1941-05-06 — Page 41

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 6, 1941-

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HITLER'S INACCURATE FIGURES ON GREECE

ALTHOUGH IT IS GENERALLY AGREED

THAT HITLER'S LATEST SPEECH TO THE INTERNED

REICHSTAG WAS DEFINITELY CONCOCT-

ED FOR GERMAN CONSUMPTION SOME SUM PILOTS

PRISE IS EXPRESSED THAT A MAN CLAIM- ING TO BE SUCH AN INVINCIBLE CON- QUEROR SHOULD FEEL IT NECESSARY TO DISTORT FIGURES TO SUPPORT HIS CASE.

ESCAPE

Special

By Reuter's

Correspondent

After escaping from in- ternment in Djibouti, Somaliland, three mem-

Information available in London proves that the figures he gave of German troops employed in the campaign are quite inaccur- ate and a certain suspicion attaches to his extremely low estimate of German losses losses which might have been admitted at a higher and possibly more truthful figure Greeks, eager to join the without danger to prestige.

It as a revealing fact that c'am to have sunk or damaged Over 200 British ships during the Greek campaign is carefully omil - ted from the version of the spreecl in English

and

HAILE

SELASSIE'S

RETURN

One of the widest general dis- tortions is Hitler's cam that Gen - 1 mony has been the largest pur-į chaser in Balkan markets had paid for products with the THE FORTHCOMING RE- Jabour of the industrial workers] ENTRY OF EMPEROR HAILE of Germany and not with foreign] exchange.

Bitter Complaints

SELASSIE INTO ADDIS ABABA. IN ANTICIPATION OF WHICH THE ETHIOPIAN CAPITAL IS BEING DECORATED AND DIGNATORIES ARE CROWDING It is well known that even be- IN, IS AROUSING THE DEEP- fore the war Balkan countries EST ENTHUSIASM AMONG THE were complaining bitterly of use- LOCAL POPULATION, RE- less goods Germany was dumping] PORTS OF WHICH ARE RE- upon them in exchange for their] CEIVED BY THE BRITISH PEO- own useful commodities.

Many small shops in a Balkan town have been stocked with high grade cameras and microscopes of German make which were quite unsellable but were all the return to bę gained out of trade pacts.

In different vein were Hitler's) tributes to his ally.

Mussolini must have rejoiced at receiving congratulations on the Italian army having "weakened the Greek army after six months fighting.

"Delighted"

The Duce must have been even more delighted, as junior partner in the Axis, to hear from his generous senior partner that his "setback" in Africa in which he lost his Libyan army was due to the technical inferiority of the anti-tank defences und of the tanks themselves.

Most significant of all was, however, Hitler's claim that next year the German soldier will get even better arms.

This reference to the future, j together with Hitler's call for more women industrial workers and for the taking of necessary

tion and thoroughness" to harness

bers

of the R.A.F., six South Africans and two

Greek forces, have arrived in British Somaliland.

The R.A F. inen landed French territory when they ran short of fuel on their way back from a raid. They made the land- ing in darkness and miraculously escaped when one remaining bomb in the rack exploded.

They were

Imprisoned

later sent to Djibouti.

and

The South Africans similarly made a forced landing in French territory, believing themselves in British territory, and they also were sent to Djibouti.

Rejoin Formations

Their escape was well planned and after crossing the border two of the men left the others und crossed overland to Zeila against a blustering wind, which whipped PLE WITH GREAT SYMPATHY, | salt sand in their eyes and faces.

"The Times" draws attention to At Zella they were

ab'e to the significance of these events arrange for a dhow to be sent to to the rest of Africa. Africans fetch the others and they have all everywhere have had their faith now rejoined their formations. -- restured in Britain as the cham-Reuter, plun of Justice for African peoples,

IRAQ GESTURE

Politically and economically the assistance which Britain is able to render to the development of Iraq is reported to have

to resume restored Abyssinia will serve as decided

diplomatic the touchstone of British policy in relations with Germany, says the the future development of Colonial Vichy news agency quoted Africa. British Wireless.

Reuter.

ENEMY SHIPS HARRIED FROM

by

NORWAY TO FRANCE

AIRCRAFT OF THE Coastal Command

measures "with Nazi determina- took advantage of moonlight on Sunday the entire labour power of the night to harry the enemy from Norway to the nation to the most gigantic coast of Brittany, states the Air Ministry in ironic conflict with Hitler's news service.

a mament process in history, is

own New Year promise to the

German people of a speedy vie- A German supply ship of 3,000 tons, an-

tory during the present year, British Wireless.

choring in the Skagerrak in convoy, was bombed and hit a few minutes after midnight CONCHIE-OBJECTED by a Blenheim, the pilot of which made three runs over the target. Clouds of black smoke belched from the ship's bows.

bour mouth.

TO UNDRESSING QUOTING THE SCRIPTURES Other Blenheims on the same damage was done not only in the THAT IT WAS IMPROPER TO patrol straddled a second supply neighbourhood of the battle cruis- BE SEEN NAKED, A CONSCIEN- ship with bombs and attacked .crs but among docks and quayside TIOUS, OBJECTOR, RONALD docks at Egersund, in southern buildings on both sides of the har- JOHN BROWN, OF MANOR Norway. FARM, CORSCOMBE. DORSET, The gunner of a Blenheim which TO STRIP AT A reconnoitred Stavanger shot out

three troublesome searchlights.

Blenheims also bombed Quer- Court for failing to submit him- queville aerodrome, near Cher- self for medical examination when bourg, and hit barracks. liable for national service, he was fined 10s. The thairman told him he would be taken by a policeman

REFUSED MEDICAL EXAMINATION.

Summoned at Bristol Police

"I con-

to have his : exâmination.

Brown told the Court: sider it wrong to be stripped and I gave my reasons to the medical examiners."

QUEEN WILHELMINA TO BROADCAST-

Large Prize

Columns of smoke and the red glare of fires were left behind,

Among other aircraft operat- ing further north one had a suc- cessful encounter with an enemy vessel.

Coastal Another

Command squadron attacked docks at St. Nazaire; on the Breton coast, In a few minutes there was a great The pilots was about to attack rectangle of fire in the naval two small boats off Antwerp when base. Incoming pilots saw in the moonlight he saw a larger series of explosions and added prize. He circled, round to find a their own bomb load to the supply ship of 1,500 tons. havoc.

Be Dive Attack

One of the aircraft attacking Brest made a dive attack on a

· Queen Wilhelmina is to broad- Nazi battle-truiser, going down:{" cast in the Radio: Orange pro from 4,000 to 2,000 feet before he gramme at 6.45 p.m. (G.M.T.) in pulled out and dropped his bombs the evening transmission of the The attack was concentrated B.B.C/s European service on rather than prolonged........ It began Saturday, May 10, says Reuter shortly before midnight but in the from London.

two hours that followed great

The pilot said: "I came down. to about 20 feet above the bridge of the ship and we let go our bombs. I thought we had missed

"Then a scarchlight from the shore suddenly obliged, usa, in its beam we could see columns of thick amoke going up from the ship to above 500 feet. There was then no doubt we had soor ́ed a direct hit."--British Wires Jess

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