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STUBBORN RED RESISTANCE Successful Counter-Attacks

CLASHES IN TOKYO REPORTED

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Political observers in Washington believe the Japanese Cabinet recon- struction has resulted in clashes over the direction of the next Japanese move, and discount re. ports of a Cabinet split over a choice between moderate and expansion. ist policies.

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UNIDENTIFIED BOMBERS OVER

SAIGON

Two bombers were seen flying over Saigon for 20 minutes yesterday morning, says a Reu- ter report from the Indo-China capital.

unidentified

The bombers were flying at 15,000 feet, the report adds.

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TACTFUL SILENCE IN BERLIN

There IS no confirmation in Washington of repor's that the [SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"} Nazis are urging Japan to strike The German Foreign Office con- immediate'v at Siberia, the continues to refrain from comment on

Nazi Avalanche Claimed Checked

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THOUGH THE GERMANS APPEAR TO HAVE MADE SOME ADVANCE IN THE RESUMED OFFENSIVE DIRECTED AT MOS- · COW AND LENINGRAD, THE RUSSIAN FORCES ARE FIGHTING STUBBORNLY AND HOLDING THEIR OWN, INFLICTING SEVERE CASUALTIES ON THE ENEMY WHILE FALLING BACK TO NEW POSITIONS.

While the Soviet forces are retreating in certain sectors they are still striking rapier- like blows at the German hordes in swift counter-attacks which have often disorganis- ed the Nazi advance which is well behind schedule.

Tass, the official Soviet news agency,

sensus being Japan will await the new Japanese Cabinet, ind:- Says the Nazi avalanche which was rolling the outcome of the Russo-Ger- çating nothing will be said "un towards Moscow, Leningrad and Kiev has move against Siberia. Inter- finally expressed."International been checked by stubborn Red Army resist-

man war before any attempt to til the attitude of the Cabinet is

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News Service.

SCORCHED EARTH LEAVES EMPTY SHELL FOR NAZIS

THE THOROUGHNESS of the Russian scorched earth policy is detailed by the cor- respondent on the eastern front of the Zurich newspaper "Tribuna.“

Smolensk suffered particularly, though some arms and textile factories were only partially damaged.

Japan Feeling Misled

Sir Frederick Stewart, Australian : Minister for External Affairs, yester

ance.

The agency says the sinking of one sector of the line,-Interna- 11 Nazi troop transports and other tional News Service and Reuter. vessels in the Baltic smashed for the second time within a week a large-scale German effort to land seaborne troops and equipment on Russia's Baltic shores.

Purpose of the would-be landing was evidently to flank and overcome Russian guarding the Gulf of Finland and the grad.

approaches to Lenin.

Soviet Communique

A Soviet communique issued last evening announced that during Sunday heavy fighting continued in the directions of Pskov, Poltsk- Nevel, Smolensk and Novograd- Volynsk.

No important change in the This threat has now been position of the troops at the front

is reported.-Reuter.

removed.

Tass adds that a new German offensive has developed around

Nevel, 60 miles north of Vitebsk.

Cavalry Charges

THE TASS AGENCY ALSO REVEALS THAT COSSACK |CAVALRY OF MARSHAL BUD-

ENNY CARRIED OUT FIERCE GERMAN

COUNTER-ATTACKS ON THE

INFANTRY, .... OPEN-. ING WEDGES. INTO WHICH In Karelia the Russians "have DASHED RED - ARMY INFAN-. literally razed towns to the TRY USING THE BAYONETAN ground."

Huge forest fires are raging Nothing remains of the célebrat-north of Lake Ladoga, on the

ed Siemens-Martin steel works at Soviet-Finnish frontier, following Vaertsilne, which had an annual the withdrawal of the Russian production of 29,000 tons.

troops, says a Ber.in message re- ceived in Rome,

The correspondent mentions the advent of rain on the east- ern front.

Towns and villages have razed to the ground.

been

"For the first time since the be- A violent battle was reported ginning of the offensive violent last night to be raging east of the rainstorms have occurred in Rus-River Dniester, which the Naziś sia and if these continue, the claimed on Saturday to have cross- mechanised columns will have the ed from Bessarabia. greatest difficulty in progressing | ...

in districts which easily become Stalin Line Reached?

marshy:”—Reuter.•:

German and Rumanian troops, of the armed services.

onerating from bases on the other THERE WAS NOTHING TO side of the river, have already.. day described the recon- SUGGEST ANY CHANGE IN reached the Stalin Line forts say struction of the Japanese THE MORE PERMANENT AS-a despatch to the official Italian

| PECTS OF FOREIGN POLICY. |news agency, M Cabinet as "exceptionally Referring to the dropping of These consist of cement" and, significant."

Mr. Matsuoka, Sir Fredericit said, eteel structures • defended by there was good reason to believe} artillery of all calibres and man He said the strong representa- that the German Invasion of Rus

ned, by some of the finest troops; tion of Navy and Army interests sin had left the Japanese with a In the Red Army,led indicated the Cabinet would con- feeling they, had been misled by form closely to the requirements their. Axis partners, Reuter.

By Saturday night, it is claim ed, a breach had been made, ini

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JAPANESE LEAVING

SOUTH AFRICA?

The Japanese col- . ony in South Africa is preparing to return to Japan, according to a Johannesburg re- port to the Vichy news agency.

"Well-informed cir- cles" are quoted as stating that the order to return came from the Tokyo Govern- ment. It was added that the Japanese Legation will not com- ment on the report..

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