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Alleged German ALLIED TROOPS NEAR British Raid

"Suggestions" GATES OF DAMASCUS: To Russia For PROGRESS ALONG COAST Bases & Supplies

By FREDERICK KUH

Special to the "Telegraph"

LONDON, June 19 (UP)-Responsible non-British diplo- mats have received information which cannot be confirmed else where stating that Germany presented "suggestions" or demands on Moscow including firstly, the lucrease of Soviet oll and wheat deliveries; secondly, permission to establish German naval bases, especially submarine shipbuilding yards at Soviet ports Including Libau, Riga and Tallinin because its own Baltic ship- yards are now too exposed to British raids; and, thirdly, asking for army and air bases in Bessarabia "as a guarantee that the first two conditions will be fulfilled,"

PETSAMO HARBOUR · BLOCKADE

By British Warships

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

STOCKHOLM, June 19 (UP). It is reported from Helsinki that British warships in the Arelic Ocean are now blockading the harbour at Petsamo.

A Swedish broadcast stated, "Travellers to. Finland from Russia report that the calling up of reservist classes in Russia hna been greatly intensified during the past few days, and that the Helsinki-Leningrad, railroad' is almost blocked by troop trans- ports."

Swedish papers report from Moscow that "10,000 Russian children are being evacuated to the country from the cities."

Even those sponsoring, this report expressed their view that wur between Germany and Russia will be avoided. They expected a new Soviet-Germani

CAIRO, June 19 (Router),—Allied troops are reported here to-day to be nearing the gates of Damascus.

Events are also developing favourably to the Allies on the coast where steady progross is being made towards Beirut.

While there is always a possibility that Vichy troops may make a stand halfway between Sidon and Beirut, it is hoped here that the Beirut-Damascus line will soon be in British hands. This will leave Tripoli, Homs and Aleppo as the chief towns still held by Vichy.

BREMEN

agreement in which Stalin AND BREST

make substantial concessions.

Meanwhile, reliable news reaching London from Norway states that the Germans are using all available ships for transporting troops along Nor- way's western coast to the vicinity of Kirkeneas. This is said to be part

of

the Increasing concentrallons of parallel with the reinforcement of the German forces in northern Norway Germans in Finland. One purpose is belleved to be a Murmansk and Archangel.

rust towards

BOMBED

Destructive Raids

By The R.A.F.

Combined forces of Australian Air Force and R.A.F. bombers attacked the positions which are holding up the British troops near Damascus.

At Beirut, shipping in the harbour was, bombed, j destroyer being narrowly missed.

Two Vichy aircraft were shot down! at Soucdio, about 60 miles south by cast of Damascus. ›

Coastal Sector

CAIRO, June - 10 ~ (Reuter),~~In Syrla progress has nguin been mada LONDON, June 19 (Reuter). by the Allfed forces in the coustal sector while further important -Strong forces of British positions have been captured just hombers last night attacked south of Damascus, states- to-day's ports in northwest Germany and British GHQ communique. the naval base at Brest, where have successfully recaptured Kuneitra "In the central sector, Allied troopa the battleships Scharnhorst and wille strung Vichy forces in Mer) cruiser are berthed.

CHURCHILL Gneisenau and a Hipper class Ayoum, have now been surrounded,

TO SPEAK

Despite variable and often cloudy weather, the British air-

ill announces.

Kuneitra Retaken CAIRO, June 10 (UP)-General

On Operations Incraft reached their objectives, Headquarters announced to-day that

Western Desert

the Air Ministry.

Heavy bombs were seen to burst across the docks at Brest and at Bremen large fires were started.

Strange. Weather

the Allies have ré-occupied Kuneltra. Communications

The

LONDON, June 19 (Reuler).- SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, June 19 (UP).—In

Normal communications have been entirely restored between Iraq and Finnish Precautions the House of Commons to-day,

Palestine via Trans-Jordan, says a BERLIN, June 10 (UP)The Mr Winston Churchill indicated

dispatch from Jerusalem to offeln news agency reports that Helsinki hus officially announced that within a short time on the "very by a haze and we could only just

that he may make a statement strange. The North Sea was hiddering from Basta vin Baghdad to One pilot said: "The weather was Independent French News Agency. Finland, in order to maintain her

running security like other neutral states, has important operations which have detect the German const. It Palestine.. Considerable quantilles introduced measures to strengthen been pursued with so much queer to see anti-aircraft shells burst her defences and has called up her vigour in the Middle East." ing above it as if coming. .from

reservists.

Authorised quarters flatly denied reports from abroad that a German.

Aerial Patrols CAIRO. June 10 (Reuter)

invasion of Soviet Russian had begun. Normal patrols were carried out by

Huge Credit

For Cost Of War

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

was

nowhere. Despite all this obscurity, there were occasional gaps through which we could check our approach to the river and docks at Bremen."

One of our bombers was attacked

the R.A.F. and South African air-four times by an enemy fighter which craft in the Western Desert yester-fell away, obviously in trouble. The British bomber returned home with-

day.

British bombers also raided land-out further interference. ing grounds at Derna and Gazalo

one. unidentified

aircraft being

destroyed on the ground at Gazala,

Printers Strike

the port of Basra during Raschid of goods which had been held up et

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U. S. Needs

All Her Petroleum

Ickes Calls Meeting WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuter).

On Norway

Hongkong recently saw the official film of the. British raid on Lofoten, and here is the Brst release of the official photographs of the same action. Here is seen a general view of the oll burning on the surface of the harbour after oll tanks had been fired at Stansund,

The Hess Sensation: British Government Remains Silent

LONDON, June 19 (Reuter).The complete and apparently directed silence in the press and elsewhere about Hess" was remarked on in the House of Commons to-day by the Labour member, Mr Samuel Silverman. Mr Silverman contended that if Lord Beaverbrook bad. taken a Spitfire and landed by parachute at Berchtesgaden, the Germans would have made much better use of the incident than we have made of the Hess sensation,

Axis Takes Action U.S. Consulates

Be Closed

He asked whether the incident was. being used to cause doubt

and mystification in the minds KENYA MURDER

of the German population or of

our own..

Mr. Silverman asked the direct

TRIAL

question: "Did Hess bring a peace Prison Kindness.

Toplan or not?"

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHIC

Worrying, Position

·

He also asked what Mr Churchill. NAIROBI, June 19 (Reuter). had told the United States Govern-Sir ment and what it was that the United evidence luated for 22 hours in Delves. Broughton's Slates Government was entitled to crtitled to know. know but this country Was no1

the trial in which he is charged with the murder of Lord. Erroll. Accused paid tribute to the kind- ness and consideration of prison officials and fellow prisoners, saying: Richard Stokes, said that the whole liness arid thought, both from prison have received more genuine kind- position was fraught with suppression oficials and prisoners, than In statements, and perhaps untruths.ever. received outside the jail." Mr Stokes alluded to the statement of Sir Archibald Sinclair on May 22 denied that he was

Replying to his Counsel, Broughton that the Duke of Hamilton did not even under prison conditions.

ever irritable recognise Hess and had never met

Battle of Sollum

CHUNGKING, June 10 (Inter- LONDON, June 19 (Reuter). The national)—With the object of end- threo-day battle at Sollum has made ing the two-month-old lock-out, the enormous demands on the fighting Commercial Press has resumed nego-

the forces, says

ofcial German lations with the strikers with regard news agency.

to compensation to some 600 workers. call to the United States's The temperature at noon

Another Labour Is not likely that the workers $12,000,000,000 oll industry to unite LONDON, June 19 (UP).—A White Paper foreshadows an-tanks had to endure an even higher in Shanghal will not resume produc

ged 130 degrees. The crews of will be reinstated, as the company with the Government in order that other blanket credit to Gavern- temperature."

"our efforts to defend democracy tion until after the war,

not be hampered by any break- ment by Parliament for £1,000,-

down in the

essential 000,000.

This "supplementary credit" is to be pastet by Parliament in the near future as the authorised war expen- diture for the year ending March 31, 1042. The original supplementary credit for the year. 1040-41 was also

£1,000,000,000.

It is recalled that the budget fore- shadowed votes of credits for the present war of £3,500,000,000

which this is the first instalment.

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Oil Concessions From

N.E.I. For Japan

Special to the "Telegraph"

LONDON, June 19 (UP)-It is reliably reported that the Netherlands East Indies has granted Japan an oil concession of nearly 700,000 acres in Borneo and has recognised the Mung- hallhat Peninsula as a sphere of interest in the Japanese- controlled East Borneo Company, granting the company an oil prospecting concession in the Sangkoelirang region,

Other Exports

The Netherlands East undles fà niso.

It is stated that the agreement involves considerable ex- tension to the existing Japanese concession in the same area.

Japan is also reported to have ore in 1941, although the Japonese Bought similar concessions in requested nearly three times that | the|_ Benggai block wells in amount.

northeastern New Guines, but the Dutch are reported to be, withholding such rights for con reported to have offered to export to Jopan during 1941, 15,000 metric sideration when the East fans of rubber, 150,000 Borneo company's prospecting, and 3,000 tons of tons of nickel and tin ore has advanced to a point justify- vegetable LOU, eastor seed and ing further extension of the back. The Dutch proposed

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concession.

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BERLIN, June 19 (UP).The official news agency announcey that the Germans are closing all American Consulates and also all American Express offices in Ger many and occupied territories before July 15.

Italy Follows Suit ROME, June 19. (UP)-It is Mr Harold Ickes, Secretary of Interlor, addressing · an

officially announced that Italy emergency representing two-thirds of the world's Consulates in Italy be closed by making, no imputation against the meeting of petroleum executives has asked that all United States

Mr Stokes cimphasised that he was

Mr Ickes afterwards told the press

July 16.

Duke of Hamilton and asked why that a ration card system for use in

German Note

the Duke should not know Hess. But castern United States. was "one of BERLIN: June 10 (UP)The making

be charged the Government will BANGKOK, June 10 (Reuter) the things under consideration," femeial news agency states that the

statements.

The Assembly has unanimously rigid restrictions on petroleum were German Government in its note_to

The stive fember, Mr ratified the Thai-Indo-China Penco made necessary by the expected all the American Charge d'Affaires, Mrment for allowing the Germans to be

Vyvlan Adams, binmed the Govern- Convention. shortage.

The Premler, thanking the "House, think that a single drop of all should officials and the American Express widely entertained among the be-stressed that Thailand would follow

attitude of American Consular

mad. That theory, he said, atti! mediation in the frontier confitet and be shipped to anywhere from the Atlantic seaboard,

Company had long given rise to wildered British public whereas Hess the time-honoured: policy of friend- serious objections,

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output.

Thai-Indo-China Peace Ratified

Mr.Icker declared that he did not /Alexander Kirk, declared that the net with the allegation that Hens was expressed appreciation for Japanese

Britain's Potition „Asked whether he included Brlioin, Mr Ickes replied that he meant that all cargoes would be examined by but he emphasised that Britain's the Government before shipment.. supply was coming direct from the producing areas and not from the eastern seaboard arca.

Malta Raiders Intercepted

CAIRO,

June 10- (Reutar).

Collier Sunk

Woman Alleged To Be

Off Spain Cause of Hess Flight

Special to the "Telegraph”

LISBON, June 18(Reuter)The British ship, Empire Warrior, from | Newcastle with coals for Portugal, was sunk by aeroplanes some dis tance from Villa Real de San An-

LONDON, June 19. (UP).~The Labour M.P., Mr S. & tonio, close to the Spanish border., Silverman suggested in the Ilouse of Commons to-day-that-the The crew of 25, of whom two fight of Rudolf Hess was connected with a certain woman, n were

saved by a long time resident of Germany, who returned to England after -It is understood that the Borneo

It is learned that during the un-Enemy aircraft approached Malta bombers of the

Por were destroyer

and flahing concession is granted regardless of successful NEJ-Japan negotiations, yesterday on two occasions, but

the start of the war under Government arrangement, G the breakdown of the NET-Japan the Dutch asked Japan to materially owing to Interception by British here state that their convoy was al

who Crew

arrived Meanwhile, Parliamentary de- entanglements involving a woman negotiations of Inst June. In the Increase her purchases of Jave aghters, creld did not materialise. tacked of Cape, St Vincent by amands for a Government state- had induced less to drive his wife

1- pressure...... for...; far- assure: Dutch nationals and compan“ down and two others were badly { responded to, by `n British seaplanu, incrensod."

Dutch realated sugar, coffee and ebony, and to Instead, one Italian fighter was shot submarine. The call, for help was ment regarding Hess have Berlin and put himmitant the mercy introng

roaching economía advantages; for tes in Japan the same trading damagedalicbage dep

of the Premier of Hifitain.it/A instance, the Dutch offered to sell, tocllifles enjoyed by Japart In the From all Middle East operations, which made off and was possibly

The latter attacked the submarine B

He assorted that the Government's Japan only 3,000 tons of manganese Dutch East Indies, 1920. four British aircraft are mining.

Mr Silverman stated that he had fallence had left unchallenged, the {gunk, 4.

heard evidence that certain domestic/German claims that Hess In Inne

and family Into Hitlor's hands ind