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SOVIET WAR MACHINE NOW RUMBLING INTO ACTION TOKYO

Brest-Litovsk Captured

Sharp Conflict In Reports From The Battle Zones

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL”)

ALL RUSSIA TO-DAY RINGS TO THE TREAD OF MARCHING TROOPS AND RUMBLES TO THE MOVEMENT OF HUNDREDS OF TANKS, ARMOURED VECHİCLES AND MECHANISED SUPPLY UNITS, AS HEAVY UNITS MOVE `STEADILY TO THE FRONT FROM MOSCOW.

There seems to be no doubt that the German invasion, despite the events of the previous week, still came as almost a complete sur- prise, really catching the Soviet on the western front only partially prepared.

The situation is now, however, being swiftly rectified and impressive masses of men and material are now moving forward,

RUSSIANS

the general mobilisation order working HITTING

smoothly.

Notable feature of the material passing. through Moscow is that hundreds of anti- aircraft batteries are included.

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invasion, the German armies are advancing precisely to their time- table schedule, meeting with no serious resistance.

BACK

As to the actual fight- sive is taking the form

Rumanian military cir- four-pronged thrust, down from ing, while there seems to Finland towards Leningrad, east cles claim

that their be no doubt that there from East Prussia into Lithuania,

Poland, across

and north-east southernmost columns, have been violent clashes from Rumania.

driving from Galatz, have at several points, it is Time Table Advance

penetrated 50 miles into impossible to cross-check The Supreme Command claims Russian Bessarabia, the conflicting Moscow that on the second day of the

according to Martin and Berlin reports on the

Agronsky, Ankara corres- progress of the battle,

pondent of the National The Moscow communique . UNOFFICIALLY HOWEVER, Broadcasting Company. claims that the panzer divisions IT IS REPORTED EVEN The Rumanians admit, however, have been held at bay at every BERLIN THAT SHARP OPPOSI- vital point, although admitting TION HAS BEEN MET FROM that Russian resistance is extreme- that ground has been conceded SOVIET ARTILLERY AND IN- lyferce, and say that heavy InLithuania, Russian Poland FANTRY ON SOME FRONTS, losses are being suffered on both

IN A AND ESPECIALLY IN RUSSIAN sides-Reuter (REUTER ANNOUNCES IN POLAND, SANTA The Rumanians state further REPORT FROM NEW YORK

War: correspondents indicate that the Russians were not re- THAT THE SOVIET GOVERN that the main German and maining on the defensive but had launched their own- offensive MENT THIS MORNING CAD- thrusts. consist of long columns, MITTED THE CAPTURE BY moving steadily forward awhile against Poland, Rumunia and THE GERMANS OF BREST- LITOVSKIN RUSSIAN-OC the Luftwaffe systematically East Prussia. The Luftwaffe is CUPIED POLAND, ACCORDING pulverises, or attempts to pul- stated to be very active behind TO A BROADCAST MESSAGE verise, the Soviet air bases for the Russian lines, Reuter, FROM MOSCOW BY THE many miles ahead.

and Bessarabja...

Indications Hundreds of Soviet planes are adds that there are NATIONALYN BROADCASTING reported to have been put out of that the Russians in Bessarabla COMPANY)

action on the ground. Fare merely fighting a rearguard Ankara reports indicate that Horr Himmler has ordered all action while the 'main force is the resistance of the Red Army in Russian citizens in Germany, and retiring behind the old frontler Bessarabia has stiffened and that German-occupied territory, over and the powerful defensive sys- the Rumanian troops are held at 16 years of age, to report to the tem of the River Dniester." most points

nearest police station for registra- Similar tactics are expected in tion within 24 hours.

Poland and the Baltic States, and, Odessa Blitzed in fact a message from Berne The Germans, however, insist

states that the Red Army is that the Nazi troops are plough-

Express reports voluntarily evacuating a strip The Dally ing doop into Russia all along the from Ankara that Gorman planes fifty miles wide extending prac 2000 miles front: which, 2,000,000 | have bombed Odessa on a scale tically the entire length of the Russian troops are defending which can only be compared with Russo-German frontier, in Poland,

and International Nows Service, Apparently, the German often Rotterdam and, Belgrade,

German Claims

COL. DONOVAN GETS A SECRET MISSION

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"]

President Roosevelt yesterday commission- ed-Colonel William J. Donovan a Major- General to supervise Military Intelligence and ally it with the the British Secret Ser- vice.

Major-General Donovan's duties will be secret and he will report directly to the President. Interna- tional News Service.

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HUNGARY BREAKS

DELAYS DECISION

[SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL"]

The Japanese attitude. towards the Russo-Ger- man war will be decided at a Cabinet meeting to- morrow, the liaison con- ference scheduled be- tween the High Command and the Cabinet for to- day having been post- poned.

The Japanese people appear to have been stunned by the sud- denness of the events and, the Prime Minister, Prince, Konoye, is conveying all developments to the Emperor.

The Railway Ministry hag. sus- pended acceptance of freight via the trans-Siberian railway and passenger traffic has been cur- talled.

THE JAPANESE SPOKESMAN SEES THE POSITION AS “EX- TREMELY DELICATE." IN VIEW OF THE FRIENDSHIP PACTS WITH BERLIN AND MOSCOW, — INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE.

SECOND SHANGHAI BUND MURDER [SPECIAL TO ""CHINA MAIL"T The French police in Shanghai are investigating the murder of a [SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"] Chinese pedestrian on the French

OFF RELATIONS

Bund when an unidentified gun- Hungary has broken off man fired a shot from: behind and diplomatic relations with Russia | killed the man. The victim was as a gesture of solidarity, with the the Chinese editor of the Even- Axis. International News Ser- ing Post and Mercury."-Interna vice.

tional News Service.

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