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"Roll Out The Barrel," Diggers Sing As They Join Army Of Million In East
WHITEAWAY'S
ANZAC ARMIES
EGYPT
FIRST
ENCAMPED
That in the last war Australia mobilised $12,953 men, of whom 331,781 were sent overseas.
The cost of equipping and maintaining these forces borne by the Commonwealth.
WOA
It was the Australian land and sea forces which reduced and occupied the Solomon Islands, the Bismarck Archipelago and other German colonial possessions in the Pacife,
In Egypt Australian troops helped to repel the early attacks by the enemy on the Suez Canal,
In 1915 came the Dardanelles campaign, and after the withdrawal from Gallipoli the bulk of the Australian Infantry was sent to France.
In
. By 1916 Australia had five infantry divisions on activè service while the greater part of two divisions of cavalry served Palestine.
The Australian Expeditionary Force lost 58.132 dend and hnd n total casualty list of 214,360.
ENVOY PREDICTS "HELL LET LOOSE" IN THE SPRING
SPECIAL TO.THE "TELEGRAPH"
PALM BEACH, Florida, Feb. 12 (UP).—“All hell is liable to break loose in Europe this spring," said Mr. Joseph Kennedy, the U.S. Ambassador to London, in a speech at a social function here to-day.
IN
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
SUEZ, FEB. 12 (UP).—THE FIRST CONTINGENT OF THE FAMOUS ANZACS-THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND ARMY CORPS WHICH WON FAME AT GALLIPOLI AND LATER IN THE WESTERN FRONT IN THE LAST WAR-SANG "ROLL OUT THE BARREL" FROM THE DECKS OF THEIR PARADE OF LUXURY |LINERS AS THEY PASSED THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL IN A LINE THAT STRETCHED BEYOND THE HORIZON.
They were a fine-looking body of men, thousands strong, wearing the Digger hats that were famous twenty-five years ago.
Long before they disembarked their raucous "Cooees" told Egypt that the Anzacs had arrived. BRADMAN'S SCORE
"How many has Bradman scored in the Sheffield Shield?" was a sergeant's first query as the men started to come down the gangplanks.
Captain Anthony Eden, Minister for the Dominions, flew to Egypt to welcome the Diggers on behalf of the King.
Big Dutch Liner Is Torpedoed
ROTTERDAM, Feb. 12 (Reu-
The Australians and New Zealanders disembarked without losing one man on the voyage.
Their parade of luxury liners was the biggest troop convoy the world has seen in over a quarter-of-a-century. The voyage, over 10,000 miles, was also the war's longest. As in 1914, the Anzacs are remaining in Egypt-for the present.
They will live in camouflaged tents which include ter). The 6.853- ton Holland showers, cinemas, swimming pools, an Australian It will be recalled that Mr. Kennedy, with the late America liner, Burgerdijk, has National Travel Association bureau and recreation rooms. Mr. Dodd, predicted that war would commence in Sep-been torpedoed by
SOVIET IS
AROUSED
Moscow Anger Against Allied "Aggression"
tember last year.
The U.S. Ambassador told his listeners that "London was hot spot' in Europe to-day."
German The Australian and New U-boat, according to a cable Zealand troopships merged into
received by the owners from the a single convoy at sea. Reds
and the
Captain of the Dutch steamer.
They were escorted by units of the The Holland-America Line Royal Australian Navy Despite his gloomy predictions, Mr. have informed the Dutch Minis-Royal Navy. Kennedy revealed that he is returning
to his post in the capital of the Britistry for Foreign Affairs of the
Empire.
En leave for London
February 24.
him.
on
torpedoing of the Burgerdijk.
The pretext for the torpedoing of the ship is not clear.
DI
Beforehand, however, he will It is learned that the vessel was undergo ʼn rigid medical examination. nine-tenths laden with goods destin-
the
Government, Ho has not announced whether Mrs, cd for
Dutch Kennedy and his large family of Including a quantity of grain. The children will return to England with remaining one-tenth consisted
piece-goods for individual. Dutch Importers.
The vessel was bound for Rotter dam and did not plan to touch a question of contraband.
Tall, tough and tanned, many of the men who disembarked to-day are repeating a munientous day in the lives of their fathers, for it is Just over 25 years ago that the Drst Australian and New Zealand con- tingents disembarked at the - iden- tical spot. On April 25, twenty- five years ago this year, they participated in the landing st Gallipoli.
SPECIAL TO. THE "TELEGNAPH" MOSCOW, Feb. 12 (UP)--- The Soviet Press has renewed its charges against the Allies, accusing them of seeking to spread the European conflict.
"American capitalists are also awaiting a convenient moment that M. Daladler, the French Premier, foreign port, so there could be no la commanding the NZ.EF.
to enter the second imperialistic war, "Izvestia" saya.
The paper added that the Red Army "will full its Oghting task with increased stubbornness and bravery.
Big Conferenca Concurrently with Mr. Kennedy's warning, a Paris announcement states resided over a big military confer
ence at General Gamelin's head- quarters to-day.
The conference was attended by all the Generals commanding front line army groups and armies, and also by immandera outside the front line "When the bourgeoise countries de-zone. cide
Romo And Barlin to attack the Soviet Union they will be convinced that the Red Army SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" enjoys numberless friends and allies DERLIN, Feb. 12 (UP)-It is in alt
corners of the world, from rellably stated that the forthcoming Shanghai to New York and from Lon- | visit of Mr. Sumner Welles, Under- dan to Calcutta.
Secretary of Stale, has been the sub "Red Star" the Army organ, and jeet of an exchange of views between "Trud" the Trades Union organ, as Rome and Berlin over the week-end, well as
the official Tase" news in the course of which Hitler was in agency, join in the comment on for-telephonic conversation with Musso-
lini. -elgn developments.
2.
Waiting Opportunity The Unlied States has not yet entered the second imperialistic war, says "Trud" in an editorial.
are
President Roosevelt's move is still the leading subject of discussion in the German Foreign Office, althought ac statement as to the official attitude Is as yet avallable.
Red Precautions ISTANBUL, Feb.
"The American capitalists simply waiting their opportunity.
12 (UP) ——— Meanwhile, they are earning tre mendous profits from the sale of arms According to well-informed quarters, the Russians have been fortifying the are preparing
the ground." which
frontier Ta63"
the Roosevelt Russo-Turkish-Caucasian speech to the American Youth Con- since the Russo-Turkish negotiations Moscow terminated and M. gress on Sunday, in which the Pre- sident attacked the Soviet. The news Sarajoglu returned to Ankara,
agency, however, did not report the text of the speech but simply quoted "press despatches from Washington
It claimed that the 4,000 delegates to the Youth Congress reacted coldly to the President's speech, especially when he attacked the Soviet Union.
FURTHER PROOF
ין
OF STRENGTH
Sweden Shows
Africa
Sign Pact With Germans
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH".
ARIETY
NEW ZEALAND, the British Dominion that boasts that if
ls more British than England, consists chiefly of two lulands with an area of 102,000 square miles,
On January 26 last, New Zealand celebrated its centenary, as an integral part of the British Empire.
The Dominion has a Labour Government, which came into power in 1935 and was the first Socialist government ever to gain office in the Dominion.
Like the Australians, the New Zealanders covered themselves with glory in the last war. They participated in the Gallipoli campaign and served later in France.
Population of New Zealand is 1,536,000, of whom 143,000 lives in the capital, Wellington.
FINNISH CITY WIPED OUT BY
RED ARTILLERY
HELSINGFORS, Feb. 12 (Reuter)The furious Russian pressure on the Mannerheim Line, which has now been maintained for twelve days, appears to be increasing rather than diminishing.
Although there is no sign of the Finnish defences, weakening, the strain on the defenders is obviously becoming great.
makes clear that the short front
A communique issued to-night HUNGARIAN at Summa-seven or eight miles widele being attacked by several Soviet divisions at once.
LEGION
Thus from 30,000 to 50,000 men Men Carry Their Own are being thrown against the
Finnish defences in this sector. Equipment To Finland
“TOULON, Feb, 12 (Router);
It is reported that some Russlan troops are using metal shields about
the snow.
two feet wide for their advance in A party of 150 Hungarian volun- teers for Finland left France for An eye-witness states that Finnish Scandinavia to-day. They are block-houses and-forts at the Summa
BERLIN, Feb. 12 (UP)-It is officially announced from Mos-cautiously. cow, that the Russo-German
Lieut. General Sir Thomas Blamey, the gaunt Digger of the 1014-18 War, is Commander in Chief of the secund Trade Pact has been signed, ALF. Major General B.C. Freyberg following seven weeks' negotia
tions in Berlin and Moscow.
the
•
front are standing up remarkably carrying equipment with them.
No British volunteers have gone to well to the tremendous hall of artillery are to which they have been Finland as yet, stated Finnish circles subjected during the past two weeks. in London to-day. Many had applied
The Finns are fighting bravely but and filled in forms, however.
U.S. Sympathy LONDON, Feb. 12 (Reuter).-—--- While Finland welcomes President announcement fr-his Roosevelt's speech to the American Youth Citizenship Institute that 98 per cent of the United States sympathy is with the Finns, the only mention of the speech in Russia consists of a short ew York despatch to the "Tast" oficial Soviet news agency.
This despatch merely quotes certain American papers to the effect that
Meanwhile, somewhere In the in- terior of the country, Fisland's Foreign Legion is undergoing Inten- sive training to relieve the men at the front as early posible,
Summa Obliterated
on the
An official communique million Finnish war states that the Russian
tho
The affair is regarded hero na an Army Of Million Mon
The pact is believed to provide even more flagrant violation of These Antipodeans are joining on for the reciprocal delivery of International Law than the recent Allied Army in the Near East torpedoing of the motorship, already estimated to number upwards goods totalling 1,000 Arendskerk, which was carrying of a million men. They are ready Reichsmarks in value.
attack on Summa is continuing even non-contraband goods to South any eventuality in this part of The German deliveries will consist more violently than before.
In the last war the Turks were while the Russian deliveries will be AVY Russian losses are menthe speech was coolly received.
world.
of machinery and industrial products
lossco Include These
No "Apostles Of Peaco" their enemy, To-day, the Turks are chiefly oll, ares, fodder and naptha, total on all fronts of over 1,000 killed friendly and there is no fear of an It is understood that Germany and 73 tanks destroyed.
ZURICH, Feb. 12 (Reuter) ---"In attack on the Suez Canal from that will provide the entire plant for the The communiquo adds that several the view of the Wilhelmstrasse, Ger- direction.
manufacture of artificial rubber and enemy divisions attacked in i
many is not prepared, at the moment, The defence ares assigned to the also a quantity of modern oil refining Summa sector on February 11, sup to act as an apostle of peace between Near East forces stretches from equipment,
ported by artillery, tanks and agro-Russin and Finland," states the Berlin Rumania in the north to Aden la The construction of these works lu planes,
correspondent of the "Bealer the south and from Egypt in the Russin will be under German 'en- At the same time, the enemy at-
Nachrichten," who adds that stress west to the Caspian Sea in the east,gineers and specialists,
PLEASE Tum To Pago 5..
This is the 13th ship lost by Holland during the war and the third torpedoed.
WESTERN FRONT
New Cold Wave Stops Warfare.
Leaders Confor
The arrival of the Anzacs coincided with the return of General Weygand, PARIS, Feb. 12 (Reuter).quarters at Beyruct, after consulting the French C. In C, to his hood-
A new cold wave has reduced with General Wavel, the C. In C. of activity on the Western Front. Hae Army in Egypt,"
In the air, two or three photo- rphic missions were all that either side undertook.
On land, there was some 'patrol activity, but fighting occurred only at one spot cast of the Moselle, where the Germans attempted to surround n French outpost.
The Germans were repulsed by attack could be launched.
Deep Concern machine-gun fire before the intended
Although the consultations were
DECISIONS APPROVED
tacked between Muolajacrvi and Vuoksen, supported by 150 tankes
Fighting continued near Talpale. the enemy attacking after four hours of preparatory artillery bombard- ment. The attack was repulsed.
The enemy tried to surround the positions on the Gulf of Finland and on Lako Ladoga by crossing the ice. but the fire of the Finnish batteries
naturally secret, li can be taken New Central Regime scattered their formations.
for granted that the Allied generals discussed how best to use, the colourful armies from many races their commands if the war
•under to the Balkans, the Near
Leaders Meet
·Mass Of Wrockage
Little remains of the village of Summa, In the centre of the Russlan SHANGHAI, Feb. 13 (Reuter) offensive, except that it is a mass of
East or the aiddle East in the Representatives of the Kuomintang, splinters spring.
After six weeks of sea life, the Anzacs were a bit weary of travel- fing, and they let themselves go when they arrived to-day.
various
from wrecked wooden non-Kuomintang political houses, according to reports received and
non-party National here. leaders
From the continued · fury of the leaders met here to-day and unani- mously approved the decisions reach Russion attacks, it appears that the ed in the Tsinglao Conference in con- Russian commandøre Bro staking
new central regime,
STOCKHOLM. Feb. 12. (Reu-¡ments, the Germans are particularly Eden, they cheered the British C. in China News Agencycording to tha; Mannerheim Line before the heavy
In the absence of other develop- They cheered Captain Anthony nection with the catablishment of a everything on a break through the active on the propaganda front, Paris U., they cheered their own leaders
snowfaits, which usually, occur at the Deep concern at the heavy and other centres having been over- and they cheered the Egyptian The way is now clear, it is added, end of February, make further pro- toll on Swedish shipping as a whelmed with reports of big German offelsts who had tumed out to give for the convocation of a central gress temporarily Impossible. result of the Nazi campaign is troop movements.
them
political cnference in order to put an enthusiastle welcome.
" Red Claims Rofutad becoming Increasingly evident. Most of these stories mention ten
"Roll Out the Barrel" sang. the the finishing touches to the arrange
The Russiari claims of the capture! divisions,
Visiting fighters, with a A Gwedish news agency reports |
em-ments in the formation of the now Special WELLINGTON, Feb. 12 (Router).
"Information at the disposal of the phasis on that line for the gang's government.
of Finnish positions on the Karelian -Announcing the arrival of the that 34 ships,
one-twentieth of French High Command does not in all here."
Among those expected to the invited Isthmus are declared authoritatively Anzacs in Egypt, the Hon. Mr. Peter Sweden's total tonnage, have been
They were grand, bronzed meri, to attend this conference are the to be "entirely without foundation.
It is learned that Viipuri was bom- Fraser, Minister of Marine, said that lost by German solion since, the be-dicate that there is any significant
of the war,
Post change in the German dispositions.
and they grinned with delight, #| Fraders of both the Provisional and
The When they into action against Reformed governments, certain mem burded on Sunday evening by heavy the Naxis, their victory. "Cooee", bers of the Central Executive and us from the Russian front. judging by to-day's effort, is likely Supervisory, Committees of the Kuo-city's electricity plants were damaged to be heard all the way to Aus mintang, and members of other and the current interrupted for
PLEASE Turn To Pago 5. political parties, tralia and New Zealand.
the Royal Navy": has" again demon-6 geredish shipping leaders aro fis- patmuted its profective strength in the
sate conveyance of troops from Emitting that the Government find
Still Nil To Report'
com-
pire out-posts. The troops were some means of halting this rapid. PAIUS, Feb. 12. (Router) escorted by Britian, Australian and destruction of Sweden's merchant munique states that there is nothing
flock New Zealand warships.
of importance to report..
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