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KING OF ITALY REPORTED MAKING PEACE OVERTURES

Torpedo 'Planes Raid Valona And Durazzo

An Italian cruiser or large destroyer was among ships sunk or damaged in a series of attacks which the Fleet Air Arm made against enemy shipping in Valona and Durazzo last Saturday and Monday nights, states a munique issued in Cair, yesterday.

com-

Six or seven hits were obtained with tor- pedoes, says the communique, which adds the attacks were extremely successful and caused severe damage.--Reuter.

WEYGAND FIRM BEHIND VICHY POLICY

(By Samuel Dassiell)

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"}

BRITISH HOPES THAT North Africa may eventually be detached from the Vichy regime were dashed in Algiers yesterday by General Weygand.

General Weygand reiterated in the strongest terms in an interview with me his whole theory of government, which is based on the following precepts:-

LONDON RAIDER SHOT DOWN

REBELLION

Population THREAT OF

'Getting Out Of Hand'

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

IN SYRIA

By Julian Meltzer

ISPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"'I

A

virtual Nationalist rebellion, designed to se- INTERNATIONAL NEWS IS ABLE TO parate French mandated REVEAL THAT NEW FEACE FEELERS ARE Syria from the Vichy re- BEING SENT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ON gime, is now under way, ORDERS FROM THE VATICAN IN A NEW formation reaching me according to reliable in-

EFFORT TO END THE EUROPEAN WAR.

The new peace campaign is being con- ducted quietly but is extending even to United States.

the

it is

The King of Italy and the Pope have, suggested, been in contact with each other for the purpose of removing Italy from the war before irremedial disaster overtakes it.

Furthermore, the Ita- lian populace is reported to be getting out of hand

BASE AGREEMENT REACHED

and "anything can be ex- pected" if Italy's defeats become graver than they nection with the leasing by the

are.

Details of the agreement in con-

U.S. of naval and air bases in British colonies have been com- It was reported in London yes- terday that the Papal representa- pleted by the technical committee tive will approach President set up to consider it and it is ex-

Roosevelt and ask him to use his influence with Britain to enable Italy to present to London de- First, North Africa is France.finite proposals for а and France

separate is loyal to Marshal Petain.

peace,

Second, North Africa will resist with the French fleet and all other forces at her command any attack from any quarter.

Il Duce Opposed

It is reported the plan will be "opposed frantically by Mussolini "It is regrettable," General and his clique, who know it will Weygand said, "that the British mean their doom and that King -attacks against Oran and Dakar Victor Emmanuel will resume his

cost the British dearly in the full powers.

Frenchmen in North IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT CATHOLIC CLERGY, IN BRI- Lease and TAIN, WHILE BOUND TO CAR- Lend Act, he said: "I admire❘ RY OUT THE VATICAN'S President Roosevelt as a man of. WISHES. WOULD OPPOSE

minds of Africa."

Referring to the

The destruction of an resolution. The launching of his ANY PEACE NOT INVOLVING enemy raider

brought project will not alter the position GERMANY'S COMPLETE DE- here, because French Africa is the FEAT. INTERNATIONAL down over London on same as France."--International NEWS SERVICE.". Wednesday night by A.A. News Service. fire was witnessed a

pilot of the Fighter Com-A.B. FOUND MENACE

mand.

1

Approaching the London, area SHOT DEAD TO GREECE

shortly after midnight; states the

Air Ministry news service, the A British Able Seaman, Dou- pilot noticed a heavy concentra-

glas Thomas Thorburn, aged 27

[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"]"," “COMMENTING ON THE LAT-

tion of AA fire followed a few years, was found dead on board EST SITUATION IN THE BAL- minutes later by a violent ex- plosion, in the light of which the a gunboat in Harbour last night, KANS, THE MADRID NEWSPA wreckage of a disintegrated air-gun shot wound. ⠀

death being apparently due to a PER "ABC" YESTERDAY STAT- craft could be seen falling through

ALED THAT GERMAN/GREEK RE- Deceased was a member of the LATIONS HAVE SO MUCH. DE- the sky.

crew of the river gunboat, and ·TERIORATED THAT IT WOULD Credit for destruction lof the it is understood that he left a let-BE ONLY A QUESTION OF raider goes to a London gun post ter behind. 42

DAYS BEFORE AN: INVASION which scored a direct hit on the An earlier report stating that OF GREECE FROM BULGARIA bomber with its sixth round, the Incident occurred in Corn TAKEN PLACE. INTERNA British Wireless, unshavereeniflower" is suntrue, sea #

TIONAL NEWS SERVICE.

last night.

The recent riots arid distur- bances in Damascus and else- where In Syria cần be traced

paign of the extreme Nationalists, who presumably prefer fighting alongside Britain to domination

directly to the emancipation cam-

by Marshal Petain.

Agitation of the programme of "Syria for the Syrians” is being spurred by economic dis- tress and a shortage of staple foods and fuel, which the French administratora have been unable to alleviate.

The Nationalist movement is striking a responsive chord among the masses. - International News Service.

pected that the agreement itself will be signed early next week.→ British Wireless.

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