMAN ROYAL OAK SINKING CLAIMS
London, To-day.
THE NAZI CLAIM that H.M.S. Royal Oak was sunk by a German submarine was announced with much satisfaction in Berlin yesterday.
The claim is accompanied by still more exaggerated
statements.
RUSSIAN
GARRISONS
IN BALTIC
LONDON, TO-DAY,
ACCORDING TO A ROME RE-
For instance, the Nazis say they have sunk 86,000 tons of British war- ships, and that H.M.S. Hood (the world's largest warship) was so badly damaged that she will be out of ac- tion for months to come.
Both claims of course are absolute- ly unfounded.
AN ADMISSION
"The German statement that they are PORT, 70,000 RUSSIAN TROOPS now using destroyers instead of sub- ARE TO BE STATIONED IN ES-marines against merchant ships is re- THONIA, LITHUANIA AND LATVIA. | garded as an admission of heavy
Twenty thousand will enter the submarine losses.
Esthonian naval and air bases on In Paris, it is estimated that at least Wednesday, and a further 5,000 will 17 U-boats have been sunk. Others are believed to have been sent to the follow later.
bottom but this number is definite."
Latvia will receive 25,000 Soviet troops and Lithuania 20,000.--Reuter. Reuter.
YET
ROME RADIO REPORT NOT CONFIRMED
London, To-day. —No^confirmation has been re- ceived direct from Washington of Secretary of State Cordell Hull's reported statement (broadcast by Romo radio) that President Roosevelt is ready to intervene if all three belligerents request him to do so.-Reuter.
ACTIVITY OF NAZI U-BOATS IN THE CARIBBEAN
New York, To-day.
THE MEXICO CITY correspondent of the "New York Times" says it has been definitely ascer- tained that there is at least one more German U-boat now ready to attack Allied shipping in the Carribean.
The correspondent says it has been proved that Nazi submarines are being provisioned and refuelled by German ships, now interned in Mexican waters.
There is only circumstantial evi- dence, he says, but the Mexican Gov- ernment is keeping a close watch on at least two German ships.
them in flagrant violation of Mexican neutrality have proved fruitless.
Mexican officials stated they were Both have taken on oil and pro-ready to intervene if there was posi- visions, and the captains have some- tive evidence of guilt, when they thing they wish to hide.
would take action of the utmost severity. Reuter.
Up to now all efforts to catch
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