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PLIGHT IN RETREAT
Whether the arrival of advanced Imperial forces at Addis Ababa, capital of} Abyssinia, connotes the capture of the Italian garrison, which must have been considerable, is not yet known but it is con- sidered in military circles that the Italians handed the town over to the Im- perial troops after with- drawing the bulk of their forces.
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It is diffleu 1 to say in which direction these forces can safely withdraw. Withdrawal direction wenabl be unwise parti- cularly to the north, since the Im- penant forces hold: trong positions St Debra Mateos,
Fight the duceta of Asad we find the British waiting on the Red Sea coast
Ababa
The raptured Addis rmit be regarded a maheating that the whole East Aftaran cam- puga neght come to an end at to dlant dafe but if is empluustised. that recently there were comput - ed to be 50,000 Italian troops and 100.000 Italian-controlled native troops still to be reckoned with The figure does not allow for Ila- Han forces that have been "mop-i ped up during revent operations,
British Wireless.
CALM IN IRAQ
COMPLETE CALM REIGNS IN} IRAQ FOLLOWING THE COUP D'ETAT WHICH PLACED IN POWER SAYID RASHID AL GAILANI, THE NATIONALIST LEADER, AT THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL DEFENCE GOVERN- MENT.
In a broadcast to the people of of Iraq, the new Premier declared his Government would adhere to the country's international obliga- tions, especially the Anglo-Iraq Treaty. the provisions of which it
would continue to app.y in а spirit of triendship and cordiality. The Regent, who is reported to be in Basrah, Is accused of trying to usurp the power of the Throne. --Reuler.
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. Exercises in methods of dea'ing with parachute troops by "para- shots" are now proceeding on large scale in the Moscow region, j
For some time exercises have been held in other regions of Russia, and four out of 28 dis- tricis concerned are mentioned in the Soviet press as having a total of 34,000 parashots now in train- ing. Reuter.
ANCHORED IN THE
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For anchoring in a prohibited arca in the Tathong Channel Minefield, Lam Choi, junk master, Tsui Kwok and Tang Lai To, junk fokis, were this morning fined $30 each by Commander T. C. Stiff at the Marine Court,
Li Yau, junk master, was fined $10 or 10 days for loitering with his boat within 100 yards of the ea wall at the Royal Naval Yard, Kowloon.
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