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PLEBISCITE IN YUGOSLAVIA

To Decide For Or Against The Axis Pact

RUSSIA ASSENTS

ITALIAN COLLAPSE TO ROYAL NAVY

EXPECTED

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The British capture of Harrar and Keren indic- ates the early collapse of the whole of Italian East Africa.

Italian control of Eritrea is held in Cairo to be impossible with Keren gone. and Harrar gives a grip on the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway.

British officials in Cairo sald that the troops attacking Keren hurled themselves against the heaviest Italian guns, mounted on the cummits of 4,000-foot hills surrounding the town. British tanks tried to attack hut Italian sappers destroyed the high- way, forcing them to storm the cliffs in the face of unremitting Are from the well-gutrenched Ita- lians. International

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IN BLACK SEA

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It was reliably learned in Vichy yes- terday that the re- cent Russo-Turkish Agreement provides that the Black Sea will be open to the British Fleet and that Russian troops will be removed 100 kilome- tres from the Turkish frontier.

Russia will also sup- ply provisions of all kinds if Turkey is at- tacked.-Internation- al News Service.

MR. CHURCHILL PREDICTS PACT REPUDIATION

THE PRIME MINISTER has taken the earliest possible opportunity of announcing that Britain will recognise the new Government în Yugoslavia which, as the result of the dramatic coup d'etat effected without bloodshed, was yesterday morning installed in office in Belgrade under King Peter after both the Regency Council and the Cabinet had resigned.

Mr. Churchill was fulfilling, have a Government in Yugoslavia his second important

will repudiate the speaking which engagement of the day at a signed the day before yesterday luncheon of welcome by employers and will be ready to defend its and workers organisations to | honour and the frontiers of Yugo- the new United States Ambassa. ¡ slavia against aggression. dor.

Country Getting Prepared For All Emergencies

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"YESTERDAY'S SHAME HAS BEEN EXPIATED. WE

MUST, IF

NECESSARY FIGHT AND DIE FOR OUR FREE DOM JUST LIKE MANY MILLIONS IN OTHER COUNTRIES."

These dramatic phrases were contained in a broadcast to the people of Yugoslavia last night by the Patriarch Gavrilo, of the Or- thodox Church, the Primate of Yugoslavia, and every word was greeted with enthusiasm in the streets and homes of listeners through- out the country.

Latest reports from the 1.N.S. correspon- dent in Belgrade indicate that King Peter II's coup d'etat has succeeded completely and that he has won the whole country over to his side.

and to

His grip on the reins is firm, cral Dusan Simovitch, whose with the full backing of the first act was to declare the King Army and joyous demonstrations to be officially of age, showing that the whole people plan a plebiscite to determine will uni e behind him if war whether to cancel the Axis Pact. Meantime, in Belgrade,

comes.

One of the first Royal Man festoes issued calls upon

all citizens with motor vehicles, motor-cycles and bicycles, 10 report immediately to military centres with their vehicles.

War Precautions

Millary preparations have been

fields, speeded up in all

and thousands of messages of loyalty are flowing into the White Palace.

Some reports on the deve lopments state that the Regent, Prince Paul, has fled to Greece,

he but others state that pact

arrested at the came time as the ex-Premler, Csvetkovitch. and the foreign Minister, Cincar - Marcovitch.

If that be so, Britain will re- cognise that Government, Great Britain will give all aid in her power to those who are defend- ing their native land-to the heroic Greeks and Turks if they are attacked.

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The new Cabinet is composed of statesmen who at least pre- viously were friendly to Britain.

The King's Proclamation, read: "SERBS, CROATS, SLOVENES. AT THIS MOMENT, SO GRAVE IN THE HISTORY OF OUR PEOPLE, I HAVE DECIDED TO

After referring to the fact that his Government rests, as one of is main sources of strength, upon the trade union organisation of the "country, Mr. Churchill ferred to the "good news" garding the latest development In the political situation in the be when our plants have deliver- TAKE THE ROYAL POWERS

Balkans.

re-

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He said: "It was breaking all our hearts to see the gallant Serbian and Yugoslav

people signing away their souls the counter by weak and coward- ly rulers, to those who, once they had them in their grip, would have

over

We are not so strong as we shall

ed their fruits, and great factories have produced the weapons. But still, we are getting stronger every day.British Wireless.

BRITISH

INTO MY OWN HANDS, MY ARMY AND NAVY LOYAL HAVE AT ONCE PLACED THEMSELVES AT MY DIS- POSAL AND THEY ARE ALTM READY CARRYING OUT. MY ORDERS."

shaken the life and independence NAVY UNITS Plebiscite Planned

but of them.

Reasonable Expectation IN AEGEAN

The King placed in control of military the country, with full powers, the Chief of Staff, Gen-

I rejoiced when I heard just [SPECIAL, TO "CHINA MAIL"] ahour before this lunchreoir Uffer HRITISH NAVAL : UNITS revolution had taken place in Bel- HAVE ARRIVED OFF THE DAR- Convoyed further troop transporta * grade and that the Ministers who DANELLES ACCORDING TO A to Greece.

sighed this pact had been arrest- MESSAGE FROM. BUDAPEST. It is stated, that British troops ed..

THIS NEWS COINCIDES WITH❘ now in Greece already total 120,- "Though I do not know what THE RUSSO/TURKISH - DE-,000 men, but, It is pointed out will happen, and one cannot be CLARATION TWO DAYS AGO. that these figures are given from L sure of anything, I believe that it The British fleet is stated to be a Nazi controlled country. is reasonable to expect we shall steaming eastwards after having ternational News Service,

PATROL

SHIP FIRE

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NINETEEN MEN PERISHED = WHEN A CANADIAN PATROL SHIP CAUGHT FIRE OFF HALI

FAX, ACCORDING TO A MESS- AGE FROM MONTREAL,

It is stated that among the vic- tims were two officers. Twenty- two of the crew were. rescu-

ed.

The vessel was originally luxury yacht and was converted into a man-of-war at the outbreak of the war. →→ International News, Service.

10,000 MORE 'PLANES FOR BRITAIN

throngs of people have been 'SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

marching round the Palace full

of good spirits as the result of

President Roosevelt's signature

of the Lease and Land Bill took

the coup, but demanding. place on board the U.S.S. Denson "Punishment for the Traitors" yesterday.

who signed the Pact. There were demonstrations of

the good will outside

British.

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In addition to those already or- dered, the appropriation is ex- pected to provide Britain with 10,700 'planes and 400 freighters. International News Service.

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