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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1941. 日八初月正
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AGORDAT FALLS TO BRITISH Key Points To Albanian Situation
WITH PRISONERS AND GUNS
CAIRO, FEB. 2 (REUTER) -BRITISH TROOPS HAVE CAPTURED THE TOWN OF AGORDAT, AN IMPORTANT STRATEGICAL POINT IN ERITREA ON THE RAILWAY LEADING TO THE RED SEA PORT OF MASSAWA.
ANNOUNCING this succesS, TO-DAY'S COMMUNIQUE FROM BRITISH G.H.Q. SAYS: "YESTERDAY MORNING BRITISH TROOPS CAPTURED THE TOWN OF AGORDAT, TAKING MANY HUNDREDS OF PRISONERS WITH GUNS AND MECHANICAL TRANSPORT. SIX ITALIAN MEDIUM TANKS, FIVE LIGHT TANKS AND 15 GUNS WERE ALSO DESTROYED.
Cities Razed But
Hearts Are High
What Mr Willkie Saw
LONDON, Feb. 2 (Reuter),~Mr Wendell Willkie started his tour of the bombed provincial cities of England to-day with visits to Coventry and Birmingham. He was first conducted through the ruins of Coventry Cathedral by the Bishop and was evidently Impressed by the devastation he saw.
CHANNEL PORTS
RAIDED
R.A.F. Pay Visits.
"The enemy. sustained heavy casualties during the final attack carried out by the British and Indian troops with R.A.F. co- operation. By dusk yesterday evening, advanced elements of the British forces were again in close pursuit of the enemy with- drawing towards Keren. -
"In the Barentu area opera- tions ure proceeding well, while further south, Biacundi is now in British hands with more prisoners from the Italian forces which drawn from Umm Hagar.
were originally with-
"As the result of these actions,
The rest of the tour, made by coupled with patriot activities, Italian troops withdrawing from the Walknit. car. gave Mr Willkie an oppor-district have been obliged to abandon tunity of seeing the effects of the the bulk of their mechanical trans- indiscriminate bombing on the TURN to Back Page, Column 3 night of the big raid last November, including the destruc- tion of historic buildings, bùsl- ness premises and dwelling houses.
· At a press conference, Mr Willklei stated that the impression formed by
giving up.
Tour of Birmingham
Italians Are
Turned Back
Greek's New Positions
Greek forces have steadily ad- Vanced and have taken up new lines These operations are beginning a new and positions according to plan. phase of the Greek advance across
Albanin.
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Here are the key points to the Present sfigation in Albania. (1) objective of possiblo Nazi drive through Yugo-Slavia (2) Hitler's back
door to Greece, a move Turkey would resist (3) Gréck driva, towards El Bassan, the key sector for Durazzo (4) Greek capture of Beral would cut off Italians in the south (5) Durazzo and. Valona, viial Italian evacuation bases (6) Taranis-bombed by R.A.F. Kallan navy- crippled,
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At S'HAI ELECTION Soldiers,
Daylight Raiders And Proceed To Carry On
LONDON, Feb, 2 (Reuter) tour of Coventry led him to LONDON, Feb. 2 (Reuter).- Docks at three Nazi invasion believe that the destruction described All enemy attempts to counter-
Hin American newspapers had ports In occupied France been exaggerated. He was greatly
notattack have been definitely Boulogne, Ostend and Brest-Impressed by the high morale shown foiled, stated the Athens radio were attacked by small forces by the citizens and had seen no to-night. of RA.F. bombers last night evidence of depressed spirits or of and just before dawri to-day.
He regarded the fact that the The Brest attack was made tower and spire of Coventry Cathe- first by planes of the Constaldrat had escaped destruction as being Command which yesterday con- symbolic. tinued in unfavourable weather -in-patrols-and-reconnaissance After his tour of Birmingham, MrMany in the solo successes of our sector of the front ex- flights over the occupied coast-wilkie said that he had been im-tending beyond Klisura have obliged line.
Cavellero, pressed by the organisation of the General
the Italion Aircraft of the Constal Command so-called "shadow" factories,
C.-in-C. to order a speedy evacuation are continuously on the look-out for Heferring to the damage in Bir-of the Italian forces from this im- the first signs of any Invasion move-mingham, Mr Willkie was surprised portant area. ment.
at is extent, "but the reconstruction Boulogne and Ostend were selected I have seen put into operation is a Striking Power Reduced
This is the estimation of Reuel S. Moore, "United Press" for to-day's pre-dawn raids.
perfect example of how a city can view that any attempt on the part of since the Luftwaffe started their attacks on the capital.
staff correspondent in London, who has been in every air raid .: Two Planes Missing
Mr Willkie added that without advance is doomed to
In a private letter d
to a friending the daytime when there is a ruid fallure because, British Bghters, accompanied once mornte, courage and sleadfastness,; by bombers, made a number of day-which he had seen everywhere, this after repeated disasters, their striking in Hongkong, Mr Moore said on nobody gives a damn. They keep light raids over Occupied France, reconstruction and recovery could power, has been very substantially that despite the faid for every business us usual. People sitting on walking about and carrying on their reduced. Two planes are missing from the not be done.
"The losses the Italian forces sus- building down there are hun- park benches don't even budge. operations.
personally hope that America tained during the latest counter-dreds still up. A few single German aircraft made will give you such aid," he added, attack are estimated by these obser-
TURN to Back Page, Column 3 the customary armed reconnaissance "at with steadfastness and courage vers to be as high as 40 per cent. populace to air raids. Mr. Moore says: Talking about the reaction of the flights over the English coast to-day, you will shortly win through.", of their total effectives." following a night of no activity.
The folks here are not jittery. Dur-
Nazi-Held Lines Swept LONDON, Feb. 2 (Reuter).-R. A.
F. fighters are crossing the English) Channel in several waves and, joined once by bombers, they have carried out offensive sweeps once again by daylight to-day over German-or- cupled territory,
These and other operations by single British bombers ended a 24- hour phase of R.A.F, action by day and night, which was limited by unfavourable weather but showed] TURN to Back Page, Column 5
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recover."
"Foreign observers
express
the
the Italians to check the tide of Greek
Despite the intensive operations of the Nazi Luftwaffe, the average person in Britain has six chances of dying from natural causes to one chance of dying by a bomb. In other words, the raids only increase the hazard of death over that in normat times by 16 per cent. *
Hitler Made This Picture Possible
Only tier and his murderous colleagues who rain death Indiscriminately from the skies on Innocent civilians could make this picture possible. It shows little English children, huddled together in a cellar, star- Ing fearfully at the akles as the sound of the Nazi planes are heard overhead. These youngstats, are belog cared for at the National Children's Orphanage in Hertfordshire, where, in the protection of deep underground shelter, they are reasonably safe from Hitler's total wor.
Peace Talks In Tokyo
Thai And Indo-China Delegations
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEORAPH**
IN APRIL
CHUNGKING, Feb. 2 (Central News). A Shanghai message
states that the Shanghai Municipal Council has fxed April 10. and 11 for this year's elec- tion of the Councillors.
With the approach of the date of election the Japanese are making preparations to- renew their attempt to in- crease their representation on the Council.
Keen competition is ex- pected but competent ob servers believe that the British and Americans will maintain their dominant position.
Nazis Over Libya
Police, & Civilians In Riots
JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 2 | (Reuter).-Wild scenes were witnessed in Johannesburg dur [ing the week-end when thou sands of Police, elvilians and soldiers were involved in serious riots.
Some 140 people, mostly soldiers, have been admitted to hospital up to the present.
Armoured cars toured the streety- this morning but the city is now quiet. llundreds of sightseers, how.. ever, congregated outside the offices of the "Vaderland"-General Jomes Hertzug's newspaper and the offices of "Transvaler," the Nationalist news. paper supporting the Republican policy. Bath offices have damaged
been
Ossewu~
Long Range Bombers Used
LONDON, Feb. 2 ́ ́(Reuter).—The) The trouble originated on Friday BANGKOK, Feb. 2 (UP).-It Axis High Commands report inter-night. Dr van Rensburg, former Free State administrator and now leader is officially announced that the vention by German bombers in the Peace Mission will leave for ters in Cairo say that the concentra- brandw
war in Libya, but British Headquar- of the Ossewabrandwag, addressed a
cultural meeting. The Tokyo on February 5 aboard a tion of Briush forces west of Derna extrema Republican nature. Dr van brandwag is an organisation of an Japanese plano.
14 "proceeding smoothly" and that Rensburg's meeting was not political An agreement is expected to be RAF. fghters which maintained and was generally orderly. Clashes, reached at Tokyo within two weeks. patrols. over Libya yesterday, suf- however, occurred in the streets
Indo-China Delegation
fered no loss.
It is considered probable, writes and civilians were involved. Some when the meeting concluded. Soldiers SAIGON, Feb. 2 (UP)-It "Reuters", air correspondent, that of the latter were wearing beards officially announced that the Director of the Cabinet, M. Georges Gautier, harass the British advance in Libya the Ossewabrandwag.
German. aircraft attempting to which are favoured by members of will head the ave-man Indo-China are long-range bombers operating delegation for the peace negotiations direct from Sicily though it is pre-
Tokyo; they will be leaving the
at
middle
Police' Intervene
The Police Intervened and the
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Sauzibile for zhorter range planes to fake of this week. Vichy has appointed M. Rene Part after refuelling at Libyan aero- soldiers appeared to resent accepting Robin, head of the French Economic
dromes.: Mission at Tokyo and the French Am bossador, M. Charles Arzene-Henre
to represent Vichy at Tokyo.
Admiral Decoux will be leaving for f Hanol about the middle of February.
Japanese
Chen Chi-tang In Role America
Of Agriculture Chief
Dilemma If Enters War
CHUNGKING, Feb, 1 (Central LONDON, Feb, 2 (Reuter)-The "Svenska" points out that
| News) ----A bumper harvest for the
present year was forecast by General any day President Rooseveil may decide to adopt a non-belliger- Chen Chi-ton Minister of Agriculent status to the west as well as to the cast and that Japan has ture and Forestry, In a statement to facilitated this by signing the Thres Power Pact.
the Press increasing food produc
tion.
General Chen weld that Japan's move was intended to ho pointed out that freedom's frighton American electors from enemies threatened Amarica planning had been made, in .connec
tion with the selection 62 the seeds supporting President Roosevelt from the Pacific as well ne the of agricultural products, "the fuse or but it was a miscalculation and Atlantic. Fertilisers, insect prevention and con- the Pact had the opposite effect, A
trol, and conservancy projects. These for it was used by Mr Roosevelt Foreign Minister who started like us Mr Yosuke Matsuoka, the Japanese
measures are being carried out and
are expected to yloid good results, against its own instigators when | TURN to Back Page, Column 5