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NAZIS REELING BACK

THEIR OWN HEELS

Red Army Forces

Them To

Defensive

JAPAN EYEING SIBERIA?

[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"}

The State Department! in Washington is watch- ing with mounting con- cern for military develop- ments in the For East.

The danger of an extension of

is the theatre of war regarded seriously, though diplomatic quar- ters are unable to predict whe- ther Japan's activities are to be interpreted as a threat to Siberia or to Indo-China and Thailand.

According to reports reaching Washington from the Far Japanese military

on

East. moves sug-

gest the possibility of an attack Russia "at an opportune" moment, rather than a southward expansion drive,

dly re

There are indication that move to the south has been call- ed off and that Japanese tary forces are being re-concen- trated in Manchukuo.

Mitler Pressure

4111

Washington diplomatic quar-

BUS AND TRAM "SEASONS" TO GO UP

The rates of season bus and tram tickets are to be increased from

the beginning

of next month, the "China Mail" learned from authentic sour- ces this afternoon.

are effected.

Adopt

(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL”)

THE RED ARMY HAS LAUNCHED POWERFUL COUNTER - AT- TACKS AT SELECTED POINTS ALONG THE BALTIC - BLACK SPA BATTLEFRONT WHICH HAVE THROWN THE GERMANS REEL- Only monthlyING BACK UPON THEIR HEELS, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST

JUBILANT ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SOVIET HIGH COMMAND.

The official communique asserts that "the German forces have been compelled to adopt the defensive along the whole of the * Ostrov sector in Latvia, following a heavy defeat in a tank battle, in which the panzers were overwhelmed.”

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It is also claimed that German attempts to cross the Dnieper on the central front, to the south of Minsk, have been smashed and that sudden Russian counter-attack in the

PATROL 'PLANE MISSING

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"}

The Navy Depart- ment in Washington

announces

that

patrol 'plane, Donovan Novograd-Volinsk sector has sent the Ger-

ters assert that Hitler is bringing [SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"||

President Roosevelt is Leavy pressure on Mr. Matsuoka in an effort to persuade Japan to launch a full-scale attack on the planning to call upon Col.

plan would be a close parallel to as

mans into retreat.

"Izvestia" alleges that parachu- t'sts have landed behind the Russian lines as far as

miles, intent on

sabotage

Withering Fire

twenty "In the direction of Bobruisk,

and the

several enemy attempted Russian rear in the early future. William Donovan to act the wrecking of communications. times to cross the River Dnieper, "over-all-man" in Some of them have been dressed but coming under the withering According to these reports, the

Russian uniforms. They are heavy losses, to his original post-

tions. the pattern of the Russo-German assembling military and in women's clothes and others in fire of our troops, fell back, with

rapidly being rounded up.

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attack on and division of Poland

in September, 1931. Germany is Civil

Asiatic Russia

intelligence

for

anid to be offering Japan the national defence, and to tempting bait of

International work in close touch with

British Intelligence.

up to the Urals.

News Service.

The job is one directed to cum- bine information on essential de- fence works and to co-relate the Information of the American Navy with the British, enabling the ex- change of vital information.

THE

MILLION

"EXCHANGE TELE- GRAPH," IN LONDON LAST NIGHT, DECLARED THAT GER-

IN LOSSES

RUSSIA MAN HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS, AND ARE RAPIDLY MOUNT ING TO NEAR THE MARK, THE AGENCY QUOTES OFFICIAL SOURCES AS GIV- ING THE GERMAN LOSSES IN TWELVE DAYS THE FIRST It is not intended that Colonel OF FIGHTING AS AN AVERAGE Donovan should supersede Edgar OF 60.000 DAILY INTERNA- Hoover, chief of the American TIONAL NEWS SERVICE. F.B.I. Secret Service, or the chiefs of Army and Navy Intelligence.

Official Communique He will be most concerned with the prevention of sabotage in United States factories Interna- [SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"]tional News Service:

Arrangements have

EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS

been made between the SOUTH AMERICAN

United States and Ger- many for an exchange of “prisoners," it was an- nounced in Washington last night.

CONFLICT

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Mr, Summer, Wolles said that State Department had been dis cussing measures with the German Government designed to secure the release of two American news paper correspondents.A So He disclosed that the liner list the diplomatic aid of other "America" is to transport, Itallap American countries to bring about and Gorman consular officials to an amicable settlement-Interna- Lisbon and return with the tional Nows Service,

American officials,

He indicated that the proposal

fs to exchange, Manfred Zapp and

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Following is the text of the communique the Soviet Informa- tion Board published Inte last night:

"During July 7, fighting took place mainly in the directions of Ostrov, Polotsk, Lepel, Bobruisk, Novograd-Volynsk and Mogullev- Podolsk. In the northern sector of the front our troops fought in the direction of Kandalakcha,

-Dukhta and Kexholm, inflicting - Much concern is expressed in losses on enemy troops which had Washington at the conflict between Peru and Ecuador, dealing a dam penetrated our territory

troops continued to fight aging blow to the programme of "In the direction of Ostrov, hemisphere solidarity. Any flare our up of the dispute, it is feared, will stubbornly against strong enemy draw in Colombia also. It is like-mechanised units, containing their ly that the United States will en advance towards the north-east. In the direction of Polotsk, flordo fighting developed, against the enemy, who several times attempted to land forces on the northern bank of the western. Dvina Our troops are firmly and stubbornly holding their positions.

e

Gunther Tonn, the two leading Jay Allen, both of whom were ar- Nazi propagandists in the United rested in Paris.

States, for Richard Hottelet and News Service.

International

"Heavy fighting is taking place in the Lepel region.

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