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ITALIAN MORALE COLLAPSED BEFORE RAPID ADVANCE
FRENCH EMPIRE
THE WAR
OF IMPERIAL FORCES TO CARRY ON Drive On Keren Progressing Satisfactorily: Ethiopians Harassing Enemy In Gojjam
CAIRO, Feb. (Reuter)-Farther progress by patriot forces in Abyssinia is reported in the latest communique from GHQ., Cairo, thrusts on three fronts. In Eritrea, says which tells of continued the communique, our northern column advancing towards Kerren About Keren itself, locat bas again made sutisfactory progress, activity continues.
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GENERAL
U.S. IN NO IMMINENT DANGER OF INVASION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (Reuter)-That invasion is less Im-. minent than a year ago is the opinion of General George Mar- shall. United States Chief of the Army Staff. This and other views of the war by the heads of the United States Army and Navy were, given to Congress and made public by the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee yesterday.
General Marshall said that a year ago the United States would have been in a "somewhat help less plight" if control of the At- lantic had passed to the enemy.
DE GAULLE PLEDGE LONDON. Feb. 27 (Reuter) "Despite its sufferings, the French
Admiral Harold Stark, Chlef of Empire will again take up arms," declared General de
Navy Operations, asked whether Gaulle, Leader of the Free French Move-any time was definitely set by the President regarding when the Canadian ment, to 100 French
be
"ready for officers whose guest at dinner he Navy was yesterday.
should
AXIS MILITARY MISSION IN HAINAN
business," replied in the negative. Advisers To Nippon
Armed Forces
He worked on the basis of getting Dossible ready at the earliest tmoment.
9,
SHANGRAI, Feb. 2
(Reuter)---
The defeat of last year was due to bad preparation in the face of "In Abyssinia, patriot forces, supported by British troops, have new methods of warfare and was
The huge naval construction successfully increased the area of their penetration in the Gojjam no disgrace; that France did not
of more Italian accept. defeat Was shown by Programme was proceeding. Ad- A contingent of over 80 German arrived area. and further south. are causing evacuation
'mirat Stark said, at "very and Italian advisery has French troops, ships and planes ports.
favourable speed," Battleship at Hainan Island off French Indo- continuing the night.
A French-Canadian Brigadier construction was running four to China, according to unconfirmed
Chinese press reports. Admiral Stark expressed the It is stated that they are being said that the ancestors of the off-six months ahead of schedule. cers present went
Canada centuries ago and had never for opinion that transfer of more des organised into five groupe to as- the scale sist the Japanese forces to map MAJOR STROKE
gotten La Belle France. "We will trayers to Britain, on
suggested by Mr. Wendell Wilikle out plans for an advance to the LONDON, Feb. 27 (Reuter) remain united till victory."
was inadvisable at the moment, south: "Although hundreds of miles 01
but the Government's hands
The same reports state that valueless and almost uninhabit-
including "destroyers, submarines
Bombardment of enemy "Following
the enemy with- drawal from Italian Somaliland. tions and dumps farther West African trops yesterday the coast was successfully carried capture Brava. from which port out by the Navy. our advance is again continuing.
"In the Gelib area, prisoners s far counted number 64 officers and 423 other ranks together with 886 Colonial troops"
GELIB CAPTURED NAIROBI Feb. 27 (Reuter} South African formation which captured Gelib, after having cross- ed the river near the mouth, made an exceedingly rould march for 60 miles up the river, clearing enemy opposition all the way. says an official communique
able country lie between Mogadis-
cio. and Bardaful, the capture
the capital (Mogadiscle) is
of
major stroke in the coastal offer- sive runs a cable received from Nairobi last nigrit.
to
SOUTH AFRICANS CAPTURE JUMBO
should not be red in this con- more than 100 Japanese warships.
nexion.
He said: "It is impossible to
foresee what we may want to do and two alteraft carriers, are con- tomorrow or the next day under centrating around Hainan Island, Tongking Bay and the adjoining the present world conditions. Cer
islands. ITALIAN BATTALIONtain emergency conditions might
Some 90,000 fresh Japanese arise under which we might want to make
were detailed certain transfers of troops, it is added,
recently to Formosa and Hainan.
ANNIHILATED
IONTH'S
It bontinues: "From Mogadiscio. two all-weather roads. considered to be equal to the best in Italian
(Itanan Somaliland East Africa. run; one goes north. Feb. 27 (Reuter)-When the Sout wards towards the Djibuti railway Afrleans
captured Port Junbe
Here East African formations, having crossed the bridgeheads
and Hafar, and the other west- they made the first breach in the sized by the Gold Coast Regi-
wards to Lugh. The final collapse Italian defences in south Italian ment, carried out a night march
of the Juba front emphasises the Somaliland without losing a single through desert country and cut
lesson learned in France of the man, writes Reuter's Special cor- the only road communication be-
vulnerability of a static river de respondent with the South African tween Gelib and Brava, thus pre venting the escane of the man fence in the face of mobile forces. forces.
ITALIANS BEWILDERED body.
A Gold Coast brigade. which had! "By a series of rapid feints. borne the brunt of the early nght-the "defenders were bewildered and ing
Its pontoons easily Juba, completed
across
operations and cut off all avenues
of escape to the north.
CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE
A conservative estimate of the
material."
NO FORTIFICATION OF TANGIER ASSURED BY SPANISH GOVT.
LONDON, Feb. 27 (Reuter)-The Spanish Government has riven an assurance that there will be no fortification of the The enemy suffered severely,
Tangier Zone. This declaration was made in the House of Com- losing in the first stage one whole mons yesterday by Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign battalion annihilated by armoured Affairs, when answering questions on the Tangier position - cars and machine-gun fire
The British Ambassador In Several hundred prisoners were Madrid, Mr., Butler continued, had value of bridge heads. The news taken when the Jumbo garrison now concluded discussions with BOMBS DROPPED ON that the enemy was, aeross the showed the white flag of surrender the Spanish Government. The ar- river against all expectations and and machine-guns, field pieces, and rangements reached safeguarded KENT, EAST ANGLIA was making mushroom inroads In-hundreds of thousands of "rounds the existing
countered
the
personal rights of
LONDON. Feb. 27 (Reuter) ---, number of prisoners is 3,000 while to their lines, caused the collapset ammunition fell into the hands British subjects in Tangler and In addition, many of the
dropped Only a few bombs were enemy of Italian morale.
of the triumphant South Africans. guaranteed the Continued func- who escaped to the bush are #All forces share in the glory of
The fighting for Jumbo began tioning of existing British institu- by enemy aircraft yesterday and now returning and surrendering. the success. The King's African
these were mainly over the coastal when South Africans captured Itions and of the British press An aeroplane reported that the Rifies captured Liboe, Afmuda and
and immediately raced nodwen
British officials of the Inter-districts of Kent and East Anglia, enemy retreating along a beach 30 Mismayu and cut off the Gellb
who han say's an Air Ministry communique. miles. from Juba waved white Rags garrison from Brava, The Gold cross the river in the face of in-national Administration
been displaced would be fully and It adds that the damage was in token of their desire to Aur-Coast Regiment captured Bulotense Italian opposition.
generously compensated for their slight, but at one place in Kent
there was a small number of cas Large quantities of guns and at Tavetta Island. capturing Brava A counter-attack was made in loss of office
A special economic and finan-ualties. and cutting off Gelib from the which every Italian participating
Engineers clal regime would be applied in casualty. The South African Alr Force forth. The South Africans cap-became co operated
while Tangier generally, similar to that in the capture of tured Gabwen Pumbo and
Geliberected a pontoon bridge Gelib. machine-gunning
was in progress which existed at present enemy with its garrison, while the East the ecgagement
render.
י
ammunition were captured.
transport which escape.
Erillo and forced the river Juba
WOP COUNTER-ATTACK
to Africans and West Africans shared and were trying
in the taking of the capital.
J.
TEA RECEPTION IN CHUNGKING
Dr. Laughlin Currie Leaving For U.S.
South China Fighting
WONGSHA TAKEN BY CHINESE
CHUNGKING Feb. 27 (Central) SZEWUL, Feb. 27 (Central)--
а
the. armoured cars then
SPANISH ASSURANCE Declaring that the Spanish Gov. Prossed
assurance મ small force of Transvaal ernment had given an troops accompanied them and at-that there would be no fortifica Itacked an enemy force of 500tion of the zone, Mr. Butler int
strong. The enemy were quickly mated that it was also agreed that put to fight, abandoning equip 1 at any time the Mixed Tribunal ment and a complete battery of should cease to function, the Con- guiar Court would be re-establisher
guns.
Mr
Even before Jumbo was reached, and fully recogniseu.
planes
By these reconnaissanice
arrangements, brought news that white flags of surrender Bütler added, the present économie. were already flying on the town's and legal rights of British sub-
sects in Tangter should be ade fortifications.
quately safeguarded pending final settlement.
A farewell honour of Dr. Laughlin Currie, ber boats this morning approached President Roosevelt's personal re- Chektal on the southern Kwang- presentative
Tolshan. to China, and Mr. tung coast. southeast of Emile Despres, research official of and directed heavy machine-gun the Economic Division of the US, fire ashore in an attempt to cover Federal Reserve Board was given their landing. Chinese troops en- yesterday afternoon by Mr. Nelson trenched on the coast repulsed T. Johnson, U.S. Ambassador to them with heavy fire. China
were Dr. H. H. Kung. Vice-Prest Covered by aerial
tea reception in Several hundred Japanese in rub- ESPIONAGE RING
In the afternoon the Japanese
IN NORWAY
Wholesale Arrests By Authorities
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 27 (Reuter)
-}
RIGHTS RESERVED · The British Government had re- cognised the special interest of the Spanish Goyerment in the Tan- gler Zone and also that it was not possible at the moment for the signatories of the relevant inter national instruments to enter into negotiation
Thus the British Government
Among Chinese officials invited brought their planes into action. -Over 200 persons have been.ar-maintained their protest against.
bombardment
their rights under the treaties in
The Spanish Government nad similarly reserved their positio
cchnexion with an es the original action of the Spanish dent of the Executive Yuan, and they effected a landing. But he rested in
and had reserved Minister of Finance, Dr. Wang fore they could establish a firm plenage case in Norway, sccording Government Chung-hul Minister of Foreign foothold, the Chinese counter-te reports received here.
The authorities now belleve that force. Affairs, General Ho Ying-chin, attacked with concentrated "fire, Minister of War. General Pai killing and wounding a large num. they have broken up an extensive spy system in West Norway, where Chung-hal, Vice-Chief of General ber of them Staff. Mr. Chang Kla-ngau, Minis- The remnant Japanese boarded passive resistance is very strong. ter of Communications, Dr. Wong their boats and retired to Sheung- Wen-hao, Minister of Economic chen Island off the southern issued a Affairs. Dr. Wang Shin-chieh. Kwangtung coast. Minister of Publicity, Mr K P
TAMSHUI OPERATIONS
The Bergen Police Chlet has stern warning against contravention of orders regarding
U.S. DEFENCE
propaganda in favour of the King APPROPRIATIONS
Sabotage persists despite severe penalties.
at
Chen, General Manager of the WAIYEUNG, Feb. 27 (Central)and the Royal Family. Shanghai Commercial and Savings The Chinese counter-attack at Bank, and Maj.-General Chu Shih-Tamshui continues.
A German Court Martial ming, Director of the Intelligence Wimgsha and Pomiao, two outer and Publicity Department of the defence points, have both been re- Bergen on Tuesday sentenced ter Norwegians to death after a trial Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
captured, while the Japanese at Dr Currie and Mr. Despres are Yeungtongwal, another point in lasting three weeks, leaving for Hongkong by plane to the neighbourhood, are isolated.
day en route back to America by The Chinese are now using Wong-
Clipper.
CHINESE SABOTEURS CHUNGKING, Feb. 27 (Central) -Traffic on the Shanghai-Hang-
sha and Pomiao as bases for fur- ther assaults against Tamshul.
Naval, Air Stations
At Guam, Samoa WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (Reuter) -An immediate outlay of $1,583,- 000,000 in cash and contract, au- thorisation for the Army and Navy
¡priations Committee of the House.
of Representatives.
Thta, includes funds to develop One of the best-known U-boat naval and air stations at~~Guam,
U-Boat Commander is recommended by the Appro-
Dies In Accident
LONDON, Feb. 2 (Reuter)
-
SWEDISH BUDGET commanders of the last war, Vice- and Samoa,
-
The Navy share of this expendi-
a
initial cost of constructing 400 eubmarine chasers and other small craft, "and will enable delivery by
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 27 (Reuter) Admiral Lothar de la Perriere.
has the German naval commander for are $85,000,000—also "covers the chow Railway has been disrupted-The Swedish Parliament following the destruction by Chi-adopted a supplementary budget occupied territory, met with nese troops on Tuesday of the amounting to 93 million kroner fatal accident on Monday. It
Jannounced in Berlin yesterday. track at Chihsingkiao near Ka-for defence.
It provides for the purchase--of- Admiral Raeder, Commander- the end of 1943 of 55 more destroy- shing. 61 miles southwest of Sharghat, according to informa- artery and aircraft, the recon-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet, Data era than originally planned.
The bulk of the Army's $895,- tion from communications circles, struction of certain warships and warm tribute to the dead The extent of damage has not yet the building of barracks and other whom, he declared, "was honour-000.000 is earmarked for construc-
needs.
ed by Triend and foe alike." been ascertained.
TRAI
tion, including cantonment and
other housing projects.
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