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Turkey's Offer Commons To Debate
To Mediate
➡ FROM PAGE ONE
wore carried out throughout Sunday night, says an additional Middle East' communique Issued, to-day.
The communique adds that yester day there was intermittent shelling of
the R.A.F. station at Habbaniyah by Iraqi artillery. It was not of a serious nature owing to constant air patrols maintained by British fighters and bombers.
Armoured Cars Used LONDON, May 5 (Reuter).-Bei- tish armoured cars attacked the Iraqi desert fort of Rutbah, staics a Beirut message quoted by the Geiman nows agency, which claims that the attack was successfully repelled by the Iraqi troops.
German Report LONDON, May 5 (UP).-Radio Beriln announced that the Iraqt troops have occupied Hubbantyah air base and have completely encircled
Basra.
Iraqi Claim ̈ BEIRUT, May. S (UP)-Iraq sources to-day claimed that British troop carrying plánes been shot down.
two have
British War Effort
"Reuter's" Special Correspondent)
LONDON, May 6 (Router).The next two sittings of the House of Commons, and the next sitting of the House of Lords will be occupied by consideration of a Government motion ap proving the sending of help to Grecce, and declaring that. Im- perial operations in the Middle East and other theatres will be pursued by the Government with the utmost vigour.
Officer
Left Guard For Club
As there is nothing in the nature of a crisis, it will not be surprising which at least two I, despite the animated debate in Wer former Ministers criticisms-will not be carried as far
hope
participate Critic
5 4 division in the Lobby except by few like the Independent Labour new Guvem- Party men (who want ment) and some of the more dut and out critics of British wi
war strategy, diplomacy and Intelligence Services,
Mr Eden will
pro open the
A subaltern of the Grenadier present Guards who was in charge of the ceedings, and according to plans there will be only two
Attlee, Whitehall defences-the protec Government speakers-Mr Lord Privy Seni, in the middle, and tion of Government offices and Mr Churchill at the end.
the Houses of Parliament---- pleaded gulity at a Chelsea court. martial recently to leaving his guard and going to a club with a lance-corporal and a guards- man,
olher
Back Benchers' Chance The intention is to give the Back benchers full scope for debate. Mr Six hundred non-Syrian students Leslie Hore Bellshu and Mr Oliver have been dismissed from their Stanley, both former War Ministers, classes at the American University hope to speak, and Mr Lloyd George after repeated Arab student demon»
is a possible participant. strations at Behuls, Iraq.
Currency Order
In the House of Lords, the discuss-
lon is expected to last only three
The officer. Second-Lieutenant Cyril Edwin Dodd, was described jours,
by his counsel ng "a typical Eng- LONDON. May 5 (UP),—The Tren-
When the debate was first de-lish sportsman.' sury to-day announced that a new manded in the House of Commons. He also pleaded guilty to charges order under the defence finance re-offered the prospect of major of conduct to the prejudice of good gutations excludes Iraq from the political consequences, but the Gov-order and discipline in going to the Sterling area.
ernment appointments
announced club with Lance-Corporal G. Sim
No Nazi Forces
CAIRO. May 5 (Reuter). There is no evidence of the arrival of German aircraft or officers, it was stated in
circles here..
A spokesman estimated the strength of the Iraqi air force of all types, hardly any ot them
'modern.
|
last week have removed the likell-monds and Guardsman L. Sykes, and hood of any such development, at causing them to be supplied with
the knowledge of how | alcohol, pending the new Ministers are to fit into the whole war machine.
least
Unless, therefore; some unusual
Dodd, it was stuted, had his din- ner and left in a W.D. car driven, by Sykes and
-accompanied by Sim-
They arrived at the last post at about 11.16 p.m., and afterwards went to a club in Earl's Court Rond.
of the position in Iraq in turn is, given to the discussion, it monds to go to the round of his posts,
seems unlikely that it will be much total} more
than
a useful ventilation of at 120 steam generated by the recent events in Libya, Greece, Iraq and Turkey, coupled with the current criticism of the production organisation and man power and related problems in Britain.
at
The unarmed party captured Rutbal, mentioned in to-day's British communique, consisted of three or four British officers and a few sap- pers, the remainder being local la- bourers. They were captured by a mabile Iraqi force.
The
spokesman said that the situa- tion around Habbaniyah was "a little difficult and delicate,"
Apart from the men at Basra and Habbaniyah, the British had only a certain number of construction gangs working on the Baghdad-Haifa Road, which passes through Rutbah.
Relations With Germany VICHY, May 5 (Reuter).-Iraq is reported to have decided to resume diplomatic relations with Germany, says the Vichy news agency.
Direct Hits On Scharnhorst
FROM PAGE ONE
horst and Gneisenau, states the Air Ministry.
The continued presence of the battle cruisers at Brest after five weeks suggests, adds the Ministry, that either they have developed some grave defect while at sea or what is more probable, thai Brest has proved a very poor shelter.
Egypt Sends Message To Iraq
CAIRO, May 5 (Reuter).—The Egyptian Covernment have decided! to send £ message to the Iraqi Government, says a statement issued by the Egyptian Prime Minister's ofce
fice to-night, according to the Cairo wireless.
The statement adds: "Egypt, which is tied to Iraq by bonds of sympathy and friendship, hopes very sincerely that the causes of the in- cident which started this conflict will be removed and that the usual good relations between Iraq and her great Ally will be re-established."
The Statement CAIRO, May 5 (Reuter).The Egyptian Prime Minister, in his statement to-night, said: "The au- thorities in Iraq will undoubtedly appreciate that grave responsibility rests on their shoulders especially in these critical circumstances. sincerely hope that both parties will reach a favourable solution of the present dispute which will restore
We
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to be refuelled and to munition the | Pat the wor will not be extended to ships,
These tasks can be normally com- pleted in 24 hours.
On Sunday night they showed up clearly under the moon and pilots report very accurate bombing with direct hits on both cruisers. Sticks of the heaviest bombs also fell re- peatedly across the dry dock in which one vessel had berthed and about a felty where others were led up.
Rectangle of Fire
com-
Arst
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, May 5 (UP).The Air Ministry, expanding today's munique, claimed that the raiders at St Nazaire started "a great rectangle of fire at the naval base." Incoming pilots saw explosions and added their own bomb
the fires and
that part of the world."
LATE NEWS
Belfast Bravely Faces Second Blitz Blow
(By "Reuter's" Staff Reporter)
BELFAST, May 5-For the second time in three weeks, the Luftwaffe crossed the Irish Sen on Sunday night to strike indiscriminately at this patriotic Northern Ireland city.
Amid the misery of ruined had not been behind other cities in homes, fortitude mingled with its realisation of the importance of maintaining the steadiness of clvic relief that
the file. tremendous casualties were not as heavy as The barracks at the Queruesille at first feared. The blow was, aerodromne
eroal
were hit.
the official
loads, to the havoc.
Clouds of black smoke belched however, severe as
from
with its
the bows of a 3,000-ton German communique shows supply ship which was. bombed at reference to "much damage to midnight while anchored in the commercial, industrial and resi- Skagerrak in convoy.
The Coastal Command took advan-dential property." tage of the moonlight to harry the enemy off the British const. The same patrol which
hit the 3,000-ton supply ship straddled a second vessel with bombs and attacked the docks at Egersund in southern Norway,
The gunner of a Blenheim bomber which reconnoltred the Stavanger aron shot out three troublesome searchlights," the communique con- cluded.
Nazi Raiders Pay Dearly
At a hospital hit in the previous rald and damaged again on Sunday night, I have just been told of the gallantry of the nurses who shep- herded to safety their patients mostly women and childrens dames swept part of the building. Their calm courage was matched by
of the firemen, ARP. workers and ambulance drivers who battled; through the night to check the fires and to bring in the injured, and by
ordinary men and Moso
women whose homes were gone but who, since they felt that they were in this war as completely as any part of Britain now, are not dismayed be- cause they felt its full severity,
Only a few hours after the sun the battered elty, tidying-up rose on proceeded as wwiftly as possible.
Eire Town Raided' DUBLIN, May 5 (UP),—It is off- clatly stated that an unidentified air One plane was destroyed by an craft early this morning dropped B.A.F. pilot who was merely out test-high explosive bombs on a town in ing his guns. He and his Squadron County Donegal, smashing windows Lender, were inakin for a suitable in the houses in the vicinity. There place to fire cannon shells when two were no casualties. German ngaters were spotted.
FROM PAGE ONE;
of machine-gun fire but little damige done and there were no casualties.
was
It is now known that in the attack on "Merdeyaldo on Friday night, an- other enemy bomber was shot down by anti-aircraft! fire, making a total of six destroyed that
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Liverpool Carries On LONDON, May 5 (Reuter) After four days and nights of raids, Liver- |- pool is carrying on...
Following a special meeting of the hat nightiesty's Emergency Committee, special Scotland Visited
arrangements were considered and a statement was issued that Liverpool LONDON May -- b. (Reuter) had passed through a serious triat German taiders attacked central, and and the Committee expressed its great weat Scotland; in bico. of heavy sppreciation of the spirit in which the barragga" {:to-night," Bombs, were citizens had)met› the" crisia KOMANDA dropped on the east coast., of Log-|-~~-It was a great inspiration, the Com
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Escape From Internment
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Smuts On American Intervention
LONDON, May 5- (After escaping | CAPE TOWN, May 5 (Reuter).---- from internment in Djubuti, French "America will come into the war” Somaliland, three members of the said General Jan Smuts in the Senate R.A.F., six South Africans and two to-day, “not as a result of propaganda Grecka eager to join the Greek forces but because her people feel that she ave arrived in British Somaliland. should participate. No nation which The R.A.F. men landed in French thinks of the future can remain out territory on their men they ran short of fuel of the war." "
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