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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 4, 19415/

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 Italian posts at El Gumu and Gorai, 10 miles inside Assembly in Capetown the Abyssinian border.

Willkie To See

The

King

culminating extensive

yesterday General Smuts announced that a full en-

"The Italians lost twe officers quiry would be held into and 43 banda (native levies) killed and three officers and $0 the Johannesburg

banda taken prisoner, with machine-guus.

and ammunition,

"Our

slieht.

casualties

together turbances. rifes, arms

were

dis-

Compensation would be paid for damage done to property, and dis- very ciplinary action would be taken by the military - authorities.

General Smuts said he deeply deplored what had occurred, Reuter.

"After this success the capture of the post of Hobok, seven miles north of the border, and west of Gori, was reported.

"Active patrolling continues in other sectors."

The Occupation Of

FISHERY Barentu In Eritrea DISPUTE

As the event in his tour of Britain under war entu, in Eritrea, and continuance The British occupation of Bar- conditions Mr. Wendell of the British pursuit of Willkie expects to see the temy in Abyssinia are recorded King and Queen to-day.

Mr.

how blitz.

Willkle yesterday saw Liverpool is taking

the

Early astir, he inspected bomb- ed areas in the city and later, al the Town Hall, said that what he had seen proved that this type ol warfare, with all its cruelty, was not accomplishing the desired end of shaking the morale of the po pulation Rather was it increasing the prople's resolution

Mr. Willkle visited duckland where he was called "a great guy.

Reuter.

gave Mr.

the

con-

In a communique issued in Cairo yesterday as follows:

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

Eritrea: As a result of our operations the

enomy have evacuated the town of Barentu. which we occupied on Sunday. Meanwhile in the northern sec tor our mechanleed troops are pressing back the Italian forces which are withdrawing towards Keren. Abyssinia Our pursuit of the enemy forces retreating towards Gendar continues as a result of which the Italians have been obliged to abandon and destroy quantities of material and stores of all kinds.

TO END?

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

OF A JOINT SOVIET JAPANESE COMMIS- SION CONSISTING OF 10 MEM- BERS TO NEGOTIATE A LONG - TERM FISHERIES CONVEN- TION.

CONVERSATIONS ARE EX- PECTED TO BEGIN IN MOSCOW SHORTLY-REUTER.

MERCHANT SHIP BILL APPROVED

cupied two Italian frontier posts South African forces have oc- ten miles inside the enemy border of the Dukana front.

The U.S. Senate yesterday pass- Italian Somaliland: Vigorous ed a Bill providing for the activity by our patrols continues, struction of 200 merchant-ships extending and deepening

for which President Roosevelt re- penetration across the Itahan cently asked Congress.

Reuter.

Warm Welcome Liverpool dockers Wendell Willkis a warm welcome when he reached the city yester day in continuation of his tour.

When Mr. Wilkie visited the Cathedral the Chairman of the Cathedral Committee told him that the King, during

his last visit, had said: "Keep going what-frontier. ever you do." "And it we are doing "

Mr. Willkle also visited an aircraft factory in the north.

er.

is what

LORD LLOYD

our

con-

The Bill has already been pass- ed by the House of Representa- tives.

In his recent Message to Con- The Colonial Office stoted yes-press He made a tour of shops and terday "there is no

the President asked for change in $313,000 000 to cover the cost of Bri-construction of these ships.-Reu-

ter.

talked to workers.

along a

Going

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

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"We know if we work hard we are going to win," said the work-

Mr. Willkie turned to people with him and said: "That's the spirit 1 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 Pioneer Corps have worked day and night to complete.

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"I thank you on behalf of the citizens of London," he said. should like to tell you how 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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