1941-02-27 — Page 35

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 27, 1941.

Wearys Supreme Compe

Admiral Stark SNOWS

HOLD UP

And Willkie ATTACKS

Scheme

INVASION IS LESS IMMINENT THAN A YEAR AGO, IN THE OPINION OF GENERAL GEORGE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF.

MARSHALL,

UNITED

STATES

Snowstorms and heavy rains still continue to im- pede operations on a wide scale in Albania, accord- ing to despatches from the front quoted by Athens radio yesterday.

The Greeks, however, maintain the initiative in minor engage- ments and patrol activity, and some prisoners belonging to Al- pine units have been captured.

The Italians have taken no Initiative either on land or sea. British and Greck aircraft have very active in the battle

This, and other views on the war by the heads of the United States Army and Navy, were given to Congress and made public by been the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee yesterday.

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that General Marshall said year ago the United States would have been in a somewhat help- less plight" if control of the At- lantic had passed to the enemy

was

Battleship construction running four to six months ahead

of schedule. Admiral Stark

the

zone.

It is stated that italian officers captured confirm that the Black Shirts systomatically fire on their own advanced infantry in order to prevent their retreat- Ing. Athens radio also stated that an Order of the Day by the general

of the Italian in command

11th Army contained the following: "We must attack and not merely counter-attack."- -Reuter,

STRAITS PUBLIC SUBSCRIBES FIVE MILLIONS

A total of Straits $5,000,000 was reach- ed yesterday by the publicly subscribed Straits Settlements War Fund for the pur- chase of bombers for the R.A.F., says Reu-

ter.

CAUTIOUS

MR. HULL