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Attlee's Tribute To Exchange At Nazi High Command

Soviets Fine Fight

LONDON, Aug. 6 (Reuter).—The House of Commons cheer- ed lustily to-day when Mr Clement Attlee, Lord Privy Seal, re- ferred to the magnificent fight of the Russian Army and people in opening the debate on the war situation,

Mr Attlee stressed the very attacks proceed without cessation heavy losses in men and material and with growing weight, while the by the German forces and gave depth to which they penetrate In- an indication of the weight of reases, while the nights lengthen. the British air offensive, but he added a few words of caution against undue optimism.

There were, he said, sutisfactory features in the present phase of the struggle which made it diffcult for even the most philosophical to pre- vent cheerfulness from breaking in.

Our Bombing Raids "During the month of July. 70' at- tacks were made en towns in Ger- many and 76 on towns In German-, occupied territory. A levy weight of bombs was delivered with great There keen blows will be effect. continued and intensified (Cheers).

"In

There was nothing wrong in bring there.addition, to night bombing.

have been numerous Intensive cheerful provided that we did not sweeps by fighter aircraft and day- light bambing raids with and with- allow ourselves to relax our efforts.

We should recognise that our bet-out fighter aircraft. I do not think ter position was only comparative that there can be any doubt as to the and that although we had come effect of these attacks on German through great dangers and triumphs, morale and German communications we were still ghting for our very and German industry. existence against a very strong and rullitess enenzy.

Two Fronts

Middle East

"In the Middle East, during July our air force delivered 126 attacks on One outstanding fact of the posi- various targets including Belrut, tion to-day as compared with a year Benghazi and Tripoll. We have lost go was that Hitler was now fighting 285 aircraft while we have destroyed on two front-which the German for certain 410 units of the enemy leaders had always striven to avoid. air fleet. Hiller hat attacked Britain furiously "In

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T.T. Switzerland TT. Australiu

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Antonescu Decorated

FUEHRER'S HEADQUARTERS, Aug. ¤ (UP),-Httler on the south [rent to-day personally decorated and General Antonescu, Premier Foreign Minister of Rumania with the Knight's Cross, Second Class, for the "liberation of Bessarabia."

Makes Bold Claims

Special to the "Telegraph","

BERLIN, Aug. 6 (UP).-The German High Command 10- day reported that Nazi armed forces have fought the battle of Smolensk to a victorious conclusion and are now moving forward in vast new operations with Moscow, Leningrad and Klov as their goal.

The report said that seven

weeks of fighting had carried Foreign

the German armies to the "gates | of Kley" and beyond the Smolensk gateway.

The Soviet losses are placed at 095,000 prisoners, uncounted dend, 13,000 tanks, 10,380 cannon and 0,082 planes,

A pleture of the German operations is presented

15 series of

na extraordinary

Labour

In Reich

LONDON, Aug. 6 (British speelal communiques sum-

widest possible publicity was were Pales, 150,000

Wire-

were

marising the German progress for the less).The German press states that, first time since the first week of on April 1, some 1,500,000 foreign fighting on the Soviet front. Addi-workers of whom 250,000 tional communiques will be released women, were employed in Germany. to-morrow.

Of here foreign workers, 873,000 132,000 0,000 Czechs To the communiques, They were

Italians, 00,000 Dutch, 87,000 Bel- on radio brantfensts over the glans, C0,000 Stavaks, 48,000 Yugo- German network and

published Slavs and large numbers of Danes, under streamers in the Afternoon French, Hungarians, Swiss, Russians, newspapers hendilard "Armies of Dulgarians and small numbers of Rumatlans, Norwegians, Swedles, Milllons Annihilated."

The High Command offered no hint Spanineds, Greeks, Finns ond Portu- regarding when Ann} victory will be guese.

that German archieved, saying

In addition, 1,400,000 prisoners of new "the war were employed in Germany.

Brent campaign of annihilation started with The Italian agency reports that ♫ series of tremendous victories."permanent Commission was set up They emphasised the obstinacy and to arrange for the dispatch of Croat -savage resistance of the Soviet workers to Gerinany. aruffes and described the Russians is being the "toughest opponents."

by air, he had waged war uncensing i those paring these figures with bering that the war at sen also has troops are.nog.

of other periods of the war, ly at sea but the invasion which at when the ratio of aircraft destroyed one time seemed imminent bad been was so much in our favour, it must

be remembered that the true stand postponed,

could

But,

Everything Possible

its offensive side.

to all the forces in the British Tales to "I think the result shows the con-

to the highest state of readiness inued superiority of our men and Attacks were also made bring to The preparations against invasion, machines." The British Army at home was well- equipped and ready and all the strength was immeasurably greater than 12 months ago.

Confidence

zones of

.4

and

Administration Of Syria

-Belgian Boycott

cont-

The Nazi press in Brussels plains that Belgian industrialists are boycotting the "German-Belgian In- dustrial Exhibition" and are "not showing sufficient co-operation with Reich firms which are anxious to have their goods manufactured in Belglum."

July Achievements "July was a good month. On the said Mr Alllec, nothing ard is not last September, for then North Sea and the Atlantic coast, we more foolish thon to the Germans were attacking this destroyed, damaged or put out of Imaglife that postponement meant country in force, It was the Ger-action 60 enemy ships totalling 291,- air-000 tons. This does not account for abandonment. The possibility of an mans who were sending their air- altempt remained and must remain craft here in daylight. It is our turn hits made on small craft, barges tugs

and the like. a constant factor in our considera-ght and by day.

In the Mediterraneun, to attack over enemy territory by the numbers were 23 ships totalling tions. Instructions had been given

168,000 tons and another 30 ships were hit and considerably damaged. on more ships with satisfactory results,

"Apart from attacks DIL smaller. Declaring that he could not be ex-units and attacks on warships, 459,- *LONDON, Aug B (Reuter) pected to give any indication of other 000 tons were sunk, damaged or put Questioned on Syria in the House uf Discontent has led to widespread steps being taken to help Russia, Mr out of netlan in that month (Cheers). Commons to-day, Mr Anthony Eden, strike movements among the textile Attlee said that the House could rest "Considering that the targets offer- the Furelgu Secretary, said that the workers and coal-miners in France, assured

everything possible ed by the enemy are much smaller British Government had no know-nccording to the "Basier National

than ours, these results must cause would be done.

An essential feature of the aid,him anxiety and may contribute to

ledge of any declaration by Free Zeitung." which adds that these were that Britain could give was not that the need for his putting out extra- that until every part of Syrin was in closed food shops and prevented the French General Georges Catroux Instantly throttled by the Nazis who it would be spectacular but that it vagont claims."

Mediterrancan

full

Free French sale of food to the strikers. occupation by forces, it would be impossible to Mr Attlee made reference to the conclude a treaty with the Syrian of Referring to the Buttle the successful convoying gigantle struggle ranging from the

of stores Government providing for int White the Black Sea. Through Atlantic, Mr Attlee said that during through the danger

to

Arcas of the country's independence. out the whole of that enormous battle the past two months the Germans Mediterranean and pald, amidst continued their efforts the Russian-Army-and-people..har

cheers, a high tribute to the skill and success. Acht achieve magnifcent

With the coming of courage of the protecting naval and

of Germany and the hangers-on of the water. Britain had made early Attlee said that the presence of be completed at a very early date.

the an increasing number of U-boats into Referring Nazl

foolish for regime. It would be any one to attempt to forecast the provision to meet this danger by outcome

Mr Attlee was confident that should the Germans attempt an in vasion by sen. or air, they would be destroyed but nothing could be left

to chance.

Mr Attico continued: *To-day our eyes are naturally turned to the

-area-

are putting up a

that

would be effective.

Battle of Atlantic

to

(Cheers) against the misssed forces spring, the Germans were able to put air force to the Middle East, Mr

had to tender to a

British forces on the Turko-Syrian of that struggle, but I think providing more anti-submarine craft. border would conflrm and fortify that it is abundantly plain that the In the course of the last few Britain's friendship and alliance with plans, of the German High Command months, owing to the heavy sceniford greater protection to the in- of the Turks and enoble Britain to for rapid victory have not succeed-defence in home waters, the enemy ed (Cheers),

of a range further und habitants

Сургив, Abyssinia "As long ago as July 13, the Ger- further afield so that the sen battle mans claimed that Smolensk had was now being fought over an im-

In the southeast, only fuller and that the roads to Lening-mense area extending far out to pocket of Italians was holding out rad, Moscow and Kiev were open. wards the coasts of the United States

in Gondor. Elsewhere in Abyssinin, This claim has certainly not been and far south in the tropical seas of the Emperor with the help of 2 substantiated.

Africa. In this battle, said Mr Cabinet of Ministers, had begun the Allee, "we have of course suffered reconstruction of his country (Loud Unsubstantiated

severe losses. We shall not be satis-cheers). At the Emperor's request,

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It was evident that the first step must be for the whole country to be occupied by the Allied forces and It was hoped that this process would

Staggered Strikes

The Vichy authorities have u har- der task to prevent strikes as they are reluctant to use similar drastic mensures in Unoccupied France where "sluggered" strikes, each last- ing several hours, have been suc- cessfully carried out by individual sheds which are important enough to As regards the future administra- hold up the whole factory's produc- tion of the

British tion. country, the Government were in no doubt that fully aware of the unsatisfactory the Free French authorities were

conditions of the previous

regirae.

Indians In Capital SIMLA, Aug 7 (Reuler).-Indian

Losses and Thefts

Mr C. H. Summers of the Tai--

troops who took over Hassetche, the koo Dockyard reported to the capital of Muhafizat, North Syria, an island lying between the Euphrates Police yesterday the theft of and the Tigris, were most enthusiasti- targets from the rifle range. cally received and were greeted with The targets were valued at "In the far north. Murmansk re- Bed while these losses continue but ndvisers had been placed at his dis cheering salutations by the inhabi-1 $250.

tants such as normally reserved for

mains in

the

of the German High Command that

the

the

one of

ed.

that he had to

terms

157 since the occupation of the town, worth $80, Irom a ship at the Taikoo

Unfrozen Assets

Russian bands. Russian we can look back on the last two posal by the British Government and occasions of the greatest rejoicing and resistance is stubborn and the enemy months with reasonable satisfaction." financial assistance was being afford- festivity, says a correspondent from Pollee yesterday, the loss of a gold Captain L. Evans reported to the has a considerable way to go before'

Satisfactory the railway-line from Leningrad to

wrist watch and a gold bracelet, "I cannot give detailed Murmansk is reached,

figures On the left flank in Libyn, there

was a constant offensive patrol both local, French and Syrian officials have Docks. with shore of the Baltic, wititout presenting the enemy "OR

south the thrust towards Leningrad has information he would very much like on the Libyan border and in Tobruk,

poured

in to pay their respects to the made no real Progress recently, to have but I can say that importa where the vigour of the British fight of the British force, who Tremendous fighting is now taking have been maintained at a satisfacing patrols had kept the enemy in exchanged friendly visits with local place in the Smolensk area but the tory Agure in spite of all the enemy's such a state of continued nervousness

notables. illuminate the desert way to Moscow is at for from efforts (Cheers).

When our force arrived, the French being open, while in

with the Ukraine, "Our convoys of vital suppiles con- uy” night" scarchilghts

administrator of the area requested

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (Reuter). Kiev, the capture of which, the Ger- tinue to arrive. From July 11 to

Mr

the British Commander to send a-The United States has "unfrozen" mans claimed three weeks ago la July 28, the enemy were unable to "day by

week by

week, tanks message to General Catroux placing millions of dollars worth of Soviet still a boation in the Russian defence.

broadcast single claim of success guns, ful attack by U-bout. However, in arrive in the Middle East and reor of Free France.

and supplies continue to his services entirely at the disposal orders in America. Nazis Surprized

Within The Empire last few days of "It is clear, from the communiques Table did meet with the month, gonisation and training for the next;

Arabs Pay Respects

WASHINGTON; Aug. 6 (UP).— march go on. Our forward sout-stand

Atlantic convoys. A "Another fact which

hich differentiates

Arab sheikhs from the hinterland, The Treasury Deparment to-day un- they have been disagreeably sur- large was deployed and a great prised by the determination, courage

our position from that of last year several of whom are incorrigible froze the American assets of Italian, German. Chinese and Japanese effort was made. Á still greater and fighting quality of the

the vastly increased scope of as mischief-mongers and have been al

doing business theone effort was made by the Nazi pro- sistance, we are receiving from the constant thorn in the side of the nationals who are Army (Cheers) and from the

French nuthorities, came long dis- within the British Empire, Russia or United States (Cheers). Not only of the German statements it would paganda claim to have sunk 110,000

does this stream of material excood

tances across the desert to salute our other Allied territories. appear that they do not consider tons in addition to a corvette und a dos

destroyer. They gave a vivid such pertinacity to be quite playing scription of a

troops, dennything we received in the last war,

The action was announced in an destroyer squadron but it is

Is sent to us unkler that extra Indi

Indian troops helped in the disposal amended general license granting the gaine (Laughter). I may not be salling around the convoy zig-zagging ordinarily generous

exte of numerous tasks coming before the Axis and Chinese nailonols trade Nazl

Kame but it is a winning while an auxiliary cruiser directed Lease and Lend Act (Cheers).

Commander, Including the provision game.

"It is clear that the Germans have the movements of the convoy and

Russia, Netherlands East and West The visit of Mr Harry Hopkins of food for the women and children privileges in the British Empire, Included and for its main purpose the promo- left behind by the Vichy troops. Indies, the Belgian Congo, Ruanda- protected the ships which sustained very heavy losses in men -boats:

of flour,

sugar, Urundi, Greenland and Iceland, and material. I am sure everybody The next day they raised the total ton of even greater assistance under Large quantities

coffee,

and tinned goods

other has been stirred by this splendid tonnage sunk to 140,000 tons. What

Act." There was clear evidence, he considerable distances and were dis-nothing unusual regarding the move necessities were imported from con- Omcinis pointed out that there is resistance to the invader" (Loud were the real facts?

tinued, of the rising tide of resist Cheers).

There were no

destroyers, по ance to Hitler's rule in all the in- tributed free to deserving cases, since any Axis national's transaction Assistance To Soviet |Q-boats and no auxiliary cruiser vaded countries. From the start Hassetche also provided a welcome of business in Allied arcos is done "We are doing our ulmost to give present. The convoy was protected there had been sullen resentment relaxation for the Sepoys after the by those who have severed commer all possible assistance to our Ally. A by corvettes which gave a very good and growing opposition. This had rigours of their long and rapid ad- tions with their Governments.

the U-boats

vances ncross the desert. In the, cool the case of Japanese nationals it is British Military Mission was at work account of themselves ng

The y camprign no stunt depths of the river, they, forget the recalled that their funds were gener- in Moscow six days after the German have reason to know. I cannot give creased month by month. invasion and Russion Mission has the exact details of tonnage sunk, but a spontaneous, expression of the days of heat and dust.

ally frozen by the Allied Govern- represent on desires and hopes of elvilised human been at work in London for about The enemy's claims

ments, . the samo time. We are taking ur- exaggeration of at least 350 per cent. beings who lunged for deliverance

furnish Russia with the and probably 700 per cent. (Laughter from barbarian rule.

If there were really Mr Atlee concluded, "nations in war materinis' and supplies for which and. Cheers for enemy satisfac-Europe look to us not only to

Shipbuilder Dies sho has asked:

rounds

No Manganese Ore. The activities of our feet at Kirton, it would be unnecessary to destroy Hitlerism but to show by practice us well as by precept the

At Home indulge in these flights of fancy,

For Japan kenes and elsewhere in the north

"No-one with any judgment would true alternative to Hitler's new show how close is our physical con-contend that we have yet won the order. We cannot tell the trials and

HARROGATE, Aug. 6.(UP)-Sir TOKYO, Aug. 7 (Reuter). The tact with the Russian forces.

Battle of the Atlantic, but we can difficulties that we have yet to endure John Priestman, 38, one of the lead-Indian Government have banned the "Above all, while the Russian say that in this vital part of the but we know that when victory ing northern Industrialists and ship export of manganese ore Japan, armies are stemming the attacks in battle-field we are holding our own. comes, as come it will, we shall have builder died at his residence hero according to a report received by the cast, our bombers are delivering The enemy hus up to now failed to to take a lending part in helping to

last night. He was Chairman of the Japanese steamship line Nippon increasingly heavy attacks on West-provent an orderly transport of food re-establish a world of peace, free shipping and colllery company and Yusen Kalalia. ern and Central Germatty. What- and ammunitions across the seas to doni and social justlco (Loud räver · weather, conditions, allow, our this country, It is worth remem- | Cheora),

gent steps

1

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