THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 22, 1941.
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Hitler Far Behind
Behind Schedule In The Invasion Of
"VICTORIES" TO HIS OWN PERDITION
"THE GERMANS, despite their claims that the Red Army and air force have been annihilated, have already long passed their assigned dates for their entry into Kiev, Leningrad and Moscow," declared M Lozovsky, Vice-Commissar for Foreign Affairs at a press conference last night.
The real explanation was provided by the Order of Major-General Nehring, com- manding the 18th German Tank Division, said M. Lozovsky.
This Order was found inside al captured tank and it says! "It is l obvious that our losses in equip-. ment, arms and machines and des- pite {1 successful advance, have greatly exceeded captured! trophies. Continuation of this) situation is intolerable in the long, run for we shall go on winning victories to our own perdition."
M. Lozovsky recalled that this morning (Tuesday) would com- plete the first calendar month of
SORTIES
FROM
TOBRUK
Mechanised
Indian
the German "blitzkrieg" against cavalrymen who gallant-
Russia.
"This war will go on for many months and we CUBS the results of the
Russia
A general intensive training of units of the Army in Northern Ireland is being-undertaken to fit them for offensive operations in the event of invasion. Special tanks have been devised and particular attention is being paid to toughening the fibre of the men, Photo shows a Battalion of the Royal Berks Regiment in strenuous training. Here are Bren Gun carriers crossing a mine- field during an attack. (Copyright, Fox).
CLASH OF GERMANY NOW
ly fought their way out CHINESE
from Mechili during the can dis
first German advance are now "getting their own back"
month in one of our next press conferences."
M. Lozovsky dwelt on the dif- on the Axis forces watch- ferences between the Nazis and' their so-called Allies, stressing thing Tobruk.
cross-etterents of hatred and envps tousness which
existed between A number of these men were the German, Rumaninu, Hungar-Į included in the patrols which on
an and Slovak camps.
Saturday night carried out an
All of them, he said, were full other series of successful light-
of internal squabbling, com- ning raids on enemy strong points
pared with the democratic nations, who were fighting unan. imously without wanting to take anything from each other.
Air Raid Tactics
Asked whether Moscow would
this time eastward, along the
coast between Bardia Road and the sea, and south-west of Pales- tring to the west of the El Adim Road.
"The process of putting the wind up the Italians
ARMIES
The question of Com- munist troops clashing with Central Government forces is continuing to occupy the attention of Chinese circles in Chung- king.
PLANNING NEW
AGGRESSIONS
GERMANY IS EVEN now planning new
The Chinese Press unanimously steps of aggression against the remaining stress the importance of national unity and the maintenance of independent states of Europe.
military discipline.
A public appeal to the 18th The United States has received informa- continues Group Army (Chinese Communist follow London's example of main- satisfactorily was the only com- Army) was made yesterday in the tion of this, stated the Under-Secretary of
ment in military circles on the influential daily, the "Ta taining the city's normal trafic Tobruk garrison's fifth series of Kung Pal, Chinese declared: "A State, Mr. Sumner Welles, at a Press Confer- during air raids alerts, M.
raids in nine days which resulted though the Communist Party has ence in Washington yesterday, but he did Lozovsky said that Moscow was likely to adhere to the present of prisoners and system of clearing the streets of
much valuable be remembered in view of the not go into details. people.
Amang the purposes of the high discipline maintained in Moscow during the alerts was the desire to reduce casualties to a minimum.
Work in factories, however, continued until the imminent danger signal was given. A warning was sounded in Moa- cow, he said, as soon as it was observed at the front that a number of 'planes was flying in the direction
capital. of the The nearest the German 'planes had got to Moscow was over 100 miles dislant.
Some of the recent warnings, he disclosed, had merely been tests. M. Lozovsky doubted whether the Germans would attempt any raid
Reuter. on Moscow.
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HONGKONG BOMBER SQUADRON
Colonies and.. from. Lt.-Colonel
in the capture of a fair number an international character, it must
information.
tor-action, but the Indiana
latest international: developments
For the first time on Saturday that national and international in- Mr. Welles disclosed that the the Italians attempted a coun- terests are practically identical. United States had promised full Whether for support of Soviet support to Bolivia in the event of dealt
swiftly and successfully Russia or for protection of the an international incident arising with superior
enemy numbers Fatherland, the Chinese Commun- from an alleged attempted Nazi who withdrew In
disorder in ists should cooperate with the Cen-coup in Bolivia and the expulsion the face of a bayonet 'attack.
order against the German Minis- Every British raid is estimated
ter. to have cost the enemy between 30 and 40 casualties. Reuter,
WINNING THE PEACE
in
tral Government."-Reuter.
M.B.E. FOR PRISONER OF WAR
Lt. J. M. Langley, Cold-| stream Guards, son of | Mr. F. O. Langley, the Old Street police court "Germany must not be magistrate, has been ap- a position and flay and pointed a member of the
Mr. Welles said that in assur- ing Bolivia of support, he pointed out that under the existing -inter- American agreements; the Germani“ Minister to Bolivia would be non personal grata with the United States.
Mr. WellCS also referred to General Franco's sharp attack on the United States a week ago, when General Franco said that Américan offers of econo- mic'help. to Spain "always in volved attempts to force: Spalh to obey the will of other nations.- Mr Welles said that this was
entirely untrue and that the sup- ples of food and medicine that contingent upon any policy of the Spanish Government other than that the Spanish people should
remain at práce.
Also answering General Franco's
reference to the consequences of a Nazi victory upon other American republics, Mr. Sumner Welles said of war and has had his left arm that the whole prosperity of the
to torture Europe. once Order of the British Em-had been sent to Spain were not every thirty years," de pire in recognition of dis- clared Mr. Anthony Eden, tinguished services in the the Foreign Minister, in a field, it was announced in Telegrams have been received broadcast to the Belgian the London Gazette. from the Secretary of State for the people on Belgium's Lt. Langley, who is a prisoner Moore Brabazon, the Minister for National Day of Indepen- amputated at the shoulder, won Amarican nations had been found- Aircraft Production, thanking dence yesterday.
Mr. Eden declared: Twice within 30 years Belgium had had to endure the ordeal of invasion
This time also, the final result would be the same..
"But this time," he went on Wd "we will not lose the peace. will build a better."
Hong Kong for the generous flow of contributions to the "Morning Fost" Bomber Fund. Lt.-Colonel Moore-Brabazon says:
the M.C. for gallantry and cour-ed upon-the-control-of-the-Atlan- age under fire in the final rear- tic and other seas by friendly guard actiong at Dunkirk,
He
powers and that if that control was wounded by a shell and fell passed to unfriendly Powers, their. into Cierman hands.
Independence" would be gravely Capt, GB. Hartford, RN, has endangered--Reuter. "Acknowledge with grateful
been awarded the bar to the D.S.O. for leadership, endurance awarded to Volunteer W. T. Whit- thanks further sum of £15,000.. This magnificent gift is being
and devotion to duty.
lock, a Home Guard, who was added: to the sums already ro
The Albert Medal has been severely injured when a bullding ceived and being devoted to bom- Mr. Eden mentioned that the awarded to Acting Second Hand where he was on duty received ber squadron. I look forward Belgian Army in Great Britain J. H. Mitchell, R.N.R., who by two direct hits from high-explo- with pride to the day when this was rapidly gathering Its strength gripping a rope with his teeth sive bombs. At great personal squadron will go into service to and awaiting the day when it while supporting two drowning risk and in a stato of almost com- bear witness to the generosity of could assist the whole of the men saved his own life and the plete collapse he rescued his scc- the outpost of Empire whoso Allied armies in the war of lives of the two men.
tion leader from beneath the name it will bear."
The George Medal, has been i debris.
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liberation. Reuter.
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