ATTACK INTENSIFIES

Evening Star, Issue 23368, 11 September 1939, Page 5

ATTACK INTENSIFIES

GERMANS' CONCENTRATED OFFENSIVE GALLANT RESISTANCE BY POLES WOMEN JOIN IN DEFENCE LONDON, September 10, Despatches reaching London in the early morning from Paris, Budapest, and Warsaw stated that Warsaw was a night-long centre of a terrific roar from attacking warplanes, and the explosion of heavy bombs and an incessant crackle of machine gun and rifle fire. Flames leaping up from buildings fired by incendiary bombs momentarily lit up the Polish defenders fighting back gallantly against the Germans. It is reported that in the massed city limits women joined the defenders, hurling hand grenades at the invaders. A message from Berlin states that an article in the ‘ Lokal-Anzeigcr ’ imolies the execution of Polish civilians as “ franc-tirenr ” (sharp-shooters), and asserts that it is obvious that the army command is reluctant to take drastic action against civilians, but the criminal attitude of the Polish Government introduces a nexv phase. No army permits soldiers to be insidiously murdered by civilians. The Bromberg murders, the insidious shooting of sentries, and the murder of flyers who made forced landings are proof of bestiality xvhich cannot be spared. ASSAULTS REPULSED THIRTY-TWO GERMAN TANKS DESTROYED BUDAPEST, September 9. The Warsaxv radio announced that all assaults have been turned back and 32 German tanks destroyed. “ The city is drowned by the roaring of aeroplanes, and the explosion of heavy bombs,” it xvas said. “ Flames are leaping from buildings against a jet-black sky. Women are supplying soldiers with food. Also in many places they hare thrown hand grenades at onrushing Gormans.” Men and women announcers xvere heard through an almost constant wail of air-raid xvarnings. “It does not matter if bombs destroyed the old Grand Theatre. It ought to have been demolished long ago,” was one goodhumoured observation. AIR ALARM IN BERLIN BRITISH PLANES DROP PAMPHLETS BERLIN, September 9. An air raid alarm sounded at 3.38 a.m., and 4,000,000 people xvere roused from their beds and herded into shelters. The all-clear signal sounded at 4.22 a.m. There xvas no indication of the presence of aircraft, and the High Command said the alarm may hax'e been -precipitated by German planes off their course. A general alarm is arranged when aircraft are 150 kilometres from the city. The High Command Inter announced that British planes dropped pamphlets over Mussel at 4.50 a.m. , A short xvave radio broadcast in English said: “ Just a moment, British soldiers. Are yon xvilling to lay doxvn your lives for a pack of liesp German soldiers admired your pluck and courage in the last xvar. Noxv a handful of politicians say the Poles are your dearest friends for whom you must be willing to die, although the British Empire is not threatened.” MEXICO ANTI-FASCIST CAMPAIGN FOR WAR MEXICO CITY. September 9. The National Committee of the C.T.M., a semi-official Labour organisation, is launching a nation-wide campaign to bring Mexico into tho war against the Fascists. In viexv of the close relations between the Government and the C.T.M., undoubtedly the move has the Government’s consent, and it may have been instigated by the Government. SINKING OF ATHENIA CANADIAN GIRL'S DEATH WASHINGTON, September 10. A 10-vear-old Canadian girl, a survivor from the Athenia, died from her injuries aboard the City of Flint. FOUR NEW ZEALANDERS ON BOARD HIGH COMMISSIONER'S INQUIRIES [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, September 10. Advice has been received by the Government from the High Commissioner (Mr W. J. Jordan) concerning New Zealanders xvho xvere on hoard the Athonia when she xvas torpedoed and sunk. Mr Jordan states: “Further to my cable of September 6 I hax-e to report that Nexv Zealanders on board the Athenia xvere Mr and Mrs Charles Tomlinson, of 23 Hi mu road. Wellington: Miss A. B. Fletcher, of Dunedin; and Miss Sarah Harper, care of Messrs Ballantvne and Co., Christchurch. “ Mr Tomlinson landed at Galway, hut there is no information yet concerning tho others, but I hope to cable further on Monday.” " I HOPE YOU WIN " JAPANESE GENERAL'S COMMENT LONDON, September 10. The Peking correspondent of the British United Press states that General Sigeru Hasunnma, saying farexvell to Lieutenant-colonel Spear at Kalgan, said: “ I suppose yon want to go to the front noxv. I hope you xvin,” Lieutenant-colonel Spear, a British attache, had been detained since May 25 on a charge of espionage.