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SITUATION STILL OBSCURE
Germans Claim To Be In Luck
Stalin Now In U.S. AND
AXIS
CAUTION Supreme Command ENTRY
ON RUSSIA CHINA BREAKS
容量
The fighting in the
Russo-German war is still
in its early stages and will demand a further big effort on the part of the Axis," states Signor Gayda, in the "Giornale d'Italia," continuing the Italian press warning against the belief that the war will soon be over.
Gayda adds: "The fighting on the Russian front does not present possibilities of easy victories. It is prudent not to exaggerate the facts nor to talk about decisive developments.
"The Russians still dispose great masses of men and material and has
defence which
lines in
well prepared huge territories
will certainly assist the defence."
-Reuter.
2,000 Arrests In France
OFF RELATIONS
WITH AXIS
The Foreign Office in Chungking has cabled Mr. Chen Chieh, Chinese Am- bassador to Berlin, and Mr. Hsu Tao-lin, Chinese Charge
d'Affaires in Rome, instructing the Chin- ese diplomatic repre- sentatives in Germany and Italy to return to Chino-Reuter.
INTO WAR
(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO DIRECT NEWS TO INDICATE THE REAL POSITION SINCE
Everyone is against THE GERMANS ANNOUNCED THAT PANZER DIVISIONS WERE STREAMING ALONG THE war, just as everyone is against sin, said Pre- ROAD FROM MINSK TO MOSCOW, THE LAT-sident Roosevelt at his EST SOVIET COMMUNIQUE REFERS TO A Press Conference held at DEFEAT INFLICTED ON THE PANZER UNITS: Hyde Park, near - New BETWEEN MINSK AND BARANOVITCH.
There is no confirmation of reports that the Germans have occupied Minsk, but the heavy pressure of the German forces between Minsk and Vilna places the Red Army south in a difficult position.
York, yesterday.
The President reaffirmed his
hope that America could stay out draw a distinction between hope,
of the war, but he went on to
and belief.
It was obvious, he said, how anyone would vote in a poll on whether the United States
In should plunge actively
Stalin has
now taken
conflict with the Axis. over it is claimed in Moscow that the virtual personal command of the enemy has been hurled back re-
- International Red Armies, with Marshal Voro-peatedly. shiloff as his right hand
Service.
man.
In a fierce battle near Mur- mansk with Finnish and German
News
Fall Of Luck Claimed It is announced in London that
000000000000000000 troops cooperating in the attack. the official German News Agency
SOVIET SOLDIER PUTTING UP
A GRAND SHOW
“THE SOVIET SOLDIER HAS OFTEN FOR Arrests of Communists SHOWN A GREATER CONTEMPT
in Paris are reported to DEATH THAN HIS ADVERSARY DURING THE have run to 2,000 as part PRESENT FIGHTING,” SAYS THE BERLIN
ahead of the main body were responsible for the
capture
President Roosevelt, in the last asserted two months, has often that he hoped the United States.. would keep out of the EuropeanTM
To-day reiteration fol- conflict. lowed recent criticism of the Ad- that the has claimed the capture of Luck ministration's policy.
country was being led along the in Poland.
German tanks which pushed road to active participation.
The President declined to-dis- of cuss the espionage arrests carried Luck, according to Д circum- out by the FBI Reuter stant'al story broadcast last night by the Official German News Agency, which claims that they were cut off by the collapse of The Air Raid Precautions Staff, a burning bridge but. overcame School of the Raj opened in Cal- firstly, two Soviet tanks, then cutta yesterday and will train three heavy anti-tank. guns, and A.R.P. officers and instructors for finally four more Soviet tanks provincial governments and also and an armoured observation car, for certain industrial and public
(Continued on Page 16) 1 utility concerns.Reuter.
A.R.P. IN INDIA.
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of the widespread police CORRESPONDENT OF THE ZURICH NEWS HAVE AN H.B.
round-up, following
Vichy's breach with Rus- PAPER, “NATIONAL ZEITUNG,
sia, states the Vichy cor- GERMAN PRESS REPORTS. respondent of the Zurich newspaper "Neutzuercher Zeitung.
Russian Embassy buildings in The correspondent adds: "The Vichy are guarded by soldiers. A sharp watch is being kept at the town's exits.
Many Russians have been ar- rested and energetic action taken against Communists in other parts of France.”
The Gazette. Lausanne ports from Vichy, that as evidence of the powerful French
Com-
munist organisation, the Com- munist newspaper, "Humanite" though banned since the begin- ning of the war has been appear ing regularly in several French towns. Reuters
SWEDISH AID TO FINLAND
Sweden having decided not to ise a Volunteer force for the war against Soviet Russia, Swo dish volunteer will be attached to the Finnish formations, states the Finnish radio,
QUOTING
The correspondent adds: “His tenacity, combined with a certain fatalism, enables
with his pillbox. him to hold out until he is blown up together
ARTILLERY DUEL AT HANGOE
““The Russians have shown cleverness, as in the last war, in laying out fortifications, trenches and underground communications.
"The
often adopt-
ambushanda formerly used;
"In the civil war, consistent in allowing the first wayda of un enemy attack, toʻ pass through, and then
Lexposing it to fire between the first and second
crosa
According to Swedish "Thus fighting, as all the Ger- man reports underline. Is every- the Correspondents
where desporate and stubborn. Helsingfor area, an artil The Russian Air Force attacks with the greatest pluck, but act lery duel has been pro-curate bombing, it is reported, is ceeding at Hangoe since rare owing to faulty aiming and June 25.
techniqua."--Reuter,ANDR
Silence of the Russians on grounds. Saturday gave rise to rumours that they had prepared to yield.
These correspondents are, un- able to confirm that the It is computed that there are began an gitack on H 28,000 Russians in the -Hürgök An Mudduy Br that Viborg: area where there are two or has bech'nssoflee Fleuter na
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