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TITANIC BATTLE FOR SMOLENSK EXPECTED TO BE DECIDED WITHIN NEXT WEEK OR TWO

No Important Developments Reported On Other Fronts

LONDON, Aug. (Reuter) - The Battle of Smolensk is being indefinitely continue waged on such a titanie scale that it canno1

where

it

and a decision can be expected within the next week or two. This is the view taken in authoritative quarters here Is pointed out that to a great extent the future course of the war in Russia will depend on the outcome of the Smolensk struggle.

It is almost impossible for either side to stabilise the front over the Jast Static warfare such as was known in such a va-i area.

a front of hundreds of miles. It is war is scarcely feasible along Dog a question of whether the Germans can deplay sufficient new troops and armoured forces to smash the Russian resistance or whe ther the Russians can hang on and counter-attack with sach weight the Ger- that they will win the battie hy completely exhausting

mans

RUSSIANS ISOLATED

Tutuila Incident Is

Closed

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (Reuter) -Mr. Sumner Welles stated last night that the United States has accepted the offietal apologies of the Japanese Government regard- Ing the bombing of the gunboat Tutulla and the incident is re- garded as closed

NOT SUFFICIENT WASHINGTON. Aug. 1 (Reuter -Declaring that Japanese apolo- gies for the bombing of the United States river gunboat Tutulla were insufficient to close the incident, Mr. Sumber Welles told pressmen yesterday that the United States Government awaits a more cult~ plete reply to representations made here and Tukyo,

Mr. Welles said that immediatc- In othery upon being informed of the in-

cident on Wednesday morning, took representative of the Japanese Government called at the United

enemy in the Porkhov, Novorzber There are indications Timi Gier jand Zhllomic directions, mau Forces are operating Past directions and sectors of the front of Smolensk. It is quite possible, no important engagemen lä Therefore, that there are Russiaos, place. surrounded in this area though it

is

"During

were

a

the day of July 30,States Embassy in zuntu aba ex- This Was does not necessarily follow that enemy planes thrice attempted to pressed deep regrets. they are trapped. They may be raid Leningrad. All attempts to done before the representations. fighting bard sell contained break through to the town unile and the Russhil counter-at beaten off by A.A fire and by our

being Lacks now

launchies may fighterS.

These well be designed troups

After Mr. J. Grew, American had duly Ambassador to Tokyo, carried out his instructions--col- ciding with identical representa STUBBORN FIGHTING

tions made by Mr. Welles himself "Especially stubborn fghting de There a no evidence in London veloped in the Smolensk direction at Washington in conference with the Japanese Ambassador, Admiral counter-21- that any large scale preparations where our troops by

Govern- art being made on the Bulgarian tacks brew back the enemy to his Nomura, the Japanese

heavy losses ment made a further preliminary upon hiri We captured prisoners reply.

MILD SATISFACTION and trophies.

Turkish fronter

SOVIET COMMUNIQUE MOSCOW, Aug 1 Reuter?

The mid-day communique

"During Wednesday night

position

inflicting

slates "Our air fores, in co-operation our with land troops, dealt blows

units and troops continued Öghting the the enemy motorised

intantry.

ANGLO-FINNISH

RELATIONS

GENERAL

AT

CABINET MEETING

15

Cecil Madden with the BBC microphone visita Madame Tussaud's famous waxworks exhibition in London for the BBC's Short-wave programme "Radio Newsreel" and discusses the British Cabinet group with two soldiers, The models in the Group are: Left to right (seated) The Rt. Hon. A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty; The Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer; The Rt. Hon. C. R. Attlee, Lord Privy Seal; The Rt. Hen Anthony Eden. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; The Rt. Hon. A. Greenwood, Minister without Portfolio; The Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary of State for Air. Left to right (standing) The Rt. Hon. Herbert Morrison, Home Secretary and Minister of Home Security; The Rt. Hon. Viscount Simon, Lord Chancellor: The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, Prime Minister and Minister of Defence; The Rt. Hon. Sir John Anderson, Lord Pre- sident of the Council; The Rt. Hon. A. Duff Cooper. Minister of Information: The Rt. Hon. E. Bevin. Minister of Labour and National Service.

American Aid To Russia

Further Parlevs In

Japan's apologies for the bomb. Washington, Moscow

tning of the gunboat Tutulla during a ruid on Chungring have been received here with mild satisfac- "On July 30. 15 enemy planes tion. There is no lamediate in- were brought down in air combats dication that the incident is thus We lost eight planes.

al- "A fight of Soviet bumbers Lacked in the Baltic Sea two Ger- man patrol ships One bomb hil

closed.

DETAILS LACKING

1 (Reuter) TOKYO, Aug. Authorities here are believed

to

Reuter)..

GERMAN AGENTS IN IRAN

GOVERNMENT ISSUES A STATEMENT

TEHERAN, Aug. 1 (Reuter) Following reports that Nazi agents Govern- are active in Iran, the

LONDON Aug. Further discussion. regarding United States aid to the Soviet ment, gave ali assurance that t Union were held both in Washing- had taken the necessary steps to

maintain peace and order. ton and Moscow yesterday.

An authoritative statement cou- Reuter's Moscow correspondent onbles that Mr. Harry Hopkinsdemns alarmist rumours and says

that the authors

appear to be again saw M. Stalin yesterday

of ignorant conditions in Iran

the first ship and sank her and be doing their utmost to minimise evening after meeting M. Molow where law is strictly enforced on

Britain's Reply To the second sustained heavy dam-

"Aide Memoire"

LONDON. Aug. 1 (Reuter)--Bri-

age and escaped behind a smoke

screen.

"Nine Junkers 88 and three Mes-

tain's reply to the Finnish alde serschmitts were destroyed on an

enemy aerodrome

memoire intimating the suspen- slon of the Finnish Legation's ac-enemy's rear."

tivities in London was handed to the Finnish Minister, M. Grippen-,

deep In the

APPEAL TO PEOPLE

A stirring appeal to the people terri- berg. yesterday afternoon by sir in German-occupied Soviet

the Germans Alexander Cadogan. Permanent tory to exterminate

to a Under-Secretary at the British has been made, according

the dispatch to

Soviet official news agency from the front.

Foreign Office.

the possible repercussions to the Tutulla incident to which the official American attitude to not

clear.

Details are lacking at present.

Jap. Troop Withdrawals

In the afternoon.

Mr. Hopkins was "entertained to all persons without distinction.

Moreover, since the world crisis, lunch by the British Ambassador

Sir Stafford Cripps. The Ameri-the Government is determined to

can Ambassador Mr. Laurence Steinhardt was present,

his

safeguard the nation's neutrality and has redoubled its vigilance.

The statement continues: "No- body can disobey the regulations.

In Washington, Soviet Ambassa- dor. M. Oumansky General Coll kov, head of the Soviet Purchas- The acts of business, conduct and ing Mission, and Colonel Repin, way of life of all foreigners are assistant, visited President known to the Government, thus Roosevelt at the White House to making it impossible for them to over-step lawful boundaries and discuss American aid to Russia

indulge In forbidden activities. TANKERS WANTER

We know their number and their WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (Reuter) names. It is in fact possible to CHUNGKING, Aug. 1 (Reuter-Russia has asked America for say that the figures that have ap

From China

Respecting Finland's assumption

The message reads: "Marshal that Britain shared Finland's view

of According to reports reaching the transfer of two United States peared in this connexion are great- that it was hardly possible to Budenny, Commander-in-Chief

and M. here, Japan originally planned to tankers, newspapermen were toldly exaggerated." maintain normal relations. the the south-western front,

400,000 troops from by Mr. Harold Ickes, Secretary of British reply recalls intimating as Khrouchtchov, Secretary of the Cen-withdraw late as July 22 that it had been tral Committee of the Communist Chins for operations in the South the Interior, yesterday. decided to maintain such relations Party of the Ukraine, have made Seas and in Manchuria. notwithstanding

being the following appeal to the popu- Finland

was

Japan is probably withdrawing

AVIATION SPIRIT WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (Reuter) Friority rating for the manu

NAZI LEADERS ALARMED

Funds Transferred To Switzerland

LONDON, Aug. 1

engaged with Germany in hostillation of German-occupied Soviet 100,000 troops at present and there are signs of withdrawals from ties against Russia and German territory. troups operating from Finnish

used for shipping aviation spirit "We address ourselves to those Central China although definite facture of 10,000 steel drums to be

cannot be obtained at who are able to handle arms; join figures soll.

Russia have been recommended BLOCKADE

guerilla detachments, create new present, said a Chinese spokesman and other petroleum products to The action recently taken lines, annihilate the hateful Ger- yesterday afternoon.

Withdrawals from North China DF the Defence Petroleum Co- ordination Board to the Office of against Finnish trade with trans-man troops, exterminate the Fas-

Production Management.

Reuter)Nazi oceanic countries

the re- cists like mad dogs. Deral their have already begun,

communications, The spokesman said that these

Mr. Ralph Davies, deputy Petro-leaders, alazined at recent anti- sult of those facts which created trains, interrupt

Co-ordinator, told news-Nazi steps in South America, in- circumstances rendering clearly blow up dumps so that no single withdrawals, combined with the occupation of Indo- the Japanese impossible to allow goods to pass gramme of grain is left to through the blockade to

reach enemy. Move as much as you need China, have resulted in little ac papermen that the recommenda- chiding the expulsion of the Ger- the Amtorg transferring their funds to Swit territory which must be considered for the near future and destroy tivity on the Sino-Japanese fronts ton had followed conferences with man Minister to Bolivia, have been

of outskie

the aerial bombings of representatives of

Trading (Sorlet

Corporation)zerland, sccording to a well- the rest. Destroy plantations largely under German control.

which had received from the informed source, says the Indepen Since the action was not aimed industrial crops, beetroot, the Chungking,

MINISTER'S WARNING at hand. against Finland, Britain did not hour of our victory is

TOKYO, Aug. 1 (Reuter)-Head-State Department export licences dent French Agency. consider that

According to this source, a large need

Дght render Make every effort to

quarters revealed that Japanese covering considerable volumes

petroleum products

number of high Nazi Party mem- are continuing to go to troopa

Mr. Davies added that arrange- bers, including Dr. Robert Ley, Indo-China as the Finance Minis-

10

normal diplomatic inter-course enemy and exterminate him." impossible.

It the Finnish Legation with- draws from London, it will follow-

that Britain will be compelled to withdraw her legation from Hél- sinki.

R.A.F. BOMB SEAPLANE BASE

IN SARDINIA

the

leum

Mr. Menziester, Mr. Masatune Ogura warned ments were kewise being made the Nazi Labour Front leader and

Pep Talk

JAPANESE STEAMER

ATTACHED

CAPETOWN, Aug. 1 (Reuter)-

POLISH MINISTERS

RESIGN

for a tanxer service front the director of the "Volkischer Beo- nation that failure of the

their China affair will meat disaster to western coast to Russia as it may bachter, have withdrawn

be required..

funds from South American banks Japan.

during the past few days and have put them in Swiss banks,

One bank in Zurich is stated al- Political Intrigue

ready to have received deposits to LONDON, Aug. 1 (Reuter)The German accounts amounting to Condemned

The attachment on the Japanese resignation of the Foreign Minis many millions of Swiss francs and MELBOURNE Aug 1 (Reuter) steamer Manila Maru has been ter, M. Zalesky. "and two other the total is still increasing.

It is added that Bwiss circles belleve that Switzerland was The war task is not ending; it transferred to its sister-ship Bel-Polish Ministers was reported in CAIRO, Ang. 1 (Reuter-The is only beginning," declared Prims gtum Maru, which arrived frui Pelish circles here last night

It is not yet certain whether chosen in preference to other neu- actral countrica because the German Italian aerodrome and seaplane Minister Mr. R. G. Menzles yester-Durban, but a supplementary writ

of attachment granted on July 29 the resignations have been base at Elmas, Sardinia, in the day. Central Mediterranean

of a second group of cepted by Cen, Bikorski who is ac- leaders think that Sweden may Was at- This year, he said, would decide on behalf

merchants still applies to the tively endeavouring to find a solu- be threatened by Russia should the tacked for the first time by R.AF. whether we lose or win.

tion to the altuation which has Red Army prove victorious in the machines on Wednesday.

"I am delighted at the Russians' Manila Maru.

present campaign The position thus is that botnarisen. Considerable destruction among efforts, but it is our war. We must

the Japanese ships are now at- The identity of the other two enemy aircraft was caused, reports win it," he added an R.A.F. Middle East communi- He condemned poutcai mtrigue, tached though no objections Ministers is not known and it 16 WIDER POWERS FOR que. Five bombers and seaplanes industrial irresponsibility and secllkely to bo taken by the second very possible that they will be wore burned out and a number of tional selfishness and also attack-applicants against the transfer of prevalled upon to change their

It to understood that an WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (Reuters others were heavily damaged. ed the disgruntled ambitions of the writ to the Belgium Maruminda.

powers for President R.A planes sprayed the in-critics and appealed. to the people which la the ship in which they official Polsh statement on the Wider

situation may be made shortly. Roosevelt worengreed to by the that Aus- are directly interested.. torlors of the hangars with their to demonstrate clearly

House of Representatives Military guns, riddling many planes with tralis does not stand for a shaor

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (Reuter); RANGOON, Aug. 1 (Reuter)Committtee yesterday, bullets

travesty of war auch as shown by

Adding two amendments to the Japan has susponded merchan-The Burma Government. hay để- The crew of a heavy gun which 100,000 workers who conducted went into nation were machine-one-day strike because two Com-dise trade with the Republic of creed the freezing of Chinese - previous version approved by the runned, all apparently being ill-munist wreckers and self-confessed Panama since the United States sets. An explanatory communique Senate, the Committee by 14 votes ships using says that the order was issued at to tour approved legislation au- ed, while a Macchle fighter which saboteuru of Australia's war effort stopped

the Panama Canal "because of the request of the National Chitharising the President to seize attempted Interception was driven were interned

Mr. Menates concluded: "Our repairs," according to the Com-nese Government and adds that military and naval equipment

The President to also authorized Out at aen an RAF formation Boldlers on the tattle-fronts get merce Department which says that the Reserve Bank has been em- put two engines of a four-engined almost paupers' wazes I wonder the action is significant as this is powered to exchids bersons and to requisition supplies and muni- transport plane out of action and how they feek about Australian the first time that Japan has ever arms resident in Free China and tons or machine tools and mate they last saw it plunging into the workers who strike for higher suspended exports to any Latin niso private accounts of Ohiriese riais necessary for making “kuen

realdents in Burma.

...suppiles and munitions, WREDE."

American country.

off.

A

Japanese

PRES. ROOSEVELT

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1941.

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