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Blunt Warning To Japan HEAVY BLOWS DEALT Retreat, But

By Mr Churchill

Special to the "Telegraph”

LONDON, AUT. 24 (UP)—ir Winston Churchil! to-day warned Japan to come to terms and declared that Britain aul the United Blates Intend to become the "armed" belleemen at the world after crushing Hitlerism and stripping the aggressur nations of their weapons.

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Breaking his allence on the Lirtorle meeting at rea with Pre- sident Roosevelt, Brllain's war. Isader sald that he and the President had joined in a solemn pledge to crush Nazlem and that this pledge "must be made good and will be made good."

Mr Churchill spoke to the world, for a half hour speech.

In

radio

te kirted the big question pored by Britons-how near is the United States to war?—with the statement that no man knows the answer to the question at this line. But, he asserted that Hitler was afraid to go to war against the United States although Hitler' Had "munitered a half dozen countries for a far less pretext."

Methodical And Merciless

's Vivid

Churchill's Of German

AT GERMANS: SOVIETS

ROUT

INFANTRY DIV.

MOSCOW, AUG. 24 (REUTER).-SOVIET TROOPS COMMANDED BY GENERAL KONIEV CONTINUE TO DEAL HEAVY BLOWS AT THE ENEMY, THE OFFICIAL SOVIET NEWS AGENCY REPORTS FROM THE CENTRAL SECTOR OF THE FRONT.

THEY ROUTED A GERMAN INFANTRY DIVISION, CAPTURED ITS ARTILLERY AND SMASHED ITS HEADQUARTERS, KILLING AT LEAST 3,000 OFFICERS AND MEN.

Butchery

Picture Frightfulness

Enemy reinforcements brought up from the rear have also been routed. Soviet troops destroyed 130 tanks, over a hundred, lorries, many guns and a large quantity of ammunition.

General Koniev's men continue to advance, liberating Soviet villages from the invaders and giving the enemy no respite.

Rumanians Destroyed MOSCOW, Aug. 24 (UP).— "Fighting continued in the directions of Kingisepp, Smolensk, Novogrod and Odessa," says to-day's com- LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter).—Broadcasting to-night, Mr Winston Churchill said: "Imunique. It also claimed that thought that you would like me to tell you something about the voyage I made across the the third Rumanian division has ocean to meet our great friend, the President of the United States. Exactly where we met, is been destroyed in the Quessa a secret but I do not think that I shall be indiscreet if I go so far as to say that it was 'some region.

where in the Atlantic,"

Ochakov Claimed In a spacious land-locked bay

LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter).—The Berlin Rudlo which reminded me of the west capture of another Black Sea port

to-day claims the coust of Scotland, powerful Ochakov-between Odessa and the American warships, protected mouth of the Daleper, states the by strong fotillas and far-rang-ficial German news agency. ing aircraft, awaited our arrival 800 prisoners, 18 aircraft and 31 guns. The Nazis report the capture of and, as it were, stretched a hand Ochakov was isoisted after Marchal

REDS RESISTING STUBBORNLY

No Decisive Nazi Victory

(War Commentary by “Annalist")

Japanese May Lose

P. I. Hemp Concerns

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Special to the "Telegraph"

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (UP)-It is exclusively stated that the United States is weighing the possibility of comman province of Davao in order to meet the threatened shortage in deering Japanese-owned hemp establishments in the Philippine

hemp for the navy.

Nazis Train

It is understood that officials are becoming increasingly con- cerned over the situation ever

Not Defeat

Bu-

Marshal. Semyon denny, the Russian cavalry leader, who as commander of the Soviet armies in the southern section of the war front, has been forced to retreat, but is reported to have a powerful army still intact. Budenny's soldiers are defending the important and rich Ukranian ter- ritory.

·UFS.

Russian War Front: Latest Reports

GERMAN

out to help us in. Our party Butenny's retreat across the Daleper. Million Meninze Japanese credits, including G. H. Q.

arrived the newest inttleship Prince of Wales, and a modest escort of British an Canadian destroyers.

Comradeship

And there for three days I spent

Northern Front

For Tropics

LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter).The offelal German news agency to-night| reported heavy fighting between Lake Pelpus on the Estonian frontier and Lake Ilmen, 110 miles southeast of Leningrad.

This means that part Marshal least 150 miles from Leningrad.

troops, said the agency, to-day Germand fresh ground after

froze

LONDON, -Aug. 24° (Reuter).—The war on the eastern front is to-day entering its tenth week without an decisive victory to the credit of the Germany. The battle is raging all my time in company and, I think I along the front from the Baltic to the Black Sea and every-may say, in comradeship with Trevoroshitor's army at of Ming at where desperate German assaults are matched by the stubbornsident Roosevelt, while the Chiefs of resistance of the Red troops who appear to be fighting back with Staff and naval and military com- of the British Empire manders both even greater zest and effect than at any time since the oul- and the United States sat together Eenetrating morale," writes the "Berner Washington and Monila to determine

Kowloon Roads

Criticised

break of the war.

There is no sign of flagging; uything their morale has been stimulated by the success of their skilful defence methods. Local Success

in continual council.

or

in

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had

"In such circumstances, consider has not yet been precluded. ing the sacrifices which the Russian

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SEIZED

Soviet Success In

The Southeast

those in the Philippines, and effectively. froze the Japanese oporations at Davao which is LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter).producing 75 per cent of the "It is unthinkable that the hemp the United States has been huge sacrifices which the Ger importing from the Philippines. man people have to undergo oficials have conferred privately It is understood that United States do not affect their

with Philippine oficials both nt

LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter). tions ond

a course of action. President Roosevelt is the thrice- (bcxes and dug-outs

concrete pill-Tagwacht."

-A Soviet cavalry regiment has "The disquieting air raids of the

United States officials are repre- thrown Nazi unils out of a town chosen head of the most powerful number of recently constructed only some parts of German territory, course to the problem is a Presiden-

Elsewhere in the same secter, a British air force admittedly touch sented an believing that the sole re in the southeastern sector front the comfy in the world. I state. ment, at present charged with the are stated to have been captured.

The King and Parlia bridge presumably over. Figusu, but the culling up of troups and other tial commenteering of the produc-and- hus-captured the head. principal direction of our

war measures affect all the people. tion

throughout Davao in quarters of a German division. affairs

Reports that a whole army of 1.000,- order to prevent interference to the About 700 Germans dead were these fateful times and it is my duty.

000 men is now being trained and vital United States source of supply. also to make sure, as I have made DISORDERS IN

issued

left in the town. with

special equipment for The exact legal mechanism has not suro, that anything I say or do in the

the tropics must have a disquieting yet been discovered nor has effect when the experience of the final Presidentint decision

bech CROATIA Afrlean war is drawn upon.

solicited. Some alternative course Guerillas Active

MOSCOW, Aug. 24 (Reuter), rulers.are again having recourse to -Violent anti-Italian demong-proven methods silence."

this connection, newspaper. AIR LOSSES trations have taken place all report from Constance says: "Atten-

over Croatia following the entry tion was urgently drawn again The Rumanians appear 10 have weather has not, apparently, been offered a chance to distinguish

Weekly Summary

order," states the Soviet news Failure in the duty of keeping the!

a decisive weapon to keep secrets. curbed the activities of the themselves at the latter place and are LONDON, Aug. 24 (British Wire-

LONDON, Aug. 24 (Reuter), Kowloon Residents' Association. apparently finding that Odessa has less).-Comparative air losses of the agency.

mouth shut may cost the lives of-Infuriated by. their failure to enemy and the R.A.F. during the Guerilla movements have been thousands of soldiers and lead to the enlist Belgian volunteers in the The August meeting of the sharp teeth.,

week ended at dawn to-day reflect considerably intensified. Even loss of big battles the German war against Russin, the Germans General Committee held recent-

the constant and increasingly strong the Ustachi (n Croat terrorist

lenders are Insisting." ly in the St Andrew's Church

attacks by the Jatter The report that the Hungariansenilitary objectives.

enemy organisation) is seething with Hall was well attended, those are being pressed to send large re- The figures are:

unrest. Four members of the present being; Mr D. W. Mun-inforcements is in keeping with the Over Britain German losses, Ave; organisation were shot in Sara- ton, President; Lt-Col E. D. general picture and shows that the R.A.F. nil,

Jevo on Saturday following the Matthews, Vice-Presttest; Mr F."New Order" is. proving an increas

Over Germany and German-oc-decision to purge local Ustachi ingly heavy yoke on the unfortunate cupled C. Mow Fung, Hon. Secretary vassals who so tamely opened the 30: R.A.F. 51 (six pilots and three branches.

territories.-German losses, Mr R. H. Wong, Hon. Treasurer; door to Hitler.

members of crews being saved the R.A.F.).

K.R.A. Report On Conditions

The

trying

midsummer

In the north, the Germans claim a exercise of my office is approved and local success near Lake Ilmen and refer encouragingly to the Finns al- though they do not seem to have progressed materially near their goal, of Leningrad.

Tallinn is apparently proving us tough a nut in the north us is Odessa in the south.

Hungarians Pressed

R. A. F.-AXIS

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campaign is costing, it is more than

understandable that the German

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Persecution Of Belgians

Midnight Communique MOSCOW, Aug, 24 (Reuter)~~A midnight communique states: Dur- Ing August 24 our troops fought the enemy along the whole front and particularly stubbornly in the Kex- holm, Smolensk, Gomel and Dnieper. Petrovsk directions.

ing the 22nd and 23rd of August During

52 German planes were destroyed in

nir combats. We Jost 30 planes.dur.

of Italian troops to "restore Germany to-day towards silence Refuse To Fight Redsing the same period,

The Duke of Spoleto, Mussolini's nominee for the Crown of Croatia, is anonymous letters warning him not said to have received hundreds, of to set foot on Croat sail.

Executions

Dr S. G. Kirkby-Gomes, Major C, When history comes to be written, M. Manners, Mr R. Pestonji,it will probably be found that in R.A.F.. nine (of which one pilot, one Middle East.-Axis losses, seven; Mrs H. F. Phillips, Dr A. M. point of suffering and sacrifice, there crew and two members of another

between Rodrigues, Mr R. J. Shrigley, is little to choose

the crew were saved), countries which opposed the Axis

180 Yugo-Slav guerillas have been Admiralty meanwhile in- ZURICHI, Aug. 24 (Router)---Some

established "Flying Court-Martial, composed of Ustachis (Croat fer- according to the Budapest |

Mr D. O. Silver, Dr J. T. Smalley, and were over-run and those who nounces that one enemy bomber was Mr J. N. Sweeney, Rev. H. A. abjectly submitted to Nazi pene- destroyed by naval forces during the executed by order of the newly- Wittenbach, and Mr B. Wylie. tration.

Apologies for absence were receiv

ed from Hon. Mr Leo D'Almada e Castro, Mr Lam Ming-fan, Mr H. A. da Silva, and Mr Young Tsun-dari, The chief business was the consi- deration of a report submitted by the Trame and Street Lighting Sub- Committee, which dealt with various matters

which It was decided

Lo to the notice of the appropriate These included the enused by too liberal applica- tion of granite chips to road surfaces,

sane period.

Disorders in France:

Terrorists Arrested

Special to the "Telegraph"

VICHY, Aug. 24 (UP), Communiques issued by the the very bad state of certain roads Ministry of Interior confirm the arrest of thirteen persons, the north of Hunghom. Bridge, and the seizure of bombs and thirty pounds of explosives in the recent especially that part of Chatham Road Inet that when.roads are resurfaced, Vichy Synagogue bombing and the arrest of four out of the atop-cock, and hydrant. COVETN are band of seven who murdered Marx Dormoy on July 20, often left either above or below the lovel of the surface.

Traffic Circus

Both were the work of young terrorists, anti-Somites and

Like Detective. Thriller

salont of the "Neue Zurcher;

This follows the recent occupation of the whole of the Dalmatian coast to deal with the "Insecure conditions in West Bosnia.?

The occupation has created a bly impression In Danubian countries, the correspondent adds,

MOTORISTS HELP

BOMBER FUND ·

The first donation this week to help the Bomber Fund along to the next stage the $3,000,- which recruited their supporter of the deinils of the Dormoy plot Messrs

The Ministry of Interior's recital 000 mark, was received from Amongst other things, severe ert from among the extremely reads like a detective thriller. It

Linstead & Davis. ticians were made of the new traffe circus at the Kowloon City end of young men, but the two bomb-said that the Lyons police technical Secretaries and Treasurers of Prince Edward Road. In some places ings were apparently not con- laboratory examined the explosives the Hongkong Automobile As- the road is too narrow and the shape nected with each other.

and the rest of the solution of the sociation. T staying was likely child's play for elevated portion of the circus

The letter, accompanying a The Dormoy murder was solved the French police. turning dimoult in some cases by the accidental explosion of on-

cheque for $750, points out that some parts of the road, are flooded fother bomb in a publie pack at Nice They rounded up the known mem- this represents the first con- erver rain, the

lighting is inadequate, which killed three young terrorists boss of the direct action gang and tribution from the proceeds of TURN to Back Page, Column 3 on August 14.

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have resorted to mass arrests in | Belgium, says Moscow Radio.

Lists of all men of military age in Mons and other towns were drawn up and houses were searched. They were arrested under different pre- texts.

The Germans in some cases have smuggled anti-Nazi Ilterature into the houses as a pretext for arrest,

Many were dragged from their beds, placed in lorries and taken to

concentration camp.

Our northern fleet sank two enemy transports.

Counter-Attack Marshal Timoshenko, commanding MOSCOW, Aug. 24 (Reuter)- the Soviet army of the centre, has Issued a special Order of the Day congratulating Red Army units on having inflicted a major defeat on the enemy.

Presumably this refers to General Koniey's successful counter-attack.

Rumanian Casualties MOSCOW. Aug. 24 (Reuior)-A Soviet communique states that the Fifth Rumanian Infantry Division lost nearly 8,000 men killed and wounded, The Seventh Rumanian Infantry Division lost over 7,000 klted

and wounded.

Beaverbrook Back

For several days, the Germans used threats and physical violence but even so only 14 "volunteers" enlisted. Supplied with uniforms and equipment, they were sent to Mona to be transported to. Germany and thence east to the front.

LONDON, Aug, 24(Router),- gathered at the station, houting, Lord Benverbrook has landed in Bri- Traitors" and the women spat in taln, crossing the Atlantle by a Ferry the faces, the Moscow Radio adds. Comunand plane.

Crowds

Moscow Reports Revolt

By Italian

Officers

re-

LONDON, Aug. 21 (Reuter)Some 140 Italian officers and men were arrested while holding a secret meeting in caves in Tivoll, says Moscow Radio. Before the arrest, they offered resistance. Investigation of the case has been kept secret. The officers and men belong Mussolini. Their slogans to a military organisation which (semble those of the Italian describes itself as "Badoglio's Risorgimanto. Volunteers."Those who met at The role of Marsial Badoglio in Tivoli represented the local the organisation is not known, but under branch of the organisation which he has been for some time has wide ramifications through-tinues. The view expressed is that house arrest, Moscow Radio con- out Italy, including the army, knowing his opposition to the Musso Their aim is to free Italy from a regime and his disgrace, the the German yoke and from without his knowledge,

organisation may have used his name