THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 7, 1939:
FREEDOM FOR THE CZECHS PROMISED
London, To-day.
"We are calling from London to Prague and Bratislava," begins a declaration of the Labour Party to the Czechoslovak nation, appealing to them not to desert the flag taken over in Britain by Dr. Benes and his collaborators.
"The hour of your liberation is near. Your tragedy opened the eyes of the world.
"The British Labour Party declares that the Czechs and Slovaks, now under the iron heel of Hitler, shall soon again be free." Reuter.
POLISH SUICIDE GARRISON STILL HOLDING OUT IN
DANZIG FORTIFIED ZONE
LONDON, TO-DAY.
THE SMALL POLISH “SUICIDE GARRISON" IN WESTERPLATTE IS STILL HOLDING OUT AGAINST VASTLY SUPERIOR NAZI FORCES. They have been repeatedly bombarded by Nazi guns
and planes.
Polish troops from Gydnia, who created a diversion, claim to have taken in the city 12 prisoners, a field-gun and three machine-guns.
The Warsaw radio is now an. nouncing the name of German officers and soldiers taken pri- soner by the Polish forces, with a word of comfort to their familles In Germany.
A German communique, meanwhile, claims that the Nazi forces have oc- cupied the whole of Upper Silesia, and to have taken 10,000 prisoners in the Polish Corridor.-Reuter.
POLISH GOVERNMENT MOVES SOUTH-EAST
Warsaw, To-day.
The seat of the Polish Government
has been removed to a city 120 miles
south-east of the capital.
have
Wounded Polish coldlora also been moved out of Warsaw. The Nazi troops are approaching southwards from East Prussia.
BUSINESS AS USUAL
con-
The population of Warsaw tinues cheerful in spite of repeated Nazi air raids. Cinemus and thea- tres are open and cafes and restaur- ants are doing business as usual. Reuter.
GERMAN CLAIM
GERMAN DESTROYER ESCAPES
Copenhagen, To-day.
A German torpedo-boat which grounded at Frederica escaped Internment as a result of the fov- erish efforts of a German freight. er, which towed her off.-Rou- ter.
villages, are organizing spontaneous hunts for German parachutists.
Four officers of the German Air Force have already been caught. Reuter.
HEAVY FIGHTING
London, To-day. Heavy Aghting was continuing yes- terday on the entire Polish front, says. an official Polish Embassy stateme...
The battle was particulerl heavy -40 or 50 miles north-west of Warsaw.
--Reuter.
Berlin, To-day. The official German news agency has reported that German troops oc- cupied Cracow without fighting.
It is added that the bridges across the Vistula are undamaged.--Reuter.
REFUTED
London, To-day. There is no confirmation of above claim available here.
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The claim Is denled by the Warsaw radio, which states that Cracow was raided yesterday and 15 enemy 'planes brought down. A communique has been broadcast stating that the Polish troops. stemming the German advance the south-west front.
The Polish "suicide" garrison Westerplatte is holding out.
POLISH LEGION
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GERMAN TRADERS IN SHANGHAI
Chungking, To-day.
The British Embassy has transmitted an order by the home government to all British merchants in Shanghai pro- hibiting further relations, commercial or otherwise, with Germans, according to a Shanghai report...
There has been a rush by German merchants to transfer their goods stored in British godowns to those of in third Powers.-Central News.
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The Poles have bombed a mechaniz- ed column in the neighbourhood Czestochowa,
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A Polish Legion is being formed in the United States, where 6,000 men have already enrolled-Reuter.
ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT
R.S.P... The viewpoint expressed in your letter is one which, you may þe sure, has not been overlooked in quar- ters where an accurate estimate of the situation is most vitally necessary.. But no useful purpose would be served, at this moment, by giving up a column. Hayas states that the Warsaw Press of our space to it, while, on the other reports that the peasants, infuriated | hand, it might do a great deal of harm, by German attacks on towns and particularly if it were wrong.-Ed.
Paris, To-day.
GERMANS INTERNED IN AFRICA
London, To-day.
All Germans in Northern Rho- desia, as well as in Tanganyika, have now been interned.
They were taken into safe- keeping without trouble, and all emergency defence plans have been put into operation without a hitch. Reuter.
EDEN POST PLEASES
London, To-day.
Messages have been received at the Dominions Office from the Govern ment of Australia, the Government of the New Zealand, the Governor of
THE AIR
VISIT IN PARIS AREA
Paris, To-day.
The planes which caused the air raid alarm to be sounded here at 1.30 am. yesterday proved to be Nazi reconnaissance machines.
There was little French anti-air- craft ~fire, and at 4.15 nm. the all clear was sounded.
No bombs were dropped on the capital, though the sound of firing and planes was heard in the dis- tance.
At 10.47 yesterday morning... an- other alarm was sounded, but the all clear went at 11:20a.m. without hostile raiders appearing.-Reuter.
LATVIAN STEAMER SUNK
Copenhagen, To-day.
A Latvian steamer has been sunk near Malmo, Sweden. -
Of the 20 men on board, 2 were drowned.
The vessel left Riga on Saturday.— Reuter.
RALLY CALL IN INDIA
Allahabad, To-day.
Sir Tej Sapru, India's Liberal lea- der, has appealed to the country. to stand by Britain unconditionally,
He said that any question or con- troversy with the British regarding the future of India must stand over until the common peril is past. Reuter.
B.B.C. BROADCASTING IN HUNGARIAN
Victoria and the Governor of Western Australia expressing lively pleasure at the appointment of Mr. Eden, and promising their fullest, co-operation
The B.B.C. has started news broad- with the new Dominions Secretary.casts in Hungarian, and hope to start British Wireless.
LOYAL MESSAGES FROM COLONIES
London, To-day."
The flow of loyal messages from the Colonies continues.
Latest is a striking resolution pass- ed by the Legislative Council in Gam- bia, a colony which has been hard hit by the recent fall in the prices of its products.--Reuter.
London, To-day.
Polish news bulletins in the course of this week.
Rumanian and Greek news broad- cants will be introduced as soon as possible, and announcements in other languages are under consideration. Reuter.
SURVIVORS DUE ÄT
LISBON
London, To-day. The survivors of the 1 British freighter Bosnia (2,400 tons) expected to arrive in Lisbon last night, Reuter.
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