TURKEY
IS
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 4, 1941.
DISGUSTED
Harsh Condemnation Of Admiral Darlan's Diatribe
NEW TYPE
IN MALTA
AIR RAIDS
British fighters down
France In "Whirlpool
Of Shame"
shot ADMIRAL DARLAN'S diatribe against
into the sea off Great Britain, and his statement that Great Malta one Junkers 52 Britain instigated the Turks to take Cilicia troop-carrier yesterday from France, have aroused a deep feeling of afternoon; all British! machines returned safely disgust throughout Turkey, and leading arti- cles in all Turkish newspapers yesterday heident harshly condemned what are declared to be
this. says
On the
official
Annouving emunu, que
during the second air! Darlan's falsehoods. geurred raid alarm of the day but on the first occasion the enemy planes merely few over the island, pre- sumably on recommaissance,
There were also two alarms of
The newspaper "Ikdam" says:
"Darlan
lies. The Turkish Army was never instigated
Monday. No incidents followed by a foreign power and, as yesterday, it is
the Bist while on the secund owension the enemy aircraft were driven off by anti
dropping their beant,
Reuter
reraft into the sta
BARBED WIRE
THEFT
That barbed wire left un the brilsade in Kowloon City by the military authorities for emergency use, have been frequently stolen, was mentioned before M. D. J. N Andersen at Kowloon this morn- Hig when Cham Lauk. 43 sentenced to three months' hard labour for stealing one col of
wire
U.S. SHIPS FOR GREENLAND
In
A 1 has been passed by the Bouse
Representatives of Washingt, authorising the con- struction of two ice-breakers for
in Greenland waters service Reuter.
INFLEX
BIN
always ready to day and to-morrow to defend the Turkish nation's sacred principles."
"Darlan
The Vakit" deelureN
to suit the Turks' national diguty by disputing the genuine- of the Turks' national strug- gem 1921 with a view to freeing Caledo wher
thoughly Turkh territory."
WHIS
I
PARIS GIVES
NAZIS A TOUGH TIME
on
Night assaults Germans in Paris are becoming so frequent that a special tribun- al has been set up in the city to deal with all such cases, stated the German- controlled Paris radio yesterday.
It will be recalled, added the announ- that the penalty cer, for such assaults is death, Reuter.
SMALLER PAPERS
by an
agreement
GERMAN RAIDS ON BRITAIN
Bursts of machine-gun fire and the wounding of some people is reported in an Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Securi- air ty communique on activity over Britain yes- terday.
The communique states: "Dur- ing this afternoon a single air- craft dropped bombs on 4 town the south coast. Several people were injured and damage was done to buildings,
Another enemy aircraft dropped bombs at a place on the north east coast and delivered several bursts
fire. of machine-gun Damage done was small but some persons were wounded.
Bombs dropped in the Eastern Counties did 110 damage
caused no casualties.
and
It has now been confirmed that on Monday another enemy born- ber was destroyed by our fighters -
Const. making of the East total of three for that day." British Wireless.
a
that "It is
of fute an irony
surrender all Darlan is ready to
to the.
The daily papers in the beru France and her colonies Germans but deplores that France pred part of France will in future could not take away Adana from be reduced from four to two pagesį the Turks,"
between the An Istanbul newspaper asks: papers and the French Couned of "Don't the Vichy statesinen real-Ministers, states the Madrid news of newspapers will be on the frane. The "Cumhuriyet” says "Byise they are debasing themselves¦pager "Informaciones.”
Reuter. The price statement Darlan and the by reusing Britain in the matter have crashed of solution of the Alexandretta whole of France
issues?"
h
to a whirlpool of shame." Ankara vadia meninwhile, es. tinues to attack Darlan regarding to Turkry i lus his references decent peech.
Irony Of Fate
"It
Quoting a Turkish news. paper, the announcer said: seems that Darlan, in his in. tolerant complaint against Bri- tain, brimming with wrath, has also uttered words likely to hurt the feelings of the Turkish people.
Reuter.
SYRIA MOVING TO CLIMAX
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ARE BEING RAPIDLY MOVED SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THE AND PALESTINE FRONTIER. IT IN REPORTED THAT THEY ARE BEING PROGRESSIVELY
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Weygand At Cabinet
The Vichy Cabinet met for 2!4 hours yesterday morning. General Weygand was present.
Admiral Darlan yesterday re- ceived General Weygand, with whom he talked for some time. states the official German news agency quoted by Reuter.
Landing Report
There is no confirmation Jerusalem of the Ankara report that Germans have landed at Latakia, on the Syrian coust. heuter.
British Troops Moved
AN.
BROADCASTING FROM KARA LATE LAST NIGHT, THE NATIONAL BROADCAST. ING CORPORATION'S CORRES- PONDENT, MARTIN AGRON. BKY, SAID:
continue concen- "The British
and trating troops in Palestine Iraq and on Syria's southern and eastern frontiers while the Nazis quietly but rapidly strengthe!: each day their grip on the pull- tical and military rein of French Mandated territory.
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"The actual Nazi troop strength in Syria is still too small for effective action, but it is hoped in this part of the world that the British will not make the fatal mistake of under-estimating the Nazi ability for speed and organ- isation as they have done so many times in the past in the Middle East."
Reuter,
SCHOOL NOT REGISTERED
Summoned before Mr. H. C. Macnamara, at Kowloon this morning for operating an unre gistered school on' the ground. floors of Nos. 252-202, Portland Street, Soo Hung-sui was fined $150.
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