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U.S. NAVY TO STRIKE FIRST Axis Warned To Keep Out Of IMPROVED U.S. Defensive Waters ATTACKS NO FIGHT--UNLESS ON FILM

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Mr. Fadden

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Mr. A. W. Fadden, Aus- tralian Premier, said in Sydney that the Govern- ment had received official information indicating an improved outlook in the Pacific.

Mr. Fadden added he was keeping in closest touch with London and Washington,

NAZIS SEEK IT

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IN HIS EAGERLY- AWAITED BROADCAST PRESIDENT ROOSE. | [SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAILI VELT BLUNTLY WARNED GERMANY AND ITALY THAT THEIR WARSHIPS WILL HENCEFORTH ENTER AMERICAN DEFENSIVE WATERS "AT THEIR OWN PERIL."

The President continued: “Orders which I have given, as Com mander-in-Chief, to the United States Army and Navy are to carry

out that policy at once.

BOMBER LOSSES

ofetal

An analysis of British The remarks were made shortly communiques shows that between after the Army Minister, Mr. April 1 and September 8, 1941. Spender, announced the arrival of 558 aircrait of the Bomber Com- the first consignment of American mander have been lost in opera-

tanks in Australia. Mr. Spender tions in Western Europe, said the be continuous. International Commons, reply yesterday-Bri

said deliveries henceforth would| Under-Secretary for Air in the

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tish Wireless.

LARGE-SCALE GERMAN RETREAT CONTINUING

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THE LARGE-SCALE GERMAN RETREAT, FIRST OF ITS KIND SINCE THE KAISER'S ARMIES COLLAPSED IN 1918, WAS RE- PORTED IN MOSCOW YESTERDAY TO BE CONTINUING ALONG THE 200-MILE CEN- TRAL FRONT SECTOR WHERE THE THREE- PRONGED SOVIET OFFENSIVE HAS HURLED

"Sole responsibility rests on Germany. There will be no shooting unless Germany continues to seek it.”

President Roosevelt told his listeners that the "blunt fact" was that the German sub- marine fired first at the U.S. destroyer Greer “with deliberate design to sink her.” It was piracy, legally and morally.

He said the incident was "not | Isolated but part of a general plan," and revealed that a submar-

ine followed a battleship in North ARRESTS IN

American waters last July and the submarine "sought to man- oeuvre itself into a position of attack."

THE SUBMARINE'S PERIS- COPE WAS "CLEARLY SEEN," AND NO BRITISH OR AMERÍ- CAN WARSHIP WAS WITHIN 100 MILES OF THE SPOT AT THE TIME SO: THE NATION ALITY OF THE SUBMARINE WAS CLEAR.

"Naxi submarines are the rattlesnakes of the Atlantic.

CHILE

wood is seeking to plunge Charging that Holly-

the United States into war, Mr. Flynn, New York writer and member of the America First Committee,

told the Senate hearing yesterday the Government should seize or police the Industry after the war.

Counsel for the movie industry declared the sub-committee was preventing him from expressing Hollywood's side of the controv-

ersy.

·war,

that

Mr. Flynn said "the movie chiefs were themselves, censors, giving full show to the argument, and he denied Senator Nye and other Commit" toemen were “defending Hitler."- Counsel for the industry said Senators Nye and Clark were arguing for an investigation but "have not presented an iota (SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") [evidence." He urged an end to "these mock, proceedings." "Inter- SEVEN OF CHILE'S LEADING | national News Service. BUSINESSMEN WERE ARREST- ED YESTERDAY IN A SUDDEN ROUND-UP OF NAZI SYMPA THISERS.

in Chile.

of

The detentions followed. a ser They include the president of ies of investigations by the Chi-, The "time for active defence to Bayer Chemicals, who is accused lean Supreme Court-Internatiop. now."

of being the chief of the Gestapo al News Service.

The Président continued: "We have sought no shooting war with Hitler and we do not seek it now but neither do we want peace fo much that we are willing to pay for it by permitting him to attack Lour naval and merchant shipg while they are on legitimate busi-

ness.

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THE NAZIS ACROSS THE UPPER DNIEPER GERMAN

AND HAS NEARED SMOLENSK AND GOMEL.

Personally commanded by Marshal Timo-

RAIDER IN PACIFIC

shenko, the drive is already credited with eliminating at least 80,000 Nazi troops and hundreds of tanks and other weapons, and has aroused hopes of possible break- PANAMA HAS SUNK THE through which might relieve the pressure on Leningrad and Odessa.

Luftwaffe efforts to humble| Russian-forces have been mobil- Leningrad were said in Moscow Ised backed by hundreds of Bri- to be a complete failure but tish and American Aghter planes. some raiders got through and

started several fires. ||||

“The” Russian counter-drive

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harrecaptured the town of The German radio claim to the Velikie Łukl, on the railway capture of Vyazma, important

A GERMAN RAIDER OPER ATINGLING THE PACIFIC ABOUT: 1,000 MILES, WEST OF

DUTCH MOTORSHIP. “KO- TANOPAN”, AND THREATEN- ED OTHER VESSELS, ACCORD. ING. TO NEW YORK SHIPPING SOURCES YESTERDAY ALL

The "Kotanopan" was reported to be carrying rubber, tin and palm oil for the. United States, Fate of the crew and passengers, if any, is unknown. Reuter.

describing Nazi "muccesses" on

leading to Latvia, with the junction 90 miles east of Smoland and in the air, including Garmane still in retreat.

lenske and only 140 miles west of "especially heavy" Stukaat. Moscow, after a week of very tacke on Leningrad. heavy fighting is not supported DN.B., however, admits heavy by any other Nazl source.

Soviet counter-attacks and also D.N.B., the officia). German admits that Leningrad is not news agency, has been lesuing completely encircled - Interna-

steady stream of "despatches, tional News Service,

In London, British quarters de clared that the two new German attacks on the Russian front may decide the Inte: of, Leningrùd as far north as Archangel..

Against these attacks heavy

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