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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 15, 1941.

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Operations In

Shuttlecock

Desert: British

Mechanised

Troops In Action

OPERATIONS IN THE Western Desert continue to be of a shuttlecock nature, and after Monday's German thrust the British forces have taken the initiative by pressing home with mechanised forces in the Sollum area and also harassing the enemy columns surrounding Tobruk.

Military circles in Cairo consider the Ger- man thrust was planned temporarily to throw out of gear the effectiveness of the ever- increasing British armoured patrols.

flete it.

447-

Raschid

Ali In Isolation

Reports from Iraq show that not a single tribal chief is among persons tanks who have sent telegrams tu

congratulation

Raschid Ali in connection with his anti-British

movement.

The temperatures have again

of artillery, five light and one anti-tank gun. shut upwind in North Africa and with continued blazing

Our troops have also occupied | Of widespread operations Evenime dif Alg an important post north of flcult.

the Neghelli Military circles are

Yavelin, while on

the however, That whatever Dath road the purSUI

Is conta. enemy chouses

these enemy by countered

equally! IN AN ACTION ON MONDAY THE ENEMY REAR- British WITH by the

GUARD, WHICH WAS DRIVEN BACK WITH HEAVY LOSSES, OUR TROOPS CAPTURED OVER 100 PRISONERS.

tactics thr will be

vigorous assaults

Imperial forces.

Reuter's special correspondent with a mobile patrol in Western Desert

says that

the no

being

only are the Germans held on the whole of the 50- mile front. some 40 miles inside the Egyptian border, but recon. naiɛsance planes reported yCB- terday morning that one or two of the five columns appear to be withdrawing,

of

This may mean they have had to abandon the intention thrusting along the coast simul- taneously with an attempt to cutį off the Alied forces by a south- ward sweep across the desert

At the moment it is stil not clear whether this attack Is a full-seale effort or only a big

In Iraq the situation is quiet, ... Reuter.

PAYMENTS TO LAW BREAKERS

Fined, But Given Money

raud intended to let the strength Money-making by

of the Alhed inreo and posutions.

Hesitant Standstill

breaking the

black-out

law may become a popu-

Soon after pushing forward at lar practice in Belfast if sunrise on Monday the Germans the present comedy at the Screens and artillery shelled the police court

net Allied advancect delensive

continues.

clouds of wiring dust which There have been so many marked the positions of the ad-

vancing Gerinan eight-wheeled cases that the magistrates| have had difficulty in

armoured cars and tanks.

This brought them to a hesitant Standstill.

a

dealing with them owing

While they were trying un to lack of accommodation. successfully

In one week the resident magis- trate, Mr. F. McCoy, adjourned

•

through

way

to feel the Allied positions,

fighter planes suddenly swoop- 535 summonses, and in each case, ed down on them from the sun, by way of protest against the con- rending them scurrying in all ditions at the court, directions,

costs against

the premises.

First Action

Plane after plane swept low through the dust clouds all through the day until darkness

the

corporation,

Only prominent Iraqi person- ality who has expressd sympathy with the movement is Na Suwaidi, brother of the ex-Foreign Min- ister. Tewik Suwaidi. All others abstained.

Raschid All'e closest sup" porters appear

been to have drawn from a little known in. ciique of malcontents and triguera.

It is recalled that Raschid Ali himself spent a year in confine-i anent # 1936 ariel afterwards went to Berlin for medical treat- ment, Reuter.

Initiative

In order to overcome the perils of Nazi fire bombs every able bodied man between 16 and 60 not already engaged on civil defence, is now liable to immediate call-up in the new fire-fight- ing service. For the first time in Britleh history civilians will be conscripted to give up to 48 hours a month guarding office, factory or home. Photo shows a voluntary fire watcher equip- ped for action on the roof of a London building. Fox).

NAZIS FEAR

(Copyright,

PEIPING

DAMAGING HESS BOYCOTT

REVELATIONS

Questioned in the Commons by Mr I. C. Hunnah (Cons) on what re- action he had taken with Terence to the declaration by the chairman of the Peiping People's Anti-British Association, that no

THE LETTER LEFT behind in Germany by leniency should be shown any

Rudolf Hess contains no sign that the Nazi granted 10s Deputy Fuehrer deserted in consequence of which is responsible for providing hallucinations; according to the Berlin cor- Prolonged efforts to provide respondent of the "Basler Nachrichten" yesterday this was officially stated in Berlin. The statement, the correspondent adds,

accommodation have

alternative resulted in a deadlock.

over the desert swallowed 735 Cases On List

armoured cars and tanks.

In these operations South In the meantime 400 new cases African Air Force units were in have come on the books and only warns the public against drawing conclusions action for the first time in the 200 of the adjourned summonses Western Desert. They had ar- have been dealt with, leaving a from statements by Hess from England which

rived from Eritrea.

Reuter,

Limited Offensive

total now on the list of 735. Some

imposed only a 5s fine. The 10s

were so trivial that the magistrate Britain will use for propaganda purposes and costs against the corporation stoud, which already have been branded as "obtain-

that policemen with the result

ed under duress." were ordered to hand over several defendants 5s.

A limited offensive operation from Tobruk and the withdrawal of the enemy to his original posi-

officers of Meanwhile

the terday descended upon MacLeun, tion in the Sollum area, were

Most of the defendan's were

Scottish ploughman who announced in a G.HQ. communi-

women, and they left the court Special Branch of Scotland Yard the que in Cairo yesterday.

throughout yesterday were check captured Hess, and begged him to

the hospital re-enact his part in the affair. The communique says: Tobruk in a state of bewilderment.

There are daily conferences on ing all callers at

A mili-

MacLean declared: "I'm noo -during a limited offensive opera- the part of the corporation's legal where Hess is detained. tion carried out by our troops from Tobruk two German medium advisers as to the best steps to be tary guard has also been posted wanting to be a film star I've

the at the gates and only authorised no time to go to the picturės.“ taken to put an

'sald When the newsreel men persons are being

they would come back later, Mac- A horde of newsreel men yes- Lean replied "It will need to be

later. A ploughman's work never done."

tanks were captured and many situation.

casualties inflicted on the enemy.

In the Sollum area the enemy

has again withdrawn to his ori- UNITY

ginal position south and west of Sollum,, where he is being con- tinuously harassed

mechanised patrols.

by

end

tu

our

AFTER WAR

pass.

allowed 10

More Trouble-

is į

for a defined period after the war, to the and a national approach problems of the transition period.

"There is, I think, ground for In response to their entreaties In Abyssinia

Mr. W. J. Brown, general secret- reasonable hope that, when this he said: "You can take me while ary of the Civil Service Clerical war ends, we shall not slip back I'm ploughing," so the cameramen ' In Abyssinin, despite road Association, broadcasting, said into the old ways and that the staggered over the rough plough- obstruction and other physical that any attempt to solve the pro- principle of economic security will ed fleld and MacLean, greatly difficulties. our two forces con-blems of transition Trom war to and its place in the world which amused, said to his horse: "You verging on Amba Alagi are mak-poace on party lines would be we are rebuilding when war is can think a lot more of yourself

to-day, Silver." done.. ing satisfactory progress.

fatal.

had When the photographers "Peace, economic security, fel- In the lakes area south of "Mr. Churchill, in his aside In

them: Addle Ababa a further success the House of Commons a week or lowship-It may be that only out finished, MacLean told has been gained by the cap-so ago," he said, "made it plain of the crucible of such ordeals as "You people coming up here and are now experiencing the keeping me off my work, have ture, of a strongly defended that he and the Government real-we

the enemy position. Prisoners taken ige this. He contemplates the con- golden metal of these things could been more trouble than

German was—Reuter. - number 800 with two batteries: linuance of National Government! come."

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selling British openly body goods, the Foreign Secretary said he had called for a report and would then consider what action may be appropriate.-Reuter.

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