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AGITATION
GROWING
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with the French while a few hours later the Ministry of Information made a statement that the British troops were not yet in action.
Commenting
the Ministry's activities in a recent leader, "The Times" antd: "We wage this war in the sight of all neutral nations; believing our cause is just, we court their judgment and we desire thei to have the fullest material forming that judgment."
Questions In Commons?
for
LONDON, Sept. 12 (Reuter).——Mr. Chamberlain will give his second "war bulletin" in the House of Commons at 2.45 p.m. to-morrow when he is expected to carry on the story of the war from the point to which he took it on September 7.
Any questions which may arise as to the function and working of the Ministry of Information will be answered by Sir Samuel Hoare, Lord Privy Seal.
Another "D Notice"?
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Sept. 12 (UP). The nubile was not informed of the presence of their troops in Fronce until the Ministry of Information lifted the censorship covering the movement.
It is officially revealed that the trains arriving and the trans- troop
Chinese papers piense copy.
NOTICE
the
Shippers are informed that,
Clause of under the War Current Tariff, It bas boon decided:
1. All rates are increased by 50%. effective October 1, 1939.
2. All forward bookings for shipment after September 30 are cancelled.
3. Until further notice, baoking at new rates to be limited to shipment within 30 days.
TRANS-PACIFIC FREIGHT BUREAU Hongkong, September 10, 1939.
FOR THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN
What to do to help a child
Anyone knowing of a child who has been assaulted, neglected, or In-treated in n
manner ikely to jcause unnecessary suffering or injury to health, or knowing of a parent who is seeking advice on any matter concerning a child, would be doing an act of kindness by communicating at once with-
The Hon.
General Secretary, H.K.S.P.C., Old City Hall.
The Inspector, 49, Pokfulam Rond, 1st flour.
The Inspector, 15, Star St., Wanchal, ports departing at a "certain British The Inspector, 12, Sal Yeung Chot nort
WILS machine like In Ils re-St, Kowloon, gulority, However, the Ministry The Inspector, 52, Argyle St. made every effort to prevent publica-Kowloon. tion of the news
Unofficial sources say that shortly before midnight, Mr. A. P. Water- feld, Deputy Director of the Minis try of Information, issued an official statement, saying that at the request of the Secretary of State for War, and
consultation in
with the full Army Council, "I am authorized to Instruct you to take all possible steps in the national Interest to prevent the publication of reports respecting the presence of British troops in France."
He insisted on a recall of the first editions of newspapers publishirut Auch reports.
*All further steps will be taken, and expenses, borne, by the Society.
The Informant's name will
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POLES SMASH HITLER'S CORDON,
RE-TAKE LODZ
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Increased activity of airplanes, which are taking off and soon coming back for iure loads of bombs. 1,225 b. More troops are being hurried up
70 into the lines around Rädom. £..70 n, It is estimated that five
.0% Pollsh divisions
CONIM
are engaged
September 13, 1939.
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NEWS FLASHES
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Elsewhere movements were quiet and mainly small.
Wall Street was strong and active.
DECISION OF WAR COUNCIL
BANK
Ambulance Bombed
Although displaying the red cross (Continued from Page 1.) sign prominently on the roof, an |but closed brighter owing to the near
ambulance belonging to the National completion of selling in connection Homburg and carrying a walking Red Cross Society of China has been with the last pre-war account.
alick, bore up well, and continued bombed and completely destroyed by Industrinis encountered a demand. his consultations in Downing Street Japanese planes in Kwangsi, accord- Internationals were stronger. Rub-until late in the evening.
ing to information received by the [bers strengthened.
It is understood that future meet-Society's bureau at Hongkong.
According to a telegram from the ings of the Council will be frequent.
Society's field headquarters, the Momentous Talks On French Soil
LONDON, Sept. 12 (Reuter), planes were flying low and the air- LONDON, Sept. 12 (Router)-It is It is officially announced that a ground. 24 n. fighting north of Lodz hud Posen omcially announced that a limited meeting of the Supreme War, In addition to the ambulance, 12 n.trying to find their way out.
on medical supplies including 1,000,000 that they have been number of Government departmental Council was held to-day It is reported 72 n.
quinine tablets, surgical instruments pocket and are staffs who can perform their duties French soil. driven back the
Into
Inway
from the centre of Government
and field dressings were destroyed by Those who attended Included the the bombing. .200 n.ou! and attempting to join the Polish without loss of efficiency; **** It
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Is British Premier, Mr. Neville Cham- understood that between seven and berlain, the Minister for the Co-
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army around Warsaw, according to transferred the Impression in the field today.
Chat-
The object of the meeting was to enable a direct and personal exchange
men were plainly seen trom the
Unity Of Action A "Havas" sintement says: “Mill-
countries should inke together. It is estimated that between three tight thousand persons are involved. Ordination of Defence, Lord
A Royal Air Force plane took the There
no question of the Gov-neld, the French Premier, M. Edouard premier and Lord Chatfell to France is and five divisions are engaged
ernment leaving London
and General Gamelin, head and back. and no Daladier, an around Radiom.
office directly concerned with war- of the French Army. 12 n. Marked Slowing Down time activities will go.
LONDON, Sept. 12 (Reuter).----A .30 n.marked slowing down of the Gernan PARIS, Sept. 12 (Reuter). The 08/0 advance is noted by att military fair raid alarm was sounded in Dorval .8.10 n.observers. Some are of the opinion and Arras on Monday afternoon.
that the German lines of communien-
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fabout an hour later.
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12
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of views on the present situation and lary collaboration between the two on the measures to be taken in the countries in certainly not of an im-
provised character, since
from
thic immediate future,
Germany's unilateral The meeting fully conarmed the moment of
denunciation of the Locamo Pact, firm resolve of Britain und France to contacts have taken place between Attention is drawn to the fact that
devote their entire strength to wag-
British and French General the Cerman advance has averaged 20
(Reuter)ing the conflet forced on them and the
to Staffs, at first occasionally, then with İs which
possible assistance a tremendous General Toshizo Nishio, Inspector to give all miles a day,
uninterrupted frequency. "Regard- speed even for mechanised cections General of Military Education, has Poland. fand is tiring for troops,
been appointed supreme Commander- It is learned from authoritative ing the unity of action in the ccone- Such an advance also creates the in-Chief of the Japanese forecs
complete mic and financial war, that is equally In quarters that .8.70 b. risk of running out of supplies, China. Lieut-General
unanimity on the measures the two'complete." Selshifo especially for tanks and heavy arm-Itagaki has been appointed supreme
vehicles, which Arc noured
the Chief of Staff of the Japanese forces greediest consumers of petrol.
| in China in order to cope effectively The Pules thus have an opportunity with the new stage current in the
In. A temporary deadlock may Sino-Japanese confite!. dig ensue, but all observers warn against optimism.
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HANDS OFF BRITISH COLONIES
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did not imply an extension, but it did Imply are-statement of the Monroe Doctrine.
•The Monroe Doctrine was a De- claration made by President' Monroe Shortly afterwards, however, he on December 2, 1023, under which permitted publication of the ann European Power could seize ter- nouncement that British troops were ritory or set up government on the in France but insisted that no further two-American -continents without details could be given. He said that having recourse to war with the the troops were not yet in action.
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The Poles' position in the so-called Posen pocket westward of Warsaw. about 120 miles long and 50 miles north and south, is enclosed on both eldes by Germans and causes anxiety.
Strategic Railways
*
TIENTSIN, Sept. 12 (UP).-One hundred bandits yesterday attacked the racecourse slands while 2,000 Chinese refugees were lodged there. The bandits succeeded in killing a Chinese policeman and seriously wounding a Russian
guard of the Club, Others were wounded before the bandits were dispersed. British Volunteers, Including newspaper
Into the elty.
10% b. .7.40 n.
Two rallways hitherto unnoticed in .3.70 n.
the German strategy are now worth .00 b. .22 Da Kwatching-in the north from Koenis- 7.95 sa.berg to Bialystok, and in the south correspondents, brought the wounded 4.70 b. from Cracow to Przemysl and Lwow 50% b.which might form the most formid-
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assistance to German attacks developing on the right and left flanks of the new Fallsh positions 21% 80.
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MANILA, Sept. 12 (UP).-Tho Secretary for Finance, Mr. Manuel Roxas, and his wife were at the formal dinner given in honour of Mrs. T. V. Soon on Thursday. The guests included the Chinese Consul General, Mr. C. Kuangson Young, Dr. C. T. Wang and prominent Filipinos and Chinese.
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"General" Weather will be the The greatest ally of the Poles. "Daily Mall reports that the three-
SINGAPORE, Sept. 12 (Reuter}- months drought was
broken yester-Gold sales, foreign exchange trans- day and heavy rains are already actions and dealings in foreign troubling the German heavies. The Polish Embassy has no confirmation today by the Government-
securities by Britons is banned from of-the 104 of this but says that this time of the Straits Settlements,
8.30 b year is the keliest for rains.
.7,50 n. Since Napoleon's day, Polish mud .1.80 a. has been famous.
.41 n. ..1 n.
Civilians Aid Dofenco
Speculation is to be controlled on similar lines ns is done. In Grenti
Britain.
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Sept.
12
TURIN,
(UP), The, BASLEX, Sept. 12 (Reuter)-A Japanese Mission has departed for 17.00 1. picture of the defence of Warsaw is Vita d'Este. The Anancial section 120 m. given by the Alga (Lalvin) corres-of, the Mission los arrived at Rome 42 . pondent of the "Baster Nachrichten" from Florence and will confer with Wing On Textlics, Sh. $....48% n showing that every available person, Ambassador Oshima.
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1.55
6.90
1
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Including women, old men, and children, are helping to barricade the . capital
with old trams, railway carriages and air raid debris. According to the Berlin
correspon-
•
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UP),— The Federal Communication Commis sion has ordered Station WMCA,
dent of the same newspaper, It is New York, to show cause why its license should not be rovoked for .100 n. around Warsaw will
expected in Berlin that the operations
cauce serious the alleged illegal interception of a losses to the German army owing to
broadcast of Beeret Government mes-
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the groups of Polish troops behind sages of Germany and Great Britain. the German lines which
This is the first move toward discl- tinuously harassing the German rear. plining radio since the war began.
are con-
Office
Warsaw Suffers
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 13 (Reu- LONDON, Sept. 12 (Reuter) ter)The Danish Foreign Warsaw has suffered very heavily announces that the Prime Ministera. under extensive air bombardments and Forelen Ministers of Sweden, p during the past 24 hours, according Norwny, Finland and Denmark will to Polish wireless reports.
meet in Copenhagen on Monday to One of the buildings destroyed is discuss neutrality problems. belleved to be the palace famous as the late Marshal Plisudski's residence (now the Pilsudski Museum) and regarded by the Poles as a national shrine,
Nazia Race With Rain
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”
BY MINE
SAILING SHIP SUNK
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PARIS, Sept. 13 (UP).Tho semi- with seven survivors of the sailing official news organ "Le Temps" vessel Olive Banic, which struck reports that the Poles are still holding mine and was blown up last Friday out against the German armies with the loss,pf 14 men, driving on Warsaw.
Tanker Sunk
SPECIAL TO 'THE "TELEGNAPH“
The explosion occurred 100 miles) Unofficial sources state that three south of Bauvbjerg. German armies are driving on the Polish capital, while further Lin- oMcial reports claim that 30 Polish divisions are manned behind War- saw, holding off 70 Nazi divisions squeezing die capital in a pincer LONDON, Sept. 12. (UP)-The operation.
Ministry of Information has, an- "Lo Temps" sinles that the contre nounced that the Steamer Invertiffey, of the Polish front is retreating, but 0.450 tons, belonging to the Inver the end of the Polish line at Poznan Tankers Limited, has been sunk. has turned and is attacking the Ger- The crew was rescued by the Ameri-|
can steamer R. G. Stewart,
mont
Bitter Oghting is in progress along The Bug Hiver front, where Polish resistance is described as being parti- machine is rolling, into mushy mud cularly strong,
flats.
new
"Le Temps" also reports battles on the southern front, along the San line, where the Germans are trying to turn the Polish centre and
Poles Trapped
''SPEGIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH""
sever the Warsaw-Lublin region from BERLIN, Sept. 12 (UP) ---German Eastern Galicia and Rumania.
observers estimate that (17 of 18 The Foler are being encouraged by Polish divisions have been either prospect of the raina soon starting wiped out in the fighting on the west and furning the broad, dry plains, bank of the Vistula or are trapped overwhich,
German army and unable to cross the River.
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