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TITANIC BATTLE FOR SMOLENSK EXPECTED TO BE DECIDED WITHIN NEXT WEEK OR TWO
No Important Developments Reported On Other Fronts
LONDON, Aug. (Reuter) - The Battle of Smolensk is being indefinitely continue waged on such a titanie scale that it canno1
where
it
and a decision can be expected within the next week or two. This is the view taken in authoritative quarters here Is pointed out that to a great extent the future course of the war in Russia will depend on the outcome of the Smolensk struggle.
It is almost impossible for either side to stabilise the front over the Jast Static warfare such as was known in such a va-i area.
a front of hundreds of miles. It is war is scarcely feasible along Dog a question of whether the Germans can deplay sufficient new troops and armoured forces to smash the Russian resistance or whe ther the Russians can hang on and counter-attack with sach weight the Ger- that they will win the battie hy completely exhausting
mans
RUSSIANS ISOLATED
Tutuila Incident Is
Closed
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (Reuter) -Mr. Sumner Welles stated last night that the United States has accepted the offietal apologies of the Japanese Government regard- Ing the bombing of the gunboat Tutulla and the incident is re- garded as closed
NOT SUFFICIENT WASHINGTON. Aug. 1 (Reuter -Declaring that Japanese apolo- gies for the bombing of the United States river gunboat Tutulla were insufficient to close the incident, Mr. Sumber Welles told pressmen yesterday that the United States Government awaits a more cult~ plete reply to representations made here and Tukyo,
Mr. Welles said that immediatc- In othery upon being informed of the in-
cident on Wednesday morning, took representative of the Japanese Government called at the United
enemy in the Porkhov, Novorzber There are indications Timi Gier jand Zhllomic directions, mau Forces are operating Past directions and sectors of the front of Smolensk. It is quite possible, no important engagemen lä Therefore, that there are Russiaos, place. surrounded in this area though it
is
"During
were
a
the day of July 30,States Embassy in zuntu aba ex- This Was does not necessarily follow that enemy planes thrice attempted to pressed deep regrets. they are trapped. They may be raid Leningrad. All attempts to done before the representations. fighting bard sell contained break through to the town unile and the Russhil counter-at beaten off by A.A fire and by our
being Lacks now
launchies may fighterS.
These well be designed troups
After Mr. J. Grew, American had duly Ambassador to Tokyo, carried out his instructions--col- ciding with identical representa STUBBORN FIGHTING
tions made by Mr. Welles himself "Especially stubborn fghting de There a no evidence in London veloped in the Smolensk direction at Washington in conference with the Japanese Ambassador, Admiral counter-21- that any large scale preparations where our troops by
Govern- art being made on the Bulgarian tacks brew back the enemy to his Nomura, the Japanese
heavy losses ment made a further preliminary upon hiri We captured prisoners reply.
MILD SATISFACTION and trophies.
Turkish fronter
SOVIET COMMUNIQUE MOSCOW, Aug 1 Reuter?
The mid-day communique
"During Wednesday night
position
inflicting
slates "Our air fores, in co-operation our with land troops, dealt blows
units and troops continued Öghting the the enemy motorised
intantry.
ANGLO-FINNISH
RELATIONS
GENERAL
AT
CABINET MEETING
15
Cecil Madden with the BBC microphone visita Madame Tussaud's famous waxworks exhibition in London for the BBC's Short-wave programme "Radio Newsreel" and discusses the British Cabinet group with two soldiers, The models in the Group are: Left to right (seated) The Rt. Hon. A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty; The Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer; The Rt. Hon. C. R. Attlee, Lord Privy Seal; The Rt. Hen Anthony Eden. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; The Rt. Hon. A. Greenwood, Minister without Portfolio; The Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary of State for Air. Left to right (standing) The Rt. Hon. Herbert Morrison, Home Secretary and Minister of Home Security; The Rt. Hon. Viscount Simon, Lord Chancellor: The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, Prime Minister and Minister of Defence; The Rt. Hon. Sir John Anderson, Lord Pre- sident of the Council; The Rt. Hon. A. Duff Cooper. Minister of Information: The Rt. Hon. E. Bevin. Minister of Labour and National Service.
American Aid To Russia
Further Parlevs In
Japan's apologies for the bomb. Washington, Moscow
tning of the gunboat Tutulla during a ruid on Chungring have been received here with mild satisfac- "On July 30. 15 enemy planes tion. There is no lamediate in- were brought down in air combats dication that the incident is thus We lost eight planes.
al- "A fight of Soviet bumbers Lacked in the Baltic Sea two Ger- man patrol ships One bomb hil
closed.
DETAILS LACKING
1 (Reuter) TOKYO, Aug. Authorities here are believed
to
Reuter)..
GERMAN AGENTS IN IRAN
GOVERNMENT ISSUES A STATEMENT
TEHERAN, Aug. 1 (Reuter) Following reports that Nazi agents Govern- are active in Iran, the
LONDON Aug. Further discussion. regarding United States aid to the Soviet ment, gave ali assurance that t Union were held both in Washing- had taken the necessary steps to
maintain peace and order. ton and Moscow yesterday.
An authoritative statement cou- Reuter's Moscow correspondent onbles that Mr. Harry Hopkinsdemns alarmist rumours and says
that the authors
appear to be again saw M. Stalin yesterday
of ignorant conditions in Iran
the first ship and sank her and be doing their utmost to minimise evening after meeting M. Molow where law is strictly enforced on
Britain's Reply To the second sustained heavy dam-
"Aide Memoire"
LONDON. Aug. 1 (Reuter)--Bri-
age and escaped behind a smoke
screen.
"Nine Junkers 88 and three Mes-
tain's reply to the Finnish alde serschmitts were destroyed on an
enemy aerodrome
memoire intimating the suspen- slon of the Finnish Legation's ac-enemy's rear."
tivities in London was handed to the Finnish Minister, M. Grippen-,
deep In the
APPEAL TO PEOPLE
A stirring appeal to the people terri- berg. yesterday afternoon by sir in German-occupied Soviet
the Germans Alexander Cadogan. Permanent tory to exterminate
to a Under-Secretary at the British has been made, according
the dispatch to
Soviet official news agency from the front.
Foreign Office.
the possible repercussions to the Tutulla incident to which the official American attitude to not
clear.
Details are lacking at present.
Jap. Troop Withdrawals
In the afternoon.
Mr. Hopkins was "entertained to all persons without distinction.
Moreover, since the world crisis, lunch by the British Ambassador
Sir Stafford Cripps. The Ameri-the Government is determined to
can Ambassador Mr. Laurence Steinhardt was present,
his
safeguard the nation's neutrality and has redoubled its vigilance.
The statement continues: "No- body can disobey the regulations.
In Washington, Soviet Ambassa- dor. M. Oumansky General Coll kov, head of the Soviet Purchas- The acts of business, conduct and ing Mission, and Colonel Repin, way of life of all foreigners are assistant, visited President known to the Government, thus Roosevelt at the White House to making it impossible for them to over-step lawful boundaries and discuss American aid to Russia
indulge In forbidden activities. TANKERS WANTER
We know their number and their WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (Reuter) names. It is in fact possible to CHUNGKING, Aug. 1 (Reuter-Russia has asked America for say that the figures that have ap
From China
Respecting Finland's assumption
The message reads: "Marshal that Britain shared Finland's view
of According to reports reaching the transfer of two United States peared in this connexion are great- that it was hardly possible to Budenny, Commander-in-Chief
and M. here, Japan originally planned to tankers, newspapermen were toldly exaggerated." maintain normal relations. the the south-western front,
400,000 troops from by Mr. Harold Ickes, Secretary of British reply recalls intimating as Khrouchtchov, Secretary of the Cen-withdraw late as July 22 that it had been tral Committee of the Communist Chins for operations in the South the Interior, yesterday. decided to maintain such relations Party of the Ukraine, have made Seas and in Manchuria. notwithstanding
being the following appeal to the popu- Finland
was
Japan is probably withdrawing
AVIATION SPIRIT WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (Reuter) Friority rating for the manu
NAZI LEADERS ALARMED
Funds Transferred To Switzerland
LONDON, Aug. 1
engaged with Germany in hostillation of German-occupied Soviet 100,000 troops at present and there are signs of withdrawals from ties against Russia and German territory. troups operating from Finnish
used for shipping aviation spirit "We address ourselves to those Central China although definite facture of 10,000 steel drums to be
cannot be obtained at who are able to handle arms; join figures soll.
Russia have been recommended BLOCKADE
guerilla detachments, create new present, said a Chinese spokesman and other petroleum products to The action recently taken lines, annihilate the hateful Ger- yesterday afternoon.
Withdrawals from North China DF the Defence Petroleum Co- ordination Board to the Office of against Finnish trade with trans-man troops, exterminate the Fas-
Production Management.
Reuter)Nazi oceanic countries
the re- cists like mad dogs. Deral their have already begun,
communications, The spokesman said that these
Mr. Ralph Davies, deputy Petro-leaders, alazined at recent anti- sult of those facts which created trains, interrupt
Co-ordinator, told news-Nazi steps in South America, in- circumstances rendering clearly blow up dumps so that no single withdrawals, combined with the occupation of Indo- the Japanese impossible to allow goods to pass gramme of grain is left to through the blockade to
reach enemy. Move as much as you need China, have resulted in little ac papermen that the recommenda- chiding the expulsion of the Ger- the Amtorg transferring their funds to Swit territory which must be considered for the near future and destroy tivity on the Sino-Japanese fronts ton had followed conferences with man Minister to Bolivia, have been
of outskie
the aerial bombings of representatives of
Trading (Sorlet
Corporation)zerland, sccording to a well- the rest. Destroy plantations largely under German control.
which had received from the informed source, says the Indepen Since the action was not aimed industrial crops, beetroot, the Chungking,
MINISTER'S WARNING at hand. against Finland, Britain did not hour of our victory is
TOKYO, Aug. 1 (Reuter)-Head-State Department export licences dent French Agency. consider that
According to this source, a large need
Дght render Make every effort to
quarters revealed that Japanese covering considerable volumes
petroleum products
number of high Nazi Party mem- are continuing to go to troopa
Mr. Davies added that arrange- bers, including Dr. Robert Ley, Indo-China as the Finance Minis-
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normal diplomatic inter-course enemy and exterminate him." impossible.
It the Finnish Legation with- draws from London, it will follow-
that Britain will be compelled to withdraw her legation from Hél- sinki.
R.A.F. BOMB SEAPLANE BASE
IN SARDINIA
the
leum
Mr. Menziester, Mr. Masatune Ogura warned ments were kewise being made the Nazi Labour Front leader and
Pep Talk
JAPANESE STEAMER
ATTACHED
CAPETOWN, Aug. 1 (Reuter)-
POLISH MINISTERS
RESIGN
for a tanxer service front the director of the "Volkischer Beo- nation that failure of the
their China affair will meat disaster to western coast to Russia as it may bachter, have withdrawn
be required..
funds from South American banks Japan.
during the past few days and have put them in Swiss banks,
One bank in Zurich is stated al- Political Intrigue
ready to have received deposits to LONDON, Aug. 1 (Reuter)The German accounts amounting to Condemned
The attachment on the Japanese resignation of the Foreign Minis many millions of Swiss francs and MELBOURNE Aug 1 (Reuter) steamer Manila Maru has been ter, M. Zalesky. "and two other the total is still increasing.
It is added that Bwiss circles belleve that Switzerland was The war task is not ending; it transferred to its sister-ship Bel-Polish Ministers was reported in CAIRO, Ang. 1 (Reuter-The is only beginning," declared Prims gtum Maru, which arrived frui Pelish circles here last night
It is not yet certain whether chosen in preference to other neu- actral countrica because the German Italian aerodrome and seaplane Minister Mr. R. G. Menzles yester-Durban, but a supplementary writ
of attachment granted on July 29 the resignations have been base at Elmas, Sardinia, in the day. Central Mediterranean
of a second group of cepted by Cen, Bikorski who is ac- leaders think that Sweden may Was at- This year, he said, would decide on behalf
merchants still applies to the tively endeavouring to find a solu- be threatened by Russia should the tacked for the first time by R.AF. whether we lose or win.
tion to the altuation which has Red Army prove victorious in the machines on Wednesday.
"I am delighted at the Russians' Manila Maru.
present campaign The position thus is that botnarisen. Considerable destruction among efforts, but it is our war. We must
the Japanese ships are now at- The identity of the other two enemy aircraft was caused, reports win it," he added an R.A.F. Middle East communi- He condemned poutcai mtrigue, tached though no objections Ministers is not known and it 16 WIDER POWERS FOR que. Five bombers and seaplanes industrial irresponsibility and secllkely to bo taken by the second very possible that they will be wore burned out and a number of tional selfishness and also attack-applicants against the transfer of prevalled upon to change their
It to understood that an WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (Reuters others were heavily damaged. ed the disgruntled ambitions of the writ to the Belgium Maruminda.
powers for President R.A planes sprayed the in-critics and appealed. to the people which la the ship in which they official Polsh statement on the Wider
situation may be made shortly. Roosevelt worengreed to by the that Aus- are directly interested.. torlors of the hangars with their to demonstrate clearly
House of Representatives Military guns, riddling many planes with tralis does not stand for a shaor
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (Reuter); RANGOON, Aug. 1 (Reuter)Committtee yesterday, bullets
travesty of war auch as shown by
Adding two amendments to the Japan has susponded merchan-The Burma Government. hay để- The crew of a heavy gun which 100,000 workers who conducted went into nation were machine-one-day strike because two Com-dise trade with the Republic of creed the freezing of Chinese - previous version approved by the runned, all apparently being ill-munist wreckers and self-confessed Panama since the United States sets. An explanatory communique Senate, the Committee by 14 votes ships using says that the order was issued at to tour approved legislation au- ed, while a Macchle fighter which saboteuru of Australia's war effort stopped
the Panama Canal "because of the request of the National Chitharising the President to seize attempted Interception was driven were interned
Mr. Menates concluded: "Our repairs," according to the Com-nese Government and adds that military and naval equipment
The President to also authorized Out at aen an RAF formation Boldlers on the tattle-fronts get merce Department which says that the Reserve Bank has been em- put two engines of a four-engined almost paupers' wazes I wonder the action is significant as this is powered to exchids bersons and to requisition supplies and muni- transport plane out of action and how they feek about Australian the first time that Japan has ever arms resident in Free China and tons or machine tools and mate they last saw it plunging into the workers who strike for higher suspended exports to any Latin niso private accounts of Ohiriese riais necessary for making “kuen
realdents in Burma.
...suppiles and munitions, WREDE."
American country.
off.
A
Japanese
PRES. ROOSEVELT
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1941.
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