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September 8, 1939.
Threat
Friday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
Saarland
Germany Responds To French
HEAVY
REINFORCEMENTS
SENT TO WESTERN FRONT
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PARIS, Sept. 7 (UP).—Heavy German reinforcements are now apparently being rushed up to the threatened Saar region.
Communique No. 8, issued at 9.12 p.m. (4.12 a.m. H.K.T.) states that the German lines have been reinforced on the front between the Rhine and the Moselle Rivers.
BROUGHT UP FROM INTERIOR
The communique adds: "The arrival of new forces from the interior of Germany has been signalled to our forces.”
Heavy reinforcements have been seen arriving along the entire line of the Moselle front.
The Moselle, which runs through Alsace-Lorraine, the two French provinces wrested from Germany in 1918, enters Germany at Luxemburg's southernmost frontier.
According to yesterday's reports, fighting is heaviest in the Saur region, with Saarbrucken, the capital, apparently the French objective. HUNTING THE U-BOATS
LONDON, Sept. 7 (Reuter).—A British communique| states that there are no major naval operations to report. Attacks on German submarines continue. At least in
one
case success appears probable.
A large force of Gerinans are re-
be Warsaw.
Protest To Japanese
Some of the tooth of Germany's Siegfried Line in Saar- land, Anti-tank barricados stretching along the Franco- German frontior from Switzerland to Aachen, and which French artillery is now pounding vigorously.
Mr. Chamberlain Reviews the War
ported to the spreaufion, a line 30 sites Puppet Banknotes In Premier's Praise For
German submarine attacks on shipping are taking place in under artillery fire shortly,
The city seeins destined to come
various localities. The losses)
German Advance reported are the steamers Bosnia BPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH. and Royal Scepire. The Corin-| BERLIN, Sept. 8 (UP),—It is an thian was attacked but escaped nounced that the German troops in Poland have passed to the south of andamaged and has reached port. Lodz and have reached Rawa, 40 It is reported that 26 German miles east of Lodz and 50 miles south merchantmen, totalling 119,000 east of Warsaw. tona, have taken refuge in Vigo.i
Cracow Captured
Shanghai Area
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LONDON, Sept. (UP-The Royal Air Force
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hus been learned that Great Britain has protested to the Japanese Government through
LONDON, Sept. 7 (Reuter).—Continuing his state- the British Ambassador in Tokyoment in the House of Commons, outlining the progress against the use of Japanese-of the war to date, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, the Prime sponsored banknotes in Shang-Minister, declared: hai.
German troops are advancing also from the north, south and west into the province of Posen, from whence the Poles are retiring. Berlin, Sept. 7 (Reuter),--General- The German troops have reached von Brauchitsch, the German Com-Wondroitz and Obornik, In North mander-in-Chief, has proclaimed the Posen, and Koshumin in the south- capture of Cracow,
enst, The proclamation stales that The German Headquarters have garded as Bromberg und Grauidenz have been indicated that if this speed of ad-
"Apart from the case of the and western Germany, including the Diplomats here expect a parallel Athenia, there have been attacks Ruhr. Although on cuch occasion the protest to be made by the United on other British merchant ships enemy defence was set fully in mo- States and France.
by German U-Boats, and three in, no contact was secured by the The increasing introduction of the or four ships have been sunk,
Jeremy Bghters, and all our aircraft so-called Hua Hsing dollars is re-
returned safely. The activity "On our side the Admiralty has
of the fighter and a Japanese attempt to
taken immediate counter-measures.coastal commund, it less conspicuous, less intense. From the emergency, all The British protest is understood craft have been very active and large early stages of the over to be designed to safeguard the escort vessels are rapidly becoming have been at their war stations, and reinforcements of anti-submarine and squadrons of the fighters command Shanghul Customa Administration.
available.
in a state of Instant readines Convoy System
[coastal commands have also been en- guged in extensive reconnaissance
already informed the House, steps are locate and destroy enemy submarines. being taken to establish the convoy system t the earliest possible
Home Defence Imoment.
taken and the Corridor no longer vance is maintained the motorisedro Shanghai's import and export Brigsh destruyers and anti-submurine has been no
separates East Prussia and Danzig German columns will arrive on the from Germany.
(outskirts of Warsaw in little
another day. Polish Troops Bombed
The Poles are said to have WARSAW, Sept. 7 (Neuter).The pletely abandoned the western see- Polish general staff, in a communiquetion of the province of Posen,
comm-
and,
The
says that German acroplanes are according to an official communique, STOCK EXCHANGE M Winston Churchill has over surrounding areas in order to
they are evidently retreating at full
bombing Polish troops,
There were Keveral rails on speed straight along the Posen-War- Warsaw. feen German planes saw railway with the Germans from were brought down yesterday and 20 the north and youth steadily tighten- to-dny.
ing the pincer movement.
The Poles lost six planes. Fighting is proceeding at L. Piotrkow, Tomaszow to the west of Tarnow, and in the north of Torun. Slerp and Clonnck, where the enemy have been held.
More Men Called Up
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Duke Of Windsor Returning Home
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" PARIS, Sept. 7 (UP).At noun
CAP D'ANTIBES, Sept. 7 (UP). to-day, the Agence Radio at Zurich It is reliably reported that the Duke reported a dispatch from the "Basler and Duchess of Windsor are starting Nachichten" at Rhan, saying that the to-morrow, by motor car Poles have mobilized six additional return to England. classes of officers and non-commi
sioned villcers, regardless of age.
-The Poles have announced the formation uf
Czecho-Slovak two Legions. The
newspaper also reports that women and children hurled grenades at the German forces at Ravitch in southern Poznan.
hand
The press published a dispatch ap- pearing in the Zurich "Neuezuricher Zeilung" reporting from Berlin: "Western German frontier cities have
• been or are being zvacuated.
"Evacuation of the French
pleted."
from
ότι their
RESUMES
"I must now say something about LONDON, Sept. (Reuter).Thei "This method of protection can the organisation of the home defence London Stock Exchange resumed obviously be only instituted after the services which are rapidly being com- official business today, with prices outbreak of war. It takes tone to pleted. The regional organisation is generally firm and trading freer than bring it fully into operation, but the functioning well. There is still some last werk.
House can be satisfied that it is being shortage of whole-time personnel, with the utmost posable but this is chiefly to be found in the and vigour.
districts. Most of the ships which have been
Industrials were
stronger
and Kill-cdpert the fixed
occasionally se
ja quod deinaud.
The large demand for cotton was again unsilleled on the Liverpool mackel us sellers withheld at to day's pegged prices,
Wall Street was firm.
praviled.
core enforcement of the black-out
holdings were around
minima. West Afrienn gold shares met with attacked hitherto are vessels which proceeding satisfactorily. With the cammenged thele voyages before war help of air force reconnaissance every had broken out, and naturally, for night, it had been possible to ills- them, the full scope of our defensive cover lights irregularly showing and organisation could not be immediately action was at once taken to deal
with the offenders. Navy On Top
Evacuation Plans "While R certain proportion of "The Government decided Just weekly losses must be expected, vnd Thursday that plans for the evacun- we must not minimise the threat to tion, mainly in respect of school- our shipping, I think the House and children, young children and their the country may rest assured that the mothers should be put into operation. been sub- ence in handling this problem, and stantially completed and has covered with the added advantage of the not only those towns for which plans methods of submarine delection and had been worked out beforehand, but destruction which have since been also a number of other vulnerable developed, will increasingly bring the areas. problem under control,
Savage Japanese Attacks On Junks
navy, with all their war-time expel- The operation has now CREW RESCUED BY
BRITISH WARSHIP
THE rescue by a British warship of a junk's crew, frontler towns is believed to be com- who, having refused to hand over a cargo of grass to a
Hitfor Bons Reports
Japanese naval motor boat, were ordered to jump into the LONDON, Sept. 7 (Reuter)-From sea on threat of being blown to pieces, was related to the German papers are not printing any-Hongkong police authorities when the Chinese master of thing about the fighting cn the the junk arrived here yesterday. Western Front.
Brussels comes the news that the
They carry jubilant reports, how- For 12 hours the crew of the
"So far approximately 1,745,000 Wilhelmshaven Attack children and mothers have been "The Government would like to evacuated in the country as a whole. pay tribute to the very gallant The process of assimilating this large attack made by units of the RAF increase in population in the receiv on certain German warships off ing areas will take time. Schools which at least two hits were scored arens as quickly as possible, and Wilhelmshaven ( cheers) during are to be reopened in the receiving one of the so-called 'pocket both public authorities and volun- battleships.
tary effort will be busily occupied "“It has to be realised that the with measures for the welfare of the objectives attacked, namely the children, and for the assistance of German fleet bases at Willelm-householders who so generously are
pa
ever, of French Enthusiasm and captured junk struggled in the DAVENTRY NEWS haven and at the entrance of the proving homes for the mothers and
SPECIAL TO "THE "TELEGRAPH" water, clinging for dear life to PARIS, Sept. 7 (UP)-Paris and small pieces of wood, the only
Lille experienced another 30 minutes means they had of keeping afloat.
BROADCASTS
LONDON, Sept. 7 (Reuter).----
air raid alarm this morning. No. When rescued by the British bombs were dropped,
The news of the British and French warship, the name of which is At the beginning of Daventry's military activities and the arrival of not revealed, the men were in a first news broadcast in Polish,
together with the French penetration
capital.
Was
Kiel Canal, are probably the most children. strongly defended points in Ger- "Over 200,000 hospital beds are many, and the manner in which to-day ready for air raid casualties. the R.A.F. attacks were pressed Over 11,000 auxiliary nurses have home despite the strength of the joined the civil nursing reserve for defences, was worthy of highest service in the hospitals and first ald praise.
posts, but more of both trained nurses the British Expeditionary Forces, completely exhausted state. the Polish Ambassador to Lon-weather conditions prevalling during service in any part of the country. "Mention must be made of the and auxiliaries are needed, especially women who can give whole-time into the Sanr basin, has brought great miles south-east of Waglan on Wed- Poland & message from Mr. |
The affair happened about Avedon conveyed to the people of the afternoon of the attack.
"The auxiliary fire servico public enthusiasm in the French nesday morning.
Attack In Rainstorm
mobilised quickly, and on the whole "Visibility was extremely poor and smoothly, and in the main the avail The chiefs of the political parties gruss, was stopped by
The junk, carrying a
of Chamberlain, cargo
the final stages of the attack are able fire-fighting units are being kept met to
a Japonese discussed the possibility of reorganis all armed boarded the junk and war
to-day and are reported to have naval motor bout, and ten Japanese, Britain, and France had entered the Sited to have been carried out in a permanently manned and really for
determined
blinding rainstorm.
action. In London, for instance, ing the French Cabinet on a National ordered the master and crew to their power the forces of aggression skill was thus necessary to enable for action against about 125 in peace "A high degree of navigational there are over 1,000 fre pumps ready Union basts.
Poland. The Propaganda Minister, M. Jean transfer the cargo to the motor bout. against
The statement concluded: "They all, and the fact that hits were re-
the attack to reach Its objectives at timo." Giraudoux, to-day said: Thanks to
Savagely Assaulted
are strengthened in the knowledge gistered demonstrates the ability of
Gaining Momentum conscription, Britain will be able to Upon refusal, the Chinese seamen that they are fighting for things the RAF to carry out its attacks he hoped his statement would show Concluding, Mr. Chamberlain said millions of men little by were savagely assaulted by the which are greater than the interests tile. Many British air squadrons Japanese, who then ordered them to of any one country-for the honour, under conditions of great dimculty. the country that Britain's war effort are to-day in our provinces on duty Jump overboard and to swim for their Justice and freedom of the world." With our own."
give
Us
Ilves. Failure to comply would in-
The official war communique to- volve being abot. The entire crew
day reported marked activity "on with the funk's master obeyed, the
both sides of the front."
Warsaw Evacuation
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wood after them to which they could cimg.
Japanese throwing small pieces of
The message sald
that Great
to fight with all
MEXICO WARNS NAZI. SHIPS
"Finally I I must stress the fact that was rapidly gaining momentum. a high proportion of the officers and "It has behind it the full weight of men in the ueceived their training united in their conviction that no concerned have all the people of this country who are entered and since the expansion began. The nation ever went to war in a higher House may also be interested to cause. know that those who took part in WARSAW, Sept. 7 (UP)-Every- The Junk was then towed away by
LONDON, Sept. 7 (Reuter) the attack included a number who one who is able to borrow or beg a the Japanese, leaving the Chinese to Mexico hus warned the nine German were from the dominions, conveyance is abandoning the Polish their 12-hour ordeal.
steamers which have taken refuge „Leaflets Over Germany Capital as the rumble of distant Another Japanese depredation is in her ports that use of their wire-A the House knows, exionalve German
artillery fire becomes also reported by the master Iess transmitting sets would be a reconnaissance fights have been cur-
of a ||funk, "who says that his craft was sot violation of Mexican neutrality, ty riod out over Germany on: three The imminenco of an invasion is on fire by Japanese on Wednesday The Government has sealed up All successivo nights during the last week so real, that people are inclined to as he was mailing near San Mel in the wireless operators' cabins, and by units of the bomber command, talk In a whispers. The Government Chinese waters.
has warned the crews that 'sovare
breaking the order.
kouder.
has moved to Lublin, 100 miles south- The junk was a total loss, and was penalties will be indicted on anyone (éust. The: Embassies are closed. valued at $3,620.
"we are greatly heartened by the knowledge that in too sinugglo for the defence of liberty and free Institutions, and for the preserva- tion of all that makes life worth living, we can count on the sup- port of the overscae members of the British Commonwealth. "On their own free will and under More than 10,000,000 copies of notes no form of compulsion save the moral to the German people have been dis- and compelling force of the right of tributed over a wide area in ucrthern PLEASE Turn To Page 2
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