THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 26, 1941.
ADMIRALTY'S TIGHT SILENCE ON PURSUIT
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ALL BRITAIN, STUNNED AND SADDENED BY THE LOSS OF H.M.S. HOOD, IS TENSELY AWAITING NEWS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC NAVAL SQUADRON WHICH IS TRYING TO FORCE THE FLEEING GERMAN SQUADRON INTO AN ENGAGEMENT AT CLOSE QUAR- TERS.
While the Admiralty is maintaining a tight silence on developments which followed the sinking of Hood, beyond a brief com- munique announcing a hit by an aerial tor- pedo on an enemy warship, it seems likely that the British squadron (which may or may not include a capital ship) is shadowing the fleeing German ships.
Aim would seem to be to keep the German vessels in sight until the latter can be engaged by major British units from Scapa Flow or some other Bri- tish base.
to
The Nazi warships, which con- Fist of the damaged B sumarek. several cruisers, destroyers ant lighter craft, are now trying return to their base, presumably in Norway, by way of the Arctic waters north of Britain
of
While the huge expanse sea and the poor weather con ditions in these waters will make intercention difficult, there is a possibility of the Ger man ships being brought to ac tion and destroyed before they can reach the safety of their
own waters.
BRITISH CIRCLES IN LON- DON DECLINED TO COMMENT ON A BERLIN CLAIM THAT A KING GEORGE V CLASS BAT- TLESHIP WAS DAMAGED IN THE ENCOUNTER OFF GREEN. LAND. POINTING OUT THAT GERMANY SHOULD BY NOW HAVE TIRED OF THIS FUTILE METHOD OF TRYING TO DRAW US OUT INTERNA TIONAL NEWS SERVICE.
BIG NAVAL BATTLE IN AEGEAN REPORTED
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The London "Sun- day Pictorial" yester- day quoted an Ankara radio statement that British and Italian warships are locked in o great battle in the Aegean Sea. No details were given. International News Service.
IRAQIAN REVOLT
COLLAPSING
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The Exchange Telegraph An- kara correspondent states that the families of Raschid Ali and the Iraqi Defence Minister have fled from Baghdad to Ankara, Inter- national News Service.
GONE
ARE THE HORSE
AND CARRIAGE