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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 20, 1939
GERMAN ATTACK IN FORCE CONFIRMED: FRENCH RETIRE SIX MILES ON WIDE FRONT
Paris, To-day,
THAT THE FRENCH withdrawal in accordance with TO COUNTER
plan was carried out at certain points to a depth
of six miles is disclosed in the latest official com- NAZI munique issued by French G.H.Q.
It is stressed in all reports from the front, however, that the region affected is only that immediately east of the Moselle and Saarbrucken, Saarlouis and Zweibrucken are still within the effective control of French artillery.
The communique issued late last evening states: "During the day there were numerous patrols on either side, more especially in the region east of the Moselle.
ROOSEVELT
"Our artillery was particularly ac- SCOPE AS
tive in the same district.
"It is confirmed by Information gathered that the Germans launched an attack In force on October 16 at a spot some four miles east of the Moselle and on a broad front to the cast.
"Cavalry units, with infantry sup- port, were left alone to keep contact
after the withdrawal of the bulk of
MEDIATOR
Washington, To-day. Despite ample recent indi- cations that President Roose- velt does not intend involving the divisions which conducted the of himself in European arbitra- fensive at the beginning of Septem-tion in order to secure peace ber had withdrawn, in accordance with orders received at the very be-on Hitler's terms, Senators ginning of the German artillery pre-opposing the arms embargo repeal continue to harp on the desirability of the Pre- asident arbitrating.
paration.
SIX MILES "This movement was successfully effected over the whole front on depth at certain points which amount- ed to almost six miles.
"The units involved took their stand, as had been planned, on a line organised beforehand, far in advance of our systems of permanent fortifica- tions and suffered only very light losses.
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CHARGES
Nairobi, To-day,
NO MEAT AND NO BUTTER
London, To-day. Germans were given further advice by the Berlin radio an- nouncer yesterday In connexion with food rationing.
The announcer suggested menus which contained no meat and no butter.“
He also announced that Ger- man troops and labour' ́service men were drinking tea · made from strawberry and blackberry leaves. Reuter.
There are 160 Germans in- FRAU VON
terned in a camp on the out- skirts of Nairobi.
They are accommodated in single rooms and can listen in to the radio and write letters. Visitors are allow- ed on certain days.
Recreation marquees have been set up in the camp and there is canteen.
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Most of the German women in Kenya are remaining in their homes, but 70 who were stranded on lonely farms are allowed to live in Nairobi hotels. They are almost entirely free and their children are attending Govern- ment schools.
There is no trouble in the in- ternees' camps between Germans and
tone of their guards, and the
the
camp is happy.
In Rhodesia, of 154 aliens interned.
104 are men who are in camp
Salisbury.-Reuter.
660 INTERNEES IN BRITAIN
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RIBBENTROP A RIOT!
London, To-day.
Herr von Ribbentrop, the Nazi Foreign Minister, and his wife were nearly mobbed in Berlin yesterday, accord- ing to a reliable report re- ceived via Paris.
It appears that they were attending a meeting of women at which Frau von Ribbentrop was to deliver an ad- dress on clothes in wartime.
One of the audience jumped up and shouted that Frau von 'Ribbentrop was too well dressed to talk to them on how to economise on clothes.
Other women said it was all very well for the Foreign Minis- ter's wife to talk on clothes when they had to be content with imi- tation dresEOS.
Containing the neutrality debate, Senator McCarran declared that if only President Roosevelt would not insist on repeal, he would be in strong position to mediate in Europe, .but if he insisted in changing the There are now 680 internees in this The meeting developed into a riot, status of the Country's neutrality country, and the number is likely to and the von Ribbentrops were escort- ed by detectives as they left the hall. -Reuter.
now, he would disqualify himself as a increase. disinterested neutral.
"However, one of these detach ments, consisting of an officer and
Senator Wheeler voiced the opinion fifty men, was outflanked by the of some conservative quarters, declar- enemy. It defended Itself gallantly-ing that communism, not Nazism, is "After some fluctuations, the battle- the world's real enemy.-Reuter. front at present has been stabilised on the lines which had been planned.
"We took prisoners at different points."-Reuter.
HEAVY RAINS
GERMANS IN
Paris, To-day. HOLLAND TO
The heavy rain which has been falling on the western front is working on the side of the Allies.
The Rhine is in flood and casemates in the Siegfried Line are under water.
Casemates in the Maginot Line. which are two feet higher, are not .yet affected.
The main fortifications in the Ma- ginot Line are, of course, well above flood level.
There has been no major engage- ment since Monday when the German offensive was repulsed,
GREAT ACTIVITY
to The Germans are using the lull reinforce or relieve their front lines, and there is great activity behind the enemy lines.
The Franch lines are now more solidly defended than ever.
From Luxembourg it is reported that French artillery began a heavy bombardment of the Perl district at 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
Perl. is one mile inside the German border and was the scene of the re- cent German offensive and the French counter-attack.-Reuter.
CANADIAN AIR FORCE
PAY TAX
Amsterdam, Oct. 15.
German residents in Holland have been requested by the German Lega- tion here to pay the fifty per cent. in- crease in income tax decreed in the Reich as a war surtax.
The following letter has been for- warded to German residents in this country by the German Minister: "The Fuehrer has decreed in Germany that the income tax will be increased by 50 per cent. as a supplementary war tax. It is our duty not to show less of a spirit of sacrifice than our fellow- countrymen in Germany, and to pay our share to the Winter Relief plus a sum equivalent to our share of the war tax.
The intensification of German pro- paganda in the Netherlands is being noted with deep concern by the press and by public opinion.
The staff of the German Legation has been increased to such an extent lately that new premises had to be rented since the outbreak of the war to make room for the new offices. The same thing, it is reported, has occurred in Brussels.—Havas.
HOLLAND'S
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SINKS U-BOAT AIR DEFENCE
Ottawa, To-day.
Amsterdam, To-day. AR.P. in the Netherlands are to be
Canadian air force planes intensified, have carried out a success- Gas-masks, will be on sale at post ful attack on a German offices as from Monday, and the Am- U-boat in the north Atlantic. extra £170,000 on air raid shelters sterdam -Municipality is spending an
'and other preparations. Reuter.
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London, To-day.
Three camps are in use.-Reuter.
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