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THE CHINA MATL, APRIL 1, 1941.

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BELGRADE BLAZES DEFIANCE OF THREAT

Declines To

ANOTHER SHARP RAID

ON TRIPOLI

Another heavy raid on Tripoli was made on Sunday, in .com- tinuance of the R.A.F. support of the army operations in Abyssi- nia and elsewhere. R.A.F. bombers Sunday bombed and machine-gunned enemy positions. our aircraft returned safely from these operations.--Reuter.

on

All

MOUNTING SCORE OF -A.A. GUNS

Cower

In Blackout

THE LIGHTS OF BELGRADE STILL BLAZE DEFIANTLY AT NIGHT DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE CITY IS MERELY MINUTES FLIGHT FROM THE NEAREST GERMAN AIR BASE IN RUMANIA.

There has been no blackout in Belgrade since the crisis blew up while all the time Bu- charest cowers under blackout conditions.

This is typical of the difference in outlook of the two cities.

The German exodus from Bel-' grade continues. The German Minister, von Heeren, himself saw off 1100 German civilians as they Heft Belgrade by special Danube

steamer on Sunday night.

Passengers included hundreds of the notorious "tourists." These jeft messages with their landlords sayng. We shall be back in month."

Most of them left their furni- ture in

Belgrade and are keep-

ing on the

their tenancy of

Nazi-paid apartments.

EFFORT TO GET SURFACE RAIDERS

Two German surface

British Women Leave raders, Scharnhorst and

At the

request of the

British

Minister, Sir Ronald Campbell,

Gneisenau. used in at-

nearly all British women in Bel-tacks on Atlantic ship-

on Sunday night

for ping, were 'berthed in

grade left Istanbul.

German Troops

that there

Asbestos gloves, apron and helmet, complete with an atbas. tos shuffer are being supplied in Britain as equipment for the fire-bomb flighter and spotter. With this outfit one can.deal. with an incendiary bomb without any fear of its flames. (Copy _right. Fox).

THEFT FROM ARMY QUARTERS

A special train last night took Brest, one in dry dock and the remaining Germans to Vienna. the other alongside the Italians already have disappear-

quay, when a powerful Since January 1 R.A.F.|8.

force of aircraft of the fighter pilots and thé A.A.

Bomber Command were defences have been des-

Precise reports in regard to Ger-

on Sunday

Two months' hard labour was, tary Married Quarters, Kennedy troying enemy aircraft at man troops on the Yugoslav fron-despatched the average rate of 30 per but it is well known

tier are very difficult to confirm. night to this most Wester-imposed by Mr. H. G. Sheldon, Road, yesterday morning.

K.C., at the Central Magistracy the French

-S/Sgt. C. Pickney, awaltened by month, says the Air Min-are some mechanised units on the ly port on istry news service.

Austrian frontier, and it is easy to coast, says the Air Minis- this morning, on Lau Sing, 30, for a noise about 4.30 am. yesterday. Saw defendant leave the premises stealing a suit case, containing

with the suit case and had him Total bag for the first quarter western Rumania while the large try news service.

clothing, from "D" :Block, Mili-'arrested.** The attacks fell most heavily on of 1941 has been 155-up to six number of railway lines radiating

harbour where the p.m. on March 31. Of this total southward from Budapest would parts of the

were known to pilots of the R.A.F. Fighter Com- enable the Germans to mass troops German raiders mand claim the lion's share with very quickly along the long, flat be,

British aircraft came in from 94 definitely destroyed.

Yugoslav frontier.

every quarter to criss-cross the among objectives with bombs which were some of the most massive used against such target.

zend further concentrations from

A.A. gunners have brought In the event of aggression the down 51 and destruction of the Yugoslav army must be expected remaining ten is credited to immediately to take up mountain the balloon barrage defences positions,

flat frontier as the and to "other causes." Fighter would be ideally suited to a Ger- Command jossas for the first man air and tank "blitz."-Reuter.

.a

No direct hits on the battle- cruisers are claimed but there is

quarter of the year have been "Deeply Depilored” no doubt that their berths were

claim

in

41 aircraft. Thus

Yugo-very thoroughly "plastered." the

"The departure from Fighter Command continues to

The other attack, on the docks slavia of a number of German more than, two enemy machines for avery citizens is probably the result of at Calais, was made through gaps due in cloud which hung over the port. one of its own despite the luft-some-regrettable incidents

:the Though not comparable waffe abandonment of mass day to irresponsible persons on bight raids in favour of cloud occasion of the patriotic demo-strength with the attack on Brest. strations of March 27 and Airch this raid continued for an hour hopping hit and run tactics.

and a half and good results were Biggest bag on any one series 28."

A semi-official statement an- reported.-British Wireless.

of operations since January fell

to night fighters of the RAF nouncing this was issued in Bel- "These who, on March 13, shot down grade yesterday, adding:

incidents were deeply deplored

for:

eight enemy bombers. The pre- and condemned both by the Gov- vious night they accounted four and on the following night ernment and public opinion, gen-

.. three.

R.A.F. Sweeps

da

1

erally,

"With regard to them the Government calls on the popu-- Jation to remain calm in all circumstances and to pay по attention to alarmist rumours. "It is doing all in. its power, to sweeps was carried out over dispel any suspicion regarding its enemy occupied territory.

Nor has the Fighter Command been solely on the defensive since the New Year began. Early in January the first of a series

of

In three months 14 offensive sweeps have been made, and on seven, fighters escorted a bomber formation on successful bombing Taíds.

Another outstanding feature of the three months record is the zapidly mounting score the

of A.A gunners. On each of two nights they destroyed four raid- ers, their best month being March, when they accounted for 23 enemy aircraft definitely destroyed, British Wireless.

VITTORIO VENETO

IDENTIFIED

THE ENEMY BATTLESHIP DAMAGED IN THE MEDITER-

YUGOSLAVIAN DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY

The Yugoslav Minister desire to maintain good relations in Berlin, M. Amtritch, with its neighbours." Reuter has gone to Belgrade to

Morale Excellent

inform his Government of Agency messages from Belgrade comment on the excellent state of the "effect which events morale which prevails all over the in Yugoslavia have pro- country, now that the public is satisfied they have a Government duced in Germany.” which represents them, faithfully. This was announced in a Bernẹ in their patriotic determination to despatch to -the French maintain their neutrality so long agenty quoting the newspaper as they are permitted by the axis “La Suisse.". to do so and at all costs to pre- serve their Independence,

news

The Yugoslav Minister in Mos- cow, LM.Gabrilovitch, has gone| Berbæ, Grosts and Slovenes to Ankara, according to a Buda- "alikoj it la' sald, face the future, peat despatch quoting the news-

with a new confidevice in them paper "Maynap.""" selves and show no sign of bé. Ing greatly imprisoned or un. duly perturbed by the latest manifestations of the nerve War. So far these have been of Wa

MIM, kabešlavitohi is "omreyeing on Very Important" "donversa“ tions with the Turkish Foreign Minister, Dr. Garejogtu,” the

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RANEAN BATTLE WAS THE kind to suggest the rather half- "There is no doubt he is per 30,000-TON VITTORIO VENETO, hearted employment of the wea-sonally best informed of the views. DE THE LITTORIO CLASS, pon, as though it has been used of the Kremlin and Ankara, STATED. THE CAPTAIN OF more or less from habit, while Reuteri THE SUNK ITALIAN CRUISER Berlin collects its thoughts

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