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Singapore MOSCOW CLAIMS RUSSIAN
Reaction To Freezing Orders
Full Implementation Of Decision Urged
By HAROLD GUARD
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
VICTORY
AFTER
BATTLE
LASTING THROUGHOUT DAY
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
MOSCOW, JULY 29 (UP),—FURTHER RUSsian victoriES ON THE EASTERN FRONT ARE CLAIMED IN OFFICIAL REPORTS RELEASED TO-DAY. IN ONE ENGAGEMENT 100 TRUCKS, QUANTI- SINGAPORE, July 29 (UP). TIEs of machiINE-GUNS AND ANTI-TANK GUNS WERE CAPTURED, THIS ENGAGEMENT OCCURRED Although the Far Eastern WHEN A NAZI motorised AND MECHANISED REGIMENT ATTEMPTED TO BREAK THE RUSSIAN situation is again providing material for world-wide fore- LINES TO JOIN NAZI TANK COLUMNS WHICH HAD ALREADY PENETRAted some WAY INTO THE casts regarding Japan's next SOVIET LINES. 'move southwards, there is virtually no change in the
THE RUSSIAN FORCES REPEATEDLY ENCIRCLED AND WIPED OUT THE NAZIS IN A BATTLE
local outlook, except increased WHICH LASTED ALL DAY. evidence of greater preparedness and a grimmer determination to bold the entire peninsula should an attack ever take placc-whieli the largo majority consider an improbability-plus the voicing of the urgency for a strong and still stronger retaliation against any additional Japanese move.
There are definitely no jitters in any section of the population-only some disappointment over Indications that the Anglo-American chastise ment may be applied with m over- light hand.
Want Drastic Action
The British and Chinese press are urging the most stringent applica tion of Anglo-American retaliatory plans, guarding against any advan Tuge being taken of any exceptlans to the rule of severing trade rela tions with Japan.
The "Straits Times" contended that the democracies must cut off the trade relations with _Japan, just as completely as with Germany, while sume informed circles sald that the reports such as Washington's prompt clearance of Japanese ships and 'London's indications that the res- trictions would be lightly applied, show that there are too many loop
Destructive Air Raids By R.A.F.
CAIRO, July 29 (Reuter).-To-night's R.A.F. Middle East communique states: "Highly successfel attacks were carried out yesterday, by R.A.F. aircraft on enemy nerodromes in the island of Sicily. Thirty-four enemy aircraft of various types
BRITISH &
FINNS MAY
BE AT WAR
London Dilemma
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, July 29 (UP)—It is understood that the Govern-
were
The Soviet Information Bureau reports that the Rus- sian air flect staged a new surprise attack on the oil refin- eries at Ploosti in Rumania, starting large fires and bring- ing down two German fighters.
It is reported that 12 Messerschmidts and Junkers were brought down over Moscow.
seven
The Soviet fliers, Lieut Bostchenko is credited with sinking a German submarine from the air.
Moscow to-day was raided for the sixth tinie, but the attack appeared to be less extensive and no more successful than its predecessors.
Muscovites are already ac- customed to the raids and
destroyed.
"Many others were damaged and a number of casualties were inflicted on aerodrome personnel during these operations which were carried out by our aircraft relatively few of them took without loss to themselves. to the shelters. Many
"At Catania, four Mucchi-200, six watched the-raiders from S-70 and oue Junkers-52 were des- windows and roof-tops.
Several Macchi fighters and troyed... trainer biplanes were also damaged. Early this morning, thou-
"At Syracuse, seven Cunt Z-501 sands of people streamed to
(flying bouts) were destroyed and s
Our Fighting Premier Promises
Staying Power To Win The War
numbers of the same type were dam- one of the squares to view Commons to-day, Mr Winston Churchill dealt with the situation in the filling fac- LONDON, July 29 (Reuter).--Continuing. his statement in the House of aged.
Ja trophy Junkers 88 which
TURN to Back Page, Column 5 ment is considering whether or tremity of the island, seven Cant was shot down near Mosteries. He said that the position was not as it was in. the last war when there had
THAILAND POLICY
"At Marsala, on the western ex-
Z-501 were destroyed and a number cow.
Stubborn Fighting
-is-stubborn-fighting-in-the-directions
not a state of war exists be of others were dumaged. At Borizzo tween Britain and Finland as a landing ground near Trapani, nine result of Finland's more pro-S-70 were destroyed and about 25 MOSCOW, July: 29 (Reuter)-A nounced co-belligerency which of the landlog ground staff were kili-Soviet communique states that there was re-emphasised last Mondayed by the attack. by the Finnish Government's rupture of diplomatic relations "R.A.F. bombers attacked a loaded schooner in the Central Mediter- with Britain.
ranean yesterday and left it in sinking condition.
Schooner Sunk
A
or Novorzhevsic, Nevel, Smolensk and Zhitomir. Fighting is particu larly heavy in the Smolensk direction where Soviet troops dislodged enemy units as the result of a counter- nttack.
On the remaining sectors, there is
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BANGKOK, July 29 (UP).- A Government communique It is authoritatively stated that the states that Thai's foreign policy Finns took the first step. Largely
nan result of the long and intimate "Heavy bombers again attacked is firstly, to maintain equal friendship with Finland, Britain re- Benghazi during the night of Julyle activity. friendship with all nations. frained from severing relations 27-28, Bombs were dropped from a
Seventy-four German planes
to be an intense effort to feed the guns from day to day. We were piling up satisfactory reserves with no immediate outflow.
ANGLO-U. S. BLACK LIST
Coming to the more general charge-of-slackness-and-in- efficiency in factories voiced in the recent debate, Mr Churchill quoted Sir LMilne, who said that Britain was only working up to 75 per
AMERICAN John Wardlaw WARSHIP'S Striking Co-operation vent. of its possible efficiency ACTION
Secondly, it is not receiving any despite the similarity of Finland's flow altitude and caused fires and brought down during July 27 and 28.was made as between Britain content. It was serious when
position with that of Bulgaria, explosions on the mole. Rumania and Hungary where Britain took the initiative,
"The British Government
From all these operations our air- craft returned safely."
views
military or economic pressure from uny foreign Power.
Thirdly, it is not a bit worried by military aggression from any foreign Power.
Fourthly, to do all possible to pre- Finland's move with regret because it obviously aligns Finland more de- serve its own peace and not to
a co-belligerent liberately porticipate in any dispute abroad. Fitthly, it will trade, with
All Germany." nations,
Finnish Explanation
(Router).—
HELSINKI, July 20
Lane, Crawford, Ltd,
& Freezing Order ce
Attention has been drawn to the fact that the firm referred to in the Japanese Government's freezing order Lane Crawford and Company of Kobe.
This
when the Finnish
of
further intimated that as RUSSIAN
"Latest Germun
Lion
statements
show
House Cheers
The
LONDON, July 29 (Reuter), wera-Asked to what extent progress chill, had been wrested from its Drops Depth Charges
This sentence, said Mr Chur-
Nazi Change Tactics
and the United States in produc-it was broadcast apart from its (Reuter)-The Senate Naval WASHINGTON, July 20 ing a black list of traders, Mr context. He had to think of its Committee report released to- ZURICH. July 20 (Reuter) Hugh
Dalton. Minister for effect in Australia where Party day made a dramatic revelation. Cairo Air Alarm
that they have given up the inten-Economic Warfare, said in the policies were pursued with It quoted the Secretary of the
of pushing directly to Moscow House of Commons to-day that robust detachment, CAIRO, July 20 (Reuter).-Air and of advancing deep into Russia, the United States had issued a
Navy, Colonel Frank Knox, as alarms were sounded in Cairo and and are trying to effect tactical list of 1,834 persons in Latin with great distinction much of the United States destroyer dropped most of the Delta provinces in the successes within the
Australian troops were bearing testifying that the captain of & general tur- early hours of this morning, states an moll" says the "National
Zeilung."
America. ofcial communique.
brunt of fighting in the Middle East three depth charges off the const "This does not correspond with
and It must have been very painful Cairo's anti-aircraft defences were the expectation raised at the begin- The majority of these also appear to Australia to be told that Britain of Greenland believing that he According to the Finnish Foreign in action. Three bombs fell in one ning of the war after the relatively ed in the British statutory list. aide of the provinces and in the desert,easy capture of the Russion frontier
was only making a three-quarter was in possible danger of attack Mr Dalton said that he was con- effort to put the proper weapons in from a submarine. memoire was handed yesterday to but there were no casualties or dam-jareas,
sulting the United States Govern- their hands, With their communications stret- ment on co-ordination of the two
Committee's report recom- the British Minister Mr Vereker, the age.
ching over hundreds of kilometroa, lists.
In America, such a statement was mended that no further investigation Finnish Foreign Minister, Dr Witting, the result
continually threatened by systematic
meat and drink to the Isolationists. be made of newspaper reports of enemy guerilla action, interrupted
Americans were asked to pay higher "shooting" by American naval units jat a dozen places and bombarded by
taxes, to give up food, to alter their in the Atlantic and the convoying of a stül active enemy air force, the Cheers greeted Mr Dalton when daily lives, to reduce their holidays
British merchantmen. Germans problem is to maintaine added: "This new departure will and to go without the pleasures of "Ore United States
destroyer coherence between their advanced be of the greatest value to us in all kinds in order to help Britain, operating off Greenland heard the posts and bases,"
s.o.s, of a steamer and proceeded to newspaper waging economic warfare and I am and they were deeply disturbed when continues,
sure the House will join with me in they were told, on what seemed to the focution and picked up sixty "That means n ́great; loss of time, welcoming
this
striking act
them to be a high British authority,
survivors of the steamer." of great advantage to American co-operation,"
that Britain wo
was only 'moking a Colonel Knox continued,
While Mr Daiton replied in the affirma- three-quarter effort to help herself. engaged in this act of
of mercy the the island's defences and in carrying tive when asked if consideration was What was important was whether operator of the listening equipment out air attocks against the German now being given to the question of this statement was true.
reported to the captain that he CHUNGKING, July 29 (UP). armament industry," it concludes, Japanese eremy trade.
Two questions prose: whether it thought he heard a submerged sub- Two very large bombs hit the "Basler Nachrichten" says that Ger- The Berlin correspondent of the
TURN to Back Page, Column 3 turned towards, the direction in- marine. The captain immediately Axis Threat compound of the Soviet Embassy man experts are hoping that fighing WASHINGTON, July 30 (UP).
dlented and dropped three depth o-day, straddling the main on the eastern front, like the Somme Mr Sumner Welles, Acting Secretary
charges. building which was shaken loose end with a sudden enemy collapse, a press conference said that recent and Aisne battle of the last war, will of State, in an informal statement at of all plaster which formed a but, he adds, these experts admit events had demonstrated that the subble stream, but the building that the comparison is limited be Axis Powers were attempting
cause Soviet Russla, unlike France
to is still intact.
"still disposes of enormously great hemisphere, and "to
disturb the peace of the western and intact reserves,"
extend their disruptive control over the affairs of the American republies."
of the total blockade imposed on Finlord's foreign trade since June,
be Formal diplomatic conditions
Britain Finland and
concern was originally ↓ tween branch of the old private company actually been suspended. here in Hongkong which established branches in Shanghal, Yokohama and
had
Conditions had compelled Finland
Kobe during the period 1850 to 1905. to join Germany as a co-belligerent
These branches were sold to other while Britain and concluded a mili-j
EMBASSY BOMBED
the
Interests many years ago and have try alliance with Russia, In view In Chungking Raid Britain in putting the last touches to
now no connection with Messrs. Lone, of these facts, normal diplomatic re- Crawford, Lid., of Hongkong.
TURN to Back Page, Column 5
Franco-Japanese Pact Terms Now Published
TOKYO, July 29 (Reuter)-The Franco-Japanese Protocol providing for a joint defence of Indo-China recognises that a threat to Indo-China would endanger. Japan and East Asia and renews earlier pledges to respect Indo-China sovereignty and to refrain from anti-Japanese involvements,
Australian Reaction SYDNEY, July 20 (Reuter)
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
The bombs hilf destroyed the adjacent smaller Soviet Embassy office building. The Embassy in one of the most prominent hill- top buildings in Chungking and Both parties thereupon agree.
had not been previously hit. firstly, a mutual promise of
One bomb lantled 100 yards from the British Ambassador's residence military co-operation in the
Licences for Japanese ships to load but no damago was done. A. fow joint defence of Indo-China: at Australian ports have been with bricks and debris from, A nearby secondly, special arrangements drawn, according to shipping com-bomb landed in the British Embassy for such co-operation; and panies here.
compound but there WOE little damage. thirdly, these stipulations valid only "so long na the situation which motivated their adoption exists.
aro
Troops Move Ingin SAIGON; July 20(Router) Wapanese troops of occupation have 1 begun to instaly themselves,
Camranh Bay,
at
No Oil From N.E..
BATAVIA, July 20 (Reutor)-Re-
garding Japanese reports of the Augmented Services
abrogation of the 1940 petroleum
agreement, it is authoritatively stated pan-American Airways to-day an- NEW YORK, July 29 (UP),—The here that there is no such agreement; nounced that it is opening n now. A certain agreement was concluded service on August 10 between Call between oil companies which, how-fornia and Howall to meet
TURN to Back Page, Column 4 increasing demands.
the
LATEST
Soo Back Page For Further Late New
"
of
Japanese Assurances
To Russia
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
Self Preservation
"In doing this he very prudently exercised the right of self preserva- tlon for had there been a submarire there his destroyer might have been sunk. There was no. other evidento that a submarine was there and it quile possible that no submarine was there. The Ilsterning equipment echo might have beer, received from
a whale or a large fish or a cold
Mr Welles said that President Roosevelt's July 17 blacklist was "but LONDON, July 20 (UP), another step in blocking the efforts of Official non-British sources to current instead of a submarine those who have sinister designs on day received a diplomatic report something which is frequently ex- the Americas He revealed the
None deletion of 43 flms from the bincklist stating that the Soviet Govern-perienced.
of them knew and the addition of a dozen others to ment had sounded out Japan re-
whether there was a submarine there or not but the man in command did garding the affirmation by the what any man would do on the verge
would do it in self defence.".
ft.
Mr Welles' charge followed a con- now Foreign Minister, Admiral of an attack by a submarine ference with President Roosevelt to Toyoda that Japan would re-
He
whom he reported on the intere main neutral in the Russo PRICE CONTROL
J
German war,
· LEGISLATION
national situation, particularly the Far East.
President Roosevelt plso discussed The report is not yet confirmed the Far East with his “big *
*four" elsewhere but it said that Japan had Congresalonal lleutenants, Vice Indicated her willingness to give such
WASHINGTON, July 29 (Router), President Wollnce, Senator Alben W. assurance provided,
hratly, that President Roosevelt to-morrow Barkley, Speaker Rayburn of the Vladivostok be de-milliarized and will ask Congress to agree to price House of Representatives, and Con- secondly, in return for certain Soviet control legislation, according to Con- gressman John W. McCormack, of assurances regarding the movements gressional leaders after a confortnce the House Ways & Means Committee. of armed forces in the Far East, with the President today, the bran