1941-03-12 — Page 16

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 12, 1941

ITALIANS SMASHED

Greeks Keep Up Attack On Central Front

FASCIST

MINISTER KILLED

The Greck

in

Press

Athens

Ministry confirmed yesterday thet the Fascist Minister

Educa- tion, Buttar, was kill ed in recent fighting at the head of a Block Shirt buttalsom He was engaged in firing on his own troops i retreat when killed.

Reuter.

CARDINAL SCHULTE PASSES

CARDINAL KARL JOSEF SCHULTE. ARCHBISHOP OF COLOGNE, DIED ON MONDAY NIGHT AGED 69. SAYS SWISS RADIO.

THE

wax

Cardinal Schule. who well-known to trongs of the Bri-i fish Army on the Rhine after the Great War, was associated with the German heirarely in cundem-;

sterilisation Balion of the Nazi Jaw.

Blackshirts

Retire

In Confusion

TEPELINI FRENCH DOOMED

ANXIETY

[SPECIAL TO CHINA MAIL"} An Athens message yesterday stated that Tepelini Is un the Thailand-Indo-China agreement,

verge of capture by army.

Heavy Italian

the

Greek

[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"} Official French quarters in Hanoi commenting on the signing of the

said that trouble is to be feared in the arcas reded to Thailand, counter-attacks since the Inhabitants of these areas, formerly under the rule of Siam, intensely disliked and still do, the Siamese.

the Success, enemy being driven back

with

With the Greek armies press-

HUNDREDS OF ITALIAN dead were left have met with no behind when, after strong artillery prepara-terrific losses. tion, Greek infantry again attacked early on Monday morning in the central area of the Albanian front, states a Greek Press Ministry bulletin reported by Athens radio last night.

Guns, ammunition, automatic arms and machine-guns were captured, as well as 300 Italian prisoners, including a number of offi-

cers.

deter

The Italians put up a mfied selener, making deperate effort to check the Jurious Greeks Caslaught, but their efforts were i

of no ava).

The enemy's strongest liuns, one

posi. peak

ware

2 of them on nearly 6,000 feet high, captured by the Greek and the Italians were put light after suffering very vere losses.

forces

to

៩៥-

Was 50

Greek detachments gave chase and the Itahans' flight

many precipitate that they ft dead and wounded on the battle- Held Reuter.

R.A.F. Support

The RAF is Support of the Greek

01 their smashing attacks

He was prominent during the tahan jerces in Albania.

Just war

continuing

army

its

in

the

ul moter 1:ansport

and enemy camps.-Reuter,

raided concentrations

analies ating the lot of

Beth and

war

Freach prisoners.

in Germany - Reuter.

Yesterday the RAF

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"NORVIC" "MASCOT”

"SIR HERBERT BARKER"

and

"FINN-FLEX"

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Made by the Norvic

THRUST

INTO ABYSSINIA

Another British thrust into Abyssinia from the revealed in Sudan is yesterday's communique from British Headquar- ters in Cairo.

The communique announces that the

have Imperial forces

captured Afodu and are now ad- vancing towards Asosa.

The enemy has abandoned four guns and quantities of armament in his retreat.

Further east patriot forces have captured a town and are continu- ing their pursuit of the Italian co- lumns. Reuter,

ITALIAN TRANSPORT TORPEDOED!

A heavily laden Italian troop transport was tor- pedoed and sunk by a Bri- tish submarine.

This was revealed in an official Admiralty communique yesterday which adds that In reporting this success the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, states the trans- port was of the Sicilia class of 9,648 tons. Reuter.

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(Continued from Page 11 The French

The areas concerned, these

Ing on all fronts in Albania and sources claim, are economically Athens celebrating new victories, mmmportant, and cover some 30,- Athens ridicules peace negotiation | 000 squnce kilometres. reports spread by therman pro- The rubber outpat 11 these

pagetula Int national

Service.

New areas is negligible International

News Service.

STOP PRESS

The prefix "special" to telegrams

Herald" and "Sunday used by the "China Mail to indicate news which a strictly copyright under the provi. sions of the Telecommunications Or. dinance. 1936, and may not be reprint. either under

circumstancos, any

od official told I.N.S. that Russia, desirous of maintain-whotty or In part, without prior ar ing American friendship, will re-rangement. fuse to collaborate.

Likely Demands

French views on the Matsuoka visit to Berlin agree with those of official Washington. It is suggest- ed that, conscious of the fact that Japan gains nothing from the Tri- partite Pact with Germany and Italy. Mr. Matsuoka may be ex- pected to demand Japan's release from any obligation to fight the United States and Britain.

Visit To Il Duce [SPECIAL TO "GHINA: MAIL") " Mr. Matsuoka, it is stated in Berlin, will visit Rome on' April 3 or 4 to confer with Signor Mussolini...

The Japanese Foreign Minister is leaving Tokyo to-day accom panied by 12 secretaries, together.

with army and naval aides and will join the German Ambassador to Japan, Eugene Ott, in Moscow. International News Service,

were

Six cases of cholera notified to the Health Author- ities during the week-end,

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