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No, 16307

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號一十月七英港香

FRIDAY: JULY 11, 1941.

日七十月六

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Russians STREET

Want New

War Front TALLINN Created REDS

Request To Britain

BY FREDERICK KUH

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

Is reliably reported that news

second active front against Ger-

for

GUARANTEED

EUSED

CARS

FIGHTING IN Raid Damage To Foreign

REPORTED:

REDS HOLD THE LINE

Special to the "Telegraph"

STOCKHOLM, JULY 10 (UP).—THE “AFTONBLADET" TO-DAY LONDON, July 10 (UP) REPORTED A NEWS BROADCAST From koenigsberg which IN- from Moscow states that the aldDICATED THAT STREET FIGHTING was going ON IN TALLINN Russia desires from Britaio, (ESTONIA), HOWEVER, THE "ALLEHANDA”, REPORTED THAT THE above all, is the creation of a

ESTONIAN. RADIO STATION AT tueri ANNOUNCED THIS MORN-

·ING THAT "ALL PREPARATIONS HAD BEEN MADE FOR THE DE- FENCE OF TALLINN AGAINST THE GERMAN TROOPS APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH." THIS IS SUBSTANTIATED BY THE OFFICIAL MOSCOW COMMUNIQUE, WHICH DECLARES THAT THE SOVIET the British Ambassador, Sir ADMINISTRATION IS IN FULL CONTROL AT TALLINN. Stafford Cripps last Tuesday and Through other channels.

many.

It seems likely that Stalin has conveyed this news to Britain in no ambiguous terms, possibly during his conversations with

It is known that the Russians want technical and econumlo assistance,, even weapons and munitions, but appears that the Soviets now count- der the establishment of a new front, other than in the air, as the crucial test of the British determination and sincerity in, alding Russia.

Luftwaffe Diverted

16 VICHY

WARSHIPS

SURRENDER

According to authoritative Russian Allies Prepare To

eslimates, Hitler has now concen- .trated 80 per cent of the total Luftwaffe against Russin. German plots captured by the Russians Include many who are fresh from Africa, Sietly, Greece, Crete, France. Belgium and elsewhere.

Occupy Beirut

SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH"

CAIRO, July 10 (UP)---Ac- cording to Radio Jerusalem, the

RUSSIAN COMMUNIQUE

MOSCOW, July 10 (UP).-To-day's communique indicated that the Red Army is holding the front firmly and fairly stable in all directions along the almost straight line from Ostrov towards Bohraisk, north of the Pripet marshes. Here follows a gap southward to the Novograd-Volynsk sector where there is another! gap in the belt. The German thrusts are still being countér-attacked on the three main lines-Ostrov, Borisov and Novograd-Volynsk.

While it is admitted that the Ger- Allied forces are preparing to HAVOC BY

mans have broken through many outlying Russian defence positions, it occupy Beirut, since General

is affrined in the best authoritative Deniz has failed to reply to the circleH

that they have nowhere ultimatum to evacuate the city. plerced the mäln Stalin Line.

although the Bghting, especially enst The Anatolia News Agency

R. A. F.

of Minsk, is now going on along the reports that the Vichy fleet of 16 Italian And Vichy

lines of the perimeter.

It would be wrong to assume that the Itussions who have remained in German pockets in several districts ild ба intentionally, emulating General Wavell's strategy at Tobruk. They were cornered, but instead of retreating or surrendering, they stay- ed and fought the Germans from the rear, repeatedly cutting them off from the main army.

It is reliably stated that even the German mechanised units have so far-failed-to-break-through-on-the Ukrainian front.

Maintaining Contact Wherever the Soviet troops have been caught in pockets, the main Russian army is maintaining contact with them by planes, radio and tanks, possibly because no soild front exists and the Russian tantes are sometimes TURN to Back Page, Column 3

13 Enemy Fighters Destroyed

vessels, based at Beirut, has. surrendered to Turkey and the warships are now anchored at Alexandretta.

Leaflets Dropped VICHY, July 10 (Reuter)-British planes dropped leaflets to-day on Beirut demanding that it be declared by British forces, an open town and that it be occupied

Planes Destroyed

CAIRO, July 10 (Reuter).- R.A.F. aircraft attacked Italian float-planes, probably Cant- 2506's, on the water at Syracuse, Sicily, yesterday, according to to-day's R.A.F. Middle Enst communique.

Three float-planes were burnt The demand was in the form of on out and severni others were ultimatum, necording to the offcial Vichy news agency. It had nothing badly damaged. numerous cessation of hostilities, for which, the the crews. to do with the negotiations for the casualties being caused among United States Consulate is acting as ur. intermediary.

Syria

Admiral Darian, who has returned In Syria yesterday, R.A.F. aircraft to Vichy from the occupied zone, con-attacked Vichy aircraft on the ferred with Marshal Petain this round at Aleppo, destroying two morning about Syria and his tales and damaging about ten others.

Aircraft of the Royal Austrailan Air Force yesterday attacked und damaged armoured cars near Beirut and in the Damour area.

in Paris:

He also conferred about Syria with the Vichy Minister of Defence. General Charles Huntziger.

No Reply

JERUSALEM, July 10 (Reuter)---- There was still no reply this evening from General Dentz to General

R.A.F. bombers blew up ammunt- tion stocks at Beirut and bombed the railway station at Rayak.

Cirenaica

Most competent foreign milit fary observers denied the exag-

gerated German claims of the CHUNGKING

losses in Soviet planes. They nsserted this the Red air fleet is very active in supporting the Red Army.

The communiqué did not seem to cunfirm the German claims of the seizure of Ostrov.

News from the Finnish sector is not available. .

German Losses

AIR RAID Scattered Bombs

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

CHUNGKING, July 10 (UP). -Most of the bombs which fell in the neighbourhood of the NEW YORK, July 10 (UP)--

British Ambassador's residence Moscow Radio, quoting the Soviet were apparently concentrated Army newspaper "Red Army," as-along the Chialing river bank serted that in one battle on July 2 west of Chungking, and a half the Germans lost approximately 7,000 mile or so from the residence. killed and wounded, while in another TURN to Back Page, Column 4 learned that the south bank of the Yangtze was also bombed, but it was well up the river in the "safety. zone" where the Embassies and foreign property is located. The raid was apparently widely scattered, a few bombs being strewn here and there, with some falling in the centre of the city, as well as in the West Gale area.

Churchill Listens To

Criticism

No Division On War Productions Debate

Int Cirenaica yesterday, R.A.F. LONDON, July 10 (Reuter), Sir Henry Maitland Wilson's broad-bombers attacked enemy aerodromes cast, urging him to evacuate Beirut. at Martuba and Gazala, starting dresIn the continued debate on

Imperial troops. who are now in both places.

production in the House of pressing forward after their victory During the night of July 8-9, Commons to-day, Lieut-Col J.!

amount of opposition In

In front of Beirut attacks on Benghazi, the Vichy air force is bombing

Chungking. Alarms

CHUNGKING, July 10 (UP).-- The air raid alarm was sounded at noon to-day and the first batch of Japanese planes appeared at 1.20 pim. They bombed the western hill- top near the British Ambassador's residence, The second batch ap- peared at 1.30 p.m., and bombed the Western Gate area of the city. Anti- aircraft gunfire was heavy. The all clear was given at 3.20 p.m.

Property in Chungking

These two pictures ilustrate the extent of the damage caused to British Embassy property in Chungking when it was hit by bombs in a recent Japanese raid. Top picture shows the remains of the substantial brick residence of Sir Arthur Blackburn, Counsellor and First Secretary of the British Embassy. Sir Arthur was seriously injured. Be- law is the rear of the main Embassy building near which a bonub exploded.

Believes U.S.-Nazi War

Likely Within Few Weeks

Special to the "Telegraph"

WASHINGTON, July 9 (UP).-Representative Frank C.

LONDON, July 10 (Reuter). at Damour, are meeting with a fair heavy bombers cazzi, causing large Moore-Brabazon, Minister for U. S. Base In Osmers, jr., told the House of Representatives to-day that he

fires on the quays near the Cathedral Aircraft Production, refused to accept the allegation that there Middle Enst.

-Thirteen German fighter and planes were destroyed during to-

positions taken at Damour. day's offensive operations over Evidently, General Dentz intends enemy occupied territory, to ignore General Wilson's appeal as announced the British A be did at Damascus. Ministry.

Beirut is now covered with a thick: pall of black smoke from a ship hit

harbour by the R.A.F.

One British fighter, previously re-in ported missing, has returned and the pilot of another has been rescued..

The British losses, therefore, ore

Prisonera Taken

Male.

от

Attacks were also made the landing grounds at Derna, Martube and Gazala.

Malta Unidentified enemy aircraft which raided Malta during the night

were not enough planes in the Ireland

The Minister painted a picture of¦ Senator Taft's Revelation Lord Beaverbrook's dynamic energy when accelerating plane production,

Onco

WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reu.

nine fighters, the pilot of one being TURN to Back Pago, Column 5 the result of the foregoing opero at the same time was ordering his Northern

safe.

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Blitz

Raids on Enemy China Nearer To Antipodes Shipping and Aachen

Special to the "Telegraph"

his hair in his office."

Self-Delivery

would not be surprised if the American occupation of Iceland resulted in an armed conflict between the United States and Germany "within the next few weeks.”

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He said that he understood President Roosevelt's order to keep the sens open between the of once went to interview him," said ter).-"I hear weeks ago on United States and Iceland menus of July 8-0 were intercepted by Col Moore-Brabazon, "and found him British Aghters, and one raider was

interviewing four people at

reliable authority that the that the Navy will shoot German A. military, spokesman at General | shot down into the sea,

quite coherently. He had a telephone United States was constructing warships if they interfere. One British alreraft is missing on in one hand talking to America and a naval air base for Britain in Wilson's headquarters here disclosed

Representative Clare' Hoffman to- tions. •

hair-dresser to come round and cut Taft told the Senate to-day, dum on the despatching of American Ireland," Senator day proposed a resolution in the House asking for a national referen- adding that since he had made expeditionary

.to forces

foreign the first draft of his speech to shores. He hoped that ultimately every the Senate to-day, Mr Wendell single machine from the United Willkie had, after calling upon the

Wants War Immediately States would deliver itself by air. President, announced his opinion that. NEW YORK, July 10 (Reuter)

Col Moore-Brabazon declared that the United States should establish New York Post" editorial calls on New Zealand Speech was easy to rald London from milltary bases in Northern Ireland the United Staten to declare war im-

France. It was more difficult to and Scotland."

A man was drowned at the Laichi- mediately against Germany, WELLINGTON, July 16 (Reuter), rald Berlin from London, but it would

kok bathing beach yesterday, after- Although the Chinese and New not be many months before raids of Ireland would relieve, perhaps, the war alrendy... we are in the of Shanghai Street, who, according to Mr Taft added that "the occupation "The United States In fact is in noon. He was Tam Wal-chung, 28, LONDON, July 10 (UP)-The Air Ministry announced

Zealanders are not engaged in, theke ose on London would be child's half a million British troops for sarwar because we sland fatefully in to-day that early this afternoon Blenheim bombers destroyed

same, theatre of war, I feel certain play compared with the raids that vice elsewhere, and put half a million the path of

a report made by the Y.M.C.A. bath- war-maker bent on 20,000 tons of shipping at Cherbourg and Le Havre, where the

that they are nearer each other than we would be able to make on Berlin. American boys into the British Isles. world conquest, to whom our very

ing pavilion authorities, was swim- ever before in thought, ideals and

The debate concluded without n A base in Ireland would be much existence in freedom is a taunt.

ming about 25 feet from the shore quaya, dockside bulldings and gan emplacements were also spirit," declared the Chinese Consul-division being challenged.

more effective in protecting shipping "Our fortunes as a nation depend, was sent out to the rescue and the when he got into dimculties. A boat bombed.

It lies in a district rich in mineral General, Mr Waing Feng, at a

than a base in Iceland.

and we see now they depended from man dragged ashore, but he had Heavy Attack on Aachen wealth, has many industries, and is Kathering of Chi

Chinese cltizens in

"Every argument that has been the start, on the outcome of this already succumbed, Wellington to-day LONDON, July 10 (Router). an important railway town.

used for the occupation of Iceland war. Mr Winston Churchill listened to applies to Ireland, England and "At the beginning of the fifth year parts of the debate, which combined Portugal."" Aircraft of the Bomber Com- before but not very often and certain deep gratitude to New Zealand-forlanimous expressions of belief that It has been attacked by the RF of the Sino-Japanese war, I express many detalled criticisms with un-

"We have no chole to-day 20- tween war and peace. We cannot mand did great damage at ly never on such scale us last right the moral support given to China in production would be fully organised.

Act of War

choose immunity for ourselves from Auchen last night, states the As the attackers, undeterred by the last four years," he added.

Senator Taft contended that the the common desolation. Our alter- Air Ministry.

incessant artillery or patrolling He assured New Zealanders of his chill would note the chief trends of Was an act "equivalers to aggressive There is no lionesty in asking the

Members assumed that Mr Chur-landing of American forces in Iceland native is delaying; nothing more.

"This is our war. Wo must night. This town on the frontier between Bighters, passed through the defences, great sympathy with their struggle criticism and Belgium and Germary, better known the town was brightly lit frst by the and said that they must envisage the will follow.

that further action war and was one which the Presi as. Aix In Chapelle, was cleared for moon and then by drifting faros, and day when the British and Chinese that the Ilouse was allowed to be authority of Congress,

It was in that bellef dent had no right to take without the British to give their lives while we

only supply the tools." modern Industry and development by lust by strent fires.

"If the President can send troops "circle out as a tidal wave to the America's entry into tire war would a huge confiagration In 1835 which destroyed 90 per pont, of ita buildings, TURN to Back Page, Column 4 order

and a new international estimates on which the debate had

taken place.

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Premier Attenda

The attack was all over in about would lead the way in a world de- adjourned without challenging the to Iceland on this ground, he can lends of the earth," anys the "Now

mocracy

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