1941-05-05 — Page 16

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 5, 1941.

THOUSANDS RESCUED BY

AIR FROM

FROM GREECE R.A.F. Part In Evacuation

DANGEROUS TRADE IN BREST

"Owing to the Bri- tish bombing raids on Brest," where the Scharnhorst and Gnei. senau are lying, Ad- miral Darlan, accord- ing to о Paris des- patch to the official German news agency, has decided that all workers in Brest har- bour who are heads of families shall re- ceive an additional al- lowance of 300 francs

a month.--Reuter.

MATSUOKA WEARY OF TRAVEL?

Discarding suggestions that he should go to the United

Mr. States, Matsuoka, in an interview

Biggest Task

THE

Of The Campaign

GREAT PART PLAYED BY THE R.A.F. IN THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE EM- PIRE FORCES FROM GREECE WAS TOLD YESTERDAY BY THE AIR MINISTRY NEWS SERVICE.

Men and women, it says, were evacuated by the R.A.F. while British fighters, heavily outnumbered, guarded the continuous stream of ships that went back and forth.

The order for withdrawal set the R.A.F. the biggest task of the campaign, it says. Bombers, flyingboats, captured enemy air- craft and British fighters played an outstand- ing part in getting Empire troops safely away.

All day and all night aircraft of human cargo. flew to safety and The R.A.F. has countless stories training machines and civil air-

raft, packed to capacity with of gallantry to tell of the evacua-

tion.

every type-bombers, flyingboats, returned for more.

at Kyoto yesterday, know Americans. I can grusp the asserted it would be far real situation now existing in the United States but I doubt whe- more appropriate for Pre-

ther President Roosevelt or Mr. sident Roosevelt or Mr. Hull can grasp the true situation Cordell Hull to come to

"I believe Japanese-American Tokyo to learn about con- problems could easily be solved if ditions existing in the President Roosevelt or Mr. Hull visited Jupan rather than my go- ing to the United States."-Reu-

Orient.

"I have studied America.

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In addition to thousands men and women brought away were thousands more by air, guarded as they made the four. ney in big and little ships.

Greatest Triumph

The personnel of the no longer Air Forces in existing British Greece stored perhaps the greatest triumph of six months' arduous campaigning and though the R.A.F. suffered heavy losses the enemy suffered far greater.

enemy

When, owing to the break through on the left flank, the army

commanders decided to withdraw to a new fine, the R.A.F. suffered the severest blow of the campaign.

They were forced back to two or three bases only and to the odd temporary landing grounds they had used at the start.

All the new aerodromes which had been built were lost or were too close to the enemy lines to be used.

The enemy hammered the few remaining bases continuously

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it became impossible to obtain re- placements of aircraft.

Great Damage

Nevertheless available 'planes took off all the time and inflicted i great damage on the enemy forces. Details of the campaign before Germany invaded Greece showi that at the end of six months'

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R.A.F. bombers had carried more than 300 raids and nearly 300 aircraft were confirmed 25

destroyed in the air, besides

&

huge total of aircraft damaged in the air and on the ground.-Reu-

ter.

RAMSAY MUIR

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RAMSAY MUIR, ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT MEMBERS

starching shortens the life of OF THE LIBERAL PARTY AND

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A NOTED WRITER ON HIS TORICAL, POLITICAL, A MUNIZ *CIPAL AND ECONOMIC SUB¬ JECTS, DIED YESTERDAY AGED 89.

He resigned his University pro- tensorship and became Member of Parliament and Chairman of National Liberal Federation three years-Reuter:

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STOP PRESS

GENERAL

A running "battle" between a Chinese doctor and two barbers 10 Temple Street was witnessed by & large crowd at 10 o'clock this morning.

The Chinese doctor had to be removed to the Hospital.

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This afternoon, the nightsoil marchers, having moved out the Government House region, were staging a "sit- down" outside the General Post Office, on the waterfront sider

The emergency, unit under A.S.P. Luscombe was in atten- dance, but the demonstrators were refusing to move, insist- ing that they had no money and nowhere to go.

At 3.10 p.m. there were signs that the demonstrators were about, to march again, and it was understood that the intention was to proceed en masse in support of # "deputation" which would seek an interview with the four Chinese Unofficial Mem- bers of Councils.

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