1941-09-05 — Page 3

GIANTS LOCKED IN BATTLE

Russian

Situation

Germans Throwing Masses Of Men At Defence Ring

(By Annalist")

THE MOST COMPLETE RESERVE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE FIGHTING ON THE EASTERN FRONT WHICH CONTINUES TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE GERMAN AND SOVIET COM- MUNIQUES CANNOT HIDE THE FACT OF THE CRYSTALLISA- TION OF THE SITUATION IN THREE DIRECTIONS.

ONE-MAN DEFENCE DRIVE

Marshal Mannerheim has announced that the Finnish forces have reached the old frontiers in the Karelian Isthmus and it will not be long before it is known whether his order of the day, reminding his soldiers that the time has not arrived for turning "swords into ploughshares,” means they are to con- tinue to wage war for Germany's benefit or whether they will rest on their laurels and, re- Baruch, main on guard over the restored Finnish who was head of the War territory.

Mr.

Bernard

Industries Board during] A tremendous battle is now raging for the last World War, has Leningrad against those formidable rings of submitted a defence pro-outer "defences and the German forces are duction plan to President Roosevelt calling for a throwing in masses of troops and hundreds of one-man direction and a aeroplanes without so far, it appears, making ceiling on all prices. any real impression on the great air defences allocation and the military and citizen army which Mar- of supplies and priorities, which shal Voroshilov has assembled.

Commenting on the

are regulated by a board com- posed of seven meu, Mr. Baruch said: "Nobody has the final au- thority there

but it is a faltering step forward."

Mr. Baruch said he would testify before the Senate Banking Com- miltee in fortnight's time on price control legislation, adding "I am going to kick the everlast ing lights out of it."--Reuter.

V

GLIDING SCHEME

Crystallising

U.S. TANKER MOSCOW

ARRIVES IN VLADIVOSTOK

The United States Maritime Commission announced yesterday it had been advised that a United States oil tanker has arrived at Vladivostok with fuel for Russia, says Reuter from Washing-

ton.

Two In

Halt A Minute

TAKES IN

WINTER SUPPLIES

The Moscow authorities are taking all steps to en- sure that the city's popu- lation shall have as com- **** fortable a time as possi-

ble during the winter.

Huge reserves of goods are be- ing stocked, including 400,000 tons of potatoes and 214,000 tons of other vegetables.

On Wednesday night MOBсOW City Council's President Propin stated that the work of fixing up Moscow's Underground stations as air raid shelters was being completed.

Thousands of beds for children and double layers of bunks for grown-ups are being provided on being A South African Spit- the stations which are

fitted with runnine good fire pilot shot down two

a out of three ME 109F s within half a minute over the Channel yesterday and landed at his base only 20 minutes after he had taken off.

The House Committee havo arranged a special cornet” in shelfers with beds, för children, and in districts where there are many wooden, dwellings, 10,000 dug-out shelters have been con- structed, "with" bunks and stoves.

Some 3,300 houses are being strengthened to resist the effects of bomb blast.

He had gone up on patrol and saw three ME's flying below.

"I dived and fired at one of All this work is scheduled them. Within a second he belch-be completed by October 17. ed a cloud of black smoke, then Pronin urged the utmost just went to pieces blew up economy in the use of wood and In front of me.

coal although Moscow hus, con- It is believed that the Soviet at-¡which, as I pointed out yesterday,

"As the fragments fell "towards siderable supplies, Reuter, tack on the enemy salient in the is rapidly approaching decisions of the sea i swung round to attack

sector of the front. in vital consequence to the future

the others but the leader half roll- war, overshadows which they hurled the Germans course of the back 30 miles and captured 22 for the moment but should not be ed and dived away into the haze started spinning down out of con- and the third ME climbed as trol towards the haze. I followed villages, is probably the counter-allowed entirely to black-out ather though to try to attack me.

him down to about 3,000 feet and attack which was seen by Gener-interesting considerations.

do "I opened fire as I turned to- as it was obvious he could al Mason Macfarlane, head of the

wards him and right away his tail-nothing to save himself I decided flew off He flicked over and to come home." British Wireless.

central

British military mission, some- German Misgivings

where north-east of Smolensk.

as

One is that the misgivings of THIS, ALTHOUGH A CONSID- the military leaders as well ERABLE OPERATION, WAS NOT private citizens of Germany over ON THE SCALE OF THE COUN- the way the war is going for them. It is underslood, says Reuter TER-ATTACK FOR THE, PRO-are now being freely expressed.

from Simila, that the

ment of India has

the

Govern-TECTION OF THE RUSSIAN

decided

to SALIENT AT KIEV, „ABOÛT give financial assistance to glid- WHICH DETAILS ARE AWAIT- country, granting ED IN LONDON. £7,500 spread over two years. A gliding centre was recently start-

ing in

ed in Poona.

The drama of the vast struggle between Russia and Germany

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General Kabitsch, in a re- markable article in “Për Neue. Tag," it le learned from Prague, points to the teaching of Glause witz that the conquering of enemy territory without sub- ..stantial gains could lead to a weakening of Germany's own. position.

General Kabitsch, with an eye on Bussia's reserves of manpower and material,, adds: "This applies especially to the war in the east where our aim must be to, defeat the Red Army, to such an extent that our forces can resume the offensive against England or în the Near East."

Empire Marshals

Another consideration is that under cover of. Germany's pre- occupation In Russia the emigra~. tion of the armles of the British Empire ...and Britain from Canada to England, from Eng- land, South Africa, Australia and India to the Middle East, from India and Australia to the Far East has reached formidable, proportions and must soon be ready to meet all eventualities on existing and potential battlefields.

That Mr. Mackenzie King, one of the leading personalities in the Empire, and very close to Presi- dent Roosevelt, has been in- Istructed in these eventualities in the highest British, counsels, con- cerned with "all questions of strategy and war, which' are. pending," was one of the most interesting references to the Canadian Prime Minister's visit: to England and the Canadian farces, made by Mr. Churchill at Mansion House yesterday. Reu-

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