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四拜禮 號七十月七英湾香 THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1941.

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WAR CABINET THOUGHT May Succeed Great Battles On

LIKELY TO SUCCEED PRINCE KONOYE REGIME

Japan Said To Have

Special to the “Telegraph"

TOKYO, JULY 17 (UP).—The vernacular PRESS INDICATES THAT THE NEW JAPANESE CABINET WILL PROBABLY CONSIST PREDOMINANTLY OF ARMY AND NAVY MEN, COMPRISING A STRONG CENTRALISED WAR CABINET. ONLY SPECULATIONS ARE SO FAR AVAILABLE AS TO PERSONNEL. THE RESIGNATION OF THE

CENTRALISATION OF THE GOVERNMENT IN STRONGER HANDS AND CLIMAXED THE POLITICAL CRISIS PRECIPITATED BY THE SOVIET-GERman war.

Demands On KONOYE GOVERNMENT FOLLOWED PRESS DEMANDS FOR GREATER

Indo-China Prepared

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”

Coincidentally with the resignation of the Cabinet, the vernacular press predicted that the Soviet-German war would reach a "precipitous stage" early in Septem- LONDON, July 17 (UP). ber. They demanded that Japan "do something,” The diplomatic correspondent of the "Times" states that accord emphasising the necessity for a solution of the "China ing to private sources from affair" and the promotion of a southward movement. France, the Japanese demands The Thai ambassafor, Phya Salsena, conferred with Foreign regarding Indo-China have al- Office officials yesterday afternoon and the French Ambassador, ready been prepared and will be M. Arsene Henry, has postponed his departure to his summer laid before the Vichy Cabinet

residence. during the next few days.

The correspondent adds: "Japan will make it quite clear that she intends to have bases in southern Indo-China with, or without Vichy's consent.

Simultaneously the diplomatie cor- respondent of the Press Association declares that the resignations of the Japanese Cabinel are "Indications that Germany, la increasing her pres-

sure on Japan for her to take some

Colonel

Irwin

Promoted

Matsuoka Ill

Matsuoka

Mr Shigemitsu

Axis Hand Behind Japanese Crisis

Special to the "Telegraph"

SHANGHAI, July 17 (UP).-Authoritative Tokyo reports that the Cabinet resignation resulted from the combined pressure of German officials and pro-Axis Mr Matsuoka, who has been Japanese but so far there is no evidence that a completely ill for a week, did not attend the pro-Axis Cabinet will be installed. Cabinet meeting. However, he submitted his resignation. Generals Minemi, Nishio and Itagaki are mentioned among possible successors to Premier Konoye, while Mr Shigemitsu is # possible súccessor to Mr

nction to implement her adherence Former G. S. 0.1 Here Matsuoka,

to the Axis pact and the new Gov-! ernment to be appointed will more readily throw ff its lot with Hitler konst whose increasing difficulties are not apparently fully appreciated by the aggressive military party in Japan.

Dentz Leaves For France

To Report On Armistice

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

Premier

Konoye tendered the News has been received in Hong-Cabinet's resignation to the Emperor of the elevation to Major in the presence of Marquis Kidó and General of Colonel 'N. M. S. Irwin, Count Matsudaira, popular G.S.0.1. of the China Com-

The resignation of the Government mand for over a year from 1937 to followed the earlier resignation of 11039.

The announcement was greeted in London papers as hailing the ad- in mechanisation, vance of experts two other officers also being promot fed at the same time,

Major

General Irwin at the age of

an authority

Clash Of

Radicals &

Moderates

Some Tokyo reports say that

Eastern Front Continue: Soviet Forces Hold Firm

Special to the "Telegraph"

MOSCOW, July 17 (UP)--To-day's Russian communique admitted for the first time the German drive toward Smolensk, southeast of Vitebsk on the Dnieper,

Equally fierce hostilities are proceeding in the Bobruisk sector in White Russin where the Soviets two days ago Inunch- ed a counter-offensive and recaptured Zhlobin and Rogachev,

In the direction of Novgorod, Volynsk in the Central Ukraine, the Soviet forces still appear to be holding firmly.

Meanwhite, large scale operations continued all day on July 10 in the aren of Pskov. The Reil air forec undertook muss air raids, destroyed enemy talorised units, bomtred air banc, and raided Plocsti and Suline,

U. S. AIR BASES IN

THE P. I.

and transporta and elf barges at Construction Work

Tulcer and 1sukehoa.

Retreating from Rogachev, a Ger- man tank battalion was surrounded and annihilated.

Aviators Surrender

Well Advanced

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON. July 16 Ben

The Soviet communique continues: (UP), - Rear-Admiral "Our scouts found in the rear of the Morcell, Chief of the Bureau of Herodrome. When our troops np. enemy a small camouflaged German Yards and Docks of the U.S.

preached it, eight Fascist plants tried Navy, to-day told the Naval but owing to engine Committee of the House of Re- they

Wilhelm Meir fold our tinn of naval air bases in the aground. presentatives that the construc

to take off trouble

remained

Mr Shigemitsu, Ambassador to wonders, that the technical per: Philippines will not conflict with

Britain now on his way home to report, may become Foreign Minister. Such a move would indicate that the Japanese are still uncertain of their future policy.

Cabinet Counciller Fusanosuke Ku- Possible Turns In United States feet and will divert

hora, who stated that his resignation was due to his former association with pliteal party leadership and his belief that leaders in the present crisis should be "pure," without former party associations, on which basis army and ravy leaders are pre-

Japanese Crisis

16

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON, July (UP).The State Department

The reported German pressure on Japan to obtain a new Cabinet is designed to force Japan to take a stronger anll-American stand which will continue to immobilise the

also attention from Europe. It is understood that the Germans do not desire Japanese intervention In Russin yet since this would the up Japan. completely.

coustered leaving Hong-dominantly eligible to Cabinet pos150-duy déclined to comment upon conservative on the East Asia pro-

150 K

kotut. He commanded the 6th in- fantry brigade which did much of the experimental work in mechanis- im Infantry. Formerly he was chief Instructor at Sandhurst.

Succeeded

"Bulldog"

and the

Weygand Given Higher Post

been

of

Nishio or Itagaki would ensure a |-strong--war-Cabinet-but-it-would-be gramme and the China conflict since both support Dr Honda, the Japanese Ambassador to Nanking.

to

of the acrodrone had decided

granted.

to surrender to the advancing Soviet the independence programme. polled the engines of the planes towered "Yes" when asked by the troops bari therefore dellberately Rear Admiral Morcell ans- prevent their officers from escaping. Twelve air inechanics and 27 itlers Chairman, Mr Carl Vinson came over to our side."

whether the navy will have the Meanwhile, the Commissariat of right to maintain naval stations Foreign Affairs displayed the first even

after independence Soviet frontline al showing felds

is strewn with Germany corpses, the

Congressmen Bates raised a long- TURN to Back Pago, Column 3

awaited question when he asked how the investment of millions of dollars In the Philippines, Including the Cavite air base, could be reconciled with the Independence programme. Rephrasing Rear-Admiral

Morcel's reply, Chairman Vinson said: "We always had the right to maintain a naval station in the Philippines - respective of the final decision Philippine Independence. Government has the right to continue to maintain a naval establishment there,"

Continental

Shipping Attacked

on

This

LONDON, July, 16 (Reuter). air base at Cavite, Luzon, is now Admiral Morcell disclosed that the -An Air Ministry communique forty per cent. completed and that Troop Movements

states that several squadrons of patrol squadrons are already operat The resignation is coincident with

Blenheim bombers troup mobilisations recently reported

attacked ing there. and the best informed circles belleve enemy shipping in docks at flot- that Japan is planning to complete a terdam this afternoon. Direct war cabinet with the aim of prepar-hits were made on many ships, ing the nation for all eventualities including one of over 15,000 and to carry out the Imperial confer-

tons,

the resignation of the Japanese Cabinet, but unofficial circles VICHY, July 16 (UP),The

stated that it was the result of Turkish radio announced that

a near clash between the two SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" General Henri Dentz embarked

groups within Japan: firstly, As successor to the late "Bulldog"

VICHY, July 16 (UP)-It is those favouring more active uid at Beirut to-day for France to Harrison, Col Irwin had a bril report on the execution of the man to flow when he came to the officially stated that General to the Axis, and, secondly, those

has Marshal -Petain, China Command and while nere hit Weygand armistice to

named wanting to seck better relations Admiral Darlan and General was faced with the growing defence Governor-General Algeria, with Britain and the United

needs of the Colony, the delteate succeeding M. Abrial and at States. Huntziger.

border situation created by the pro- the same time retaining his French dispatches state that the ximity of the Japanese

the Government's Which group will dominate, the ence programme with the strongest British completed the military occumultiple other repercussions of the functions as

of hostilities in Delegate-General to French new regime is not known, but ex-hand. pation of Beirut to-day following the comniencement

perts were of the opinion that If

It is understood that ot present evacuation of the French forces. At

the first group dominates it is then and A brilliant hockey player

of Japan is concentrating on a south- the same time, the civilian

likely that someone of the type award move on Indo-China and Thal- population which had held the city during the marksman, Major General Irwin was

Mr Toshio Shiratori, former Am- nerce shellings and air bombings re-popular with the troops and civil

bossador to

will become land trying to gain Indo-China bases opened the shops giving the capital officials while maintaining good re-

Foreign Minister and Japan will de-from Vichy through negotiations but targets. the formal appearance of belag one of lations between the Chinn Command

nource the non-aggression pact with that she will use force if necessary. the busiest market towns in Asia and the press.

Russia as a prelude to a possible However, she does not intend to make SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" attack on Vladivostolt, or she might large-scale troop invasion of Salgon LONDON. July 16 (UP)-strike southwards, particularly at for which she would have to transfer

troops from Manchukuo. Local Dutch circles, commenting Camranh Bay in Indo China

Minor.

The British armies are moving Vichy And Japan

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

Africa.

N.E.I. PREPARED FOR ANYTHING

Ware-houses and stores were heavily damaged.

Four British bombers missing. Two of these actually seen to bomb their

Are

were

Ship Hit Off France LONDON, July 16 (Reuter).—A single Beaufort aircraft of the Constal Command attacked an enemy

air

north gradually occupying Homs and Tripoli, with the possibility of oc-

If the second group dominate, then

Lupply ship of 3,500 tons VICHY, July 10 (UP)-Denying upon the resignation of the cupying Latakia and Aleppo by the

British patrols Landon reports tint Japan threatens Konoye Cabinet to-day stated: the Japanese Ambassador to London, end of the week. have already gutted the entire length to attack Indo-China unless her de- "If it means that an attack on Mr Shigemitsu will very likely be

granted, of the Freneli half of the pipeline ands

spokesman said: "France's relations the Netherlands East Indies is the Foreign Minister and will loosen

coming, we are prepared." Homs and Tripolls..

from Alou Kemal past Palmyra to

nrc

with Japan are excellent."

دلالة

oflein!

War Can be Won in A

Year says Ingersoll

Special to the "Telegraph"

HONOLULU, July 16 (UP),—Mr Ralph Ingersoll, publisher of the newspaper “PM,” arrived here to-day aboard the steamer Mariposa and is leaving for Singapore by Clipper on Thursday Ho from where he will proceed to Rangoon and Chungking. expects to be able to fly to Moscow from the latter city via the Russian air line.

which were left behind to police the occupied areas. He asserted that he thought reports of the Goering purge to be quite likely.

Mr Ingersoll stated that the United States must double its production. "Tho democracies now have their first real chance to win the war and if all pull together they can clean it up in a year," he declared,

The United States programme will be more aggressive. It is not neces- sary to invade Germany or the Con- tinent, for Germany will break up from within. Two lines are already noticeable; firstly, the troubio be tween the Nazi party and the army and, secondly, the ill feeling between the blitz troops and the police troops

He felt that Japan would probably move in whichever direction that she feels it least likely to disturb the United States, adding that it was a hard question for Japan to decide.

He did not bellove that the United States navy would move to the Al- Iantle where patrol, boats and planes are the best defence against sub- marines. He was optimistle over the Russian chances and was of the opin- ion that Germany had misjudged the Russians as they had misjudged the British.

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U.S. Preparedness

The impression hore that it is most likely that the radical group will be pushed out of the Cabinet and that they will undertake forceful action shortly after the new Cabinet is formed.

the

this

Neutral military authorities here understand that heavy troop con- northwest const of Francd centrations in Manchukuo and Mon- morning.

A salvo of bombs was dropped and With the possibility of the Japanese hits were seen on the stern of the rolin are purely defensive at present. TURN to Back Pago, Column 5 ship.

Japanese In Hawaii

NEAR NEW AIR BASE

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

United States preparedness for A Japanese thrust to the south was indicated in political quarters here to-day by the announcement by the Navy Department that Manila and Chairman Carl Vinson of the House WASHINGTON, July 16 (UP)- Suble Bays have been mined. It is Naval Affairs Committee to-day told assumed that this precaution Was

subversive

Japanese

Work Well AdvancedTMTM Rear Admiral John Towers told Cavite including the barracks was the Committee that the base at well advanced and that it would be used for operation training." He asserted that the Navy already had fairly extensive dir operation TURN to Back Page, Column 5

Reported, Mutiny

By Italians

.SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" MOSCOW, July 17 (UP).—A- mutiny is stated to have oc- curred in an Italian division stationed at Piraeus, Greece, in connection with its transfer to the Turkish frontier.

Alexander's Encouraging Words On U-Boat Losses

the grimmest part yet to come.

London

LONDON, July 16 (Reuter)-Speaking at miralty, said that there was no justification for anything but luncheon to-day, Mr A. V. Alexander, First Lord of the Ad- taken lest the Japanese, in some the Committee that the navy could rim determination to face the possibility of a long war, with desperate gesture to aid Germany, "segregate" extricate themseivas from their Far elements from the Hawaiian civilian

The threat of invasion remained. The call for a yet greater East difficulties and attempt to block, population if it was found necessary and more intense national effort remained as dominant and off the United States forces in the Ito protect navy property. Philippines, while the mair. Japanese

He declared that he was confident insistent as ever.

Admiralty containing a number of force attacked some southerly point Unt the navy is taking all necessary "It is on the Atlantic that our highly sceptiont-I can almost any such as the Dutch East Indies, Singa- precautions. The tople of loyalty life depends, and if we defent cynical-omeers who refuse to accept pore or Camranh Bay,

Fone when Representative Beverly the U-boat and long-range air any doubtful claims of the destruc- Vincent questioned the wisdom of

tion of U-boats. putting an air base at Barbers craft, our strength will steadily Point, Oahu, in view of the Japanese become overwhelming. population nearby.

CHINESE KILLS POLICEMAN

SPECIAL TO 'THE !!TELEGNAPH" SHANGILAT, July 17 (UP)

fona Chinese gunman Inst night shot and killed probationary Sergeant Vernin Simagin, Russian, 32,

The gentleman who had the job at. passing a camel through the eye" "As to the defeat of the U-boats, of a needle was on an easy wicket I am not going to give you facts and compared with the captains of our Agures for which the enemy intelli- little ships who hopefully report an gence pay many thousands of on

staff

U-boat- that during a recent period I received bas been destroyed,, I know there series of reports that would can be no shadow of doubt that she encourage any First Sen Lord. Is in Davy Jones' locker, que

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Proving Claims ***There is another thing I can tell you, Thera lua room at the

"I am certain that there are many. more' which do not get back to Ger- TURN to Back Page, Column 5: