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Why Libyan Campaign Backfired
British Alternatives
LONDON, Apr. 15. (Reuter), - In a special commentary in the their military "Yorkshire Post"; correspondent anya that "the point whether we should have completed the conquest of Libya by going through to Tripoli will [be an argument even when the
war is over.
Libyn did not stand alone, however, as the Germans had decided to ald Italy by entering the Balkan cam- paign while large forces were stil engrossed in East Africa.
"Our choice of action had to be made from the following:
(1) To accept the German chal-
lenge in the Balkans,
(2)
(3)
to race against the rains in Abyssinia to conquer the
country and obtain the use of troops now there,
to concentrats en two African campaigns and give the Ger-
manis
a walk-over in
the
Balkans down to the Mellter- rancan,
Athens is Saved
Had we decided on the third course, the Germans would now have been In Athens. We surely did the right the first, and thing in deciding on taking a risk in Libya and adjusting matters there by quickly releasing troops after the East African quest.
con-
Wus and is "Such adjustment Dossible, but had we let the German Balkans challenge go by the, board, er have hesitated to liquidate the East Africa recovery, there would have been hard work for a year or more ahead."
Halifax Explains
NEW YORK, Apr. 15 (Reuter).— Commenting on the war situation, Lord Halifax to-day said, "It has been necessary to withdraw from Libya to new positions and although we suffered toss in doing this, we have made the enemy pay dearly for This advancé,
Adding that the stream of rein- forcements of men and material was steadily flowing into that theatre of war, Lord Halifax said that this process was "greatly helped" by Pre- sident Roosevelt's action in opening the Red Sen to American shipping.
Pointing out that the RAF, was "an incomparably more
more formidable instrument than a few months Lord Halifax continued that history of the struggle at sea since the war to believe began gave every reason to that the strength of out sea power is undiminished and, in the end, will play the largest part in bringing down. the pillars of the Nazi temple.
ago,
Death Sentence For Corruption
CHUNGKING, Apr. 10 (Central News)-Chang Wan-sions, thiet trome inspector in Kweiyang, was recently court-martialled and sen- tenced to death on charges of bribery and extortion,
Hsu Pel-llong, and Yu Sui-sing, traffic inspectors, and Kung Chen- sheng-trafße-ofcer,wero-sentenced to imprisonment on similor charges.
Royal Air Force Smash Sofia
FROM PAGE ONE
machine-gun bullet attack on a long convoy near Fello, when one forry burst into flames, another suddenly overturned and completely blocked the road, while a third crashed Into a ditch.
Two sergeant pilots took two bom-| bers over Sola on Sunday night and reported large fires and explosions in the marshalling yards. A direct hit on a munitions train tossed one plane about like a leaf and almost blinded the pilot.
LIBYA SITUATION
FROM PAGE ONE
vehicles were destroyed or damaged In this area, too.
R.A.F. losses in these operations were three fighters and one bomber. Pripoli, the main base of German reinforcements in Libya, was again heavily ralded on Monday night, and as on Sunday, bombs straddled ship- ping in the harbour. Ono vessel was seen burning fiercely while others must have suffered damage.
Col Knox Testifies WASHINGTON, 15 (Reuter) "We are now in the midst of the de- cisiva period of this world war," declared the Secretory of the Navy, Colonel Frank Knox giving evidence before the House of Representatives Naval Affairs Committee
on the
mon of the labour situation and
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