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50 DESTROYERS FOR AIR BASES

PACT SIGNED BY U.S.-BRITAIN

NEW BASTIONS OF DEFENCE IN THE ATLANTIC

By J. EDELSTEIN

OF

"United Press" Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, SEPT. 3 (UP)—PRESI. DENT ROOSEVELT, ASSUMING UNPRECE- DENTED PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, TO. DAY THREW A MIGHTY SEGMENT UNITED STATES NAVAL POWER INTO BRITAIN'S BALANCE IN RETURN FOR NEW BASTIONS OF DEFENCE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.

He advised Congress that the United States was giving Great Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for naval and air bases at New Antigua and British Guiana.

ON 99 YEARS LEASE

The leases will be for 99 years, while the boundaries and necessary defences will be determined by common agreement. For this purpose Britain is naming experts immediately.

It was revealed by the State Department to-day that Mr Winston Churchill has pledged that Britain will never surrender or scuttly the British fleet in the event of the British Isles being conquered.

POSSESSION IN FEW DAYS

It is officially declared that the agreement to exchange 50 destroyers for naval and Bir bases will not require Congressional ratification nor approval by Parliament,

Mr. Cordell Bull declared that Britain would take possession of the warships within the next few days.

CALAIS BOMBED

Terrific Assault By The R.A.F.

By EDWARD BEATTIE

UNITED PRESS STAFF CORRESPONDENT

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mutant action for Whe reinforce si

BORDER CLASH

nunt of our netthetant defence site; Rumanians Fight

the barusana purchase

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this is not inconsistent in any setise with our status of peuer.”

Hungarians

SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH CLUJ, Sept. 3 (UP).—A High Rumanian authority to-day sluted that 80 Rumanian soldiers Why Action Was Taken and peasants and 190 Hungarlan Thus the United States has declar- | soldiers were killed in a terrifie ed to the whole world that she has fight between the villages of not changed her neutral statis, but Negrest and Certeze last night in ¡recognising what President Roosevejt

***the Satul Mare district, south of n "Krave danger" to hemispheric security.

United the Ruthenlan-Soviet border.

AT A SOUTHEAST COAST TOWN, Sept. 3 erined

The

(UP)--For over half an States has taken action to reinforce: High Rumunian oftelals at Cluj hour this afternoon the the outposts of the hemispherte de-regard the fight as on Isolated in- heaviest gunfire

fence by establishing bases along the eklent and have not changed their I have vast Atlantie and Caribbean frontiers conviction that Rumanian resistaner heard at Dover rolled across stretching from Newfoundland to is continuing to abate.

the English Channel from Jamaica and Antigua,

Bermuda, Trinidad. St Luela, A local resident said that Hungar-

the French shore.

ian troops entered Transylvania in the extreme north above Sighet, but

The exchange of notes between had not yet reached Sighet proper. It was punctuated by heavier Britain and the United States con- explosions, apparently from tained no Indications as

Berlin Anxiety to exactly bombs, in another surprise rald what bases would specifically be LONDON. Sept ร (Reuler) by the Royal Air Force on Ger- built, nor where, but they made Great unxiety is being expressed in British Berin over the refusal of the people Transylvania ceded

available virtually All

man gun positions and troop possessions in the western hemisphere of that section of concentrations.

for altes as semi-hemispheric defence to Hungary to accept the Axis award.

The explosions began around Caluis autposts. and gradually spread until they must have covered 20 miles of the coast.

The detonations died away 10 or 18 times, but sprang up agala os the bombers apparently returned to their objectives.

Coincidental with the first anfilver- sary of England's decturation of war, Doyer had its quietest day for a long time.

Japanese

Decision

Thrents are being circulated from Germany that if there are any more

The Bermuda and Newfoundland demonstrations against the German bases are fairly certain to have minority there, the. Reich will send priority, which, with the base at troops to protect them.

Trinidad would be converted into {

first line aviation centres,

The two former were offered to the United States "freely and generously without compensation, while Trinidad

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Indo-China Reported

According to a report received in Hongkong the Japanese have now informed the French that they will land their troops for passage across Indo-China on September 6.

It is stated that the Governor'cuss and declared that they will General of Indo-China referred the move their troops on the above date. This report follows the Reuter des-

Japanese ultimatum demanding the patch from Salgon yesterday stating passage of troops to the Vichy Gove that an official communique fasued on ernment. The Vichy Government's reply was evasive and Vice-Admiral Sunday says that Japan had present- Decoux asked the Japanese, for an

ed an ultimatum. extension of the time for considera-

The Japanese however, replied that there was nothing further to dis-

·

Latest Developments SHANGHAI Sept. 4 (UP). Belated authoritative dispatches Just TURN to Page 2, Column Six

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This striking picture of the frut Nazi air attack on Dover Imrbour shows one of the German bombs exploding in the water only a few yards from one of the ablpa at anchor. A total of 17 out of the AD enemy raiders were destroyed by the I.A.F. and anti-aircraft batteries during the raid.

NASTY REBUFF FOR NAZI PLANES

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Sept. 3 (UP)- During to-day's raids, forma- tions of German bombers, es- corted by herdes of fighting planes, made the most de- termined and extensive attempts to pierce the British defences.

In each case they encountered withering anti-aircraft barrages and solid blocks of British flight- ing planes.

The raiders could do nothing but turn back, six of their number being brought down.

It is estimated that at least 200 Nazi bombing and fighting planes parti- cipated in the attnet.

At half past three to-day it was officially announced that 23 German planes had been destroyed, and that 15 British machines were missing, although eight of the pilots are safe. 50 On Monday

A "Reuter" message says that it is known that a further eight enemy' planes were shot down by A.A. fire, making the total for Monday up to 50.

According to "Dome!" it is officially declared in London that in the first year of the war the Germans lost 1,948 planes, including 1,752 shot down by our fighters and another 196 brought down by anti-aircraft guns.

Dramatic Pictures of Nazi Raid on Dover Nearly half of the 1,904 were shot

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Another dramalle picture at the Dover rald taken rstwa bombs fell simultaneously elme to British wking In the harbour. They sent us hure column of smoke and water as is vividly revealed in the photograph. In the top nart of the photograph can be discerned anti-aircraft shells bursting around the Nazi raiders.

down during August,

During the year BL.A.F. pilots have flown 17,000,000 miles, which is equivalent to 700 times the circum- navigation of the equator.

··· More Defence. Successes

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ATTACK ON KING CAROL

Special to the "Telegraph"

NEW YORK, Sept. 3 | (Domei). — Three assassing made an unsuccessful attack on King Carol of Rumania when they broke through the heavily guarded Palace and fired seven shots to- wards the brightly lighted" windows, says. "Associated Press reports from Bucharest.

It is further reported that one would-be assassin was killed and the others arrest- led.

Premier's Appeal Another report from Bucharest says that the Premier, M. Ion Gigurtu has issued a proclamation ..to these Rumanians who are protesting against the Vienna decision, appealing to them to maintain. peace and order and to have con- fidence in the Government.

The Premier declared: We Rumanians cannot possibly jeopardise, the existence of the State for a gesture which might cause Rumaniq's breakdown. Thanks to the guaran- tees given us, we can now begin with the reconstruction" of Rumania,”

Iron Guard Coup Fails.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHU BUCHAREST, Sept. 3 (UP)-A attempted coup by the Iron Guard filled to-night);

It is reliably stated that the shots fired were to be the afgnal ast on

a coup throughout the nat

"They were not

Carol