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The Busy Life Of New

Chinese Ambassador

LONDON, July 14-One can hardly pick up any paper without seeing some reference to the nelivities of Dr Welling ton Kao, the new Chinese Ambassador, who is being given a warm welcome by everybody. Most of the references take the form of little personal touches or attributes. Thus the Gossip writers had plenty to say about the Ambassador on the occasion of "The Bowl of Rice Dinner" given by the China Campaign Committee. Here are some of them--

August 19, 1941

Continued Drive Into Ukraine

FROM PAGE ONE |

tion by embarking on ships in tho harbour. The German ur forec la constantly over the town relentlessly bombing the Soviet troops in the Burburaren with heavy lussca to the Suvlets.

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New Area of Operations BERLIN, Aug 10 (U)-Com- petent German quarters to-day claim-W. Bros. Pictura ed that the Germans have created

A new theatre of operations mull- part of Bundlenak where they had destroyed two divfalone and taken 10,000 prisoners. The Germans,

is cloned, also captured grent quan. titles of war materials in that ares. It is estimated that the Sovial ensualties are probably of feant 20.000

men.

Dnieper Reached

LONDON, AUR. 18 (Reuler)--The Duleper River was reached yesterday morning by German infantry units, who had made'forced marches, ac- cording to the offelal German news agency, but no indication of the location be given.

The claim states that the infantry had the support of tanks and artillery and that small Soviet, rearguarda which attempted to hold them oft were everghelmed."

Germán guns are now stated to command a stretch of the river, pre- venting the withdrawal of Suviet triji,

A Nazi 18gh Commit spokesman In Herlin to-night said that the Ger

Krivolrog tud man troops from renched the Integer 80 miles to the east and were milyoneing towards the of industrial city Soviet Kreat Dniepropetrovsk.

These two annmuncements pre- sumably refer to the sune operation. Nazis Gain Confidence

pokemon. nuklei; The Soviets are laugh in their resistance but one day they will no longer, be able to resist the enormous German pressine. Already one can predict that despile their seemingly in- exhaustible supplies of men and materials, the will to victory of the Corman Foldiers will bring Anal

ress for German s."

The official German news oprncy also reports that the "renunts of Soviel Infantry divisions were four wiped out by a Nuzi pincer move- ment in the Nikolaiev area, yeater- The Soviet troops, it says, were trying to break throuds to a road in German harada, They made a

lay

Jurt si aku a rullway embankment, which is mid to have been piled withi Russian dend.

Hungarian Claim

to

con-

Eventing Standard": 1 Dr 23, in charge of the X-ray depori-

The report makes no mention of Wellington Koo, the new Chinese! ment of a hospital near Chungking.

ony Russian prisoners being taken Retort Evasive Ambassador were not the most t perturbable of diplomats, he would! Mr Koo' sons are carrying but a Hungarian claim issued In the

to-night refers have been overwhelmed by his re- their father's educational connection communique ception at the bowl of rice dinner with the United States; one follis several thousand prisoners and

siderable booty from the battle attended by 300 people of all nation his father at Columbia, the other Is

ground of Nikolajev. alities ..Dr Kou ca

rat between Lord! at Harvard. Cecil

The Ambassador's English is vir and Lady Bonhain Carter Between courses he opened a butter- walls perfect, and he can be diplo ily fan and tirelessly,, rhythmically, mitically evasive in the language. wafted the steamy air The Am- When a woman Journalist asked hing the River Bug to take part with bassador only said a few words, but "Would it case the pressure 0321 and every sentence was cheered. China if Japas carne into the heavy losses to an enemy superior in From tie everflow linger betose ! answered with another, question,

of cheering expe {1}} then which site, mada?

The "Evening News," also crane:

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stait!

menting on the dinner, said: " VICEROY'S TOUR

Ko had to jostle his way through

18 BOMBAY, AUR

(Router).-

a press of people to his sent beside Lord Linlithgow, Viceroy of Indio, Vircount Cecil, the chairman. Yet left to-day for Simla, thus concluding he seemned the coolest person present his three-weeks tour of Madras and He had to face camera after camera,] Bombay Presidencies. and they even whirred at hoy while!

The purpose of this monsoon-tour

he ate his bowl of rice,, But still was to renew contacts and jospect he kept his alert, thoughtful come the progress of the war effort in posure. The white line of his in these Presidencies,

sult retained mediate dinner gloss. He chatted gaily to

friend of

its!

Lady

Vielet Bonham Carter, or to this old Churchill's Return

days, Lord. Ces Winston Churchill will arrive in Lon- The Genes

dayn

LONDON, Aug. 18 (Reuter)-Mr Dr Koo, ly oriented after four

in Lot- don on Tuesday morning, don, stuck closely to manuscript. The Prime Minister is expected He is in fact fully capable of ex- to broadcast to the nation shortly and tempore eloquence, as hope he

be

broadcast will probably be on Sun-

Kunming Bombed

The communique says: "Since the troops fighting on August 8, our advanced between 120 and 150 miles the German forces in the battle round Alkalaley. Our motorcyclists caused maubers who fought fiercely while our cavalry cheeked all his attempts to break out."

:

Strategical But Not Decisive Gains,

FROM PAGE ONE

Budenny is not likely to be talling back to the line of the Dileper bes cutise it the next obstacle to de- fend but because he is not yet ready to deliver the counter-attack which his will drive back and destroy enemy.

A counter-attack of the scale necessary to achieve that much to be

some weeks, perhaps some months, or

after quite possibly not until

the Germans have been exposed to all the rigours of a winter campaign In Russia while Europe is rising in re- volt behind them.

In due course demonstrate in Lon-ie ore details of his historic medestred object may not be ready for

ether the statement don. But whether written or spaken it is satisfactory day.

authority to learn from so good an

as Dr Kou that China is in a better position as she enters her fifth year

than she Was when of war

she

SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH" entered her fourth, and that Japan. KUNMING, Aut. 17 (delayed in the intervening 12 months hns

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Japanese planes bombed the upper end of the inain business district of Kunming

lost more than she gained."

Many Other Functions

seven

Dr Koo has had many other publieft 10.20 nm. to-day. The damage

functions to attend. The

We cannot at present fix a dale for such a stroke but it may be taken for granted that such is being con- templated and prepared.

Standard" describes one is heavy and many rebullt shops MORE JAPANESE

the

Dr Wellington Kou, new Chin- ese Ambassador, was the guest of iaur at a Bowl of Rice dinner

this week. Last night he was host

n Block of Ice reception. In the] centre of a reception-room at the Chinese Embassy was 'n crystal pilar resting on a plinth festooned with leaves, Guests gathered round this decorative form of air conditioning to hear Dr Kou speak a few words of welcome.

was more al case here, I thought, than he had been in the stuffy, excited atmosphere of the curlier dinner, Dr Koo, immaculate- ly-tallared in dark grey, moved unong his guests so that everybody was able to ask him something, but nobody could ask him mitch.

Was

Mr C. J. Chancellor, who. Reuter's chief correspondent in the Far East from 1931 to 1939, tells me of Dr Koo's courtige In face personal, donger.

Hidden Microphones

of

Dr Koo, as Foreign Minister, ne- companied the Lytton Commission into, Manchuria. For Dr Kọo this enemy territory. Constant threats were made against his life.

where the The hotel

Commission)

waa

stayed was crawling with Japanese sples and there were microphones hidden all

all over the place.

himself well Mr Dr Koo Bore Chancellor had to back to Peking. and carried a message for Mme Koo. He became a friend of the family. Later he took charge of Dr Koo's 16-year-old doughter on her way to school in Shanghai, a place, of greater safety...

Miss Koo

enme to England to continue her study, and minde some nine"spooches here She is now,mati:

were destroyed, but the were small.

casualties

REACH SAIGON

LATE NEWS

are likely Ground,

FROM PAGE ONE

considerable

to cover

Minor Problems TOKYO, Aug. 18 (Reuter)"Two

or three minor problems" remain to be settled regarding the Japanese troops sent to Indo-Chinia, according to Major-General Sumita, head of the Japanese

Military Mission

in

Indo-Ced to-day that he will

He

shortly discuss these problems which include the allotment of defensive "zones" between the Japanese and French troops, with Admiral Decoux, the Vichy Governor-General.

Week-End Blitz On

Syracuse

-> FROM PAGE ONE

one Cant Z-506 and severely damaged a number of others.

"Aircraft of the South African Air Force bombed and machine-gunned Wolchefit and Debarech and obtained

lts on

the forts' buildings and trenches.

"All aircraft returned safely from these operations."

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (Reuler), President Roosevelt has signed a Bill exempting men over 20 from military service.

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