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NAZIS OCCUPY SUDA BAY AREA Confused Situation In Crete PLANFOR Germans Claim N.Z. A NEW Important Success PREMIER'S

At Candia NARROW EUROPE Malaya

(By Reuter's Staff Reporter) New hope for the people

Traffic

Europe was offered by In

Mr. Anthony Eden when

In Boys

he spoke of Britain's Mr. A.

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THE NUMBER OF GERMAN AIR-BORNE TROOPS IN CRETE IS ESTIMATED BY ONE UNOFFICIAL QUARTERS IN CAIRO AS BEING | 30,000, THOUGH IT MUST BE EMPHASISED IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IN PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES TO FORM ANY ACCUR- ATE ESTIMATE.

Creech-Jones plans, already in process (Lab.) asked in the House of completion, for econo- of Commons yesterday Practically no German troops have been mie and social reconstrue- whether legislative steps landed by sea, and in military quarters in tion immediately after the cessation of hostili- were being taken in the Cairo the situation on the island is described

Straits Settlements to prohibit traffic in boys The speech was taken by an for employment outside audience of several hundred the territories. London businessmen in the Lord Muyor's House, in the City, where Eden spoke as a direct answer

`ties.

residence

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Mansion Mr.

Mr. George Hall, Under-Seere- replied that tary for Colonies. enquiries by the Strai's Govern- the to Nazi talk of a "new economic ment, in collaboration with

had order" for Europe.

authorities in Hong Kong.

of the Sino-Japanese

the extension hostilities

Mr. Eden sought to show clear-shown that since

as most confused.

Suda Bay Conceded

ESCAPE

The New Zealand Prime Minister, Mr. Peter Fraser, narrowly escaped serious injury in a specta- cular car crash in Egypt yesterday.

A senior New Zealand staff

from officer is suffering

He was returning on the Alexandria-Cairo road from visiting New Zea- With very heavy fighting go- of much fighting in recent days. land wounded when the

car turned a somersault. ing on it is not easy to make out the position, which is changing

Mr. Fraser's secretary was seri- Mr. Fraser all the time.

in cusly injured, but It was officially announced heavy There has been very

the British and the chief of his department, hand-to-hand fighting. attack Cairo yesterday that

suffered only Berendsen, have withdrawn | Mr. and counter-attack ending in the troops in Crete

minor bruises. British troops being pushed to positions east of Suda Bay.

official German news The back by sheer weight of num-

the Germans agency announced Reinforcements of men and yesterday morning captured the town, harbour and aerodrome of FIRST, GERMAN PLANS FOR to South China there had been materials have gone into Crete. traffe of some extent in boys EUROPE'S REORGANISATION

THERE HAS BEEN FURTHER Heraklion (Candia).- Reuter. WOULD MERELY ENTAIL from China ports to Malaya.

FIGHTING AROUND The Straits Settlements MORAL

ECONOMIC AND

LION WHILE THE

RETIMO AROUND SERFDOM FOR NATIONS, AND, ernment had decided that

be ventive steps nust THAT,

THE SAME. Second, in any case, only the and the Colonial Secretary British Empire and the countries present of North and South America ernor's would be in a position to supply ter the food and materials which Europe would urgently need. Reuter.

ly that,

SCHMELING KILLED IN CRETE

Despatches from Rome carry tributes published

Gov- pre- taken.

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bors.

HERAK- POSITION REMAINS

It is clear, of course, that the was awaiting the Gov- j

abandoned recommendations.-Reu- British troops have

Canea, which has been the scene

BRITISH PLEDGE

TO INDIA

"IT IS INTENDED THAT the Government of India should be carried on by India, for India, in India," and not from Whitehall, declared the Duke of Devonshire, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for India, speaking “with the full authority of the Gov- ernment" at Leeds University, of which he is Chan- cellor, yesterday.

Efforts to achieve closer CO- would not operation in India

in the Italian press to the be discontinued.

Crete.

Despite political divisions, the

Britain in

ex World Heavyweight great Empire of India was over Champion, Max Schmel-whelmingly behind ing, who met death in its war effort. Indian troops had played a large part in Abyssinia and it was thanks to them that The "Corriere della Sera" refers the situation in Iraq was much to. Schmeling's "exceptional cour-less anxious. age which he continued to dis- play as a soldier in the most dan- gerous corps, that of the parachu- tists.

Speaking of the war genor-

REQUISITION OF SHIPS

AUTHORISED

ally, the Duke gald it would be THE U.S. SENATE YESTER- foolish to underrate our op- DAY APPROVED AND SENT TO ponent. "The German is a THE WHITE HOUSE FOR PRE- Skin Britain, Schmeling Is re- bosst but a resolute, fighting S.IDENTIAL SIGNATURE

beast." memberedua, 'a hard, rugged

LEGISLATION PERMITTING man in the Teutonic style who Nevertheless he was convinced THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE #reigned"""%fiting King of German that the many thousands of young OVER 30 FOREIGN SHIPS #port: during the period when airmen coming forward would, IDLE IN US. HARBOURS. the Nazle were publicising phy-as free men, be better trained, The vessels may be taken over better equipped and far better by purchase, requisition or charter da recalled that during train-man for man than their op- but cash benefits or other equit

foldable treatment" must be provided parachutist Schmeling ponents. alez but recovered and was The Empire training scheme for foreign seamen thrown out of

by requisitions. Irticipate in the assault was now on, a scale greater than employment

euter.

Reuter.

ever expected,

R.A.F. AIRMEN TRAINING IN U.S.

Mr. Henry Stimson. U.S. Secre- lary of War, disclosed yesterday that the training of 8,000 R.A.F. alrmen in the United States be- gins on June 7, starting with first class of 550 students follow-

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riba,

broken arm and crushed another staff officer is suffer. ing from

severe shock the English driver

and

has broken

before it

his thighs. Three of the injured men were flung out of the car

given Assistance was stopped.

African officers

by two South of the accident.-Reuter. who were passing_at_the

five weeks.

time

Mr. Stimson told the press the might be enlarged programme

ed by new groups at intervals of later.-Reuter.

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