FATE OF WARSAW

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 3, 28 September 1939, Page 9

FATE OF WARSAW

Military Operations To Reduce City

NAZI ANNOUNCEMENT

Suburb Reported Captured

By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. (Received September 27, 8.15 p.m.)

LONDON, September 26. A communique issued by the German High Command states that as all efforts to convince Warsaw that further resistance is useless have failed, military operations to reduce the city were started yesterday. . . Berlin Official Wireless says that Warsaw’s southern suburb of Mokotow has been captured.

A Moscow report states that 62 Russians from the Soviet Embassy, consisting of consular and trade representatives, left Warsaw under safe conduct to the German lines outside the city in the course of a throe-hour truce. The Moscow correspondent of the British United Press says the radio announced that the Red army reached Zamosc, Osoweic, Chelm and Sambor. No Russian-German Contact. A Paris message says that the Gestapo has been ordered to see that the regular army in Poland does not make contact with Russian troops. The French Ambassador at Warsaw, in an interview, said that the Germans sent 2000 planes against Poland, of which 1000 were continuously sowing terror and destruction on any living thing they could see. Clear moonlit nights prevented the Polish lighters from counter-attacking. The German armies, thanks to dry ground, advanced as much as 50 miles a day, but wherever the Poles were of equal strength they proved of superior courage. Widespread intensive espionage also helped the Germans. The Poles, however, could have held out in East Poland but for the Russian invasion. The French and British Ambassadors witnessed _the massacre of peasantry by air at Kremieniec on September 12.

Daven try reports that a message received by wireless from Warsaw states that Warsaw had entered the twentyfirst day of the siege and that the last 24 hours, if anything, were more terrible than the attack during the pre; vious few days. Except, for a break of two hours, there had been continuous air raids by 200 planes and shelling by heavy artillery. Numerous Fires. Hundreds of incendiary bombs had caused numerous tires. Most of the public buildings in the city were in flames. Eire brigades and civilians were fighting the flames with the utmost heroism, but it was a difficult task, as water was scarce. The food situation was difficult, and specially the distribution which was complicated owing to the continuous shelling. Public utility institutions were performing miracles. Hundreds of horses killed in the streets by shells were immediately butchered and distributed for consumption. This message brings the first news of the plight of the city for .many hours.

At midday on Tuesday the Germans admitted that tho High Command bad ordered unrestricted warfare for the destruction of the city. It was the first German announcement, that the attack was not confined to military objectives, although the shelling of the city bad been in progress for .1.1. days.—By radio. VISIT TO MOSCOW Herr Von Ribbentrop LONDON, September 26. A report from Moscow states that Herr von Ribbentrop will arrive tomorrow in order to discuss problems connected with developments in Poland. Tlie Berlin correspondent of the British United Press says that Herr Hitler and Herr von Ribbentrop uri rived by plane and went to the Chancellery/ where activity was manifest,