Bucharest, July 3.
Fresh border fighting' between Hungary and Rumania created new tension in the Balkans last night after further disorders had been reported from areas of Rumania invaded by the Russian Army.
Seventy Hungarian soldiers were killed yesterday when a Hungarian Colonel Knox, who expressed his views on the Far Eastern' situation at length, stressed the need of a two ocean Navy for the United States.
Colonel Stimson, former Secretary of State, told the Senate Military Affairs Committee that the United States should aid Britain and enable her to maintain control of the north Atlantic.
The Senate Military Affai its Committee approved Colonel Stimson's appointment by a vote of 14 to 3, but the Senate Naval affairs Committee delayed action on Colonel Knox's ap} tment until today, "The situation today." Colonel Stimson warned the Military Affairs Committee, "is much more critical than it was last autumn and the time London Approves of Stimson and Knox which can be saved by the existence of British sea power is much more precious, Compulsory Training Asked Colonel Stinson urged prompt enactment of a law "establishing a system of selective, compulsory mi tary training and service" in the United States Colonel. Stimsor ment of long-r the United Star said the develop-se bombers placed Out into the Atla that this area embraces Puerto Rice, Bermuda, Newfoundland and north eastern Canada, "It is now recognized." he said, that if a powerful enemy were to secure a base at any of these places, hho could launch a devastating attack on our eastern seaboard.
America's new line of defence, he said, had been critically affected by the present war because Puerto Rice the only one of the aforementioned areas that was not involved the European conitiet. He said hat fact made the national defence problem much greater.
"We are facing a grave national emergency, fraught with sibility of immediate peri The world today is a house divided against itself and it ly not reasonable to anticipate that any peace patched up with this group of agzres-Sive nations can be. anything more than the briefest sort of peace.
London, July 3.
Commenting on the appointment of Colonels Henry Stimson and Fran Knox as Secretary of War and Secretary of the Navy, respectively, in President Roosevelt's Cabinet, the "Daily Telegraph" says that "the voting at the Republican Convention. justifies Colonel "Stimson and Pres-
Ident Roosevelt of their conviction that the great maj of their countrymen are now alive to the donger of Nazidom"
solonelStimson's statement that the United States should give any assistance she safely can lin the British Fleet's control of Allantic, declares the momentous declaration."
"Let us be particularly careful, adds the journal, "not to read into statements more than they. mean."
Commenting on the United States Bill" making the transference war material dependent on cert ficates from service chiefs, the "Telegraph" says: "It is indisputable "that United States n:
defence will have first call."
"ina good hour the United States has hailed our flag as the en-Sign of liberty."—Reuter i|New Post for Lord Milne London, July 3. Field Marshal Lord Milne, former!
Chief of the Imperial General Staff, has' been appointed Colonel-Com: mandant of the Pioneers—Reuter.
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