NEWS BY RADIO

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 September 1939, Page 8

NEWS BY RADIO

NUMBER OF SUBMARINES DESTROYED STATEMENT BY BRITISH ADMIRALTY. RUSSIA & JAPAN TALKING PEACE, The following reports from Daventry have been rebroadcast by the New Zealand National stations: — The British Admiralty states that a number of German submarines have been attacked and destroyed. Destroyers, patrol vessels and aircraft were constantly patrolling over wide areas. The survivors from the [submarines had been rescued wherever possible. It is stated that many German submarines in the Atlantic, according to a semi-official report from Paris, have shot their last torpedoes, and others are lacking fuel. The Ministry of Information announces that the British contraband control had intercepted a large quantity of goods consigned to Germany, including 28 000 tons of petroleum, and 26,000 tons of iron ore. ARMISTICE IN MONGOLIA. It is reported that Russia and Japan have reached an armistice in their undeclared war in the East. This, it is stated, may lead to a non-aggression pact. The armistice was followed by an immediate cessation of hostilities and a further meeting of the negotiators Will be held, after which a communique will be issued. ON THE WESTERN FRONT. * On the Western front, according to a report from Brussels, the French have commenced a new drive near the Luxembourg frontier, where they have captured the village of Perl. They are reported to be making progress on a nine mile front to the north, The battle proceeded all day With great intensity. The advance was made with tanks and motorised units. The Germans retreated so hastily that they had no time to destroy a bridge on the railway line. A French war communique -states that French forces had strengthened positions ttiken during previous days and had repelled counter-attacks. There had been strong reaction by enemy aeroplanes, which had been repulsed when attacking the front line. French aeroplanes had been in direct, contact with German fortification troops in front of the Siegfried Line. It is stated that Saarbrucken is completely cut off and that many German planes from the Polish front are. now appearing in the west. A report from Amsterdam states that the Germans are evacuating an area just beyond the Belgian and Dutch frontiers, in the district around Aix-la-Chapelle. German artillery fire on the Western front has been intensified. German troops and civilians have evacuated an area east of Saarbrucken. OPERATIONS IN POLAND. According* to a Polish report, German war planes are relentlessly bombing cities and towns in Poland, with a view to breaking the peoples’ morale. The Germans are carrying out the systematic destruction of all built-up areas and cities, without reference to any military objectives. Three of the towns that had been bombed were far removed from the fighting area. German forces in Poland are trying to drive round Warsaw in a great circle with a pincer movement. The Germans have reached Brest Litovsk, where the forts have been blown up but the Poles are still holding out in the citadel. Other German troops, it is stated are advancing in a north-easterly direction. A force has crossed the Vistula Portion of a Polish army that had been trying to break through the encirclement movement- had fought its way tc Warsaw. The Poles admit fighting on the outskirts of Lublin. The Germans were attempting to close the Ruman-ian-Polish frontier. No street is left in Warsaw that has not got some ruins and many big buildings have collapsed as the result of German air raids. The Germans claim to have reached the Polish oil fields in Silesia. U.S.A. & THE ATHENIA. According to a statement by Mr Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, as far as America is concerned the sinking of the Athenia is not regarded as a closed incident. Affidats are still being taken from survivors regarding the sinking. President Roosevelt states that he hoped to limit legislation at next week’s meeting of Congress to a revision of the neutrality law. The Germans are circulating a story in Belgium that there is an imminent danger of a British landing on the Belgian coast. This is being done it is stated, to discredit Britain in the eyes of Belgians. A. million Russian conscripts are being called up. A Russian paper emphasises the need for military preparation as the capitalist countries were caught by war fever and Russian should be sure that she was not caught unawares. A report from Simla states that an attempt had been made by NorthWestern Frontier tribesmen to start a rising in Afghanistan simultaneously with the outbreak of European war. Possibly the movement was inspired by foreign influences. A close watch is being kept on the situation. TOMORROW’S REBROADCASTS. Tomorrow. New Zealand National stations will rebroadeast DaVentry news at the following hours: G.O, 7.15 8.20, and 9.15 a.m.; 1.15. 3.30, 5.45, 9.30 and 11.0 p.m.