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GRAVE TENSION DEVELOPING BETWEEN GERMANY AND FRANCE
Weygand Summoned By Petain NIGHT FLIGHT BY R.A.F. IN BAD Admiralty BALKANS SITUATION
SITUATION IS TENSE FRANCE: FIRES IN DUNKIRK AREA
No Signs That Russia Will Do Anything To Prevent Nazi Invasion Of Bulgaria
THERE ARE SIGNS OF GRAVE TENSION DEVELOPING BETWEEN GERMANY AND FRANCE, WHILE THE SITUATION IN THE BALKANS GROWS TENSER, STATED A MESSAGE FROM AUSTRALIA YESTERDAY.
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The German newspapers have been threatening the Vichy Government for lack of co-operation and it was a inounced from Vichy that MARSHAL PETAIN has sum moned GENERAL WEYGAND from Syria for immediate and urgent talks.
In the meantime, GENERAL ANTONESCU, the Rumanian Prime Minister, has been urgently summoned to BERLIN and is reported to be now on his way to the Reich capital from Bucharest by train, although this report has not been confirmed from any other source than Bucharest.
The enigma of RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY and her attitude to the European war is being discussed in relation to the German threat to Bulgaria and it is stated that, in spite of the Russian statement that the Soviet had not been consulted regard- ing the passage of German troops through Bulgaria, it is held in London that only bad weather is keeping Herr Hitler from carrying out his invasion of Bulgaria.
MONOTONOUS SHFLLING
WEATHER OVER PORTS IN OCCUPIED Announces
Thrilling Tanks
Story Near
Of Bombing Venice Related
Oil
On Monday night the R.A.F. flew through bad weather over ports in OCCUPIED FRANCE IStates a London message.
One attack was made on the submarine base at LORIENT which has been offi- cially described as successful Heavy bombers also started fires in the DUNKIRK AREA.
All ritish aircraft arc reported to have returned safely. Pilots who took part in the s
bombing roll tanks, near HURRICANE SQUADRON
READY FOR ACTION~
VENICE have brought back a thrilling story of attacks made from as low as 700 feet. The Wing Commander, who led one raid, sad how he saw two sentries standing with their rifles pointed at the plane. It was a At 700 A political opinion in Lon-bright moonlight night.
feet he let go aheavy bomb which don states that it can discern landed in front of an oil refinery no signs that Russia will do building and caused the flames co
OF TOBRUK CONTINUES anything to prevent the Ger- leap up to the height of the air-
WHILE BRITISH SHELLS ARE DROPPING WITH MONOTO- NOUS REGULARITY OVER THE ITALIAN POSITIONS AT TOBRUK, and troops and Australian and Domink a forces are taking up their positions round the port for the final assault, which may be ex- pected in the next few days, the R. A. Las ranged its attacks on LIBYA as far back as BENGHAZLštafes a message from Lon- don.
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This R. A F activity has been
dromes and landing grounds, which the retreating Italians have failed to make unusable.
helped by the presence of aero AUSTRALIAN
LOSSES IN LIBYA
British tanks, guns and supplies the desert are rumbling across and there are no signs of any Italian attempts to relieve Tobruk.
. NO RESISTANCE Enemy resistance in the air is.
Between reported to have ceased.
man march into Bulgaria and craft. He then dropped a couple It is fel that M. STALIN of explosives. is afraid of the German Fuehrer.
CAME LOWER
The
The rest of the squadron also At-the-me time the Japanese came low. One plot dropped showing anxiety to come to his arst bomb at 9,000 feet, then terms with Russia and this has dropped to 1,500 feet and his third received a rebuff by the conclusion | run-was at a thousand feet. of a trade treaty between the smoke from the explosion got into Soviet and China by which Rus- the plane and made the crew sian machinery and war material | cough and splutter but it was will be available to China in ex-worth it for they obtained hits on the whole a refinery and saw change for Chinese tea
place blow up.
with his
gunners
The Chinese ability to main- tain" the
The Wing-Commander who led war against Japan will thus be increased.
the flight went back home by i The Army Headquarters state
Padua. He followed the railway SMALL BLOCKADE LEAK -
track and when he saw an aero- that the losses of the Australian
At the same time, Russia is keep drome he dropped to 100 feet from Imperial forces is 290 compr-sing 31 officers and 265 other ranks, Ing open for Germany. the only the ground The number kiled, or died of small leak in the British blockade blazing away. Sidi Barrani and Sollum. along" \wounds, was 17, says a London and it is learned that the Ger-
Another raiding force attacked which the highways
mans are obtaining goods by this road to message. Italians called "the
The total British casualties in means from South America. It is a port on the DANUBE where one victory," there are many further
and Sollum were believed that PRESIDENT ROOSE-stick of bombs fell plumb on a Kdi Barrani examples of the destruction under 1,000 and in the attack on VELT proposes to stop this leak taxi.
side the
At one brought by the R, A. F. point, an Italian bomber stands Bardia was less than 600.
The Austrailan casualties, there- polsed on its nose, while at an-1 other, before, the Italians retreat-fore, is about one in five of the total One reason for this low ed, they placed a number of bombs
figure in the number of casualties shaped like drinking flasks.
Beyond Fort Capuzzo is another is the extensive use of armoured aerodrome strewn with the wreck vehicles. age of planes.
At Bidi Barrani, Italian
an
bomber fell just outside the land ing ground, after it had been hit by British fire. Three of the Italian Erew were killed and the pilot was taken prisoner.
by buying up the entire stocks of goods which German, agents are parchasing in South America.
BUILDING COLLAPSE
Another hit a factory and the A report from Bulgaria quoted pilot saw the building and chim- in a London message, states thatney collapse. M. FILOFF, Bulgarian Prime Min-
Further explosions were also
ster, and M. FOFOFF, his Foreign heard and the raiders had no Minister. had talks yesterday with doubt that they had done con- the German Minister. It was also siderable damage.
FRENCH VESSEL reported that Bulgaria is taking
INTERCEPTED
LONDON, Jan. 14 (Reuter)— Many students organisations auxiliary cruiser Asturias. 'Holland have been disbanded by
It later anchored at Jose Igna. the German Police and their club
cion Bay and is expected to return buildings closed, states a message
to Montevideo. received in official Dutch quarters in London.
-On Other- Pages
Page
2 Boccer review; Action for
slander; Crossword puzzle.
3 Radio programmes; Coming
events; Cinema notes.
4 Moment of deliverance not far: Invasion preparations; Acceleration of Britain's war effort; Fierce fighting in Greek war.
5 Evacuation test case; UI- ban Council meeting: De Gaulle's reply to French- men in Colony,
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Keeplug,
6 Leading article:
War Out Of America,
8. Criminal Sessions: Round
the Police Courts,
910 Finance and commerce,
11 Rotary Club tin: Yaumati ferries sink in harbour.
During Sunday night's raid five steps to renew her trade agree-
fires were started at BREST which ment with 'Russia.
was blasted for 90 minutes. These The treaty will involve trade to fires were seen to merge into one enormous blaze, One British Aght- the value of £12,500,000.
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The News agency in Bofta states Before the Mendoza salied from Bueno Aires on Friday, the crew that no foreign troops have en-
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er was lost on this raid.
PLYMOUTH FIRES
The British Hurricanes with the Spitfires have bore the brunt of the battle with German pianes, and despite the Nazis' damage to British ports and civilian areas the pilots" are ' determined to fulfil the pledge. "There'll always be an England." The scoreboard on the plane in the picture shows that the smil- ing flier has bagged 23 German planes. He led the British
which squadron
shot down seven of the 13 Italian warplanes that took part in an attack upon England. He landed his own plane after ramming one of the Italian attackers.
Good News
LOW SHIPPING
LOSSES
GOOD NEWS WAS ANNOUNG-
ED by the Admiralty yesterday when it stated that the British werchant shipping losses for the week ended Jan, 5-5 were the low- est for eight months, states - a London message.
Only four times previously since the war began have the losses been lower.!!
The figures for the first week of the new year were four British ships lost with a total of less than 15,000 tons.
For the previous lowest figure it will be necessary, said the Ad- miralty statement, to go back to May last year when three British ships were lost totalling 14,000 tons.
ONE REASON
A London comment states that the reason for this low figure "must sémák z flatter for conjec-
fire bat ois reason may be the " heavy RAF, attacks on German naval bases and bases in occupied. territory. It is presumed that this must have had some effect on the number of submarines operating in the Atlantic"
Another reason might be the increase in the number of escorts for convoys.
Allied and British losses have been falling for the past three weeks. In the third week of De- cember the losses were 52,000 tons, In the following week 37,000 tons and now less than 15,000 tons,
There were no Allied or neutral losses in the figures for this week.
AMENDMENT TO LIMIT ROOSEVELT'S POWERS
House Of Representatives Give Verbal Approval To "Lease Or Lend" Bill
MR. CORDELL HULL, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, was to have been the main witness when President Roosevelt's "Lease or Lend" Bill was examined by the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives in Washington yesterday, states a London messagë.
Mr. Hull, however, could not be present and his examination has been postponed for today. A few hours earlier the House of Representatives gave verbal approval to the BUL The amendments to the Bill would be confined to authorising the President only to give help to the Commonwealth nations and if he wished to help others he must get the permission of the Con-
press.
Japan's Growing Concern
Over Increased
Another amendment is to limit the President's powers to two years,
MR. HENRY MORGENTHAU, the United States Secretary of the
U.S. Aid Treasury, disclosed yesterday that
Japan's growing concern over the increased aid by the United negotiations between Britain and States to Britain was indicated by PRINCE KONOVE yesterday when important American truck con- cerns have been taking place. for he addressed a conference of Government leaders, representatives the sale of British investments in of the Diet and representatives of commerce and industry in the the United States.
country, states a London message.
cerns.
con-
MONTEVIDEO. Jan. 14 (Reuter -The French steamer Mendoza 8.000 tons, which left Monteviden In both Turkey and Gr ce, M.
speech reaffirm: with a general cargo for France, Filoff's was intercepted by the, British country's determination to emain
For nearly three hours on Mon- Independent is taken as proof that
be day night German raiders showET- Bulgaria will not willingly
war for Ger-ed bombs on PLYMOUTH where dragged into the
several fires were started, states a many's sake.
London message..
Although these were quickly 's said to have been "ven the tered Bulgaria and it was officially brought under control some build
BIR FREDERICK PHILLIPS, the assurance that the British Gov-denied that Bulgaria had made ings were hit and damage caused
representation to any
foreign and a number of people were kill-
Prince Konose appealed for co- wisdom of the Tripartite Pact," British Treasury representative ernment approved the voyage,
wased and others injured.
operation by everyone in Japan states the leading article in the who is now in America, said that All local newspapers on Satur-Governments because there
London itself had a night free in
SINGAPORE order to meet the present Japanese owned,
the British Government was ready day published the dental that any no reason to do so, says a London
from air raids, but a few bombs emergency which, he said was HERALD.
to do business with these navicert had been issued.
were dropped over widely separat-ohreatening to spread throughout "It is important for British sub ed points in Wales. Little damage the world as a result of the grow jects to encourage that reflection.
MORE FIGHTER PLANES - Was caused and до сде
was ing pressure · from America on not only by military deeds in the
MR. BERNARD - WRIGHT, an seriously hurt.
Japan coupled with America's European War, but also by the.
official of the Curtis-Wright Cor- assistance to Britain and the attitude of fairness.' Chungking Government.
The paper appeals to the Japporation, states yesterday that his delivering A earlier report from Japan anese here and elsewhere, to res company had been (Reuter)- 'ANKARA, Jan. 14
fighter planes to Britain Lieut-General Sir James Marshall stated that the recent breadcast pond to the broadcast statement more Cornwall and A Vice-Marshal made by Mr. P. C. Spender, Aus by the Australian-War Minister than to the United States because the tralian War Minister, in Singa that, "we have no quarrel with the US Army authorities wished representating
to incorporate into their planes Middle East Command, who pore, was favourably received in Japan." ́:
éertain designs in the British machine. arrived yesterday for staff talks Tokyo where a spokesman is re- with the Turkish, Command, were ported to have said that his coun
· External Affairs made a state- later received by Marshal Techak-try was prepared to reciprocate the
ment yesterday regarding the nak, Chief of the Turkish General desire for goodwill expressed by
Japanese markings' used by Staff, and General Gundus. De- Mr. Spender.
WISDOM OF FACTOR German raiders in the Pacific. puty Chief. They were accom-
SINGAPORE., Jan, 14 (Reuter)—- He said that he had learned panied by Admiral Sir Howard Kelly, personal representative in There is reason to believe that that the Tokyo attitude is that! Ankara of the Commander-in-there is a good deal of reflection this action by the Germans is con.." Chiet of the Mediterranean, Fleet. among the Japanese about the trary to the Japanese interests,
Today's News Summary
THE YEAR HAS BEGUN WITH REASSURINGLY low, losses of merchant ships from enemy action the official figure for the week ended midnight January 5-6 being four British vessels with 14,687 total tonnage and no Allied or neutral losses:
THOUGH RESTRICTED IN THEIR ACTIVITIES in Albania the Greeks are giving the Italians no respite. Some prisoners, includ-Elmhurst, ing four officers, have been captured and four tanks have fallen into Greek hands.
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THE SHELLING OF TOBRUK 18 PROCEEDING with monotonous -regularity while British and Australian forces are still massing for
the final assault.
PRAISE FOR THE SKILL AND POWER BEHIND the British ad- vance in the Western Desert was, expressed by the Rome Radio which also admitted very considerable Italian losses.....
FLYMOUTH WAS THE MAIN. TARGET OF GERMAN raiders on- Monday night and the raid lasted for three hours. Many fires were started and a number of buildings in the city were damaged.
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JAPANESE MARKINGS The Australia Minister for
Mr. Wright added that by 1944 maximum daily output of 30 to 40 he hoped to be able to reach a
planes.
It was also revealed in Lon- don yesterday that four kinds of "United States bombers are Cont'd Page 7, Col. 2