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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 25, 1940

ACTION IN NORTH SEA

AND

CHANNEL

TWO EXCITING “NAVAL" ACTIONS,

TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY, ONE IN THE, LLOYD

NORTH SEA AND THE OTHER IN THE ENG-

LISH CHANNEL INTO WHICH A FLOTILLA GEORGE'S

OF GERMAN MOTOR-TORPEDO-BOATS HAD

VENTURED.

POLICY

WITH

THE PERSISTENCE

MAN INSPIRED BROADCASTS

The action in the North Sea was between German surface craft and British torpedo-WHICH GERMAN AND GER- carrying planes of the Fleet Air Arm. It was ENDEAVOUR TO CREATE THE interesting inasmuch as the German move-IMPRESSION THAT MR. LLOYD ments were suggestive of some activity in THE SUBSTITUTION OF THE connection with Hitler's plans of invasion.

An Admiralty communique is- sued last night states that Ger-

with a naval man auxiliary escort was located in the eastern' part of the North Sea during Tuesday night.

In the early hours of yester- day morning, this force was at- tacked with torpedoes by Sword-

Fleet fish aircraft of the

Air

Arm.

THE FACTS

ABOUT

NARVIK

GEORGE IS WORKING FOR

PRESENT GOVERNMENT BY ONE WHICH WILL SEEK PEACE FROM THE AXIS, IS SURPRISING IN VIEW OF THE OBVIOUS REFUTATION PRO- VIDED BY MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S OWN ARTICLES WHICH ARE REPRODUCED IN MANY PAPERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

One appearing in a London news- paper last Sunday shows that the thoughts of this veteran states- man are turned rather towards eventual victory for Britain over the Axis powers and express pro-. found belief in the stability of the British character and the stead- fastness of

a people who seven united in determinallon to prose- destroyers cute the war to a successful con- M.T.B. "Clash" were sunk in the Second freedom and good faith may be

One German raval unit, an escort vessel of the Koningin Luise type was hit by a tor pedo. All our aircraft re túrnod.

The following large Nazi

are

clusion in order that the ideals of

Later, in the course of a patrol Battle of Narvik by the restored to Europe. in the English Channel early Royal Navy, it was reveal

our

Mr. Lloyd George's tribute to the energy of the present Gov-

yesterday morning, one of motor-torpedo-boats sighted and ed by the Admiralty in ernment carries greater weight. from the fact that he has never engaged six enemy M.T.B.s. London last night:

lacked the courage to express his The enemy made off at high

Diether von Rode, Hans Lude-views and advocate the adoption speed and escaped in the dark-

at times when. ness. One enemy boat had its mann, Wolfgang Zenker, Bernd of his opinions searchlight put out of action and von Arnio, Erich Koellner, Her-they were unpopular or contrary ·

to official views. British Wireless. it is thought that casualties were man Kunne and Erich Giese, inflicted in another.

At least 2,000 German sailors:

Our M.T.B. received no dam-were killed. age or casualties.-Reuter.

Keeping Up Morale?

A German Command communi-

In the First Battle of Narvik.. the Anton Schmidt and Wilhelm Heidkamp were sunk.

A description of the end of the Erich Glese in the Second

que claims that a convoy of five Battle of Narvik suys that whea

PRO-ALLY

MESSAGE FROM

merchant ships totalling 17,000 the Gedonia, or wound-DOCA

tons has been sunk by Germar to abandon ship, 50 or 60 wound- ARGENTINA

fighters and another of 4,000 tons ed men were left to die In the set aflre.-Reuter.

OUR NEW MILITARY GOVERNOR

It was

this officially learned morning that Major-General E, F. Norton, the new Acting Governor, will be arriving in the Colony about the end of the month.

burning hull.

board but many perished of cold! before reaching shore.

side with flames issuing from

Eighty or 100 escaped отеть The Prime Minister has received a message from The Nazi destroyer lay on her Don Carlos Alberto Pueyr very port hole. Suddenly there redon, President of the was a sheet of flames as one of Pro-Ally Committee in went to the bottom.Reuter. Buenos Aires, expressing the confidence in British

the magazines exploded and she

HUSH-HUSH victory felt by Argentine

ON ABYSSINIA

sympathisers with the Al- İlied cause.

The message has given much pleasure in London, where great deep value is placed upon the understanding of the issues un- derlying the present struggle

• Asked in the House of Com-which is known to exist among the mons yesterday whether he was thoughtful and well-informed, ár able to make a statement about well as the instinctive sympathy It had been suggested that he the situation in Abyssinia and which is so widespread, in the Ar- might be arriving from Bangkok the position of Emperor Haile gentine and other South Ameri- to-day by 'plane, but he has ap- Selassie, Mr. R. A. Butler said: can States and which are mani- parently decided otherwise. "The Emperor of Abyssinia has test again in this timely declara- returned to Africa. As regards tion of solidarity of influential It is understood that on staking the situation in Ethiopia it would personnages in the Argentine. up his appointment here, Major be premature to make any state- General will assume the acting ment at the present time." rank of Liteutenant-General.

NEWSPAPERS IN EMERGENCY

British Wireless.

ITALIAN CRUISER'S CAPTAIN DIES

-

the

The wounded captain of Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Col- leoni, sunk a few days ago by H.M.A.S. Sydney, has died on

The Minister of Information, board a British hospital ship in the Rt. Hon. Alfred Duff-Cooper, Alexandria,

The sympathy upon which the British people feel they can rely wherever freedom is cherished and the ideals of peace, progress, Justice and welfare are honoured, is indeed an important factor in fortifying their determination.— British Wireless.

WHERE IS THE BELGIAN CABINET?

*

Asked in the Commons,yester- was asked in Parliament yester- | He has been buried with full day whether he was able to state day whether any arrangements honour's in the British military the composition and status and had been made, in the event of cemetery, British naval officers present situation of the Belgian any region of Britain being cut and ratings being prescrit-Reu-Government, the Foreign Secre- off during an enemy invasion, to tor secure the distribution of news- papers

scale.

on the widest ́ ́ possible,

GERMAN CANARD

Mr. Duff-Cooper replied that The Alr Ministry made

•

|tary-sald as far as lie was aware there had been no change --in |composition · since May 10 and' ..there had been no change in ajstatus since it, assumed by decree he understood that adequate ar- categorical statement yesterday on May 28 the sovereign powers rangements had been made by denying that air attacks had of the King. both national and provincial been carried out by the R:A.F The Ministers, Mr. Butler. ndwspapers on their own account on French aerodromes in Syria. added are believed to be in un to secure their distribution sitouid German allegations to this effect occupied France with the excep- such a period of emergency arise. are a complete Invention, Bri-tion of the Ministers of Colonies

tish Wireless,

and Health-British Wireloss; .

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