THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 4, 1941.
Count Teleki's Suicide Due To German Pressure
EFFORT TO FORCE RUPTURE
WITH YUGOSLAVS
(By Reuter's Diplomatic Correspondent)
COUNT TELEKI, the Hungarian Prime Minister, is Hungary's first victim under the Axis Pact. He committed suicide because be "could not carry on his difficult and unhappy task."
COUNT TELEKI'S SUCCESSOR
The
Hungarian Pre- miership, left vacant by the suicide of Count Teleki, has been offered by the Regent, Admiral Horthy, to Laszlo de Bar- dessy, who has accepted, says a Budapest telegram the official German to news agency.
M. de Bardessy is wellknown in diplomatic circles in London, where for a number of years he
ATTACK ON #CONVOY
IN THAMES
The British gunboat Locust shot down one enemy, aircraft, badly damaged another.and hit a third during an unsuccessful attack
on a British convoy in the Thames Estuary yesterday morning, it is officially announc- ed. Reuter.
was Councellor of Legation and DESTROYED
Charge d'Affaires.
He left London in 1934 to be-
come Hungarian Minister to Bu- THREE OUT
charest, and was appointed Hun-
This burden was entirely due to German pressure on Hungary to break with Yugo- slavia. One of Count Teleki's proudest suc- cesses was his agreement with Yugoslavia,garian Foreign Minister in 1938.— removing the causes of the political friction between the two countries and establishing a basis of peaceful collaboration in mutual con- APOLOGY
fidence and economic understanding.
the
Germany evidently cannot tol- had greatly contributed to erate friendship between vassal pacification of the Balkans. Hungary and independent and The Germans will not find it spirited Yugoslavia, and Count easy to poison relations between Teleki, who had shown courage the two peoples even if they drive and conscientiousness in admin-the Bulgarians Into an appear- istralion, has felt the struggle be- ance of open enmity.. tween his principles and German pressure more than he could face. He has taken a way out that seemed to him easier.
Reuter.
TO AMERICA
OF FOUR
ITALIANS IN RETREAT HARASSED
lian columns retreating The harassing of Itz
from Asmara and the des- truction of three enemy bombers in Albania, are among the highspots in yesterday's R.A.F. com-
from munique
R.A.F. Middle East Headquarters in Cairo.
Dealing with Eritrea, the com- munique states that the RA.F. on Wednesday maintained bomb and -machine-gun-attacks on enemy,
southwards transport retreating from Asmara,
Free French aircraft bombed an enemy encampment on the Adowa road, while motor trans- port on the Dessia-Assab road W38 bombed and machine- gunned and a number damaged. In Albania, four enemy bombers
were intercepted by ant J. H. Lapsley of the (Greece)
RAF. fighters. Three were shot Middle East Command, down and the fourth severely
When Flight Lieuten-which attempted to raid Volos
In Tripolitania during the night of April 1/2-R:AF. bopt bers raided the harbour of
directly Tripoll,
hitting the molo.
"
A heavy bombing attack was
made on enemy motor transport were destroyed.
at Ras Lanuf. Many vehicles
No British machines are miss- | ing. - -Reuter.
was awarded the D.F.C.damaged. recently, it was mention- ed in the official citation that "on one occasion, The Ministry of Aircraft
single-handed, he attack- Production in London is-led a formation of four Shot Through Head sued the following an- s.79's and destroyed three A Budapest dispatch to Vichy nouncement yesterday-of them." THERE ARE MANY POLITI- states that Count Teleki shot The attention of the Ministry
BUDAPEST CIANS IN
has been WHO himself through the right temple of Aircraft Production
It may now be revealed that MIGHT BE WILLING TOOLS OF | with a pistol-Reuter.
brought to a picture caption in the it was in the battle of Bardia and
'Jane's All
the of
Fort Capuzzo, a combined opera- World's Aircraft' inimical to the
tion with the Royal Navy and be- friendly relations existing
Britain
United the Royal Air Force, that Flight tween
and the
Lieutenant Lapsley performed States.
"Neither the publication this great feat.
editor, nor the principal Mr. C: G. Gray, has any official status.
GERMANY BUT ADMIRAL HORTHY IS ALSO A MAN OF INDEPENDENT MOULD AND
HIS CHOICE OF SUCCESSOR TO COUNT TELEKI MAY DE- LAY IF IT DOES NOT CIRCUM- VENT GERMAN PLANS.
Bulgarians Too
INDIA REJOICES AT KEREN VICTORY
new
colf
issue
He arrived on the scene of the combat just as five of the S.79's had dropped their, bombs well astern of the Fleet, and were making for home as fast as their
The Bengal Assembly in Calcut- ta yesterday adopted a resolution; submitted by the Premier convey-
"The publishers have stated that ing rejoicings to the King at the capture of Keren and Harrar and they are recalling all copies of the
warmest oongratulations to publication, with a view the Indian soldiers and other Im-moving the offensive sentences."-of the five immediately went down
Bulgarians, who also were very delighted with their pact of per- petual friendship with Yugosla- via, are similarly being dragoon-the ed into opposition.
The Bulgar-Serb rapproche perial troops for their conspicuous ment was a very real thing and gallantry.-Reuter.
BRITISH
LUCAS
MADE
Reuter.
ESSENCE
to re-engines would carry them. One
FOR OVER OF LIVING GO YEARS AT STAKE
KING OF THE ROAD
Agents:
LUCAS
DODWELL & CO. LTD.
· STORES DEPOT, 'S RÜSSELA, ST.
15957
DECLARING
THAT
"THE
in flames-evidently it bad fallen
13,500 Aliens
a victim to the anti-aircraft fire Half of the 27,000 from one of the warships.
enemy aliens detained in Flight Lieutenant Lapsley at Britain and the Domin- once went for the remainder. Pic-ions have obtained their king out the leader first, he gave
him about eight short bursts from freedom under the White publishing cate
the guns of his. Hurricane, and Paper
the Italian fell away. He fell in-
side the British lines and the gories of those eligible for deadliness of Flight Lieutenant release. Lapsley's shooting is shown by the fact that there were no fewer
·than 600 bullet holes in the air- craft.
Latest figure of releases 13;500, of whom approximately 1,300 are Italians and the remain- der Germans and Austrians.
6ix thousand of those detain- ed want to Australla sind Can- ade and some hundreds of these also will now enjoy their liber? ty.
TYRANNY OF -MAN OVER ITA- LIAN AND GERMAN MINDS IS ONE OF THE SADDEST THINGS • This aircraft was the S.79, which IN HISTORY," ·MA.`R. G. MEN- was later on view in' Alexandria ZIES. PRIME MINISTER OF and Cairo. Tens of thousands AUSTRALIA, IN A SPEECH AT paid to inspect it-and to note the BELFAST YESTERDAY, IN- work of the British pilot. STANGED. 'LIBYA "WHICH HE Having dealt with the leader, Between 8,000 and 9,000 ener DESCRIBED AS "ONE OF THE Flight Lieutenant Lapsley went aliens are still interned in Britan MOST MISERABLE, WORTH full tilt for a second. He had and 5,000 overseas. Nearly 2,000 LESS AND DESERTED COUN|put only the second burst into the were freed to enable them to en- TRLES ANY MAN EVER LAID Italian..aircraft when it went up list in the Pioneer Corps Reuter. EYES ON."
in flames,
The Australians who had clear- ed it had millions of acres or desert-of their own without want ing more.
What was at stake, he added, was the real essence of living without which they would not care to live at all,
"The essential genius of the British Empire could never be translated into terms of black and white."-Reuter.
'INDIA'S ORDNANCE
"I was about a hundred yards away and the flames were too close for comfort," he said, later, "I swerved away and then saw the crew baling out."
GREEKS PRAISE MATAPAN VICTORY
:: By this time there was only one Italian alreraft leftḍin, wight, and, he was....making.-desperate
The Admiralty has received the efforts to escape. He had edged following message from the Un, In towards the. Libyan coast.. der-Secretary of State for the "He was diving like mad for a Greek Navy: Please accept from cloud, but I gave him three or both the Royal Greek Navy and four long bursts, and with one myself an expression of our engine smoking, he disappeared" admiration, enthusiasm, and pr said Flight Lieutenant Lapsley, "I upon the majestic triumph of de think that he fell into the sea." glorious and invincible British As there did not seem to be Fleet.against our common foe." much more doing Flight Lieuten-British Wireless. ant Lapsley then made his way back to his basel
INDIAN DEFENCE-
- LOANS
· OUTPUT Further progress "In manufae
"He has proved himself to be a turing in Ind a of miscellaneous items of ordnance stores has en- pilot of tremendous enthusiasm abled the majority of the 40,000 and "ability" said the official cita-
The grand total of subscriptions items being available to India. tlon, “temperamentally suited for
New items are web equipment; the role of fighter pilot; and he to the all India defenge donnsy lubricatingFoll chemicals and has exploited to the tall all op- to March329 wax över... 40,30. drugs of various kinds. — Reuter. •portunities that came blaɩway."!! |000, says Heilter úfrom New Delhi.