THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 20, 1941.
CROWNING TRIUMPH FOR GEN. CUNNINGHAM Fall Of Amba Alagi Virtually Ends Campaign CRITICAL Power Of
STAGE REACHED
The critical stage has now been reached where American supplies to the battlefields must be safe- guarded, says the "Stock- holm Dagensnyheter.”
The US Navy and Air Force anust intervene, and it is only a
what 411
vention will take
K
the
One musi assume that President is now preparing pub. lic opinion for convoys. A bridge of vessels across the Atlantic makes the danger hostilities between the Axis and the US.A unminent
The German press has been very reserved in its
treatment of American affairs.
Hitler's recent speech revealed that Germany now admits the
Offensive Broken
THE COLLAPSE OF ITALIAN RESISTANCE AT AMBA ALAGI AND THE SURRENDER OF THE DUKE OF AOSTA MEANS THE PRAC- TICAL TERMINATION OF THE ABYSSINIAN CAMPAIGN.
Reuter's diplomatic correspondsnt learns there are still a few scattered pockets where small bodies of Italians are holding out but their power of offensive has been completely broken and they can be safely left to be dealt with at leisure by the Patriot forces.
The forces which will be liberat-jat Tobruk, rather the reverse if ed as a result of these very sue- anything. cessful operations are not ineon- It is yet too early to forecast importance of American help and siderable and may have a decis where Germany will attempt to the German press has now sud-sive influence not only un denly abandoned its caution and
war which is being waged
The
exercise the greatest pressure.
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"Flying Bridge"
is describing President Roosevelt the Libyan desert but on opera- as really responsible for the tions against Iraq and Syria. war, Reuter,
NAZI BOMBERS
KEEP ON GROUND
Only a
few hostile aircraft: were reported over Britain, most- ly over coastal districts, up to a late hour last night.
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It appeared unlikely that large-scale attack would develop anywhere. -Reuter.
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The magnificent services in Abyssinia of the South African Air Force have proved
the quality and skill of these fight ers and bombers and they will be especially welcome at the present juncture. when there' are distinct indications of turn in the tide in Libya,
It seems to have reached high water mark at Sollum and not to have made any further inroads
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YUGOSLAVIAN CABINET MEETING
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"}
King Peter of Yugo- slavia presided over a meeting of his Cabinet yesterday somewhere in the Middle East.
Important discus- sions have been taken, it was later announc- ed. Internatoinal
News Service.
SHOOTING OUTRAGE
CHINESE TRIBUTE TO PREMIER
common
With 52,000 signatures attached, a telegram from Chinese residents in Shanghai to Mr. Winston Churchill expressing res- pect, sympathy and strong determination to fight for the cause of the two nations, is expected to be handed over to the British authorities in Shanghai for despatch to London.
The telegram and signatures have already been claborately mounted by the sponsors of the I movement, namely the "Chinese- American Daily," one of the leading pro-Chungking dailles i Shanghai, and there may be
The business centre of public exhibition of the artistical-
There is no evidence that large the International Settle-is despatched. forces are being sent via Syria, ment,
A number of troops and planes
one
Shanghai,
was
ly prepared document before it
The document is reported to measure three feet in width and have been rushed to Iraq but it thrown into an uproar at 30 feet in length and covered will not be easy to build up 1.45 substantial fore, especially
p.m. to-day, when with the signatures and red seals of famous people from all walks with striking powers, by
Zau Ka-fu, member of the of life. aero- planes alone.
Nanking-sponsored Gold It also contains many com- plimentary phrases written Bar Exchange, was shot by the signatories in apprecia- dead by a lone gunman tion of the British leader and Who fired five shots.
Although the Germans have
boasted of their "ying bridge" to Tripoli, it la physically im veyed by air heavy tanks such
possible for them to have con-
people.
The telegram itself is written as have appeared in Cyrenalca. Zau was hit in the head and by a well-known calligraphist.——
It becomes increasingly evident | that they must have been sent across with French connivance.. -- Reuter.
SHAUKIWAN JUNK EXPLOSION
were
Chinese Eight severely burned last night when an explosion occur- red in the hold of a junk at Shaukiwan and set the boat on fire.
A 18-year-old lud escaped un- |harmed, being in a sampan along- Iside the junk when the explosion
occurred.
The men were originally the crew of a junk which left Swatow with a cargo for Hong Kong last
week.
On Friday they took to a sam- pan and abandoned their Junk when a Japanese armed trawler was observed approaching.
it
Drifting in the sampan for al- most two days, they saw a large Junk in the d'stance near San Mun Customs Station, found deserted and decided to sail it to Hong Kong, arriving late yester day afternoon at Shaukiwan,
Before making a report to the Police, the men started to cook n meal and about, an hour later the |explosion occurred in the hold. The Police are investigating.
NO REPRISALS BY
VICHY EXPECTED
|
died instantly. but the gunman Reuter. was caught by the police.
Many foreigners and Chinese, going to office, had narrow escapes.
Reuter.
UNITED STATES ON THE VERGE OF "TREMENDOUS DECISION"
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IT IS BELIEVED THERE WILL BE NO DECLARATION OF WAR BECAUSE OF THE NEED FOR CONGRESS ACTION, AND CONGRESS IS NOT READY FOR SUCH A STEP.
Japan's "Warning"
A warning that Japan will dis- charge her treaty obligations to-. wards her Axis partners if the United States enters the European conflict was yesterday sounded by the Tokyo newspaper "Asahi Shinbum.'
The "Kokumin Shinbum" sald that the United States must ex- pect the Japanese Navy to main- tain her vigilance over the Pacific in case the United States enters the European war,
Referring to Japan's obliga- tions to the Axis, the "Koku- min" said that Japan will take time to decide her course even¦ if the United States declarca. war on Germany!
of
Naturally, said the paper. Japan will aid her allies, with or with- out an American declaration war-whether or not Japan - will exchange a declaration of
war, continues the paper, is a matter of secondary importance. - Inter- national News Service.
| MADRID AND DUKE'S
SURRENDER NE
Fair prominence was given in the Madrid press yesterday to the The Berlin. correspondent of the surrender of the Duke of Aosta Madrid newspaper "Alcazar" re- and his troops, particularly in the ports that it is not expected in newspaper "Informaciones," which Berlin that the Vichy Government prints large headlines above the will take reprisals for the British, news says Reuter,/. bombing of Syrian aerodromes..
It is felt, however, that Petain and Darlan are studying what are termed "protective measures." Reuter
STOP. PRESS
The Tokyo "Kokumin Shimbun this morning gave prominence to an article as- serting that the continuation drives in China of military was the only way open for Japan to attain a satisfactory solution of the China Affair..
The paper warned that many great difficulties still lie ahead
and admonished the Japanese against misinter- pretations of statements... by Mr. Kumaturo Honda, Japan- ese Ambassador to Nanking. and his recent interview.
Also, the paper recalled the statement by General Shun- roku Hata, the new Com- mander-in-chief of the Ja- panese Expeditionary Forces in China, shortly after his ar- rival in Nanking, in which he said "the war has only be- gun," and called upon the home front to prepare for all the sacrifices needed for a sustained struggle.-Reuter. -
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