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Matsuoka Should Have MANY ALLIED UNIFORMS
"Frank" Talk With Roosevelt
TOKYO, Apr. 28 (Reuter)-"It would not be impossible for MR. MATSUOKA to negotiate with PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT for the conclusion of a non-aggression pact successfully," states Mr. Ito, political Naval commentator of the daily CHUGAI SHOGYO.
Mr. Matsuoka should have a “frank" talk with President Roose- velt, says Mr. Ito,
Banking Day:
No Incident In S'hai
Pointing out that Japan has two fronts, one facing the Soviet Union, the other the United States across the Paclic," Mr. Ito says had Mr. Matsuoka Talled in the
SEEN IN BRITAIN:
"USA" ON SHOULDERS
LONDON, Apr. 28 (Reuter)—Among many Affied uniforms now. to de seen in Britain, an increasing number of young men in dark blue and cold uniform of the Air Transport 'Auxillary with "USA" on their shoulders is noteworthy, '
Enemy Makes No Progress In Sollum
The latest consignment of Unit- ed States civilian pilots come to Join this service which will release the British pilots from the task of ferrying aeroplanes from factories to the airfeld,
They were trying on their uni- forms at the London tailors this
talks with M Stalin and M. CAIRO. Apr. 23 (Reuter) morning after inspecting the bomb Molotov, he,, would never advise Enemy detachments which pene-damage of the capital which they his visit to the United States. trated five or six miles across the said made them "as sore as YOU
America's policy towards Japan Egyptian frontter in the Sollum know what." has been mostly based upon a area on Saturday evening, made SHANGHAI, Apr. 28 (Reuter)-misunderstanding the commenta-Hittle or no progress on Sunday, The banking day of the four Chi-tor adds. Dese Government banks passed off without an incident.
Almost immediately after being heavily guarded during the open- ing this morning, there was a rush of clients to tranmet business from which they were debarred in the past ten days.
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says an official British communi- que.
DISGUSTED
The spokesman for the party. The communique reads:
said they were disgusted to see the "There are many things which
"Libya: There is no change in ruin the Nazis had, wrought among Japan have still to learn from Tobruk
the homes of the small folk. America" and with these · words "Sollum: Yesterday enemy de- Revealing that they saw Ger- Mr. Yoshimichi Murakami. Man tachments which penetrated five or man submarine destroyed by Bri aging Director of the Manchuo-six mile.. across the frontier on the tish warships during their voyage kuo Heavy Machinery Company. previous evening, made little or no over, the spokesman said that the summed up his opinions on his progress. Light elements of the destruction of this U-boat and
PARTLY CLOSED
return bere recently from a half. Well-known British armoured divi-crew seemed a just retribution for year tour of America.
once again in contact the atrocities the Nazi airmen had The irdh grill doors of the banks Mr. Murakami said that he was with the enemy.
perpetrated on the British civilians. were kept partly closed and all amazed to see how emclently "Abyssinia: On Saturday last,
The pilots hail from many States persons desirous of entering were America was carrying out the the important centre of Dessie was
but more particularly from the closely questioned and searched by armaments programme, though occupied by our column which had
Southland. the veritable army of police pro- several peacetime industries were advanced from the south. Details
changed to armament producing:
of the men and equipment captur ed are not yet available.
"In all the other areas, opera-series of Dixieland films like "Gone Itions continue satisfactorily.
with the wind."
tectors..
Heavy Anancial transactions industries, were made, mostly by Chinese firms anxious to settle accounts which had remained outstanding.
Women customers also jammed the offices as they took out money from their savings accounts so as to avoid the possible inconvenience in future..
British In Dessie
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the Duke of Aosta's armies which fled before our attack on "Harar and Addis Ababa.
Was
"Our victory at Dessie fought by South African forces under trying conditions at a height of 9.000 feet where days of tropical sun and followed by bit- terly cold nights which is to be expected at such a height."
up-
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Their rich accents Bound familiar to the British cars, thanks to the
Every Front Dependent
On Home Front
Despite the recent strikes. he stated, America is doubtedly uniting into" one great whole in carrying out its armament programme and the people are absolutely can- fident in President Roosevelt, The Americans are corifirmed in the belief of the power and great- ness of their country and "con fident that Britain would win the war with their material help. opinion is aware how vital it is Mr. Murakami added that Ame- that Herr Hitler should be stopped rica is continually making wender- and is no Jess aware
of the ful scientific progress of which urgency and critical importance the people in Japan had uttle of the battle of North Atlantic. conception as yet.
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NOT EXTINGUISHED
The DAILY TELEGRAPH, in a similar leader, says that the lamp
FINAL VICTORY Greek freedom, though dimmed.
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IS ASSURED
Mme. Chiang's Melsage
is not extinguished in Crete and elsewhere, where there will be the free Greek army and navy to con tinue struggle and afford a rally- ing point for national spirit and resistance,
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ELIE BOIS
Mourned By Free France
LONDON, April 28 (Reuter)- Free France, and many in` vassal France also, are today mourning the death of Elle J. Bols, for 25 Referring to escapists and pro-years Editor-in-Chief of the Fetit fiteers, the Daily Mail asks does the Parisien, who came here after idler think he would be able to France fell, to continue the strug- get away from it all and does the le against Herr Hitler. profiteer think he would keep the: An opponent of Nazism since its gains if Herr Hitler won?
Inception, he refused the demand of the Petit Parisien's owner, Jean Dupuy Bordeaux that he should sign a declaration that as the paper's editor, he alone was res- ponsible for its anti-Nazi polier i safled for England to help Gen. de Gaulle.
Are
Compulsion for one and sup- pression for the other needed without any more ex- cuses or delay.
Though in failing health, he re- cently published an authoritative
IMPREGNABLE BASE LONDON, April 23 (BWS)--The EVENING STANDARD, says: "We shall make impregnable our base. We shall command the seas. We To British People Major Murray stated that the
Just as the Greeks had no illu- shall master the air. And when book entitled" Truth on the tra- desertion of Italian soldiers would
gedy of France.” LONDON, Apr. 28 (Reuter)-The slons, neither had we.. Our ex-by this exertion we have called a become тегу general and the
sympathy and admiration of the peditionary force in Greece was new hemisphere to our aid, "we seriousness of this was seen in the Chinese people for the British peo-in full realisation that the result shall carry back revenge and hope fact that Italian Colonial unitsiple were voiced by Madame Chiang { might be very much as it has, in for the Slavs and Greeks and all were being disbanded for lack of Kai-shek
тел.
broadcasting in the fact, proved. B.B.C.-last night,
She said that the British, as
will
If, on every setback, there was TWO MAIN GAINS
the Chinese, were fighting for de-a loud outcry for new blood in Government or for Parliamentary Turning to the BALKANS, Major mocratic principles. Murray sald that the fact that our She gave this message to Bri- Inquests, the business of conduct troops in Greece, had been forced tain: "No army can win every bating the war would not merely be to withdraw did not lessen the two tie or succeed on every front, but impossible but our ultimate pros- main gains we made in the cam- Iso long as the morale of the nation pect of victory itself soon paign. The first was that by keep-Its intact, the hearts of the people
be gravely jeopardised. ing her word and helping the sound and it has wherewithal to Greeks, Britain had WOR more continue the fight for freedom." sympathy and the second gain was final victory is assured.” that the enemy suffered enormous losses in men, tanks and aircraft,
PLEA FOR FUND
which was contrary to Hitler's wish for British fund for rellet of dis- Madame Chlang was appealing for a bloodless drive through the tress It. China and she said that Balkans.
what Britain had "The Germans claim that they never be forgotten by the Chinese. given would
Wars have never been won by nations who did not know how to trust their leaders and the lenders at Home and in the field who carried us through from last June to where we now stand, abundantly deserve the nation's continuing loyalty. The hard truth was given to the
are now in Athens," said Maj. Mur- She added that during the four free nations by Mr. Churchill last
ray, and that is probably true. years of China's resistance But had it not been for the help Japanese, aggression, between 50. given by the Anzacs and British 000,000 and 60,000,000 people have troops they would have been there become refugees..
a few weeks ago without suffering
any loss."
Mr. Churchill's statement that the proportion of Anzac and Bri tish troops in Greece was about 50-50 had given the Me to Dr.) Goebbels' propaganda that the British had left the hard fighting to the Anzacs. Mr. Churchill said he would leave the answer to the Zou! suggestion to the Australians,
AGGRESSIVE POLICY
to night, comments the DAILY MAIL, adding that he left neither the British Empire nor the United States any ilusions as to the ordeak of the struggle for survival] which both face.
Troop-carrying Planes Are Attacked
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ONLY ONE WAY
other suffering men and women who must dwell beneath the sha- dow of Hitler's land armies."
ROME FURIOUS LONDON, Apr. 28 (Reuter) Driven to white heat and fury by Mr. Churchill's references to Signor Mussolini as this whipped jackal
and absurd imposter" the Rome Radio describes the Prime Minister as a megalomaniac descendant of Mariborough who wants to dictate his strategy to the British Army.
R.A.F. Strike At Germany Again
AF. bombers struck at Germany LONDON, Apr. 28 (Reuter)
again on Sunday.
The Alr Ministry announces they successfully bombed a factory west We know дож that there is of. Cologne and a military camp only one way to victory-the total near the same city in daylight.. effort by both sides of the Atlantic
In occupied Holland, docks in Today we see the fals written to Ymuiden and an aerodrome in De- the Greek campaign.
kooy were also attacked and of the coast of Britanny, an enemy patrol vessel was hit and left are and listing heavily.
number of Junkers troop-carrying CAIRO..Apr. 28 (Reuter)-A
Now, as Mr. Churchill warns "us, we must look ahead. planes embarking troops at the The possibilities of the ominous Benina aerodrome near Benghazi enough drive on Gibraltar,
Mr. Churchill had frankly ad on Sunday were machine-gunned double drive on the Suez through gun positions and a supply train.
In an offensive patrol over Hol. 2 land fighters machine gunned the mitted that the withdrawal in by R. A F. fighters. states an North LIBYA was a damaging defeat but R. A. F. communique.
Africa and through the No aircraft is missing from these we would not accept the German- Italian occupation of Cyrenaica
Near East, and the fullscale in- One plane was destroyed by fire vasion of these islands: some of
and our future policy there would and the remainer badly damaged.these may never happen, but we be an aggressive ore. Our task The R A. F. continued to ham-may be sure that others will and would not be an easy one. We per enemy movements in Cyrenal- we may assume that military, must be prepared for intensificaca by bombing and machine-gun-naval and air dispositions have tion on the North African front ning troops and transport.
been made, to counter each and all of them.
and must not expect quick results.
BADLY DAMAGED.
Maj. Murray concluded by say In Abyssinia, R. A. F. fighters ing that supplies at Home and machine-gunned and badly dam- from America were increasing daily aged a number of enemy motor and pointed to the day when on transport vehicles at Alomats. A all fronts, and in all respects, we motor transport carrying enemy would be superior to the Germans in men and machine.
It certainly was a revelation to
us to hear with what small forces General Wavell had defeated and captured the Italian armies in Libya."
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troops was attacked on Saturday. Considerable damage was done and heavy casualties inficted.
Aircraft of the South African
Can we leave it at that? We cannot. "Every front is de- pendent absolutely on the Home front. After nearly two years of war, the Home front is still not organised for the totalitarian struggle → “all-m war"
operations.
Creche Wrecked By German Bomb
PORTSMOUTH RAIDED
Continued from Page 1 rald and a second was "probably brought down.
The attack on Portsmouth, though sharp, was not prolonged and caused much damage.
"Two hospitals were damaged. Casualties are expected to be
rather heavy.
Several male members of one hospital staff were killed but all patients at the hospital which received three direct hits were evacuated by other doctors and a gallarit ban of nurses,
"WERE WONDERFUL”
A senior member of the staff said his colleagues "were perfectly worlderful and some young nurses were marvellous".
A big store was gutted, the suz-" face of a shelter hit and several people killed and injured...
A second hospital suffered con- siderable damage as the result of two fires.
The nurses and staf dealt quickly with the outbreaks in various wards.
AIRMAN'S SUICIDE LONDON, Apr 28 (Reuter)—The German airman at suicide of a sea was reported to the authorities of an East Coast port on Monday by a member of the crew of the German bomber shot down by a British vessel.
Four. men took to their dinghy when the bomber crashed Three were picked up and landed.
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LONDON, April 28 (Reuter) The three Italian destroyers sunk when an enemy convoy between 8tclly: and Tripoli was obliterated by Bri- tish naval forces on April 15, were LONDON," "April 28 (Reuters ——
The course of the war has identified by the Admiralty on Twenty-seven bables had miracu-
merely revealed the formidable Monday as the Luca Tanigo of 1,- lous "escapes when their home was SHANGHAI, April 28 (Reuter-strength of the forces against 828 tons and destroyers of the Fol- wrecked by a high explosive bomb The appointment of Liu Bze-ahun which we are contending.
gore class of 1,220 tons and the during a German raid on a north as Chinese Minister to Canberra is
PRESENT REALITIES.
Vega class. west coastal town on Saturday expected to be announced shortlis
The Australians must not look night...
by Chungking, according to the for scapegoats but must soberly, Chinese press.
and in a proper place, review, the
Of the nursing staff numbering eight, three were killed and three While all able-bodied Germans injured,,, air force bombed and machine- are working to the limit of their gunned military buildings
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Liu is at present Director of the present realities and seek to make Suropean Affairs Department of weakness Into etrength and unity in the cause of the Allies and The babies cots. were littered the Foreign Affairs Ministry. strength into greater strength."- said amazing results in production: at strength for the war purposes, with glass but none was hurt" al- It is added that the exchange here in Britain hundreds of thou- though two nurses in an adjoin of Ministers between Canberra and All aircraft returned safely from sands still waste their time with ing room were buried under the Chungking was agreed in prind these operations,
||unessential jobs or no jobs at all.' debris and killed...
ple between the two countries some time ago.
Glimma.
Mr. Curtin emphasised that the since the outbreak of war were pivotal defence policy adopted at most convincing proof that work- the Federal conference last Juneers were ready to bear their abare. was complete and the indissoluble of burden. -