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ADMIRAL'S TRIBUTE TO BRAVE MEN OF BRITISH MERCANTILE MARINE
The merchant sailor is a brave man who faces hard- ships and wet and cold and the dangers of gun and tor- pedo fire and bombs and mines with strength, and cour- He who age. His sense of humour is always with him. never has and never will desert the Empire deserves a warm welcome," remarked ADMIRAL SIR FREDERICK DREYER when he broadcast from London yesterday on Merchant Navy.
Opening his talk. Sir Frederick heard of the great success of the said that he joined the Royal Navy Royal Navy in the Battle of Cape 50 years ago when there were Matapan. many sailing ships. The particu-:
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units into Tripoli and whether our movement, From Libya, Italian units Intelligent Service were aware of nad occupied Somaliland and en- it are questions which remain to tered Keny be answered.
In the meantime, Herr Hitler had ONE ANSWER
dominated Rumania: Bulgaria was "One answer is that connivance, being prepared to work with hum, it not complicity." was given by and Yugoslavia was thought to be France, and that the Germans were ripe for collaboration with the Axis. allowed to use Frerich territorial Signor Mussolini," certainly, and But against all this are Herr Hitler, probably, thought that waters. the exploits of the British navy on the Greeks would bow to an Tuesday night in destroying an Ita-ultimatum. Syria was collaborating The officers and men of the Han convoy together with three with the Axis, while Germany WIS lar type of anerchant sailor then Royal Navy had fully returned Italian destroyers, and, this shows intriguing in Iraq.. To Herr Hitler was little different now. The mo- the compliment to their prothers that the German forces must have it seemed a clear and unopposed dern British merchant seaman was in the Merchant Navy when they lost some of the resources neces- campaign in the Middle East, just as brave. Just as kind as any paid tribute to their outstanding sary for the Battle of Egypt. of his predecessors * thousand quailtles in addition to their en-
durance,
and years ago.
good seamanship bravery in the face of savage enemy attacks
died
COMPENSATION SCHEME
THE SEA INSTINCT The longer a man was a sailor the more he loved the sea. The sea instinct. which was of vital
The Royal Navy had welcomed Importance, was born in Alfred the compensation scheme for war the Great, King of England, who injuries for men of the Merchant 1.040 years ago. He built Navy and the inclusion of pensions great galleys and put to sea and for widows and children. They was rightly described as the father also welcomed the scheme where- | of the British navy: 1,015 years by the payment of merchant sea: after his death the present Ring men was brought up to that of of England put to sea in his Allled seamen who received special' father's ship Collingwood and
payment. fought against the Germans.
Admiral Dreyer went. on to say In order to appreciate what the that he could tell with inner merchant navy was capable of knowledge that the merchant sea- transporting. Admiral Dreyer said men derived their strength and that 50,000 tons of food per day determination from the brave way and 100,000 tons of other cargo per in which the women of Britain day were brought to England. The were facing up to the enemy general cargo of a ship of 4.000 bombing raids. "tons would be about six miles
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ADMIRALTY CONTROL At the outbreak of the war, the merchant ships were brought un- der the operational control of the Admiralty and became the Mer- chant Navy and a Ministry of Shipping was formed for its ad- ministration.
"They had given splendid service and had been protect- ed by their brothers, the Jack Tar. They had been escorted for miles by the "men of the light blue," as the sailor call- ed the men of the Royal Air Force.
The women. who brought love and grace into our house- holds were showing outstand- ing bravery and courage. They were steeled and streng- Lj thened by sacrifices. The sai- lors knew that the women at home were just as determin- ed as they to fight for the things they love.
"We are fighting for freedom and to live as Christian people," sald Sir Frederick. "With regard to the spirit of the people, Mr.Į Priestley. in a recent broadcast, referred to the fact that one found
"But the Greeks resisted the Italians and defeated them. Crete became a naval and air base. The British Army of the Nile drove the Italians fram Libya Libya, Italian Somali- land, Abyssinia and Exfirea were conquered. The Greeks reinforced, by British troops and air squadron. The Italian navy was crippled. In the Battle of Matapan, and Yugoslavia resolved to fight.
were
PLANS UPSET "Little or nothing had gone ac- cording to Herr Hitler's anticipa- tions," said Mr. Steed, "and he was bound to make an effort to retrieve the situation and he is fighting hard now to regain some of the: advantages that eluded him.
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"But he cannot restore the Italian navy to is former strength. He cannot replace the thousands of planes and pilots lost by the Ita- "Then there is the Battle of At-Mans. The Italians no longer lantic, and a these are the vital threaten the Sudan.
On the Albanian front, our line parts of the Battle of Britain which "Herr Hitler is also not winning has been straightened. In the is being fought for by night and the Battle of the Atlantic and sup-¡course of these movements, Klisu- day on and under the sea.
plies from the United States to Bri-ra and Erseka were evacuated." tain and the allied forces will be SYSTEMATIC" BOMBING coming through the Red Sea. The
ATHENS, Apr. 18 (Router)-The resources of the United States are luftwaffe systematically bomb- far more fully behind the demo-ing villages and towns on the Al- cracles than that they were" last tes lines of communication. October, Meanwhile, Britain's fight- ing strength on land, sea and air is greater than it was.
"In all directions Herr Hitler is making a sustained and for-- midable effort," continued Mr. Steed. "He had to make it, and will have to go on making it, for everything is at stake for him, and everything is at stake. for democracies." Either he or we must go under.
NO NAZI GAINS
Larrisa, some 20 miles behind Mount Olympus front, after being devastated in a recent earthquake and bombed by the Italians, has **The first thing 15 to face the "So, on balance, Herr Hitler has now been completely shattered in middle-aged men, some with spec-question rightly. By the middle of certainly not gained. Can he gain an attack by 40 German dive- tacles, some with flat feet, being sucimer last year Herr Hitler had more in the near future? He may bombers. Admiral Dreyer said that his awarded decorations for gallantry carried everything before him.or may not. While he drives "to- Waves of bombèrs flew over the remarks about the splendid There is of course, no way to The Low Countries and France wards the Middle East, harbours town, bombing and machine-gun- achievements of the merchant guage the courage and resolute- were at his Icet and even the and industrial centres in Germany deserted, all citizens having been ning it. Larrisa is now practically navy in this war were based on ness of people except when they United States felt that Britain are suffering daily and nightly de- personal experience afloat He are in the face of danger.”
In his closing remarks, Admiral/Would be unable to hold out. Then vastating attacks from British air- and many fires stul burning,
evacuated, with houses in ruins was Commodore of convoys in the Atlantic, Including coastal con-Dreyer said that he had women
Field-Marshal Goering sustained craft. The German people know that and children on board his ship in his first defeat in the mass attack this and the people Herr Hitler has
TREMENDOUS BATTLE Voys. The deep affection
LONDON, Apr. 18 (Reuter)--Un- existed between the Royal Navy a convoy when another was tor- on Britain, while Herr Hitler fared jenslaved know it tog.
"Seen in perspective, therefore, mendous battle being fought north and the Merchant Navy was one pedoed. They turned round and disastrously at sea."
certainty still hangs over the tre-
of the most delightful things of the women ano children lifted
FAVOURABLE PROSPECTS the course of the war does not of the Larissa plain, where Greek, this war and he; therefore, had their brave hearts
they
Mr. Steed said that Herr Hitler point to a German triumph," con-British and Anzac forces strive to special reason for realising with assembled by their boats, com-then realised that he must capture (cluded Mr. Steed. "It may point hold back Herr Hitler's 1841' blitz, what delight the merchant seamen pletely calm.
the Middle East. Many people had to more desperate attempts by Herr says the NEWS - CHRONICLE forgotten how favourable the pro-Hitler to win the Battle of Britain, Athens correspondent. spects seemed to him and, in Octo- by air attacks or even by invasion. After long periods of "allence ber, a strong Italian army stood But things will have to go very along the ironclad mountain ready to invade Egypt, and other differently after the first disastrous front, German tanks appear, first, Italian forces came from Eritrea to failure of his plan for the enslave-fast doublenders which take part in the projected panzer ment of the world."
Londoners At Their Very
Best In Recent Raid
“If the Nazis could see London now they will be very much dis- appointed with the result of their brutal attack", sald MR. O. M. GREEN, Far Eastern Editor of Reuter's, when he broadcast from London yesterday in the series "News Letter for the Far East".
Mr. Green opened his talk by j referring to the use of the Adolf Hitler division in the fighting tu the Balkans. This specially select- ed body of Storta Troops had, according to reports, been driven back with heavy losses...
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DREGS OF DREGS
"This division is Her Hitler's 'particular darling”, said Mr. Green. "It comprises of the dregs of the dregs of Nazidom, and they all have
the diseased Nazi mind.
Not one of them wil hesitate to
"You have no doubt heard of the savage raid which was made on London the night before last", continued. Mr. Green. "Two things must be said. Londoners showed them- selves at their very best,' I was about London that day and "I saw business being carried on as usual--shops were trading often despite broken fronts, and there was not the slightest concern. 101 every face.
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were sean to burst in the centre of
the city. The new Stirling bomber was in action in this raid.
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go. 25 quickly backwards as forwards, then heavy unita, generally 35- tonners.
Our men wait until the tanks
BRITISH SUCCESS are close up so close that the
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Isolation Claim By
Axis Refuted
changing of gear Then
can be heard. anti-tank guns
and rifles open at a range which means that the thickest armour is penetrable. HATCHES OPEN
A New Zealander describing. how he waited for a similar at- tack added: “A tank with its
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"Unlike" the Nazis, we make CAIRO, Apr. 18 (Reuter) The batches open came right up under no hysterical noise about re- successful British operations in the bluff where we were cooking prisals We have our plans. Tobruk on Wednesday, when an soup. Before we opened fire, one" They will be carried out. Ber- Italian position was penetrated, of us emptied the scalding con- Jin was bombed according to cannot be taken as a major en tents of the cauldron, down into plan. Let Herr Hitler under- gagement.
the open tank," stand that we have as much At the same time; it is pointed
These tank attacks against our; right to bomb Berlin as he out that the latest Italian defeat, fines are usually in the nature of "Nó praise too high can be given -
has to bomb „London.” ̈
coming on the morrow of the re reconnaissance and are rarely per see his mother sent to a concen- to the way in which London is In the meantime, London has pulse of the German attack, flatly stated in, once, the Germans dis tration camp because in their eyes being, cleaned up. Already the rapidly revived from the attack disposes of the Arts claim that cover the position is strongly held. Germany can do no wrong,
thoroughfares have been opened) and is going smartly about its Tobruk is isolated.
During the past few days, 'Allied There is no further information forces have beaten off scores of "The Adolf Hitler division had and traffic moves along with fair business.
about the mission of the Duke of them, but stil they come on seek- very little to do with France and
ON PORTSMOUTH
Aceta's envoy to the British ining the weak spot which they be the Low Countries, and now they
The Nazi air attack over Britain
| Abyssinia," al
leve must exist. are being given a chance to meet "Speaking of hospitals reminds on Thursday night was concen-
TRIPOLI BOMBED
TO LEAVE ISTANBUL the hated British. We have many me of the attack on St. Thomas' trated on Portsmouth, adds Reuter. The RAF (and Fleet Air Arm
The raid lasted many hours and carried out a heavy raid on Wed-British Legation has advised Bri
LONDON, Apr. 18 (Reuter)The of their stamp among the Luft- Hospital", Kald Mr. Green, and high explosives did damage to nesday night on Tripoll, the main tish women and children in Istan-Following the recapture of Hot the purpose of increasing food pro={\\
waffe prisoners here,
freedom
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HOSPITAL HEROES
SIGNAL CHINESE
SUCCESS IN
· KWANGTUNG
SHIUKWAN, Apr. 18 (Central)
went on to say that some parta; "It is a revelation of the curious of this institution had been trans-city, but the closus parts of the base of the Italo-German, force in bul to leave, say79 a report received tung on the south-east Kwang- Tazi nature that their radio is ferred to the country amid more city, but the casualties were re-Libya
markably light-
still crying out aloud over last suitable surroundings,' away from week's British raid over Berlin, the noise and dust of London. and that the Berlin Opera House and the Unter der Linden was destroyed. Unter der Linden is next to important German offices.
OWN MEDICINE
"There is no more famous hospital in the world than St. Thomas' "," said Mr. Green. “During the air raid the stan behaved Bke heroes, Many of them were killed, and others were maimed, but they never faltered in their duty.
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AGRICULTURE IN FÜKIEN
To develop agricultural enter- prises in Pukien," the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has made appropriation of $300,000 - for
duction in the province, in
The Ministry is also planning to tung coast on April 13, Chinese German planes
Shipping and harbour installa-
troops in pursuit of the Being establish an organ to supervise were tons were the chief objectives..
and direct agricultural enter- brought down in the Portsmouth one medium-sized tanker was hit
Japanese smashed their way to |prises itt: Fukien with › General IRISH PEOPLE'S
Swabue and recovered the town Cher 21, Chairman of the pro...” and the vergel burned fiercely for S" FAIRLY HEAVY - over an hour. There were many RIGHTS WILL NOT The remnant Japanese retired Director (Central News),
on April 15.
vince, acting concurrently Enemy aircraft made a fairly near misses to other shipping... heavy attack on a south coast
BE BARTERED aboard their warships off the Vessels, anchored outside the town, says an Air Ministry com-harbour were attacked.
BATAVIA, ÄDI. 18 (Reuter)-Re BOSTON, Apr. 18 (Beuter) Eize cou munique.
A message from Szewuf says intorcement of the Netherlands Several direct hits were scored would not give up of lease ports, The attack began soon after on the Spanish mole and a big Mr. Aiken, Eire Defence Minister, that a Japanese unit made a land- Navy and merchant fleet and the dark and lasted most of the night. Are was started at the town end told a meeting here held under the ing at a point near Sunwut on extension of personnel of the Reports show that casualties were search-light positions were also auspices of the American friends April 7. After being subjected to Netherlands Government in Lan- light and damage not severe. machine-gunned.
of Irish neutrality.
Chinese attacks, they retired to don by experts from the East m "The sovereign rights of the their warships.
Madies, were announced by M. Welter Trish people" he said, "will not be According to a message from in &. Press conference. The mer. bartered for food, ships, im or Hainan land, a squadron of 10 chant dout would be reinforced any other consideration"
Japanese planes raided various two 10,000-ton freighters. He added that there is no chance polita in the district of
"This attack is described as the infamous methods of the British Air Forces. It is nothing, of course, that their own alimen "St. Thomas was no exception have killed over 30,000 citt Many other hospitals and urging There was some other enemy ac- All British aircraft zens here and destroyed churches, homes had suffered in varying tivity principally over Bouthern,safely. chapels, hospitals and nursing degrees from bombs, yet in all Eastern and North-Eastern Eng- homes. Well, the Nazi complaints cases they had worked on un- land.
returned
are being given a taste of their ninchingly in doing their duty In all these districts, casualties One enemy aircraft is known to own medicine, so it is throwing and saying the sick people in their were few and no substantial have been destroyed during the of Eire changing her neutrality on that bland on April 8. light on their own nature.
charge”
damage was done,
Inight
policy" fülész "she were attacked.
Many incendiary Bombs