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WHITEAWAY'S
Invaders Claim Only 121⁄2 Miles from City As Weygand Withdraws Forces To Avoid Encirclement: Secret Defences May Block Nazi Attempts to Enter Capital
GERMANS
NOW
HAMMERING
AT
OUTER RING OF FORTIFICATIONS
FIERCE FIGHTING ALONG THE MARNE AS NAZIS
SEEK TO
FORCE ISSUE
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
NEW YORK, June 13 (UP.).—The Germans claim to be within 12.1/2 miles of Paris to-night.
General Weygand is withdrawing his Army in order to escape
· encirclement.
The eastern and western Armies of the Allies are maintaining a fairly straight line in their retreat, but the Allied army in the centre -held back in the Soissons area, running the risk of being trapped in a
THE ORZEL
Poland's Most Famous. Submarine Is Lost
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”
LONDON, June 12 (UP),—Hero of one of the most remárk- able episodes of the present war, the Polish submarine Orzel is reported to be so much overdue that she is presumed lost..
This was revealed to-day by the Polish Naval Staff, who added that the submarine was carrying a normal complement of 66 officers and men when she set out some time ago on what is now believed to have been her last mission.
Brilliant Escape
jpocket.
This Army of the centre yas ordered to retreat late last night in order to avoid the Nazi trap. As a result the Germans are also ad- vancing on Paris along the Oise and are already within. artillery range of the city on İthis front.
The German war machine has not reached the point of exhaus- tion for which the Allies hoped and it has consequently become jessential for General Weygand ito order a Télrent along the
whole front
The good order with which the re- treat is being conducled indicates that
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the Ailled lines are completely intact, TURKEY'S
The fate of Parls now depends upon i Ils secret outer fortifications, which jare of an unknown quantity. There are vague reports that they approach the real Maginot Line in their powers öl Fesistance.
The fall of Paris would mark the end of a successful phase of the war for Guripany but it would not have a major effect on the eventual cut- come.
...100 Divisions In Action
PARIS, June 12 (Reuter)-With
100
German divisions and every
DECISION IMMINENT
Merely A Matter Of Hours
ANKARA, June 12 (Reuter).
javailable tank thrown into the battle,There does not appear to-night the enemy is making formidable to be the slightest doubt re- efforts to reach a rapid decision on the garding Turkey's position, the French military only question being the exact
Western Front, #
spokesman stated.
Even training tanks are being used moment and the exact method. by the Germa
As one unofficial but well-
He added that the battle is still
Vernon-on-the-Seine, north-west-of-
likely to last several days, but it informed spokesman told certainly would not bring a decision. "Reuter's" special correspondent The Germans main attacks are at to-night. "Turkey's obligations. Paris, where the French are trying under the Treaty appear clear to throw them back into the river, fund Turkey honourn her and in the Rheims area.
| obligations."
Bombing Paris Aroa The Germans
bombing the Paris are, while the, Allled air forces
are
Ankara Prepares
are attacking convoys, troop concen-ful, sunny mountain township, but Outwardly Ankara is still a peace- trations, bridges and other communt throughout the day there has been The spokesman said the Italians boda constant flow of consultations in not yet attacked in the Alps, but if activity at all the Embassies of the Government quarters and great they did they would be met with the Western Powers. most effective resistance.
cations.
Gaucher
Australian Warship In Action
SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH”
MELBOURNE, June 12 (UP). --- An Australian cruiser, has intercepted the Italian ship Romolo (9,780 tons) in the Pacific.
The crew set fire to the Romolo and took to the boats.
The fate of the ship and its passengers is not yet known.
was
The Romolo shadowed by Australian air force planes and naval units from Brisbane.
TURIN IS RAIDED Bombs Dropped On The wall of air raid sirens was "Situation Extremely Difficult"
City's Suburbs [heard for the first time in the city the First Lleutenant took command. is learned in authoritative quarters tested.
LONDON, June 12 (Reuter)-It this afternoon when the sirens were
LONDON, June 12 (Router). Because a German merchantman The story of the Orzel's escape from
beno Some citizens have already pre-An agency message states that the Baltic to England last year is was leaving the port at the time, the that there would appear to ranked among the navies of the world Estonian authorities made the Orzel and the attuation remains extremely although none has yet been ordered. British, new over Turin about 1 slockening of Die German attacks, pared. windows for blackout, an Allied plane, believed to be as one of the most brilliant accom- remain for 24 hours. Then they en- umeult..
announced that she had exceeded her plishments, over achieved by
A full meeting of Parliament was a.m. to-day and dropped several The Germans are staking every-held this afternoon. underwater craft.
ume Hmit allowed by International When Germany Invaded Poland, the Law and she was placed under arrest. thing in this battle and everything de-
bombs on the outskirts of the Orzof Excapes
pends on the ability of the French to
Egypt's Declaration elty. off the superior: forcer. Breech blocks, charts and small The most serious thing is the de- CAIRO, Jund7-12 (Reuter)-The There was unti-aircraft action There she was bombed by German arms were removed, and prepara-velopment of the battle in Iheims Chamber of Deputies has approved for about two hours but no plane warplanes, but she escaped into the ions were made to take off the torpe area, where there in a very heavy the declaration by the Prime was brought down. Baltic, dodging a cordon of Nazi does. Two guards were put on the attack,
Minister covering, diplomatie" "re-
There were four air raid Jations with Italy.
alarms to-day between midnight Rumanian Action
and noon.
-Orzel slipped out of Gdynia and
cruised submerged la the Gulf of Danzig for four days,
cruisers on the way..
Captain Falls I
vessel, but the crow had made up
Undiminished Violence their minds to escape. A Polish PARIS, June 12° (Reuter) --Paris officer severed the wire hoisting the Radio gives a communique as fol the captain got busy with a hacksaw,
The perils of the trip were notorpedoes out of the submarine, while 100 wttle continues with the smoBUCHAREST, June 12 (UP)All
The he severing all bowsers holding the sub- violence on the whole front.
to
[commercialsships have been ordered return to it Rumanian poris | immediately.
ITALIAN WARSHIPS DAMAGED
CAIRO, June 12 (Reuter). -The R.A.F. this morning in an attack on Tobruk har- bour, Libya, extensively damaged enemy vessels, in- cluding one warship and two submarines.
Père-
Champenoffe
Vadena
TIENTSIN ISSUES SETTLED
Japan And Britain Come To Terms
TOKYO, June 13 (Reuter)-
Foreign Office spokesman been reached on declares that an agreement bas questions at issue betivcen Britain and Japan
The warship was set on fire.relating to the British Concession
at Tientsin.
"R.A.F._ ActivityTM
The agreement, he said, covers policing, and the silver and currency questionis.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
LONDON, June 12 (UP), The
The statement does not refer to the Air Ministry announces that heavy-question-of-the-Chinese silver in the British bombers operating from bases French Concession in Tientsin, which in Britain bombed military objectives will apparently take further time for in Turin and other targets at Genon.settlement,
One British bomber is missing.
Italian Crow Captured
Details Later LONDON, June 12 (Feuter)—Il is.
DURBAN, June 12 (Reuter)-The learned in London that details of the crew of the Italian steamer, Timavo, iain will be made available when the Anglo-Japanese agreement on Tien- which was beached yesterday, were arrangement is definitely signed in a captured to-day. They were trying few days' time. to make for the Portuguese border,
However, I gathered that with regard to the sliver question, Che Arrangement provides that the money. Betilement in an account under the signatures of the British and the Japanean Consuls-General.
U-BOAT STOPPED shall be deposited in a bank in the
WASHINGTON Open Admission By
Nazi Wireless.
Ten per cent. (approximately £10,-) 000) will be allocated to famine and flood relief.
A solution to the inherent dimeul- ties with regard to the disposal of this LONDON, Jun 12 (Reuter)-The aliver has thus been found which is ofcial German wireless' to-day ad→¦ Acceptable to all parties. mitted that it was a German U-bont which slopped the American jefugee liner, Washington, off the north-west coast of Fortugal yesterday,
LATEST
The annoticer, explaining the incident, and the German U-boat sighted a steamer proceeding north Russia And Sweden ward. The U-boat commander. was "Tesscues · by the: fictthak
under the impression that, als was a --LONDON, June 12 (UP)—Accords. traflani: Mova Slowly 'Orsol's captain was sick man marine, except one.
Greek vessel and therefore signallach ing to reliable sources here Moscow PARIS June 12 (Router) --A her to stop. when the vessel started out, and At midnight, two burley sailors enemy accentuated: his efforts on the Between the sea and tho Olio, the
bas informed Stockholm that Sweden French military spokesman this after- When, #during the be became so ill that he had to be bundled the guards into the sub-Seine from itouen to Varmed in order – Italian Denial chown much milltary activity that she was Amlan, the showt
exchange or could count on Soviet assistafice în hoisted to, the conning tower by A
noon said the tailans have not yet signals which followed, it meared the vent of aggression against he sound of the forward capstan to extend the bridge south of the ROME, Jung 12 (UP)The toporis heavy forces of troops and material. Captain showed BALLPAPE
maring.
Pug | bridgeheads which he s
although
Ereported (16 invefold they have brought up When be grow worse, it was decid-
gave them away and the destroyers river a ed to land him at a neutral port, and in the harbour turned their sourche i woking to push towards to keypt have been melbily denied divisions had been mobilised on the Germans Governed abou
that Italy has delivered an ultimatum : Ho estimated that from 80 to 70 The announcer the submarino, thereupon.
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