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·· THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 8, 1941.

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HABBANIYAH British Troops

Take Offensive

BRITISH ARMOURED UNITS and troops and Iraqi levies, operating from Habbaniyah, ejected the Iraq rebels on Tuesday from posi- tions overlooking the cantonment, according to a communique issued in Cairo.

The R.A.F. continuously attacked the rebel lines the previous night and during the engagement on Tuesday rendered continuous close support, bombing, and machine-gunning the enemy and subsequently keeping them on the move during their withdrawal towards

Falluja.

Rebel casualties

were very heavy while those of the British were negligible. The British cap- tured over 300 prisoners.

to the

Guns flown in aircraft scene of the battle contributed to the defeat of the Iraqis.

The aerodrome at Moascar Al Raschid Iraq was again bombed. One hangar Was completely destroyed by fire, a twin-engin- ed aircraft blown up, a number of others severely damaged and

up. The

BRITAIN'S

WAR

CABINET

the aerodrome surface badly cut Replying to Mr. Lloyd received George's criticisms on the practically no opposition. Reuter composition of the War

British aircraft

Rutbah Retaken

Cabinet, Mr. Churchill

THIS PATIENT

HAS TO STAY PUT

There is one patient,

a woman, who must stay in the battered Cardiff hospital.

She IS a radium patient.

Inside

her

is a tube of radium worth

at least £600.

It was put in just before the blitz.

It cannot be taken out for forty-eight hours and she will remain in the building until that time has elapsed.

said yesterday that there BATTLES IN

British forces have occupied Rutbah, on the pipeline from the was in fact a War Cabinet Mosul oilfields to Halfa, accord- of eight. ing to a Rome despatch to the official German news agency.

Five of then had no regular Iraqi forces occupied Rutbah departments and three represent- last Friday after attacking and ed the main general organisms taking prisoner an unarmed Bri- of the state-foreign affairs, tish working party-Reuter,

MEDIATION RUMOUR

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

is

It

unconfirmably reported that the Iraqi Premier, Rashid Ali, has accepted Turkey's good offices to mediate between Iraq and Britain.

finance and labour.

It gave its broad sanctions to the main policy and conduct of the war.

Under their authority the Chiefs of Staff of the three Services sat| each day together and he. Prime Minister and Minister of when necessary the three Service Defence, presiding, summoning Ministers.

Defence Committee

All the larger issues of military polley were brought before the Defence Committee, which, for Some quarters hope peace several months past, consisted of negotiations will be instituted the three Chiefs of Staff, the three though latest advices state that service Ministers and four mem- hostilities are progressing.

bers of the Cabinet-the Prime Meanwhile the Syrian authori-Minister, Lord Privy Seal, Foreign ties are rushing reinforcements to Secretary and Lord Beaverbrook, the Iraq border.

--British Wireless.

British 'planes have again dropped leaflets оп Baghdad calling for a revolution.—Interna- tional News Service.

Russian Offer?

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

It is now being rumoured, with- out confirmation, that Russia has uffered to mediate in the dispute between Britain and Iraq.

Heavy concentrations of Tur- kish troops are reported to be taking place on the Iraq fron. tier.

British sorties from Basra have caused considerable losses to the Iraqi Camel Corps.-International News Service.

BRITISH FOOD

CHANNEL

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") THREE WOMEN WERE KILL- ED AND 12 PERSONS INJURED IN A BRIEF SHELLING OF THE DOVER AREA BY GERMAN BIG BERTHAS WHICH FOL- LOWED TWO HEAVY BRITISH BOMBINGS OF THE INVASION COAST IN DAYLIGHT.

German "planes all day tried to penetrate the south-east coast. Messerschmidts and one Spitfire Many battles took place, with six

downed. Service.

International News

CAPTAIN JAMES ROOSEVELT IN CAIRO

[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"]

Capt. James Roosevelt arrived in Cairo yesterday to act as U.S. Marine Corps observer. Inter- national News Service,

MANDARIN CLASS IN KOWLOON INTERRUPTED

A MANDARIN CLASS at the Pui Ching School, Waterloo Road, Kowloon, one of several financed by the Ministry of Education, Chungking, was broken up by two Chinese representatives of the Hong Kong Education Department last night.

Shortly after 7 p.m., while the class was in pro- under Mr. Koo Min-chung, of the Commercial

FOOD Press, they entered the class-room and it is alleged,

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without consulting the Principal of the School, "or Mr. Koo, ordered the students to go home.

The students declared they LORD BEAVERBROOK

would remain until asked to leave

by Mr. Koo. ·

AT PALACE

In reply to a question by Mr.. THE U.S. SECRETARY OF Koo, the visitors declared they AGRICULTURE, MR. WICKARD, were representatives of the Hong by the King at Buckingham Palace. Lord Beaverbrook was received YESTERDAY ANNOUNCED THE Kong Education Department, and FORMATION OF AJOINT said that the class could not con- Minister of State Router.

yesterday on his appointment as ANGLO-AMERICAN COMMIT-tinue because. it had not been TEE TO EXPEDITE THE registered with the local educa- PURCHASE AND SHIPMENT. tional authorities, and also because OF FOOD TO BRITAIN UNDER the class was too large for the THE PROVISIONS OF THE room..

PRESIDENT INEUNU RETURNS

LEASE AND "LEND ACT.AS Legal action was threatened PresidentÎneunu of Turkey Mr. Wickard will be chairman should the class be resumed, has returned to Ankara: from a of the committee, which will Mr. Koo, Having no alternative, tour of the western provinces, comprise three members of the discontinued the class temporarily, says an Ankara despatch, quoted British food mission and three| pending: negotiations with the by the German News Agency, Americans.Reuter

educational authorities,

Reuter

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