Paris, Sept. 26.
semi-om cial statement issued here today denies the German claim that eight French planes were shot down on Sunday. The French, it says, lost only two machines, while two' German aeroplanes fell on French territory.—Reuter, German Troops Near Holland Brussels, Sept. 26.
Contradicting certain "reports, the correspondent for the "Independence Belge" in the Hague stated today that the Germans are not concentrating any troops along the Dutch Srontier.
"In German cities in the immediate neighbourhood of the Dutch border all necessary meastires have been Sydney, Sept. 26, How best can Australia help the Allied cause against Nazi Germany is how the chief topic of conversation among Australians, There is unanimous sentiment, from the cities to the "back-blocks," that Hitlerism must be crushed. Australia's eMfcient little Navy and Air Force are now on a war footing. The Navy has been reinforced by farmed merchantmen to scout the seas for any German U-boats or other warships that may have slipped through the Allied net.
Whatever may be the outcome of the manpower question, it is certain that Australia's economic resources, including wool, wheat, sugar, and foodstuffs, will be of great value to the Allies—Reuter.
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