THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 23, 1941
TIDES OF WAR MOVING Mr. Fadden Sounds Warning In Australia
Echoes Of War In Middle East
"THE TIDES OF WAR are moving swiftly towards our shores as the situation in the Balkans and the Middle East becomes more ocute."
This warning was made by Mr. A. W. Fadden, Acting Prime Minister of Australia, in Adelaide yesterday.
MADRID REJECTS
He said there was no need for alarm but as the situation exists and was likely to exist in the near future it should be faced.
"I do not mean specifically that the s tuution in the Pacific has be- come more serious but as part and (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") parcel of the British Empire, we] A STATEMENT ISSUED BY jare vitally affected by the position THE SPANISH FOREIGN MINIS- as a whole in the Middle East TRY YESTERDAY REJECTED, which must have repercussions in SOUTH AMERICAN SUGGES- the Pacstic."
TIONS THAT SPAIN SHOULD One Fay of sunshine, he um- REVISE HER FOREIGN |tinued, was evidence of the deter-
mination of the United States loj
POLICY
Simultaneously, the Madrid back the British cause to the limit, I authorities denied that the cent Cabinet changes meant ritt between the Army and Falafigist Party. International News Service,
any
the fals.
GERMAN
FIGHTER DOWNED IN CHANNEL
in
It was learned London yesterday, says Reuter, that a German fighter was shot down into the Channel by R.A.F. fighters in the morn- ing.
Crete The
Opening Round
On the events in Crete, re-hot only by supply of materials, the "Daily Telegraph" but the actual delivery of mater-says that Nazi propagan- He urged the Australians to give|da makes no secret that
ttle more to Australia and little less to themselves so as to
this is the opening round help 771*1
eventuality. any
in a full-dress battle for Reuter.
Suez.
USSR CONSULATE IN SHANGHAI [SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"] The Soviet consulate-general in Shanghai is expected to shortly with the arrival
reopen
of M.
Molchaloff, press attache, and
NEW AIR FACTORY AT BANGALORE
More technicians on the mech- side of the Air Force
number of junior employees. Thanical
building is at present being re- Training Scheme are required for decorated in anticipation of arrival of an officia! from Soviet Embassy in Tokyo shortly.
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the the
new aircraft factory in the Bangalore. The factory has ask- ed for several hundreds of men.
Reuter.
Sole Agents for “NORVIC” "MASCOT"
"SIR HERBERT BARKER"
and
"FINN-FLEX"
The enemy's prestige and his military time table both alike de- mand swilt, decisive success.
The
newspaper comments that the Nazis will meet попе of the aid which favoured them In Holland but will meet in. Bicao the force of seasoned troopa
Under a commander whose vigilance and tenacity Inspire confidence.
THE "DAILY MAIL" COM- MENTS THAT THE VITAL IM - PORTANCE OF CRETE IN OUR SCHEME OF IMPERIAL DE- FENCE IS OBVIOUS.
Victory here will be much more than a local gain and a success for Britain would inflict a damaging blow on the vaunted invincibility! of German arms.-Reuter,
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A British N.C.O. cap- tured an Italian medium tank single-handed by jumping on board the tank, opening the turret cover and killing the crew with a revolver, during operations in Abyssinia.
This story was related in an of- ficial communique issued in Nai- robi yesterday covering the fight- ing, west of Sclasciarmanna.
The N.C.O.'s feat was accom- plished during an Italian coun- ter-attack which was repulsed.— Reuter.
"TERRIBLE” GERMAN
LOSSES
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prevent the enemy from gaining any strong foot-hold on the island.
Freyburg's Message
In a message to Cairo. Major- General Freyburg, the Comman- der-in-Chief of the Allied army in Crete, said: “We had a hard day, Our troops are fighting superbly.
ACCORDING TO A CAIRO "COMMUNIQUE ON THE SITUA-
STOP PRESS
Dr. Sun Fo's residence in Macao was ransacked for Ave hours by some 20 armed rob- bers on Sunday night, accord- ing to a Chinese press report from the Portuguese Colony this afternoon. Although the house is situated just opposite a military barracks, the rob- bery was so well-planned that every member of the gong escaped before an alarm could be raised. A considerable amount of jewellery is said to have been stolen.
The Chinese Government he officially announced_the issue of a 5 per cent. Yun- nan-Burma Railway gold loan Subscrip-
of US$10,000,000, tions will open on July 1 and repayment of principal will begin in 1944. with six- monthly drawings.--Reuter.
The Jury in the Chattey case retired at 3.25 p.n.
The jury was still in retire- ment at 4.25 pm.
The jury at 4.40 p.m. returned a verdict of Guil- tv, with a recommenda- tion which was handed to the Chief Justice.
The prefix "epecia!" to telegrame le usad by the "Sunday Herald' and "China Mall" to indicate news which is strictly copyright under the prov). sions of the Telecommunications or dinance, 1936, 'and''may 'not be reprint- ed under any circumstances, either wholly or I part, without prior ar- rangement.
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CESSFUL COUNTER-ATTACKS
IN DIFFERENT SECTORS. OF
THE ISLAND
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