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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
September 18, 1941.
By Ernie Bushmiller
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Story Of Costly Nazi Attempt On Gulf Gate
(By "Reuter's" Resident Correspondent)
MOSCOW, Sept. 17.—The importance of the Soviet victory in smashing the German attempt to land forces on the Soviet- held islands of Ezel and Moon at the entrance of Riga Bay and partly commanding the Gulf of Finland is emphasised by the promotion 10-day of Major-General of Coastal Defence Alexis Yellscev to the rank of Lieutenant-General.
It was he who commanded the troyers, of which one was sunk, and various acctions of the Soviet 11 motor torpedo boats, of which ten
were sunk. Baltic Navy concerned in beating off the Germans,
While the Soviets hold Ezel and other islands in the same group stretching north and south across the entrance of Rigo Day, it not only means that German entry into the Finnish Gulf is very dimcult but also that the German possession of the Riga naval base is practically valueless.
A dispatch describing the German attempt states that the first expedi- tion which tried to approsen the islands at dawn on Saturday was beaten off after only a four-hour
The second effort was made from neighbouring ports on the mainland. The Germans lost one large and many small transports,
The
lund battle, after some Ger- mans had succeeded in inniling, was very bitter. Every yard was con- tested. Several thousand Germans were killed in this second operation, making the total for both attempts extremely costly.
Malcolm MacDonald
LONDON, Sept. 17 (Reuter)-Mr.
battle but the second effort, which In London For Talks began on Sunday with a much larger number of smaller vessels, listed Malcolm MacDonald, British High until yesterday and some German forces at one time succeeded in get ting a foothold before being thrown back into the sen.
Enemy Ships Sunk
Commissioner in Canada, has arrived! in London for Important consultations | wills the Dominions Omce.
Mr MacDonald made the Atlantle crossing at the week-end in the same Aboard cach of six transports used bomber as the Duke of Kent. This on Saturday, of which four were is Mr MacDonald's first visit since he sunk, were up to 2,500 Germans. | took up his duties in Canada and he They were protected by eight des- is expreted to return shortly.
Liberal-Nationalists Go All Out For Churchill
One of the many fine studies entered. în Section 2 of the “Hongkong Telegraph's” Eleventh Annual Amateur Photographic Competition. The contest is open until September 30.
Singapore Ready to Defy Any Blockade Brooke-Popham
says
SINGAPORE, Sept. 17 (Reuter).—A most encouraging picture of the general defensive position of the area of which, Singapore is the strategic centre was given at a joint press conference by Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, Commander-in-Chief of the Far East, and Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton Commander-in-Chief of the China Station.
Sir Robert said they were not would put up a perfectly good afraid of a blockade threat. show if called on to do so they
PARISIANS
LONDON, Sept. 17 (Reuter)-~-~A resolution expressing com. plete confidence in the present government, welcoming the At- lantic Charter, recording admiration of the Russian defence and approving speedy aid for the Russian people, was unanimously adopted at the annual conference of Liberal Nationalists held in. London to-day.
upon the world by the super-Satan and ammunition. He did not on people's cors, but if attacked
They had ample reserves of food were not going about treading THREAT TO Two Cabinet Ministers, Lord | Hitler, Chancellor, and Mr Ernest The ex-War Minister Mr Horstenable for as long as six months to give a good account of them- think that any blockade was the N.E.I. were fully determined Brown who is Minister for Bellsha supporting the resolution ex- Health, and two ox-Ministers Mr Charter signed by Mr Churchill and were fully able to break it- pressed the hope that the Atlantic but even within that time they Hore-Belisha and Mr Leslie Bur- Mr Roosevelt would be the prelude even without the assistance of gin, attended.
to the adoption of conumon citizenshĺp Lord Teviot in moving the resolu- between America
the American Navy. and Britain. He tion sald that uppermost ir
added, "If we can replace the De- their
Questioned concerning his re- minds now was how they could best
claration of Independence by help the Prime Minister and those Declaration of Interdependence we East Indies, Sir Robert said that acent visit to the Netherlands gallant men and women who had shall have told the firmest found from what he had seen he was come from all parts of the Empire to tion for permanent pence in tackle the frightful tragedy foisted whole world.”
perfectly satisfied that the N.E.I.
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Asked if there had been staff talks With the NE;1, or any tacit arrange= inents with them, Sir Robert said he
Extreme Reprisals For Acts Against Nazis
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" VICHY, Sept. 17 (UP).—The Ger-
take, hostages
nothing to add to what he had rnans have published a notice in
to Australl, what happened in any pupulation" if the attacks continue stated at a previous interview, name-Parls threatening ly that in the huge are from Burma from all categories of the Parisian part of the area affected the rest against German military personnel. of it. "You cannot separate any of
these countries,”
Whitehall Instructions
The occupation authorities state that the nolice was made in the press and by placards, us a follow-up of the execution of ten hostages yester- Asked if Malaya would iıınedfate-
said: "If the atineks continue, move to the assistance of the the occupation authorities will make N.E.I. if the latter were attacked, Sir reprisals in increasing numbers, and Robert said he would act according hostages will not be exclusively
ly
to Instructions from Whitehall, whose rehosen from among the Communist decisions would be accelerated na but all categories of the Parisian the result of the labours of Mr A population," Duff Cooper.
Questioned regarding Thailand, Sir Robert said that relations with that country were better. They had come to realise, he sald, that we were their friends and they looked to us for advice us witness their sending_two
Italians Shut
Up In Gondar
officers to look at our defence plans the Gondar area, where the last CAIRO. Sept 17 (Reuter)~"In
and see the working of our fighter remnants of the Italian Army in squadrons.
"I should not have thought such a thing possible a few months ago," he added.
Independent Attitude
the capture of the main enemy forces, Abyssinia have been invested since
weather conditions have now per- mitted resumption of our okensive activities.
During the past few days, patrols In reply to another question, the from our troops were in contact with Commander-in-Chief agreed that the enemy holding defending · posi- Thailand had begun to show an in- Lions in Gondar,
dependent attitude towards Japan, They were realising, he said, that they should not become too dependent economically and financially upon Japan.
Material For Soviet
LONDON, Sept. 17 (Reuter).
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was at large in the Pacifle and that $100,000,000 for Russia to pur- a number of ships had fallen victim chase war-material in the United
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