THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 1, 1941
HITLER'S NERVOUSNESS Afraid Of Turn To Active Belligerency
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"BEAVER " ON THE WARPATH?
1 Mr. Churchill
has
placed in a post be- coming more vital every day a man who can be trusted to pro- duce results, says the Montreal "Gazette," referring to Lord Beaverbrook's ap- pointment as Minis- ter of Supply.
The paper adds that Lord Beaver- brook may not find particular need at this moment for one of his famous house-cleans- ings, but if the need arises he will not hesitate.-Reuter.
SLOVAKS CLAIM SOME CREDIT
[SPECIAL, TO "CHINA MAIL"
Slovak troops cooperating with German troops penetrated deeply into Soviet lines, it was claimed in Pressburg yesterday. Numer- ous Russian fortifications. it is claimed, were captured and the enemy's resistance broken and large amounts of war materials captured with small losses to the Slovaks. International Service.
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Col. Knox Says America Is Ready For War
"HITLER IS GETTING nervous about the hardening temper of the American people, and is frightened by the possibility that we may go from passive to active belligerency against him,” declared Colonel Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy, in an articleţin “Look” magazine, which appeared yesterday.
"Lacking the certainty of winning by violence, Hitler is beginning to dangle before the brave, sleepless British eyes, an offer of "honourable" peace thus trying to divide the British and American people whose combined strength will in the long run bring Nazi Ger- many to its knees.”
Colonel Knox warned his readers that this peace offer would enable Hitler again to attack Bri- tain cr attack America without the other going to the victim's
assistance.
"IT IS A NAZI TRICK ADOLF THE DEVIOUS IS TRY- ING TO CONQUER BY GUILE,
HITLER, WITH HIS RAUCOUS AND BELLOWING THREATS. IS LESS DANGER- OUS THAN HITLER'S SLOB- BERING, POISONOUS SYRUP."
Ready For War
Colonel Knox added that Bri- tain will not listen to peace offers if sure of American support"and it was up to Americans to make the British understand that they News "can count our aid to the
limit."
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GERMAN TALE ON SEA WAR
A GERMAN HIGH COMMAND' COMMUNIQUE, DE ALING THE "SEA WAR WITH
BRITAIN' SAYS AGAINST THAT U-BOATS, IN A RE- NEWED ATTACK ON THE CON- VOYS MENTIONED IN THE COMMUNIQUE OF JUNE 29, HAVE SUNK ANOTHER FIVE SHIPS, AGGREGATING 25,400 TONS, INCLUDING AN AUXI- LIARY CRUISER.
"As the result, the success of this U-boat operation has been increased to 96,100 tons.
"Bombers last night (Sunday) sunk off Great Yarmouth three merchant ships totaling 23,000 lons, including a large transport out of a convoy.
"Further air attacks during last night were directed against the harbour installations of the Humber." -- Reuter.
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Finnish Statement
[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAILY! A Finnish Army communique Issued in Helsinki yesterday claimed that a Soviet submarine was damaged by a mine explosion in the Gulf of Finland. west of Helsinki and is believed to have been sunk
The communique reviewing the events since. Finland entered the Russo-German war, claimed that
STOP PRESS
Fire Brigade members are digging for two or three street-sleepers who are be- lieved to have been buried under several feet of debris fo lowing the collapse of the verandahs of two four-storey- ed houses at Nos. 346 and 348, Queen's Road Central, at 9:15 am, to-day.
The top-floor verandahs the gave "in suddenly and in
the descent carried
lower verandahs away.
Traffic was temporarily dis- rupted, over 20 buses being lined up along the route un- able to proceed further west since the road has been block- ed by debris.
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People living opposite building told the "China Mail" that they noticed a large crack in the walls of the building at 7.15 a.m., and warned the amates, but the warning was ignored until the verandahs crashed down.
Heavy explosions were heard by residents of the Colony at different times dur- ing the night and this morn- ing. It is believed that the explosions were caused by drifting mines, but no details are available.
**China Mail" learned that within 40 minutes three drifting mines struck rocks and exploded in the Colony's waters.
The first occurred at 5.20 a.m. when the mine hit the rocks in Telegraph Bay and exploded.
At 6 a.m. two others met a similar fate-one in Capsui- mun Pass and the other on the shores of Lamma Island.
The Red Army communique of July 1 states that the Red Navy. sank two enemy submarines in the Baltic and one in the Black Sea on June 30,
The Soviet Information Bureau announces. "On June 30 our troops. drove back the enemy who yes-. terday launched an offensive all along the Soviet-Finnish State border.
"Fierce clashes with German troops are in progress in the Mur mansk direction, where the enemy is suffering considerable losses.
"In the Vilna sector our forces. are waging furious battles against enemy motorised units which are attempting to break through in a north-easterly direction. Our trcops are countering the enemy's numerical superiority
in
this sector with stubbortifiess and rapidity of manoeuvre.
"In the direction of Minsk and Baranovitch our forces are wag- ing a tenacious fight with numeri- cally superior mobile troops of the enemy, checking their advance at intermediate positions.
"Major tank ensements con- tinue in the Ronvo district.
"All enemy attempts 10 break through to the east have been re-' pulsed with heavy losses to the enemy.
"On the Bessarabian sector the enemy made another attempt to force the River Pruth, but were repulsed, suffering heavy losses owing to the rapid and decisive action of our troops.
"During the past day the Soviet Navy sank two enemy submarines in the Baltic."
The
communique then gives details of individual acts.of bravery and resource and details of minor incidents.-Reuter.
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The Germans are reluctant to accept Russian Emigres as volin- teers against Russia as the Wil- helmstrasse stresses that Ger- many is not fighting in order to restore the former regime, says the Berlin Correspondent of the "Neuwe. Zuricher” of. Zurich.
The correspondent adds that Axis circle are also showing "utmost reserve" towards the political aspiration of the Baltic states. The same newspaper's cor respondent in Rome states that Italian political and military circles are issuing warnings against the belief that quick victory will be gained over Russia, as the Russians, “will dispose po The Soviet Information Bureau werful reserves of men and issued the following announce- materials apart from the possible ment early this morning, accord-traps due to the expanse of ter- ing to Moscow Radio: "In view of ritory and the operations." the seriousness of the war situa- Reuter.
tion the Presidium of the Soviets. of the U.S.S.R. has decided to create a Defence...Council under the presidency of M. Stalin with M. Molotov as vice-president.”--- Reuter.
at least 35 war planes had been It is believed that Russian nero- downed over Finnish territoryplanes were trying to cover the International News Service.
Attack On Hangoe
country round the base by drop- ping high explosive and incen- diary bombs to which Finnish bat- terles replied during the greater part of the day.
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A change in the Swedish: Cabinet, greatly reducing its size, was announced by Swe- dish Radio last night,
M. Hanson, the Premier, takes over additionally the Foreign Ministry in place of M. Guenther,
The Minister of Defence, M. Skoolde, becomes also the Minister of Trades. M. "Berg- quist, formerly Minister without Portfolio becomes Minister of Justice and Social Welfare and M. Verloef, formerly Minister without Portfolio, takes the Ministries of Finance, Education and
Reuter Agriculture.
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A Stockholm report states that Information has reached the Swe- dish Telegraph Agency that there The Helsinki correspondent of has been heavy firing throughout "Aftonbladet" in the late after used by the sunday Horald" and the day in the neighbourhood of noon, reported that Finnish troops china Mall" to Indicate news whi the Soviet's base at Hangoe, had begun to attack Hangoe—is tricity copyright under the prai hundred miles west of Helsinki: Reuter
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