1939-09-17 — Page 6

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 17, 1939.

FATE OF POLISH DIVISIONS IN POSNANIA STILL UNCERTAIN: NAZI TACTICS

Paris, To-day.

COMMENTING ON THE fighting in Poland, the

ANTWERP

military experts of the newspapers emphasise ANNOYED that the German tactics consist of sending arm-

oured columns to make long raids into Polish BY HOLD-UP territory, with the object of destroying communi-

ULTIMATUM TO WARSAW

London, To-day.

The Nazi radio in Berlin an. nounces that the Germans have presented a 12-hour ultimatum calling on Warsaw to surrender. Leaflets conveying the ultima- tum were dropped over Warsaw at 3.10 yesterday afternoon.— Router.

cations and preventing the concentration of Po- OF CARGOES CIRCUS

lish troops.

"Le Temps" points out that Warsaw is not seriously attacked from the west but it is still impossible to know the fate of the Polish divisions in Pos-

London, To-day. ANIMALS A statement issued by the WORK FOR nania and Pomerellen (western Poland), which Ministry of Information last LIVING IN the Germans report to be the object of a concen-night says that impatience is GERMANY

understood to have been ex-

London, To-day.

tric attack. The paper says the German left wing advance on

Brest-Litovsk appears to be slackening, but the pressed in Antwerp concern-beck's famous circus have been sent turning movement of the right wing has been ing the detention of grain war, Soviet Russia will send a ship-

greatly extended.

Lublin is threatened, on the other vilian casualties and among the build-cargoes for Belgium

ings hit was the Latvian Legation.

hand, with isolation.

German troops are also reported Reuter. to be aiming at Drohobycz, south of Lwow.

In this sector also a decrease of pressure by the German columns is noted..

According to reports reaching the Polish-Rumanian frontier. the group of Polish armies in the north is operating with perfect liaison with states the the group in Posnania, Havos correspondent at Zaleszczyki.

COMPLETE LIAISON

-All military centres are main- taining complete liaison with the High Command.

The Warsaw, Taranowicze and Vilna radio stations are broadcasting without interruption.

The Polish Government is now in the Lwow area and is maintaining constant contact with the different

GERMAN ARMOURED DIVISION FALLS BACK-

Paris, To-day.

The newspaper "Le Temps" says that Warsaw is not seriously attacked from the west. German left wing troops at Brest-Litovsk appear to be slackening, although the German forces are mov- ing towards Warsaw in that area.

"Le Temps" also says that the at- tack on

Lvov (Lemberg) was really only a raid by an armoured division which fell back when threatened with isolation from the main army.-Reu- ter.

SIT-DOWN STRIKE OF

departments and is exchanging a re- SEAMEN

gular service of despatches with the High Command and the various cen- tres of resistance.-Reuter.

200 BOMBS DROPPED

ON WARSAW

London, To-day. Warsaw lust night reported that it was raided many times by German bombers yesterday, and 200 bombs were dropped on the city.

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New York, To-day.

A sit-down strike of seamen, who are demanding a cash bonus of $250 for entering the war zones, prevented the departure of three American ships from New York yesterday.

The ships -the American Trade Teller, American Trader and Scan States were all to have salled for Europe under orders by the State. Department to pick up stranded

There were a large number of ci- Americans.Reuter.

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at the British contraband control

points.

Antwerp, the Ministry points out, is, of course, the normal port for the disembarking of food from South America to Germany.

In view of this, a number of ships carrying cereal cargoes were tem- porarily detained, pending confirma- tion concerning the destination of the cargoes.

On September 15, an assurance was received from the Belgian Ambassador that the cargoes were for Belgium and would not be re-exported.

Nearly all the animals in Hagen-

to Soviet Russia. At the end of the

ment of Russian animals to replace them.

Elephants, and camels now have to work for their living in Hamburg by pulling tractors.--Reuter.

RED CROSS ACTIVITY

London, To-day.

A message from Berlin received in Brussels says that a delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross has arrived there to organise a Red Cross mission to travel through the zone of military operations.

The mission will be composed of members of neutral countries and possibly the belligerant states, and The Contraband Committee accept- will aim at investigating German ed this assurance and many of the allegations of massacres of people of ships are now on their way to Ant-German race by the Poles.. werp, if they have not already reach- The delegate who is now in Berlin ed that port. Reuter.

is of Swiss nationality.-Reuter.

ALL POLISH ARMY COMMANDS

MAINTAIN CONTACT

London, To-day.

ALL POLISH MILITARY commands are maintain- ing continuous liaison with the Polish High Com- mand.

The group of armies in the north works in perfect

accord with the group in Posnan.

The three main Polish radio stations are working without interruption, broadcasting continuous instructions to the public on defence.

The Polish Government is in the Lvov (Lemberg) area and maintains constant contact with the different departments and the high command.- Reuter.

Paris, To-day. The military experts of the various French newspapers emphasise that the German tactics in Poland are to send ahead columns of mechanised line units,

the Bug River;

The same distance to the east, the fortress of Brest-Litovsk is being :attacked;

Fifty miles to the south, a German the mechanised column has crossed

German infantry are

These are not connected with one | Vistula, but another and make no effort to holdfinding it difficult to follow the me- territory. Their main object is to chanised units; destroy communications and to pre- vent concentrations of Polish troops.

It is emphasized that there is no question of any continuous front. Reuter.

German forces have occupied Przemysl and are now trying to move eastwards;

And Garman - units have, reached Praga, the eastern suburb of War-

saw.

GERMAN COMMUNIQUE

London, To-day." A German communique states that Berlin last night claimed that the German reserves have arrived and following is the position in Poland at have strengthened the line around the moment:-

Kutno, The Germans also claim German forces are 100 miles north- have bombed Folish troop transports east of Warsaw and have taken Bye-near Poland'e eastern frontier.-Reu lostok where they are on the bank of ter

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