THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 10, 1940.
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Prime Minister Abandons Compromise Effort
ANOTHER SPY RING
REBEL TORIES
ROUNDED UP FORCE ISSUE TO
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Amsterdam, To-day. Another large espionage ring has been discovered in Haarlem. The police authorities are most reserved and the only Informa- tion available is that the spies had extensive connexions with financial circles and had their headquartera in Amsterdam.- Havas.
ALLIES' TASK AT NARVIK
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Paris, To-day.
It will be extremely difficult for the Allies to attempt to take Narvik by a frontal at- tack but it is also well-nigh impossible for the Germans to reinforce or supply their forces there otherwise than by parachute, cables the Havas correspondent on the Narvik front.
Sea access to Narvik is practically impossible; all piers have been com- pletely destroyed by Allied bombing and the entrance to the harbour is entirely blocked by the wrecks 28 ships of various nationalities sunk
there.
of
. Finally the Germans have install- ed powerful coastal batteries at the entrance to the west fjord and have mined the approaches.
DECISION
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LONDON, TO-DAY.
BRITISH TROOPS RESCUE KING
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT MR. CHAMBERLAIN HAS HAAKON
REQUESTED AN AUDIENCE OF THE KING THIS AFTERNOON IS TAKEN TO MEAN THAT THE PRIME MINISTER WILL RESIGN REGARDLESS OF THE LABOUR PARTY'S DECISION.
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Stockholm, To-day. King Haakon had a narrow To meet the extremely unlikely event of Labour re-
escape from falling into Ger- fusing to participate in a National Govern-man hands when a German ment under a Premier other than Mr. Cham-motorised column berlain, the Prime Minister had been engaged on endeavours to form a new Government by a reshuffle.
The Government in, this case would
have included certain "rebel Conser- vatives" such as Mr. L. M. S. Amery and Mr. A. Duff-Cooper.
Sir Samuel Hoare, Sir John Simon and Sir Kingsley Wood would be
· Should Labour participation in the new Cabinet be decided, portfolios would probably be offered to Mr. C. R. Attlee, Leader of the Opposition in the Commons, and Mr. Herbert Mor- rison, Labour Chairman of the Lon- don County Council, in which capacity he has demonstrated his outstanding Last night, however, Mr. Chamber-administrative and organising ability. lain received a delegation of the new group formed by rebel Conservatives, under Mr. Amery's chairmanship.
excluded.
The group Informed Mr. Cham- berlain they were ready to support any Premier able to form a genuine government of national union, In- cluding representatives of all politi- cal parties,
Attempt Abandoned
In view of this attitude by the Right Wing group, Mr. Chamberlain ap- parently abandoned the attempt to reconstruct his Cabinet.
The names of Lord Halifax, Mr.
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pushed tains some ten days ago, it is swiftly through the moun-
now officially revealed.
Norwegian troops defending the small locality in which the King re- sided resisted. as long as they could but ran short of ammunition.
The Sovereign's fate appeared to be sealed when British troops, warn- ed by wireless, arrived and routed the Germans.
The King was taken on board a British warship and landed in another part of Norway. Havas.
DRAMATIC ATTEMPT TO RESCUE NAZI AIRMAN
London; To-day.
Churchill and Mr. Lloyd George are AFTER SHOOTING DOWN in flames a German
still mentioned as successors;
Lord Halifax would be the choice of the Conservative Party while Mr. On the other hand the British com--Churchill is more favoured by those pletely control all routes of access to political factions opposing the present Narvik on Iand and sea.
Large Scale Operations
The Allies are now preparing large- scale operations in northern Norway.
and and
The 6th Norwegian Division, com- manded by General Fleischer supported by British, Polish French troops, is being assembled north of Narvik and around the area. under German occupation which ex- tends approximately: 40 miles to the east along the railway from Narvik
to Sweden.--Havas,
Cabinet but which would participate
in a National Government.
Dornier "flying pencil" raider off the north- east coast of Scotland yesterday, R.A.F. Fighter Command pilots tried to save one of the crew who jumped by parachute.
Mr. Lloyd George might emerge The Nazi airman fell into the sea about 14 miles
as Premier despite his advanced age should an agreement between the opposition prove Impossible
Mr. Churchill or Lord Halifax.
Labour Ministers
over
from land. The British pilots, circling above him in Hurricanes, saw him remove his para- - chute and begin to swim.
They reported by radio telephone to
be-
The problem, however, rests not the base and a launch was immediate- only with Parliament.but also the La- ly sent out. Flying to and fro
Party, whose conference at tween the launch and the swimming bour
AALAND
Bournemouth is of paramount impor-German they directed the rescue, but ISLANDS
tance to the formation of a National when the launch reached him he was Government.
TO-DAY "DER TAG' FOR HITLER?
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WASHINGTON, TO-DAY.
dead.
The patrolling Hurricane pilots had chased the Dornier shortly before from. a point just inland. As they came, in to attack the German rear gunner opened fire first.
FORTIFIED
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Berne, To-day.
The Stockholm correspon-
Walting until they within close range the fighters fired one after another. The raider was hit Immo-dent of the "Neue Zuercher diately, the first burst from one fight- Zeitung" announces that
er causing clouds of black smoke to Finland has remilitarised the
-pour from the starboard engine.
Point Blank Range
A LARGE-SCALE GERMAN OFFENSIVE IS EXPECT- ED ANY DAY AND MANY PEOPLE IN BERLIN
He flew into a cloud closely pursued. DECLARE THEY HAVE LEARNED “FROM A│When the fighters came out of the GOOD SOURCE WHICH SHOULD BE KEPT cloud they found themselves at point SECRET" THAT GIGANTIC MILITARY ACTION WILL BE TAKEN TO-DAY (FRIDAY), The atmosphere in Berlin, it is stated, is extremely ner-
vous and tense.
blank range, Oll from the crippled Dornier covered the windscreens as they made two more attacks on ralder which dodged in and out.
the
Before the aircraft dived into the sea one of the Nazi airmen had taken Most observers belleve that should Gormany is apparently sat on try- to his parachute. As the Dornier Germany strike now, this stroke would ing to "bring the war to an end before struck the water there was an explo- be directed against the Balkans but next winter and will. try at whateversion, and the fighter pilots saw, white would not remove the threat to Bel-cost to her to Induca the Alliéa to ao orange flames shoot Info the air. glum and Holland.”
copt her peace terms-Havar.
British Wireless
Aaland Islands.
The garrison of a few hundred men has been increased to 3,000, with artillery.
The remilitarisation was effected 'with the tacit consent of the Soviet for protection of the lalands against. attack by a third party.
Sweden also agreed to the decision.
The Finnish General Staff announces that the waters around the Aaland Islands have been mined and are dan- gerous to navigation. ---Hav
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