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AXIS LONG-ARM PLAN FOR MIDDLE EAST AMERICANS Seeking Crooked "Regional"
CHINESE TRIUMPH AT MATANG
THE CHINESE ARE JUBILÄNT OVER THE NEWS OF THE RE- CAPTURE OF MATANG, STRA- TEGIC TOWN ON THE -YANG-
Deal With Stalin
TZE RIVER ABOUT HALF-WAY 000.....000000000
SHANGHAI
AND
BETWEEN HANKOW, RESULTING IN THE
· "İNTERRUPTION OF COM- MUNICATIONS ON THE YANG- TZE BETWEEN SHANGHAI AND HANKOW."
Chinese- field despatches claim. that Chinese forces in north-east- tern. Kiangsi launched a general offensive on Matang on the night of October 11 and completely oc- .cupied the strategic point at 4. „o'clock on Saturday morning,
Matang, it is sald, was heav lly-garrisoned by the Japanese. The Chinese occupation of the town' after, a few hours fighting is 'hailed as “an important and signi- ficant achievement" in a leading article on the subject in the "Cen- tral Daily News," the official Gov- ernment organ, which declares that Japanese river and land com- munications in Central China would be seriously affected by the recapture of Matang.-Reuter.
ITALIANS FIGHT SHY AT MALTA
According to an American cor- respondent at Malta, Hurricane aircraft there are making Italian bumbers and fighters very shy of attacking the island, whose de- fences were recently reinforced: Reuter
RIBBENTROP TRIES TO SPIKE BRITISH GUNS
A German Foreign mission has been sent hurriedly from Berlin to Moscow to try and check the tendency towards improvement
IN PEIPING ON MOVE
The United States Navy Department, it is learned officially, has ordered the withdrawal from Peiping of all dependents of the American Embassy Guard.
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possible
100 moment, while others want to leave if the situa tion worsens.
THE BLOCKING OF RUMANIAN AC-
It is believed that they num- ber approximately forty women COUNTS IN BRITAIN AS A RESULT OF THE and children. ENTRY OF GERMAN TROOPS INTO RUMAN-in Petping, seventy
Of the remaining 450 civilians have. re- IAN TERRITORY WILL DOUBTLESS BE FOL-quested evacuation at the carllest LOWED BY FURTHER STEPS AS THE SITUA- |TION REQUIRES, SAYS REUTER'S. DIPLOMA- TIC CORRESPONDENT, AND THESE MAY IN- CLUDE THE RUPTURE OF DIPLOMATIC RE- LATIONS BETWEEN BRITAIN AND RUMANIA IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
The rest of the civilian- re- cidents do not desire to depart unless a grave crisis is preci- pitated.
Several Embassy families, including Mrs. Nelson T. Johnson, the wife of the Ambassador, and her two children, are sailing by
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the President Coolidge from
Shanghai on November 7-Reu-
In the meantime, the future plans of the Axis are still a matter of speculation, but the ter consensus seems to be that Bulgaria and of Anglo-Soviet rela-Greece are the next objectives, and that an at-
tions, according to the Berlin correspondent of the Domei Agency.
The German. Am- bassador, who had been on a visit to Ber- lin, also left for the U.S.S.R., by air yes- terday. Reuter.
KUNMING SAVAGELY
BOMBED BY JAPS.
THE US, CONSULATE at Kunming was slightly damaged and the British and German Consulates had their windows shattered when
MYSTERY
tempt will be made to make them follow the BOMBING
Rumanian example.
In that event, the Axis troops |tion_of_Rumania. It is considered
The British merchant would be on the Bulgarian/Tur- in Turkey that the season is too ship Starling has entered
kish frontier as a direct threat late for a drive against her, and against Turkey.
an adyance by the Axis Powers as Cadiz after being bombed The Axis "Long Arm Plan" far as the Turkish frontier, only by an unknown plane |would then include the subjuga need not be regarded as being of
tion of Turkey and Egypt, either much value as a move against the outside Spanish waters. by violence or by threats with a British Empire. |view to opening the way, to,' the
Suez Canal.
Should this, In fact, prove to be the Axis Plan, it would ap- pear to be gambling on the fact that neither Turkey nor Egypt have yet declared war. But Turkey's answer has al- ready been made. She has de- clared that any Axis attempt against Turkey would meet with "2,000,000 bayonets,"
In the meantime, in Egypt and Palestine there is the British Army to be reckoned with,
Turkey Not Anxious
Turkey does not appear to be
unduly anxious about the occupa-
Japanese planes mercilessly dive-bombed GOERING'S
Kunming:
·
ROUT OVER
Flying daringly low, the aircraft systema-LONDON
tically raked the city from north to south.
An immense pall of smoke hung over the city after the terrible bombardment, which, seemingly, destroyed the whole city-Reuter
with-smoke
and wounded buildings wern
Verely 40 bombers
counted.
ters worc
eloped Bombs were dropped in the ids and heart of the town, Land, several Een killed) power-dived-and-machine-gunned- hile scoros of civilians fleeing from the city.
damaged,Chinese AA batteries went into action but none of the raiders sk_park in | were shot down. Several dog- raids drop-Ights took place outside the city thedutaklets, but the resulta are not known,
d-raid dome | Our Own Correspondent.
Thousands of people lining the streets witness- ed the rout of German
planes in several tempted attacks on Lon- don yesterday.
The spectators saw four or five bombers chased from cloud" to cloud before they finally fled,
. On another occasion, a „Roll- tdry British Bpitfire swooped on nino German fighter-bomberé attacking from the wast,/!! As the Spitfire, dived, the enemy. machines broke formation and sped 'swiftly away to the south cast.Reuter./
Four of the crew were killed- and seven were wounded.
The plane, dived on the steam- er suddenly from out of a cloud- bank.
Furthermore, the Axis must recognise that the invasion of Greece might bring Turkey into the conflict; without further
Reuter is informed in London ado, while the British might that the Starling was not armed.
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