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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 4, 1941,

South Africans Now Ten Miles Inside Abyssinia

THE SUCCESS OF THE South African forces is described in an official communique issued in Nairo- bi yesterday.

Jo'burg

Enquiry

In the Union House of

It says: "South African forces have occupied Assembly in Capetown Italian posts at El Gumu and Gorai, 10 miles inside yesterday General Smuts the Abyssinian border.

Willkie

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King

announced that a full en-

"The Italians lost iwe officers quiry would be held into and 43 banda (native levies) the Johannesburg dis-

killed and three officers and 30 banda taken prisoner,

together turbances. with machine-guns, rifles, arms. and ammunition

"Our casualties Te slight..

Compensation would be paid for damage done to property and dis- very ciplinary action would be taken

deeply

"After this success the capture by the military authorities.

General Smuts said he of the post of Hobak, seven miles. Borth of the border, and west of deplored what had occurred. Gorai, was reported.

"Active patrolling continues in other sectors."

The Occupation Of Barentu In Eritrea

The British occupation of Bar-

As the culminating event in his extensive tour of Britain under war entu, in Eritrea, and continuance conditions Mr. Wendell | of the British pursuit of Willkie expects to see the in a communique issued in Cairo enemy in Abyssinia are recorded King and Queen to-day.

Mr.

Willkie yesterday saw Liverpool is taking the

how blitz. Early astir, he inspected bomb- ed areas in the city and later, at the Town Ha L. said that what he had seen proved that this type of warlare, with all its cruelly, was not accomplishing the desired end of shaking the morale of the po pulat on Rather was it increasing the people's resolution

Mr. Willkie visited dockland where he was called "a great guy.

Reuter.

the

con-

yesterday as follows:

Libya: Preparations for tinuation of our advance from Derna are proceeding,

Eritrea: As a recult of our operations the enemy have evacuated the town of Barentu, which we occupied on Sunday.

Reuter...

FISHERY DISPUTE

TO END?

STEPS TOWARDS SETTLE- MENT OF THE LONG-STAND- ING RUSSO-JAPANESE DIS- THE PUTE WERE TAKEN BY APPOINTMENT OF A JOINT SOVIET-JAPANESE COMMIS-

SION CONSISTING OF 10 MEM- BERS TO NEGOTIATE A LONG- TERM FISHERIES CONVEN-

Meanwhile in the northern sec- tor our mechanired troops arc pressing back the Italian forcesTION. which are withdrawing towards CONVERSATIONS

Keren.

ARE EX- PECTED TO BEGIN IN MOSCOW

Abyssinia Our pursuit of the SHORTLY.-REUTER. enemy forces retreating towards Gendar continues as a result of which the Italians beve been obliged to abandon and de troy quantities of material and stores of all kinds.

Warm Welcome

Liverpool dockers gave Mr.

South African forces have oc- Wendell Wilkie a warm welcom:cupied two Itoll..n frontier posts | when he reached the city yesteren miles inside the enemy border day in continuation of his tour.

When Mr. Willkie visited the Cathedral the Chairman of the

Cathedral Committer told him that the King during Jus hist vi it, had said: "Keep going what- ever you do." "And it is what we are doing."

er.

Mr. Willkie also visited an aircraft factory in the north. He made a tour of shops and talked to workers.

Going along a passage he stopped in front of a worker. He asked: "How do you feel here about this war?"

"We know if we work hard we are going to win," said the work- Mr. Wilkie turned to the people with him and said: "That's the spirit I find everywhere in this country." British Wireless,

LONDON'S CROSS-CRATER BRIDGES

The Lord Mayor of London yes- terday opened London's largest cross-crater bridge which Royal Engineers and men of the Pionee Corps have worked day and night to complete.

"I thank you on behalf of the citizens of London," he said, should like to tell you how im- pressed I have been with the way you have worked. You have shown a magnificent spirit spirit that is going to win war."-British Wireless,

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The US. Senate yesterday pass- Italian Somaliland: Vigorous fed a Bill providing for the fivity by our patrols continues.struction of 200 merchant-ships Cxtending and deepening our | for which President Roosevelt re- penetration across the Italian vently asked Congress. frontier. Reuter.

LORD LLOYD

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