THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 22, 1941.
Curious Reversal Of Tokyo Propaganda Effort In Thailand
COLUMN
BANGKOK'S FIFTH CAUTION IN AT WORK PRECAUTION
ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE from the Thailand border remarked. on the curious reversal of Japanese propaganda in Thailand which until recently was consistently be- littling the British strength in Malaya and Burma.
They have turned to the contrary line now, the propaganda culminating in Tokyo Radio on Wednesday stating that 220,000 troops are standing along the British frontiers from Singapore to Burma.
Despite most emphatic and WITH SHELTERS, DUG-OUTS, clear denials from Bangkok and BLACK-OUT EXERCISES AND Singapore, the Japanese continue their attempts to vitiate the Thai TO
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atmosphere again by putting out DEALING WITH INCENDIARY the report thất “Thalland has re- BOMBS. ceived demands Britain."
"No Danger
for bases from!
Prepared"
But Be
Three Guarantees
British and Jupauese assurances to Thailand, the country's own de- The new Thailand Cabinet Min- termination to try its best to ad- ister. Luang Vichit Vathakarn, here to the strictest neutrality, and Deputy Foreign Minister, broad- its preparedness to die for free- cast yesterday on the "security of dom, are the three guarantees of Thailand" after which translations| Thailand's security. said Lutung in English, French, German, Ita- Vichit Vathakarn, in his radio ad- Jian and Japanese were broadcast dress which was later translated on all wave-lengths.
into various languages.
FIGURES INTENDED ΤΟ SHOW THAT BRITAIN HAS AN AMPLE OIL TANKER FLEET WHICH ARE BEING CIRCULAT- ED IN THE UNITED STATES APPARENTLY IN A DELIBER- ATE EFFORT TO CONFUSE THE PUBLIC ARE "WHOLLY AND COMPLETELY FALSE," STATED MR. RALPH DAVIES. UNITED STATES DEPUTY PETROLEUM CO-ORDINATOR, REPLYING ΤΟ UNOFFICIAL REPORTS THAT IT WAS NOT
NECESSARY ΤΟ TRANSFER AMERICAN TANKERS TO BRI- ΤΑΙΝ.
"The inadequacy of British and Allied tankers to fulfil a wartime task as Indicated by conclusive. evidence In our hands is such as to warrant the transfer of Ameri~, can tankers to aid transportation of oil," he declared.
"No one should be deluded here.
tial, in our judgment, to the job Every step taken has been essen.
of getting oil to the fighting fronts and thus protecting our own tional security.". he added.
Mr. Davies said that the reports that the British have ample tan-
RUSSIANS RAID BERLIN
Russian 'planes raided Berlin on Wednesday night, causing fires, Moscow Radio announced last night, adding that all the Russian 'planes returned safely.
Reuter.
Dutch
Scouts
Defiant
Dutch Boy Scouts are
kers and that it was not necessary defying the Nazi ban
to transfer American tankers to
British."-Reuter.
nid the British "do not square with making them members of detailed figures submitted by the an illegal organisation and are holding meetings and camps, states "Vrij the Free Dutch newspaper pub-
NEW COMMAND Nederland,"
lished in London. FOR LORD
LOUIS
The aircraft carrier "Illustrious," which is in an American shipyard
The Bangkok Radio last night After reiterating Thailand's for- edunselled the Thais to prepars eign policy as adumbrated on July themselves for any possible 29 and August 9, Luang Vichit eventuality while the country] Vathakagn said that Thailand must was still at peace.
thank the British and the Japanese for the assurances given by their The speaker emphasised there spokesmen including Mr. Anthony Was no change in the situation. | Eden and Chief Air-Marshal sir under repairs, is to be that Thailand was not faced with Brooke-Popham. any danger of an attack and de- precated any attempts to sensa- tionalise precautionary advice.
NEVERTHELESS, HE URGED THE PUBLIC TO BE PREPARED' ter.
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commanded by Captain
He concluded that the Thais Lord Louis Mountbatten, were ready to sacrifice everything it is officially announced sion from whichever side.-Reu- by the British Press Ser-
In the case of unprovoked aggres-
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vice in New York.
Lord Louis Mountbatten was in command of H.M:S. Kelly which was once nearly sunk in a dive- bombing attack in the Channel, and was subsequently sunk of Crete.
It will be recalled that "Illus-
trious" was the main target of
German and Italian dive-bombers on January 10 when British war
TERRIFIC
ODESSA BATTLE
An unfinished - battle- ship and cruiser that were on the shipyard stocks at the Black Sea port of Nikolaiev, were blown up before the Soviet forces evacuated the port.
This fuct was revealed, in Moscow yesterday by M. Lozoy- sky, the Soviet spokesman.
Questioned about the German claim to have captured a battle- ship and other vessels there, he said this was untrue.
The buttleship and cruiser on the stocks were without engines and were blown up together with the shipyards, he added.
M. REPLYING TO REUTER, LOZOVSKY SAID
THAT ODESSA WAS NEITHER A DUNKRIK NOR A TOBRUK. "IT IS ODESSA," HE SAID, "ONE OF THE FIERCEST AND MOST MEMORABLE BATTLES
OF THIS WAR."-REUTER.
patrols during July and August been active.
have noticed that Boy Scouts have
"A camp wan -raided Near Putten and 120 Scouts arrested. The boys resisted the German police who were compelled to use their arms. One 16-year- old Scout was wounded. The boys and their parents have "The boys' parents share in the been warned by the Nazi Com-blame for the Scout movement.de- missioner-General for Publicfying the ban and if they do not Security of the punishment that stop their sons from stupid Scout will be meted out to them if this activities they will be arrested and continues.
their sons will be expelled from police school."--Reuter..
He states:
"German
RUSSIAN FRONT STILL RETAINS COHESION
THE PRESENT successes gained by the Germans in Russia, although serious, are not regarded as presaging an early Russian de- feat since the front seems to retain cohesion and there is a general impression, though not that she was struck by seven confirmed, that Marshal Budenny has ex- large bombs which put several of tricated a great part of his armies to continue several fires on board. Under her the struggle east of the Dnieper.
ships were escorting a large and
vital convoy to Greece.
The Admiralty then announced
her guns out of action and caused
own steam, with an escort of ́des- troyers, Illustrious reached' Malta.
Reuter.
Russian reports even speak of the rout of a German division in west Ukraine, and the
NAZI LEADERS Germans are not having all their own way
FALL
even west of the Dnieper.
It is reported, again without! confirmation, that the Russians
THE DEATH OF 8. A. GROUP have blown up the great dam at LEADER HEINZ KNICKMAND; Dnieperstrov, vital, power station ONE OF THE OLDEST NAZI for the Ukrainian industries, but. PARTY LMEMBERS, Y4WHILE if by doing so they have saved FIGHTING CON STHE RUSSIAN Marshal Budenny's army and FRONT, WAS - REPORTED BY facilitated the holding of the THE GERMAN "RADIO LAST Dnieper line, then the economic NIGHT.
loss will probably have been jus-
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third great offensive in the at- tack on Russia but it:romains to be seen whether it will go fur- ther or prove more decisive than the first two, which cost the Ger mans such enormous dosta in men and materials.
In Serious Straits
Rome radio announced "earlier) tifled.
Meanwhile The Times," "quot- that Arthur Akmann, chief of the Mention of fighting in the centre ing the report of the correspon Hitler Youth, was also severely at, Gomel seems to indicate a Ger-dent of a Zurich newspaper who wounded, necessitating amputation man attempt to outflank the Kiev visited the front, that the Ger- of the right hand, in action on the sector and turn the Dnieper line, mans are having great difficulties observes castern front. Reuter.
and may thus constitute a serlous with communications, throat to the Russian defence that the use of aeroplanes for In the north, Voroshilov's sum-transport on a front of millions mons to the people of Leningrad suggests they are in serious 10: defend the city, to the last to straits
LADY BROOKE IN →SINGAPORE
Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sara- wak, arrived in Singapore yes- terday by Clipper. She is on her way to Sarawak after nearly two years', absence during which time. she has earned her own living in the United States, Reuter."
gether with the Gorman claim The corresppatient goes on to have captured Novgorod, showe say, the whole German construc- the Germans are malding a serious tlon organisation is standing by attempt to reach this objective to provide housing for the troops also, though they probably are in the approaching winter and still at least 50 or 60 miles away. that the country he saw, was 50 From the effort exponded by completely devastated Jo was to the Germans on this thrust it is afford no shelter whatever-Br evident they are now making altish"Wireless,"