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三拜禮 號三廿月七英港香 No. 16317

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1941.

GERMANS MAKING BUT

SMAL HEADWAY IN BIG BATTLES NOW RAGING

LONDON, JULY 22 (BRITISH WIRELESS) -A GREAT BATTLE BETWEEN THE GER- MANS AND RUSSIANS IN WHICH THE OPPOSING ARMIES ARE WRESTLING IN FIGHTING ZONES OF GREAT DEPTH CONTINUES WITH UNABATED VIOLENCE. IT IS CONSIDERED BY MILITARY CIRCLES HERE THAT CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS ARE NOW CLEAR.

Firstly, the German advance from Pskov towards Leningrad seems to be held up by the Russians. Secondly, the Russians seem to be putting up fierce resistance to the enemy, who is endeavouring to advance on both flanks of Smolensk. It is still uncertain whether the Germans have occupied the city, but it is possible. that German detachments are fighting beyond it to the east, although the main supporting forces are doing their best to break through on the flanks.

Thirdly, the Germans seem to be making an advance in the Kiev direction by a thrust developing down the right bank of the Dnieper, which will be watched care- fully as a success might endanger the Russian forces in the Bessarabian sector.

MOSCOW HARDLY SCATHED

Raid Causes Little Damage

Special to the "Telegraph"

MOSCOW, July 22 (UP),—Moscow experienced its first baptism of fire last night and carly this morning and emerged scarcely scathed. En route to the subway station, "Palace of Soviets," the "U.P." correspondent saw the streets cleared of everybody except air wardens, nurses and policemen who were

New Air Attack On Naples

occa-

German Confessions

The German newspaper "Frankfurther Zeitung" which has maintained an outspoken attitude throughout the Nazi Bomo regime, says that "in sectors of our front. our vic- tories were too hasty. For- tresses we had believed already

conquered suddenly resumed -resist- ance, by virtue of underground fortifications not observed by soldiers.

battles

"Again and again fresh must be fought in territory already This stubborn considered dominated by our army. resistance is only explained by Bolshevik fanaticlem or fear of political Commissary.

"An enormous number of Russion

escorting people to the subway, tanks have been destroyed and our It was found that some 2,000 tanks are still engaged in hard men and women and A

few battles."

The article concludes, "A great part children were on the platform of the Red army has been annihilat- and rails quietly discussing the ed, but it still remains Impossible to event. Unlike previous

Judge how long it will be before it is beaten. Only one thing is certain sions, many brought blankets and that is that Germany will fight and coats and hurried to sleep. this war against Russia to the end. Intensive anti-aircraft fire held the "We confess to hardships in these raiders at a considerable distance. A battles exceeding anything in history tour through the central portions of and we assume that the increased the city revealed but little damage, bitter resistance and power of the CAIRO, July 22 (Reuter).There were a few wrecked houses. Red army is caused by the know-

normal appearance. Dy 7 am the capital-had-assumed ledge of its leaders that the last.

reserves are in the fight.""

Large fires and explosions were caused in Naples harbour during an attack by the R.A.F. on Sun- day night.

Ignored By Papers Newspapers devoted only two short An R.A.F. Middle East com-paragraplis to the air raid on page munique announcing this fact three indicating the oMcial view that atates: "Heavy bombers of the light importance was attached to the

fraid. R.A.F. carried out an attack on

Three hours after the raid, most

German Version Fighting BERLIN, July 22 (UP)—The off- elal news agency claims that German panzer troops in the Dniester region on July 20 captured 10,000 prisoners. land hombed or destroyed 220 Soviet

tanks and forty guns.

It states that Soviet.counter-attacks:

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LONDON DISQUIET

AT OUTLOOK IN INDO-CHINA

Special to the "Telegraph"

LONDON, July 22 (UP).—Authoritative circles to-day des- erlbed as "rather disquieting" the news that Mr Chuichi Ohashi, Vice Secretary of Foreign Affairs-who early in July assured Ambassador Craigle that Japan did not intend to attack Indo- China-is among the latest high ofcials of the Japanese Gov- ernment to resign.

London but it is significant that the They also termed as "disquiet- anese intentions concerning Indo- disquieting rumours regarding Jap ing the continued Japanese China continue notwithstanding The Luftwaffe made a com- press attacks on the Indo-Chinn changes in the Japanese Cabinet,

· parátively unsuccessful attempt (udministration.

says "Reuter's" Diplomatie: Correa- to attach Moscow on Monday

pondent.

In this regard it is noteworthy that night, the damage caused being

Mr

Ohashi, Vice-Minister of Foreign very alight,

Here is a Moscow

(Reuler) Affairs, who gave Sir Robert Craigle viaw.

garding the purity of Japanese inten- the

most categorical assurances re- tions in Indo-China has been re- lieved of his office at his own request,

Nazi Thrust

Significant LONDON, July 22 There is no definite news from the Far East in authoritative quarters in

Against Gib.

Believed Imminent

Special to the "Telegraph”

1

Base For New Drive CHUNGKING, July 22 (Reuter) The possiblity that Japan may shortly launch a new drive in an at- tempt to cut the Burma Road walle nwaiting clarification of the Inter national situation before deciding on a north or south expansion is being discussed here.

The present Japanese negotiations with Indo-China are probably con- nected with the forthcoming drive China as the base for an attack,

WASHINGTON, July 22 (UP).—There is intense speculation that the possi-since Japan is expected to use Indo- bility of a German thrust towards Portugal, Spain and Gibraltar may compel President Roosevelt to act to prevent Nazi domination of the Atlantic outposts.

Indian's Amenable To Help In Government

-Holding

Portfolios

LONDON, July 22 (Reuter).-Indians are to be taken into the Viceroy of India's Executive Council and more Indians are to hold portfollos in the Central Government.

This step toward augmenting and consolidating India's war effort was announced to-day when a White Paper on "India and the War" was presented to Parliament by Mr L. S. Amery,

Secretary of State for India.

Saboteurs Suspected

In America

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

WASHINGTON, July 22

Chinese opinion further contends that Japan may push northward from Lookay along the railway towards Senators Walter George and Kunming or westward inta Burma or

both. Tom Connally, of the Foreign

from Japanese troop withdrawals Relations Committee, called at various fronts In China and the the White House to-day for a sighting of

Japanese convoy. diacussion On "international moving southward from Canton are

attracting aTairs."

considerable attention here. The President usually con-

Sumita Meets Decoux sults with Senator George and head of the Japanese Military Miss- TOKYO, July 22 (Reuter).—The Connally and a couple of the lon in Indo-China, Major-General members of the House Foreign Sumita, called on Admiral Decoux,

Governor-General Affairs Committee before taking this evening for a tall Justing an any major foreign policy action. hour, according to a Hanol telegram. It is recalled that both

Another meeting is expected to consulted before the occupation morrow which will be the third un

successive days.

of Iceland.

were

Mr Sumner Welles, Under Secret- ary of State also attended the con- ference. Yesterday, Mr Welles This announced the decision, to warned that Germany intended to enlarge the Executive_Council in move_ against another European. order to permit the separation of the nation after the close of the Soviet portfolio of Law and Supply and of campaign. Conunerce and Labour, and the division of the present portfolio of Education, Health and Lands into TURN to Back Pago, Column 3

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the harbour at Naples and rail traces of damage had disappear against German troops advancing in way sidings in the vicinity on the although workmen here and night of July 20-21. The first were still cleaning up. An incendian easterly direction from Smolensk (UP)-Senator David I. Walsh,

fary bomb sel fire to one building collapsed under German fire, caus- Chairman of the Senate Com No Black-Out

Britons, the staff of ing severe and bloody Soviet losses.

navy

To-night

MILITARY MISSION TO MALAYA

of Indo-Chinn,

British Oil And Japan

Questions In Commons

LONDON, July 22 (Reuter).-In the House. of Commons to-day, Mr William Gollacher asked whether the all agreement made in 1940 whereby the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company was to sell one million barrels of oil to Japan is still in operation, and he naked what are the figures of oil exports to

to Japan from British-owned fields in the Middle East in 1941.

Mr Bicherd Law,

Under-Secretary

wad

CUNNINGHAM'S CONTEMPTIBLES'

bomba dropped on the target occupied by

CHIANG GRATEFUL caused large fires and these were which co-operated with the municipa! Many Soviet prisoners are 'claimed to mittee for Naval Affairs, de- subsequently enlarged by the firemen and speedily extinguished have been brought in and numerous clared to-day that the

SINGAPORE, July 22 (Reu- for Foreign Affairs, said that he bombs of the following aircraft. the flames. Pablle utilities are func- tanks destroyed, the number being suspects that 400 saboteurs aro

:ter). The firm belief that the informed by the Anglo-Iranian Oll "Fires were accompanied by ex-

tionlug normally.

given as 108 for Sunday.

relations between Britain and Company that the contract referred plosions.

A heavy explosive bomb fell in

active on Mare Island, a baso off In the area of Vitebsk, Soviet tanks San Francisco, and they believe

It was officially announced by China will be closer than ever aw understood that no

to was not now in operation... Mr "During the same night, heavy Manege Square opposite the Ameri-attacked the Germans fr several

Wing-before was expressed by General to Japan from British-owned all- oll exports bombers again attacked decks and can Embassy leaving a deep crater. waves, but all the attacks were re that certain recent fires and the Director of A.R.P., Installations at Berghazi, causing

German Version

pulsed with heavy Soviet losses, the accidents were due to sabotage. Commander A. H. S. Steele-Chiang Kai-shek in a cable to the delds in the Middle East had taken fires and explosions on the moles. LONDON, July 22 (Reuter)-The German panzer division alone des- agency declares, claiming that one "All aircraft returned safely."

no Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, place in 1941. Senator Walsh, made his state-Perkins, that there will be first German mention of the Nazi air troyed 73 out of a total of 130 Sovietment in support of a bill already blackout to-night.

thanking him for the hospitality rald on Moscow was made early tanks.

approved by the House of Repro- No reasons have us yet been shown to the Chinese Military this afternoon by the ofelul news agency, reporting that bomber and

sentatives authorising the crea- given for this decision, but pre-Mission which recently toured Nazi Claims In Air War dive-bomber formations participated,

tion of a special civilian guard sumably one consideration was Malaya. BERLIN, July 22 (UP)-The causing great destruction.

"In series of raids lasting from between Sunday and Monday the

ofcial news agency claims that for naval shore establishments. the effective blackout

Reading in supposedly confidential night. early night till down, the German Soviet air force Inst 71 machines in naval report, the Senator said that squadrons dropped high explosives of alr battles and that 39 were saboteurs were suspected ali callbres and thousands of incen-destroyed on the ground. diary bombs on targets of military Twelve British machines were He said that the navy lacks the per- inportance in Moscow, extensive fires brought down yesterday over the sonnel to investigate the matter and being observed south of the River Chanel coast, it states, adding that recounted further that the saboteurs Moskwa."

heavy air battles have been continu- had tried to wreck a train from the According to the report. 12 explo-ing there since early yesterday after Maryland, but had succeeded in de

naval powder factory at Indian Head, TURN to Back Page. Column 4. TURN to Back Pago, Column 5railing only the preceding empty

DAYLIGHT RAIDS ON N. FRANCE

LONDON, July 22 (Reuter). A daylight RA.F. attack on shipbuilding yards on the Seino and extensive sweeps over Northern France to-day are ro- ported in the following British Air Ministry communique:

Early this afternoon, Blenheim

aircraft of the Bomber Command, escorted by fighters, attacked ship- building yards at Le Trail on the Seine to the west of

Bursts were seen on sheds ard

and

slipways 2

Ute target was left hidden in smoke,

Our fighters also carried out exten

Strong Bomber Force Smashes Nazi

Plants

LONDON, July 22 (Reuter).-Describing last night's ralds sive sweeps over Northern France.

In the course of these operations, on Germany, the Alř Ministry states that a strong force of aircraft did great execution among industrial buildings In Frankfurt-on-Main and Mannheim.

four onemy fighters were destroyed. Our lusses were three fighters,

ARRIVALS IN CHUNGKING

Chungking, July 22 (Central

the

of last

naval headquarters of San Francisco Germans Lose

22 Planes

train.

FINNS ON PROBATION

following communique was issued by MOSCOW, July 22 (Reuter).—The the Soviet Information Bureau

to-

the

night:

"On July 22, our forces were eng Jaged in heavy fighting in

Petrazavodek, Porhov, Smolensk and Shitomir directions. There were no essential changes In the position of the troops on the front.

"On

downt

87

planes.

July 22, our aircraft brought enemy planes. We lost 14 "According to supplementary in-

NAIROBI, July 22 (Reuter), General Chiang's cable reads in part: "General Shang Chen (Leader General Cunningham's forces of the Mission) and his assistants in East Africa did not exceed. benefited immensely from the visit, 20,000 Infantry and 68 guns, it All the arrangements made for them it officially announced, but they were greatly appreciated. I firmly defeated Italian forces number- Believe that the relations between our two great nations will be closer than ing 170,000 including 96,000

infantry and 400 guns.

ever before."

No

Says

Change In Policy Admiral Toyoda

Special to the "Telegraph”

Britain To Maintain

TOKYO, July 23 (Domel).-The Foreign Minister, Admiral Relations At Present formation, 22 German bombers were

brought down in an attempt to make Teijiro Toyoda, at his first conference with high officials of the LONDON, July 22 (Reuter), a mass rold on Moscow on the night Foreign Offico on Tuesday afternoon emphasized that his policy. -After careful consideration, of July 21: These losses must be will remain "absolutely unchanged" from that of his predecessor, An important railway yard main railway station, there

the British Government has.

very great under the ons of the night raid. Scatter Mr Matsuoka. was the focus of attack at large and well-established ares burn-diplomatic relations with Fin-fighters and-anil-sircraft guns; the importance to the withdrawal of Lassadors visited Admiral Toyoda

were decided at present to maintained and demoralised by our night

adhesion to the tripartite pact, well- Informed quarters attached informed quarters expressed the bo- Frankfurt, which is one of the lng in clouds of smoke.

that fact Axis Ams. land but has left the Finnish German planes dropped most of their resignation by Dr Kumataro ahead of the customary receptions chief commercial centres of Ger- many and lies at a strategic river led the first few of the British decision to continue may at any "Not a single military target was China.

At Mannheim, glimpses of the Government in no doubt that this bombs in the woods and fields out-

side Moscow.

Honda, Japanese Ambassador to by the

new Foreign Minister of News) Mr K. P. Chen, Chairman of Point on the great trade routes crews to the attack and soon there time be reversed in the light of touched nor was any damage done that this is proof of the im.for July 25, is sufficient to forestall Theso quartors salil foreign diplomatie envoys scheduled the Chinesse Currency Stabillantion botwcon 'the north and south. were good fires burning to guide Board, and General-Manager of the The crow of one aircraft sold that

to municipal enterprises.

any possible talks of a change. Shanghai Commercial & Savingy, they saw an explosion which destroy-Industrial areas both at Mannheim | Lord Snell in the House of Lords this splends should be made of the mutability of Japan's policy i Japan's foreign policy,

service rendered by the toward China. Bank, returned here this morning by ed a large building.

It is understood that Admiraj: and in the suburb of Ludwigshaven afternoon. Lord Snell Intimated that Moscow population who quickly. ex- Minister; Admiral Toyoda, received of the Foreign Ministry three times a

brigade militia: and also by the air from Hongkong, ang Many fires in the yard were re- across the Rhine were vigorously the issue of navicerts for goods unguished incendiary bombs dropped on July 19 the German, Ambassador, week and will also appoint successOTE Fointing out that the now Foreign Toyoda will confer with high official Mr. Chen was accompanied by Mr ported as well.

bombed. The flash of one of the destined to Finland had ceased und Manuel Fox, American Member of the Board,

Elsewhere in the town and especi- most powerful British bombs lit up that no facilities were being given for on the city by individual planes Major General Eugen, Olt, and the to Mr Toshio Shiratori and Mr. ally in the neighbourhood of the TURN to Back Pago, Column 5 ships to proceed to Finland.

which broka through and also Hailan Ambassador, Sig. Marlo Yoshiye Salto who have realmed as quickly got und fres under control." Indell, to affirm Japan's continuous Advisors to the Foreign Oficeran

i

their successors.

events.

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