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FOUR 18 五拜禮 ·號一月八英洮香
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1941: 日光初月六街
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How R.A.F. Night Fighter Strikes
This brilliant impression by an artist shows n Boul." ton Paul Dellant night fighter in action against a Heinkel bomber. Britain's night.fighters are playing an ever increasing part in bringing down night raiders. The Defiant in this picture is fring its four
from guns
the power
operated turret and the Heinkel was so severely damaged that it crashed to
earth.
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GILMAN'S
OF Germany Faces New
TITANIC BATTLE SMOLENSK: DECISION
EXPECTED VERY SOON
Japan Said To Be Seeking Military Pact With Thai
Special to the "Telegraph"
LONDON, July 31 (UP).-Reports which are independently reaching two interested diplomatic quarters, but are still lacking complete confirmation, state that Japan has informally suggested to Bangkok that Thailand agree to military co- operation with Japan and enter the East Asiatic co-prosperity sphere.
Lull In
Desert
In view of the reliable indica- tions that the sanctions now being applled against Japan by the democracies will continue to allow loopholes for United States
and Dutch oil, United States and Indian cotton and several other commodities, it is doubted whe-
Warfare ther Japan will go so far as to
compel the democracies to plug
Japanese Withdraw Troops
Lull In China
to
The Battle of
LONDON, July 31 (Reuter). Smolensk is being waged on such a titanic scale that it cannot continue indefinitely and a decision can be expected within the next week or two.
This is the view taken in authoritative quar- ters here where it is pointed out that to a great extent the future course of the war in Russia will depend on the outcome of the Smolensk struggle.
It is almost impossible for either side to stabilise the front over such a vast area. Static warfare such as was known in the last war is scarcely feasible along a front of hundreds of miles. It.is now a question of whether the Germans can deploy sufficient. new troops and armoured forces to smash the Russian resistance or whether the Russians can hang on and counter-attack: with such weight that they will win the battle by com- pletely exhausting the Germans.
General Review Of War
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
7
Isolated Units
Air Raid Peril
Special to the "Telegraph"
WASHINGTON, July 31 (UP).-Experts on Russian problems to-day stated that the flight to Moscow by bomber, just completed by Mr Harry Hopkins, Chief Co-ordinatór of the Lend and Lease programme, is likely to prove most significant in regard to future collaboration between the United States, Britain and Russia,' because it has proved that a bomber can easily rench Moscow from England.
They asserted that if a single bomber carrying Mr Hopkins could make the trip, scores of bombers could be similarly flown to strengthen the Russian aerial defences, and if a considerable number of such craft could be placed in Russian hands, operated by the British from the Russian side, then Germany would suffer attacks from both flanks.
TUTUILA AFFAIR NOW CLOSED
Official Apologies Accepted
WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuter).-Mr Sumner Welles stated to-night that the United States had accepted the official apologies of the Japanese Government regarding the bombing
incident Was of the gunboat Tutuila and that the
regarded
AID FOR SOVIETS
Preliminaries Under Way
There are indientions that German forces are operating i east of Smolensk. It is quite possible, therefore, that there are Russians surrounded in this area though it does not neces sarily follow that they LONDON, July 31 (Reuter). trapped. They may be fightingFurther discussions regarding hard is self-contained units and United States aid to the Soviet the Russian counter-attacks now Union. were held both In
are
closed.
insuf-
Earlier Report WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuter). -Declaring that Japanese apologies for the bombing of the United States. river gunboat Tutuila were ficient to close the Incident M. Sumner Welles told pressmen 10-day that the Unlled States Government, awaits & more complete, reply to representa- tions made here and Tokyo.
Mr Welles said that, immediately upon being Informed of the incident yesterday morning, a representative of the Japanese Government called ht the United States Embassy in Talcyo and expressed deep regrets. This was done before the representations. After Mr J. Grew, American
"Reuter's": Moscow correspondent carried out his instructions coincid- ing with identical representations cables to right that Mr Harry made by Mr Welles himself at Hopkins again saw M. Stalin this Washington in conference with the Ambassador, Admiral evening after meating M. Molotov in Japanese
Nomura, the Japanese Government made a further preliminary reply,
the afternoon.
NEW YORK, July 31 (UP).—being launched may well be Washington and Moscow to-day Ambassador, to Tokyo, had duly Soviet troops are reported to be designed to free these troops. heavily counter-attacking east There is no evidence in London of Smolensk, Britain has staged that any large-scale preparations are
made on the Bulgarian an Arctle air attack to aid the being Russians. Mr Harry Hopkins Turkish frontier. conferred with officials at Mos.
No New Development cow on the war needs of the Red
MOSCOW, July 31 (Reuter).- These are the latest! armies.
The mid-day_communique___stales!|_was.present... features of the war..
Marshal Somyon Budenny, "During Wednesday night our troops commander on the southwestern continued fighting the enemy in the front was reported by a Moscow TURN to Back Pago, Column 5
that
asserting
proclamation radio broadcast to have issued a powerful Russian reinforcements have been brought up to enable
the Soviets to strike heavy blows on the German forces. He ap pealed to persons in the occupi- ed areas to intensify their guerilla activity in a co-ordinat- ed plan to "exterminate" the 1 invaders. ;
No Surrender Manifesto To
Red Guerillas
Mr Hopkins was entertained to lunch by the British Ambassador Sir Stafford Cripps. The American Am→ Laurence Steinhardt bastador Mr
In Washington, Soviet Ambassador AT. Oumansky General Gollkov, head of the Soviet Purchasing Mission, and Colonel Repin, his assistant, visited President Roosevelt at the White House to discuss American ald to Hussia.
No Further Statement Yet
the Mr Welles explained that United States had made representa -TURN-to-Back Pago. Column 3
A
HOPKINS IN RAID
I Russia Sceks Tankers Sees Moscow Defences
MOSCOW, July 31 (UP).—
WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuter). Russia has asked America for the Transfer of two United Stales The press to-day gave wide pro- tankers, newspapermen were told by minence to Mr Harry Hopkins" Mr Harold Ickes, Secretary of the visit, publishing arrival photo-
Eden Sees Envoys
MOSCOW, July 31 (Reuter) Interior, to-day, stirring appeal to the people in The official German news agency German-occupied Soviet territory to admitted Soviet counter-attacks by exterminate the Germans has been Infantry backed up by tanks which, made, according to a dispatch to the It sold, were repulsed with heavy Soviet official news agency from the losses. The agency claimed that front.
among the Russian troops engaged The
message
ali signal wa
graphs and views of his talks with M. Stalin on the front LONDON, July 31 (Reuter).-Me pages, in addition to the state- Anthory Eden, the Foreign Secretary, mont issued by President Roose saw, M. Ivan Maisky, the Soviet Am-velt and his pledge of Immediate bassador, and later Mr John G. aid. Winant, the American Ambassador,
Mr Hopkins experienced his first rends: "Marshal this evening. were Soviet regiments from Siberia. CAIRO, July 31 (Reuter).-During all sanctions gaps.
night air raid. In Moscow and watch- Commander-in-Chief of Mr Harry Hopkins, accompanied Budenny, yesterday afternoon the enemy at-
ed the anti-aircraft guns and search- Aviation Spirit Mr the south-western front, and M. Cabinet Meeting
Ambassador, Me American by the.
Ights from the Embassy. He passed tacked our forward observation
WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuter), BANGKOK, July 31 (Reuter).
part of the time in the Embassy points outside the perimeter South-
CHUNGKING, July 31 (Reu- Laurence Steinhardt saw M. Molotov Khrouchichov, Secretary of the Cen-
Communist-Priority rating for the manufacture Within 24 hours of the usual weekly
and is scheduled to tral Committee of the this afternoon east of Tobruk.
shelter but returned to bed before. Party of the Ukraine, have made the of 10,000 steel drums to be used for reports hold a conference with M. Stalin.
the other
clear
was-sounded. They were driven off by our artil-meeting held yesterday, an extra- ter)-According
A Bellish rald was directed at following appeal to the population of shipping aviation spirit and
This
morning, accompanied by the lery fire, leaving one wounded man ordinary meeting of the Thal Cabinet reaching here, Japan originally
petroleum products to Russin have in our hands,
American Ambassador, Mr Laurence was held at Suankulab, Palace, the planned to withdraw 400,000 Kirkenes and Petsamo used by the German-occupied Soviet territory.
heen recommended the Defence Americar
by ofcin! residence, this During the night
Mr Hopkins toured Mos- our patrolling Premier's
"We address ourselves to those who Petroleum Co-ordination Board to and that he was amazed troops from China for operations Germans is support of their opera- morning.
tions against the nearby city of activity was continued but no con-
asserted It is presumed that the latest Far in the South Seas and in Man-Murmansk. tact was made with the enemy.
A Stockholm report are able to handle arms; Joln querilla the Office of Production Cow
detachments, creato new lincs, Mr Ralph Davies, deputy
at the insignificance of the damage In the frontier
churin. Italian Eastern situation were discussed.
atated that the operations against
newspapermen caused by German bombings. fighter aircraft made a forced land-
Japan Air Base Near Thailand
To-day's programme includes is probably withdrawing Murmansk had made but little head-allate the hateful German troops, Co-ordinator, told
the Fascists like med to-day that the recommendation had exterminate ing and the pilot surrendered to our
there way. BANGKOK, July 31 (Reuter) 100,000 troops at present and
dogs. Derail their dogs.
trains, interrupt Rome. Report
unt followed conferences with representa- luncheon with the British Ambasan- troops, says an official communique. Britain's courtesy to and considerate- are signs of withdrawals from Cen-
communications, blow up dumps so In Syria
had Corporation) which ness for Thailand are contrasted with tral China although definite figure.
received expects to resume his conversations that no single grainme of grain is leftes of the Amtorg (Soviet Trading dor, Sir Stafford Cripps. Mr Hopkins Vichy forces in Syria have now the absence of similar thoughtfulness cannot be obtained at present, said a
to the enemy. Move as much as you from the State Department export with M. Stalin this afternoon. Chinese spokesman this afternoon.
destroy licenses covering considerable handed over all feld artstery and on Japan's part, says an editorial in TURN to Back Pago, Column 4 TURN to Back Pago, Column 5
Withdrawals from North China
need for the near future the rest. Destroy plantations of in- volumes of petroleum products. have already begun.
Mr Davies added that arrange- dustrial crops, beetroot, the hour of our victory in at hand. Make every ments were likewise being made for effort to fight the enemy and exter-n tanker service from the western minate him."
const to Russia as it may be required.
orcu nn
Story Of
Thrilling Raid on Nazi Ships
Special to the "Telegraph"
LONDON, July 31 (UP).—The Air Ministry, describing the attack on the Hellgoland Bight, said that Blenheim bombers roared between the masts of the ships within a few feet of the muzzles of blazing anti-aircraft guns. "In spite of the stiff anti-aircraft fire from the escort vessels, our pilots almost scraped the decks of ship after ship in the heavily guarded convoy??
1,200-ion ship In the same convoy
One Blenheim returned with was hit aft of the tuncel and blew a ship's radio aerla) entangled
up.
A plist who saw the attack on an-
in the tail wheel. Another hit other 1,500-ton vessel stated, "the
ship blew up with a wild explosion
a petrol tank which sot the of debris, flame, steam and smoke.
plano afire but: the crow extin- to asserted that he found another:
The spokesman Bold that .thest withdrawals. .combined with the Japanese occupation at Indo-China, have resulted in little activity on the Sino-Japanese fronts outside the aerial bombings of Chungklog.
Disaster. In Failure
TOKYO, July 31 (Reuter),-Head- quarters revealed that Japanese troops are continuing to go to Indo- China as the Finance Minister, Mri Masatune Ogura warned the nation; that failure of the China affair will mean disaster to Japan.
COURT-MARTIAL FOR M.P.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, July 31 (UP)—It is that Major Str
gulshod. the flames, carried out convoy and "deelded to pick off the officially reported
the attack and then left for last ship in the convoy which he flow Herbert Paul Latham, Conservative over mast high and bombed from 30 Member of Parliament, han been feet."
Sou detained for court-martial' for an Two other bombers attacked a 500-alleged offence against the military
law for ship and left it ablaze.
homo.
A direct hit on a 1,500-tonu mer chant ship left it sinking, while
ROME, July 31 (UP)-A Stefan news agency dispatch from Budapest reperts that Italian troops headed for the Russian front continue to traverse Hungary in ever increasing numbers.
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Destruction Caused In
Raid on Sardinia
Beaverbrook Tells Americans
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NEW YORK, July 31 (UP). -Lord Beaverbrook, the British Minister of Supply, writing in the American Magazine under" the caption "Bold plans needed CAIRO, July 31 (Reuter) The Italian aerodrome and
to destroy hold men," cited five seaplano base at Elmas, Sardinia, in the Central Mediterranean
reasons why the United States was attacked for the first time by R.A.F. machines on Wednes-
should join Britain actively: day.
riddling many planes with bullets.
(1) Hitler-plans a world conquest Considerable destruction The crow of a heavy gun which on the largest scale in history,
Wero -machine-
(2) Britain in the last defence among enomy
was went into action caused, reports an R.A.F. Middle gunned, all apparently beleg killed, line. Everything depends upon her.
Macchle fighter which control of the acna. whlic East communique. Five bom attempted interception was driven (3) If the British navy falls, bors and seaplanes were burned off." out and a number of others were. heavily damaged.
aircraft
world
invasion is inevitable, and effects will follow. Out at sea an R.A.F. formation put (4) All good warriors go forth to two engines of a four-engined trans-meet the foc.
R.A.F. planes sprayed the interiors port plane out of scilon and they (5) Lines of defence always fall of the hangars with their guns, L. fast saw, it plunging into the sea. In modern warfare