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六拜禮 號六十月四英港香
SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1941.
ROOSEVELT REVEALS NAZI TROOPS MAY HAVE LANDED IN GREENLAND
WASHINGTON, APR, 25 (REUTER).—IT IS POSSIBLE THAT GREENLAND HAS BEEN PARTLY OCCUPIED BY AXIS forces, saID PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AT A PRESS CON. FERENCE TO-DAY, BUT HE ADDED THAT HE HAD NO DEFINITE INFORMATION ON THIS POINT.
HE REPLIED IN THE NEGATIVE WHEN ASKED WHETHER THE OCCUPATION MIGHT BE BY FIFTH COLUMNISTS.
He said that the United States was taking steps to counteract any occupation of Green- land and hoped that there would be "no further act of aggression."
:
President Roosevelt also declared at the conference that American neutrality patrols would operate "as far into the waters of the seven seas" as may be necessary for the defence of the Western Hemisphere.
Huge Nazi Supply Ship Sunk
Nieuwe Waterway Is
The United States was not thinking of escorting convoys of merchant- men at this time, the President added.
President Roosevelt declined to be drawn into specific|| comments designed to amplify his views on convoys but said that for a year and a half, neutrality patrol vessels had been operating as far as 1,000 miles from the Atlantic eastern shore.
LIBYAN WAR
Blocked: Works Hit Axis Mixed Forces
LONDON, Apr. 25 (Reuter).
-A supply ship of 16,000 tons Found at Tobruk
Not A Convoy
The Maryland patrol had been extended, and would continue to be extended from time to time.
He emphatically declared that the patrol was not a convoy,
ile
views
The President defined corvoying as escorting merchantmen in
Kroup to protect them from aggression. Ho defined patrol as reconnaissance of an was sunk one mile up the Nieuwe Waterway soon after dawn this CAIRO. Apr. 25 (Reuter).-area to and if there were any morning, states the Air Ministry, Two things are deduced by well-gression of ships entering or ap-
proaching the Western Hemisphere. from the Presklent Roosevelt Two bombs were dropped from informed quarters
attacked 25 feet and hit the ship: debris enemy onslaughts against To-American appuasers at the press con the British ference, naming Colonel Lindbergh. was thrown into the air and bruk--first that
indicated that the United States black smoke beicked upwards. garrison is worrying the Axis Army and not recalled Colonel The ship's crew dived into the forces; secondly, that the enemy Lindbergh to active duty because of canal.
CIFT the international
-No-London-Comment- LONDON, Apr. 25 (UP),--Offietal¦ circles decline to comment on Pre- sident Roosevelt's neutrality patrol announcement, but to the man in the street, it will mean that the convoy- ing of the Atlantic lifeline is one stop nearer. Ofeinl silence will have probably continue because there is a | reluctance to put any construction on a the statement which might embarrass
the President.
Some smaller ships were dro at-in this area does not dispose of his
situation.
tacked-witir-bomb-and-inachine-gun the strength_of_men_and_material. Are, and a military camp on the with which the British took Dutch coast was raked with fire. Tobruk earlier in the war.
Steel Works Bombed
• The Important iron and steel works..at Ijmuiden were attacked and a stick of bombs was seen to burst on the plant's furores. An- other stick fell on a line of buildings and another across a large storage tank for by-products.
The latest Axis attack consisted of infantry of which 50 per cent, was whereas previously the German,
and Gernians attacked Italias separately,
British armoured patrols taken the initialive in the area around Sollum which itself has sort of no man's land.
Prisoners
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日一初月四
To Be Governor
Of Gibraltar
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WHITEAWAY'S
Line In
Greece Unbroken
Despite Severe German Pressure
CAIRO, Apr. 25 (Reuter).-Despite very heavy. fighting, the Empire forces in Greece are still holding an unbroken line against the advancing German hordes, according to reports received here to-night.
The situation of the Greek units who are still fighting
is obscure. but as far as is known, the British left'flank has maintained contact with them.
Aid To Greece WASHINGTON, Apr. 25 (UP).— President Roosevelt said to-day that ald has been and will continue to be extended to Grecce regardless of the "emporary outcome" of the war.
Minister Leaver Sofia
LONDON, Apr. 25 (Reuter).-The Greek Minister with the Legation staff of Sofla have left for Turkey,
Threatening Hands
Dardanelles, In Nazi Hands.
according to the official Talian news agency quoting a Sofia dispatch.
Yugo-Slav Troops Escape
·CAIRO, 'Apr.. 25 (Reuter)-Yugo Slav troops and planes have arrived in the Middle Eust to join the Allled forces in the fight against the Axis.
Colony's Finances
Comparative Accounts
For January Issued
ATHENS, Apr 25 (Reuter). Following an ultimatum from the German in January, according to the The Colony increased its assets forces which had previously occupied the island of Samothrace, 30 miles to the financial statement released to- northeast, a German contingent of 5,000 to-day landed at Lemnos, the strategic day, from $22,804,344 at the Greek island neat the entrance of the. Dardanelles.
Dalton Weighs
Effect
Of British Blockade
ABYSSINIA
South Africans Nearing Dessie
was
beginning of the year to $23,- 668,855 at the end of January. The amall Greek garrison, Revenue in the month was $6,302,- consisting of infantry and police, 591; expenditure was $5,498,080, 1 resisted the Invaders for over January 31, 1941. was $50,257,070, The revenue for 13 months ended four hours.
which was $13,000,000 more than the
preceding perlod, Cor states that the German Governor of
expenditure ngures were Samothrace sent an ultimatum order-$52,079,385 and $40,073,017.
Returning the revenue for last ing the surrender of Lemnos by mid- night in Wednesday. Otherwise it January, compared with January
rease of over $200,000 Increase 1940, would be forcibly occupied.
was Fees of Court or Office, brought in by MrKaramonjanis. Prelect of etc. water revenue was down $130 Lemuos, in reply to his request for 000. Post Office was down $40,000, Government instructions, was ordered and a new item War. Revenue was to do his duty as the honour of a represented by $1,178,561. Greek demanded.
A seml-official Greek communiquen ending.)
At 5 .m. to-day, the Germans
Expenditure
LONDON, Apr. 25 (Reuter)-Deterioration in the quality of German armaments will result from a shortage of ferrous alloys in Germany, declared Mr Hugh Dalton, Minister of
Economic Warfare, to-night.
He said that the bombs with which Germany
killing people to-day were from stocks) built up before the war.
On the expenditure side of Inst He referred to the negotiations began to disembark troops from proceeding in Washington and said transports which had reached the January's accounts;.compared with that when they were completed, there harbour of Purdia under the escort the previous January, some, $30,000 more 'were spent on charitable” ser“ would be a still greater tightening of aircraft. of supplies which were getting
vices, $80,000 more on the Medical The small garrison resisted till Department, $44,000 more on, the CAIRO, Apr. 25 (Reuter), through to enemy countries.
Mr Dalton warned his audience
the Police Force, $60,000 more on
$200,000 more on the Water
was damaged. One engine began 10 | learned that Major General Str
Government. the United States naval patrols in a few miles of Dessie-the Germany had sources in the occupied
$106.000 to cut out and oft flooded into the ale-Richard O'Connor and Lieut-Colonel
The Greek Minister of the Interior,
nearly half a million. craft. The pliot decided that the John Combe, who were taken pri- would be active on most of the North hub of the supply system of territory and Sweden which would Mr Marludusis, has telegraphed Pensions were up from $247,207 to
$343,826. gunners should have a chance to fire souer in Cirenaica early this month, Atlantly shipping.routes to England,
what remains of Italian East give her all she required.
It
War Expenditure at $1,352,650, and was idle to think that they could the Prefect of Lemnos, saying that at the gun which hud hit the aircraft, are in a prisontr-of-war camp
Africa.
bring breadless days to
struggle has deeply Germany the garrison's They flew low and silenced the Central Italy,
though there were already mentless added another page to the national new Items, while Public Works Ex- moved the whole of Greece, and migration Department $35,068 were chemy gun.
days and a shortage of fats.
Shortage of Oil
epic of a glorious country battling traordinary rose from $10,000 in
January 1040 to $3,730,206. against two empires.
Just before attacking, one of our aircraft was hit by anti-alreraft Are
in both wings and the main oil pipe
A stick of bombs was then dropped
on a line of laden barges.
On the return journey, enemy troops were machine-gunned as they were taking cover on sand dunes, The aircraft returned safely to ts base.
become
It is unofficially pointed out that;
after a.m.
All Greek officials are remaining | if the President dws a 300 mile South African troops advancing that they could not look for a
CAIRO, Apr. 25 (Reuter).-It is neutrality zone around Greenland, from Addis Ababa are now with shortage of iron and steel because Creole posts under the orders of the W.Dhe public debt jumped from -
U.S. Action On
Balkan Wars
•
In
WASHINGTON, Apr. 25 (Reuter).
-President Roosevelt has offcially Honorary A.D.CS. proclaimed the existence of a state
Willkie Calls For Action
at their
The fall of Dessie would mean that the Italians would either have to try and retreat towards French Somali-
As regards oil. Mr Dalton said land where they would be in danger that German stocks are being eaten of being cut off in the rear. or. else into. "Provided that certain cond- continue their purposeless fight along tions are satisfied, we can conned for Colony of Mr A. E. Southard, Consul- the road northward from Dessle.
say that Germany will be pinched
During the absence froen the
Churchill Broadcast
on
To Stop Losses At Sea
LONDON, Apr. 25 Reuter).—Mr PITTSBURGH, Apr. 25 (Reu-
If they took the latter course, they oil at no very distant date. Those General for the United States of Winston Churchill will be broad- H. casting in the home and overseas ter).It is no use speeding up would be squeezed by a pincer move conditions are that Germany secures America at Hongkong, Mr J. production here if our supplies ment since the British forces ad-man ang continue to use oth as they Bruins, Consul, will be in charge of programme at 8 p.m. G.MT.
arms oil as they the American Consulate-General. April 27. of war between Bulgaria on one hand for over there are to rest at the vancing from the north are pressing are now doing: that we continue to His Excellency the Governor has and Yugo-Slavia and Greece on the bottom of the ocean," said Mr upon the great natural fortress of command the Eastern Mediterranean to bomb been pleased to appoint the following other, thereby invoking the Neu- as his Honorary Aldes-de-Camp, with trality Act restrictions against Bul- Wendell Willkie, commenting on Amba Abugi, 9,000 feet high and 200 and that the R.A.F. continue
the synthetic plants in Germany." garla.
the speeches made by Mr Cordell miles from Dessie,
At present more than half of the effect from March 14--
Recognition
Hull and Colonel Frank Knox.
Germán oll was coming from those Subadar-Major
Shah, Mohamed
Haidar WASHINGTON, Apr, 25 (Reuter). H.K.S.RA; Subadar-Major
would think that, the blockade, Rehman, 2nd Bn, 14th Punjab Regi- Mr Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary
itself would ever win the war but the ment: Mr Wong Sik-kuen, Corps of State, declared to-day that
blockade in co-operation and support Air Raid Wardens; Lieut K. E. Young, United States will continue
of the armed forces would help. to the Yugo-Slav 1st Bn. The Middlesex Regiment cognise
hosten victory. (Duke of Cambridge's Own); and government and its Minister, Dr Subadar Karnali Singh, H.K.S.R.A. Constantin Foiltch, in Washington.
He added that it was time that
of the Administration gave us facts and the then a lead instead of following publle 10 - opinion.
It was necessary to protect these refugee
shipments by what raval and military experts consider to be the most effec- tive methods.
Rajputana Attacked At Dawn In North Atlantic
EAST COAST CANADIAN PORT, Apr. 25 (Reuter). — Twelve officers and 22 seamen-Canadian survivors of the armed merchant cruiser Rajputana, which was recently sunk by enemy nellon-have arrived in Canada. The ship listed to port but the Commander Paul Cross, the vessel stopped sinking at a certain senior Canadian officer, reported that 40 lives wore lost in the North Atlantic when A sub- marina torpedoed the Rajputana twice within two hours.
The first torpedo struck the Raj- putana at 5.82 am. without warning, atated Commander Cross. It en tered the engine room; stopping the engines and extinguishing the ship's Bghts. No one saw the attacker.
depth.
FINANCIAL AID plants. Only a very deluded person
FOR CHINA
Agreement Signed
the
to
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH". WASHINGTON, Apr. 25 (UP),-- Decision To Convoy
The Treasury Department announced WASHINGTON, Apr. 25 (Reuters, that the Sino-American agreement Two points emerge clearly from will be signed at 5 pm. to-day pro- the speech by Colonel Knox, Scere-viding for the allocation by
States United
of $50,000,000 tary to the Navy, in the opinion of stabilise the Chinese Yuan, Ambas
They are that the andor lu Shih and Mr T. V. Socug observers here. United States Navy will decide to
alga with Mr convoy material to Britain and that are expected to
Morgenthau, Secretary of the as far as Washington la concerned
Treasury. Russia is considered to be in the Axle camp because she la gasisting
Pacife.
Signature Made
British Air Defences
of)
Destroy 100 Nazi Planės So Far This Month LONDON, Apr. 25 (Reuter); One hundred enemy aircraft have so far been shot down this Mr-month over Britain and around the const, it is officially an-
Aussie Troops in Malaya
Make A Fine Impression
By "ARTHUR MENKEN Special to the "Telegraph"
WITH THE AUSTRALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN MALA- YA," Apr. 25. (UP)—After placing a wreath on Kuala Lumpur's memorial to-day, Major Gordon Bennett, General Officer Com. manding, reminisced with the press regarding the landingTM on Gallipoli Peninsula during the last war, He declared that while instructing the troops at Gallipoli, they said tell us what to do and we will do it. This is the same spirit in the hearts of the present day Australian troops," he declared. N
The General asserted that the
When questioned regarding the possibility of an invasion of men's health was better here than at Malaya, the General said, "Germe got hungry watching the Auszies eating luscious food.. and many Is the main enemy which therefore joined them. must be defeated. It is not the
To-day's Anzão parade... was wit- start of the fight that counta, nessed by farmers and plantors from but the last round. Gallipoli the entire country who were filled (Reuter) was a soldier's battle. The marched past the war memorialng the with admiration as the Diggers organisation was broken up, troops were reviewed by Generel therefore the men's courage and | Gordon- Bennett "Efautenant-Generat determination became predomin- Bond, Ceneral Omoer in Command
Malays the Bullan of Selangor and ant factors, making it possible to the
Japan to become more menseing Mr Henry Morgenthau and Lowards the United States in the v. Soong have signed the Stabiils
tion Fund agreement, “...!
nounced. The speech is regarded as the most
Britain Extenda Aid outspoken delivered by any member
Seventy-five of these wore of the Cabinet, apart from President WASHINGTON, Apri. 25 (UP),—| Roosevelt, sires the beginning of the The British Embassy announced to destroyed at night. The Commander added: "We might
Bomber Down day that Sir Frederick Phillips and
LONDON, Apr... 25 have made port if we had been left war.
Doubtless, public reaction to this Mr T. V. Soong had signed a £5,000, alone, but the submarine attacked again two hours later on the star exceedingly plain speaking will guide 600 stabilisation fund- agreement as There was little enemy activity over
the President in making his next well as an extension of the £5,000,- Britain to-day. board side."
public announcement, which is likely credit for the same purpose.
One: bomber dropped bombs on town near the south const, causing The Rajputana opened fire but the to be fairly soon. submarine was sighted for only a Col Knox's statement that "wo The King's Exequatur empowering a number of casualties and some moment.
DEEP cannot allow our goode to be sunk Sonor Don Alberto Peres Saez to act damage The crew then abandoned ship in the Atlantic; we shall be beaten Peruvian Consul-General at which rank within an hour and aif we do is segarded at the clearest Hongkong has received His Majesty's down into the sea by British fighters, of today": half after the second torpedo indiention, that Kotryoys are coming" "zignature:
|according to the Air, Ministry
000
hold their own. Thisge spirit on Arition dents of Kui/** kuns-
Bubsequently the bomber was shoti provails among the Australians Australiana kre: Side 2 art the
Australian offours
dotent-in-jungle than