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No. 92,029
MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1940
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Australia's Choices.
BUTTER
ARTILLERY POUNDING
BESIEGED
Lord Halifax Forecasts Accurate
Conforming to forecasts, an official an- nouncement issued in London last night con- firmed the appointment of Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, as British Ambassador in Washington in succession to the late Lord Lothian.
Lord Halifax is succeeded at the Foreign Office by Mr. Anthony Eden, at present Secre- tory for War, who thus returns to the post he held under Mr. Chamberlain which he resigned as a protest against the appeasement of Italy policy.- -Reuter.
BARDIA
Tanks Destroying Points Of Resistance
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SLOWLY AND METHODICALLY, BRITISH MECHANISED FORCES, ENGAGED IN THE OPERATIONS ROUND BESIEGED BARDIA ARE DESTROYING ODD POCKETS OF RE- SISTANCE IN THE RING OF DEFENCES, IN PREPARATION FOR THE COUP DE GRACE.
Bardia's defenders are being steadily bat- tered by relays of aircraft, and are under con- stant bombardment from✅ British artillery, backed up by the heavy guns of naval units
PETAIN TO TAKE standing out to sea.
NO MILITARY INITIATIVE
"IF MARSHAL PETAIN is determined to take no military initiative against anyone he is also de- termined to preserve for France what she has ac- quired from pain," declared General Bergeret, French Minister for Air, in a broadcast from Beirut reported by the French news agency yesterday.
GIVE THE DEVIL HIS DUE!
Almighty God has call- ed on Germany to lead the way to a purer and better world só Herr Frank, Nazi Governor- General of Poland, told an audience at Krakov dur- ing a Christmas celebrá- tion.
"This Christmas, tree", he said, "brings us a sacred message that the German nation has been call ed upon. Lo establish peace in Europe through Adolf Hitler's yic- tory
General Bergeret said he would be able to report very favourably to Marshal Petain, following his inspection of the French air force in Syria and Lebanon.
In the meantime, the troops round Bardia are being steadily reinforced although there is по indication that the final assault on the Italian stronghold is imminent. Scores of additional prisoners are being taken as the armour- ed units isolate and destroy points in the Italian pillbox sys em in their constant forays against the line, feeling for the weaker points. Simultaneously, other units are operating to the west of Bardia that Graziani is making sure unable to reinforce the garrison of Bardia, estimated at about 35.000 men, nor come to its re- lief.
Cairo Communique British H.Q. in Cairo, announc- "Men of Syria, and Lebanon,ing yesterday that Bardia is now I can assure you that in spite completely invested, added (says of his preoccupations in Europe Reuter): the 'Marshal is not forgetting any territory .where the French
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A further seven guns from frontier post we recently occupied have now been collected.
The situation on other fronts is
flag waves. "You can have confidence in the Marshal and he has confidence "unchanged." in you."-Reuter.
NIGHT
Some of the thousands of pri- Boners taken In the Western Desert have been sent to Pales- tine, where they are being put in a special camp in the Central Judeaen Plain,
Some 2,000 arrived on Saturday,
RAIDS OVER MORE NAZI WIDE AREA TROOPS IN
Enemy air activity over
RUMANIA
"IN-
Britain during the day- NEW DETACHMENTS. "OF light hours yesterday was STRUCTION HAVE ARRIVED
GERMAN TROOPS OF very small but after dark-AT TIMIBOARA, IN RUMANIA, ess were reported from DURING THE WEEK, ACCORD- ING TO A BUCHAREST NEWS- districts, includ- PAPER REPORT TO THE ITA
NEMS AGENCY, YEST
Bings
SOVIET
PROTEST IN RUMANIA
SUBMARINE
SWORDFISH OVERDUE
The British sub- marine.Swordfish (Lt. M. A. Langley) is over- due and must be con- sidered löst, according to an Admiralty com- munique issued in London yesterday says Reuter.
U.S. NAVAL ORDERS
A PROTEST AGAINST THE The United States Navy ...... has ANTI-SOVIET CAMPAIGN IN placed orders totalling approxi RUMANIA AND AGAINST DES-mately $284,000,000 for submarine CRIBING ARRESTED PERSONS chasers and auxiliaries, including AS COMMUNISTS "WHEN four vessels designed for placing THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO submarine nets at the entrance WITH THE COMMUNIST of strategic harbours, it was an- MOVEMENT" IS REPORTED TO nounced in Washington yester SOVIET MINISTER IN BUCH- HAVE BEEN LODGED BY THE day. 'Reuter.
AREST, M. LAVRENTIEFF.
"intended to camouflage, subver-. The Minister was reported in sive actions by the Rumanian Belgrade yesterday to have stat- Legion," and he demanded that ed that Rumanin's actions were they should cease. Reuter.
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