THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 5, 1941.
SUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON
CONVOY OFF
CANADIAN AIR FORCE TRAGEDY
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"}
Five Royal Cono- dian Air Force flyers were instantly killed when their Hudson 'plane crashed into a radio mast on Sable Island, in the Atlan- tic, while they were searching for a miss- ing
R.A.F. aircraft with four aboard.
The missing 'plane is equipped with 0 rubber dinghy, giving hope that the quartet might be found alive.
-International News
Service.
BRITISH LAND FROM THE AIR
8,000-Ton Axis Vessel Blown Up
A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL aerial attack on an enemy convoy is recorded in an R.A.F. Middle East communique issued in Cairo yesterday.
It states: "As a result of reconnaissance carried out by American-built Maryland air- craft, R.A.F. bombers on Tuesday attacked o convoy of enemy merchant vessels escorted by destroyers which was proceeding south- wards off the Tunisian coast.
Syrian Dumps Bombed
"One ship of about! 8,000 tons blew up with
"While en reconnaissance flight such tremendous force on the Island of Cephalonia, one that flying debris hit and of our aircraft attacked an Italian
seaplane which was taxiing damaged other ships in the water and destroyed it.
African "In Cyrenaica, South the convoy. Debris also |
fighters machine-gunned a num struck one of our bomb-ber of enemy aircraft on the
which crashed into landing
ers
the sea.
of
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ground at destroying three.
"Benghazi was raided during "Direct hits were also register- the night of Monday and Tues- ed on another ship in the convoy day and large fires were started was on moles and among military of about 5.000 tons and it Left ablaze with
buildings. columns moke pouring from amidships Other vessels were also damaged "An Italian three-engined air- craft was shot down by our fight- The THE OCCUPATION OF MOSUL'ers into the sea at Malta. WAS CARRIED OUT BY
were last seen on the wing TISH AIR-BORNE AND of their airgraft. GROUND TROOPS ON TUES-
BRI-erew
DAY. ACCORDING TO MILI- TARY CIRCLES IN CAIRO.
Owing to the lack of news thoel was no evidence of any particular are unable to state whether the damage to oil pumping British met with any resistance.
stations and that the wells were intact
The same circles said that there Reuter.
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"Petrol dumps at Beirut, in Syria, were bombed and machine-gunned by our aircraft on Tuesday.
"Enemy positions in Abyssinia. particularly at Debarech, uttacked.
were
"From all these operations one of our aircraft is reported miss- ing in addition to the one men- tioned above. Two aircraft re- ported missing in the communi- ques of June 2 and 3 are known have returned safely to their bases."-Reuter.
WINANT'S TALK WITH MR. HULL
THE VEIL OF SECRECY WHICH HITHERTO HA S SHROUDED THE VISIT OF MR JOHN G. WINANT, U.S. AMBAS- SADOR ΤΟ BRITAIN, TO WASHINGTON, WAS PARTLY LIFTED LAST EVENING.
The Secretary of State, Mr. Co- dell Hull, said at his press confer- ence that the state of Internation- al danger to the United States was the subject of his conference with Mr. Winant on Tuesday.
He added they spent much time going over United States policy generally in relation to the inter- national situation.
to
Mr. Winant
was expected confer again with President Roosevelt yesterday Reuter.
SHANGHAI EDUCATOR
KIDNAPPED
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Mr. Robert Sze, Registrar of St. John's University, Shanghai, was kidnapped in the notorious Tsokadoo Village, by a gang
of three Russians and two Chinese, after leaving the college campus in the "Badlands" yesterday.
Mr. Sze was dragged from his ricksha, handcuffed and spirited away in a limousine.
Political motives are seen behind the kidnapping. Inter- national News Service.
STRONG NAZI FORCES ALREADY IN SYRIA
(Continued from-Pace (1) overt move by Britairi might com- pel Vichy to go over completely to the Reich.”
MEANWHILE THE VICHY SPOKESMAN YESTERDAY WARNED BRITAIN THAT THE FRENCH ADMINISTRATION IN SYRIA WILL RESIST ANY BRI- TISH ATTACKA
The spokesman added: “But we hope everybody will let Syria alone." International News Service.de by k
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