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SOVIET MAY PATCH UP DISPUTES WITH JAPAN

Italian Retreat In Two Sectors

According to the latest reports from Greece, the Italians are retreating in!

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AIR FORCE ATTACK ON BOLOGNA

An attack by Royal Air Force 'planes upon Bologna in Italy is announced in Berlin by the Bologna cor- respondent of D.N.B. -Reuter.

two sectors in the face of 100000000000000000* determined · Greek at- COMMONS WANT

tacks.

In the Pindus sector. remnants BOMBING OF ROME

of the Alpini division are report-

ed to be struggling back from Konitsa, 15 miles north of the i place where they received their first set-back.

This will take them back over the frontier Into Albania, and they are leaving behind equip~ ment and prisoners to swell the numbers already taken by the Greeks.

The other area is on the Adria-

DON'T BE SQUEAMISH

Probable Result Of

Berlin

Talks

(By Reuter's Diplomatic Correspondent)

AMID A WELTER OF SPECULATION AND PROPAGANDA, THE GERMAN FOREIGN OFFICE HAS ITSELF BETRAYED ITS PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE IN INVITING M. MOLOTOV, THE SOVIET COMMISSAR FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TO BERLIN,

The Wilhelmstrasse statement refers to

the primary need of fixing a basis for Soviet NORWAY

collaboration, not merely with the Axis but with Japan.

GROWING RESTLESS

In other words, having secured Japan's participation in the tri-partite agreement de- DE signed to counter any move by the United States, Germany is now trying to associate the Soviet with the pact.

Therefore, it seems

unlikely

According to the Stock-

It is unlikely, however, that the

holm correspondents of Soviets will fall in with Hitler's that Stalin would now be tempt Swiss newspapers, a move- plans so far as to commit herself ed to a policy of adventure. As the Italians are now to any specific course as the war As for economic talks, it'

isment is growing among participating in the develops.

only necessary-to-recall the ex- That the talks may result in aggerated hopes Germany bait officials in Norway to de- improved relations between the upon last year's agreement with Soviets and Japan is by no the Soviet to realise the gulf bemonstrate their disrespect means improbable.

tween promise and performance for their new masters. Neither country wishes to be in the supply of Russian ma- drawn into the war and there are terials. abundant questions on which their interests run parallel.

Under-

tic. Here, Italian advance patrols penetrated between the Kalamas' bombing of London, Cap- and Acheron rivers, some 25 miles

tain. Balfour, in from the coast.

Secretary for Air, was pressed in the Commons yesterday on the question of bombing Rome.

The latest news from Greece says that the Italians have been pushed back towards the Kalamas River, and that Greek troops ad- vancing from the Acheron (the "Styx" of mythology), have cer-

·tainly......... reached Masaraki, eight miles from the Kalamás River: Reuter

OIL FOR THE PLANES OF NIPPON

THE NETHERLANDS OIL COMPANY WILL HENCEFORTH BE SUPPLYING JAPAN. WITH OVER 1,800,000 TONS OF OIL AND OIL PRODUCTS ANNUAL. FLYIT WAS LEARNED IN

BATAVIA YESTERDAY, 1.

The recently Initialled agree- *ment provides that Japanese im- porters will be able to purchase. rude oil, at the rate of 760,000 tons annually: 540,000 tons.

Although it is not easy to see any common ground regarding the Captain Balfour referred to his situation in China, some form of previous statement in which he compromise on that subject is declared that Government had easier to envisage than any com- tuken note of the Italian admis-mitments by the Soviet in Europe, sion that their aircraft had par- other than economic. ticipated in the London bombings and must, therefore, reserve full liberty of action in regard to Rome.

Polish Frontier

new

It may be recalled that Ger- Since that time, Captain Bai- many tried to trace the four added, the Italian Govern- Polish frontier further westward ment must have become aware so as to give Russia a bigger slice that endeavours to

of Poland, but Moscow was sutis- approach British coasts

fied with the territories in which were likely to cause very heavy casualties to the inhabitants were mostly Rus-

their air. force..

Captain Balfour was asked not to be squeamish, to which he re-

sian.

plied that it would be thoroughly HUNT

HUNT FOR

wrong for

away to the enemy their strategic Government to give

plans in regard to any objective. RAIDER

--Reuter

FOUR NAZI

and off products of BOMBERS

This will be in.. addition 18 about 494,000 tons of various oil products regularly shipped by oll companies in Batavia, Reuter.

ST. MARTIN'S WRECKED

German raider laid the

It is now certain that a

mines which sank a Bri- tish and an American ship last Friday, stated

DESTROYED Mr. C. E. Hughes, Minis-

FOUR GERMAN BOMBERS ter of the Navy, in Mel- WERE DESTROYED IN YES bourne yesterday.

TERDAY'S "ENEMY RAIDS ON BRITAIN, WHICH WERE AT TEMPTED OVER SEVERAL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

In none of these raids, says an Air Ministry.communique, were many bombs dropped and. scarcely any damage or casualties were caused anywhere, Réuter.»,^^

THE CHURCH OF ST MAR- TIN-IN-THE-FIELDS WA 6 AMONG THE PLACES. DAM AGED IN A RECENT LONDON Most of the 600 people in the crypt AIR RAID, IT WAS REVEALED escaped. YESTERDÁY, OFFICIALLY.

South Africa House was also

The Minister added that the nines were laid: "quite recently." The raider must be within a cer tain radius and naval and air patiols are searching diligently-- Itcutor

BLUE PETER BAN

The hoisting of "departure" signal flags on ships about to leave Hong Kong: within"""two

harbour: authorities,

All the windows, and one side damaged by the same bomb. hours is now prohibited by the

the building were blown in Reuter, HAL

It is probable, however, Abat The National Zeitung" reports M. Molotov will agree to the that all officials of the entire ad- admission of German experts | ministraţive distric: of Brandu to help overcome the

dismissed delays have been

for. "Go Inherent in the Russian econo- Slow" conduct and the adminis mic system....

tration of the district has been The smashing British victory | complete disclosed. over the Italian fleet at Tarante will doubtless weigh heavily

Similar disobedience, is report- the scales of the Axis delibera- | ed from many other parts et Nor- tions Reuter.

way. -- Reuter.

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