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四拜禮 辦六廿月六英港香 THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1941. 日二月六
Lithuania In War News
Lithuania is again in the news. Its independence' hus been re-declared following reports of the entry of German troops into Kaunas. Since then the Nazis claim to have captured Vilna, former capital of Lithuania.
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WHITEAWAY'S
Where Russians
LENINGRAD REPORTED AFIRE:re Withdrawing
BIG CLASH EXPECTED SOON
Germans Stated To Have
Occupied
Vilna
REPORTS OF THE FIGHTING ON THE WIDE FRONT FROM THE BALTIC TO THE BLACK SEA CONTINUE TO BE FRAGMENTARY AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PRESENT A COMPLETE PICTURE AT THE PRESENT. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE IMPORTANT FEATURES OF TO-DAY'S PRESS DISPATCHES.
"REUTER" QUOTES A REPORT FROM Helsinki whICH WAS BROADCAST BY THE ROME RADIO THAT LENINGRAD IS SAID TO BE ABLAZE AND THAT CLOUDS OF SMOKE CAN BE SEEN COMING FROM THE CITY.
"United Press" repeats a Radio Moscow announcement of a report
AT WAR from a Russian war correspondent at the front which declaros that in the
Declares Herself Against Russia
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON, June 20 (UP). The Finnish Legation here has confirmed a report that | Finland has declared war ON Russia.
carly hours of Tuesday morning enemy troops under cover of fog, crossed Allied Forces
a wide river (location not stated) in ton barges. They failed in their attempt to surprise the Russian defenders, who waited until the Germans were close and then poured a withering fire into the attackers.
Most
of the Germans were killed and those who remained were taken pri- soner, including two officers.
From Stockholm, "Reuter" reports that the Russians are withdrawing to their old defence works on the other side of the River Dneister, but that the advancing First Indication of the moye Germans are hampering them in taking up their positions. came from a Berlin report which! stated that information h
The Berlin correspondent of been received that Einland is in
the Swedish newspaper "Tid- a state of war with Russia and!
ningen" states that military that hostilities are fully under!
quarters say that the operations way.
so far have been merely pre- liminaries to the great clash which is expected when the main Russian army is met, though tactical surprise methods have enabled the Germans to gain. const derable ground in some regions.
Main Battle Soon
In the meantime, according to Moscow repet, the Turkish Ambas- sador has informed the Soviet Foreign Commissariat of Turkey's neutrality In the Soviet-German war.
Helsinki Raided
LONDON. June 25 (Reuter)- Moscow Radio announced that Soviet! planes to-day rated Helsinki, the! capital of Finland.
Russian Envoy STOCKHOLM, June 25 (Reuter). The Russian Minister and his staff TURN_to_Back Page, Column-3
NAZI AIR FORCE VERSUS TANKS
LONDON, June 25 (Reuter).The predominance of aerin warfare at this stage of the German campaign against Russin emerges from to-day's semi-official German reports of fighting] which mention air attacks on Russian communications and air
support for ground forces.
FALANGE
The official German agency claims that bombers and fighters
Before Them
are
reported to be withdrawing across the River Dolester to their main defence lines. Here is a view of the Dniester in. the Soviet Ukraine where the Soviets have huge fortißcations.
All
Carrying
In Syria
CAIRO, June 25 (Reuter).-It is officially announced that British and northwards. In the right sector in Syria, all is quiet in Damascus. In the coastal Australian troops have occupied Merj Ayoum and Inbales Saki in their advance sector, by bombarding Vichy positions in the Damour area, the Royal Navy is actively supporting the advance of Australian troops.
R.A.F. Bomb French. And German Cities.
Special to the "Telegraph"
DOVER, June 25 (UP).-The_R.A.F. in force swept Northern France a second time to-day after an early afternoon will raid which was the biggest of the war.
with the main Russian armies
It is nutleipated that the encounter
not be lung delayed.
(of-one-air-squadron-on-the history OUTBURST
SWEDEN'S EXPLAINED
ACTION
castern front destroyed 180 Russian tanks.
from bomb explosions well inland."
HUGE FORD
At Close Grips
NEW YORK, June 25 (Rou- ter).The Australians
were engaged in hand-to-hand fight- ing but when they finally occupied Merf Ayoum at dawn, they found the stronghold deserted and that only a fow snipers were left.
Vichy forces are reported to have fled northward during the night.
Support From Air CAIRO, June 25 (Renter)-The Fleet Air Arm bombed enemy destroyers in the harbour of Beirut yesterday and also started fres-in- un attack on Tripoli.
Benghazi was heavily raided by the RAF
In
Syria, aircraft of the R.A.F. and the Royal Australian Air Force offensive The rallway and aerodrome at
carried out a number
operations.
Rayak, were successfully attacked.
The, correspondent adds that It Is | In the second afternoon raid the R.A.F. reached the French declared that the German forces are coast from a different route, thereby taking the defenders by faster than anything yet seen in this surprise.
Swedish correspondents, in Berlin
---·|--The United Press"--corres- announce that concrete news of the pondent at Dover was able to Oghting will probably be available sec bombs crash at Boulogne, The same agency, in a review of
Immediately
Calais and other places along, the third day's operations on the
Vilna Falls, Report the coast, while he also heard BOMBER FACTORY eastern front, reports that heavy at- Another "Reuter" report No Love For Britain bombers against Russian railway Hungarian official newspaper "Pest", og Dusseldorf and Kiel were--The Defence Plant Corporation
tacks were directed by German Vichy declares that according to the Transit To Nazi Troops MADRID, June 25 (Reuter).
The Air. Ministry reports that WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuter). tracks and rolling stock.
the ancient Lithuanian capital of LONDON, June 25 (Reuter).
At one point, it is claimed, she Vilno, which became Incorporated in heavily attacked on Tuesday night. announced to-day that it would -Sweden has agreed to the-Commenting on the German-were attacked and the destruction of entered by German troops.
trains loaded with troops or vehicles
Russima-occupitel Poland, has been Four German bombers
shot build a $47,000,000 bomber factory at
· Damascus Bombed down and two British planes are Ypsilanti, Michigan, to be leased and Over 30 were killed and many were JERUSALEM, June 25 (Reuter).— German request for the transit organised riot outside the Bri-17 locomotives by the air force is "Reuter" also reports that gunfire
operated by the Ford Motor Com-injured when German planes bomb- of certain German troops from tish Embassy in Madrid on claimed.
has been heard from various places Norway to Finland, according to Tuesday, the Falange organ
in the outer Stockholm archipelago. Firing was also heard yesterday off Soon after mid-day to-day, Blenheim to be an important part
(Reuter):
ed Damascus this morning. a Stockholm dispatch.
It is understood that the factory is "Arriba," after stressing that
the west coast.
aircraft of the Bomber Command, United States Army's plan to pro- Secret Meeting
yesterday's manifestations were
Nazis Repulsed
with a strong escort of fighters, at vide facilities for turning out 600 The Riksdag met in a secret session Russia," admits that some of its force and smoothed the way for the German and Rumanian troops who try
STOCKHOLM, June 25 (Iteuter)-directed "exclusively
against Intervened in ground battles in great How Soviet cavalry drove back there, states the British Air Minis- bombers a month.
MOSCOW, June 25 (Reuter}, tacked railway goodsyards at Hoze-.
remnants not subject to dis-Innd troops by breaking enemy re-had crossed the river Pruth Into Bombs were seen to burst in the
alstance. Bombers attacked enemy
to-day.
Ground Forces Referring to operation with the ground forces, the agery adds: "Alr force operation on the eastern front,
mlesing.
were
Hazebrouck Attacked pany. LONDON, -June 25
of the
No announcement has been made cipline, branched from this in- tanks wherever they showed them/URN to Back Page, Column 3 yards which were crowded with War Will Halt Flow
of the Cabinet presided over by King tention and went to extremes selves. Troop concentrations on the
"which only means that feeling whole front were bombed and ma
so far regarding yesterday's meeting Gustav.
A meeting of the Foreign Affairs against our oldest enemy is Committee of the Cabinet was also held yesterday under the presidency fresh and aroused." of the Crown Prince.
The "Arriba says that an explana-
chine-gunned with great success and supply columns were exterminated, blocking many roads with wreck-
jage."
Monday and Tuesday have been public holidays but beyond reitera- tion for the feeling against the old tion of Sweden's desire to continue enemy Great Britain, "would be naissance by aircraft which also dealt The same report speaks of recon- to avoid being dragged into a "great found in simple meditation on the TURN to Back Page, Column 3 Power's war." It is unlikely that much Indiention of Sweden's attitude will progress of our empire, strangled to
be available.
Explanation
the point of slavery,"
Bevere
The article ends with a
to Falange comrades tha!) Anothing must be left to spontaneous
LONDON, June 25 (Reuter) order A Stockholm
communique,
cording to a Stockholm dispatch to joy and that Falangists must follow TURN to Back Pago, Column 5 commands with strict discipline.
Moscow
traffic.
two rallway bridges, one of which
An ammunition train blew up.
Direct hits were also scored on Of Oil Seeds To Nazis!
U. S. Loan To collapsed
Britain
WASHINGTON,
*June 26
Reports so far received show that British Aghters destroyed seven enemy planes.
British losser
(Reuter). The Federal Loan were two fighters missing
In this operation; Administrator, Mr Jesse Jones,
Airfield Raided announced that he is consider-German airfield at Longuenesse, near LONDON, June 25 (Reuter).-The ing a loan to the British Govern-st Omer, was bombed and the hang- ment.
ars and buildings were hit by the Mr Jones said that the Reconstruc-second of the RAF's double sweep
ing the loan under a new law
tion Finance Corporation was study-over Northern France to-day. Munitions
Vladivostok Open To Plants
Receive U.S. Munitions
Thoroughly. Modern
of
Exodus From Syria LONDON, June 25 (Reuter).--Four Vichy generals in Syria have been superseded by orders of the Vichy Government, atates the Istanbul cor- TURN to Back Page, Column 4
BOMBS ON ACRE
HAIFA, June 25 (Router)-The
of Acre
on-
LONDON. June 25 (Reuter):-The immediate result
the: Russo- German conflict is to stop the flow of oli seeds over the Trans-Siberian Rallway to Germany, which is like. Crusader fortress town ly to cause a reaction in the German] where Sir Sydney Smith successfully.
Napoleon's margarine and soap witlon, says the withstood
slege ex- British Ministry of Economic War-perienced the Arst air raid of his fure.
history when hostile aircraft Wednesday morning.dropped bombs The oil seeds, which hitherto con- causing some damage to
property, stituted the bulk of the total volume and slightly injuring one civilian, of goods carried by this route, are It is authoritatively stated that important not only for their veget-hostile planes also approached Halfa able all contents (they form the where the ground defences went into basis of margarine and soup) but action, and some bombs were drop- cattle.
no casualties,
Buthorising such a loan and added: SHIPMENTS FROM the residue, in, valuable fodder for ped that did little damage and caused
"The purpose of the loan would be
to provide the British with dollar
exchange to
to pay for war supplies in U.S. TO BRITAIN this country without having to sell WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuter). thefr American securities and Invest-Shipments from the United States ments at a forced salė.”. “
Mr. Jones did
to Britaln In April totalled $129 any not name LONDON, June 20 (Reuter),~~-~-
but. In some quarters It is
millions. This represents the largest
Importance of the part played in the "several hundred million dollars." the past 20 years, and is nearly 25%
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
times greater than in April fast year. The British Empire în April' ·re-
Moscow Ridlo to-day stresses the funky that the loan would be for amount of goods sent to Britain in
WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuter).-President Roosevelt present struggle by Soviet scientists does not intend to issue a "neutrality" proclamation on the who, under the direction of M. tion officials, however, hinted that a ecived $246 millions worth of Ameri
Stalin, have made vast strides in small
· Russo-German war, according to an announcement by ME technical and Industrial development stature was contemplated at the can goods-about $1 per cent of the
present year,
Fleet Air Arm Find Nazi Liner
:
Reported
Nazi Peace.
Offer To Britain
Special to
the "Telegraph"
ANKARA, June 25 (UP),-Neutral diplomatic sources de
cared, without confirmation, that the Nazi Ambassador. von
Papen, using the Turkish Government as an intermediary, ap proached the British Government with an alleged offer of peace
if the British would join a coalition against the Bolsheviks.
Sumner Welles, Under-Secretary of State, to-day.
and
the during United States ships will thus there exists a state of war between achieved surprising results which of the proposed loan would include
Me Jones sold that the collatern United States total exports, be permitted to carry arms to foreign states and that it is necessary would have a decisive effect on the "direct Investments and 1 wide Vindivostok.
to promote or preserve the pence of outcome of the
diversification of stocks and bonds war. the United States or protect the lives eceded all the results anticipated or
The output from factories had ex-of corporations" in the United States. The United States is taking of citizens of the United States." up the same position ne she has
Mr. Welles, added that President email arms ammunition and light hoped for. Whereas in 1014 only maintained during the un-Roosevelt had authorised him to an-field artillery shells could be pro-
· NEW YORK, June 25
The British Ambasandor, Sir confirmation. It is rumoured that. nounce that inasmuch as ho ands that duced in Russia, the U.S.S.R con
(Reuter)-American maritime Huglie Knatchbull-Hugessen, in German pence moves have also been Mr. Welles pointed out that under a proclamation is unnecessary in the produce all types of ammunition the Neutrality Act, h neutrality pro- present instance to promote the peace and shells for the largest type of for the Bomber Fund yesterday fably sank the German liner Elbe, Churchill's recent speech. reputed to have been connected with A cheque for $2,000 was received Fleet plane attacked and prob- ferring the Germans to Mr sandor from Istanbul last Monday Is
sources. report that a British alleged to have replied by ro-made in other capitals of Europe. clamation is required when the of the United States or protect guns in suelen quantities to win ternoon from the China Vegetable President or Congress "aball find that TURN to Back Paze, Column 5 the war.
Oll Corporation, Ltd,
of 8,000 tons, in the Atlantic. Concurrently, and again, without the foregoing alleged, demarche.
declared Sino-Japanese war, · · `-
Another Bomber Fund Donation.
The return of the British Ambas-