THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 30, 1940
BARDIA WEAKENING UNDER BRITISH
BRITISH PRESSURE Early Fall Of Fortress Taken As Inevitable ANTI-NAZI Poor Response
FEELING IN FRANCE
Bitter, anti-German feeling in France was ad- mitted yesterday by the German-controlled Paris.
Radio.
when the R.A.F. bombers made their raids a Frenchwoman said
To British Gunfire
BARDIA NOW SEEMS to be weakening under the relentless British pressure of the past 10 days, and a Cairo communique yes-
The announcer comulined that terday evening said that in that area British guns had been active with little response from the Italians.
"The English at last! God bless thei, bon bel
MY
The Italians, ton, som to have seme misgivings, and an Italian National Councillor in Rome veA« terday complaine 1.
"Italy, while in a life and death struggle against the strongest Empire in the world. cannot trust the French
Van-
cannot be said that quished Franez is yel pervaded of her defeat."
Reuter
ARABS' SUPPORT
THE SOUTHERN ARABS HAVE NEVER BEEN CLOSER TO THE BRITISH THAN THEY ARE NOW, REPORTS A BRITISH OFFICIAL WHO HAS JUST RE- TURNED TO ADEN FROM A TOUR OF THE
REGION OF SOUTHERN ARAB. IA.
British pressure is being maintained in other parts of the war zone in Africa.
In making this statement, he In the Sudan/Abyssinia sector,
the south-east of Kasala and east of ignores Italian broadcasts of
past few days to the effect that the Galabat, British patrols with artil-resistance at Bardin proved the lery sunport have bee harrydig strength, courage and resolution of the Italian troops and also proved the italians successfully.
how fruitless the British offensive
In Italy itself, the early fall of! was duomed to become. Burdia seems to be taken as in-
vitable.
According to Signor Ansaldo. the itailans in Bardia are hold- Ing out because of their irrita - tion at British takes
boasting after
An ald who Signor second place only to Signor Gayda
leading Halan publicist-de- ared yesterday in a Turin paper that Bordia is in no se ise a bas- tien of the alien forces in Africa.
fight and brought great relief, for HADRAMAUT
the coastal Arabs have learned to hate Mussolini and Fascism.
"Wherever I went, I heard pray-
The victories in the Westerners for a British victory," he said. Desert have given them great de-
Reuter.
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PAMPHLET APPEARS IN BUCHAREST
PAMPHLETS AGAINST NAZI TYRANNY AND RE-AFFIRMING FAITH IN DEMOCRACY HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED IN THE STREETS OF BUCHAREST JUST ONE MORE SIGN OF THE
GROWING HATRED OF THE
RUMANIANS AGAINST THEIR GERMAN MASTERS.
The pamphlets express undying faith in the Allied cause and state that only a British victory
can free the oppressed peoples nf Europe from the Nazi yoke.
"England is invincible, and with America will break the menace to peace under whose powers of des- potism Europe is groaning to-day," says the pamphlet. ― Reuter.
SAUDI PLOT
REVEALED
THE SAUDI-ARABIAN LEGA- TION IN CAIRO STATED YES- TERDAY. THAT A PLOT AGAINST KING 1BN-SAUD HAD BEEN DISCOVERED.
Two persons had been sentenc- ed to death and others sent prison.
to
Before the news was made pu- blic, the Italian Radio had already started to accuse, the British of complicity in the deed.
These accusations are fantastic, London circles said last night. That the British should harbour any malicioul intentions against an old and tried friend is obvious“. ly ridiculous. Reuter...
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STOP PRESS
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Last evening's raid on London
the was probably the heaviest concentrated as- sault of the war. The main raid lasted less than three hours, but thousands of bombs were dropped,` primarily of an incendiary nature.
Casualties are not believed to be heavy, but the damage is extensive and widespread.
The German High Com- mand claims that huge areas of London were burning last night, and it also adds that in a clash in mid-Atlantic, a German_warship' badly dam- aged n British warship. The Admiralty has already re- vealed that the raider turned and fled when she found H.M.S. Berwick on the spot and that Berwick suffered enly five casualties and trifling damage. International News Service.
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Workers employed in Wang Ching-wei's propaganda or- gan, the "Chung Hua Jih Pao" (China Daily News) struck work on Saturday night. The paper failed to appear in the streets of Shanghal, yesterday. The strikers are demanding higher wages. Our Own Corres- pondent.
In a special report to the Tokyo "Nichi Nichi,' its Ber- lin correspondent says that Germany admits the bom- bardment of the island of Nauru, the southern Pacific, but denies that the raider flew the Japanese colours.
Germany claims that Mr. Menzies statement to that effect is. "propaganda.” Reuter,
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