PACIFIC
WAR
Mr. Duff-Cooper Smiles Off
ANOTHER
ISLAND FORTRESS
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")"
(From International News Service
Calro Correspondent)
Japan More Careful In Her Moves
MR. A. DUFF-COOPER, in an interview Cyprus is now another with Reuter in Manila, said that his mission British island fortress, the invasion of which was to inquire whether it was desirable to would be a military under-establish in the Far East a set-up similar to taking of tremendous pro- that in Cairo, under which a War Cabinet portions.
official, diplomat or “glorified High Commis- Two months ago it was believed sioner” was assigned to the Far East to co- that Cyprus was in peril of fall-ordinate the British war effort.
ing in the same way as Crete.
returned to Cairo after taking your correspondent an
General Auchinleck has just For that reason the survey includes flying Malaya and Austrália, and if a set-up is inspection, during which neither established, headquarters will be at Singa-
Axis 'planes nor ships were teen.
No details of the preparations pore.
on Cyprus are permitted, but it is:
the first bulwark against invasion
Mr.
Alfred Duff-Cooper said|
of Syrla and its importance as a his itinerary included Singapore, base if Germany attacks Turkey Burma, are seen as an ever-increasing Indies, possibility.International News Hong Kong.
Service.
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JAP. DETECTIVE
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the Netherlands East Australia and possibly He will not visit China and will return to London from Australia.
Mr. Duff-Cooper said that Japan was, at present, more careful about taking the next step, having been impressed by the action taken by Britain and the United States fol- lowing the occupation of Indo- China, and the fact that Britain is
serious view of
A Japanese detective-sergeant talking a
of the Municipal Police, Yamagu-China chi. was shot in the back
declaration Roosevelt-Churchill appled as much to the Far East as to the western world.
He smiled off the question as to what odds he would give against} war in the Far East.
Mr. Duff-Cooper will be leav- ing Manila this morning for Singapore by Clipper-Reuter.
Indo-S
to in regard to the move
evi- is further and Thailand, which wounded this morning by five dence of Japan's aggressive Inten- Chinese gunmen in the Western tions. District of the International Settle- ment.
A Chinese pedestrian was also slightly wounded. No arrests were made. Yamaguchi was sent to hospital. Reuter.
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2 days, ended in the routing of the enemy's XVth Infantry divi- sion, XVIIth motorised division. Tenth Tank Division, 137th Austrian Infantry division and the 187th, 290th and 268th in. fantry divisions.
"The remnants of the enemy's divisions are hastily retreating in a western direction. Our troops have occupied the town of Yelnya. "Our air forte continued to deal blows to enemy troops in Beld Faction and destroyed aircraft on
his aerodromes.”
German Claim
A SPECIAL CERMAN AN- NOUNCEMENT: ISSUED IN BER-
·LIN SAYS A MOBILE DIVISION, SUPPORTED BY THE LUFT- WAFFE, HAS REACHED - A POINT NORTH-EAST OF LEN- INGRAD ON A BROAD FRONT AND HAS TAKEN THE TOWN OF SCHLUESSELBURG- ·ON: LAKE LADOGA
The Germans claim that this completes the gap in the ring around Leningrad which is thus cut off from all communications by land."
Schluesselburg lies 25 miles to the east of Leningrad.
Leningrad Position
Reuter's special correspondent in Moscow, who is now in the Leningradarea, reports that: fighting is extremely heavy but that it is certain that the Germans have not anywhere. like, encircled Leningrad.
They have approached fairly close only from the South-west. but not close enough for the prac- tical large-scale shelling of which they boast.
The preservation of Leningrad. is vital to the Russians for moral, industrial and naval reasons and following their classical principle of "army first," the Russians would abandon Leningrad only if the withdrawal of the army from it was essential to the successful continuation of the war.
There is every indication that Leningrad is preparing for a long and arduous resistance and this is perfectly feasible-Reuter
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