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WAS POOR SHOOTING OF SUBMARINE GERMANS HAVE NOT SURROUNDED

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AT GREER DELIBERATE?: INCIDENT LENINGRAD: NOWHERE NEAR S.E.

CREATED TO TEST OPINION IN U.S.

“Germany Can No Longer Bear To See The Growing Stream Of American War Supplies Crossing Over To Britain's Aid”

MANCHESTER GUARDIAN

THE SUGGESTION THAT THE GREER INCIDENT MAY HAVE BEEN CREATED BY THE GERMANS 10 TEST AMERICAN OPINION IS MADE BY THE NEWS- CHRONICLE.

President Roosevelt said that it was beyond his power to explain why the sub- marine's aim had been so poor." declares the paper, adding "But is there not one pro bable explanation--that the poor shooting was deliberate? DID HITLER DECIDE THAT THE TIME HAS COME TO TEST AMERICAN OPINION AND WAS THE U-BOAT COM- MANDER GIVEN ORDERS TO SHOOT WIDE?

I would be a typical manoeuvre. If the surmise is correct, Hitler seems to have got the answer he wanted, The American public appears comparatively undisturbed by The news that a foreign submarine has fired a succession of torpedoes at one of its war- ships."

The MANCHESTER GUARDIAN (according to Reuter) says: "Germany might ar- gue that it would pay her to bring the United States into the war provided, and on no other condition, she could trust Japan to come in also.

R.A.F. Night Fighters Busy From Holland Down To Brittany

R.A.F. night Öghters were active over enemy air bases on Sunday night Amurrican-built Faroes attacking aerodromes from HOLLAND in the cast down to BRITTANY in the South-west. states the Air Ministry News Service. according to Reuter.

Then she would say the Americans will have their hands so full in the Pacific that they will not be able to spare much time for the At- lantic.

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HEAVIEST WAR ON BERLIN

RAID OF

APPROACHES: PRESSURE

FROM WEST

THE GERMANS HAVE NOT SURROUNDED LENINGRAD, says Reuter. There is no evidence they have got astride the main Moscow-Leningrad railway at any single point but apart from this ine, there is another important railway 30 ules to the east, running south towards Rybinsk. There is also the Vologda railway

aning northwards.

"Heaven

It will thus be seen that to isolate Leningrad the Germans would have to get very close to the city on all sides.

Present indications are that they are nowhere near the south-eastern approaches. still less the Eastero ap- proaches. and without this British aircraft on Sunday night talk of isolation is nonsense.

heaviest *ttack en

male German pressure is BERLIN stace the War began, coming from the West and South states Reuter Bulletin.

west where there is only a narrow Hundreds of heavy bombers few forest belt along the Gulf of Fin over the German capital, the first land. arrivals reaching the city before

Inade

| midnight

Tons of bunbs

were dropped cousing big explosions. A large Are was seen in the centre of thei city while other large blazes were seen in other parts of Berlin. in cluding the main railway station LIKE A MAP When the bombers reached the city, states the Air Ministry News Service, the lakes round the west were shining in the moonlight and by familiar landmarks, our crews found the way to the cen- tre.

"We could see the place like a map" a fight sergeant said, "and soon there were many fires with one in particular blazing large and fierce in the heart of the city as

further guide to bombers."

Berlin's defences were ready for the attack and our knew what io expect, says British Wireless.

crews

The

This narrow belt soon gives way to the treeless bleak plateau that strelches towards Narva,

Help Germans If They Ever Enter City Of Leningrad”

"The herole defence of the elvilian population

of LENINGRAD

is deserving of the highest praise and if the Germans ever get into the elty, heaven help them," sald MAJOR ALLEN MURRAY when he broadcast a commentary from London last night.

Apart, however, from some good roads. the Plateau is very on- suitable for inass troop movements Murray. as a large part is composed of peat along the Estonian coast, had not dustries for the past four months bogs and

The northern end Is made much headway but now the and would continue to do an with guarded by the Pulkova heights. threat to Leningrad from the west steadily increasing might. be a difficult country.

After rainfalls, this will certainly was increasing. The Germans had But, he warned, the German made more progress towards the Air Force would come back at south-west of the city. The German Air Force is trying

Britain this winter atid would hard to dislocate communications To the Germans time was very continue to do so just as long as and destruy the Russian morale by valuable to them with winter in the war goes on. terror raids on the outlying vii-sight and it had already showed

American aircraft lages but such methods are most is sinister signs of rain and mud production must reach heights unlikely to affect the spirit of

BRITISH AIRCRAFT

undreamt of and we must make Leningrad's defenders.

such an unholy mess of Germany

Maj. Murray has just returned from a short holiday. Up to a week ago saja Mathis respect. We had been ham- the German advanceering Germany and her war in-

ANNIHILATION DESCRIBED

THAT GER-[-BOAT CAPTURED "unique. CAN NO LONGER BY BOMBER

A Havoc crew which went to Balland saw a raider in the act of INTERFERE WITH IT AND aged it and forced it to the sur-gether with 300 men.

taking off its base.

FIRE IN TANG

The pilot was able to drop snail bombs and incendiaries right in front of the German plane as it taxled along the runway

DAMN THE QUENCES."

CONSE-face.

a me-

British and

A Rome report stated that Bri-that she would find the game was tish aircraft were in action for not worth the candle.

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Three Junks Pirated

Chiu

midnight and 2 a.m. on Sept. 4 and seized more than 5,000 bags

all.

T4927H

The annihilation of a German the defence of Leningrad. battalion with the loss of 1,200 men may or may not be true. I was killed and the seizure of the Staff quite possible that it was und it headquarters by a Soviet Cossack was very much to be hoped that unit in the rear of the enemy was it was true. "OR THE POSITION MAY

:described in yesterday's supple- Leningrad, he added, was in

ment to the Soviet mid-day com- SIMPLY BE

serious danger but the Russian defence, under the personal direc-Chi. in Chinese territory, attack-

Pirates operating from MANY

During the Cossack raid on the tion of Marshal Voroshllcv. had BEAR TO SEE THE GROW-

nemy they came across

hit back with counter-attacks Hot from Cheung Chan between ed three junks bound for Kwong ING STREAM OF AMERICAN.

A German U-boat has been cap-

chanised column, which they at- the extent that the German High WAR SUPPLIES CROSSING tured by a British aircraft. tarked. They seized a radio station, Command boast that the fall of A Hudson bomber says Reuter and captured a vast quantity of the city was near at hand had to TO OUR AID, AND THAT Bulletin) on patrol recently at- equipment. During the encounter be turned to the guarded forecast of salt. valued at about $14,000 in SHE MEANS IN FUTURE TO tacked a German submarine, dam

a German general was killed to that it capture may prove long

drawn out.

Reports of the robberles were inade to the Police yesterday by . In a second raid. the Cossacks

ASPECTS IN IKAN At the time, a heavy gale was routed the whole battalion and

Yeung Hel, 28, leung Hung-king. Maj. Murray said that just after 32, and Lee Fat-kin, steersmen of The YORKSHIRE

blowing and British warships in seized POST says

the German Staff head-he went on holiday, a that if the

the vicinity. which came to the quarters Greer incident stirs

In this raid 1,200 enemy event took place and that was the T4172H.

very big Hongkong-registered Junks Nos. Americans to a tresh assessmenttil the weather moderated when

scene, convoyed the submarine an- were killed and 500 taken pri-joint

and T4951H The explosions threw the Ger

of what this war, wherever it may

Anglo-Soviet entry into respectively. man machine into the air and then

There was nothing new to The attacks, they reported, took was set it on fre

Other incendiaries

CAPTURE CLAIM

be said about that today but he place at points south of Chiu Chi, caused to residents of Tang Lung started a blaze on one side of the Street. between Hennessy

Retter Bulletin reports that the would like to point to two im-about two miles off the coast. In Road aerodrome and Russell Street. Wanchal, about

The paper adds: "Whether we

Russians claim to have captured portant aspects which had arisen. each case the junk was made to the German

Firstly, we had 8

U-boat 73 in the

now filled up saff to Chiu Chi where the cargo p.m. yesterday when

ourselves should appeal frankly for

Batite.

the last remaining were

gap in the was unloaded and the fokis order- seen coming out

far greater effort from the An all-Polish crew started an Amertean people is a question now windows on the second floor of No. other big

The Soviet communique yester-barrier from the west of Africa to ed to sail away leaving their mas Alre (I) an Important much in debate.

day stated that fighting continued

Singapore;

ters and 52, followed immediately by con- aerodrome In Brittany.

It seems best to On an leave this task to Mr. Roosevelt. tinuous blasts of police whistles.

"They should realise that the daring Sunday night along the en-

Secondly, we had opened up a hostages. other French aerodrome, bumbs

sstans, as well

Dew line TOTAL WAR EFFORT

tire front. as the British, The excitement lasted some ten started seven bright fires which

of supply Russia Held by the pirates are To Sing- are fighting in their defence and

through Iran from "If he cannot effect a conver- minutes when the Inmates of the

the head of wo, Leung Tak and Yeung Hel- the Persian Gulf which was much wal junk masters. and Kung fat very sensibly threw into the

slon of his countrymen to total war that the American way of life is Two Havocs went to an aero-effort, none can.

in peril quaily among the marshes

quicker and safer What is required street the bedding which was set drome near Abbeville.

than we had Pat, L Wo and Ah Ng, cargo- The first to is not so much that the Americans

| round Leningrad

before. and alight through a

un the kerosene lamo arrive started several fires which should prepare at once for a shoot-

teppes of the Ukraine. falling on it.

were still burning when the seconding war as that they should ap-

"If they realise that, they British crew came u to attack, and preclate

hardly can fail to realise that and accept 2 tactical dropped more bombs on the aero-transformation to their peacetime

this hour of Russia's need is social habits, which must come

an hour which calls for su- about if their industrial aid pro-

preme measures of labour and gramme is to be totally effective.

sacrifice from all free men."

LUNG STREET

Considerable

excitement

Bames

of this

On the arrival of the appliane the fire had already been extin- guished by the occupants.

ALL-POLISH CREW

were visible for 25 miles.

dronie.

Further Representations To

Iranian Government

Further representations to the IRANIAN GOVERNMENT were made by the BRITISH and SOVIET nopresentatives in TEHERAN ne the week-end. I learn, on the subject of Nazis and other arth columnists who are still in Iran, writes Reuter's Diplomatie correspondent.

It is not apparent whether the, of other Powers now under German representations were verbal or were control, would be left unsettled. in the form of a formal written diplomatic note, but it may be

EXPULSION OF AXIS taken as certain that they were learned authoritatively in London LONDON, Sept. 8 (BWA)--It is extremely firm in tone.

that following the verbal repre- There is no diaposition whatso-sentations by the British and ever in either British or Soviet Ruman representatives to the quarters to tolerate any provarica- Iranian Government m Teheran, tlon or delay in dealing with this a Note- dolafled version of the mattor.

representations-was gent during the week-end.

As stated officially in London last week, there were no valid

The terms of the Note cover the grounds fet apprehension" that the expulsion or Internment of Axis qucation of the future. both of nationala and those associated Gorman representatives and those with Axis activities in Iran.

boat.

be fought means for their own the crew were taken oft the U- future freedom and sreurity. It will

gend.

"And it is not an isolated and, possibly accidental, attack on an American destroyer. which should count foremost in

-On Other- Pages

Page

2 A.R.P. inquiry (also Pages 5

and 10).

3 Information

011 freezing orders: Weddings,

4 Leading article: America- Japan Conversations; Gov- ernor-Designate to broad-

cast.

0 Radio programmes: Coming events; Crossword: Cinema notes.

9 Olalim for return of 10,200. 10 Colony Bwimming Cham- plonshipa entries; Round the. Polico Courts,

The craft was then taken in tow-

epening their necessity.

eyes to that

soners.

Iran.

to

watchers.

cargo-watchers

CAR STOLEN

as

KING'S SYMPATHY

SITUATION IN AIR LONDON, Sept. 8 (Reuter)-HIS

Comparisons. Majesty the King has sent a mes-

he concluded, were odious but he would like to sage of sympathy to President

A Hillman No. 10 Saloon car was Roosevelt on the death of the Pre-Britain now was much better than zine Gap Road, between 1.16 and say that the air situation over stolen from outside No. 7, Maga- sident's mother.

8).

(Death of Mrs. Roosevelt, Page turned the tables on Germany in model, blue-coloured a year ago and we had definitely 4.45 p.m. yesterday.

Traffic Along The Min The Min River Is Restored

Trofin along the MIN RIVER has been restored after the com- pletion of the Chinese occupation of the Foochow area, according to information reaching Chungking. The first steamer left Foo chew on Saturday for points up the river, says Reuter.

The Foochow food crisis hus also been relieved with the ar- rival of rice sent by the Chinese authorities

ese

1,200 CASUALTIES Chinese claim that the Japan-

have lost 1,200 killed

and wounded and the Japanese co- The price of rice has gone down lumns are at present retreating in from $1,000 (during the time of the direction of Wukang. Japanese occupation) to $150. per plcul.

In the northern Hupeh pro- vince. a Chinese detachment In Northern Oheklang, after a claimed to have attacked the Jap fortnight of fighting, the Japan- anese positions to the north of cte columns which launched at Sulhfen, tacks from Changbeln to Wuliain Minor engagements are reported have boon repulsed by the Chi-from the Kwangtung front in the nese, recording to Chinese reports vicinity of Sinhul; Ramshal and reaching heroj

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Today's

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Today's News Summary

"DID HITLER DECIDE THAT THE TIME has come to test Anie- rican opinion and was the U-boat commander given orders to shoot. wide?" asks the NEWS-CHRONICLE in commenting on the attack on the United States destroyer Greer. The paper suggests that the in- cident may have been created by the Germans to test American opinion and that the poor shooting was deliberate.

IN CLEAR MOONLIGHT ON SUNDAY NIGHT, R.A.F. bombers carried out the heaviest attack on Berlin since the beginning of the war. Hundreds of bombers were over the German capital and many btg explosions were scen and, large, fires left burning in the contre of the city.

BRITISH AND SOVIET REPRESENTATIONS have been made to the Iranian Government for the expulsion or internment of Axla na- tionale and those associated with Axls activities in Iran.

LENINGRAD, SECOND CITY OF SOVIET RUSSIA, is not sur rounded. Latest reports of fighting on the Eastern front toll of the annihilation of a German battalion by a Cossack Unit.

CABLE NEWS ON PAGES BEVEN AND EIGHT deal with the Leningrad Battle; Bir Frederick Eguidaton; Austrellan Manpowert R.A.. night attack on Rhineland: Nazi home propaganda; Death of President Roosevelt's mother; Nazi trade export in Istanbul: Balance sheet of a war