THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 22, 1941.
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BULGARIA HEADING FOR WAR
AUSTRALIA'S
Clash With Turkey Thought Inevitable
Dragged Behind Axis Chariot
BIGGEST
BLACK-OUT
The biggest black- out test ever held in Australia took place last night when for over an hour Sydney and the surrounding area was plunged into darkness.
More than a million residents were affect- ed by the black-out which is officially de- scribed as most suc- cessful.--Reuter.
ROOSEVELT MESSAGE TO JEWRY
President
(By Reuter's Diplomatic Correspondent)
THE STATE OF EMERGENCY THROUGH- OUT BULGARIA
GRAVE REVEALS THE SITUATION WITH WHICH M. FILOFF'S GOV. ERNMENT IS CONFRONTED; HAVING. HIT- CHED ITSELF TO THE AXIS CHARIOT IT FINDS ITSELF DRAGGED INTO COMPLETE AND ABJECT SUBSERVIENCE TO THE 'PO- LICY OF ITS POWERFUL TEAM MATES.
Neither the Government nor the people want war but they are being coerced into a course against their will, against their inter- ests, against their tradition.
But, having accepted the "new order," they are so deeply com- mitted that there seems little chance of escaping the fate of Hungary and Rumania and being used as catspaws by the German High Command.
being played up in the Pulgar ian prees.
Simultaneously, however, rela- tions with Turkey are being deli- berately exacerbated. possibly in the hope of serving as a pretext for avoiding an unpopular breach with Russia, possibly because the Government feels that war with Turkey would be the leaser of two evils.
War Of Nerves
The Germans are naturally ex- ploiting this situation as part
of their war of nerves against Tur-
They may be able to evade fighting against their Russian Roosevelt bencfactors by attacking Turkey
look sent a message to Jews but it does not
as though there were any other alternative. everywhere which was Despite the Axis leanings of the broadcast by Rabbi Government the people are still moved by Russia's share in their Stephen Wise when
liberation and apart from their speaking in connection common Slav origin there has al-key, and it is still too early to say with the opening of the ways been strong sympathy with whether they are prepared to go
Soviet ideology among the large- the full length. Much will Year 5702 in the Jewish ly agrarian population.
pend on the degree of their suc- Popular resentment against re-cess in southern Russia. Calendar.
cent, moves by the Government has IT MIGHT BE ENTIRELY UN- TO TAKE ON President Roosevelt expressed led to widespread discontent and| PROFITABLE
AS AN ENEMY IF confidence that despite the tem-
with correspond- TURKEY even sabotage,
RUS- porary darkness encompassing ingly severe repressive measures THE RESULT OF THE the world, the livht of
by the authorities, would not be extinguished.
liberly
He added: "With united deva- German-Inspired
tion to the just cause of peace and tolerance we must rededicate ourselves to the task which
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of
lies
An attempt is now being made 10 creale U movement against
before us in order that all peo-Russia hy allegations that Bulgar- ple may live as equals
the lan ships have been sunk by Rus- Rabbi Wise said that 150,000,000 people captive to it- sin mines or torpedoed by Rus- ler, only 6,000.000 were Jews but sian submarines. his assault on them was a smuke |
a concerted attack on screen for all institutions of Democracy and freedom-Reuter.
The hand of German propa-
the ganda la very evident in manner in which these reports, which are still very dubious, are
R.A.F. DAY SWEEPS REACH CLIMAX
ROYAL AIR FORCE daylight sweeps reached a new climax during the past week in which bombers and fighters-daily-raided Axis occupied Europe.
The outstanding night operation was the R.A.F.'s 77th raid on Hamburg, and other north-west German ports on the night of Sept-
ember 15-16 wherein over 200 heavy bomberse were engaged
SIAN
de-
STILL
CAMPAIGN IS SWAYING IN THE BALANCE- REUTER.
EIGHTEEN GERMANS DAY'S BAG
BLENHEIM AIRCRAFT OF THE BOMBER COMMAND STRONGLY ESCORTED. BY FIGHTERS, ATTACKED A POWER STATION AT GOSNAY NEAR BETHUNE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, IT WAS LEARN- ED. IN LONDON,
Bombs were seen to hit the target and fires were left burn- | ing.
The fighter escort had many combats with enemy fighters and it is known that 18 of the enemy were destroyed.
were
Twelve British fighters lost but the pilots of two have
been rescued from the sea. No Reuter.
British bombers were lost.
V
UISLING TO RETURN THE LOOT
*
QUISLING, HAS BEEN, OR- Another striking night feature On September. 18, when the
THE GERMAN was the substantial blow at chief objective was a power sta- DERED BY Stettin, Important supply port for tion near Rouen, operations were AUTHORITIES TO RETURN the Germans! eastern front, to on a similar scale but they reach- WITHIN THREE DAYS ALL THE reach which
flow fured the peak on September when MONEY HE HAD TAKEN FROM the Targest combined force THE BANK OF NORWAY, SAYS liup since offensive sweeps began took A STOCKHOLM DESPATCH TO ghts. to the air to attack, railway cen, THE SOVIET NEWS AGENCY Ivase were tres, at Hazebrouck and Abbeville, IN MOSCOW.
dis- It was proved, says the.-- Karlsruhe Le Havre docks, Berr shipyards, at Rouen and the docks. lin, and Frankfurt.
at Le Havre, while a Fortress. patch, that Quisling withdrew a - ON THE 17TH THE MAIN penetrated Germany to attack large sum from the Banks and
docks. WAS THE POWER
transferred a considerable part TARGET
of it abroad. His underlings, did PLANTAT MAZINGARDE
ther than to
Targets at Ste
inated by the No
Other night «
NEAR BETHUNE WHERE 300 In all these operations the likewise. R.AT FIGHTERS WERE IN Germans lost 54 fighters, the The German authorities, con- "now THE SKIES SIMULTANEOUSLY
40 planes of which 14 were cludes the dispatch, have OVER FRANCE, MANY MORE bers and 32, fighters. Sis forbidden the Bankt, to issue any GOING OUT. DURING THE RAF. pilots were Bayed, funds to the Quisling party with- Lout German permission-Router,
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