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ENCOURAGING STORY OF PROGRESS ROOSEVELT'S BROADCAST SUBJECT

OF BATTLE OF

OF ATLANTIC GIVEN BY WINSTON CHURCHILL IN COMMONS

An encouraging account of the progress of the Battle of the Atlantic was one of the main points made by the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, in a review of the war situation, upon the resumption of Parliament after the sum- mer recess yesterday.

The Prime Minister revealed that the sinking of British and Allied ships by the enemy in July and August did not amount to much more than one-third of the German and italian tonnage sunk by Allied aircraft and subniarines.

Since we last met," said Mr. Churchill, the Battle of the Atlantic has been going on unceasingly. In his attempt to blockade and starve out this Island by U-boat and air attack, and the very formidable combination of these two. the enemy coutin ually changes his tactics, says Reuter.

"DRIVEN FROM ONE BEAT, HE GOES TO ANOTHER. CHASED FROM HOME WATERS. DRIVEN FROM THE APPROACHES TO THIS ISLAND, HE PROCEEDS TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC.

Increasingly hampered by the United States pat rol in the North Atlantle, he displays his malice in the We follow hard upon his track and sometimes we anticipate his tactics, but it is not desirable to give him a ton precise or too early in timation of the success or failure of each of his various manoeuvres.

South;

POINTS FROM SPEECH

Points from Mr. Churchill's speech were:-

"Accordingly, ne statement

of losses has been published for July and August and the time has not yet come to give The pub-

Thirty or forty German planes nightly sow mines in the actual figures. British waters. This menace

was largely mastered by lic, however, have derived the ships using a strange variety of apparatus.

Thanks to the magnificent Russian resistance, the Germans in the last three months lost more blood than in any single year of the last war.

The Germans are now certain of having to maintain armies through the Russian winter from the Arctic to the Black Sea.

The need for Anglo-American help for Russia is argent though she has from 10 to 15 million soldiers, for nearly all of whom she has arms and equipment.

Large supplies are now on the way to Russla Big British sacrifices in our longed-for supplies must be made

fur Russia's benefit.

All Germans and Italians in Persia must be sur

rendered.

A year ago, our position looked forlorn and well-nigh desperate to all eyes, but our own.

HUGE ARC

OF MUCH DISCUSSION AND FORECAST: POINTS. PREDICTED

Policy Of Meeting Force With Force On The High Seas

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S FORTHCOMING BROADCAST IS THE SUBJECT OF MUCH DISCUSSION AND FORECAST, SAYS REUTER.

the

One forecast from Washington is that President Roosevelt will announce that henceforth the policy of the United States will be to meet force with force on high seas.

One well-informed quarter is described as thinking it was safe to predict that the President will make these three points:

(1) GERMANY AND THE WORLD MUST KNOW THAT THE UNITED STATES INTENDS TO KEEP OPEN ITS COMMUNICATIONS WITH ICELAND.

(2) The appearance of any hostile ship or plane în the sea between the United States and Iceland will be regarded as an effort to interfere with these communi- cations.

was

(3) AMERICAN NAVAL UNITS WILL BE ORDER- ED TO FIRE ON ANY HOSTILE SHIPS OR PLANES ENCOUNTERED.

American

Freighter Bombed

Sea on

The Tokyo Government

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. Reuter) In a broadcast 20 the DutchThe American freighter STEEL, The Allied front today

spokesman, Mr. Koh Ishii, people over the radio, a Colonial SEAFARER was sunk by an aero- runs in 3,11 extensive

non-committal when expert of the Netherlands Govern-plane bomb in the Red are from Spitzbergen to

asked at the usual Press con-May 10 last year, the day Ger-

ment in London revealed that on Sunday. impression that things have

Tobruk.

ference whether

The State gone much better in these

Germany many invaded Holland, the Jap-nounced

Department An- When France fell out of had asked Japan to invoke

that this information two months. I cannot deny the war we had 180.000 to the Tripartite Pact in con- anese Ministe at The Hague pre-

had been sent to Washingtʊm by the American Minister in Cairo. "The improvement in the of equipment

100,000 men who were starved nexion with the Greer in-sented a Note to the Dutch For- The Department said that the eign Minister, containing exor- nationality of the plane was un- two directions. Sea war manifests itself in

bitant demands which Holland known.

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The crew were all saved.

that this is so.

as

cident.

Now we have an air "I cannot say anything." was force almost

the reply of the spokesman who large "FIRSTLY, there is a very when the war began, and

also refused to comment on the great falling off in the sink-

Japanese American negotiations ings of

an army of over 3,000,000. British and Allied

beyond stating in his opinion the We have joined hands with relations between the two coun- shipping with a correspond-Russia to bar the progress of tries ng increase in tonnage of the enemy on the East.

were more Important than invaluable

the Greer affair. cargoes safely

The Today we may say that landed on our shores.

spokesman revealed that the Soviet-Japanese Trade Agree- are still masters of

ment Was not yet our faith-we

ratifled and are still

Japan would soon again have an captains of our souls.

Ainbassador in London.

"The estimates, which I made at the beginning of the ports for 1941, look as if they, year of the volume of our im-

we

Today we may still would not only be made good, 100 British

sayWe are master of our fate and captain of our but, exceeded.

souls."

Premier Tells Of

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Bombers With Raid Kassel

Of Meeting

Cheered

Roosevelt: Loudly

THE PRIME MINISTER, who was loudly cheered on rising to make his statement in the House

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.

of Commons yesterday, deal, at the outset, with his meeting with

"In July," he said, "I learned that the President of the United States would welcome a mee ing with me to survey the entire world position in relation to the settled and common Interests of our countries"

. After detailing those who ace mpanied him, the Prime Minister said:

be

"We were, therefore, in

He was, however, unable to

say whether Mr. Mamoru Shigemitsu, who was recently recalled from London for con- sultation, would return to his post in London,

Two Outstanding Points Of Allied Landing 750 Miles From North Pole

"As you know we have now taken action only 750 miles from the North Pole," said MAJOR ALLEN MURRAY when he broadcast from London last night,

He added that two things stood out in this fast bit of work on the part of Allied forces.

First, we had dealed the Ger- a valuable enemy base. The suc- mans all the coal and other miner-cess of the Alled action had forged The spokesman also dild not als of the group of islands at a stepping stone between North think the talks under way in Lon-SPITZBERGEN: second, don were similar to those in pro-bergen is only 800 miles north of

Spitz- America and Russia. Nearly 100 RAF. bombers at- gress in Washington.

Russia and may have been used as tacked KASSEL in Western Geri

many on Monday night, says Reu

ter.

Kassel is in the centre of ex- tensive locomotive workshops.

No British aircraft was lost in

the attack but two members of une RAF. crew lost their lives in an accident.

British Wireless says that in addition MUNSTER and other ab.

to made known certala jectives in Western Germany, as common principles in the national well as the docks

CHER- policy of our respective countries BOURG, were also bombed. on which they based their hopes! for a better future of the world.

No aircraft is missing from any of the operations, "No words are needed to em- aphasise the future promise held to

a position to discuss with the President and his technical advisors every question relevant to the war.

"Important conclusions жете croachments in the Far East to reached on four main topics.

"FIRSTLY the Eight-Point Declaration of the broad princi. ples and aims which guide and govern the actions of the British and the United States Govern- ments and their peoples in face of the many dangers with which they are beset in these times.

"SECONDLY, measures to be taken to help Russia to resist hideous onslaught which Hitler made upon her.

"THIRDLY, the policy to be pursued towards Japan in order, if possible, to stop further en

the

-On Other- Pages

Tage

2-A.R.P. Inquiry (also pages

5 and 10). 3-Successful manning oxer-

ulses; Weddings. 4-Leading article: Sir Mark

Youhg; Rotary timn 6-Radio programmes; Coming"

events; Crossword, 7-Practically whole strength

of Luftwaffe thrown against Russia; Successful torpedo attack; Feud between Ariny, Naal Party, -Hound the Policó Courts.

high com-

"I need only draw attention, for instance, to the phrase 'After the final destruction of the Nazi tyranny' to show the Cont'd Page 5, Col. 5

OVER COASTAL DISTRICTS An Air Ministry communique that only a very smal! number of enemy aircraft operat-

The country was ice-bound for

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Russians Recapture Yelnia: Eight

Divisions Smashed

German Divisions

Soviet troops have recaptured VELNIA, but this is of only secondary interést compared to the fact that eight German divisions have been smashed during the struggle around the town, says Reuter.

Yelnia, lying 50 miles south-east of Smolensk near the source of the River Desna, is not of special strategic importance in itself though the province in which it stands has considerably advanced from the industrial viewpoint during the past 20 years. Moreover, the region of before Odessa during the last 10 operations contains no days.

NEW YORK, Sept. 9 (Reuter)—

ing singly flew over the coastal special geographical features. The Soviet's first regiment of Germany has had the secret of the

districts of Britain on

likely to endanger the safety or interests of Britain

the United States, and thus by time- ly action, prevent a spread of the war to the Pacific Ocean.

"FOURTHLY there WPS large number of purely teclalesi the world by such a Joint De- states matters which were dealt with, claration. and close personal relationships were established between navul military and air mands of both countries. "I have hitherto Consistently deprecated 3 formulation of peace aims or war sims by His laget a time when the end of Majesty's Government

the war is not in sight, when the conflict sways to

and fro with alternating fortunes, and when conditions and associations at the end of the war are unforeseeable.

at this

DIFFERENT NATURE

"But a Joint Declaration by Brl- tain and the United States is an event of a totally different nature (Cheers) although the principles In the Declaration and most of its language bave long been famillar

а

charming wooded Black Sea marines is taking a Norden bomb-sight, since 1938, ac-

Monday It is

country on the south side of large part in the fighting.

A considerable amount of war few the Smolensk Plateau, and

between Yelnia and the Vlaz-material and more than 200 pri-

soners were captured. ma, les much rich dairy

| night.

Bombs were dropped at a widely separated points.

ENDLESS TOIL AGAINST farming land. ENEMY MINE MENACE

In the Leningrad area fighting 18 extremely heavy but it is cer- tain the Germans have not any

"WE DO NOT HEAR MUCH ABOUT THE MINE MENACE NOW" where like encircled it, writes remarked MR, CHURCHILL in the course of his statement in the Reuter's Special correspondent in Commons yesterday. "Yet, almost every night, 30 or 40 enemy aero-Moscow. planes are casting these destructive engines with all thoir Ingenious variations at the most likely spots to catch our shipping. attack is now waged continually by accoustle mine as well as mag- notte mine to many dangerous combinations. We do not hear much about all this now because by the resources of British science and organisation. It has been largely mastered.

They have approached fairly The close only from, the south-weat. The Russians would aban- don Leningrad only Ir the withdrawal of the Army from It were essential to the suc- Dessful continuation of the War.

Tooty-thousand men and 1,000 salvage service in every circum-

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cording to United States attorney. Harold Kennedy, who opened the prosecution of 18 alleged spies in the Federal Court yesterdus.

IRAN ACCEPTS DEMANDS BY BRITAIN, RUSSIA

The Iranian Premier has announced to a special session of the IRANIAN PARLIAMENT that the Government has accepted all the Anglo-Rusdan demands although the occupation of certain towns is still being questioned,

The terms include the closing of the German, Italian, Hungar tan and Russian legations and the handing over to the British, and Russian forces of German subjects, says Heater,

to the British and American Deships toll ceaselessly with many stances of storm and difficulty

The terms also include the with The Iranian Note accepting the mocracles, the fact is that it is a strange varföties of apparatus to has recovered over 1,000,000 tons of

drawal of Iranian troops south of Anglo-Russian terms was delivered united Declaration which set up the clear

the Une from point south of last night but it made slight re- milestone of monument which every morning of deadly deposita have been cast away.

the ports, and channels shipping which would otherwise Leningrad le preparing for a long Bemnan, cast of Teheran and troop withdrawals which are now There is every indication that Lake Urmia through Kaavin and tervations regarding the two lines of needs only the stroke of victory of the night. This service has

and arduous resistance and this Shahi, and east and north of a being discussed, Bogle "Although there has been a very is perfectly teastble.

Iine through Khanagin, Kerman-

to become a permanent part of been performed in all weathers and great improvement in our losses.

the history of human progress.

""The purpose of the Joint De claration is stated in a prentable

constantly under enemy attack,

at sos in July and August, it would

it done secretly and in allered, grave dangers which have thren

"We hear Ittle about it because

be very foolish to assume that the

toned us are onded."

"Bince the beginning of the war,

ROMANIAN LOSSES

It is learned authoritatively that shah, Khorramabad, Dinful, Mas under the Anglo-Rubian armatióe officers and men in the fighting Bandar Dilam

The Rumanians have lost 20.000 Jid, Sulaiman, Haft, Khol and terms, the Tran Army