SITUATION ALREADY
IN
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 16, 1941
LIBYA
STABILISED
British Forces In Position To Give Battle
EGYPT TO DECLARE WAR ON AXIS?
ESPETAL TO UHINA MAIL
General Sir Archi bold Wavell has call
ed
The Egyptian Premier, in Cairo, for talks which were of tended by the Egyp
ter
Defence Mine
Recent reports have suggested the possi bility of an Egyption declaration of against Italy and Ger many International News Service
wor
U.S. NAVY INCREASE
AND
THE BILL. INCREASING THE OFFICER
ENLISTED STRENGTH OF THE US NAVY! AND MARINE CORPS TO 232,- 000 WAS PASSED AND SENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE BY THE SENATE YESTERDAY
The Bill also authorises the Pre- sident to acquire 200,000 tons 61 auxiliary vessels for national de- fruce and to raise the trumber uf men enlisted to 300,000 at his dis- cretion. Reuter.
No Cause
For Anxiety
NOW
IS LIBYA THE SITUATION IN STABILISED ALTHOUGH FIGHTING IS STILL GOING ON. THIS IS INDICATED BY NEWS RECEIVED FROM LIBYA, WELL-INFORMED QUARTERS IN CAIRO STATED LAST NIGHT.
Strong British forces have taken up posi- most favourable tions to give battle in a strategic area and, even should the German command continue to flog its troops and vehi- cles to the limit in the Western Desert, there is no cause for anxiety.
German prisoners state]
without they had been food or water for two days and could no longer carry out instructions to push lon as fast as possible.
There is no doubt in the minds the of the British Command of
clash result of the large scale between British Imperial forces,
the if Germans, even nod the latter reach the positions chos en by the British Command. !
WERF DEFENCES THESE CONSTRUCTED TO HALT THE
AD-1 ITALIAN THREATENED Force
THEY British Air
VANCE LAST AUTUMN
AND holding complete superiority in
INTACT REMAIN the air and continually bombing
STRONGER THAN EVER Ger German supply positions,
Troops returning from the de-f becom man forward units
sert to re-equip are in the highest ing ragged.
sparits.
With the
are
The German Stuka dive-bomb
a match for
ers are neither
the
British Hurricane nor for Batish)
then
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ground tromp who hold
じい until the low dying
panies become targets that hardly be missed
Nazi Casualties
German casualties erreasing
Opinism is the keynote of their descriptions of the situation, which is becoming more stable each day as ar forces concentrate.
in
The Tobruk Clash Regarding the situation Libya the War Office has issued "In a communique which states the repulse of the German at- tack at Tubruk on Monday about the 200 German prisoners were taken and over 100 enemy were killed. "At least 15 enemy tanks were destroyed Our losses were eight.
"In the Sollum area, flicted losses on the enemy patrol and artillery action
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"In Abyssinia, our advance was resumed towards Dessie while in the southern areas the vigorous { pursuit of enemy detachments is being continued."--Reuter.
FIGHTING
IN A SNOWSTORM (Continued from Page 1)
the
was rendered necessary by fact that the Greek defence line had to be linked
without leaving vulnerable points,
The Greek press generally em- phasises that the withdrawal atl Koritza
by was imposed eiretimstances and in No way
ate
STOP PRESS
SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Brush andd Gree! planes Man remissly" attacking COMME troops and supply Comer trafions in the Monstn
area
In north Greere, the Gm- man drive is pushing towards Kozane. Saatista and Kina. International News Service.
Twenty
cholera. eases of with 24 deaths, were register- the vd
During last week. same period there were 175 cases of tuberculosis with 153 deaths.
cholera
of Yesterday, eight cases
seven from Vie-
Kowloon one
Loria and
were notujed.
'QUAKE SHOCKS IN
MEXICO
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Two earthquake shocks new did considerable damage diminishes the value of the fact in Mexico yesterday.
that the heroic Greek army, which for about six months has astoni- shed the world with its valour, conquered the Italians along the front and humiliated an While empire of sixty millions which, for that six months, could claim no victory, and would have reap-¡ red no success it another empire
at- of 80 millions scurrilously tacking Greece had not come their aid.
injured in Ten were seriously the capital, and five floors of the new Pontiac Automobile building collapsed.
In The tremors
most were
south. tense In central and west Mexico. Chilpancingo and Inguala indicate considerable damage in preliminary reports.: Numerous tires were caused m fac ories to, Mexico City and Tour
03 the outskirts were destroyed Vera Cruz is outside the by fire. danger zone.
Tank Engagement Yesterday's Greek High Com- A heat wave accompanied the mand communique confirms that¦ 'quakes --International News Ser- the Koritza region has been vice.
evacuated and that there
has
been German pressure in the
area west of Sulonika.
The communique says: "Wes- tern Macedonia: there has
been an engagement between armour- ed units in the Ptolemais region. German forces pushed towards Klissura, towards Kozani and towards Sitista (Klissura in Wes- tern Macedonia, is not to be con- fused with the town of the same name in Albania).—British Wire- less.
"Source, Please!"
German forces, it is report- ed in New York, have broken through the centre of the Anglo-Greek front in north- ern Greece and have occupied a pass in the Statista area.
This pass is said to com- mand casier going in low- lying country. Reuter.
[Source of this report, whether Allied 'or German, is not stated.]
The Soviet Consulate-Gen- eral to Shanghai, which was closed last October, is to be reopened shortly, according to the Chinese press quoting Japanese reports.
The revived Soviet Con- salate-General, it is reported. attache. have a
press wil commercial counsellor, visa affairs general department, department and tribunal Heute:
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Sunday by the
which China Mail" to indicate news
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