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Australia's Choicest

BUTTER

CUNNINGHAM

CHALLENGES STUKAS

Battle Fleet ERITREA

Central ADVANCE

LAVEL STILL

NOT IN Sweeps The

Marshal Petain yester-

day announced

new

zeorganisation involving five members of the

Cabinet and

ten

Secretaries.

State

Admiral Darlan, as

Vice-Premier

executing

Marshal Petain's

deci-

sions, also takes the port-

Mediterranean

MR. CHURCHILL'S

(By Reuter's Correspondent with the Mediterranean Fleet)

WHILE SOME UNITS OF THE FLEET

FRANK TALK WITH CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN COMMUNICATIONS

folios of Interior, Foreign MR. SHIGEMITSU

Affairs, Navy and Inform- ation.

General Huntziger is given the pusts of Aviation Minister and Wor Minister.

M. Yves

becomes Bouthiller Min ster of Economics and Fin- ance.

M. Pierre Caziot is appointed Minister of Agriculture and M. Joseph Barthelemy, Minister of Justice.

State Secretaries have been ap

relations pointed to administrate with Germany, work and indus- trial

production. International News Service.

JAPAN PREPARED

Diet Told

Reuter's diplomatic correspondent learns from well-informed Japanesę circles in London that the in- the terview between Japanese Ambassador and Mr. Churchill yes- terday was very fruit- ful and should greatly contribute to dissipate misunder- certain standings that have arisen between the two countries.-Reu-

ter.

U.S. ARMY

The Japanese navy has VOTE

already worked out a plan

which takes into full con-

President Roosevelt is

sideration American de- asking for over $3,000.- velopments in the Pacific,000,000 for the Army's emergency defence needs.

the Vice-Minister for the Navy told the Diet in Tokyo yesterday.

ALONG THE LIBYAN COAST, THE MAIN BAT- TLE FLEET, IN A FOUR-DAY OPERATION IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN, BEAT OFF GERMAN DIVE-BOMBERS AND SUCCESS- FULLY COVERED THE PASSAGE OF CON- VOYS.

Making a determined effort to break up and sink a British convoy under the powerful protection of British warships, dive-bombers operating from Italian bases, attacked the Fleet near the scene of the former unsuccess- ful attack against the aircraft-carrier Illus- trious.

The British ships were undam- aged and the German 'planes were driven off with losses.

All day enemy shadowing 'planes tried to keep track of the Fleet's movements but they quickly disappeared when fighters took off from the air craft-carrier.

"Yesterday the Italian High Commahd communique claims that a German air formation at- tacked a British naval squadron in the eastern Mediterranean, hittion ting one big but unidentified war-was ship so seriously that she pro- hably sank (There was no con- firmation in London of this claim).

This time the Germans had, as target another aircraft-car- rier but, probably still smarting from the heavy toll exacted by fighters from Illustrious in the earlier attack, the enemy 'planes confined themselves to dropping bombs at other units of Ficet.

Prolonged Sweep

the

In addition to escorting a num-

Actual sum requested is $3,812.- 000,000. It is an additional ap- Moreover, he pointed out, the propriation for the balance of the ber of fast merchantmen safely the American programme called only current fiscal

year and includes warships carried out a prolonged for the expenditure of $240,000,- $292 million to expedite the pro-sweep according to plan unde- 000 on their fortifications, in the duction of equipment and sup- terred by either dive-bombers or Pacific, including. Guam Island. plics, and $888 million for the Air the Italian fleet, of which there.

· He added: Japan will not feel any serious menace to her national defence. from fortifica-.

•tions on such: a "scale.". Reuter.

WASHINGTON

ENQUIRING

THE GERMAN CLAIM TO

Corps.-Reuter.

was still no sign.

INDO-CHINA ARMY LEAVE CANCELLED

THE MILITARY authorities in French Indo- China have cancelled all army leave, according to

HAVE SUNK A STEAMER Paris radio yesterday.

ER" IS BEING INVESTIGATED;

CALLED "CANADIAN CRUIS- The French Far Eastern fleet is reported to be MR. SUMNER WELLES, US cruising in the Gulf of Siam. — ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF

"

Reuter,

that

STATE, DECLARED YESTER (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") "within the next. 38 hours."

The messages indicated DAY.

According to messages received THE STEAMER WAS SAID TO in Kwong Chow Wan last night, Japan was pressing the Indo- BE FLYING THE UNITED the Indo-China Government has China delegation in Tokyo to ac- to cept certain demands detrimental STATES FLAG AND TO BE issued an urgent message CARRYING UNITED STATES French residents warning them to to the integrity of Indo-China.-

be prepared for an emergency Our Own Correspondent.

MARKINGS.—REUTER,

The fighters overtook a forma-

of Heinkel bombers

which taken completely unawares. (Continued on Page 16)

British operations in Italy's East African pos- sessions continue to ad- vance on all fronts.

Italian troops holding positions in Eritrea have been dispersed by British forces advancing from the north and many prisoners were taken.

The advance towards the south continuts.

On the road to Gondar, in ad- northern Abyssinia, the

vance

is

·

elements of British developing satisfactorily. The R.A.F. has been very ac- tive in various African battle

zones.

on

In Eritrea. a South African squadron on Sunday destroyed

Italian

the cight

'planes ground and damaged several others at Makale, in a machine-

Reuter. gun attack.

Cairo Communique

A Cairo G.I.Q. communique states: "Eritrea- -our- forces ad-

vancing from the north have dis-

E. of Keren).

persed Italian troops holding posi- tions about Cubeub (40 miles N. N. Many prisoners have been captured and advanced elements of our troops have reach- ed Amanit.

Italian Somaliland following the capture of Margherita and the important Italian post of Gelib our advance in the whole area east of the River Juba is developing suc- cessfully.

and Many prisoners quantities of war material, of which detalls are still lacking. have already, been captured In this operation."-British Wireless.

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