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情燄

THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE"

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 28, 1941.

MR. CHURCHILL'S COMMONS STATEMENT

ON BISMARCK CHASE

THE PRIME MINISTER, Mr. Winston

Churchill, speaking in the House of Commons ROOSEVELT yesterday afternoon, stated in connection BROADCAST

with the sinking of the Bismarck that many arrangements were made to intercept the German vessels, should they attempt, as seemed probable, to break out into the Atlan- tic with a view to striking at our convoys from the United States.

During Friday night our cruisers got into visual contact with them as they were passing through the Denmark Strait, between Iceland and Greenland, and at dawn on Saturday the battleships Prince of Wales and Hood inter- cepted them.

"I have no detailed account of the action because events have been moving so rapidly, but Hood was struck at 23,000 yards by a shell which penetrated into one of the magazines. and blew up With only very few survivors.

DETECTIVE

MURDERED

FIRST

"This splendid vessel, al· though designed 23 years ago. iR serious loss to the Navy, THE

a even more so are the men and officers.

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

TOLL CLAIMED IN RANKS OF THE NEW POLICE OF SHANGHATS BAD- LANDS CAME YESTERDAY WHEN YING TSUAN-CHING, A WAS DETECTIVE SERGEANT, SHOT DEAD BY TWO TER- RORISTS IN FRONT OF HIS 1OME.

TO-NIGHT

velt's

Sir, The entire world is now eagerly awaiting President Roose- momentous fireside talk. The great speech of the great Pres dent of a great democratic nation will be broadcast over some eight hundred standard broadcast stations and twelve short-wave stations in the United

States at 10.30 this morning, Hong Kong time. Democratic minded radio listeners in the Orient may

be pleased to know that this broadcast will be relayed by the Manila station KZRH on 9.65 megacycles.

For the benefi of those who will not be able to hear the Pre- sident speak owing to daytime of- fce work, I beg to inform them, through the medium of you paper, that an electrical recording of the President's speech will be broadcast over the Treasure Island station KGEI on 9.67 mega- cycles to-night at 9.30. This re- tupadcast. I trust, can be well received by most of your listen- Ling readers

Yours faithfully,

(S. S. LUO).

HALL OF FAME

Throughout Saturday our ships| remmed in touch with the Bis- marck and her consort and are

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") rangements were made for effect-

The picture of the well-known ing battle at dawn on Monday

A pedestrian was also fataly American composer of Southern but during the night weather

wounded when the gunnen open- | songs, Stephen Foster, was yester- deteriorated and visibility de-ed a fusillade of shots in the midst day admited to the Hall of Fame creased. and the Bismarck, by of which Ying's wife darted out at the University of New York. making a sharp

of the door and dragged the body| The picture was unveiled by the pursuit.

of her dead husband inside. She the nearest relative of the late herself miraculously escuped composer in the presence of other

International News Ser-relatives.

turn, shook off

Prince Eugen

"I don't know what happened to the Prince Eugen (the new 8 000-ton cruiser with the Bis- marek) but measures are being taken in respect of her.

"On Monday, shortly before midday, a Cataling aircraft, one of a considerable number of those far-reaching scouting 'planes which have been sent to us by the United States (cheers), picked un the Bismarck aud further ranid dispositions were made by the Admiculty. and of course the moment she was known to be at: sea the whole apparatus of our ocean control came into plan.

far-reaching very

combinations began to work and on Monday evening Fleet Air Arm torpedo bombers and seaplanes from the

death.

vice.

Service.

International News

ROYAL NAVY

SCORES HEAVILY ON BALANCE

(By Reuter's Naval Correspondent)

THE BATTLE IN THE mist-wrapped

much-sunk Ark Royal (laughter) waters of the North Atlantic, which opened attacked and made a succession with the shock of the loss of H.M.S. Hood, of attacks upon the Bismarck. which now appeared to be alone,

proved a brief and hollow victory for the Ger- without her consort.

man Navy.

"About midnight we learned that the Bismarck was struck by two torpedoes amidships and

astern.

On balance, the loss of the Bismarck is infinitely more damaging to Germany than that of H.M.S. Hood to Britain. Hood was comparatively an old ship while the Bismarck, only launched in 1939, made its first service continued making uncontrollable appearance in 1940.

Affected Steering "The second torpedo apparently

affected the steering, for she was reduced to a very slow speed and

THE GERMANS

circles, in which condition she was attacked by one of our

AGAIN. While the loss of H.M.S. Hood flotilas with two more torpedoes, was admittedly a heavy price to HAVE BOASTED THAT THE which brought her virtually to a

pay before the brief career of BISMARCK WAS UNSINKABLE' standstill. far from help and far the Bismarck was brought to an OWING TO HER TREMENDOUS outside the range which enemy end, it must be borne in mind NUMBER OF WATER-TIGHT bomber aircraft from the French that with Britain holding undis- COMPARTMENTS. coast could come upon the scene. puted naval superiority, the role The unsinkable has been- sunk. "This morning, at daybreak, of the Bismarck, like that of role That may prove a heavy debit to the psychological Bismarck was attacked by pursu- other German capital ship, was Germany on

avold en-side. ing battleships and I don't know. not to seek but to what

capital gagement with British forces.

results

of the

were the bombardment.

"It appears, however, that the Bismarck was not 'gunk by gun..] fire and she will now be den- patched by torpedo,

Grievous Loss

"Great, as is our loss in Hood. the Bismarck must be regarded as a more grievous. loss as she is the newest and most powerful enemy battleship, and the strik-

· Admiral On Board Another item. on the debit side Had she succeeded in evading the units which were trailing of Germany's account is the fact her, it is impossible to exag-that Admiral Luatjens was flying gerate the damage she might his flag in the Bismarck, have been able to do among convoya on Britain's...ilfefinë from America.

She failed and was brought to battle.

No Mean Feat:

The achievement of the British ing of her from the German navy forces in shadowing and holding

Admiral Luetjens ranked very high in the estimation of German naval cirôles and was virtual High Commander of the, German High Seas Fleet. When the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were at large, he flew his flag in the Scharnhorst. The fact that he transferred it to the.

is a very definite simplification on to the Bismarck grimly for Bismarck suggests that after the, of the task of maintaining effec- four days in the fick'e North repeated hammerings by the tive mastery of the northern seas. Atlantic weather before the final R.A.F., the Scharnhorst and and maintenance of the northern coupe de, grace was given, is in Gneisenau are by no means: "In blockade." Reuter.

maitself no mean feat;:

good shape." Reuter,