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STRATEGICALLY VULNERABLE, ITALY WILL SUFFER BADLY
FRENCH TROOPS READY FOR
ENEMY IN
IN TUNIS
MUSSOLINI'S DREAM ABOUT EGYPT WILL PROVE DISAPPOINTMENT.
AIR MAILS SUSPENDED
LONDON June 11 (Renter)- -The Foraster-Generat so- nounces the Empire air- mail sers are temporarily suspended
The · principal countries Affected are Malin,“ Erypt. Fine, Iraq, India, Ceylon, urma, Bongkong, Malaya,tralia, New Zea- land, Sud East Africa" and South. "An
LONDON, JUNE 11 (REUTER)—OFFICIAL QUARTERS IN LONDON STATE 'THAT ITALY CAME INTO THE WAR FOR ONE OF MANY REASONS. EITHER SHE CAME IN OF HER OWN ACCORD, BECAUSE SIGNOR MUSSOLINI THINKS GERMANY ITALIANS ARRESTED -IS" WINNING AND HE WANTS TO GET IN QUICKLY in the hope of being allowed whatever share of the loot Hitler may be good enough to give him, or Hitler, finding himself stretched rather more than he anticipated in the battle of France, has ordered Italy to come in at once in order to assist him to smash the French Army,
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The Italian forces consist of 70 to 80 mobilised divisions of about," 1,500,000 men and a big air force and navy. All this must inevitably constitute & great increase to the German forces.
Acting as they will from now under German orders we must expect them to be used more effectively than in the last war when they were allowed to operate under their own leadership..
It would be well, the authoritative circles continue, for us to appreciate now that the Italian Army will be just as much under German leadership and orders as the rest of the Germany Army.
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"A VERY DIFFICULT PROPOSITION”
The Italians may be used in, Cyprus is a long way off and the various ways. It may be that they Italiar. communications would be will be asked to attack the French very vulnerables along the Riviera-a very dificult As far as Africa is concerned proposition. They may be ordered Corsica, Malta and Cyprus, all of which would mean combined operations and commit ments. and communications are very difficult to maintain.
to invade
Corsica would be, perhaps, the easiest proposition. It is closer and, if the Italians succeeded in taking it, would be a source "of pride and would help to increase the morale. But, from the British point of view, even the success at Corsica would not make very much difference to the war,
Malta would be a welcome to the Italians because they could then say they had beaten the British, but it is doubtful whether Germany would order them to make such a venture as they would find li a rather tough nut.
PARIS, Jun 11 (Reuter)-Some 900 Italiazis were arrested in Mar- sellles during the night Notices have appeared calling on Italians to report to die authorities within the next three days. They must state whether they are prepared to sign a pledge of loyalty to France and place ièmselves at the ser- vice of the State...
Italy's “decration of war leit Marseilles Chipletely calm. There were anti-Italian demonstrations where more than 14 thousand people collected outside the Italian Consulate the windows of which were brokens by stones thrown.
Mussolini Has Signed Own Death Warrant
British
By
People Not Intimidated Italy's Entry Into War German Advantage In Planes And Tanks Has Now Been Greatly Reduced
"It was Signor Mussolini who first showed us the meaning of total war. It was he who frst ordered the bombardment of civilians, hospitals and, non-military objec- tives. It was he who burned and blinded women and children in his ruthless cam- paign in Abyssinia. Like Herr Hitler, he loves destruction and he is a fitting ally for the mad dictator of Berlin."
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HITLER'S WEAKNESS
"I wish he can know what the
With these words, Mr. Noel Baker, member of the Labour Party and a well-known authority on internation- al affairs, described Italy's entry into the war on the Ger- citizens of Britain feel about it," man side, in the course of a broadcast from Daventry continued. Mr. Baker. "He will yesterday.
discover that they are not afraid. "When I first heard the news that Italy had at last He will find that in one part of entered the war," said Mr. Baker, "there flashed across my their mind they are glad he has mind a cartoon which was drawn by Low, during the Ita-gone to war.
No crime has ever Han campaign in Abyssinia. It showed a seething caul- bitten more deeply into their
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FRENCH NOW FIGHTING dron, with Signor Mussolini standing over it and it bore hearts than Siamor Mussolini's at
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AS NEVER BEFORE
Heavy Odds, But Advances Are Held Ever where
Tunis would be the easiest place for the Italians to "attack, but there are French troops already waiting to welcome the Italians there and it may even be said that the French would be very glad to see the Italians. Tunis will not be an easy proposition.
*Egypt perhaps been the pony ambition of Mussolini more than anywhere else, but to get there roops would have to miles of waterless deserts before arriving at Alexandria and, from a military point of view, it is con- sidered not a practical proposition to night in Egypt with armoured vehicles.
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The authoritative circles state that in the last war Germany's main lungs were Holland, and Continued on Page 7
PETROL JUNKS AFIRE
NEAR OIL TANKS
One of the biggest fires that has ever broken out in the waters of the Colony occurred yesterday" evening in Tsun Wan Bay, when three lighters, carrying on board a large quantity of aviation spirit belonging to the Texaco Oil Company, were com- pletely destroyed after barning fiercely for over five hours.
At one stage the Texaco installation. with half-a-dozen large oll storage tanks and thousands of drums of off and spirit of every description, was threatened by the flames.
The extent of the Are could be guaged from the fact that. the flames and smoke were visible from Kowloon at the height of the confiagration.
was 1.
The Arst indication of trouble By 10 p.m., two of the junks had loud explosion occurring completely burned out, while the about 5.30 p.m. This was follow-remaining one was still barning ed by a series of minor explosions All danger has now been removed. as tongues of flame leapt high into the air." •
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DRAGGED Sgt. H. Brown, officer-in-charge
KNOCKED OFF FEET
More than 30 persons were on board the three vessels when the first explosion occurred. Some
of the Tsun Wan Police Station, were carried off their feet by the overlooking the bay, raced to the force of the explosion, whilst two scene after calling for assistance men were knocked over the side from Kowloon.
of one ughter into the water. Most of the junk people either ashore or were, helped
Tsun Wan police and company swam officers fought the fire with the ashore with lifelines and ropes. installation fire-fighting system
It was learned that over 10 per- until the arrival of Firefloat No. 1 sons were injured. Five were sent from Hongkong,
to hospital. One man was report The three lighters were anchored to have been drowned, whilst -ed about 50 yards from, the Texaco an old woman, an invalid and m- wharf In order to prevent the able to move, was said to be miss- flames from endangering the ing and is believed to have perish- wharf or the company's plant, the ed in the fre..
burning lightera were dragged out) The cause of the fire has not Into the bay as far as possible. been established. Inquiries, how- About 7 pm, when the fire was ever, reveal that the lighters had
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at its height, the lighters broke been taking on cargo during the apart, and one junk drifted dan- past two days, and it is thought gerously close to the wharf. Work-❘ that the nature, of the cargo, Ing feverishly and under difficult which is highly inflammable, to-; conditions, the firefighters, rein-gether with, the heat of the after- forced by this time by three ap-noon, must have caused the ex- pllances from Kowloon and one plosion,
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the legend The Man Who Took The Lid off.
tack on Abyssinia. Now it is go- ing to be a clean war that must "It was from Abyssinia five armies had now surpassed what be tought-Justice against aggres- ; years ago that war came back to they did in Poland by what they slon, the forces of right against. Europe. Since that crime, Signor were doing in France,
the forces of might. It will be a Mussolini has never ceased to MUSSOLINI'S DREAMS
war: that will result in a clean watch and plot and conspire for
Most people, went on Mr. Baker, peace in which the crimes of re new wars In Spain. Palestine would not believe that such things cent years will be wiped away and and Albania he has striven to could happen and that whole they never dopbt that they will build the empires of his dreams" towns could be laid in Tubs Win
Most people, 'continued
LONDON, JUNE 11" (REUTER) —M. Andre Maurois, French mü- Baker, know little of what tota amidst the cries of wounded wo-The people of Britam know the men and children. Now they fearful strength of Hitler's armies itary commentator, who arrived in London today, said he left Faris war means. Most people seemed yesterday as the people were leaving the capital in cars and on foot, to have forgotten already what knew that people who were used but they also know his weakness." to the tortures of concentration The people of Britain kriow that The impression which the Frenchmen felt when the Germans Goering had done to Poland nine camps in their own land would Herr Hitler had to keep 600,000. are knocking so near the door was one so painful that it is most months ago and the total ruin and not stop at anything.
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difficult to express.
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What we do know is that the now. If that is done, in the spirit French are fighting as they have of Dunkirk then we have won this never fought before. They are war." fighting against very heavy odds everywhere-one man against two, sometimes three, one tank against JAPAN AND ITALY'S
three or four, but even against these terriac odds our men ате holding the Germans nearly every- where.
HELP MUST COME "If help can be brought in time this war can be won but that help must come in time.
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helpless victims that he left be-
hind in that country. The Nazi
MUSSOLINI'S
WAR CHIEFS
soldiers at home to keep order
The symbol of the forces which with the 87,000,000 Germans with- the Alles were fighting was then the Relch and that he had to monster tanks which went rath- keep 50,000,000 more men in his lessly over the bodies of fleeing conquered territories to enforce refugees. In Poland, Norway, Hol-
his ruthless will. land, Belgium and now France
"Unless the Nazis win quickly, Nazi bombers had blasted a way Mr. Baker. "And now we must they cannot win at all," stated WAR DECISION
of death for their advancing
take the Question ROME, June 11 (Reuter)-The armies.
of whether TOKYO, June 11 (Reuter) Rome Radio says Mussolini issued
Signor Mussolint now hoped to balance of power. I say that he Bignor Mussolini can effect this. The Inner Cabinet met to- an order of the day stating. that do the same thing in France. It day to discuss Italy's war de- "by the decision of the King I as he could send 2,000 Italian aircraft cannot. cision.
sume from today command of all to do the same thing in South "Their only hope is a. swift troops on all fronts. I confirm France, and make the Balkans fallį triumph of a knock-out blow, Can Authoritative quarters state
the appointment for Marshal an easy prey to his greed, he hop- that succeed? Can France be It is not a that Italy's decision will not Bragole as Chief of the Generaled that the Mediterranean would beaten by brutal bombardments fo question of months, it is a ques-alter Japan's immutable por Staff; tion of days. It would be better licy of devoting her entire at-chief of Staff of the Army: Mussolini was hoping for.
Marshal Graziani! as be his. (That was what Signor her knees? for us to have à division ill-equip-tention to the disposal of the Admiral
Continued on Pago 7 pet now than ten divisions very China Affair, and keeping Star well equipped in a month's time.
01 the Navy; Gen- "The same thing applies to help.
aloof from the European con-eral Delignat of the Air Force as
from
Chief of Staff of the Air Force. America. We know the
fict. Americans want to help us but this
It is added that Japan is day arms and hearts must be bent Mussolini's order ends "from to- help must be given immediately. fully prepared to take posi-to one purpose-to achieve victory.
"It 13 not a question now of tive measures to prevent the Long live the King speeches. It is a question of tanks European war from spreading and guns and we must have them to the Far East.
PRINCESS JULIANA AND
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Cavagnari
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SOUTH AFRICA
DECISION
LONDON, June 11 (Reuter)—It | is officially announced that South Africa is severing relations with
CHILDREN IN CANADA Italy
LONDON, June 11 (Reuter)-Princess Juliana and her daughters, Princesses Beatrix and Irene, arrived in Canada from England in a Dutch warship.
It is learned that Princess Juliana and her daughters arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and will stay at the Governor-General's Te- sidence, Rideau Hall, Ottawa.
The plan to send the young Princesses to a place outside, any possible war zone was, formed as soon as it was decided to leave the Netherlands,
Queen" Wilhelmina, actuated by the wish to safeguard the future of the dynasty, and to assure the further education of the Princesses. undisturbed by a repetition of the harrowing
experiences through which they had already passed, accordingly requested Prince Bern- hard to put the family in a place of safety (says a communique lasued by the Netherlands Lega- tion in London).
The rapid execution of the play wad greatly facilitated by the generous offer of hospitality made to Princess Juliana on the day of her arrival in England by Princess Alice (the Countess of Athlone) and her husband, the Earl of Ath-
from Hongkong," tackled the new Mr. J. C. FitzHenry, Superinten- menace with great skill and dent of the Fire Brigade, per- courage and succeeded in keeping |sonally took charge of activities, the dames from the installation. and a large measure of the suc
Subsequently, with rising tide cess in preventing ravage to the and a change of wind, the Junk Installation was due to his efflone, Governor-General Designate to Canada who, in addition to their gradually drifted "out,
cient direction.
family connexion, have always been great personal friends.
-On Other- Pages
PAGE 2 PHIlippine Clipper in HK.; Funeral of Mrs. E. Buss; Whist drive in aid of B.W. O.F...
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PAGE 3-Coming events; radio
programmes; · Crossword PAGE 4-America will extend material resources. to. Allies; Glorique reported, lost. PAGE 5—Castle Peak Rd. fatal- accident: Criminal Gessions Calendar
PAGE & Leading artice: Mus,
solini's decision
PAGE 8-Tenth anniversary of Carol's accession; Nazis held everywhere; Death of Mr. ... Norman' Rogera.
PAGES 9 & 10-Finance and
Commerce.
PAGE 11—National service cd- lumn; Allled strength and -resources,
ENEMY ADVANCE HELD, SAYS COMMUNIQUE
Night Attempts To Contact
New Allied Positions
PARIS, June 11 (Reater) A communique ways that attempts by the enemy to advance beyond the Seine were Xeld. Between the Oise and Ourcq the enemy sought, during the night, to make con“, tact with our new positions.
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There is nothing of importance to report on the Alone and on the Meuse.
On the Alps front our troops" are in position and have not been attacked.
PARIS, June 11 (Reuter)--- The whole olty of Paris was enveloped in`s ball of smoke this morning, caused by
fire as the result of incendiary STOP PRESS
bombs dropped by the enemy. It was impossible to see clearly from bridge to bridge along the Beine, or across the Place de Com- corde...
BERLIN, June 11 (Reuter), -A German High Command
Refugees are straggling towards railway stations, mostly on 100% and many pushing perambulators and small carts containing all the communique states that the belongings they could take with big battle between the Chan- them,
nel and the Meuse is still in Paris newspapers appeared this full swing. morning for the last time." They On the right wing and in carried. Mussolini's declaration of the centre the pursuit of the war.. Arrangements have been French Army continues with- made to publish a single sheet.
out interruption..
daily.
The British Embassy Staff has
Between Rheims and the
left Parts but the American Em-Argonne, bitter but success- bassy is remaining.
Yul, fighting continues.