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Germans

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 25, 1941.

Compelled To

Admit Failure Of

Of Blitzkrieg

RATE OF ADVANCE TURKISH A.A. MOSCOW

CUT IN HALF

"IF THE SLOW RATE OF THE GERMAN BATTLE IN

ADVANCE CONTINUES, HITLER MAY NOT

GET TO MOSCOW BEFORE THE END OF STRAITS

QUOTING STATE

AUGUST," WRITES THE STOCKHOLM "HANDELS TIDNING," MENTS MADE BY THE GERMANS.

Much of Russia would then remain to be conquered, adds the newspaper.

Even according to German statements, the rate of progress of the German advance during the last 20 days is only half that achieved in the previous 10 days.

BRITAIN'S FOOD OUTPUT

Opening the debate on the the supply vote for Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. R. S. Hudson gave an interesting survey of the position of food produc- tion in Britain.

The account of the agricultural situation, he said, was very much

News of operations is perhaps confusing but the situation is also con- fusing.

Propagandists, says the news- the arrival of paper, announce German mechanised troops at cer- tain places but consolidation by support troops is necessary before capture can be claimed by official į communiques, while the Russians behind the advance German troops. hold up the support troops.

For instance, Klev was pro. bably reached by some armour- ed units when announced by the Germans. Afterwards larger German units, probably with much loes, forced their way to Klev, which is probably encir cled now.

of

Although the encirclement Kiev was announced a week ago it is not yet in German hunds.

Promised Sweep

brighter than it would have been Similarly the promised giant possible to make a year ago and German sweep from south although it was dangerous to pro- north against Leningrud has phecy before the harvest was materialised, probably because the

and not

OF DOVER

An Admiralty com- munique issued in London last night reveals a suc- cessful naval clash in the

Straits of Dover.

The communique says: "Our

night of July 23/24 In the Straits of Dover, encountered an enemy

light forces, operating during the

convoy very heavily escorted.

"During the ensuring engage- of the enemy patrol ment one vessels was sunk and others are known to have been severely damaged. We suffered no casual- ties."--Reuter.

GUNS DESTROY NAZI 'PLANE

After repeated warnings Turkish A.A. batteries opened fire and shot down a German 'plane which flew over fortifica- tions on the borders of eastern Thrace, says an Istanbul despatch to the Independent French Agency in Lon- don.

The German 'plane fell into the Black Sea all members of the crew being killed. Reuter.

SENATOR WHEELER

ASKING

FOR

SERIOUS TROUBLE

DEFEATS RAIDERS

The fiercest hail of fir yet heard from Moscow anti-aircraft batteries me Nazi bombers approach ing Moscow on Wednes day night with the objects of "blitzing" the Sovie capital for the third suc cessive night.

So effective was the guhf and the cooperation between A.A batteries and searchlights tha once again only isolated 'plang

the city's out broke through defences to drop their bombs.

One feature of

the thre falde on Moscow has been the number of soarchlights whic the Russians have been able concentrate on small areas

sky.

Moscow's fire-watchers an fire-fighters again did splendi work on Wednesday night, an yesterday morning all except few small fires had been ex tinguished. Reuter.

Random Bombs

International News

says th

blitz was held at bay for the thir successive night by Moscow's A.A batteries, and while a number d

casualties and sume fres wer admitted, all but "eight or ten

SENATOR BURTON K. WHEELER has isolated planes were repaised.

posted post-cards to Army officers and men urging them to oppose United States entry into the war.

This was revealed by the Secretary of actually gathered, it was now rea-Russian defence is not so disor-War, Mr. Henry Stimson, at his press confer-

sonably sure that farmers would ganised as the Germans suggest. produce a greater food output

than in any previous year in the present century.

Even when the Germans have taken Klev they will be merely

ence in Washington yesterday.

Mr. Stimson declared: "I think this comes very

on the edge of the Ukrainian near the line of subversive activities against the

granary.

Looking ahead to the food post- tion as it will be during the third year of the war, the Minister of!

Until they possess Kharkov and Agriculture said that as a result of its regions the Germans are hard- heavy losses in the Battle of the ly likely to derive any real bene- Atlantic and elsewhere, the

the fit from total

resources of the amount of food and feeding stuffs Ukraine, and they are a long way that would be received from over.. yet from Kharkov.-Reuter, seas was bound to be lower than in the second year.

In spite of a considerable

duction it should

re-

be possible to

assure the people of this country

that in the third year of the war the quantity of food expressed in terms of food value would, be maintained,

Milk Supply

Dealing with milk supply, Mr. Hudson revealed tha; consumption by the public was now greater i

than before the war.

"We are this year

England and Wales 880,000,000

pre-war year.'

PERUVIAN

FRONTIER FIGHTING

All day fighting in the

United States, if not treason."

Mr.

The cards went out postage free, Stimson said. One million cards were printed in the Gov- ernment printing office but were labelled "not printed at Govern-

ment expense.'

Mr. Stimson continued: "When auch-appeals are addressed to soldiers; the action crosses tha. line of what General Marshall called sabotage."

Military targets escaped darn age, and bombs were dropped random outside the city.

M. MAISKY SEES DR. KLEFFENS

The Soviet Ambassador to Bri: lain, M. Ivan Malsky, yesterday afternoon called on the Nether lands Minister for Foreign Af fairs, Dr. van Kleffens, in Lon don, to discuss certain economi

--Reuter. questions.

HOW ITALIANS WERE BEGUILED

THE STORY can now be told how only General Marshall (Chief of the 2,000 trained troops, or a man and a half Army General Staff) had pre- viously described as "sabotage," per mile of frontier, stood between Italy's attempts to induce officers and huge East African army and the valuable prize of the Sudan when Italy entered the wor

men to oppose extension of their active duty.

Congress is at present debat-

[duty.-Reuter.

ing the measure extending this last year.

Wheeler's Argument

was distributing circulars" to the

Skilful bluffing, coupled with some inher- drinking in disputed Peruvian-Ecua- [SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL" ceeded in preventing the Italians from mak- ent weakness on the part of the Italians, suc- gallons of fresh milk as compared dorian frontier zone was Senator Burton K. Wheeler. with 760,000,000 gallons in the last reported in a communi- yesterday replied to War Secre- ing an advance on the Sudan when it lay

que issued yesterday by try Stinson's revelation that he within their grasp.. Regarding the Women's Land the Peruvian Foreign Army, urging them to oppose "Army, Mr. Hudson said 3,500

American entry into the war, by A small force of British troops, Kassala, which was defended by women workers had been placed Office in Lima.

alleging the circulars were no

by marching and counter-march-; only 200 men, their operation more than an excerpt from the ing and by daring raids into enemy maps pictured a whole series of battalions Voluntäers Were coming, for- The battle which began on Congressional Record. Inter-

country, succeeded in treating a non-existent “British 'ward 'at a rate of five to plx Wednesday morning in front of national News Service.

deanite impression upon the and batteries. hundred a week but thousands the Peruvian posts of "Arguas

Italian General Staff that the lat- more were wanted.

ter were opposed by 15,000 train- |ed troops, as shown by captured

documents. A

on farms in the last two months.

Verdes, Pociton and Maracpalo continiied all day," states the

Land reclamation was proceed- communiqué. ing and in the last two years|"Fighting was specially bitter agricultural committees had taken in the Arguas Verdes and Lis over 150,000 acres of uncultivated (Palmas sectors.

or badly cultivated land, and ' in many cases it was land which' never before häid been cultivated | in history. A further two million acres would be added during – tho year to the two million already under plough, Meent

AIR RAID IN FINLAND

Stories spread, bulit up this Impression on the Italian mind, so that a great italian army of nearly $250,000 men contented itself with timid raidārzs

· One captured document shows: that when the Italianis attacked.

Agents Caught Italian agents found it very difficult to cross Into the Sudan From the loyal border tribes Rudyard Kipling, Fuzzy Wuzzies") were organis- (called "by ed men to police the marshes.

They quickly : ploked out sapien and handed them over to

the authoritian,

*The Ecuadorians were re- pulsed, the Peruviana forcing them to retire and destroying their gun emplacements.” The Peruvian Foreign Office THE RUSSIANS BOMBED]

· SURROUNDINGS OF

The Italians were thus unable emphasises that the fighting took THE place first on the left bank of the TURKU ON WEDNESDAY, AC-

to pierce the screen of Brittsh Zarumilla River and then con- CORDING TO A COMMUNIQUE the country. Only small damage defences and themselves remained on the defensive until the arrival "If the war goes on we shall tinued on the right bank, which it ISSUED IN HELSINKI YESTER-Was done. gradually take the plough right contends, would prove that the DAY

"An attempt to bomb Helsinki of Indian troops enabled the round England."-British Wire- Ecuadorians attacked Arst The communique adds: "They failed. Five enemy planes were British to take the offensive,

Reuter. bombed the south-west parts of destroyed."--Router.

Jess.

Reuter,