1941-06-25 — Page 16

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 25, 1941.

RED ARMY TAKES OFFENSIVE

Black Battle In

Sea Reported

A SEA FIGHT IS REPORTED TO BE GOING ON OFF THE BULGARIAN COAST, ACCORDING TO RUMOURS FROM VARNA RECEIVED IN ANKARA YESTERDAY. SOVIET CRUI- SERS, DESTROYERS AND SUBMARINES ARE SAID TO BE FIGHTING GERMAN AIRCRAFT BUT THERE IS NO CON- FIRMATION.

BRITISH GUARANTEE

TO

POLAND

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"]

Assurances were given

The Germans are known to have mined the Bulgarian and Rumanian coasts but they are believed to have left a narrow channel at

the mouth of the Bosphorus unmined.

Axis sources in Ankara admit that the

Germans are meeting very strong opposition

in Bukovina and state the Russians are not fighting a defensive battle but are attacking.

as

Russian they need tell of a huge They say Russian sources

labourers for the Reich, since French prisoners of air battle all along the front, with prisoners the Soviets holding their own.

Bucharest state war are useless because they are Reports from

Rumanian column from "tired and unruly." that a

in the House of Commons yesterday that the Allied pledges to restore the independence of Poland, Galatz advanced eight kilometres would not affect Anglo-towards Tarutin, Russian collaboration.

Kishiney.

due south of Did They Lose It?

claim

THE OFFICIAL GERMAN Ruslans In Ankara, however. It is expected that negotiations

not NEWS AGENCY REPORTS THAT assert the Rumanjang are will be opened in Moscow for the

partiolpating in the fighting, be- THE GERMANS HAVE TAKEN THE INITIATIVE AFTER "DES- release of the 300,000 Polish pri-

ing held in reserve. soners of war in Soviet hands.

The Rumanians

they PERATE" RESISTANCE BY THE Whether they will be reorganised crossed the River Pruth at Galatz. SOVIET ARMY IN SOME SEC

TORS ON THE FIRST to cooperate against the Germans Jassy and Lippani.

MOST DAYS OF THE CAMPAIGN. THE THEY SAY on the Russian front, or diverted

COLUMN IS to another theatre of war, is a NORTHERLY speculation-Inter-HEADED IN

of

matter national News Service,

1,000 ITALIAN

OFFICER PRISONERS

OF KIEV

THE DIRECTION AND THE OTHER

ODESSA.

Moscow Claims

TWO

"The enemy's attacks are being TWO TOWARDS

repulsed," Moscow 150 MILFS successfully WHICH IS ABOUT

yesterday, ac- FROM THE PRESENT FRON-radio announced

cording to the Columbia Broad- TIER.

casting System.

heroic

"We congratulate the Red Army on its first military the successes," the Soviet announcer

added.

German Boasts Over a thousand officers were Germans in Ankara boast

will be over in six among 1,800 Italian prisoners of campaign war who arrived in India in weeks when, they say, they will two batches yesterday, says have occupied White Russia, the

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Constanza Bombed

Soviet 'planes have carried out two raids on the Rumanian Black Sea port of Constanza, states a Rome despatch to Vichy.

on

The important Danube town of Galatz has niso been bomb- ed.

One Soviet 'plane came down territory, the Rumanian despatch adds.

Not Informative

"The German Army's opera- tions have proceeded very satis- factorily, according to plan." This is the only reference to the Rus- the sian campaign contained in

Command com-" German High munique issued last evening. Reuter.

BRITISH MISSION

TO RUSSIA

VICHY

********** JAPAN NOT

DESTROYER TORPEDOED

An Admiralty com- munique says a Vichy destroyer was almost certainly sunk by tor- naval pedpes from aircraft.

Submarines success- fully attacked ari Italian liner of 20,000 tons and sank a supply ship. Reuter.

TO RENEW NEI. TALKS

INTERVIEWED IN BATAVIA ON THE GERMAN-RUSSIAN. WHO WAR, MR. YOSHIZAWA, HEADED JAPAN'S DELEGA- TION IN THE UNSUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC TALKS, TOLD THE- NEWSPAPER "JAVA BODE"? YESTERDAY THAT THERE WAS NO LONGER ANY REA- SON FOR THE DUTCH CON- TENTION THATNE.I. PRO- DUCTS MIGHT GET TO GER- MANY VIA JAPAN.

There was no

chance of

the

renewal of the negotiations, added Mr. Yoshizawa, as both part'es were "quite satisfied" with understanding reached and stick to the policy (as described in the final joint communique.

00000000* Reuter.

·will-·

STOP PRESSAA

SOVIET WOMEN VOLUNTEER

IT IS: UNDERSTOOD IN LON-. DON - THAT PREPARATIONS FOR THE DESPATCH OF A 'BRITISH, MISSION TO RUSSIA ARE BEING PRESSED FOR- } [SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"] WARD AS QUICKLY AS POS- The Soviet Tass agency declares SIBLE AND IT IS EXPECTED that many women are volunteer THEY WILL BE COMPLETED SHORTLY.

Sir Stafford Cripps, who is occupied with further consulta tions and discussions in London. hopes to be able to return to Moscow in a few days-Reuter

PRO-GERMAN PARADES

(SPECIAL TO CHINA.. Pro-German demon- strations took place in Madrid yesterday, staged by the Falangist organi sation.

It is stated that over 1,000 Falangists have demanded to be permitted to join Germany! There is no official confirmation or denial of reports that a Spanish Volunteer Corps to assist the Nazis is being organised, International News Service:

Thirteen cases of cholera, five in Victoria, four in Kow-. loon, two at Shaukiwan, one in rural Hong Kong and one from the harbour, were noti fled to the Medical Depart- ment yesterday.

Reports from Helsinki re- ceived in London state that German troops have occupied the last Lithuanian town on the road to Riga and are now only a few miles from the Latvian frontiere

German 'planes, it is claim- ed, bombed Tallin, capital of Estonia, where Russia has a naval base.-Reuter.

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