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GRIM FIGHTING IN CRETE

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1941

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Daisy Brand

Australia's Choicest

BUTTER

OF THE

SEAS RE-ASSERTED

JAPAN

RAISES

HER VOICE

Navy

case

Pres. Roosevelt CRETE Proclaims State POSITION

Of Emergency

SERIOUS

The situation on Crete was described last night in authoritative London

as fol-.

The Japanese Ministry spokesman, Cap- tain Hideo Hiraide, of the press section, broadcast- ing from Tokyo a "be pre- pared" warning in war canie to the Pacific, The President asked whether, in view of said: "The United States the world situation, the United States should is now preparing to send "hesitate to take any single measure neces- warships to convoy mer- chant shipping for the sary to maintain our American liberty, ver purpose of carrying out "Our people and our Government," he her aid to Britain pro- continued, "will not hesitate to meet that gramme.

"Such an act is naturally being Challenge. We reassert the ancient Amer- undertaken by the United States can doctrine of the freedom of the seas at the risk of entering the war Should the United States join the

IN THE COURSE OF HIS HISTORIC broadcAST TO THE UNITED STATES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, PRESIDENT ROOSE- VELT REVEALED HE HAD ISSUED A PROCLAMATION DECLAR- ING THAT "AN UNLIMITED STATE OF NATIONAL EMER-military circles GENCY EXISTS."

Japan

war affected."

Revealing Japanese

would

vitally

be

over

200 now

that warships Are patrolling the China coast, he as- sured his listeners that over 300 more warships, together with 4,000 'planes, are stationed at various Japanese naval bases in the west- ern Pacific ready to take action at

a moment's notice.

Admiral Koshiro Oikawa, the Navy Minister, himself also made a radlo speech yesterday which commemorates the vic-

Germans

Attack At

Sollum

"1

be

AMERICAN AMBASSADOR CALLED HOME

The State Depart- ment in Washington yesterday

disclosed declared: President Roosevelt "Hitler's plan for world domina- been L'un would by now have accomplished but for two factors, one the epic resistance of Great Britain, the other the magnificent defence of China."

President Roosevelt continued: "Some think we will not attacked until bombs drop on New York or San Francisco. An attack on the United States of America can begin with domination of any base which menaces our security. PLEDGED "WE HAVE MATERIAL SUPPORT TO THE OTHER DEMOCRACIES OF THE WE WILL FULFIL THAT PLEDGE.

that Mr. John Win- ant, the U.S. Ambas- sador in London, is leaving for the United States at the week- end to report.-Reu- ter.

Yesterday's G.H.Q. com- tory of the Japanese Fleet over munique in Cairo report-WORLD He said that the navy, while ed no change in the situa-

the Russian Fleet 36 years apo.

cooperating with

the army to bring the Sino-Japanese conflict to a successful issue, was training

hard day and night and streng-

thening its armaments with Р view to "discharging the great responsibility of defending the nation in the face of the great world_upheaval now confronting us."-Reuter.

EVACUATION QUESTIONS IN COUNCIL

tion at Tobruk.

ALTHOUGH

"We in America will decide whether, when and where our American interests are attacked, or our security threatened. "We are placing our armed forces in strategic military posi- tions, We will not hesitate to use our armed forces to repel attack."

No Nazi World After pointing out that

the

In the Sollum area small enemy columns again crossed the frontier and advanced several miles east- wards.

TEMPORARILY GIVING GROUND, OUR FOR- WARD TROOPS ARE SUCCESS- FULLY HARASSING AND SLOWING DOWN THE AD- VANCE OF THESE COLUMNS.

In the lakes area of Abyssinia, attack on Norway was preceded the Imperial troops are engaged in by an attack on Denmark, that the preceded in attack on Greece was clearing the battlefield and rounding up scattered remnants, by the Invasion of Bulgaria, Pre- of the Italian forces in this region. sident Roosevelt warned that Ger- In other sectors heavy rain is many would find stepping stones pro- to America If permitted to con. temporarily impeding the

tinue her aggressions, and said: gress of operations,

"If you wait until you see white of his eyes, you will never know what hit you."

In Iraq there is no change in

Reuter. the situation.

In Legislative Council to-mor- ITALIAN

row the Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson

will ask the following questions:---

1. Will the Government give OFFICERS

of

statistics of the incidence Pevacuation on the wives of senior

“Government Officers, namely CAPTURED

(a). wives not in the Colony

Ordered,

the

This world to-day is divided between slavery and freedom, Christian between brutality and ideals. We stand for Christian ideals and we will not accept a Hitler dominated world. America will not hesitate,

WE DO NOT ACCEPT AND WE WILL NOT PERMIT THIS MONSTROUS NAZI SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME

when the evacuation was BRITISH TROOFS HAVE wives departed since that BEEN ACTIVELY PATROLLING ***President Roosevelt's re- FROM SODDU, IN SOUTHERN assertion of the freedom of the date e wives recommended for ABYSSINIA, AND HAVE CAP seas means, presumably, that the exemption by the Evacua- TURED A COMPLETE GROUP United States intends to permit ships to proceed. tion Advisory Committee, OF FARTILLERY WITH EIGHT American

seven- cases still pending when GUNS ACCORDING TO YES in any waters in the

NAIROBI COM- Bens and to provide protec- further compulsory, evacua- TERDAY'S tion was suspended? RE 'MUNIQUE.

tion against molestation or inter- álvislonial ference.or In how many cases was the In addition to tw

stake mendation of the vacua- commanders with tlon Advisory Committee, over- captured at Soddu, It

Unlearned that two brigade

their

is now, manders, and six colonels

com-l also captured.

DARLAN OFF TO PARIS

lows:~~

VERY SEVERE FIGHTING IS GOING ON AROUND THE MALEMI-CANEA AREA. THE GERMANS CONTINUE LAND- ING TROOPS AT MALEMI AND THE SITUATION IS SERIOUS.

They are suffering very heavy losses but the Germans never care about losses if they can achieve their object and tho question 16, how long are they going to continue pouring men and aircraft into Crete?

THE TROOPS ARRIVING are NOT PARACHUTISTS BUT AIR. BORNE TROOPS LANDING IN TROOP CARRYING 'PLANES ON MALEMI AERODROME. WHICH

WITH IS LITTERED THE WRECKAGE OF BURNT- OUT 'PLANES.

London Messages received in

more from Crete contain little information than that contained in the communiques.

It is clear that the centre of the battle is east of Malemi,

In the rest of the island, Gez- man resistance remains only in including Vichy a couple of centres,

coast another one near Retimo, on the

west of Canea. Reuter.

Admiral Darlan left yesterday morning for visit to Parts, says Reuter.

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