THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 17, 1941..
SOMALILAND TRIUMPH Italian Commander Taken Off His Balance
The part played by our armoured fighting vehicles in the victory in the Middle East is a great Incentive to men of the Royal Armoured Corps, who are training at home to do their bit for final victory. Thousands of men are being trained to man the huge numbers of tanks and other armoured vehicles now being delivered to the Army. Taken at a Tank Training School In the Southern Command, photo shows cruiser tanks firing a broadside as they proceed in line
ahead.
BRITAIN SELLING UP IN U.S.
The British holding in the American Viscose Cor- poration, a subsidiary of| Courtauld's Ltd., and the largest producer of rayon in the United States, has been sold on behalf of the British Government to a group of American invest- ment and banking firms.
The transfer of what was pro- bably Britain's most valuable single holding in the United Stales, as part of the programune to raise dollar exchange, was an- nounced in New York yesterday by a British Treasury expert.
EIRE'S BID FOR ARMS
FROM AMERICA
Mr. Frank Aiken, Eire Minister for the Co-ordination of De- fence, left Lisbon on Saturday by Clipper for the United States to study the possibil- ity of buying Ameri- can arms and supplies, says Q Lisbon de- spatch to the Vichy news agency quoted by Reuter.
TOTAL PRICE CANNOT YET] »•· BE STATED BUT THE CON- TRACT REQUIRES THE PAY- MENT OF APPROXIMATELY $40,000,000 ON ACCOUNT. 18 ESTIMATED THAT BE- TWEEN $80,000,000 AND $100,000,000 WILL BE REALIS- ED. REUTER.
IT
ITALY SIGNS A TRADE PACT
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
It was announced from Rome! yesterday that a trade agreement has been signed between Italy and Yugoslavia. -International News Service.
CANADIAN AIR ·
STRENGTH
The Royal Canadian Air Force was over 50,000 strong on Feb. 19, according to a report filed in the Dominion House of Commons in Ottawa on Saturday, says Reuter.
THE MEAT RATION
The meat ration in Britain this week will remain at 1/2d, worth for adult and 7d. for children un- der six states the Food Ministry, quoted in a British Wireless més- + Sage.
NEW CHIEF
OF NAVAL AIR ARM
Rear-Admiral
Lyster,
who commanded the air- craft-carriers from which the Fleet Air Arm bombed Italian
STAGGERED BY POWER OF MOBILE UNITS
THE RAPIDITY AND suddenness of the British and Imperial advance, upsetting en- tirely the enemy's calculations, constitutes the main reason for the smashing victory in Italian Somaliland.
Information received from Cairo military/ headquarters yesterday indicates that the Itq- lian general officer commanding in Somali- land did not dream an advance would be made until after the rains, or three months later than expected.
It appears that "our motor transport leaves the enemy gap- ing at their quality, and our equipment generally makes them envious."
The behaviour of the Askaris Italian (native troops), too, has been disappointing, which can be attributed to the dele mina- tion of the British aerial and artillery attacks.
In addition, their morale extremely low owing to In- receipt of pay, poor food bad equipment.
Juba Defeat
and
CARRYING
THE WAR
TO REICH
"Some reasons" were given by Mr. C. R. Attlee, the Lord Privy Seal, at was Stoke-on-Trent yesterday
the
Furthermore, much with placed in the River Jubu, natural defences of which were
able.
when he said the splendid
considered almost unsurmount-leadership of Mr. Chur- chill in Britain had been' Military quarters in Cairo splendidly paralleled by conclude: "There appears President Roosevelt over- be very bitter feeling between Royalists and Fascists.
"THE FORMER PROVIDE OF THE RE- THE MAJORITY GULARS. TAKING ORDERS warships at FROM POLITICAL SOLDIER
PLACED IN COMMAND BY
REUTER. Taranto, has been ap-FASCISM." pointed Lord Commission- er of the Admiralty and
Chief of the Naval Air Ser- LINER
vices.
He succeeds Vice-Admiral Sir Guy C. C. Royle.
Promoted to flag rank a month before the outbreak of the_pre- sent war, 53-year-old Rear- Admiral Lyster was mentioned in despatches at Narvik.
PROPOSAL DROPPED
The large American liners, Washington and
seas.
the
"Machines, produced by British labour and manned by British manpower, defeated
attacks made on us by the numerically far stronger German air force summer," he said.
last
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"That same combination carrying the counter attack to Germany to make her wish she had never started aerial war- face."
Hitler was speaking so often f his 70 million Germans, standing
Britain, together against
and made a great miscalculation in for- getting the millions of Britishers from the Empire overseas
who free'
were pouring of their own will into Britain to fight for an | idea).-Reuter.
Manhattan, will not sail GUNNY BAG
between Lisbon and the United States.
Vice-Admiral Royle, whom he succeeds, became Chief of the Naval Air Services in 1930. It was the first Important ap- pointment made by Mr. Chur- chill after becoming First Lord.
A suggestion was made a few At 56, Vice-Admiral Royle is days ago that they should replace new being lent to the Government the smaller vessels how in ser- of Australia for duty. as first vice.
naval member of the Common- wealth Naval Board. Reuter.
CHARGE
Kwok Sau-chow, 27, merchant, was charged before Mr. G. T. Lowry on Saturday, with a breach The scheme has now
by been of the Defence Regulations, abandoned but the need for more exporting gunny sacks out of the ships on this route is shown by Colony without a permit from the the fact that the American Export Controller of Trade. Lines' four ships on the Lisbon Mr. M. W. Lo pleaded not guil- service are booked
up many ty on behalf of the defendant. months ahead. Reuter.
It was alleged that some 2,000 gunny bags were placed into three junks off Connaught Road West on Friday last.
Hearing was fixed for April 4. Revenue Officer Tocher is in charge of the case.
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COLONEL DONOVAN IN LISBON
WAR GIFTS BY THE EDMONTONS
BEFORE COLONEL WILLIAM DONOVAN, PRESIDENT HOOSE- VELT'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO The Minister of Aircraft Pro- EUROPE, LEFT FOR HOME BYduction, lo letters thanking Ed- THE CLIPPER ON SATURDAY, monton, London, and Edmonton, HE HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH 'Canada, for their first combined SIR SAMUEL HOARE, BRITISH. contribution of £8,000 towards : AMBASSADOR TO SPAIN, WHO the purchase of two Spitfires CAME TO LISBON A DAY OR states: "The gift symbolises the TWO PREVIOUSLY BY CAR: bond of unity between Britain FROM MADRID.
and Canada in this struggle
It is understood they discussed against forces seeking to banish the question of supplies to Spain, the principles of freedom and Portugal and unoccupied France. justice from the world."
Col. Donovan also conferred Two Edmontong seek to raise with Dr. Salazar, the Portuguese a total of £10,000.—British Wire- Premier. Reuter.