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CAPITAL DECLARED OPEN CITY

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Washington, To-day.

AMERICAN SUPPLIES FOR ALLIES

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") London, To-day. Large quantities of Ameri-

The State Department an- nounces that the U.S. Am-can munitions and guns of all types will be at the dis- bassador, Mr. William Bullitt, acting at the request of the posal of the Allied armies

within a few days. French Government, has ad- vised the German Govern- ment that Paris is an open city and that troops being withdrawn.

were

M. Roger Langeron, Commissioner of the Paris Police, has assured the population of the French capital that the police would continue, as in the past, to watch over the safety of all. He added he was confident officials would continue their task "until the end." Havas.

NAZIS ON U.S.ATTITUDE

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") BERLIN, TO-DAY.

THE GERMAN PRESS HAS FO- CUSSED ITS ATTENTION ON THE POSSIBILITIES OF AMERICA EN- TERING INTO THE WAR.

Typical of them is the "Hamburger Fremdenblatt," which takes the view that the United States will do noth- ing more than send war materials to the Allies.

The paper says that her aid will be confined to this because the military

to Deliveries of American planes the R.A.F. and the French Air Force will also be speeded up.

are re- Furthermore, the Allies ceiving more than 600,000 rifles, 40,- of fieldguns 000 machineguns, 800 the famous French 75 type, one mil- lion shells and large supplies of smal- ler calibre munitions.

Finally, Havas learns that Bri- al- tish aeroplane production has

several most doubled in the past weeks and there. is every reason to bolleve the present speed of produc- tion will be further increased.. Authoritative quarters. also declared that American guns and munitions will shortly be followed by more mo- dern war weapons.

Members of the Allied purchasing commission in New York are already bargaining for these weapons, which are in excellent shape, but have been declared by the U.S. War Department as "slightly too old" for the Ameri- can services.-Havas.

possibilities

of President Roosevelt are limited and the U.S. people will not again "want to save with their own blood the ideals of Britain and France."-Havas.

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(SPECIAL: TO-"CHINA MAIL"!) Washington, To-day.

The U.S. Ambassador in Paris, Mr. Wil- liam Bullitt, has tele- graphed Secretary of State Cordell Hull that the Germans are at the gates of Paris.—Havas,

Ottawa, To-day. New York newspaper reports that Queen Wilhelmina is en route to Can- ada were denied to Reuter in the highest Government quarters.--Reu- ter.

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