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IMPLIED THREAT TO ALLIES IN NEW RUSSO-GERMAN AGREEMENT

Soviet to Supply Nazis with War Materials and Oil

THE TEXT OF THE NEW RUSSO-GERMAN AGREE-

IN LONDON. MENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED

ALL INTEREST NOW CENTRES ON HOW FAR THE AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE PROGRESS OF THE

WAR.

IT IMPLIES PARTIAL NULLIFICATION OF THE BLOCKADE

OF GERMANY, WITH THE PROMISED SUPPLY OF RUSSIAN RAW

· MATERIALS FOR GERMAN MANUFACTURES. ANNE THE A Preement is now being considéred by the British Cabinet.

Mr. Chamberlain has had an audience with His Majesty the King. NO NEW FACTORS

It is believed in London, says "Reuter's" Diplomatic Correspon dent, that no new factors exist to-day which were not considered by the British and French Governments before the outbreak of war.

"It seems fair to stress that the situation has not altered in any respect or degree since the day when Britain made up her mind to honour her pledges to Poland," the Correspondent writes.

-FOURT-POINT-PACT-

According to a Berlin message, quoting Herr von Ribbentrop. the following points have been agreed upon between the two Totalitarian Powers.

1. Russo-German friendship has been finally established;

2. The two nations will allow no further interference in eastern European questions:

3. Both desire that peace should be re-established, and that Great Britain and France should give up “a futile and hopeless struggle" against Germany;

4. Should the "warmongers of the two countries prevail", Germany and the U.S.S.R. will know how to meet the situation.

"REUTER'S" COMMENT

PERTURBED CAPITALS

Nazi-Red Neighbours Fear Aggression

LONDON, Sept. 29 (Reuler).

Commenting on these points, "Reuter's" Diplomatic Correspondent writes:

FREEDOM REGAINED BY PRESS IN LONDON

LONDON, Sept. 29 (Reuter)-The complete reorganisa tion of the Ministry of Information, and the establishment of 7 now systom whereby direct communication between the press and government departments will be re-established, is to be announced by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons on Moday.

It is understlied that the necessary consorship news will be confined to such smaller organisation than the present Ministry of Information.

This organisation will be on the lines of the press bureau established in the last war.

In broad tormis, the effect of the roorganisation should be that the newspapers will again be free to obtain their own Information, and a wide discretion will remain with them whether or not it should be submitted to the consorship.

BRITISH PLANES RAID NAZI FLEET

LONDON, Sept. 29 (Reuter).--It is officially announced that R.A.F. units to-day carried out attacks on ships of the German fleet in the Heli- goland Bight.

Despite formidable anti-aircraft fire, the attacks were pressed home at a low alti- tude.

Some of our aircraft have not yet returned.

According to the Gorman new“ agency from Berlin, six British warplanes attacked units of the

New Advance along Moselle Sector report

50 SAAR TOWNS FALL TO FRENCH

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" PARIS, Sept. 29 (UP).-—It is officially announced that the French forces have advanced approximately a mile along a five mile front in the Moselle sector, adjacent to

Perl.

The report adds that the British attack was without result, and on the fight back, the British planes were atacked by German chasCTS.

There was a short air battle, and, it is claimed, Ave British planes fell into the sea.

German Claims

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

TURKEY & ALLIES

Mutual Aid Pact Agreed Upon?

ISTANBUL, Sept. 29 (Reu! ter)The texts of the mutual assistance and economic agree- ments between Turkey, Britain

BERLIN, Sept. 29 (F) and France have been finally officially announced that German agreed upon, according to persis pursuit plenes brought down are tent rumours in diplomatic cir- British bombing planes in the North cles in Ankara. Sea after the British planes had unsuccessfully attacked German war- ships near Heligoland.

Paris Raid Alarm PARIS, Sept. 29 (Reuter).The air raid sirens were sounded at 11.30

Fifty German villages have been captured so far.a.m. to-day and the all-clear given

The French 'forces are also half an hour later. progressing in the vicinity of three weeks.

with minimum

∙12 U-BOAT -VICTIMS

Saarbruecken

The reported signature to the agreements took place im- mediately after the return of Mr. Sarajoglu, the Turkish Foreign Minister from Moscow.

Responsible clrefes in Ankara Ini-

sist that the new Soviet-Turkish pact does not impair Turkey's pledges to This was the first alarm for over Britain and France, and that Turkey's Everyone walked calmly to sheltersgreements, with Russia, Britain and

France

all ahn at maintaining the Subsequently it was announced status quo in the Balkons and the The immediate objective in that the cause of the alarm was a Block Sea, and of reassuring the

German reconnaissance plane, which security of the Mediterranean. the-Saar-sector-is-to-command was flying very high- both banks of the river.

loases,

Great Achievement The French artillery batteries are

By Allies' Navies

PARIS, Sept. 29 (Reuter)

placed so advantageously that the Germans have been compelled to order the evacuation of all the mining regions.

Admiralty Report

LONDON, Sept. 20 (Reuter)The Adreiralty have issued yet another statement concerning Tuesday's Ger- man raid on the Scottish coast.

The Admiralty can only repeat that no British warship has been hit in an uir petion.

Big Explosion Rocks Hankow

It is reiterated that no Brilsh war- French reconnaissance planes, fly-

The Germans originally claimed to reported big concentrations of Ger- Senate naval commission stated man troops behind the front.

have bombed the aircraft-corrier Ark M. De La Tour: chairman of the ing deep into German territory, have ship was damaged in the raid.

Several French planes were Royal, and now they are saying that to-day the British and French navies had sunk 12 German damaged by fragments of anti-aircraft they bombed another aircraft-carrier, submarines in less than a month.theils but all returned safely to theut the Glorious.

This rate

than the bases, the official report said. WOB Arculer speed at which Germany could re-

Prisonors Taken pince the U-boats losses,

PARIS, Sep, 20 (Reuter)-Details The Royal Navy had sunk ten U-of the French attack east of Moselle boats and the French navy two.

last night are given by M. Charles Morice in the "Petit Parlsten." Norwegian Ships Sunk

He says that the attack was launch- LONDON, Sept. 29 (Reuter).-Twoed from a line beginning at the river Norwegian steamers bound for Enz-and passing between it and the villago land were sunk in the North Sea to-of Deft day. *

Armoured elements of the attacking One was sunk by a German sub-formation reached positions over a "They seem to show that Nazi-Soviet collaboration is marie and the other struck a mine. front of more, than five and a halfj

Both crews were saved.

imiles between the Moselio and BorĽ not so whole-hearted as it seemed at first glance.

Another Norwegian steamer

was; villages.

At some points the French unsuccessfully attacked.

vanced 2,000 yards, und now halda Swedish Shipping At Standstill line passing south of Borg.

A number of prisoners were taken. STOCKHOLM, Sept. 29 (Reuter). According to the "Excelsior" the -Almost all Swedish slupping first weeks of the war have cost fewer throughout the world is reported to lives than the local operations in the be at a standstill owing to the sub-last war. marine menuce.

"Three aspects are very important.

"First, the new agreement does not provide for -Northern capitals have been automatic assistance for Germany if the war continues, greatly perturbed by the new but merely for consultations. Soviet-German agreement and the forced surrender of Esthonin to Russia.

is

now

“Secondly, at almost the moment of signing the pact, Russia entered a form of military alliance with Opinions are hold in Scan- Estonia, directed exclusively against Germany, dinavia that Russia

"Thirdly, Russia has renounced a large part of the firmly established as the chief

Baltic where booty offered in the preliminary partition of Poland-an power in tho German. influence will lessen. | area inhabited by 3,000,000 Poles-in order to retain the

However, comment in most neutral ethnical frontier of White Russia and the Ukraine.”

countries is carefully reserved.

thuania, Hungary and Rumania NO OIL FOR BRITAIN

nre the countries most interested in

the latest developments.

The German frontier with Lithu-

ania has been greatly extended,

Another "Reuter" report, quoting Berlin sources, Hungary, through the former Czech states that Soviet Russia is to stop oil supplies to Great

province of Ruthenia, is now in direct Britain and her possessions. contact with Russia...

tination.

effective.

KOLT

LATEST

Secret Military Alliance

PARIS, Sept. 29, (UP).—French Officials have announced the posses- ston of docamente purporting to con- Arm the existence of a Nazl-Boviet military alliance.

The Senate Foreign Relations' Commitee has issued a communique saying that Benator Henri Berenguer docu- has submitted sensational monta," confirming A Nazi-Boviet millary alliance.

Loaded Bomber Crash people of France says: "After the

Responsible?

An official radio message to the

signature of the Soviet - German treaty, we will be offered peace on condition that we renounce our trea- HANKOW, Sept. 29 (Router). iles, oustoms and everything French ad-Three terrific explosions rock- and give the aggressore time to digest

ed Hankow this evening.

Following the first explosion, which occurred ut 0.30 p.m., a fire broke out at the Hankow nerodrome.

their prey..

"The acceptando of such peaca would be tantamount to complicity and would be a moral weakness.”

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VOLUNTEERS CANNOT RESIGN FROM CORPS

A second explosion occurred soon afterwards, and a third nt 11 p.m.

The flames soon subsided, though It is considered that the Swedish Nazi Counter-Attack

mall explosions continued.. trade delegation to London will press PARIS. Sept. 29 (Reuter)A

Detalls cannot yet be obtained, but German counter-attack

the it is believed that a loaded bomber for a more effective convey system.

The sinking of the Swedish vessel Luxemburg frontier and on tho crashed when taking off. Nyland by a subinarine off the Nor-Thine in an effort, to regain positions wegian cost is described on inexplic taken by the French on Thursday able, as she is a neutral ship which night, has been beaten back. left a neutral port for a neutmi des- On the Moselle, front the French captured a wood east of Moselle, not Newspapers declare, the naval war much resistance being encountered, has apparently shifted to Scandina- The attark followed a heavy arul- vlan waters. This is possibly con- tery barrage and many prisoners firmation of Britain's claim that the were talena -- anti-submarine measures, are

& Applies To All Conditions most French artillery and machine gua

ONLY with the sanction of the

Section 5 of the Volunteer Ordin» fire brake up an enemy attempt to The Nyland's captain sald that relake

a small hill commanding Governor can members of the

quit the corps, an complying with while he was aboard the submarine Saarbruecken, says "Petit Parisien Hongkong Volunteer Defence ance of 1033 permits volunteers to he was convinced she was receiving Wintry conditions are now begin- Even if the report is correct, it will cause no concern fatfinformation from land.

ning to prevail on the front. The Corps quit the corps during a certain formalities, accept when on Other men connected with shipping Trench and British troops are living state of war, even if they have actualisillitary service, false taken over the entire Soviet-Hung to the Allies, as the Empire's total imports of Soviet oil declare that the my system operating in scattered bitpunts, as a precaution not been called out for actual Under a section of the Compulsory

Rumanla has a buffer between her in 1938 was less than 22 per cent. of all imports.s widespread and efficient. It is against alr, attack.

the of the Hongkang Defence Reserve The men are taking lite good-hum- military service, according to an Service Ordinance of 1939, member

ordinance published In

may quit only with the previous solf and Germany but the buffer is

According to the Fascist it is an assurance that the war is foreigners, hitherto of economical fouredly, Soviet territory.

Artillery Fira

"Gazetto" to-day, which amends sanction of the Governor. habits, are now patronising the more 1 Press, Germany has decided not going on.

The object of the new bill to PARIS, Sept. 29 (Router)This the Volunteer Ordinance of 1989. expensive restaiīrams, No Military Allianco

The Antwerp correspondent of the evening's communique Issued by the Hitherto necessity of securing the require similar permission in the case. "Soir slates 5,300 tons of iron or Frenchs authorities stated that enemy Governor's permission to leave the of volunteers who may desire to quit Notwithstanding the velled threat consigned for the Liege Steelworks artillery was firing in the region east Corps has not applled during a state the corps during the war, if not called in the Russo-German agreement to went down aboard the Nyland, of the Saar, notably south of Zwol-

of war betwem ifis Majesty and any out for actual military service. states

Providon is also made for the the trucken and Primaseni. correspondent "consult on necessary measures," The most observers in London are of the sinking has created considerable There was activity on both sides foreign country."EVENTN

The amendment proposed intro-granting to such volunteers of leave

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A report from Budapest says that

hy noon yesterday Soviet troops hod

arian frontier.

Lithuania's Fato

KAUNAS, Sept. 29 (Reuter)) Far-reaching: developments are ex- rected from the German-Soviet and Soviet-Estonia, pacts.

to start an offensive on the Western Front, but will attempt

to defeat the British blockade by

Lithuania will now have a much air attacks. longer common frontler with Ger

This may be construed ad a man and certain political quarters threat to the Allios but at least

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noticeable in Stockholm that certain

observation