FRENCH ADVANCE ON WESTERN FRONT

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22823, 23 September 1939, Page 13

FRENCH ADVANCE ON WESTERN FRONT

Menace To Saarbrucken And Zweibrucken V. FURTHER REPORTS OF DISORDER ... Litt J e ,u act i vity I 8 re P° r ted on the Western Front, although the French troops have resumed the advance and have now moved up to positions from which they seriously threaten Saarbrucken and Zweibrucken. Meanwhile preparations to resist a German-counter-offensive are complete. It is reported in Paris, however, that Germany is considering a flanking movement, which may affect the neutral countries and involve a violation of the territory of the Netherlands or Belgium. f pee<dl *o Congress, Mr Roosevelt urged the repeal of the embargo provisions of the Neutrality Act. ff S a dditional measures the granting of. anH *! x 2 ? nes barred to American ships, * natianals travelling in belligerent ships or danger zones; a ban on war credits to belligerents; re s Uln ? g i, 0 J bell jserents to take the title to h K Sed ’ s hipment * Mr Roosevelt said * b ,f gmded “ on e single, hard-headed • thought—to keep America out of war.”. ' the Germans is continuing in parts °Ln d ‘ Warsaw has not yet fallen. Russia ar u. r u p i!5 ted to have reached a frontier agreement by which the Germans will withdraw to a line west of Warsaw. . . Reports of disorders in Germany continue. It is ; stated that the chief resistance is to be found in Slo- : vakia, where General Sidor is leading bands of guerrilla troops.