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No. 32,065
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1941
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LATE NIGHT
FINAL
INSIST ON
Daisy Brand
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BUTTER ·
CALM BEFORE THE STORM
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Possibility Of French Re-Entry Into War BRITISH Laval's Intrigue HINT OF
FORCES And Italy's Plight NAZI
SWEEP THROUGH
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Italian troops last night were retreating on five' fronts in Libya and East
ITALIAN ARTILLERY
TURNED ROUND
AGAINST THEM
Africa with such precipi- (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
tate haste that not even rear guard actions were being fought to retard the British.
Libyan
Despatches
the from front indicated that the Fascists have no
intention of making 21 stand anywhere east of Benghazi
In Eritrea, British and Indian forces are on the cutsk.rs of h ren, only 50 miles from Asmarae. the capital.
Similar swift thrusts were re- Ital an ported in Ethiopia and
Somaliland. International News
Service.
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It was revealed in Athens yesterday that in the coastal and central areas of the Albanian front re- cently captured Ito- lian artillery brought into use and turned on the Fascist positions. Interna- tional News Service.
THE MILITARY CORRESPONDENT OF THE STOCKHOLM NEWSPAPER "SVEN-
SKA," IN A SPECIAL ARTICLE YESTERDAY, SAID THAT THE EUROPEAN SITUATION COULD BE CHARACTERISED AS THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM.
STRATEGY
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") United States Govern- ment reports have dis- closed that Germany is using the resources and labour of conquered na-
Not long ago, says the correspondent, a European-African Power, under Axis leader ship, was the main theme of the Axis press and the situation in Africa appeared favour-modern fighting 'planes able to Germany and Italy.
in every respect there have been big changes.
There is now no talk of Spain joining the Axis, the British have the Initiative in Abyssinia, the South Africans are marching up from the South and was
the British e pouring into Eritrea.
100 LATEST TYPE PLANES FOR CHINA
THE REVELATION that China is to have 100 new American fighter 'planes, with the consent of Britain, was made by Colonel Knox, Secretary of the Navy, to-day.
GERMAN 'PLANE CRASHES IN COUNTY CORK
A. German aircraft crashed yesterday: morning in County. Cork, it was officially announced in Dublin. ́
Five of the crew of six were killed, the sixth being badly jured. The plane was mpletely wrecked:
plane *seen coming
in over the boy with smoke. pouring from it, crash- ed and burst. into. flames Reuter.
Colonel Knox stated that the Navy had offered to give Greccel free 30 Grumman fighters, but' the Greek Minister had refused the offer, stating it was necessary that Greece have new type ma- chines.
Colonel Knox then further
100 American-built warplanes,
A change of fortune In East Africa in favour of the Italians is still possible owing to the size of the Italian forces, but the correspondent questions whether the Italians are qualita. tively good enough.
Still more real is the reversal
of the situation in North Africa where the Italian threat in Egypt has been replaced by the possi- bility of British forces occupying the whole of Cyrenaica.
Cautious Britain
Cautious British commentaries slate that General Wavell's troops now face a difficult country be- tween Derna and Benghazi But
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Bishop
Valtorta
Sate
revealed that arrangements had Mgr. H. Valtorta, Ro- been made for China to obtain man Catholic Bishop of3] ordered in the United States by Hong Kong is safe in Hong Kong having re- turned from Sha-yu- chung yesterday..
Britain.
The Chinese Government had asked for 500. Under the
nr-
rangements finally reached. Bri-
tain has agreed to accept defer- red delivery of 100 machines.-- Reuter.
BATISTA IN FULL CONTROL (SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") All Indications are that Presi- dent Batista is now once more, in full control of affairs in Cuba, i
This is apparent after his lifting of the ban on Cuba's contitutional guarantees, originally scheduled to last 15 days. -- International News Service,
Speaking to the "China Mail" this morning, the Bishop said he was in Sha-yu-chung on Tuesday night when a few Japanese tered the village port.
en-
He was informed that the high- way between Sha-yu-chung and I'decided to return to Hong Kong Tamshul had been occupied and as it appeared that the Japanese had come to stay.
A Hong Kong Polloe' launch the Japanese and went into In Mirs Bay was signalled by Sha-yu-chung, to bring, the
Bishop back to Hong Kong. Arriving at Shataukok, the Bishop was met by Dr. P. S. WEATHER FORECAST: 'N.E. | Selwyn-Clarke-and later returned winds, moderatè tó fresh: fine to the Catholic Rectory in Caine to cloudy:
Road.
R.A.F. PATROLS CHANNEL
tions to turn out more submarines, ships and
instead of munitions for an attempt to invade Bri- tain.
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Officials in Washington said yes- terday that the shift in production Indicates that the Reich has heavy munitions supply but lacks sufficient first-line aeroplanes, meaning 'planes up to date in every respect.
More submarines are expecteri The R.A.F. was very ac- to be constructed in an attempt her to cut off Britain's lifeline - the English Merchant Navy.
International News Service.
over
tive Channel and north-west France yesterday, states the Air Ministry.
Fighter patrols have been main- tained resulting
successfully raided.
Two eneiny aircraft were shot in the destruc-down in combat. Reuter. tion of an enemy bember over the Channel during the morning pnd a-second during the after-
noon,
Five Fighters Missing During the sweep over. Northern
British Early
Wireless) In the
France (says afternoon squadron of British bombers the aerodrome at St. Omer was escorted by a considerable successfully attacked.
number of fighters, carried out Two enemy aircraft were shot a sweep over northern France down in combat, while five of our during, which, aerodromes were fighters are missing.
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