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HEAVY R.A.F. BLITZ ON Abyssinian GERMANY AND THE Operations OCCUPIED TERRITORIES Hampered By
The Rains MANNHEIM PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE OF RAID: HUGE FIRES STARTED
LONDON, May 11 (Reuter-For the second night in succes- sion, exceptionally strong forces of RAF. bombers, which this time included Netherlands aireraft, attacked Germany. and ocen pied territory" on Friday night.
WEST ENGLAND other raiders bombed TOWN BOMBED
NAIROBI, May 11 (Reuter)
The Imperial troops in
GENERAL
GOVERNOR OF MADRID REMOVED FROM POST BY GEN. FRANCO
OTHER IMPORTANT CHANGES IN north GOVERNMENT: REICH SURPRISED
Abyssinia are approaching south of the Amba Alagi position, which is being attacked from the north by troops from Asmara, and opera- tions are proceeding successfully, declared yesterday's communique.
LONDON, May 11 (Reuter)—Spain flashed into the spotlight of world events last night with startling news from Madrid indicating swift steps by General Franco to carb the power of the Falangist (Fascist) organisation.
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Speculation on Spaln's place in the Hitler campaign recently has Mannheim, Germany's great, manufacturing centre and second
In the south the Italians have played with the idea that Senor Suner, dyed-in-the-wool Axls pro- largest inland port in Europe, was successfully raided by the main
been resisting with determination, tagonist, might oust General Franco if the Caudillo rejected Bitler's body of RAF. attackers, much damage being done and hure fires
Our troops, although considerably į demands for free passage for troops to Gibraltar. started
Ludwigshafen, neighbouring hampered by the rains, succeed-
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Announcement last night of im- the Italian news agency published town, was also attacked, while ed after heavy fighting, spread portant changes among high oft in Rome a congratulatory telegram
industrial over some days in forcing the cials," and other measures against from the Falangist Spanish For objectives in Berlin.
enemy from their positions.
the Falange, suggested that Gen, eign Minister. Serrano Suner, to Air Ministry communique reports
FORMIDABLE PROPOSITION
eral France had got his blow in Mussolini. extensive fires m the docka and These positions, one of which first.
The telegram congratulater the industrial quarters of Mannheim was eight miles deep, had been One of the most striking changes Duce on the anniversary of the and Ludwigshafen.
prepared for some time, and as was the appointment of a new foundation of his empire and re- Ports and aerodromes in occupied full use had been made of the Minister of the Interior and Direc- cords Senor Suner's personal "Joy
the recent ator-General
victories of Public Security.uver territory were also raided."as were Hllly country. they proved
This was the post held by. Benor wishes for the establishments-of-a- (Reuter) the docks at Calais, Boulogne and formidable proposition. **LONDON,.. May
It was at one of these positions Suner before he took over the new Europe, in which the Falange Naai raids on Britain during Fri-Ostend and aerodromes in southern
march side by side with 1 that the Italians were held up Foreign Ministry, and is one of the will day night were again on a reduced Norway.
Dutch naval aircraft participated for many months by the Abys-key posts in the Government as Fascism and National Socialism,” scale. Three enemy bombers were shot down, making a total of 90 in the raids on southern Norway, ginians in 1936. in nine nights of May, as many it being the first time Netherlands as in the entire month of Apri
AIR BATTLES SIX MILES UP
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in
Our leading troops these airmen had taken part. American-areas are now approaching Adola Bombs were dropped at a num-built Hudson bombers, contributed 45 miles north of Neghelli, and ber of points, says the Air Minis-by Dutch overseas, were used.
Algag, 45 miles north of Yavello.
SOLLUM AREA try, but nowhere did a concentrat-i
Vigorous raiding action by the British forces is reported in the Sollum area.
Fighter Command aircraft main- ed attack develop. However, some talned offensive patrols over enemy
& West of aerodromes in
northern France, damage was done in
which were bombed. England town.
One of our bombers shot down an enemy fighter
Casualties were not large though a small gumber were killed.
BURST OF BULLETS
A pilot who shot down one of the three Nazi bombers destroyed declared he was on patrol when there was a burst of machinegun fire over his plane.
Three of our planes are missing from all these operations,
An
CONCENTRATED ATTACK
The heat in the Western Desert Is the worst experienced for 25
years.
While the Germans are suffer-
Ing severely, the Imperial troops. Air Ministry communique mostly experienced desert fighters states that on Friday night the are standing up to the heat well.
Brcraft of the was directed The R.A.F. pilot attacked and against industrial targets at Mann- after his first burst the enemy helm and Ludwigshafen plane spiralled down to the sea
He searched for the enemy un-main attack of til a second burst gave him away Bomber Command
.
The weather was good and the He followed it down till it crash-attack was concentrated and des- when the tructive. Extensive fires were left ed into the water, "water-spout, it sent up hit my burning amung the docks and in windscreen."
AIR BATTLES
industrial quarters
A small number of aircraft also bombed obiectives in Berlin.
CABLE NEWS
IN BRIEF
LONDON, May 11 (Reuter] . Capt. James Roosevelt, son of the received by President, has been
atates Ankara General Wavell, radio. Capt. Roosevelt arrived in The docks at Calais, Ostend and Egypt from California via Chung man fighters attempting "recon- other porta in occupied territoryking. naissance flights over the south were also attacked, and one of our east coast RAF, fighter patrols after a bat-fighter. *
Air battles took place in brilliant sunshine when high-flying Ger-
were
driven off by bombers
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an destroyed
enemy
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MANILA, May 11 (Reuter) Mr. Francis B. Sayre, United States
the Ministry of the, Interior con- trols the Police and Civic Guards throughout the country.
NEWS SPLASHED
and
Reuter's Madrid correspondent
reports that great prominence was given in the press there to the re- organisation of high Government positions.
CIVIL GOVERNORS New Civil Governors have been announced for Madrid, the Balearic
The order reinforcing the cen- Island, Segovia, Salamanca, Co
sorship of Falange papers was pro- doya, and Zamorra.
The removal of the Civil Gover-minently featured in the non-party nor of Madrid has caused great organs. A.B.C. and Ya but was surprise as he is also leader of the ignored in the Falangist Arriba, Falange in Madrid.
Liermany has been taken aback
by the actions of General Franco, and commenting on the removal of the Governor of Madrid, Berlin radio stated: "This is very sur prising."
DECRÉE CANCELLED Added significance is given to General Franco's swift reshuffle of important positions by the an- nouncement that the recent decree which freed the Falangist news- papers from censorship has now been cancelled.
Whilst the news from Spain yes- terday was concerned with in- Leresting developments regarding the relationship between the Falange and the Spanish State,
craft of the Bomber Command are stated yesterday that he favoured IMPORTANT
Export Control to the Philippines.
tle five and six miles up in, the From these operations two air-Commissioner in the Philippines. bie.
Small groups of the enemy few missing. across the Straits of Dover and! tried to pass inland by adopting cloud-hopping tactics."
However, the swiftly movine mand
ONTARIO, May 11
strength of 200 ships and 18,000 personnel
Canada's existing nave, Henter)-
HOME COMMAND
| APPOINTMENTS
BOULOGNE BOMBED
Alteraft of the Coastal Com- attacked the docks at patches of cloud, driven by a swift Boulogne and inden during will almost be doubled by April LONDON, May 11 (Reuter)-TWO
night and other bombed north-easterly wind. provided poor day. cover and the Nazis had to come enemy, aerodromes in northern next, declared the Navy Minister, new important home commands Mr. Angus MacDonald. "We shall were announced by the War Office into the open" where the R.A.F. France.
in pursuance of the boys got them.
In the course of patrols over the have 400 ships and 28,000 men, and yesterday Channel during daylight on Friday there will be no port in the world policy of giving greater responsi- two enemy aircraft were destroyed where Canadian sailors and ships bility for younger commandera
DEMONSTRATION by our fighters. Two of our fight-won't be found."
ers were lost but one of the pilota is safe.
DUTCH CO-OPERATION The Dutch naval air service co- Coastal Command
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+
Lt.-Gen Laurence Carr takes lover the Eastern Command and JOHANNESBURG, May 11 (Reu- Lt.-Gen. A. Thorne the Scottish, ter)-Paul Dreyfus, pioneer on the Command.
IN BAGHDAD
Band and in the diamond industry. Both are men of 55, saw much and friend of Cecil Rhodes, died fighting in the last war and are Occurrence Confirmed operated with
experts in modern warfare Beauforts and Blenheims in attack-here yesterday aged 84. By Turkish Sources ing enemy aerodromes at Kristian
sand and Mandal, in southern
CAIRO, May 11 (Reuter)-The Norway. occurrence of a demonstration i Until this ruia, Duten squadrons' against Rashid All in Baghdad o in Britain had confined their acti- Thursday was confirmed by well-vities to providing air protection Informed Turkish sources here
for shipping and have been train- yesterday.
The demonstrations took the; form of street processions.
. ing.
In the raids on Norway their bombs straddled the runways and
Generalissimo Not Anxious For Peace With Japan: All Tokyo Proposals Rejected
SHANGHAI, May 11 (Reuter)-The Chungking Government has
Manifestations of disapproval fell among aerodrome buildings. |rejected all peace proposals except through United States mediation;"
were also reported the same day
at Mosul and Kirkuk
"We've been waiting for a chance Dr. Kumataro Honda, Japanese Ambassador to Nanking, is reported
It is offlefall confirmed here that like this," said a Dutch squadron to have told the Shanghai correspondent of the Tokyo Nichi-Nich leader. "It was fun to take part in an exclusive interview before sailing for Tokyo op Friday. Dr. in striking a real blow at the Honda previously way reported to be returning to Tokyo with m enemy."
portant proposals for settlement of the China conflict."
British and Imperial troops have driven the Iraq forces from Rutbah which has now been re- occupied by the RAF
H
Rutbah is 250 miles west of
Baghdad and is situated on the CALIFORNIA
air routes to India and also on the,
oil pipeline.
DARING EXPLOIT
CLIPPER IN
R.A.F. Headquarters in the Mid-SINGAPORE
dle East report a daring exploit by
The Japanese envoy, according to the Nichi-Nichl, said that gen- eral peace between Japan and China could only be restored by strengthening the position of the Nanking government and stabijis. ing Chinese life.
"In settling the Sino-Japanese, Dr. Honda, according to the conflict completely, the Govern-paper, admitted the impossibility ment at Nanking must be strenz jul direct negotiations between thened so that its influerice per-Japan and Chungking and at the asserted that third-
two planes bombing the rallway SINGAPORE, May 11 (Reuter) meates the whole of China. with same time
A
near, Baghdad and machine-gun-An RA.F. escort of five Brewster the inevitable consequence of power mediation was inadequate.. ning an armoured train.
Bufalo fighters brought in the amalgamation of the. Nanking gov. Referring to statements by the The pilot of one plane was Pan-American California Clipper erniment and Chungking regime," Japanese Premier Prince Konoye, seriously wounded in the leg and which inaugurated the San Fran Dr, Honds is said to have declared. Dr. Honda pointed out that Gen- made
forced landing in the A
cisco-Singapore service, arriving desert near the armoured, train.
Iraqis were closing In
*HEIGHT OF FOLLY“
07.
eral Chiang Kai-shek knew harahı He deprecated the idea of en-terms would not be imposed by The pilot of the second plane at Bingapore at 125 am, (GMT)
The Colonial Secretary, Mr. B.tering into direct negotiations Japan upon him in the worst even- landed and rescued the pilot and gunner, taking off just as the W. Jones. welcoming the captain with Chungking as the height tuality: and crew, said, "At any time wear folly."
Therefore the Generalissimo was should have welcomed this. "I will place Information in not anxious for peace but, VISIT FAILURE ANKARA, May 11 (Reuter) The triumphant journey as an advance my possession before the Japanese the contrary, meant to keep up Impression prevails here that the towards the greater convenience nation. Chungking wants a whole-resistance against Japan by align Iraqi War Minister's visit to Turkey and efficiency of our lives. sale withdraway of Japanese troops ing himself with Britain and the has been a failure.
"Now it is more. We have come from China before entering into United States.
DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS The British Ambassador yester- to regard America and Americans peace negotiations, Dr. Honda de-
"Direct negotiations with Chung- day saw the Turkish Foreign Min- as our steadfast and warm-heart-clared, according to the Japanese ister when he was doubtless in-fed friends in a season of trouble--[newspaper.
king would only result in delay formed about the conversations "Unless the world fa" utterly He to alleged to have told the ing final settlement of the China with the Iraq statesman.
bad Britain should have millions Nicht-Nichi that General Chiang affairs by stiffening Chungking's NAZI TOURISTS
of friends, but of them all. it is Kai-shek told a "certain third-anti-Japanese attitude. ⠀ The Iranian (Persian) Embassy America which has the power to power national that if Japan Therefore Japan's frst and here yesterday issued a denial that shape friendship into help, and wants peace "you had better come foremost task is to strengthen the numerous Germans had gone to this she is doing with increasing with peace proposals through the Wang Ching-wei government." Dr.
· Iran-as tourista, vene
force."
United States."
Honda is reported to have added.
This paper vented its splees on the British press, complaining that some British papers employed
who were nothing better than correspondents to report on Spain
spies.
In Madrid It Is considered passl- ble that apart from the changes announced, others not less import- ant may be to come.
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