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*E-X THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1941.. 日四初月正
THE KING SETS
-
ON TO BENGHAZI: GEN. AN EXAMPLE
WAVELL OFFENSIVE
CONTINUES
IN LIBYA
Special to the "Telegraph"
LONDON, JAN. 29 (UP). -MILITARY EXPERTS HERE DECLARE THAT GENERAL WAVELL IS PRESSING ON TO BENGHAZI AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND THAT. HIS FORCES HAD ALREADY SURROUNDED MEKELE WHERE THEY ENCOUNTERED A MUCH LARGER FORCE THAN ANTICIPATED, INCLUDING BETWEEN 70 AND 80 TANKS.
THE SAME EXPERTS COMMENTED: "GENERAL WAVELL IS MARCHING ON BENG- HAZI AS FAST AS HE CAN, KNOWING THAT ANY TIME NOW HE MAY ENCOUNTER OP- |POSITION FROM THE GERMAN AIR FORCE.”.
COMMONS & FAR EAST SHIPPING
Questions Answered
LONDON, Jan. 29 (Reuter)~~A laconic "Yes" was Mr R. A. Butler's answer to the question whether the situation of the British concession in Tientsin was now satisfactory and whether Britons were able to pass unhindered between the Concession and the adjacent occupied territory.
ROAD JUNCTION COVERED
LONDON, Jan. 29 (Reuter).-It is learned in authoritative circles that the Army of the Nile has now surrounded the important road junction of Mekelle south of Derna.
There is reason to believe that Italian troops cut off here comprise the remnants of the two divisions which retired from Sidi Barrani as well as a certain 'number of tanks and armoured vehicles.
The British advance is being facilitated by our
Sir John Wardlaw-Milne asked whether British shipping possession of Tobruk as an advance base. There is a was now allowed access on the Pearl River to Canton.
ITALIAN
AIRPORTS
BOMBED
Naples And Catania
good supply of water at Tobruk and there are also large Mr Butler said that there was a wecitly service. DiMcutiles hd quantities of petrol that the Italians had not the time to arisen in connection with quarantine destroy. regulations and pilotage fees but they were under negotiation.
Capt. Alan Graham asked what Japanese restrictions were placed on exports and Imports of the occupied parts of China and to what extent such restrictions affected British trade.
Seriously Affected
CAIRO,, Jan. 29 (Reuter).-- Mir Buller outlined the restrictions Heavy bombing by the R.A.F. In north, central and south China, of Naples and Catania nero and added that British and
foreign merchants
were
other being теп-
President's
Powers Limited
Lease & Lend Bill
WASHINGTON, Jan.
29
+
British Patrola Active OUTSIDE DERNA, Jan. 29 (Reuter)-With the air Te- sounding to the thunder of artillery, the British Imperial troops drawn up round Derna are sending out extensive patrols to probe the position of the Italians defending this small Libyan sex-
port.
This happyplcture of His Majesty the King Rastrates (lie magnificent example which he is Belting to the nation in these perilous and nerve-racking times. 15en the pleture was taken is Majesty linal just re- éeived the T.U.C. gold medal Trom Alt George Gibson, chair- mau of the Trades Union Con-
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19 Delegates
Open Indo-China Armistice Talks Without Result
Special to the "Telegraph"
SAIGON, Jan. 29 (UP).It is officially announced that seven Japanese, six French and six Thailand delegates conferred for 30 minutes to-day beginning at 6 p.m. aboard the Japanese cruiser Natori, using the |Japanese language through translators.
However, nothing was accomplished although the conclusion of the armistice talks is expected on-Thursday. While the negotiations were fortify Comranis Day and to use the going on, Japanese planes airtekt at Saigon.
M. George Gauller, leader of the from a Japanese aircraft-carrier French delegation
Bald that the attached to the squadron cruise French troops along the border hind Ang off Cape Saint Jacques could not fired a single shot since 10 am. be seen flying around and a on Tuesday. French official said that the
Fighting Persista French had permitted the Japan- TOKYO, Jan. 20-(Domel).— ese to carry out training flights. Fighting between French and That troops is still continuing despite yes- He made no stalement when ques-terday's orders to cease aring, reports Kudo, "Domel" staff cor-
tioned regarding the reports that theent at Bangkok, by radio +
Japanese had asked for permission to
Women Demonstrate Before Mr Willkie
Food Coupon Protest
Special to the "Telegraph"
LONDON, Jan, 29 (UP'),—Sixty women, carrying banners and protesting against the Government's food policy; demons- trated in the lobby of the Savoy Hotel just before the arrival of Mr Wendell Wilkie for luncheon,
phone, this morning.
of
The correspondent sak that al- though It was not known which side started, both forces commenced fight- ing at 10.15 on the morning January 28 and a fierce battle con- tinued for four hours. The Thai
which Troops
were encircling Sisoption were gaining the upper
hand, the cor
correspondent
Bald
At the armistice conference, That- land is expected to press for the demands made on September 16, last
year,
that France return the formor Thal Islands on, the Mekong River ond the territory along the eastern bank of the Mekong River between Luanitphrabang an
und Pakse,
Although the return of the Cam- bodia area is also desired by Thai- tund. It is not expected that this will
U. S. NAVAL REQUIREMENTS
dromes as well as a railway june severely affected by all these
H. Q. Communique tion and marshalling yards on sures, Monday night were the high-there was any improvement to re- Mr Robert Morgan asked whether
CAIRO, Jan. 29 (UP)-To-day's
The women chanted, "More food for workers.”. Mr Willkiebe pressed immediately. General Headquarters communique spots in the R.A.F. Middle Eastport in the facilities allowed British (Reuter). Three -fleadquarters-communique.-
important Acordat and Barentu-sectors-are-were-finally-ejected, some of thera ̄isodily.
says: "Eritren: Operations in the passed the demonstrators with hardly a sidewise glance. They shipping at coastal ports, especially amendments limiting the Presi-developing. The close pursuit of the Tsingtao and Cheloo, It states that "during the Mr Butler said that Mr Eden, the dent's powers under the Lease enemy after their withdrawal from night of January 27, bombers of Foreign Minister, was calling for a and Lend Bill are reported to further 73 prisoners have been cup- Umm Hagar is continuing and IL the R.A.F. carried out a raid on report on the latest situation as it have been voted by the House tured. the Capodichino (Naples) aero-North China. A report
affected British shipping facilities in Foreign Affairs Committee sit forces in the Derna pren is increasing. "Libya: Pressure on the enemy drome. Bombs fell on a large called for on the subject of British ting behind closed doors.
Italian Somaliland: Vigorous building, setting it on fire, and shipping in inland waterways other
patrol activity is continuing in than the Yangise. other fires were started in the
merous areps across
the enemy aerodrome.
(1) To fix the expiration date as the past two days that Italian resist
There has been indiention during TURN to Back Page, Column 3
The central railway station and a marshalling yard at Nuples were also attacked: Ares and a violent ex- plosion being caused between the station and the junction. The same. night, the Catonia aerodromes were raided, bombs bursting on the main runway and among the buildings on the south side of the aerodrome.
Derna and Barce,
ulso was
The amendments are belleved to be as follows:
Keeping Nazis Jun 20, 1913;
In Holland
Forced Loan Prepared
(2)
To require President Roose- vell to consult Army and Navy chieľaj before transferring military" equip- ment;
Amendments Passed
British China' Squadron
(By "REUTER'8" AIR CORRESPONDENT)
Full from U.S.A. Securities
Value
Treasury Statement
The protests referred to the Government's policy of not re- quiring patrons of restaurants to give up coupons, while the poor were nol able to dine in restaurants and were able oniy
29
---Senate Approves WASHINGTON Jan. (Reuter).A Bill authorising to buy a coupon's worth of the allocation of $909,000,000 for rationed food at the butchers expanding naval construction and grocers.
facilitics and building 400 small navy craft was passed by the the
•
Willhie's Busy Day
LONDON,
LATEST
Jan. 29 (Reuter). Senate to-day and sent to After dining with the entire British White House. Cabinet last night at a reception given Minesweepers and submarite by the Minister for Aircraft Produc- chasers are included among the craft LONDON, Jan. 29 (Reuter). tion (Lord Beaverbrook), Mr Wen-to be built. The forthcoming visit of Sir his whirlwind Inspection of London dell Willkle started the third day of Edward Peacock to America to at war with undiminished energy, R. A.F. Hurricane Fightersvestments, such as businesses in Sir Andrew Duncan, Minister of examine the possibilities of in- The first morning meeting was with the United States, is announced Britain's war production. After this Supply who is responsible for in a Treasury statement.
he dashed back to his hotel to deal The statement says: "In the with a mass of correspondence, also light of the material already squeezing in a long talk with Pro- shipped and contemplated by the Farty's leading brains behind the fessor Laski, one of the Labour United States, it may now be scenes." freely published that His The high spot of the day was Mr Majesty's Government have Willkle's arrival at a meeting of the realised and disposed of a
Trades Union Congress General' very Council, who were great proportion of their gold Government's manpower mobilisation discussing the holdings and are steadily selling scheme. Sitting by the side of the American securities owned by TUC. Chairman (Mr Gibson), Mr their nationals at every oppor- Wilkie listened in to the discussion. tunity."
A Grand Banch More Difficult Problem
They are a grand bunch of "A more difficult problem is pre- found myself in complete agreement
fellows-yery intelligent and alert. sented by investments such as bual- States companies controlled by com- nesses in the United States and United with their aspirations and purposes,"
he said afterwards, panies in this country, whose shares with Sir Robert Kindersley, Britain's Luncheon was at the Savoy Hotel ure not quoted on the Stock Exchango. TURN to Back Page, Column 3
"His Majesty's Government are re- solved to make the best possible use of these investments and they have decided to ask Sir Edward Peacock, who has great experience in much matters, to go to the United States spot. He will reach America very and examine the possibilities on the shortly."
(3) To require periodic reports to] LONDON, Jan. 29 (Reuter). Congress on the Lease and Lend; -The threat of a forced loan to operations. "Comiso Was also visited and meet the cost of the German bombing there started fires among the buildings, which were followed Army of Occupation in the by alx violent explosions which Netherlands is made in the WASHINGTON, Jun. 29 (Reuter).) were seen by our aircraft
raiding prospectus of 500,000,000 guilder mittce in a secret session to-day fixed -The House Foreign Affairs Com- Catania.
four per cent. ten yeay loan to the time limit, expiring June 30,
LONDON, Jan. 29. - A Strafing Italians On Run which the Dutch are being usked 1943, for the President's Lense and "British China Squadron" of
to subscribe in order to finance/ Lend Dill.
R.A.F. Hurricane fighters is be "In Libya, yesterday (Tuesday), the increased state expenditure, air activity was mainly confined to
The amendment was approved, ing formed as the result of a protective fighter patrols for our ad- due to the fact that the Army of specifically forbidding the
use of contribution of £102,000 from vancing troops and ground strafing Occupation costs
United States warships on convoy British communities In China, the of the retreating enemy between people millions of guilders a
Dutch duties.
announces the Ministry for Air- The Committee Inserted in the Bill craft Production to-day. week.
provisions prohibiting the President "On the Martuba landing field, According to news received eleven Savola bombers were
In from dispatching war material to After it has been ascertained what abandoned in an unserviceable con- tus threatens that in case of non- chiefs.
found Dutch circles in London, the prospec- Britain without consulting the service emblem the community requires the
squadron to carry, and whether dition, Three enemy fighters dis-subscription a compulsory 40 covered nearby were also damaged annuity-levy at 24 per cent, will be miited to Congress on the working the procedure is for the Air Ministry year Periodical reports must be sub-wishes each plane to be named after
some prominent personality or
place. by our earlier bombing and machine-enforced, gunnlag of the aerodromes,
to namo
now or
an existing aquadron in Pilots who hall from British
appropriate letail, can- munities in China, or are closely connected with them, may be posted to the squadron if they desire in order further to cement the bond of British communities in China with their own lighting unit.
Phenomenal
on
"In Albania, fighter aircraft patrol in the Kelcyle area encounter- ed a number of enemy aircraft and several were damaged. An Im- portant railway bridge and railway Junction west of Keren, Erlites, was successfully attacked.
Support To Troops
of the measures,
New Italian Bombers
In Duel With R.A.F.
ATHENS, Jan, 29 (Reuter),--A British fighter patrol has "General air support was given our just fought an engagement with a formation of Italy's latest troops in their offensive in the bombera over the southern Albanian front, one enemy bomber Agardat area.
being shot down in flames,
1
"Aircraft of the South African air
force on January 27, carried out raids,
in the Moyale area and many high
Pension For
Sco Back Page For Further Late News
Banishee's Novel Offer To Court Of Appeal
"If I get back my property I am willing to give one third
of its value to the British War Fund," said a convicted
nal Contributions This latest squadron to arise as the result of the phenomenal outpourings, of money from. British and "other" communities abroad for more N.A.F. The British patrol suffered no loss.
fighters and bombers will join an explosive and incendiary bombs were in Greece states, "A formation safely."
The headquarters of the R.A.F. torget.
All our
exclusive list of similar aircraft returned:
squadrons already to the front line such as the siropped. The result was not
The Cantaz 107 la ong of Italy's Burma, Hyderabad and East India "Reconnaissance flights were made bania yesterday encountered a machine, it has a top speed of 230 British and Netherlands East Indies ex-Premier, General: Hertzen, who fensive patrol in southern Al- to be 3,000 miles. A three-engined to be augmented, I understand, by squadrons named from both the
an appeal against sentence before the Chlef Justice, Sir Atholl [on ́ali-fronts,"
CAPETOWN, Jan. 28 (Router),
The MacGregor; "From all operations our aircraft number of enemy bombers miles per hour.
The Breda 20 is not listed here but land and Gold Coast SEVERE
and on the African.
Cheung told His Lordship that it safely. In the communique Cantaz 107, and Breda, 20 types. It very likely, is the new Broda raturned
*Basuto-
recently resigned from Parliament,
He was Cheung Kwok-hing Colony. He was caught by the was not his intention to return to the on January 27 it was stated that one Our aircraft at once attacked "Plechintelll"
will receive an annual pension of and his appeal was against Japanese at Po On whore he was The 1 dive bomber
necessary; token of our fighters operating in Libys and shot down one enemy bom- which the Italian air force hoped to £100,000 and 300,000 pespectively truallon of the House her labour imposed on him by Mr Lat Fou Shan, British Caritory, to
with squadron of fighters or bombers are duced Parliament
totals a
for was missing. It is now known that bar in flames while several others nulate the deeds of the German Over 60,000,000 boen to for new General Herizon who, a pension, September 14' for returning to His Lordship: Did you at once £2,000 under a special bill intre sentence of one year's hard forced on board a junk and landed at the pilot of this machine made a
has contributed successful parachute descent and was were damaged. We
is 250 miles per hour and its bombR.A.F warplanes individuelty and to had an unbroken spell of over thirty the Colony after having been report to the authorities about $17
is the first G. T. Lowry, Magistrate, on rether with, subsequently found with only minor. The enemy formation was broken carrying capacity in 2,200 pounds, squadrons in eight months since Jurie years of Parliamentary lite beginning banished for life.:
41 other personal pr Injuries"
up successfully, and deflected from its similar to the Nati-aircraft,
******with the birth of the Union, re
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served owing to the weather condi- of our fighter aircraft on an of- latest bombers, lis range is reputed to be augunerons, which are shorty Gen. Hertzog banishes, at the Supreme Court this morning, when he brought
continone,
s