1939-09-12 — Page 6

STOCK EXCHANGE BRIGHT

London, To-day.

The Stock Exchange is goner. ally bright with coppera and Rome Industrials showing useful gains.

Among commodities, cotton in active with prices sharply' high- er although late dealing saw

a slight reaction on freer offer- Ings.

Rubber is firmer and there is

a good: general demand.

Wall Street Is Irregular.-Reu-

ter..

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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 12, 1939.

NAZI ATTEMPT TO PANIC WARSAW INTO SURRENDER FAILS: TROOPS RETIRING

London, To-day.

GERMAN POLISH tinued heavy bombing is being carried out by ADVANCE There is heavy fighting about 50 miles from War. HALTER

A POLISH GENERAL headquarters communique is-

sued yesterday states that the Germans are with- drawing from the vicinity of Warsaw. Con-

German 'planes.

saw, north of the River Bug. The situation 100 miles north-east of Warsaw, between East Prus- sia and Poland, remains unchanged.

MESSAGE TO Lvov was bombed several times and a number of

CANADA

London, To-day.

Mr. Neville Chamberlain has sent

at

suburban workers killed or wounded.-Reuter.

ATTACK ON WARSAW SLACKENING

London, To-day.

successfully_through to join the main body near Warsaw.

From Brussels comes news that the

Brussels, To-day. Reports received here state that while the Polish people of Warsaw were working day and night to

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Warsaw is still being held by the Polish war capital has been shifted defend the capital, Polish

from Lublin to a city in the north-

a telegram to Mr. Mackenzie King, the Canadian Premier, in which he | Poles. expresses his deep appreciation

The commander of the city garri-east. the personal message from the Cana-son, Colonel Lipinski, in a broadcast dian leader concerning Canada's pro- | over the Warsaw station last Might Gdynia 'were still holding out.- clamation of a state of war with, Nazi said that the German attack on the Reuter. Germany.

city was abating.

Mr. Chamberiain says It is a pro- found encouragement to know that Canada has decided to employ her great resources in the struggle against German aggression.-Reuter.

CANADA'S DECISION

London, To-day. The Prime Minister had earlier re- ceived the following telegram from the Prime Minister of Canada.

"I desire to inform you personally that a proclamation by His Majesty, on the advice of his Privy Council for Canada, has been issued at this mo- ment in Ottawa declaring and pro- |

Three out of four German tanka had been captured. One tank was captured in an attack on a suburb and Colone! Lipinski. says that the value of the tank amounts to no. thing in street fighting. It can- not get through narrow streets and cannot reply to fire from house-tops.

A Russian wireless message states that the Polish troops at Posnan and Bratislava are now fighting" their way

claiming that a state of war with the German Reich exists and has existed in Canada as and from this date."-- British Wireless.

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resistance in the field was

At midnight G.M.T., the Poles in becoming more organised

WARSAW STILL IN

POLISH HANDS

London, To-dayfl

There is little news of the fighting

in Poland to-day, but it is evident that Warsaw is still in Polish handa.

A foreign newspaperman who has just arrived In Amsterdam confirms reports of the numerous German air raids on the Polish capital, causing heavy casualties among the civilian population.

Reports from the Rumanian fron- tier confirm that the Polish Army withdrew intact. before the Germani advance.

HISTORIC LINE

The Poles are now expected to en- trench themselves in positions south of the River Vistula and along the Saan River, the historic Polish line of defence.

Behind this is Lublin, the Polish war capital, and Lvov, another im- portant city which has been the sub- ject of numerous German air attacks of great intensity which have caused heavy casualties among the civilian population. Reuter.

GDYNIA STILL HOLDS OUT

London, To-day. Polish troops are still holding out in the Polish sea-port of Gdynia.

The Germans claim to have sur- rounded the city and to have captur- ed towns within 20 miles of it.

They also announce that all goods traffic for the time being between East Prussia and Germany will be carried only by the sea route. Earlier, it will be recalled, they announced that the fighting in the Corridor might be con-

sidered as "over.”—Reuter.

GERMAN CLAIM

Berlin, To-day.

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daily and claimed that the enemy advance had definitely been halted on several fronts.

The German Army working south from East Prussia had hardly pro- gressed beyond the line reached five days ago.

The Germans having falled to enter Warsaw from the west, are but, now trying from the east according to the Polish military authorities, thla entalls a very narrow. salient which risko being cut, in the neighbourhood of Bialystok and Gorodno. GERMANS VENTURED TOO FAR Army advancing from Slovakia ven- The Poles claim that the German tured too far and have been pushed back by the defenders, who won several local successes.

Polish headquarters in the Corridor zone reports that it is still operating with cavalry in favourable terrain. comprising numerous . lakes.—Reuter.

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RUMANIA DIGGING-IN ON BORDER

London, To-day. Unconfirmed reports from Bucharest state that Ru- ̈ manian troops are being brought up to the Soviet frontier and that trenches are being dug along the bor-

According to the German News der.

This is considered to be a result of increased Soviet mobilization mea- sures along the frontier,

Agency, German troops approached the Vistula from the north without encountering any resistance.

The fortress of Modlin about 20 Full arrangements have been com miles north-west of Warsaw, built by pleted for the evacuation of children. Napolean on the right bank of the from Bucharest should

break Vistula at the Junction of the Vistula, out-Reuter. Bug and Narew. Rivers, is already

war

under the fire of German artillery- ANTI-HITLER

Reuter.

MARCHING INTO LODZ

London, To-day. German troops are marching into Lodz, according to an announcement by the German official wireless. Reuter.

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LEGIONS

London, To-day.”

A committee to represent Austrians who do not recognise Austria's an nexation, by Hitler has been formed and it will study ways and means of giving their effective co-operation to Britain in its war against Nazi Ger- many..

Many refugees from Austria, Czechoslovakia and Germany are now offering to take part in such work. Reuter.

London, To-day. Recruiting begins in New Zealand to-day for a special military force for service in New Zealand or overseas.

Applications are also invited for Force will be sent to England after volunteers in the Air Force. Those being trained in New Zealand: who desire to serve in the Royal Air | Router.