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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 14, 1941.
NAZIS DIGGING DEEPER INTO MIRE
"THE GERMANS HAVE experienced dur- ing the past year that military conquest is not the same as winning people's coopera- tion; on the contrary, the frontiers between the Germans and other peoples have been broadened, says the "Gothenborg Handels- tidning.
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Europe, which the Nazis intended to unite, is to-day less united than before the
war.
Notwithstanding her victories,, Germany from the military stand- point is about as far from her
aim as a year ago.
When the Germans speak of chivalry which is freeing Greek and Yugoslav prisoners, it is mak- ing a virtue of necessity. They must be released to provide workers for helds and industries, The paper continues: So much has been said about sinkings and the stoppage of England's Imports but one forgets that Germany's occupied territories and communications arc either working smoothly.
Darlan
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Hitler
Admiral
Darlan was not immediately received by They are at least equal y con- Marshal Petain on his re- as turn to Vichy_yesterday following his talks with Hitler and Ribbentrop.
vulnerable
iderable traffle over the oceans.
German Vulnerability
Mr. Wilkie recently said that communications were Germany's, vulnerable point and in a meture the "Voelkischer Beobachter" gives an astonishing revelation of how vulnerable they are.
It shows that a 5,000-ton ship's cargo capacity equals about 600 railway wagons. The picture aims at showing the damage one torpedo can cause England. But it shows also what a great, delicate and difficult ap- Daratus German transportation
over wide areas is. Reuter.
MORE ITALIANS
CAPTURED
British
operations in
A Vichy message to Berlin states |
a meeting of the Vichy Cabinet is
CANADA'S RECORD BUDGET PASSED
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After less than O fortnight's debate, Canada's $2,650,- 000,000 War Budget, an all-time high in the war or peace history of the Dominion, was adopted by the House of Commons in Ottawa without a recorded vote.--Inter- national News Service.
Papen
being held this morning, when it Gives A
is expected that Durlan will mak a report on these conversations. Reuter.
Ribbentrop Present
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") According to an announcement | issued in Berlin. Hitler held conterence with in the presence
bentrop.
took place.
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The German Ambassa~ Admiral Darlandor to Turkey, Franz von
of the German
Foreign Min ster. Herr von Rib-Papen, whose return from The announcement does not say Germany, where he has when or where the conference been having consultations with Nazi leaders, had announcement is expected to be been expected for some after Admiral time, arrived in Ankara
last evening.
A Vichy message states that an
issued to-morrow Durlan had conferred with Mar- shal Petuin who has returned Vichy from his estate in the Riv iera.International News Service,
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(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") TWELVE HUNDRED AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOUR MACHINISTS HAVE OFFICE OF PRO. DUCTION MANAGEMENT'S PROPOSAL FOR ENDING THE
He came by air from Salzburg. where, according to German sources, he saw Hitler on Mon- day. Von Papen was accompani- ed by his wife and daughter.
CARRYING A YELLOW CANE AND WEARING A BLACK HAT, VON PAPEN LOOKED LIKE A FASHION PLATE WHEN HE STEPPED FROM THE 'PLANE.
Axia graet
the
diplomats rushed to him,
Hungarian Minister loudly reminding him that he was dining at the Hun- garian Legation that night. Frau von Papen and their
a STRIKE FOR HIGHER WAGES daughter, in white German motor-
IN SAN com-
FRANCISCO SHIP. ing costumes, accompanied the YARDS.
Ambassador.
The party entered an
Picket lines have been estab-
open the south, despite heavy lished with similar action by 700 Mercedes which led back to ra'ns, the Imperial forces are con- Committee of Industrial Organisa-Ankara a long cavalcade of Lan- linuing the advance in all areas. tion machinis's at Oakland.
clas, Opels and Mercedes. In the lakes district, south ol A total of 20,000 workers are Addis Ababa, Imperial troops suc- now idle in 11 yards, tying up cessfully assaulted an enemy posi- $500,000,000 of defence ship- tion, inflicting heavy casualties building, including naval vessels. and capturing 13 Italian and 143 International News Service. African prisoners.
In
Iraq there is nothing of importance to report.
In Libya no change is reported in the situation at Tobruk.
In the Sollum area, the enemy carried out a reconnaissance in force, advancing eastwarda in five small columns.
When met by advancing ele- ments of the Imperial mechan'sed' forces in the area west and south
of Sofaf, the enemy turned back. -Reuter.
ANOTHER ADMIRAL
CAPTURED
It was officially announced in
Simia yesterday
that Italian prisoners of war in India include 20 generals and one Admiral, while a second Admiral is ex- pected shortly.
Camps have been designed to accommodate 3,000 prisoners, Four such camps make a group, which is guarded by two infan- try battalions.
Seven such group camps have been established or are being established, Rautori:
cor-
only
Ford taxis marshalled by accompanying newspaper respondents struck tho discordant note in this atmos- phere of splendour.-Reuter.
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