The day in dispatches
Announcements, reports and claims should be read as three different things
LONDON Today produced a great deal of official speech and very little movement that can be verified, and the two should be kept apart.
Estonia and Latvia stay silent on a submarine's escape and Polish aircraft landings
STOCKHOLM A Polish submarine escaped from Tallinn under fire this morning, and about sixty Polish aircraft had landed at Daugavpils in Latvia by midday. Both reports reached Stockholm through news agencies, and the Estonian and Latvian governments have both stayed silent.
Britain says its guarantee to Poland stands but leaves its next step unstated
LONDON Britain's obligations to Poland are unchanged, the government said in a statement issued in London this evening. The statement also says the Soviet case for entering Poland fails to stand up.
Britain rejects the Soviet justification for entering Poland
LONDON The British Government has rejected the Soviet government's justification for its attack on Poland, in a statement issued in London this evening.
Western Front calm, French say
PARIS The Western Front was calm today, according to a semi-official French summary issued in Paris.
Roosevelt invites two leading Republicans to the White House before Congress sits
WASHINGTON President Roosevelt has invited Alfred Landon and Frank Knox to the White House on Wednesday to discuss neutrality.
Northern Ireland farmers to be required to put more land under crops
RUGBY Holders of farmland in Northern Ireland are to be required to put a proportion of their arable acreage under crops, according to a government information report setting out a compulsory cultivation scheme.
Poland's government has crossed into Romania, and its position now depends on Bucharest
CERNĂUŢI The Polish head of state and his ministers are in Romania, and a communiqué issued today asks the Romanian government for hospitality.
Tin producers are allowed to export their full quota this quarter
LONDON The International Tin Committee, which regulates exports from the main tin-producing territories, has set the third-quarter export quota at 100 percent of standard tonnages. The announcement was made in London today.
Admiralty withholds where Courageous sank and how many were aboard
LONDON The Admiralty has confirmed the loss of the aircraft carrier Courageous but is withholding where she sank and how many of her crew survived.
Lord Camrose appointed to run press relations at the Ministry of Information
RUGBY Lord Camrose has been appointed Chief Assistant and Controller of Press Relations at the Ministry of Information, the Minister, Lord Macmillan, has announced.
Greenwood says Britain must fight on after the Soviet move
LONDON Arthur Greenwood has told Reuters he was shocked by the Soviet entry into Poland, and he rejects the justification Moscow has given for it.
About 60 Polish aircraft land in Latvia, Reuters reports
RIGA About 60 Polish aircraft had landed at Daugavpils in south-eastern Latvia by midday, Reuters reports from Riga.
American attaché describes meeting a Soviet tank column in Poland
CERNĂUŢI The United States military attaché, Major William H. Colbern, has described meeting a Soviet tank column in Poland yesterday.
Aircraft carrier Courageous sunk by a submarine, the Admiralty says
LONDON The aircraft carrier HMS Courageous has been sunk by an enemy submarine, the Admiralty announced today.
Tokyo says its Soviet truce is unrelated to the war in Europe
TOKYO The frontier armistice agreed with the Soviet Union is unrelated to the war in Europe, a spokesman for the Japanese Foreign Office says. He also denied that Germany mediated the agreement.
Curtin calls for immediate defence talks between Australia and New Zealand
CANBERRA Australia and New Zealand should begin economic and defence consultations immediately, the leader of Australia's Opposition, John Curtin, has told Reuters.
Polish president and ministers reported in Romania
CERNĂUŢI President Mościcki and members of the Polish government are in Romania, according to reports reaching correspondents at Cernăuţi, a Romanian town near the Polish frontier.
Polish submarine Orzeł escapes Tallinn harbour under fire
TALLINN The Polish submarine Orzeł has escaped from Tallinn, where Estonia had interned her, under fire from shore batteries and warships.
Where things stood at the start of the day
- The eastern frontier
- Soviet troops crossed into Poland in the early hours. The reported crossing times did not agree and were not reconciled.
- Moscow's case
- Moscow told Poland's ambassador the Polish state had ceased to exist, and rested the action on that claim. Moscow was the only government making it.
- The Polish government
- Polish ministers said from Kuty that their government was still functioning on Polish soil.
- Warsaw
- The city had not accepted the German surrender demand put to it the previous day.
- Brest-Litovsk
- Berlin said its troops had taken the citadel at Brześć Litewski.
- The Allied capitals
- London, Paris and Washington had the Soviet news all day and said nothing.
- The Far East
- Chungking's papers carried the frontier armistice and declined to call it a settlement.