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NO DISCUSSION OF AT VIENNA CONFAB
Further Incidents On Romano-Soviet Border: Reservists Called Up
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DERLIN, ANG, 30 (REUTER) — THE CONVERSATIONS TWEEN HERR VON RIBBENTROP, GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER. COUNT GLANO, ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, AND THE HUN- GARIAN AND RUMANIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS BEGAN AT VIENNA" YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
The Official German news agency states that following a meet- ing between the German and Italian Ministers and the Rumanian delegation the talks were adjourned till today when the programme will be mainly devoted to "formal, receptions and personal con- tacts."
There was no direct Biscussion of the problem for which the meeting had been called. Buth delegations have been glyen numer- ous fresh standpoints for consideration by the German and Italian Foreign Ministers
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PROBLEM POWDER FACTORY
EXPLOSION
BERLIN, Aug. 30, (Reuter)- The Official German news. agency reports that there was an explosion in a powder fac-. tory six miles from Bologna, Italy. Over 100 persons were injured and
many others killed.
TEN KILLED ROME Aug. 30 (Reuter)-Ten are reported to have been killed and
a number injured in the Bologna powder factory "exple pon. Several buildings caught fire and the injured were promptly evacuated.
Australian Shipbuilding
LONDON, Aug.
GENERAL
WORKERS UNPERTURBED
BY RAIDS
SENTIMENT SHARED
BY WOMEN
LONDON, "August. 30 (Reuter "In hell with them. Let us get on with the job," seems to be the general slogan of British factory workers engaged to war work in their reaction to the air raids.
Enquiries among many quarters and reports from throughout the country show now strong the feeling Is.
NORTH KIANGSU
FLOOD
RAILWAY TRAFFIC
DISRUPTED
SOMEWHERE IN N. EIANGSU, Aug. 30 (Central)-A large area embracing five important countles in northern Kiangsu, estimated at
factories: 20,000 30 "kilometres. is now
under water as flood threatens to engulf other districts along the Lunghai Railway.
The food has been caused by the torrential downrush of moun- tain freshets and dyke breaches along the Shu River in southern Shantung. Large sections of the Lungha Railway roadbed have been
disrupting traffic.
Factory inspectors and ather' Ministry of Labour officials" report finding this to be the general sentiment among the workers, notably among those engaged in night shifts who, though specially concerned with night ralds, show special 30 (Reuter) keenness to carry on after the The Sydney Radio
alarm had sounded. states that Reuter's diplomatic correspon- Reports that Rumanian troope
plans for increasing the produc-In many dent in London writes that the Have been withdrawn from the ton of warships and merchant themselves made formal represen- cases the workers preliminary meeting between Soviet border is officially denied ships are being put into effect by tatlogs to be allowed to continue Count-Clane and Herr Veg AlbA communique states that while Australia.
work during ralds. bentrop on Wednesday suggests certain auxillary units, including
It is stated that there are suf- that the Axis are agreed upon some civil institutions, have been [Acten!
The feeling is widely shared by men. slips and berths women workers. A typical case the "advice" which Hungary and
Withdrawn following recent in-Javaffable for a large shipbuilding occurred on Monday night when Rumania Will be expected to
State programme and arrangements a large number of girls who had 21 follow in the dispute over Tran eldents, the Army and all
Authorities are remaining where work in the vards to complete the led to be allowed to
-have-been-made for continuous been sent to the shelters clamour sylvania...
come back they are.
British Admiralty orders.
and get on with the job.
In general, it may be assumed that Germany has been more fa vourable to the claims of Ru- mania and Italy to those of Hun gary. The fact that Hitler per- sonally took a hand in "the pre- Ilminary talks at Salzburg with Count Clane makes it pretty cer tain that the balance has been titled in favour of Rumania.
The Hungarians will probably have to forego a good deal of their claims while Rumania will be let off more lightly than would be the case 11 Germany had not sponsored her cause......
Germany is obviously very con- cerned about her supplies of pe- trol and raw materials from Ru- mania... Any conflict that would hold up deliveries, therefore. would be very undesirable and to be avoided at all costs,
There is little doubt that neither Hungary nor Rumania would prove refractory,
ITALY'S PLANS FOR OFFENSIVE DISRUPTED BY NAVAL, AIR BOMBARDMENTS
away,
washed
The flooded area now includes Pihsin. Hwaining, Halchow." Shu- yang, Kwanyun and the surround- ing Pillages of Hsuchow.
21 RAIDERS IN A DAY!
R.A.F. OFFICERS. "AWARDED D.F.C." LONDON, August 30 (Reuter)-
NEW AUSTRALIAN Plot Oncer James Brie Storrar
REGULATION
ITALIANS IN UNENVIABLE prohibiting
POSITION IN ABYSSINIA
CAIRO. Aug. 30 (Reuter-The harrying tactics of British land forces in the Western Desert during the first weeks of the war with Italy in order to keep the enemy inside Libya' now ap- pear to have had a more far-reaching effect than was at first anticipated..
The British Army's tactics lately have been adopted by the Navy with such success that Italian plans for an offensive, in- dicated by troop concentrations in Bardia, have been seriously disrupted.
The only protection for these The second course seems to be SOVIET ASSURANCES
concentrations from the guns of the most likely but it remains to BUCHAREST, Aug. 30. (Beuter) British warships lies in dispersall be seen how far the enemy is able -M. Gafencu, the Rumanian since the habitable coast belt is to bear the strain of constant Minister to Moscow, it is reliably very narrow and the Italians can- naval and aerial bombardments. reported, was received by M. Mo
not move southward into the de-
INTERNAL TROUBLE lotov and given certain assuran- sert without enormous cost and Reuter's military correspondent ces concerning Soviet-Rumanian long preparation.
writes that British interference relations.
Whereas Italian raids on Alexan-with the Libya-Abyssinia air ser- Meanwhile, further Incidents dria and in the Western Desert are vice renders Abyssinia still, furtrer. are reported to have occurred on diminishing the RAF, continues cut off from the outside world. the Rumanian-Soviet frontier. A to pound enemy depots and har- Rumanian plane was alleged to bours,
have been brought down by three' The apparent alternatives for Soviet machines off Barlad, 20, Italy in North Africa are miles on the Rumanian side » of" the border.
The general feeling. however, is that there will be no further trouble on this frontier for the time being.
on
It is confirmed that all Ro mantan officers ard troops leave have been recalled and re servists called up.
A report that the Rumanian town of Jassy has been occupied by Soviet troops 13 categorically denied.
Firstly, to stake everything
on an attack on the Nile Delta in an effort to release Abys- sinia from the British strungle- hold:
Secondly, continue the pre- sent attitude with a view 10 maintaining large British: forces in the Western Desert,- and,
'Thirdly," nurse war material with a view to being able even- tually to bargain. for a satis factory armistice.
Appeal Against Ruthless Japanese Bombings
The yoice of China's literati has cried out to the world against the senseless, deliberate massacres of human lives by Japanese bombings of civilian centers,
In
an appeal addressed to
Alexander. Tolstoi, of Soviet Rus- RADIO SENTRIES
sla, Romain Rolland, of. France," HG Wells, of England, Tagore, of India. and Theodore, Drelser, of, America, the National. Federation;}
of Chinese Writers declared that
the bestial conduct of the Japan-
cee mliitarists only marked them
as the number one enemy of humanity.
To Prevent 5th.
The position of the Italians in Abyssinia, amounting, to one whole division and about 12 native brigades, is an unenviable one for internal troubles have been tre quent enough, to require active suppression.
In the strategical sense the Italians have not strengthened their hold on Abyssinia by the occupation, of British Somali-.
ened it because communica» tions with Harar, whence the Italian Invasion of British Somaliland was launched; are now lengthy and. vulnerable while the occupation of the coast between Zeila and Ber- bera is valueless without sea power.
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wtiose squadron destroyed 21 enemy aircrait in one day has, CANBERRA, August 30 (Reuter) with five otner oncers, been A regulation has been gazetted awarded the Distinguished Flying the importation of Cross for gallantry in flying British banknotes into Australia. operations. Incoming passengers will how Storrar himself shot down tw ever, be permitted to bring in and has altogether a personal British banknotes not exceeding "bag" of elent enemy planes. £10.
Sergeant Eric Knowles was Residents in Australia have been awarded the Distinguished Flying given until September 5 to cash Medal and has carried out over notes held within the country. 500 hours of operational flying Fuit exchange value, will be given since the war began and bog been for such notes as are negotiable engaged with the enemy "on nu- under this regulation.
Fmerou occasions,
JAPANESE CALL IT
ماهر
MILITARY OBJECTIVE
Although they have heard, much, about the bombings of Chungking, the people of Pishan had never experienced Japan- ese aerial destruction until August 2 when 27 enemy planes dropped 250 bombs in this peaceful town, killing, and wounded 100 civilians besides setting fire to many houses,
Pishan is the centre of an Institute of Baral Research and Training established by, the National Council: for Eural Recon- struction, and the Mass Education Movement. Of the $200.000 budget for the institute, $200,000 comes from the Rockefeller Foundation which subsidizes the National Council for -Bural; Re- construction in its activities.
For several months in the past. 'leaders of the country. It is a the people In Pishan had often second-class hiten and a model heard the droning of planes district of Szechwan Province. passing over them at a high alti- The people of Fishah, are thrifty
and ineptus
Most of them and families
of
they paid little attention to them. are tradesmen For they trusted that Pishan, a government employees. There is small, insignificant town among no electric light, no machinery hundreds of others in Free China, and no modern industry in this would be of no interest to the little town. The city's peace and Japanese airinen in their mission order is maintained by, a handful of death and destruction.. **The of
courteous and well-trained Japs won't come and get us. policemen and gendarmes. In Abyssinia there is only suf-townfolks used to say to each Pishar
'cause we aren't important.'" the August 2 was a hot day in ficient supplies of petrol, ammuni-other.
The sky was bright and tion and bomba for 2 limited
cloudless. Shortly after noontime But lately, something had gone the air defense intelligence officer period and these have been greatly wrong in this little town. depleted by the Somaliland in- people had been whispering that six batches of Japanese planes Many in Fishan warned the people that vasion.
Any hopes that the Italians
a member of the Wang family on were invading Szechwan Province. might have had of supplementing dark shadows with his own eyes alarmn was sounded. Many people South Street actually saw strange, Half an hour later, the emergency supplies by art viel y aura in while returning home late one fled to the country while others Libya, are now effectively counter-night from the country Then a remained quietly indoors. Soon ed, by the Royal Air Force,
"INEFFECTIVE RAIDS
certain Mr. Chang near the North afterwards a batch of 27 Japanese ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 30 (Reuter) Gate said that a sentinel on night planes, chased by Chinese squa- Column March Across Although the Italians have made duty shot at some auspicious ob drons appeared over Pishan and several bombirg ralds here, Egyp-Ject moving swiftly in the dark hurriedly released their explosives US Wave Lengths tan civilians, who had evacuated 888 The bullets wounded taion this undefended town causing the city are now docking back im- people sleeping on a bridge near-widespread deeth and destruction. The fifth column is not to maren pressed by the ineffectiveness of by. The sentinel was jailed Most of the casualties, consist- Fires." said the appeal. "have can radio. There is to be no "in-
across the wave lengths of Ameri: the enemy's efforts.
Many people took these stories ing mostly of women and chil our, skles in Chungking, res that speakers. The broadcasters
A communique issued from Catro seriously, while other just laugh dren, were evacuees from Chung-
were caused by incendiaries re-
temple bells gave an air raid alarm the compound of a girls middle ducing our prosperous, bustling guarding the microphonies from c
jat noon on August 2, a number of school maintained by the Method" sections to heaps of debris, Uni-any such treacherous activity,
that there shall be no underhand-people took them as a foreboding fat Mission. Three workers were versities and cultural institutions i
Scripts are
being scrutinized ea brozacasta;, an breeding of dis-about their own security and fled killed in the school whose former have been bombed without dis-more than ever, because of what sension by radio. tinction, and streets are jammed the broadcasters describe as "fith
to, the country. The majority of site in Chungking had also been Extra precautions are i homeless people."
column consciousness."
being the townfolks, however, chose to bombed last year. Fortunately, taken, according to inquiry among remain in their homes, hoping it was summer vacation, else The appeal urged the addressed
The sentries of radio are on the broadcasters, to check the that the Japanese bomba would student writers to inform their fellow-watch for fifth columnists, defined qualifications
casualties would have craftsmen throughout the world as those who would speak, ap-organiations that apply to go on ing no military objective: whats The same afternoon three other
...persons and spare an undefended town hay been heavy of the wantomness of these proaching the microphone dia- the air, Japanese bombings, "We want guised as friends and Innocents.
Americanim, "public interest. the whole world know" rising subtly and, snake-like to convenience and necessity" more
to concluded the appeal, "that strike with treachery through the than ever become the watchwords a number of middle schools and China has gained $ new Bir against democratic principles of broadcasting in the United vocational institutes evacuated we in the fire of baptism, and and the Constitution of the United States, and on the shortwaves that from Chungking It is designated her will to fight for national In-States, to undermine and destroy beam fanshape to the Americas. by the Chinese government as an dependence, ran never be shaken. the life, liberty and pursuit of hap- As one broadcaster reported. evacuation center for Chungking'ster)The Cabinet has appointed These massacres from the sky: piness for which America was "every word is being carefully superfluous population. The ma Major-General Vernon Sturdee as only cause more human sufferings founded,
sieved these days." It becomes im "gistrate is a graduate of the Cen- Chief of the General Staff in suc- that will have no bearing on the
NO UNDERHAND
perative that scripts be submitted tral Political Institute which is cession to Lieutenant-General. Bir outcome of the' war'
The broadcasters are resolved in advance
famous for training politica) | Brudenell White who was killed
in an air, crash on August 13,
since August 19 been lighting Ptellectual invasion" by, unseen states that all fronts were quieted at them. So when the ancient king. Several bombs landed on
are "yesterday.
of
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ever.
CULTURAL TOWN Pishan is a cultural town' with
district towns in Szechwan Pro- vince were also bombed. —(CIC.).
NEW AUSTRALIAN APPOINTMENT MELBOURNE, August 30 (Reu-
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1940.
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