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No. 10451
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COMMONS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1941.
DEBATE ON
BALKANS CAMPAIGN:
MR
EDEN'S SPEECH
LONDON, MAY 6 (REUTER).—OPENING the debaTE ON THE WAR SITUATION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS TO-DAY, MR ANTHONY EDEN, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, POINTED TO THE DIFFICULTY OF GIVING THE HOUSE A FULL AC- COUNT OF RECENT EVENTS, PARTICULARLY IN THEIR RELATION TO THE HOSTILITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
"We are not alone," he said. "Others are listening to every word that is said in these
debates and there is much that I would like to tell which perforce I am unable to tell at the
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Stimson Wants U.S. Navy to Convoy War Supplies to Britain
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Special to the “Telegraph”.
WASHINGTON, May 6 (UP).—In a nationwide broadcast to-night, the Secretary of War, Colonel Henry Stimson advocat- ed the use of the United States Navy to safeguard shipments of war supplies to Britain.
He warned Germany that the United States would not "flinch and permit these munitions to be sunk in the Atlantic,' stating that "we have taken our place definitely behind the war- ring democracies and against aggressors in the defence of our freedom."
Critical In
House of Commons Debate
LONDON, May 6 (Reuter).—Within an hour of its opening the war debate settled down in a calm and not over-crowded House to a temperate discussion, the key to which solid behind the Prime Minister but that fact need not exclude conservative criticism."
He declared: "If to-day that (American) navy should make secure the seas for the delivery of our munitions to Britain, it will render as great a service to our country and to the preserva- tion of American' freedom as it has ever rendered in all its glorious history."
Germany, he said, has confronted states world including the United States, with the "alternative of abject surrender or uncompromising
history has ever yielded to such
De United States throughout its
GERMAN PLAN ANALYSED Recalling the early days of February, Mr Eden said: "What then seemed to the Government to be the German N. E. I. Determination plan for an early spring campaign was:-They had then was provided by the remark of the Government Liberal, Sir Percy Harris, "We are resistance," adding, "I cannot recall
already a large number of troops in Rumania and they were taking positions at Bulgarian aerodromes; it seemed clear to us that the object of this was, step by step to over-run the Balkans, having occupied Rumania by the methods we know of, to establish themselves in Bulgaria thereby to encircle Yugo-Slavia, to subjugate Greece, to immobilise Turkey and from that position, without firing a single shot, to deliver their main blow from secure bases at our position in the Eastern Mediterranean.
BATAVIA, May 6 (UP)-The Dutch Foreign Minister, Mr Kieffens, made a brandenst speech to the people of the Netherlands East Indies in which he issued the most
abrupt statement yet officially made regarding the attitude of the N.E.I. iù aggression.
Referring to the Manila talks with the British C.-in-C., Far East, Air Chlef Marshal Brooke-Popham, Mr Van Kleffens said, "Our position should not be regarded apart from that of other territories with which, by the mere fact of our geographical position, the N.E.I. Is closely linked.
"A few days ago the British Com- mander-in-Chief whom I recently had
NAZIS' INSULTING TRIBUTE
"There is no doubt that the subsidiary purpose in this plan was to bring help to their Italian Allies, whose war
the pleasure of meeting in Mania, was not going too well in Albania. Hitler has described
to us how well the Italians did. A nation of 45,000,000 |
pointed out in a press conference that politically and milltarily the line run.
ning from Singapore across the
to Australia must be considered as unit and attack from outside at any point
along th and treated as an attack on the whole.
this line must be regarded
"This sensible-view-is-to-be-taken. to heart. Far be it from me to use challenging language. That is not; the Dutch habit, but it also would not be our habit to leave any doubt with regard to our firm resolve to fight ngainst aggression."
Toll of Night Raiders Mounts
U. S. Bans Defence Exports To Russia
to the "T
Special to the "Telegraph"
Mr Lees Smith, Labour Front demand." Bench, asked a number of ques. tions which resolved themselves,
President's Approval The broadcast which presumably as did A number of other had President Roosevelt's approval, speeches, mainly into doubts was regarded as the most outspoken about the full efficacy of the utterance yet made by a responsible British Intelligence and informa- Government official regarding the tion services, and whether ad-war situation.
The Secretary asserted that the vice or information received United States fleet, supplementing always received full attention. the Royal Navy, "can render secture At no time however was there any all oceans north and south, cast and division of opinion about the right-west which surround our continent. ness of going to the aid of Greece. In that way, it can help hold in check the onward rush of the tide of Nazism, and permanently confine the malign forces of despotism until the viras has run its course and the tide
Matapan A Rase
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WASHINGTON, May 6 (Domei).--The United States has decided to halt all exports of machinery and other equipment which can be utilised in defence production to the Soviet Union. It is understood that the United States reached the deci-
The most critical speech was by Mr sion following the conclusion of Hore Belisha, the former War Minis the Japanese-Soviet neutrality ter, who contended that the British of freedom has begun to rise again. pact, and also in view of the expeditionary force was Inadequate Perverted Conviction
MEXICO IS SOLIDLY
weakening 7,000,000! I do not suppose that ever a more WITH U. S. insulting tribute has been paid to any ally (Hear! Hear!).
Anti-Totalitarian
war.
Soviet Union's anomalous posi-and that information was wrong and
wrongly interpreted. He de- Colonel Sumson declared that tion in the current Europeanclared that the naval Battle of Mato-"small group of evil leaders" taught pan (in which the Italians suffered
fered young Germans that "the freedom of Observers believe that this action heavily) was a decoy operation which destroyed. To-day these young men which other men and nations must be by the United States might have gave the Germans their large forces are ready to die for that perverted "As we watched that Greek campaign in Albania, supported
serious effects on the present Soviet-in North Africa. He also declared conviction. Unless we on our by our air-force-but-against-a-very-heavy-attack-by-men-and: -NEW-YORK, May-G-(Reutor)United States relations, as it is that we had falled in Iraq. materials, one must have thought that never was so much sur--Mexico's opposition to totali ported that the action has been taken
Mr Here Belisha demanded im- are ready to sacrifice and if need rendered by so many to so few (Laughter and Cheers). tarian expansion was unequivo- despite Russia's strenuous diplomatic prevements in the Intelligence Ser-die, for the conviction that freedom
will in America must be saved, efforts to obtain necessary export cally expressed by the Mexican permits for machinery and other vice, more armoured tanks, more dive be saved. Only by readiness for the bombers and more transport plants. same sacrifice can that freedom bo Foreign Minister, Senor Padills, equipment, and despite the fact that He agreed that progress had bcen writing in the Carnegie Founda the Soviet Union has placed orders made but he declared that it was
preserved
Referring
to the non-inter- tion's publication, "International for a large amount of machinery not enough.
ventionists, Colonel Stimson asserted Conciliation."
that "to be frightened into the belief new and
Western Hemisphere democracies In
Arth column activity. America's
Later in the same article, Senor
"Now I come to February 8, which was the date that our forces entered Benghazi a brilliant exploit which brought valuable gain. But with the supreme effort entailed by the advance, the armoured troops who had so large a share in it had to rest and refit. Their vehicles Senor Padilla declared: "Mexico had not only been engaged in a continuous advance for is prepared to take a stand with other two months but many of them had been engaged in action opposing totalitarian expansion and for a much longer time with hardly a rest. So there was destiny is to take part in the fray." LONDON, May 6 (Reuter).
no prospect of prolonging the advance with those armour- Germany has lost 41 nighted vehicles beyond the point reached at Benghazi, and bombers already this month. This total-nearly half of the any prolonged advanced by these formations to Tripoli record April losses-was reached was out of the question. with the announcement that twa additional raiders, it is now con- firmed, were brought down on Sunday night by anti-aircraft fire.
Thus, this year's Luftwaffe losses by night total 203, which compares with 130 for the whole of 1940, of Which 03 were brought down from June onwards.
GREECE decides tO FIGHT
"On February 8 there reached the British Government a
note from the Greek Government confirming the determination
with
Padilla writes: "The Mexican people, they are embracing, are fully resolved
full consciousness of the cause
some months ago.
side
it
be
not
Mr Clement Attlee, Lord Privy that Hitler has created a WESTERN
DESERT IMPASSE
Hoist On Own Petard Seal, in his reply, pointed out, amid permanent world order would be just laughter, that until January, 1840, as naive as it would be cowardly." Mr Hore Belisha had been in charge He added: "The so-called new order of a big part of British war prepara- of Hitler is not new and it has not tions. He was sure that when Mr and never will create order in this Hore Belisha was at the War Office (world." he found that what he did was con- ditioned by what his predecessor had
CAIRO, May 6 (Reuter).— done.
Mr Attlee added, "We find our-
to share that destiny. We must, Heavy sandstorms in furnace-selves very much in the same posi-
therefore, prepare. We must reso lutely co-operate with one another for the defence of this hemisphere."
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Greek Units Join Fleet
like heat are teating the endur- tion." Fance of the Germans in the He declared that the position in the Sollum-Tobruk area, according to summer and autumn of last year was
CANEA, Crete, May 6 (Reuter)----- infinitely more threatening than that IRAQ BOMBING well informed military circles to-day. The splendid Greek resist-Greek submarines have sailed to Alexandria where they have joined here. The situation is reported ance, General Cunningham's cam the British Fleet, states an official of the Greek Government to resist German aggression (Cheers).
much the same as 24 hours ago palen in Abyssinia, the victories of statement on the fate of the Greek It asked us to say what help we could give and the conditiona
CAIRO, May 6 (UP)-The RAF and the enemy's attack is believ-bright light on a dark day but they
General Wavell in Libya did make a Flect. in which we could give it. This note from the Greek Govern- bombed the Iraqi military positioned to have proved exhausting as did not alter the fundamental fact Two of 13 torpedo boats have suc- Of ten destroyers, three were sunk, ment was not a cry for help (Cheers). It was a statement of at Diwaniya to-day Many
hits were scored on the barracks and well as costly to him..
that the situation in the continent of ceeded in reaching Alexandria. the Greek position and a request that we should state ours.
administrative buildings, according
Observers Two more enemy aircraft were
roluming from the Europe was in the hands of Ger- brought down in the Channel on "In the face of these conditions, the Government to an RAF. communique.
western desert say that the Germans many,
House of Lords Tuesday In
are being constantly affected by con- daylight when small
decided to maintain the decision they had previously formations crossed the Kent coast and
ditions there. Prisoners' diaries con- LONDON, May 4 (Router).----
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" flew a short distance inland.
arrived at, to halt the desert advance at Benghazi and
tain frequent reference to the heat Simultaneously with the debate in and water shortage, while The Air Ministry says that bombs |
dive the House of Commons to-day, a
LONDON, May 6 (UP)-Radio bombing by their were dropped on one town on the to prepare forces to go to the help of Greece. That deci-
planes is debate was held in the House of Moscow announced that M.'.Stalin Kent coast and on another on the sion was the decision of the Government and of their
mentioned often. It seems that there Lords on a similar motion, and after has assumed the duties of Chairman In some truth in reports that the cast coast, but little damage was dono
few hours discussion, the Lords of the Council of Peoples Commissars, and there were no serious casualties, three chief military advisers.
Germans trained their troops. for unanimously passed a vote of con- and that M. Molotov has been re- desert warfare by manoeuvres in the dence in the Government.
lieved of that post. sand dunes of the Baltic area and by The Commons debate will be con- strenuous exercises in glass houses tinued,
·U.S. Defence Heads Will
"If Greece was to be helped, It was obvious that help must be made ready and brought to bear very rapidly... Many problems required discussion and solution -the position of Yugo-Slavia,
necessity
Speed Bomber Output hity for keeping Turkey
WASHINGTON, May 6euter)-President Roosevelt has informed of our plans and so called in the chief members of the Cabinet and the heads of the forth. Army and Navy for discussion on the question of accelerating -the production of bombers.
The Wisest Step conference will be to consider the "It seemed to the Government that The Conference was attended need of a fast output of heavy the wisest step was to attempt direct by Mr Cordell Hull, Secretary of bombers. State, Colonel Stimson, Secretary
negotiations, so they entrusted
the
Mr Roosevelt is reported for nn Chief of General Staff and myself
of War, Mr Morgenthau, Secre- output of 500 a month.
Lo
with this task. Neither of us ever
According to. White House officials, had the least doubt of the odds tary of the Treasury, Colonel the conference will provide the op- against the full success of our misa- Knox, Secretary of the Navy, Mr portunity for Major-General Arnold, fon. We know perfectly well that far advanced. Harry Hopkins, Supervisor of who has just returned from Britain, German plans were the Lend and Lease Act opera- make a complete report to
material powers, but I still think tions, General George Marshall, some quarters enil the "War Cabinet Wat knew how great were their Army Chief of Staff, Admiral beantime, Mr Roosevelt has ap that we should have bech to binmo Major General James Burne, if we had not made that attempt Stark, Chief of Naval Opera- who is a member of the Executive (Chears) tions, and Major-General. H. Committee of the Army and Navy Arnold, Chief of the Army Air Corps
One of the chief purposes of the
Munitions Board, as anlatant to With the collapse of French Harry Hopkins to handle the detailed resistance, your forces in the Middle -work-under-the. Ald. for Beltain=pros Last were left to meet the situation
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German tanks are not proving well suited to desert warfare, and the British mobile guns are able to pick them off at closo range.
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Life Imprisonment For| Abusing Public Trust KWEILIN, MAY 6 (Central News). Convicted of selling public foodstuffs for private gain, Shen Yi, deputy director at the Kwangtung Food Con- trol Bureau, has been' sentenced' by
Molotov Relieved
This report was later confirmed at Morcow
Haile Selassie Resumes
Recaptured
Throne
NAIROBI, May 6 (Reuter)Exactly five years after the occupation of Addis Ababa by Marshal Badoglio, Haile Selassie, Emperor of Abyssinia, made a triumphal return to his capital the wellin Office of the Generalis on Monday afternoon.
the Duke of Harar, were there to almo's Headquarters to life imprison- 199
greet him. ADUE ment and deprivation of civil rights He was met by Lleut General | ::The greatest excitement prevailed for life.
AG. Cunningham, General as the Emperor entered the city.
The Italians will in Addis Ababa Officer Commanding, East remained, discreetly, Indoors, Churchill At Palace Africa, who was chiefly respon LONDON, May 6 (Router)The alblo for delivering his country Prime ·Minister. Mr Winston from the Italian yoke In- the Churchill, was received in audience | brilliant British campaign now by King George and remained to nearing its end. lunch with the King and Quem vive forum the "Uneskingham Palace;
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