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Destroyer Sunk By Nazis After Bismarck Attack
LONDON, May 29 (Reuter).An Admiralty communique
states:
"On the day after the sinking of the Bismarck, some of our naval forces, which had taken part in the operations lending up to the destruction of the German battleship were heavily attack ed by German aircraft, During these attacks, H.M.S. Mashona, a destroyer of the Tribal Class, was hit.
"The Board of the Admirally regrets to announce that she sub- sequently sank and that one officer and 45 ratings are missing. The next of kin of the casualties are being in- farmed as soon as possible.
The Mashona had a norinal peace- time complement of 100. She was completed in March, 1930, and had n displacement of 1,870 tons with a speed of over 36 knots."
Prisoners
More than 100 officers and men from the German battleship Bismarck were picked up by the British forces and are prisoners of war, states the communique.
LIFE IN REICH
More Restrictions
ZURICH, May 20 (Reuter).The Berlin correspondent of the "Neue Zuercher Zeltung" says that the last thing the Germans wish is prolongn- tion of the war.
The Hess case is at a "frequent subject of conversation and, despite the offelal explanations, has shaken mahy."
The attack on the Bismarck, it adds, in which H.M.S. Sikh took part in addition to the ships already on nounced, resulted in the speed of the „Bismarck being greatly reduced. Her steering gear was put out of action but both the main and second arme-duced in the sale of beer and meat. ments remained effective.
Shortly before 0 am, on May 27, King George V and the Rodney engaged the enemy with their main armaments.
While war production is imposing tremendous demands on the workers, new radical restrictions nre intro-
Owing to the labour shortage, maximum efforts are made
to re- tease workers for employment in war industries.
are
Hundreds of magazines have been Gunfire of these two battleships suppressed and books
only engaged the enemy and the C-in-allowed to be published with special then ordered the Dorsetshire to sink permission.
the Bismarck with torpedoes, says
the communique.
Soviet Comment
organ
of
the
RATIONING
U. S. POWER SUGGESTED
MOSCOW, May 20 (Reuter). Commenting on the naval battle in the Atlantic, a lengthy article in to- day's "Red Fleet", Soviet Navy, states "the operation was of great interest, firstly because almost all naval arma participated; German and British batttleships met, in this engagement, practically speaking, for the first time in the Mr Harold Ickes, Secretary of the WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuter). present war; and alteratt and their Interior, at a press conference to- mobile buses, aircraft carriers, play-day, advocated
Mid-West Wants Action
Isolation A Myth
NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuter), General Pearson Allen writes: "Pre- aident Roosevelt has just had a private poll taken of mid-Western sentiment on the question of inter- venilon.
"His personal representative has just returned from Inois, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Nevada, Colorado and Utali, where he listened to farmers, editors, business- men, and gas stat
station
operators. Illa report says in effect that mid-West isolation is largely a myth.
"On the question of convoys, he found hard-headed farmers saying that they wanted to see American farm products delivered safely to the other side and not sunk.
"Roadside sentiment seemed to be: What are waiting for?
we
This thing's got to be settled.
Why not now?
"Black Tom" Sabotage Compensation
PHILADELPHIA, May 29 (Reu- ter)-A report filed in the Court here on Thursday disclosed that German Interests had paid Lehigh Valley Railway the sum of $10,010,853 for damage chused to property in the sensational "Black Tom" explosion In Jersey City during the last war.
The explosion occurred in one of the largest United States' munition factories on the eastern coast, about 60 miles from New York City. Many people were killed, and it was the worst such disaster during the war.
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To Recover
North
CHUNGKING, May. 30 (Central News)-A Hellungklang Provincial Government will be formally inau- gurated soon with General Mã Chun- slun, hero of Nonni Bridge, R9 Governor.
General Mo was appointed Gov- ernor of Hellungkung by the National Government on May 3, 1940, almultaneously with the appointments of Generals Wan Fu-lin, Tsou Tso- hua and Mau Cheng-ilu as Gov- ernors of Liaoning, Kirin and Jchol respectively. The Liaoning, Kirin and Jehol Provincial Governments were formally inaugurated in Febru ury 1 this year.
The Organic Law for the Heilung- klung Provincial Government, hna now been ratifled by the Excrulive Yuan, and preparations for its inau- guration are being pushed. After
MANCHUKUO inauguration, it will engage chiefly
in the following tasks: recovery of lost territory, accommodation of re-
Japanese Create fugees from the northeastern pro-
New Province
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
vinces, relief of the youths from these provinces, and pacification work.
The formatiori of the Lisoning. HSINKING, May 20 (Domei), Kirin, Jchol and Hellungkiang Pro- The Government has decided to vinelul Governments Indicates the create a new administrative province | determination of the National Gov- in the district of Szepingkai between ernment to recover these provinces.. Hoinking and Mukden in south- western Manchuria. The new, pro- vince will be called Szepingsherg.
Mr Hsu Chia-han, Director of the Statistics Bureau of the General Affairs Bourd, has been appointed Arst Governor of the new province, while Mr Kiyotake Noda, Counsellar of the Ministry of Home Affairs, lus been named Deputy Governor,
gramme.
Immigration
CANADA TRADE
FIGURES
Sea Routes Open
utional daylight KING & QUEEN naman depanese immigrants total Bureau of Statistics, reviewing the
time and also suggested that
ed a prominent role, and the im- erica may have to resort to a
portance of the value of the torpedo was once more confirmed.
"Lessons cannot be drawn until further details are known."
Prince Eugene
restricted ure of electricity and in- stitute petrol-less Sundays in order to meet shortages of power and oil.
Commenting on the electricity, Mir Ickes declared: "It is the restriction of more important to make aluminium thon have night baseball." (He was referring
to the popularity of-floodlit "The operation is specially signi-, feant for its length which is unipre- professional baseball games).
14 this war."
The article specially mentions that it expected that the fate of the "Prince Eugene" would be cleared up in the next few days."
cedented
A well-known writer, Ivanov, member of the Academy of Sciences, Commenting on the same action in declares: "The role the British
naval Alrcraft played throughout the operation combining reconnaissance with assault on the cremy, demands notice."
R.A.F. TO TRAIN IN AMERICA Programme Announced WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuter). -The War Secretary, Colonel Henry L. Stimson, disclosed to-day that the truining of 8,000 R.A.F. airmen in the United States will begin on June 7, starting with a first class of 550 students, followed by new groups at intervals of Ave weeks.
Colonel Stimson told the press that the programme might be enlarged later,
-Lack-of-Tankers
VISIT THE TROOPS
LONDON, May 28 (Reuter),The Queen rode in a Bren-gun carrier to- day when she visited the south coast and inspected the headquarters of a company of the London Scottish Regiment, of which she is Colonel- in-Chief
Mr lekes suld that the oll problem She rode in the carrier over, the as strictly one of transportation country for ten minutes, and during owing to the transfer to the British the journey through * well-known service of one-fifth of the American coast village, she saw something of tunker fleet.
the defences, including heavy tanks simultaneously with a statement by
Mr Ickes corriments were made on the move.
Visiting an official of the
Brighton, she carried Federal Power through several engagements, and Commission who foresaw "perhaps after lunching with the officers, history's most serious" emergency visited other coastal defences. in power supply.
H.M.S Alfred
Footballers Give
To Bomber Fund
The King, to-day, visited the ship" H.M.S. Alfred, which is the Navy's training establishment for candilates from the lower deck for the rank of officers. The King saw that everything was done in. "Navy fashion" in this dry-land establish- ment, where mure than 6,000 officers
The Bomber Fund has received a have been produced. further lift to-day by the receipt of
Acknowledging the cheers from the
a cheque for $2,837.04 donated by crowd gathered to witness his arrival, the Hongkong Football Association the King smiled broadly when
a
and the Hongkong Chinese Amateur woman called out "What about old Athletic Federation, from the net Birmarek now?" proceeds of the Charity Match played Later he inspected a company of on April 27.
"Wrens"-Women Naval Auxiliaries.
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The Government also revealed that! OTTAWA, Mny 20 (Reuter).— the plan for promoting the settle-"The great strength of the sea-borne ment of immigrants in the new coun- power of the Empire" is shown by try also showed favourable progress the imports into Canada from over as compared wit
with the
original pro- seas countries, states the Dominion ing 85 per cent of the projected Canadian Import trade. number, Koreans 65 per cent,,
young volunteer immigrants 85 per cent.
At present there are in Manchou kuo 30,000 Japanese immigrant familles, 24,000 Korean families, and 20,000 armed colonist families.
Governing India For The Indians
Imports in the Brst four months of 1941 reached $402,000,000 compared with $304,000,000 in the same period in 1940.
From Empire Countries The amount of imports from Em- pire countries was $01,000,000 com- pared with $72,000,000.
"Despite difficulties and stress in the United Kingdom, commodities received from the United Kingdom amounted to $30,000,000 compared with $41,000,000, and all were goods for consumption."
Authoritative Statement LONDON, May 20 (Reuter)-It is intended that the Government of
Canada's total trade in April was India should be carried on "By India, $224,000.000--the largest monthly). for India, in Indin" and not from total. in 11 years. Whitehall, declared the Duke of De- Under- Parliamentary vonshire, Suretary for India, speaking "with the full authority of the Govern ment" at Leeds University, of which he is Chancellor.
Efforts to achieve closer co-opera- tion in India would not be discon- Unued.
Despite political divisions, the Great Empire of India was over- whelmingly behind Britain in its war effort.
Indian troops had played a large part in Abyssinia and it was thanks to them that the situation In Ira was much less anxious.
TURKS PONDER ROOSEVELT SPEECH
ANKARA, May 20 (Reuter).- Considerable difference of opinion still exists among the Turks on how to interpret President speech.
Roosevelt's
The younger clements frankly Under-Rating Nazis confess that they are disappointed as the Duke said that it would be vague and that the President would Speaking on the war generally, they expected the speech to be "less foolish to under-rate our opponents. take a definite stand as regards the "The German is a benst, but a re- United States position." solute fighting boast.".
More Nevertheless, he was convinced Turlose mature observers among the are of the opinion that Presl- that the many thousands of young dent Rousevelt has gone as far as almen coming forward would as possible and say that they must walt free
be better trained, better to see whether the United States' equipped and far better, man for further measures to help Britain will man, then their opponents. The Em- meet with German resistance, In pire air training scheme was now on which case they believe that a scale greater than ever anticipated.) United States will enter the war.
men
the
Alienation Of Japan
From Axis
Possible
Special to the “Telegraph”
WASHINGTON, May 29 (UP)-It is reliably stated that President Roosevelt in his fireside speech purposely did not men- tion Japan among the totalitarian Powers because it is felt that the Japanese, business classes will not forever submit to the leadership of the military clique and thus, he did not want to offend those Japanese who might materially alter the nation's policy by their own efforts. -3 · China › Reconstruction
This is the first intimation that the HONOLULU, May 29 (UF).—Mr Administration feels substantially Manuel Fox, American member of hopeful of allenating Japan away the Chin Stabilisation Committee from the Axis.
it by Clipper to-day for Hongkong. Oil Exports To Japan
He stated
tho that although rimary purpose of the Committer WASHINGTON, May 20 (UP), was to bring the Chinese dollar onto President Roosevelt at Wednesday's a level keel they may also consider press conference stated that he is not practical demonstration of efforts to at present contemplating any addi- bring the activities of the United tional curb on the export of all to States, Britain and Japan. He did not amplify on the stated alone and Certed that
Su
he
into closer
atatement.
expected that the work of the differ- Officials of tho, Export Control Adent groups would aid materially in ministration to-days, confirmed that expanding Chinh's foreign trade and they are not contemplating—any; should be; an important factor: "In change in the present regulationi. “ China reconstrucion programme,
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