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NAZIS OCCUPY SUDA BAY AREA Confused Situation In Crete N.Z. PLANFOR Germans Claim

Claim PREMIER'S Important Success NARROW

A NEW EUROPE Malaya

Traffic

(By Reuter's Staff Reporter)

New hope for the people

of Europe was offered by In

Mr. Anthony Eden when

In Boys

he spoke of Britain's Mr. A. Creech-Jones plans, already in process (Lab.) asked in the House of completion, for econo- of Commons yesterday mic and social reconstruc- whether legislative steps tion immediately after

were being taken in the the cessation of hostili-

Straits Settlements to ties.

prohibit traffic in boys

hundred the territories.

audience of several London businessmen in the Lord Mayor's residence

Mr. George Hall, Under-Secre- Mansion! at

replied tary for Colonies,

that Mr. House, in the City, where

enquiries by the Strais Govern- Eden spoke as a direct answer

the to Nazi talk of a "new economic ment, in collaboration with

hal

At Candia ESCAPE

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.

Practically no German troops liave been landed by sea, and in military quarters in Cairo the situation on the island is described as most confused.

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

He was returning on the Alexandria-Cairo road from visiting New Zea- land wounded when the car turned a somersault.

Mr. Fraser's secretary was seri- Mr. Fraser ously injured, but and the chief of his department, Berendsen, suffered only Mr.. minor bruises.

of much fighting in recent days.

I Suda Bay Conceded

A senior New Zealand staff officer la suffering from а ribs. broken arm and crushed another staff officer is suffer.

ing from acvore shock . and the Engileh driver has broken his thighs.

With very heavy fighting go The speech was taken by an for employment outsideing on it is not easy to make out the position, which is changing all the time.

in It was officially announced heavy There has been very

the British hand-to-hand fighting. attack Cairo yesterday that

have withdrawn and counter-attack ending in the troops in Crete British troops

being pushed to positions east of Suda Bay.

official

news The

German back by sheer weight of num-

the Germans hers.

agency announced

Three of the injured men were and yesterday morning captured the flung out of the car

given town, harbour and aerodrome of stopped. Assistance was

African by two South

officers THERE HAS BEEN FURTHER | Heraklion (Candia).-Reuter,

who were passing at the time HERAK- FIGHTING AROUND

of the accident.--Reuter.

order for Europe.

ly that,

authorities in Hong Kong,

Reinforcements of men

hostilities

boys

Gov- pre- taken. at

POSITION LION WHILE THE AROUND RETIMO THE SAME.

REMAINS

Heavy Losses

Heavy German

before it

Mr. Eden sought to show clear-shown that since the extension

of the Sino-Japanese FIRST, GERMAN PLANS FOR to South China there had beenmaterials have gone into Crete. EUROPE'S REORGANISATION traffic of some extent in WOULD MERELY ENTAIL from China ports to Malaya.

The Straits Settlements MORAL AND ECONOMIC SERFDOM FOR NATIONS, AND ernment had decided that

be

reinforcement ventive steps inust THAT,

and severe hand to hand fighting drawn to positions east of Suda Second, in any case, only the and the Colonial Secretary

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

ure reported in a communique Bay. British Empire and the countries present

abandoned issued

In British G.H.Q. from

"Dive-bombing was again con- and of North

recommendations.-Reu- British troops have South America ernor's

tinued on an extensive scale. Canca, which has been the scene Cairo, which states: would be in a position to supply ter.

"Crete ip the face of further "In hand to hand fighting both attacks by the German forces, the enemy and our own troops British Wire- which have again been heavily suffered heavily, reinforced, our troops have with-less.

the food and materials which Europe would urgently need. Reuter.

SCHMELING KILLED IN CRETE

Despatches from Rome carry tributes published in the Italian press to the

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 no:

operation in India

be discontinued.

ex - World Heavyweight Despite political divisions, the Champion, Max Schmel- great Empire of India was over whelmingly behind Britain in ing, who met death in its war effort. Indian troops had played a large part in Abyssinia Crete..

and it was thanks to them that The "Corriere della Sera" refers the situation in Iraq was much to Schmeling's "exceptional courless anxious. age which he continued to dis- Speaking of the war gener- play as a soldier in the most dan- gerous corps, that of the parachu tials."

ally, the Duke zaid. It would, be foolish to underrate our- ор-

beast!

AXIS TALK

IN TOKYO ON U.S.

The international situation, in the light of President Roosevelt's broadcast, is belleved to have been Ronent. "The German is discussed by the German Am- In Britain, Schmeling is re-f beast but a resolute, fighting bassador, Major-General Ott, and membered as a hard, rugged

the Japanese Foreign Minister, -man in the Teutonio etyla who Nevertheless he was convinced

Mr. Matsuoka, yesterday. reigned as fistic king of German that the many thousands of young sport during the period when airmen coming forward would, the Nazis worn publicleing phy-as free men, be better, trained, Calcal culture.

better equipped and far better It is recalled that during train-man' for: man than their Ing as a parachutist Schmeling ponents. ⠀ broke a leg but recovered and was The Empire training

to participate in the assault was now on a scale great refc Reuter I

expectedRouter.

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The meeting lasted over hour.

an

op-

The British~~ Ambassador Sir Robert Craigie, also saw Mr. cheme Matsuoka for half an hour but than the subject of the talk has not

yet been disclosed, Reuter.

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