HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
CAPT. CYRIL FALLS. DISCUSSES
REASON FOR THE RAPID BRITISH SUCCESSES IN AFRICAN CAMPAIGN
WILLKIE MESSAGE TO GERMANS
NAZI. GOVERNMENT DENOUNCED
CABLE
A HUNDRED NORWEGIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS
SENT TO GERMANY
There is evidence of the way people are resisting Ger- man oppression in occupied countries, states a London message. One hundred Norwegian political prisoners have been sent to Germany and have' already arrived at Ham- burg.
LONDON. Feb. 6 (WS) Be- fore leaving England to return to America, Mr. Wendell Willkle A well-known Norwegian
transmission to the
German Britannia" Hotel in Trondh-
gave the following message for actor was arrested in the EMERGENCY
jem. At a dinner he pro- FOOD DUMPS
people:
"I am of purely German cent. My family name L Willkie but Willinks.
des-
not posed the health of the First
Family of Norway and all pre-IN BRITAIN
LONDON, Feb. 6 (BWS)-Ener- gency food dumps are being "or- ganised near vulnerable towns in
"I am not going to speculate on the future, but one thing is certain-and that is that Italy does not now possess the means in North Africa to regain the initiative," "said CAPT. CYRIL FALLS, military correspondent of THE
TIMES, when he broadcast from London yesterday, when. he discussed how the British forces in Africa had man- aged to achieve their recent successes in so short a time.
"Since I last gave you one talls which can only be known to I think it is of these talks," began Capt. those on the spot, Falls, the most important aow probable that any rapid pro-
"My grandparents left Ger-sent, including German off- gress cannot be hoped for unless events in Africa have been the Italian morale goes. I have many 20 years ago because they cers, rose and drank to the
were our capture of Derna and reason to feel that it will not.
protestants against
auto- toast.. "Italy is in a desperate position. to live as free men.
cracy and demanded Cirene, the rapid progress of
the right A letter from Norwegian, bishops Britain and special soup, prepared I too claim to the Quisling Minister of Re-by the Food Ministry to a scienti- our troops in East Africa, es-She is cut off from the world in
ligion has aroused great interest fe formula, will be the chief item pecially in Eritrea, and the East Africa. knowing, very well
..** am proud of my Germah that whatever Herr Hitler may
in Sweden.
stored. operations of German bomb-
try to do to help in North Africa, blood. But I hate aggression and
A Stockholm paper says the let-Six of the country's largest can- ers over Libya.
he cannot afford to do anything
ter is significant because it shows ring plants operating on mass "Tell the German people my the true conditions in Norway and production lines, have been mobilis- in East Africa. I feel optimistic.
have firms are being brought into the of Ger- brought to the teaching of Chris-scheme.
A DISGRACE
STOUTER RESISTANCE
that right
tyranny.
•
The Italian troops who made about this particular campaign.convictions are shared to the full reveals a conflict of convictions led by the Ministry and smaller
up the Derna garrison were not In Eritrea it is not improbable by an overwhelming majority of which
subjected to such a crushing de- that Italy will lose her most loyal my fellow-countrymen
man aescent. They too bellevetainilty.
Tell the German people we German-Americans" reject hate the aggression and lust for present German power of the
feat and such a bombardment as colonies. It has been pointed out in freedom and human rights. was carried out at Bardia and to me that the people of Eritrea Tobruk. This may account for are of the same origin as those in their stronger opposition to the a large part of Abyssinia. That Army of the Nile. Their resistance may be true, but it does not mat- was stouter than anything pre-ter.
What is Important is that viously encountered, but the gar-Eritrea has been longer in Italian rison was in any case inevitably hands and has been comparatively doomed.
wel administered.
"It is a strange form of tactics "Abyssinia was only conquered which the Italians have adopted in circumstances of great cruelty -this penning up of garrisons against the villagers. The time without any prospect of relief. may
ome when the "people of because relief has never
been Eritrea may remember their
attempted by land or sea. I per- brotherhood, in Abyssinia-1- trust sonally think the Italians might it wili. bave put up a stronger resistance if they had more heart in the cause for which they are fighting.
"I am not going to speculate on the fature", continued Capt Falls, "but one thing is now certain-and that is that Italy does not possess the means to regain the initiative and no sign of resistance will appear, unless Germany will give her increased nid.
GERMAN CLAIMS
"In North Africa, a German
claims communique
entered
successful
Government"
these conditions
A preliminary order has been Another report stated that the placed for 250,000 cans, each con- (taining eight portions of soup. The potential production of British canners is 100,000 tins per week,
and Quisiing are trying to organise an of Norwegians to fight army against Britain. This news was received in Sweden with disgust and the Quisling was described as a disgrace to his own country and the whole Scandinavia.
Where The Germans Were Mistaken
WHAT NAZI AIR OFFICIAL SAID
last
In their plundering of Not- way, the Germans have turned to the confiscation of all pro- perty belonging to CROWN PRINCE OLAF and PRINCESS MARTHA.
3
PEACE TALKS
IN TOKYO
The peace conference to take place in Tokyo between delegates from Indo-China and Thailand will open today, states a mes-" sage from Saigon...
The Indo-China delegation ar- rived in Taihokuo, Formosa" yes- terday.
A Shanghal report says the Ger mans are sending overseas valu- able old masters which they have filched. German
THAI AMBASSADOR propagandists |
BANGKOK, Feb. 6 (Reuter).—It | bombing attacks against the ports. "If you managed to pick up the prepare the way for their sale by
of Bardia and Sollum.
wireless Once the German.
Friday merely saying they have been dis- is widely believed that Prince
Germans
at present in Tokyo said the Mediter-night,"
SIR FREDERICK covered but they do not say from VoraVATTI,
leading the Thai delegation, will ranean it was certain that they WHYTE, K.C.S.L, when he broad- where.
be the first. That Ambassador to would try to take part in the cast from London on Wednesday,
Tokyo when Japan raises the le- Libyan campaign. These parti-"you would have heard General
gation here to the status of ́em--| cular aircraft may have etsablish von Milch, Chief of the German
bassy. ed themsleves in Tripoli or used Air Staff, explaining to the Ger- the airfields there temporarily man people why German bombers "It must be remembered that and flown back. Or if they are had been able to get through our this campaign was carried out by long distance bombers, they might the British within the fierce range have made their fight. from Senyallay public anxiety and to re- The claims they have made on mind the German listeners that and without this assistance from this ocesion, are ridiculous, Mest the German task in 1942 would be people know that it is impossible
NAVAL CO-OPERATION
of the guns of the British feet
the navy it could not have been conducted with such rapidity."
"The navy has done even. more. Its bombardment of Bar- dia and Tobruk was intensive. Rarely has such sea-power, and air-power co-operation been seen in action and the Italians may well suppose that they had been struck by a blitz of a terrible kind.
defence so often.
"He was, of course, trying to
New Delhi
Conference Proposals
harder than I had been in 1941. Announced
to bomb a 10,000 ton ship He warned the people not to ex-
Bardia, because no ship of that size can get into Bardia Harbour. What the Germana did was to hit an Italian ship..
pect too much from the German!
Consequently, Thailand follows sult after signing the Thai-Franco peace treaty under Japanese aus- pices.
"RADIO WAR"
The "radio war" between Eang- kok and Saigon, which ended after a truce, has now 'resumed; says Reuter.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 1941 PAGE 7
GENUINE
ELASTI-GLASS
RAIN
COAT
"ENVY THE PERSON WHO
WEARS ONE”
LIGHT • COLOURFUL – WATERPROOF
PERSPIRATION PROOF
NO RUBBER
Many New Designs on View
at
CONTAINS
China Imporium the
SERIOUSNESS OF THE INT'L SITUATION AS IT AFFECTS AUSTRALIA
AT THE CONCLUSION OF A MEETING OF THE WAR COUNCIL IN AUSTRALIA AT WHICH DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FAR EAST ·
A Government spokesman em-WERE DISCUSSED, a joint statement issued by the Acting Prime Air Force and the German anti-the Eastern Group conference in and Bangkok had no alternative TIN, declared:
The proposals put forward by phasised that Saigon started first Minister, MR. A. H. FADDEN, and the Minister of Labour, MR. CUR- aircraft deretices.
TRIBUTE TO BRITISH AIRMEN
"And then he paid a tribute to British airmen. He called them the best in the world- apart, of course, from the Germans,
"The Germans constitute a new factor, which the Army of the Nile and its chief will have to take seriously into consideration", went on Capt. The Italians cannot exptain Falls, "It is not likely that
"General von Milch," sald Sir what is going on in East Africa. there will be any check to the
Frederick, "came to England in Our forces are thrusting inwards successful operations which
1937 or 1938. He is the Inspector from all directions. It has always! General Wavell is carrying
General of the Luftwaffe and he been a difficult form of strategy
But, The German bombers
came over here on a visit to the and if it comes off is extremely
be better may
than the
RAF. and on that occasion made effective. It is difficult when com-1 Italians, but their pilots are
a striking comparison between the munications are such as they are
far from being supermen, German and British air forces. In the Sudan and in Kenya. We
"If they go by daylight, they "He said then what he repeated have to depend for transport by will have to meet our fighters before the Berlin microphone last land,
and if they fly by night hey will Friday-that British airmen had be lucky if they can do any few equals in Europe and that our "In Northern Eritrea the damage on such small targets. I system of training was the best he
are comparatively well am far from underestimating the had ever come across,
NORTHERN ERITREA
Italians
off in this respect. They have a danger of attacks on our troops railway which runs through to in the desert where it is impos-
TOO SMALL A SCALE?.
"But it was on too small a scale
New Delhi were announced in the but reply in the same vein House of Commons yesterday by the Secretary for India. Mr. L. 9. Amery, states a London message.
These include the setting up of a central provision office within the Eastern group area and the appointment of an Eastern group supply council to co-ordinate supplies and munitions to meet these re- quirements.
Str Archibald Carter,
GIFT FROM ..SUDAN
"There is no doubt as to the seriousness of the international situation as it affects Australia. "The War Counel realises the necessity of taking all possible steps to ensure the security of Aus- tralia and calls to every Individual for maximum efforts."
Admiral Sir Ragnar Colvin and
Air Chief Marshal, Sir Charles Bur- The Secretary for War, Capt. Hnett, Chief of the Australian Air D. G. Margesson, has received a Staff, were called to the meeting, gift of £100,000 from the Govern-states a London message.. ment of the Sudan in recognition According to a message from of the capture of Kassala and ser- Sydney the Leader of the Opposi- former vices rendered by the British Im- tion said later that the. War Coun- Permanent Secretary to the Board perial Troops, in close co-operation cil was endeavouring to carry out of Admiralty, would be the British with the Sudanese forces, states a the purpose for which it was es- Government representative. and London message. Chairman of the Council.
Expressing thanks for the gift, Major-General W. C. Holden Capt. Margesson said that the would be officer-in-charge of the British forces were proud to be as Central Provision Office.
sociated in this "victory and to Further steps are being careful- have delivered the Sudan from ly followed up,
| enemy aggression.
GLOWING TRIBUTE TO LORD LLOYD
Agordat and the country lends sible for them to take cover, but and it would take Britain too long Itself to defence and small bodies it is one of the dangers, which we to make for the operations of to- of defending troops can be able to may rest assured has been fully day. We in Germany he said, hold up an advance.
taken into account.
have quicker training. The next "And yet we have made" pro-
INTERESTING SITUATION war is going to be short and would gress which though not so sen-
he whole altuation in the be quickly over, so that your long sational, was scarcely less re-Mediterranean and in the Italian and leisurely methods would not markable. The capture of Agordat colonies is of very great interest. make you ready to time. Time is be said "this should have come hereafter," says the DAILY TELE- LONDON, Fæð., 6 (Beuter)-01 the death of LORD LIOYD, it may has put in our possession con on the one hand we
ace the the thing that mattera and we siderable quantities of stores. The talians visibly on the decline and Germans will give you very little GRAPH in a flowing tribute to the Colonial Secretary of whom it Italians may have destroyed a the whole Italian Empire begin-time to bring your force up to per-ernment's claim to public confidence in these strenuous times.".
wald: "A man of such character and capacity increased, the Gov little of this, but they could not ning to totter. We see one section fection. evacuate It The capture
"I am not going to point a The DAILY EXPRESS says: cut off from their home country, Agordat also means that we are making them dependent on very moral on these remarks, which "Were it not for the life work of
of
astride the road running north to precarious stores and supplies. very nearly came true. But the such men as Lord Lloyd, Marshal
Barenthu and we have al estab-
SUCCESSOR TO LORD LLOYD
"The harbour we have captured British officers who met him in Graziani might still be sporting lished ourselves on the road run contain many facilities and when the meas three years ago, must his laurels in Libya and, perhaps, ning south-eastwards. The Italian we reach Benghazi there will be sometimes be wondering whether by this time, in Egypt and Syria.” force, which was apparently of a more there. Many of their stores he remembered that occasion, be- A first class administrator and
have been sunk by our warships cause now the smaller British Air a great patriot is the DAILY TWO PEERS NAMED
Force has repeatedly driven back MAIL'S tribute..
fair size of about 8,000, at Barentha was blocked and Baren-
The Italians certainly at sea.
thu has now been abandoned collected large, reserves of all the larger German air force since } They left a number of prisoners stores, especially in North Africa Jast August."
in our hands and abandoned cr but most of the prisoners captured
destroyed stores and munitions.
"Something has happened inside
have been hungry and they de clare that this was the case for a British
Abyssinia, where the Italians have long time before the taken to the hills, leaving their transports behind. Here I suspect
Bomaliland in the south...
DESPERATE POSITION
[“He has now found out that our long, training on which the success of the R.A.F," rests, is the reason for our SUCCGASCA and for our confidence in the future."
LORD WILLINGDON RETURNING
FOR DUAL POST
REGRET IN INDIA
LONDON, Feb. 8 (Reuter) The death of Lord Lloyd was re- The question of successor, to Lord ceived with particular regret in Lloyd is complicated by the fact INDIA and EGYPT, states a Lon-that in addition to being Secre- don message.
tary of State for Colonies, Lord
The Cairo paper AL ARAN said Lloyd was Leader in the House of that Lord Lloyd's visits to Cairo Lords.
National Savings Campaign
tablished. The joint statement has been received throughout the country as the clearest warning Australia has ever been given.
LONDON, Feb. 6 (Reuter)~~In the first year of the National later whether the Government in- were raised, said the: Ford Chan- Newspapermen asked Mr. Curtin Savings Campaign, £1,140,000,000 tended to expend or intensify the cellor in the House of Commona defence megatires
,
VERY LOYAL
Mr. Curtin replied that there was no need to amplify what has been said. He spoke very highly of the work done by, Australian Industry and said that the workmen were very loyal
Mr. Beasley, another Labour member, stated that there was.
no use sitting back with folded hands waiting for the enemy to strike. The enemy was strik- ing now and they did not know at what hour the stifking would be intensified.
If there is any materiál imported from overseas which Australia.
Dealing with the risk of in- flation, he said the predisposing cause of it was the exceeding gap between taxation, plus saving and expenditure. ⠀
He was satisfied that the dan- ger of this gap has been greatly exaggerated, but this does not mean that he wished to minimise the danger that prices may rise "ex- cessively for there. are other elements in the problem which will have to be carefully watched.
BRONZE STATUE FROM SHELLS
A suggestion has reached Athens from the Albanian town of Koritza.
could now not get, they might find that we make a wholehearted at that, in honour of the late General
it in that country "I tend to see
tempt to do so," he said.
Japan's War Budget
TOKYO, Feb. 6 (Reuter)-A4-
Metaxas, a bronze statue, should be made from shells captured from the Italians, states a London mes-
DEATH OF GEN, OLIVEIRA A
attacks commenced,
"On the other, hand we see
as President of the British Council The only other Secretary of that the activity of the Abys-Germans intervening in Sicily and
did much to spread British culture State in the House of Lords is
The death has occurred in Lig- sinian patriot forces has been res-
on France, in
in the Near East
Lord Cranborne and he is a neving military expenditure in con-age of 78, states & London mes- 660,000 yen military budget, cover-bon of General de Oliveira at the putting pressure ponsible for this. And to...com-
A paper in India said that his comer." plete the picture, our forces have order to see whether they can
Bombay reclamation - scheme, bad In some quarters the agestion nexion with the Chine confict sage. He organised the Portuguese now penetrated deeply into Italian get some advantage, I do not
The British Trade Mission to proved a great, boon to Bind. know what the Vichyattitude
is made that Lord Harlech, who is from April, 1941, to January, 1842, Army when Portugal entered the will be, but I do ask you to re- South America have arrived at Co In MALTA and CYPRUS, his now one of the Civil Defence Inclusive, was approved by the last war as Britain's ally. "I have outlined the transport member that the nitiative in all lombia in two special planes from death is also regretted and in the Commissioners; be recalled to take Budget Committee of the House of
this area is now in our hands-Panama, states a London message latter place a paper says that the over both positions. difficulties without going into de- that is to say that it is in the
afternoon Others sug Representatives this -
Correspondence, ⠀⠀⠀ including ~ TO- Lord Willingdon, head of the Mis- people of the Middle East will gest that, he Duke of Devonshire without amendment, *-^-
gistered letters, will be allowed hands of very, determined com- alon, did not travel as he will be mourn the passing of a great man is in the running
The Budget Committee report between the Channel Islands and. manders who will fight hard to returning to England earlier than Tribute was also paid in SPAIN Constitutionally, there must be was confirmed by the House of Belgium, but this will not apply A military ski school has been retain it and who are backed by was expected for reasons of health, where it was stated that proof of two secretaries of State in the Plenary Session and the Bill was to parcels, according to a German started in Canada at Lansdowne forces under the command of the He is accompanied by Lady Willing- Lord Lloyd's nobility was his ser- House of Lords so the present immediately sent to the House of report quoted in a Loudon mes- Park, states a London message. three services."
vi to his country:
vacaney must be filled by a vent Peers,
don.
Bage