BRITISH
SHIP
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 21, 1941.
LOSSES
May Sinking Figures At About The Same Level
PHILIPPINE PLEDGE OF SUPPORT
The whole-hearted support of the Philip- pines, should the Unit- ed States enter the war, was pledged by President Manuel Quezon in a broadcast speech on the occa- sion of "Loyalty Day."
President Quezon said: "Should the United States decide to take part in the European War, every Filipino down to the last man can be ex- pected to fight under the American flag." -Reuter.
NANKING PRESSURE IN S'HAI
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Danger Area Still North
Atlantic
ALTHOUGH LAST MONTH'S SHIPPING LOSSES ARE VERY HEAVY AND SERIOUS, AUTHORITATIVE CIRCLES IN LON. ON STATE IT SHOULD BE BORNE IN MIND THEY IN- CLUDE THE EASTERN MEDITER- RANEAN WHICH, IT IS HOPED IN BRITAIN, WILL NOT RECUR.
A total of 98 British, Allied and neutral vessels, representing 461,328 tons, were lost during the month of May, including losses suffered in the eastern Mediterranean dür- ing military operations.
tons.
The figures include 75, ing the total enemy claim 861,460 British ships (355,000 It is estimated that the total lost (captured, tons), 20 Allied (92,000 enemy tonnage
sunk or scuttled) up to June 10, tons) and five neutral is (14,000 tons).
The Germans, it is stated, claimed to have sunk during May 805.460 tons of merchant ship- ping.
The Italians have been content with a claim of 56,000 tons, mak-
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French Concession last month.
Informed Chinese see the judge in an embarrassing position, he is not able to continue his judicial activities under the still Nanking is again reported to Chungking-controlled Court after peo- be seeking to control the Chin- the act on by the Nanking ese First Special District Court ple in abducting his wife within the International Settle-holding her as hostage to insure the Nanking to the ment, in view of
pressure his going over applied on Judge Fong Ching- side.
the
Court, who
ly after the abduction
of
marks The intimidation wei, head of went on "sick leave" immediate- of the numerous pressures
his Court officials.
wife from their home in the News Service.
and
German 1,888,000 tons. Italian 1,238,000 tons. Useful to the enemy 84,000 tons.
This gives a total of 3,211,000
tons.
North Atlantic
Danger Spot
on May 10 As the statement
of 2,912,000 tons, showed a loss the enemy during the intervening period suffered a loss of 299,000 tons.
Many losses had not been re- ceived when Mr. Churchill made his statement
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Nevertheless the statement in relation to the area in which Britain has had the most seri- Ous losses, namely the North Atlantic, remains true,
It is stated that without doubt the Germans have changed their tactics and gone further
afield and, as often happens when tactics are changed, they have met with some initial
losses success and further south and further east have gone up.
Steps are being taken, the au- thoritative circles add, to deal with this, and these circles hone that the June figures will show an improvement all round.-Reu- ter.
Petrol
Exports Control
President Roosevelt has subjected all petroleum products to export con- trol; exports from ・ the Eastern seaboard... may cnly be made to the Bri- tish Empire, Egypt and the western hemisphere.
The disclosure that the Presi dent had directed the Export Control Administration to place restrictions on oil products, was made from the White House.
A plan will be prepared for the most effective use of tanker facilities in supplying petroleum to the Eastern seaboard" and to
other American Republics. President Roosevelt-has apparently, Fowl to the tened shortage of oil.
Blighed
GORDON
STOP PRESS
(From Reuter's Special Cor- respondent With British Ad- vanced Forces in the Western Desert)
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The German forces that were rushed from Tobruk to stem General Wavell's latest. attack in the Western Desert. are still concentrated in the Sollum area, on the Egypt- Libyan frontier.
Up to the present they have shown no signs of moying
There back to Tobrukt.
is no doubt the attack had the German effect of relieving pressure on Tobruk, probably.. forestalling a new attempt to storm it.
British and Indian troops, after taking some 560 prison- ers, of whom 210 are Ger- mans, and probing deep into the Axis lines, are now established in the positions they had been holding for the past three months.
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The operations have been brought almost to a standstill by violent dust storms which reduced even air activity to a minimum. The extent to which the Germans were surprised by the British at- tack is indicated by the fact that one of the prisoners is who German mess cook
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was being taken for a “joy: ride" by his friends in a tank. To his horror the tank sud- denly had to go into action! ---Reuter
A dozen U.S. Navy craft are searching for the missing submarine-named Zéro-but the chances of saving the crew are "lim" as it is believed to have crashed to the bottom of the "bea during a dive.
It was one of the best sub- marines in the United States Navy and was recently re- commissioned for defence Work-Router. -
A British seaplane crashed yesterday on the beach at Neiva, 40 miles north of Oporto (Portu- gal).The machine was burnt out but the crew of six Canadians escaped. Two other seaplanes, which were accompanying the wrecked machine, proceeded on their course.--Reuter.
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