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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 9, 1939.

NAZIS JUMP THE GUN Claim Motorised Columns Enter Polish Capital LONDON HEARS RADIO WARSAW CARRYING ON AS USUAL ADVANCE NEARING

London, To-day.

THE GERMAN NEWS AGENCY last night quoted MASTERLY the Nazi High Command as claiming that Ger- PRECISION OF POLISH No confirmation was received of this claim from any WITHDRAWAL

other source in London last night, and at 5.30 p.m. listeners in London heard the usual broad- cast announcements and speeches from Radio Warsaw.

man motorised columns entered Warsaw at 5.15 last evening.

Furthermore, it was learned in London that Nazi planes

were bombing the Polish capital at 7.30 last evening.

Brussels, To-day.

INTERNMENT WITHOUT INCIDENT

London, To-day. Germans in Africa still show no inclination to give Hitler, any long-distance help in this war.

As in Tanganyika and North- ern Rhodesia, so it is in Kanya; Germans quietly submitted to in- ternment,

The Governor telegraphs' that all enemy allons have been 'rounded up "without Incidents."

----Reuter.

The Polish Army is con- WHAT IS

tinuing a strategic withdraw-

al with masterly precision, MEANT BY

according to Belgian and

The Polish Embassy in London stated that the German Dutch correspondents and CONTRABAND

claim was completely false.

of Warsaw was heard Yesterday morning, the Nazi High Lord Mayor Command claimed that German out-speaking over Warsaw radio at 7.15 p.m. urging the people to dig trenches and prepare for the defence of the capital.

posts had reached villages "not. far from Warsaw."-Reuter.

London, Later. Listeners to Radio Warsaw late last evening heard the announcer "We can hear the noise of Day: guna. We are ready to fight, and the suburbs are being barricaded with trams and treas.

"One hundred and twenty thousand civilians are digging trenches.

FROM SOUTH-WEST

"We know the fight will be difficult but we have behind us not only the army but every citizen able to carry a gun."

The German advance on the capital south- is mainly coming from the west.

WARSAW ORDER:

In Warsaw, the military comman- dant has issued the following order.

"Soldiers! The commander-jn. chiof entrusts to us the duty of defending Warsaw. I can report to him only that this will be done. "Here the enemy must be stop- ped. If Warsaw falls, none of us will be alive, for we will fight to the last man.

Subsequently the sound of air raid sirens and machine guna were heard at 7.55 and the mill - tary commander of Warsaw was. heard to announce that an air rald was expected.

The Polish Embassy later declared that the German claim of the capture of Warsaw was completely false, and added: "I was in contact with Warsaw at 10.35 p.m. when a German air raid was taking place-Reuter.

FIGHTING WITH SUCCESS

London, To-day. Neutral observers, quoted by Dutch and Belgian correspondents, state that the Polish army has been fighting a vastly superior enemy, on a front ex- tending hundreds of miles, with

success.

The Poles, they state, are now deliberately shortening their line, and can be expected to dig in and resist. Even Berlin admits that the Polish retreat is being conducted with no confusion or loss of morale.-Reuter.

is

KING'S

"The menace of bombardment near, and if the radio station is des- troyed, my orders will be issued by

proclamation in the streets."-Reutor THANKS TO

MACHINE-GUN FIRE AUDIBLE

London, To-day.. Two hours after the Germans claimed to have entered the city the

IRAQ REGENT

other sources.

it.

are unable to

Neutral military observers point It is notified that His Ma- out that the Poles

declaring that the join in battle against vastly superior jesty has issued a proclama- numbers along a 1,600 mile front and tion therefore are deliberately shortening articles specified in the list hitherto annexed are to be News from Berlin.and Poland makes

contraband of it clear that the Poles are retreating treated as without confusion or loss of morale.

The soldiers expect Marghal Smigly-Rydz soon to ory halt, dig in and resist.

GREAT EXPERIENCE

war:

ABSOLUTE CONTRABAND

use

(a) All kinds of arms, ammunition, explosives, chemicals or "appliances suitable for use in chemical warfare, They recall that Marshal Smigly- and machines for their manufacture or this repair; component part thereof; arti- Rydz had great experience in form of warfare when opposed to the cles necessary or convenient, for their Brilsheviks in 1920, withdrawing 600 use; materials or ingredients used in necessary or miles before turning and fighting manufacture; articles

convenient for the production or victoriously.

of such materials or ingredients:

(b) Fuel of all kinds; all contri- vances, or means of, transportation on land, in the water or air, and chines used in their manufacture repairs; component parts thereof; in- The bulk of the Polish Army, It struments, articles, or animals neces- is believed, has not yet been put in the field and nothing has been heard of the small tanks of which the Army is understood to possess several thousand.

No pitched battle has yet been fought and it is claimed that the amall number of prisoners and guns taken by the Germans is a tribute to the efficiency of the Generalissimo's plan.

ADVANCE FAVOURED BY WEATHER

The Germans are advancing in country as flat as a billiard table and are greatly assisted by the prevalling drought.

Autumn weather and a change to In the landscape. 'le' expected

the produce a vast alteration in effectiveness of the German mor torleed forces... Polish circles are quoted as saying: The Prince-Regent of Iraq has tele-"The Germans do not yet know what graphed the King expressing the firm they are in for." determination of Government and people alike to "co-operate with their

London, To-day.

lofty principles to defend which you

LORD GOWRIE great ally until right, justice and the TO REMAIN IN AUSTRALIA

London, To-day.

entered the war shall prevall.'

His Majesty the King, in reply, said:

"My Government much appreciate encouragement your message

the

The Polish Government is ap- parently scattered in a number of small towns, with the.. Foreign Ministry and diplomatie corps In Lublin Router.

brings them, and if, ever the horrors JAMAICA It is officially announced that in of war descend on Iraq "my. Gov-

consequence of the Duke of Kent as-ernment would carry out its obliga- BEHIND

suming his navel appointment for the duration of the war, Lord Gowrie will continue in office as Governor-General of Australia.-Router:

NEUTRALITY OF AFGHANISTAN -

London, To-day, The neutrality of Afghanistan is proclaimed in the official newspaper

at Kabul.-Reuter.

tions in the same spirit of loyalty and;

resolution,”—Reuter.

STOCK MARKET

QUIET

London, To-day.

EMPIRE

LONDON, TO-DAY. ¡JAMATCA IS” SOLIDLY BEHIND THE IMETRE, SAYS THE MINISTRY On the Stock Exchange, although | OF INFORMATION. business was quiet, several good feas türer were notable.

Shipping shares are especially in demand at rising prices. Wall Street le strong-Reuter.

All classes in Jamaica reallas "that this is no time for internal strife, and the Labour finions, have placed their services unreservedly at the disposal of the Goval

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their

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sary or convenient for their use; ma- terials or ingredients used in manufacture; articles necessary convenient for the production or use of such materials or ingredients.

(c) All means of communication, tools, implements, instruments, equip- ment, maps, pictures, papers and other articles, machines, or documents : ne- cessary or convenient for carrying on articles necessary hostile operations; or convenient for their manufacture

or use.

evi- (d) Coin, bullion, currency, dence of debt; also metal, materials, dies, plates, machinery, or other ar- ticles necessary or convenient for their manufacture.

CONDITIONAL CONTRABAND

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(e) All kinds of food, foodstuffs, feed, forage, and clothing, and arti- cles and materials used in their pro- duction.

LEAGUE COUNCIL

POSTPONED

Genera, To-day.

In accordance with the recent sug- gestion, British. Government meetings with the League Council Assembly, due to open on September 8 and 11, have been postponed --F uter.

BURMA GOVERNOR HAS AUDIENCES

London, To-day.

The Governor and Commander-in- Chief of Burma, Sir Archibald Coch- rane, was received in audience by the King at Buckingham day Re

yester