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一拜禮 號五十月九英港香 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1941. BAŁ

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Invaders

Astonished

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SUCCESSES CLAIMED Leading Russian Forces

By Soviet BY BOTH SIDES IN THE

Resistance BATTLE OF LENINGRAD

WAR COMMENTARY BY "ANNALIST"

LONDON, Sept. 14 (Reuter). On the central front which covers Moscow, the invaders have been stonished by the force of Marshal Timoshenkou counter-attacks.

Along the whole vast length of the central front, reports state that the Russians have here thrown in one of their most formidable "secret weapons”- trnks of up to 64 tens in weight.

German losses continue to be great but the Germans may still be able to sustain much losses for the time being, provided that they continue to gain ground, for it was their own warrior King Frederick thic Great!

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”

CONFLICTING REPORTS CONCERNING THE PROGress of thE BATTLE OF LENIN- GRAD HAVE BEEN RECEIVED TO-DAY. UNITED PRESS”, IN A DISPATCH FROM MOSCOW QUOTES THE LENINGRAD CORRESPONDENT OF “PRAVDA" TO THE EFFECT THAT MAR- SHAL VOROSHILOV'S FORCES HAVE COUNTER-ATTACKED, FORCED A CROSSING OF THE RIVER “T”, PUSHED BACK GERMAN TANK UNITS, AND RECAPTURED THREE VILLAGES.

On the other hand, the same news agency in a message from Berlin states that according to a Gorman High Command communique datelined "The Fuehrer's Hoadquarters", strong German forces have broken into Leningrad's first defences.

Other "United Press” reports from Moscow state that according to the newspaper. "Red Star", two Finnish regiments, who were trying to cross a river on the Karelian Isthmus, north of The Finns were unable who uttered the precept, "To conquer Leningrad, were repulsed by concentrated fire from Russian trenches.

to advance, and they retreated leaving behind 200 dead and more than 200 wounded.

1a 10 advance."

Towards the south, new `dangers threaten, The Nazis are at Cherni-

gov, 80 miles to the rear of Kiev and

00 miles too near. And the enemy

has forced the passage of the Dnieper.

In Brithin such facts are not regarded either with complacency or despair but rather a moral is drawn

the

The newspaper "Red Fleet" reports that defenders of Odessa killed 20,000 Rumanians during the]

first few days of September.

It is also disclosed that the Red Army and fleet have

that nothing shall be left undone to been reinforced by 12,000 Communists and 70,000

'strengthen the Russian resistance.

Komosols who abandoned their civilian occupations and took up arms. One regiment of the Black Sea marines,

Herding Nazis in a continuous three-day battle, wiped out two regiments

Out Of Tran

Broadcast Warning

*(BY "REUTER'B" SPECIAL CORAKSPONDENT)

TEHERAN, Sept. 14-A¢- credited members of the German, Italian, Hungarian and, Ruman-

of infantry and took much material.

TAUNTING HITLER

ian Legations in Teheran have Will Never See The

been ordered to leave on Tues- day.

Informing the British Legation of this, the Iran Government add that a further batch of Germans are to be surrendered to the

broadcast Instructions to

Kremlin

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

Gory Battles Raging

DY "REUTER'S" RESIDENT

CORRESPONDENT

MOSCOW, Sept. 14-Day and night artillery duels have turned the battlefield outside Leningrad into an inferno. The Russians

and Germana

Resumption of A.R.P. Inquiry

Woman Contractor Again Testifies

Reference to the arrest of Kwong Wing, Head Supervisor

of Kin Leo and Company, contractors for building A.I.P. tun- nels in Kowloon, who gave evidence on Friday, was made this morning when the Commission Inquiring into certain connected with the Architectural Branch of the Air Raid Pre- cautions Department resumed its sitting.

are hurling GERMAN

immense quantities of steel and

high explosives at each other's WARSHIPS

forces massed at the approaches to the city.

In

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It was stated that Kwong was arrested on Saturday and that bail of $20,000 had been fixed.

The Commission comprises His Honour Mr Justice P. E. F. Cressoll (Chairman), Mr S. Hampden Ross, Mr L. C. F. Bellamy and Mr K. M. A. Barnett (Secretary), Mr D. H. Blake represented Kin Lee and Company, and Mr G. G. N. Tinson was for Wing-Comdr A. H. Steele-

Heavy R.A.F. Attack Perkins,

On Brest

Vouchers Produced

Units of the Soviet Civil Guard LONDON, Sept. 14 (UP),---|

have for three weeks been fighting British and Radio Moscow, addressing Hitler shoulder to shoulder with their com Russian authorities to-morrow."** and Germany to-day said, "One rades in the Red Army in what must

The Iran Radlo on Saturday night hundred and thirty years ago on be one of the deadliest battles

the world's history. Germans September 14, 1812, Napoleon

The first witness called this morn- How the Civil Guards are holding throughout Iran to report to the entered Moscow. He had non sub-sector of the front and drove

ing was Mr Abdul Hamid Sumad, of Police immediately.

SPECIAL TO THE “TELEGRAPH" tanks and no motorised divisions the Germans back at bayonet point

the Treasurery, who produced vou-

Kin Lee LONDON, Sept. 14 (UP)-chers in respect of Arrangements are being made to but yet he managed to get there. was told to-day in a dispatch to the

and remove some 800 Germans who are

work in newspaper "Pravda." camped in the Legation compound Two months ago you,. Hitler, The Germans had advanced to the An Air Ministry communique Company for tunnelling

Kowloon. "Brest Was and to concentrate them in barracks, said that the German

heavily

The Chairman: You have been army River and occupied several states,

a hamlets. The Civil Guards orders attacked last night by a large subpoenaed to produce certain docu- would enter Moscow within

were to dislodge them. After Soviet force of alreraft of the Bomber ments, have you brought them? 27 few days.

artillery had prepared the way,

Mr Suffiad: Yes. (The documents were produced). "Well you, twopenny half-silencing one German strong point Command. A great weight of another, the Civil Guards bomba was dropped on the dock

These are Treasury penny Napoleon, how you do moved up to attack in face of shell- area and bursts were seen to respect of Kin Lee and Company?— lol Have you seen the Kremlining and machine-gun fire that forced straddle the dry docks in which Yes. yet? Napoleon at least saw the them to stick close to the mud in the the battle cruisers Scharnhorst STOCKHOLM, Sept. 14 (UP), Kremlin but you, you megalo-rain-soaked ground.

and Gneisenau are lying. Bayonet Charge The Afton Bladet" to-day re- manine will never see it because As they reached the German lines, ports that twelve "living bombs" your army will freeze to death the Civil Guards charged with their old planes carrying dynamite somewhere between Moscow and TURN to Back Page, Column 5 --are claimed by the Soviet Smolensk." Radio to have blown up twelve

"Living Bombs' Destroy Nazis

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

German ships off Kronstadt.

The radio stated that the $500 Bomber Fund

"Red army sacrificed twelve old

planes and several thousand

kilos of dynamite, together with.

twelve pilots, but the Germans

Donation

Hoving previously given $1,000 to

lost thousands of men, twelve the Bomber Fund, a second donation ships and a large amount of war for $500 has been received from The materials.

Locul Printing Press, Ltd.

Economic Sparring By

after

Japanese Parachute Troops

Mopped Up By Red

Army Of China CHUNGKLING, Sept. 14 (Ren-

Nazis In The Balkans terThe Japanese have used

ANKARA; Sept. 14 (Reuter),-Interest. here is in M. Molotov's warning to Bulgarin which is thought to justify the belief that Bulgaria's activities are directed against Russin rather than Turkey,

parachute troops in China for the first time.

This is revealed to-day by the "Hsin Hug Jih Pao," organ of the Chinese Communist Party, giving details of the Japanese offensive. against

the 18th Group Army (Chinese Communists), .weat Pelping.

of

Soma 100,000 Japanese are stated to be attacking the Communist

J

The Turks feel that talk about Bulgarian threats against Turkey is mainly due to the fact that many British and Ameri- can correspondents who were formerly in the Balkana associate the visit of Dr Clodius, Germany's chief economic negotiator, troops holding the mountains on the with force.

therefore refrained from raising borders of Shanal and Hopel pro-

vincer. political questions. He is pressing Though this may be true in the for the repair of damaged bridges on raids on bases in the Chinese rear Parachute troops made surprise case of certain countries the Turks the Istanbul-Svelingrad line and but, says the newspaper, they were ara at pains to point out that Turkey also offering to sell goods acquired all mopped up." In well-armed and is able to restat from Greece, and Yugo-Siuvia andƒ

Along Railways aggression. They contend that it is Bulgaria. Impossible to. compare the activities

Thus by selling to Turkey Greek The offensive, launched on August

of Clodius in Turkey with the pres tobacco and cilve all etc. which are had been expected for the last four sure brought to bear on Rumania and urgently needed by the United States months. Since July, it is stated, the athers. They believe that German and other countries Dr Clodluse had been concentrating

troops along the four key rallways activities in Bulgaria are not enough hopes to obtain foreign currency from Peiping-Suiyuan, Peiping Hankow, to threaton Turkey, a dual

the sale of these goods to America Chengulen-Taiyuan and the Tunpu

in his talks here Dr Clodius seems and other countries. This desire is Four Chinese columns, in the face to have realised that the Anglo- regarded as a thelf admission, that of stiff resistance, are making a con- „Turkish), alllance s in the baile of Germany is unable to make speedy centric drive from the north, north-

Turkin foreign policy and he has deliveries.heast, Boutheast and southe

docks at Le Havre. Aircraft of "Other aircraft bombed the

the Fighter Command made offensive patrols over Northern France during the night and attacked several enemy zero- dromes. Enemy aircraft coming

vouchers In

Are these all the vouchers you 'have? Yes,

These are payments for work the

A.R.P. tunnels? Yes.

TURN to Page 2, Column Two Company is performing in respect of

Exploits Of

in to land were destroyed. None A British

of our aircraft is missing from these three operations."

Italian Convoy Attacked ROME, Sept. 14 (UP)—An official communique states that British planes TURN to Back Page, Column 3

LATEST

Submarine

Here is one of the latest studies of Marshal Budenny, who is leading the Russian forces in a powerful counter attack against the Nazis in the Smolensk area of the eastern battlefront. Marshal Budenny bears a marked resemblance to M. Stalin.

ARP Witness DOMESTIC

Charged REFORMS

Kwong Wing, hend supervisor of Kin Lee, con- tractors, who gave evidence last week at the-A.R.P. in- quiry, was arrested оп Saturday on a charge of "offering a bribe of $2,000 to Mr J. G. Campbell in Decem- ber last.

was

re.

Kwong was brought be- fore Mr Sheldon at the Central Magistracy this morning and charged accordingly. He manded for a week on ball of $20,000. Mr W. A. Mackinlay was for the pro- secution and Mr D. H. Blake represented Defendant.

Bulgaria

Takes War

Precautions

DEMANDED

Iranian Ministers

To-See Shah-

TEHERAN, Sept. 14 (Reu» ler).A deputation of Minis- ters, with perhaps some mem- bers of Parliament, are expect ed shortly to visit the Shah at his summer residence in the mountains some miles north of Teheran to discuss domestic reforms-a subject hitherto strictly forbidden.

It is believed that this ques- tion was discussed at yesterday's secret session of Parliament and a further discussion is expected at to-day's public session.

Ever since the Anglo-Soviet ad- vance was completed, Iranian public opinion has been growing Into a strong demand for radical changes in the government of the country and the economic system, which has roughly trebled the cost of living in the last four years.

VICHY, Sept. 14 (Reuter). The Bulgarian Council of Minis-

Crown Jewels ters have decided that the time has arrived to put the country's attention and expected to

Another question engaging public

be dis defences on a wartime footing, cussed in Parliament to-day la that Full Story Released according to a message from of the Crown jewels, which, it was

Sofia.

recently alleged, were sent out of LONDON, Sept. 14 (Reuter).

Teheran. A decree has been issued for the It is highly significant that such With 18 feet of her bows miss purposes of suppressing subversive delicate. question can be raised pu ing, a 12-feet split in her amid-activities and providing the death blicly. It was rumoured to-day that ships and other severe damage penalty for acts of sabotage, or espion-the jewels have now been returned

to Teheran. after hitting a mine, the sub-

Men of the 1021 class will be called) marine H.M.S. Triumph limped to the colours to-morrow.

At to-day's session of Parliament, Youtha replying to a question regarding the home 300 miles across the North belonging to the 1922 and 1923 classes whereabouts of the Crown Jewels, Sea. But she was repaired and other than students will also be called the Acting Prime Minister said that has since torpedoed five warships to the colours,

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and five supply vessels..

* . .

The full story of her exploits was disclosed to-night by the Admiralty nearly 21 months after they began on Boxing Day, 1039. It completes a brief announcement in April, 1940, that Lieut-Commander John Went- worth McCoy then her commander --had been awarded the D.S,C. for "outstanding inluative, akili and resource when a mine struck his None of the crew were Injured by the mine explosion-and an able sea- man sleeping only about 30 feet from where the mine went off did not owake.

ship

Of the ten torpedoes ready for Bring, one was missing, only the after, part of another was left and

ogo.

Axis Raider At Work

Near the Panama Zone

Special to the "Telegraph"

PANAMA CITY, Sept. 14 (UP), Reliable sources to lay said that an Axis raider has been operating, in the Pacific sen fanes leading to the Panama Canal Marine shipping authorities on the Isthmus have known for some time of the presence of the raider raider which do to be a heavily armed

It is learned that ships ar- Several, British and Dutch Veer

Vessels

lands. East Indies are considerably

the tube of a third was crushed in, riving in the Canal Zone during from New Zealand and the Nether but none exploded.

Unable to dive, the Triumph lay the past two weeks have report Hight Inside mine-infested enemy ed picking up distress messages

overdue at the Canal Zone accordin

to reliable sources. It is noted, that

waters, making water, fast Pumps from vessels being attacked by an official Dutch statement said that TURN to Back Page, Column 3 the raider.

the steamer Kota Nopan was believed