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Situation In Russia Highly Favourable To The Red Army
LONDON, July 1 (enter)-THE GENERAI. OUTLINE *F THE POSITION ON THE RUSSO-GERMAN FRONT DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE MATERIALLY ALTERED during the last few days, but that fact itself is of great importance and is highly favourable to the Russians, writes Reuter's Military commenta- tor
Despite the surprise of the attack, with ne declaration of war, despite the throwing of all German tanks and other armoured vehicles, supported by a huge concentration of planes, the Germans have not, as yet, succeeded in breaking through the Russian front anywhere along the 1.500 miles of frontier.
ANOTHER VESSEL TORPEDOED
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WASHINGTON, July 1 (Reuter> The Navy Department has con- firmed that a foreign flag steamer, conveying American marines £0 London, has been torpedoed but up to the present has given no figures regarding the loss of life.
Miss Mary Beard. Director of the Red Cross Nursing Service, stated that the Navy Department had notified her that six nurgea
than
In the extreme north, in Fin- sian salient which runs from past were safe, but she added that "if land, and on their southern ftank Lwow to Prenzyl and then turns it was the from Chernautst along the River back, one would suppose, along sunk we had many more
Maarsden that was Pruth to the Back Sea, they are the Carpathians to Chernauts.that aboard." being quite firmly held,
From here the southern flank of Mr. Sumner Welles had earlier the Russian salient is Brmly held. told
This
situation, if It has not American Red Cross nurses were conference that suming the offensive, even if these been materially altered by events aboard the ship offensives are only on short tronts of the last 24 hours. signifies a as well as American marines, one that was sunk and with limited objectives.
serious repu se of the German on-of whom was feared to have been slaught.
In act there are indications that the Russians are already a5-
B
press
The Russians, on their extreme left, have crossed the Danube from
lost, MINSK SITUATION north to south and successfully
Reports stated that the ship The Germans
claim to have was the Marsden former ralded into that part of Rumania. pushed forward armoured forces vessel now in service of the Bri- Dutch taking perhaps a thousand prison-past the north of Minsk and to tish Mercantile marine. ers and a dozen guns
have reached the road to Moscow.
A little further north they have This incursion into the Russian actually thrown the Germans back front was, in all probability, not across the River Pruth. In the made along the straight line of far north small counter-attacks advance from Brest-Litovsk and have penetrated the Finnish Ines Baranovitch, a burst through from here and there.
the flank of the German salient which was created by their ad
FANTASTIC CLAIMS
UNITED STATES
NAVAL BASES
WASHINGTON, July 1 (Renter -Three additional off-shore Unit-
Of the rival communiques, that, vance as far as Vilna. of the Russians. being most ex- From this direction, they could ed States naval bases are to be pilet and definite, gives the im-advance due east and south-east established, according to an án- pression of reliability which is not against the flank of the Russian nouncement by the United States the Case with the German an- troops who are holding
un the Secretary for Navy, Col, Knox. nouncements which make tew de- German attack which is moving They will be in the mid-Pacific, Apite statements. but only pul from Brest-Litovsk on Minak, in the Aleutian Island forth fantastic claims of captures
(Alaska) If the Russians can hold their area and in the Caribbean. and vayne promises of great sue- front in the direction of Barano- The first will be established at cess or successes somewhere. vitch, as they seem to be doing. Midway Island on August 1.
As far as We can judge, the and at the same time bring up second at the Dutch harbour in Germans having overrun Lithuan- sufficient reserves not only to stop, Amnaknak
a. which was only held by weak the
Island (Alaska) advance of the 'September 1 and ruvering detachments and having armoured raiding force, but over-Carenage
the third £1. got to the line of Bhavall-Kaunas-whelm it, the danger would then miles from
Bay.
Trinidad, (Ave Port of Spain) Vlina in a northerly direction, are be removed. now stopped along that line.
further
In fact, they seem to have suc ceeded in doing this and in killing! the General in command.
The German line seems to turn southwards past Grodno and 10- wards Baranovitch, and perhaps There is no doubt that our idea down as far at the Pripet Marchesuf Russian military efficiency in near Prinsk.
It then seeths ti
south-westwards tn
equipment and tactics requires tol swing back be drastically revised. The Rus-
the
bourhood ol Luck and
August 1
the
on
on
Japanese Oil Dumps Burned Down
LOYANG, July 1 (Central} neigh-sians are showing themselves to be Considerable damage was sustain- Brody, match for the Germans.
ed by the Japanese at Yuncheng where a tremendous battle is now i The psychological and mcrat in southern Shansi on June 18 and la progress
effect of this, in addition to the 19 when Chinese plain clothes men heavy losses they are inflicting on raided the Japanese airdrome lo
Germans, may be profound cated to the north and may enable them to assume and set fire
of the elty two the offensive tri a big scale attack. which were burned down.
oil dumps
So far this battle has not gone in favour of the Germans.
The Russians here are protect ing the Northern Hank of the Rus
SINO-BURMESE PRODUCTS CO.
A Bino-Burmese Products Crum- pany is being opened in Rangoon today. Many local business leaders have sent telegrams of congratula-
tion.
the
WAIYEUNG FLOOD
the
RELIEF FUND SHIUKWAN, July 1 (Central) --- Following closely the recent Jap anese invasion, Walyeung and Pok- to, two important towns on East River in Kwangtung, are now suffering from a devastating food. Solicitous for the plight of the The Company is organised by people there. General Lf Hon. wan Chinese merchants in Rangoon in Chairman of the Kwangtong Pro- collaboration with Chinese indus vincial Government, has instruct- trialists in Hongkong and Shang- ed the Kwangtung Provincial Re- hal and has an initial capital of $5,000,000 (Chinese currency) which $30,000 for their relief. In
Her Commission to appropriate may be
increased whenever ne- tion, he has also petitioned Cessary
National Reller Commission The Company undertakes to an allocation of another $130.000 market Chinese products in Burma relief fund. and Burmese products in Bong- kong. Shanghal and other places.
1
MOSCOW,
(Reuter July Service members of the British mission, headed by General Me- Farlane, met membera of the Soviet gerieral staff yesterday morning, and it is understood that the meetings are to continue re- gularly.
to
Further casualties have been triangular area in southern Shan- suffered by the Japanese in the
si bordering Honan and Shenst Last week, a Japanese troop train on the Tung-Pu Rallway carry- Ing some 500 wounded passed through Chiehhsien northward to Linfen for hospitalization
HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 2 to July 1941.
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TOKYO, July 1 (Renter)---FIity Thu. aircraft, quantities of steel. lead,
Fri. explosives, copper,
trucks and other war materials for Chung- Sat. King have been landed from American steamers
at Rangoon, Sud. says Domel. It is also reported that the United States will send engineers and materials to remodel the Burma Road for the purpose of tripling its present capacity.
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