Jerusalem, Sept, 18, British troops engaged in wide-scale "mopping up" operations yesterday in order to disorganize the Tebel forces at present sheltered in the mountains between Jerusalem and Nablus, It is reported that among the terrorists killed was a well-known leader Abu-Daled, The. soldiers are continuing opérations in the region of the Dead Sea, cutting down the rebel band which attacked patrols and motor cars on the Jerusalem-Jericho highway,—Havas, Rumanian Women Will Mobilize in War Bucharest, Sept. 18. A decree providing for the com-ere dun of women in ime was signed yesterday b; Carol. PAR decree states that, in case of tunianian women can b Moscow, Sept, 17, The strategic importance of the Danube is emphasized in an article, published by the."Krasny Flot," on the part played by that great river in Germany's schemes of expansion, The newspaper, organ of the Soviet Navy Commissariat, actually present a study of the Reich's expansion in the Danubian basin, Captain Gavrilov is the writer, He points out that during the Great War, Austrian and German flotillas on the Danube. played an important part in the general plan of hostilities, He recalls that when the Aystro-German forces penetrated into the Ukraine region, a flotilla of war vessels managed to aid in opérations by steaming down the Danube and into the Black Sea, At present, Germany is planning a canal to connect the~Rhine and the Danube, he points out, However, Captain Gavrilov also adds that the number of locks necessitated om the canal and the tonnage-limitations imposed on traffic will greatly limit the importance of the project, In conclusion, the article claims:
"The presentation of these facts gives evidence of the large scale of German plans for expansion and aggression in the Danubian basin, which German Fascism wishes to make one of its principal strongholds in à war against South-eastern Europe. The Reichs expansion threatens along the old route—trom Berlin to Baghdad and Soviet Russia."—Havas,
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