THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 5, 1941.
MOPPING UP IN SOMALILAND
Forces Advance 170 Miles Beyond Capital Moving Towards Abyssinian Border
THE BRITISH MAIN ADVANCE IS PRO- GRESSING SATISFACTORILY IN ITALIAN SOMALILAND, STATED AN OFFICIAL COM- MUNIQUE ISSUED IN CAIRO YESTERDAY.'
The communique continues by saying that subsidiary operations are continuing to- wards the south-east frontier of Abyssinia where, on March 1, a further 1,000 prisoners were taken.
Iscia Baidoa and Bulmo Buti, the cap- ture of which was officially announced in Nairobi earlier, are both about 170. miles north-west and due north, respectively, of Mogadiscio.
Large storks
THIS. petrol. foodstuffs and stores at all kind continue to be discovered and will take cunsitlerable time to akam! sess the amount of captured ma- terial.
Total number of prisoners captured is now
approaching
10.000, declares a Nairobi com- munique.
These captures, the commitamate, says, and the destruction of enemy! formationS
the River Juba.
France's
Growing Morale
give the lie to the statement by
ne Haban land has been cuated.
that Italian Somali- The New York news-
voluntarily
Our Casualties
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papers yesterday publish- ed eye-witness accounts
GERMANY'S
ATTITUDE
TO GREECE
An official state- ment regarding Ger- many's attitude to- wards Greece was
handed to foreign journalists in Berlin yesterday.
It stated: "Now, as hitherto, diplomatic relations exist be- tween Berlin and Athens but general relations between the two countries can hardly be described as good, since Greece has harnessed herself to British interests."
Reuter.
by Americans returning N.Z. HOME
Our casualties since the begin- from Europe of the grow-
ing resistance to the Nazis DEFENCE
ng of this offensive in the whole of East Africa, from Feb. 12 to Feb. 27, are 60 kled, 146 wound-¦ in France. ed and two missing.
*
Meanwhile, with the
surren
der of Kufra Daris, in southern
Libya,
yet another holy place has been freed from the Italian invader.
To complete the operations re- sulting in capture of the oasis, a party of Free French forces marched 500 miles from their de- sert base.
How To Dispose ? Contact was originally made with the Italian garrison early in February, and on one occasion an
HOME
William Mock, a student, de- INCLUDING THE clared: "Agitation Germans and against Frenchmen EXPEDITIONARY
against the GUARD AND MEMBERS OF THE FORCE IN NEW ZEALAND cooperating with them, is growing. TRAINING,
"The French put up signs for SHOULD HAVE CONSIDER- de Gaulle, Petain and
Roose- APLY MORE THAN 100,000 veit, and the Nazis tear them MEN AVAILABLE TO DEFEND
down. "Laval is well guarded at all times as he fears assassination.
"On December 5 there was a rumour that he had been killed. and the Nazis rounded up all Englishwomen In Paris and put them in concentration camps. "Ninety per cent of French peo-
HER SHORES IN A NATIONAL EMERGENCY, STATED THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. PETER FRASER, IN A SPEECH IN WEL. LINGTON YESTERDAY.
Well over 30,000 New Zealand- ers, he added, were serving over- seas in the three Services and a large proportion of New Zealand's adult population was actively en-
enemy attack was heavily re-ple believe England will win."-gaged in national war service in pulsed.
in
The military spokesman Cairo told Reuter yesterday: "The only two cases. Kufra and Gera- bue, which might conceivably threaten the Allies, have been put out of action.
"Immediate problem is how to dispose of the thousand prison. cre captured and they will pos cibly be disarmed and left a
Kufra."
The Free French authorities have no information about the na! ussault on Kufra but admit it was taken against vastly perior numbers.-Reuter.
HITLER'S LAST BID
IN TURKEY
Su-
Reuter.
une form or another.-Reuter.
PLACED UNDER BRITISH MILITARY JURISDICTION
LT.-GEN. CUNNINGHAM, G.O.C., British forces
in East Africa, yesterday issued a formal proclama- tion covering the government of the occupied -ter- ritories.
These territories include all those "formerly
ruled, claimed or occupied by the Italian Govern Franz von Papen, the ment in Ethiopia and Somaliland." These have been German Ambassador, was
placed under military jurisdiction:
yesterday received by Pre-In the course of the proclama-
Et.-Gen.: Cunningham,warns
sident Ineunu of Turkey that actions against the public RESULT OF RUMANIA
and read out to him a peace or the British forces will personal message from be punishable by death or by
lesser, penalties.
'Hitler, states Ankara radio.
von.
The announcer said: "The Pre- sident listened to the message with: great attention and begged Papen to convey his thanks to the Fuehrer for this act of courtesy.' "Dr. Sarajoglu, the Turkish For eign Minister, was present at the Interview, which took place at the President's castle at Chamkaya, near Ankara."—Reuter,
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perties in the said territory,will It was officially announced in be fully respected insofar as Bucharest: yesterday that they are consistent with the Anal result of the Rumanian ple proclamation...
biscite, on · General .... Antonescu's policy (says: a German wireless message) was as follows:-
"So long as the inhabitants-re main peaceable and comply with my orders they will be subjected to no more interforence' than I consider essential to the perform, unce of my duties.” And they need have no fear." Reuter.
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