"BULGARIA,
AND
́THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 8, 1941.
HUNGARY
RUMANIA BOMBED"
According To Reports Put Out By Axis
RESERVE
SUGGESTED ON
BOMBING REPORTS
the
Reports of bombing of towns in Bulgaria and Rumania by Yugoslav 'planes, emanate from Axis
or Axis-controlled countries, it is pointed out in London.
In the absence of
or
on y confirmation from British press Yugoslav sources, the reports should be re- ceived with
the
utmost reserve.--Reu-
ter.
ITALIAN LOSSES
£6
Attempt To Reach Budapest"
YUGOSLAV AIR RAIDS ON A NUMBER OF TOWNS IN BULGARIA, HUNGARY AND RU- MANIA WERE REPORTED FROM AXIS SOURCES LAST NIGHT.
Hungary claims to have shot down 10 Yugoslav 'planes in a series of raids which included Szegadin and what the Germans described as ́an attempt to reach Budapest."
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A Bulgarian air force com- munique announces raids on the "open towng of Sofia and Kusten. dil."
According to Bucharest spatches received in
It
de- Rome,
least thrce towns in western
Rumania Protests
To Yugoslavia
in
was confirmed Bucharest yesterday that
Yugoslav 'planes also raided at Rumania has protested to Rumania-Dorsova, Arad and Yugoslavia against alleg-
Timisoara.
ed attacks by Yugoslav aircraft on three Ruman- The Governments of Bulgaria, Hungary and Ruman have, ac-ian towns. cording 10 reports from Axis Sources, protested to Yugoslavia.
Reuter.
000 Italia Somaliland.
Total for Albania is 92,000 and includes 20 000 prisoners 20 000 killed and 52.000 wound- ed.
An official Rumanian communi- que announcing this step says; "Although the Rumanian Govern- ment has not committed Rumania in any way in hostilities with Yu- goslavia, on whose territory Ru- mania has Rumanian nationa's to defend. the Yugoslav air force bombed Rumanian terellory 01
Well over 250,000 Ita- lians have been taken pri- soner, killed or wounded in Africa and Albania, ac- cording to an estimate is- sued in London yesterday. british casualties in all African April 6 at Lorsova, Azad and Tim-
The total is 283.000.
ine udin | fighung up to Feb. 23 are estim-suara, killing thre" people and in- 140.000 prisoners in Libya, 20.000|ated at 604 killed and 2,362 other juring three others and causing in Eritrea and Abyssiula and 30,-
losses.--Reuter.
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"The Rumanian Government has addressed a formal protest to the Yugoslav Government.
"General Antoneseu assures thej population that all measures for maintaining security and order have been taken.
"Such grave and disloyal aelions can in no way upset the conduct of the Rumanian Governmen!. That, however, does not mean that anyone has liberty to harm honour and rights of Rumania.”..... Reuter.
GREECE BREAKS OFF RELATIONS
the
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
A B.B.C. BROADCAST WAS PICKED UP IN NEW YORK LAST NIGHT STAT- ING THAT GREECE HAS SEVERED DIPLOMATIC RE- LATIONS WITH HUNGARY AND BULGARIA, — INTER- NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE.
FOR WHAT IT IS
WORTH
[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") The Italian Stefani agency claims that Italian *planes scat- tered British motorised forma- tions with heavy casualties, pre- venting a British attempt to reach the Yugoslav frontier via Albania, International News Service,
INDIA'S TRADE PACT WITH BURMA
to
STOP PRESS
SIR TEJ SAPRU
SEES VICEROY
It was learned in New Delhi yesterday that the only "imme- diate action India proposes take under the new Indo-Burmo trade agreement is to remove the 11% ples' preference which Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, spokes- kerosene from Burma enjoys in man for the recent Bombay con- India. over foreign, kerosene.ference, held to solve the poll- Reuter.
DR. BARDOSSY AND
ITALY
The new Hungarian Prime Min- ister, Dr. Bardossy, has sent a tele- gram to Mussolini asking for his precious support" in the task ho has undertaken.--Reuter,
tical deadlock, interviewed the Viceroy for two hours yesterday and placed before him a memor- andum drawn by the standing committee of the conference, ** Reuter.
Forty-nine cases of cholera with 34 deaths occurred during last week, 28 coming from Victoria. Yesterday 6 fresh
cases were notified Health Authorities.
to the
The budget proposals form the chief topic of leaders in to-day's newspapers, both in London and the provinces, recognising the thorough- goingness of the Chancellor's plan.
The bringing in of an extra two millions from the lower bracket of income taxpayers is stressed by all. The "Man- chester Guardian describes it as "Revolution in British Taxation."
A general welcome has been accorded the introduction
of the principles of compul- sory saving connected there- with.
or
The decision to omit from the Budget cost, goods re- ceived by Britain under the Lease and Lend Act, is par- ticularly approved by the "Daily Telegraph," while the "Daily Mail," commenting on the higher income tax, saya "There will be little or no- thing left for pleasures recreation, yet the Budget will be supported, to use the Chancellor's words, as a tan- gible evidence of our Arm resolve to leave nothing un- done to achieve victory,"
"The Times" emphasising the great cal's on wealthy people says: "At least this budret is an effective answer to the silly sneers about 'Plutocratic' countries with which the Dictators so tedi- ously adorn their speeches." -Reuter.
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