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VARIED WORLD REACTIONS TO
ROOSEVELT SPEECH
Australia Regards As Significant Passage On
Of Seas"
"Freedom Of
ZURICH, May 29 (Beuter) The first
press comments show keen disappointment over President Roosevelt's' speech - which, ac- cording to the Basler Nachrichten, added nothing to what he had already sald before. "If America has decided to enter the war. It is difficult to understand why she does not fulfil this decision in the hour of the greatest need of her Anglo-Saxon_friend,” says the
paper.
The paper assumes that American public opinion is still unpre- pared. The article adds: "The declaration of a state of emergency in the United States nieans delay rather than hastening of the Americans entry into the war because
NO REVISION OF NEUTRALITY ACT
WASHINGTON, May 29 (Heu- ter)-President Roosevelt nas no intention of asking for a repeal of the Neutrality Act and is not considering its ravi. sion.
"The President made this clear at a specini press conferatice yesterday to clarify certain outstanding questions following his "fireside chat."
The President added that he was not at present consider us any execïtive orders to imple- ment his proclamation of & state of unlimited nationa emergency.*
It shows that President
President EXECUTIVE
Roosevelt expects a long transition period. Therefore, he obtained' powers which, as C-in-C, he would automatically acquire if War were declared."
A message from Canberra states PM. on its front page proclaims that President Roosevelt's Insis-our conclusion. We are in it." tence on the "freedom of the seas". The New York Post with huge
ind +
acc
LEADERS OF U.S. ARMY
GENERAL
MAGNIFICENT WORK OF EMPIRE
TROOPS IN THE EAST AFRICAN CAMPAIGN LAUDED BY BIRDWOOD
LONDON, May 29 (Reuter) --- General Sir Archibald Wavell's strategy in completing the conquest of the Italian East African em-" pire when distractions were afoot further north was vindicated in the House of Lords yesterday by Field Marshal Lord Birdwood and the Under-Secretary for War. Lord Croft.
un-
Lord Birdwood, who is often called the "Father of the Indian Army," said that he had an comfortable feeling that unwit- tingly, full justice had not been done to the magnificent work of the officers and men from India. Dominions and the colonies 121 the East African campaign.
Lord Birdwood said that the ma- jority of troops were from South Africa and India and practically every African colony was repre- sented.
Hard Fighting In Crete
MÄIN NAZI EFFORT CONCENTRATED
Sum-
AT MALEM!
CAIRO, May 29 (Reuter) — Au- thoritative military circles It was certain that Hitler or med up the Crete battle last dered his aubordinate, the Duke night as follows: of Aosta, to contain the British "It is continuing to develop as troops as long as possible in Abys-an Intensive stand-up slogging sinia to use up their large sup-match The fighting is hard, par- piles. A feature of the campaign, ticularly in the area between however, was the extreme rapidity Canes and Malemi. with which the operations carried through.
were "The situation is. somewhat obscure and it is difficult to get accurate reports. More Ger
TROOPS PRAISED
Lord Birdwood
said:
of more or less
-IED
their attacks,
One of the most remarkable In his momentous speech ís re-black streamers, says: "The Pres-features about the United States garded in authoritative Federal dent has spoken our will to
army has always been the sim- circles as having tremendous sign-without further notice, to safe-
plified method of concentration of Referring to the mines and mans are arriving all the time Acance,
guard. Dakar, the Azores and
executive power..
demolitions left by the retreating and our troops, holding a line It is believed that this reference, Cape Verde."
The army is under the direct Italians,
continuous posl- ecupled with the proclamation Governor Lehmann of New York of a state of unlimited national said: "The speech will bring re-supervision of the war department."No troops could have done better tons, are being borne back by
Secretary of War, Col. Henry Lthan my Indian friends in emergency, will lead to abandon-newed falth and strength to
"There are a certain number o ment of the previously proclaimed those bravely fighting to preserve and statesman, and who is holding
Stimson, has been a soldier, lawyer, cumventing these difficulties."
Herak- Lord Croft warmly concerned Germans at Retime and detence zones, to much wider use their own freedom and the liber- his third cabinet post. He was with Lord Birdwood's
Bon. The fighting at these two praise of American ships in the areas ties of those other countries who Secretary of War under President the Empire troops, notably
points is isolated and is the
of 1:0 from which they hitherto have still remain free."
William Howard Taft, Secretary of Indians und South Africans. and importance compared with Malemi, been debarres and to’unhesitating; The New York Sen, with State in Herbert Hoover's cabinet, said: "When we realise the colos where the main effort is con- use of force in resisting any attack streamer,
says: *The United
centrated, on them.
States. an
Col. Stimson was long an ad-sal distance travelled in the great
"The troops concerned are most- hunt for the Bismarck. international peace, SPECIAL CONFERENCE
| committed to stop the Axis.”
Zealanders. Australians WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuter)
guaranteed. if necessary, by force more idea of the distances cover-ly New Meanwhile newspapers through. -President Roosevelt is to hold a out the country are generally fader Inover just when interna to Addis Ababa... for
He became Secretary of State un-ed up the East African sea-coast and some British."
within special press conference at which yourable. The Philadelphia Puble tional peace machinery had reach-month every capital of the Italian he is expected to clear up the Ledger says: "The hour of decled the high water mark, and dur- East African Empire WES occu
sion has found American publicing his four year term, he witness- pled." Mr. Stephen Barly, the Prest. opinion thoroughly prepared." ed its collapse. It was generally
question of convoys.
emergency
||
basis.
15.
vocate
of
it Elves
AIR OPERATIONS
and endeavour to drive us from and several others were severely the Mediterranean,
damaged,
A Middle East air communique states that aircraft of the R.AF. carried out a number of successful ralds on Tuesday and during the AXIS STRATEGY dent's Secretary announced this JAPANESE REACTION belleved that he would have used
preceding night on the enemy. yesterday morning. When told
Dealing with the Importance of occupied aerodrome TOKYO, May 29 (Renter-On force to unho'd the Briand-Kellos the East African operations, Lord During the day a
at. Malem! by reporters that the President's the verge of War" is the heading treaty had that been possible. Croft declared that
heavy attack speech had left some confusion as of a leading article in the Japan international peace can be achievout Egypt and the
Hoover. however, believed that.
the obvious was made on a large number of regards the convoy issue, he
strategy of the Axis is to pinch enemy, aircraft re-Times and Advertiser on Presi-
on the ground. plied: "I think he will clear that dent Rocsevelt's speech.
Suez Canal Many of these ed only through International dis-
were destroyed up and I would rather that he
armament, and Cal, Stimson's big It says that there is no shadow ald It."
stick" waving frightened To one. ar sign of neutrality in the speech whether but rather a determined
Col. StimsÜTL was out of the to all against Hitler even to a
promise pubile eye during almost the whole menace of the Duke of Aosta's bombers north of the island and first to challenge German rights in of President Roosevelt's first two debate British waters.
terms. It was only at the end of Army of 250.000 being able to shot down three of them. that
attack us through the Sudan and the second term that he reappear-
"During the night attack, The last vestiges of neutrality
AVL Suez. Cop-have
þenemy. aircraft are believed to have been stripped from
ed as Secretary of War, succeeding the
The success of the operations been destroyed on the aerodrome Mr. Harry Woodring. United States, not by any desire Remarking that while the speech of the people as expressed in the
may well have been a Col. Stimson was a graduate of cisive Influence on the momentous ablaze on the adjacent beaches.
very de-at Mälem! and several others set; represented "80 per cent. of the Neutrality Act but by
'Yale University and the Harvard days which face us in the Middle were also bombed the acts job," the President st had about, and words of the President."
and machine- 20 per cent. cleaning up to do.
Replying to a question President Roosevelt's plea citizens to put defence meant that the time for was over, Mr. Early replied certainly free speech would tinue,
RECORDS BROKEN
Mr. Stephen Early said that
14
stand
J
School of Law. He entered the Judge Advocate's office as a major during the first world war. and served overseas in command of an
survey made on behalf of the ANGLO-RUSSIAN artillery regiment,
Columbia Broadcasting System showed that the reception of the President's address broke all pre- vious records, it being calculated that 65,650,000 persons in the Unit- ed States, plus 20,000,000 in Can- da, South America and Britain. listened to the broadcast.
! RELATIONS
Commons Query Elicits Only A Formal, Reply
LONDON, May 29 (Reuter!
Directly under Col, Stimsow is; Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall, Fnown to his intimates as "George," and to his men as a soldier's soldier, Gen. Marshal is
Our first great essential. there- fore, was to
"Fighter aircraft also intercept- great ed a formation of Junkers-B
East.
remove
the
MASS AIR RAID ON LANCHOW
admirably suited to command the SUBURBS OF TOWN
army at this time when' speed, maneuverability and diselpline play such an important role in the
MACHINE-GUNNED LANCHOW, May 29 (Central)
gunned.
TWO THOUSAND MEN GO DOWN WITH BISMARCK
ZÜRICH, May 29. (Reuter) - Nearly 2,000 men were lost in the, sinking of the German battleship" in Bismarck, according to an estimate reported by the Berlin correspon-
who observes that crews on Ger- man ships are bigger than On
Mr. Anthony Eden, Secretary "for success or failure of campaigns. Thirty-nine Japanese panes
Give It was his spectacular movement three groups raided Lanchow, capi- the House of 600,000 Americans Into the tal of Kansu, on Tuesday morn- dent of the Basler Nachrichten,
question Meuse-Argonne operations in Sep-ing.
about the Anglo-Russian relations, tember, 1918, and the withdrawal
He said that telegrams and telephone calls pouring into the war, was only able to White House broke all records, formal reply being impossible to tabulate them. Commons yesterday to a
Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, said that as far as he was able to learn, the reaction gen- erally had been excellent, this ap- pearing to apply also to Latin American diplomats.
The first group was composed of British. He was asked when Ambassa- of 200.000 French troops that en-six planes. But one of thein sur dor Cripps last had an interview abled the Allies to win the great-ed back midway. The remaining with M. Stalin and whether any est battle of the World War.
was detailed to
five circled over the city around 10.50 am,
"A GREAT HUNT" LONDON, May 29 (Reuter)-"It assurance was sought or given -GENERAL MARSHALL....
was a great hunt and we are eager AUSTRALIAN INTEREST
regarding, the Soviet intentions in the Near East
After the War, Gen. Marshall re- The second group of 24 planes and ready for more." states a SYDNEY, May 29 (Reater) — So
turned to the United States with reaching over the city around 11 message to the Admiralty from the great was the interest in Fres- Mr. Eden said while Ambassa- General John J. Pershing, serving am. was heavily fired at by Chi- Commander-in-Chief, Coastal Com- dent Roosevelt's declaration that dor Cripps maintained regular as his aide-de-camp for five years, hese anti-aircraft guns. One on mand, replying to a signal from
Govern- He radio shops were packed with contact with the Soviet
Tientsin, the machines was seen to have the Admiralty gratefully acknow- Ilsteners who even blocked the ment, he has not recently had China, during the 1927-28 period been hit and damaged in its tall. ledging the part played by the sidewalks,
ian interview with M. Stalin, of unrest, then became an instruc- Bombs were dropped in the eastern Coastal Command in reconnais-
tor in the Army War college, did outskirts. Cars equipped with radip -sets | "With regard to the second part
sance for the Bismarck.
The signal from were surrounded with people Bar of the question, I am not in the Ave-year tour of duty at Fort
Eight pursuits and a
the Admiralty Benning, Ga.. and went to
states that this reconnaissance Washington in June, 1938, as assis plane forming the
contributed in a large measure to i tant chief of the war plans divi-broke into the elty limits at noon
after machine-gunning the western the successful outcome of the re-
cent operation.” suburbs. AERIAL OPERATIONS) Gen, Marshall is soft spoken, cleared
with Eight other enemy planes also Ee dotes attacked Stenyang, in Shensi, on“
tening intently and listeners simi-¡position to make any statement." larly thronged hotel lounges,
"DECKS CLEARED"
LONDON, May 29 (Reuter) "President Roosevelt has
the decks for action."
London spokesman.
slon,
but answers
questions
Raid a IN MIDDLE EAST machine-gun rapidity.
of
the freedom of the seas,
ts
in-
Syria and a
of the President's unusual poll- tical astuteness.
Од
scouting third group
SLIGHT ACTIVITY The President's declaration CAIRO, May 29 (Reuter)-The on speed and efficiency, and Tuesday morning.
OVER BRITAIN bombing of Aleppo aerodrome in thrives on deep studies of tactics of and strategy. Au infantryman by successful series
LONDON, May 28 (Reuter) terpreted here, as fresh evidence raids on the enemy-occupied aero-training, he has carried the commanding offcer" of the 18th A few enemy aircraft flew in- drome at Malemi in Crete are the policies initiated by his predeces-composite wing in the Hawaiian land and only for short distances highlights of an Official Middt sor, Gen. Malin Craig. Including Islands. Two years later. he was from daybreak until At the time of the
yesterday controversy
East atr communique.
development of aviation and anti-given command of the first wing afternoon, says an over material aid for Britain, Pre-
Air Ministry aircraft defences, sident Roosevelt cut the Gordian "Libya. The harbour at Ben-
at March Fleld, Calif, and last communique.. As his deputy to carry out these year was appointed commanding During the afternoon, an enemy knot by the simple solution of ghazi was attacked by bombers on the Lease and Lena B Yester-the night of May 26-27. One bulld-selected Major-General Delos C. Langley Field, Va. Gen. Emmons fighters over South-cast Scotland. functions, Geb, Marshall has general of the G.HQ. air force at bomber was shot down by British day, he has done a similar thing on ing was demolished and a number Emmons, whose title is Commander was in command of the squadron the specific and possibly contro-of fires were started at the base of the General Headquarters Air of Flying Fortresses which visited versial matter of convoys he has of the Cathedral Mole
Force.
Bouth America in November, 1939, S'HAI NEWSMAN proclaimed the broad and funda- "Near Sidi, Barrand, a Messer- mental policy of freedom of the schmitt-100 was captured after his 52 years in the army.
Gen. Emmons has spent 32 of The commanders of the four
ABDUCTED sees and this embraces everything forced landing and over Tobruk algan a career as an infantryman Drum,
He be-field armies are General Hugh th this respect.
stationed at Governors CHUNGKING, May 29 (Central). Junkers-52 (troop-carrier) was shot after his graduation from. West Island, New York; General Ben-Chang I-ping, editor of the Bhun' PRESS, COMMENTS
down by gunfire.
Point in 1909. He served in the Lear, at Memphis; General Herbert Pao. Chinese daily in Shanghai, WASHINGTON, May 29.(Reuter} "A successful attack was made Mexican Border Patrol in 1918, Brees, at Ban Antonio, and Gen- who. 18 on the blacklist Bublished That the nation has been doubly by our bombers yesterday on ship and was assigned to the aviation jeral John L. Dewitt at San Fran- by the Nanking regime last year stirred by President Roosevelt's ping off the African coast. Several signal corps in San Francisco and cisco, Another General destined to was abducted yesterday by Wang speech is obvious 'from the fav-direct hits were made on two mer-Washington during the World be heard from in the future is Ching-wel's agents from his real- ourable comment continuing to chant ships of between 8,000 and War. In 1934, he was graduated General Adna Chaffely. He will dence in the French Concession to "pour, in from all over the coun→ 10,000 tons each of which was seen from the command and general be in command of the armoured the western district of Shanghal,
emitting columns' of smoke” staff school and was assigned as division.
according to a Shanghal dispatch
.
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