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FOUR MILLION ARMED MEN BRITISH FORCES PÈNETRATE THE
WILL DEFEND HEARTH AND HOME: CHURCHILL REVIEWS THE BRITISH WAR EFFORT
"Counting the Home Guard, we now have nearly 4,000,000 armed and uniformed men who will play their part in the defence of hearth and home. All the factories are working to keep this army equipped.
"In 16 months of war we have doubled the number of our workers. In the next six months we shall have an intense demand on the man-power and woman-power of this country and this was the reason for the far-reaching declaration which the Mini- ister of Labour, Mr. Ernest Bevin, made in the House yesterday."
This is a passage from a statement which the PRIME MINISTER, MR WINSTON. CHURCHILL, made in the House of Commons yesterday when he reviewed the British war effort.
In the opening remarks, the Premier réferred to the constitution of the War Cabinet.
"I have reached the con- clusion," he said, "that in the
RUMANIAN PREMIER APPEALS FOR PEACE
present circumstances a War In the course of the disturbances in Rumania, a sec- Cabinet composed of four or tion of the Iron Guard which is against the Government
CENTRE OF Ive men with very great de- seized a number of Government buildings, but were turn- DIPLOMATIC partmental duties will noted out by Rumanian soldiers later, according to a London
give the best results. I saw message. that system in the last war News which has leaked out, though contradictory and vague, states that the buildings seized included the Radio station and the Post Office, but that Rumanian soldiers were able to deal with the situation.
STRUGGLE and I saw that in practice it
LONDON, Jan. 22 (Reuter)-Bu--was not what it was repre-
garia is now the centre of a duplo-sented to be in theory. matic struggle ia Which KING
"Personally I have formed the
hel
military authorities, GEN. ANTONESCU, the Ru- The
the city and 8 pm curfew im-
Bulgarian frontier was
The
DEFENCES OF TOBRUK: WITHIN
THREE MILES OF TOWN ITSELF
"IT MAY BE THAT WHILE I AM SPEAKING THAT TOBRUK IS NOW IN OUR HANDS," de- clared the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, when he spoke in the House of Commons yesterday,
Other news comes in a communique issued in Cairo which states that the British forces have now penetrated the defences to a distance of 12 miles and are within three miles of the town itself.
The communique goes on to state that the operations are progressing satisfactorily.
The Cairo communique also re-p ports successful action in other parts of Africa,
On the Sudan front pursuit of the retreating Italians continues
in the Kassala sector and the enemy is steadily giving ground.
In Kenya, enemy detachments on the British side of the frontier were being driven back by patrol activity-(Special)
ENGULFED IN FLAMES The whole of Tobruk is engulfed in, flames as a result of the attack launched by Imperial Forces on the port, stated a message from Sydney yesterday.
According to this message, Aus- tralian newspapers reported yes-.. terday evening that. Tobruk was likely to fall soon, though a Reu- ter message from Sydney states.... that Australian Headquarters there had been advised of the fall of Tobruk.
A London message adds that Mr. P. C. Spender, the Australian War Minister, announced that an, Australian division had been、en-
gaged in the final assault, with
British troops.
BROAD FRONT · Within 12 minutes of the open
perial forces penetrated the outer and Inner defences of Tobruk on a broad front to a depth of five
on Sunday morning and the RAF. and the Navy rendered magnifi- cent assistance"
Wavell's Libyan Advance Since December 9
CHEMINKS*r MEUS
* SCIAPA
EL ZEETINA AGEDABIA
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AUGILA
GIARABUR
BARRANI
ZEITUN
SIWA VIEL
LONDON, Jan. 22 (Reuter)—General Wavell's advance into Libya
from Mersamatruh began on Dec. 9. Since then, the Army of the Nile, composed of British, Australian,' Indian and New Zealand troops, · have taken SIDI BARRANI SOLLUM, FORT CAPUZZO and BARDIA.. taking over 80,000 prisoners and vast supplies with only slight.
BURIS, with diplomatic support view that there should be no res-manian Prime Minister has added are in complete control of mg of the offensive, British. Im-asualties to themselves. from RUSSIA, TURKEY and the ponsibility on the key Ministries UNITED STATES, is firmly resist- by which I mean the Ministry of appealed for peace and order. posed: ing the fierce pressure from Hitler, Foreign Affairs, the Chancellor of He asked all Rumanians to stafes the Daily Mail's special cor- the Exchequer, the Ministry of respect order and to remain closed on Tuesday afternoon, ac- miles. The onslaught began early
quiet and demanded that the cording to reports from Sofa, sald
the correspondent. disturbances should cease
CHIEF REASON.. within 24 hours.
VICHY, Jan. 22 (Reuter)-One The milltary
of of the chief reasons for yesterday's Bucharest has taken over the disturbances in Bucharest, accord-
respondent at Sofa.
Labour and Aircraft Production.
commander
United States "Invasion
Stage Test"
/The correspondent adds that
KEY TO SURVIVAL Hitler. wants Bulgaria to allow "Afrcraft production is "the key German troops through from Ru- to our survival and the Minister mania to stab Greece in the back. is a man •óf extraordinary re- King Boris maintains a deter-source, As the Prime Minister is
as the Minister of Defence he office of the Minister of the In- ing to the Havas Agency, was the crumbled very quickly. It is es- EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, the world's highest skyscrap- mined "No","
On the outcome of this diploma- represents the three Services in
- tic battle may depend Hitler's the War Cabinet.
terior.
}; dismissal of the Minister of
By Monday afternoon, thou- sands of prisoners have been taken and Italian resistance
The air at-
NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (Reuter)-With spotters on the
a despatch from Interior and a number of legion- Italians in Tobruk,
timated that there were According to
25,000 er, the United States today staged an 'invasion test " Bucharest, 87 State-owned hope of sending help to Mussolini "It may be asked why We
and aries working with him at the pre-back resulted in the crippled Ita- throughout an area comprising NEW YORK CITY, LONG private enterprises in Rumania tecture in Bucharest. in time to save Italy from collapse. | cannot have a Minister on the
lian cruiser, Georgia, which was ISLAND and the rest of New York State east of the HUD- civil side. POWERFUL TROOPS
Where are we to and have been placed under military
lying in the harbour being set on SON RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS and RHODE ISLAND. control These include army ar- There is Ettle doubt that Ger- a man who will have a personal señals, heavy industry factories,
fire, while huge patrol dumps were deel ascendancy to
transport undertakings and the telephone company.
with the
many had planned to send power- ful troops through Bulgaria into Ministry of Labour and Aircraft
of
Production .to say nothing Greece to establish a base at Sa- Ionika. But this plan has encoun-shipping, transport food and trade
tered many unexpected difficulties.
I doubt that such a man exists
German sources said that the Greek who was charged with the murder
a German military
can beca
of
and besides this is not a dictator mission in Bucharest, was shot
a Martial Law yesterday- (Special)
NEW COMMITTEE
One has been King Boris fight country where people to maintain his country's neutral-brutally over-ruled." Ity." Another has been the array of diplomatic support that enabled King Boris to maintain his refusal to allow, free passage. for German troops through his country.
Russia, for instance, is reported to have insisted, upon an addition of a secret clause to the recently signed Russo-German trade agree- ment, insisting that Bulgaria must be left, untouched.
ACT OF WAR
The Turks have made it clear they would regard the invasion of Bulgaria as an act of war.
Lastly, Colonel Donovan, who is Investigating conditions in Europe for Washington, has arrived in So- fla with a special message from President Roosevelt to King Boris, This has provided fresh support from an unexpected quarter.
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2 Softball; Badminton re:
The Prime Minister went on to say that that was the problem to which he venured to offer a solu tion by the formation of a new committee.
Cont'd Page 7, Col 4
Japan's Record Ordinary Budget
of
STATE OF SIEGE NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (Reuter)--
Iron
Bucharest is in a state of siege following an unsuccessful Guard putsch, stated the Columbia broadcasting system correspondent In a broadcast from Belgrade.
CAMOUFLAGED "PAGANISM
Cardinal Hinsley, Archbishop of Westminster, commenting on the Nazl creed yesterday described it as a camouflaged paganism fierce- ly opposed to Christian civilisa-
Japan's ordinary
budget bas a record total amounted to
a London tion, states a London message." 404 mililon, states message.
"What kind of Europe can we Mr. Kawade, the Finance Minis-expect if the Nazi is to be the ar- ter, stated that foreign trade had chitect and ballder?" he asked. continued to grow in 1940, despite we in the British Commonwealth the fact of the European war and of Nations are determined to with- that trade with nations outside the stand an ideology that has begun Yen Bloc was equally large.
the worship of force."(Special) Imports were 19 per cent. high, but he warns the House that the International situation did not warrant optimism.
Prince Konoye, the Prime Minis-
sults; Quadrangular rugbyter, also uttered a warning when tournament; Annual racing carnival.
be asked the Japanese people to take proper measures to achieve
3 Radio programmes; Coming Japan's national aspirations by
events.
simplifying public life.-(Special)
4 Britain divided over
U.S.
entry into war; Pro-German disorders raging in Ru- mania; Artillery duel in Albania: Post-war struction problem,
recon-
5 Criminal Sessions; Round
the Police Courts.
6 Leading articles: The best use of man-power: Sabre- rattling.
appeal Crossword puzzle..
8 Litigation
falls;
DORNIER ENGAGED BY A.A. FIRE
Shortly after daylight yesterday morning, a German Dorzier bomb-
er flew low over a South coast town, states a Lonou message.
The raider" was engaged by AA guma and it disappeared out to sea with smoke pouring out of its-tail. No other enemy air activity was
GEN, ANTONESCU
Today's News Summary
also hit and soon in flames.
It is only 16 days since Bardia
was captured by the British forces
The test, which is to last four days, began at dawn. Throughout the area concerned, over 10,000 civilian observers, in a temperature of 20 degrees frost, manned
and although they have been in over 700 posts in towns, villages and farms and watched contact with the defences of To the skies for the approach of the "enemy.". bruk, the final assault was only
delivered after patrols have pene-
Joint defence headquarters
trated Italian lines night after were established in Boston
night to survey the nature of the and New York City and MATSUOKA'S
defences.
were
streams of messages Authorities in London em-telephoned in from the ob-
servers.
1.
phasise that the strategic im- portance of Tobruk lies in the
Eighteen, Army bombers, repre-1 fact that it has a really natural harbour on a coast on which such senting a hostile air, feet, flew harbours are few. It is realised seaward, then turned and ap- proached the coast at different that the capture of Tobruk will stertch the British lines of com- points in small formations. Four fighter squadrons stationed in munications over 200 miles, but different airfields in the states the harbour will undoubtedly
concerned were ready to intercept prove useful in moving up troops the "Invaders.” und for removing such prisoners; that have fallen into British hands.
* IN FULL RETREAT
SPEECH IS STUDIED
IN AMERICA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (Renter)
The speech in the Diet by the Japanese Foreign Minister, MR. MATSUOKA, had been awaited
The Arst. "victory" of the De- with considerable interest and its fence Command was reported in contents are now being "closely the afternoon from the port of studied. Jefferson, Long Island, where Official comment is lacking and
A message from Sydney goes on fighters intercepted two big twin- the speech, arrived too late for
to mention that inside the borders
engined bomber's roaring
over editorial comment, but the general
or Eritrea, two Italian divisions Long Island towards Manhattan. are now in full retreat pursued by British motorised forces, Assab. the port of Eritrea, was bombed by the RAF which also carried out heavy raids on enemy bases in the Mediterranean-(Special)
WITHOUT FEAR OF COSTS
impression is that it did not veer
· SECOND #VICTORY"
from the expected course though The second lctory" followed there is hope, albeit a faint hope, immediately afterwards when two that Mr. Matsuoka would recom other bombers were met by fight-mend for Japan, some of the me- ers from New London, Connecticut, dicine he, prescribes so readily for near Providence and Rhode Island the United States "to bend chr as the invaders were dying in. utmost efforts to allay "the im The work of the observers, who pending crisis of civilisation.".. include all types of civilians and a number of blind men whose
FAR APART
An Australian aviation expert hearing are exceptionally keen, Close observers of the situation THE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER REVIEWED the British war who has just come back from the was described by one senior flying in the Far East state the speech. effort in a statement in the House of Commons yesterday. The United States predicts that within officer at headquarters at Mitchell shows how far apart the coun
tries are and the difficulties. lying Canadian High Commissioner also spoke on the Canadian war effort the next, five months, American Beld, as excellent.
By mid-day, several groups of in the way of any ready In a speech in London when he stated that. development of the Em-aircraft production to Britain will pire Air Training Scheme was ahead of schedule.
be doubled and possibly trebled, bombers have been labelled "des prochement.
troyed." THE IMPERIAL FORCES HAVE PENETRATED the defences of according to a Sydney message. Tobruk and ́are within three miles of the town itself. Since Dec.
9, General Wavell's Army of the Nile have captured Sidi Barrani, Bolium and Bardia,
EVENTS IN RUMÁNIA APPEAR TO BE TAKING a serious turn.
SECRET STATION -
ON THE AIR
Mr. Matsuoka, they point out, complains regarding, the American embargoes but refuses to acknow ledge they are necessitated by Japanese action which forced on Mr. Wendell Wilkie was to have the United States a rearmament
WILLKIE TO CALL ON PREMIER
A state of slege has been declared in Bucharest and the Fremier, new secret wireless station General Antonescu, has appealed for peace and order. One of the which has started operating in left America by Clipper for Lisbon programme requiring embargoes chief reasons for the disturbances was the dismissal of the Minister Norway, was on the air again yes- yesterday, and is expected to reach an export materials necessary for for Interior,
terday, and the announcer was London tomorrow, states a London national defence BULGARIA 18 NOW THE CENTRE OF A DIFLOMATIC struggle heard to declare: "We want to message.
What may be said of the÷posl- and King Boris is standing fast. Apparently Hitler wants the pas save our country from the op Mr. Wilikte has received a cable tion here is that the responsibility sage of German troops, through Bulgaria to stab Greece in the back. pressors. Let us remember our of welcome from Mr. Churchill and for the maintenance, of peace, of THE UNITED STATES YESTERDAY STAGED AN "Invsalon test" duty to our King, who was ready an invitation to call on the Prime which Mr. Matsuoka speaks, is not