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Greeks To Stage Major Assault
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with additional bayonet thrusts dur- ing which the Greeks encircled the Italians. During the night the Grecka net huge bonfires and are said to have "bewildered and terrifled the Italians", until they surrendered in "droves."
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Other sources revculed that the Greeks donned elvilian clothes and penetrated' mlics into enemy terri❤ tory where they are reported to have ut vital Fasciat communication lines and caused much chops.
Further reports state. that Greeks are striking hard by land, sen the and air in a determined effort to forestall on Italian counter offensive which is under preparation.
Ilalian "death. battalions" are meanwhile desperately defending key positions on the Epirus sector of the Houthern front.
The current conflict is expected to decide the line on which the rival forces will clash in a decisive battle
fer southern Albania.
of men and
All reports indicate that the battle Is getting hotter with both sides throwing in masses materials in the Bght for the moun tal passes which strategically do
minate the southern front.
Problems Of Malnutrition
H.E.'s Speech At Showing
Of Educational Film An interesting film, ""Enough to Eat," showing many aspects of the work of fighting malnutri- tion in Britain, was shown bo- fore a large audience at the Queen's Theatro this morning under the auspices of the Hong- kong Nutrition Research Com- mittee. -
H.E.'s Speech, In a speech delivered before the the Acting Governer, Lieut-General showing of the film, His Excellency E. E. Norton saidi
December 2, 1940.
INDO-CHINA. AND THAILAND
FROM PAGE ONE
munications are still oftfective be- tween Bangkok and Singapore,
Sporadic nulive uprisings in tho southern areas continue, but officials in Hanoi believe that the movement
dying out. However, the Govern ment is using light planes against the natives in an
an effort to display milf- tary strength ai Salgon.
Thai Communique
SPECIAL TO THE "HELLGRAPH**
That
Sees Peaceful Settlement KOBE, Dec. 1 (Domel).-The bellef that the territorial dispute between Thalland and French Indo-China will be solved peacefully without develop. ing into a full-fledged war, was ex- pressed by Mr. Rokuro Suzuki, former
Japanese Consul-General at Hanol, who arrived in Kobe to-day..
Thailand Skirmishes BANGKOK, Dec. 1. (UP).~~The Thaliand High Command to-day issued a communíque stating that Thai forces this morning, repulsed a French invasion at Tart in southern Thailand.
BANGKOK, Dec. 1 (Domel).—Thai forces have already occupied the dia tricts around Arenorate, according to the Thal High Command. Thai warplanes bombed Savannaket
The cominunique disclosed
have come
from and Themt, while there have been recently Southern India, a country of some-skirmishes bteween Indio-Chinese and what similar problems to Hongkong. Thal border patrols, in that the type of soil and the food, is nimost the same. At Coonoor in the Nilgiri Hills there is a Food Research Institute at which an interesting little experiment has been carried out, which is illuminating, because one lea:ns $0 much better through the eye than through the ear. There you will see three rals, of which the biggest is about the size of kitten, the smallest is not much larger than Д mouse. and the * intermediate one being about the size of the ordinary English rad.
These were part of one litter born on the same day, but fed on the staple food BELGRADE, Dec. 1 (UP)-A grains of Souther, Central and
Northern general Italian retreat into central
India respectively; the Albania through knee-deep moun-effect on the rats being in increasing tal now and under murderous North.
rder of
of magnitude from South to aeriol bombardment is reported from
Thai Ready To Bomb Το the frontier, as Greek cavalry to-day the lack of nutrition In Southern any one with eyes in their head,
Cambodia And Laos pushed north from the captured India crops is well Illustrated by the Fascist base of Pogradetz
BANGKOK, Dec., 1 (Domei). fact that the buffalo of these parts Following closely upon the announce- Along the coast just Inland fron the Island of Corfu It is reported that must literally weigh not more than ment that Thal warplanes bombed half the corresponding beast of Savannakhet and Themt "In retall- the Albanian border town of Konis Northern India, while the horns of all ntion against the French Indo- polis was captured by the Greeks to-horned game grow to about half the China bombing of Nakonphanon, the day after fleree
cize that they do in Central and That Premier, Luang Bipul Song- to-day said that Northern India. The statue of man gram, In The Greek Reg.
n Radio announcement, de- the Italians retreated from Pogradetz¦ la similarly affected, but in my limit-clared that the That Air Force was in the Lake Ohrida sector under, aled experience, deficiency in Southern fully prepared to carry out large- humminering by British and Greek India has not gone to the extent of scale bombardment of Cambodia and bombing planes. The report also producing disease to the same extent Laos in French Indo-Chnla territory. stated that Greek forces have reach, as it has in South China.
Grave Problem
General Italian Retreat
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added! that French planes continued to violate Thai territory yesterday.
FULL STORY OF TERRIFIC RAID
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Dispatches from Struga slate that Since my arrival here I have seen the Greeks have obtained domina- and heard enough to make me up- iten of the strategle heights over-preciate the gravity of this nutrition looking the Cafasine Pass, north of problem, as did my predecessors.
AN a proof of the interest that the Government of this Colony has ut- tached for some time to this problem, Sir
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ittee prorly four years ago, and Sir Geoffry North- cote deeply concerted always in the welfare of his people went further and considerably bership of the committee and ap- pointed the Director of Medical Ser- vlees as its Chairman.
Bittered with 8,000 dead and wounded. Andrew Caldecdti appointed the However, later in the evening there
Between Two Fires
(FROM YUGOSLAVIAN FRONTIER)
Dec. 1 (Reuter)-Italian troops retreating along the El Bassan road in the eastern sector of the Albanian front are now reported to be caught between two fires.
was a second night olurm in metropolitan area.
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Night raiders were also reported over southwest England and south
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Bitter Dog Fights
The enemy formations crossed the const repeatedly on Sunday and were by British ghters and scattered in bitter
dog Ughts Over eastern England. The ruiders
south-
scur-
The Nutrition Research Coinmitter has already made un
an important con- They are being energetically pur-tribution to the problem as a result stied by the Greeks who do not allow
of its investigations. It has them time to take up new defensive told to work on-all the positions while facing well-armed and and institutions under the control fried back over the Channel and none organised bands of Albanians waiting the Government Medical Dept of London where a few bombs were ent penetrated deeper than the outskirts for them in the vicinity of El Basson. and in addition all the Refugee
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It is officially announced that eight] provided for experiments German raiders were shot down, and economic nutrition.
the British lost five R.A.F. planes, but the pilots of all are safe,
Action behind the Italian lines is One of the slims of Nutrition Re- developing rapidly and is believed to search Committee is to disseminate be assuming serious proportions from the results of their investigations, for the Itallon point of view. Albanian I believe malnutrition is not invari- bunds are greatly helping the Greeks ably the result of mere inability to in their penetration.
Enemy Air Loses
The British "Press Association" re- parts that the British bag of Axis air-
So long is the Italian columnly the essentials of life, so much craft over and around Britain sluce
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አፈና of ignorance of what these essen- | tlie wur begüif was over 3,000, Di
which 2,086 were German and Italian. At the same ime,, the RAF. ground defences destroyed 208 enemy planes on all fronts during November, as against the loss of 119. Brilishi planes.
Several groups
of Messerschmit 100s tried to penetrate the defences of the Kent coast on Sunday at altitudes of 25,000 feet in an attempt to cluic the ground guns. The fighting spread over the countryside and Channel as British fighter squadrons clashed with the enemy fighters and fighter-bo-
treating hastily towards El Bassan luis really. ure, I have sten in hos- that it can be seen from a great dis- pitals here some grounds for bellev- fance showing up clearly against the ing that, this is very defluitely the new fallen snow which abounds in case. mountainous region. That the
The film that we are going to see rotrent was prepared by the Italians this morning is part of this system In advance is shown by their previous ¦ of the dissemination of instruction on withdrawal of military material from this question. The film is based on Pogrndetz (now in Greek hands) us | English conditions, but mutatis
mulandís
should provide data not Big Greek Advances only Interesting but useful for appl LONDON, Dec. 1 (Reuter).-Con- cation to our local problems. siderable advances have been made j At least I hope it may help to all along the front states to-night's impress on all here to-day the real Greek communique over the Athens necessity for comprehension of the radio.
problem of malnutrition and of the necessity for reinforcing in every way possible the efforts which the Hong Kong Government is taking to com-
far as Monastirka.
Positions of exceptional importance for the development of operations have been captured. In the region of Prementi over 150 prisoners have bat its effects, been taken and much" war material has fallen into Greek hands.
Obedience From The Iron Guards
Continued From Page 1
divert attention from Rumania'a internal disorders tụ chable the Premier to regain a firm hand.)
The Fumier took advantage of the anniversary to-day to warn the Iron Guards against unwarranted excesses,
"I have suffered for you and fought for you and it is my right and duty to demand from you obedience. Dek this of you because it is the nation which demands it," asid General. Antonescu.
Meanwhile an official statement has been issued denying the reports that a number of Iron Guards who staged the Jilawa assassinations had carried out a suicide pact..
More Killings Reported SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRÅPH" BUDAPEST, Dee.. 2 (UP),--The Monday morning newspaper "Magyar Orzag," reports from Bucharest that M. Gigurtu und George Bratianu have been killed; however, "United Press”! Inquiries at Bucharest falled to con Atn
this
report. Brallanu attended the M.
the funeral of M.Codreanu last Saturday, since which he has not been heard from. M. Gigurta, who, is reputed to be pro-German, was mentioned, mus possible member of the Cabinet if the 1 Germans found no other solution.
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bers usually chasing them towards the French coast,
In the moming attack, two high explosives in the Home Countries area raked a bungalow cottage and badly damaged several villos and small houses, but the casualties were slight.
An
Heavy Casualties
Air Ministry communique charged that during the rald on Southampton, the Germans deliber- ately attacked the centre of the town, "Much damage was done to shops, houses and property. The casun- itles were unduly heavy, but all fires are under control." The Ministry said Use R.A.F. cancelled bombing operations Saturday night due to the bad weather conditions.
Japan Southward
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Six natives of Shanghai appeared before Ma, E. Himsworth at Kowloon Magistracy this morning charged with slowing away
on a British it steamer from shunghat.
The men were Ho Chau-hing, 29, In addition to aircraft and battle-Hau Fu-chow, 31, Bung Chow-sung,
"clearly constituted ships, Admiral Stark says that the
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Most of Deportation: Ordar and was sen- would retaliate against the Powers It is the ultimate objective to have tenced to six weeks hard labour. niding Chiang Kai-shek by adopting sumclent naval forces to assure that All defendants were ordered to be discriminatory, measures.
the navy has complete treedom of expelled.
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