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SYRIA MOVING TO CLIMAX

Showdown With Vichy Apparently Inevitable

Sabotage RAF. FIGHTERS

At San Diego

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

The authorities are probing the crash of a $250,000 four motored bomber which dived into San Diego (Cal.) Bay on Monday, killing four of the crew of five, who were testing the 'plane before delivery to England.

The entire wing assembly was towed ashore and carefully checked at the Consulidated; plant for possible evidence of sabotage, while U.S. Anny (x- perts also examined the wreck- age,

A Co oldaled official hinted;

STRAFE NAZI TROOP COLUMN

A column of enemy troops and an armed trawler were attacked

by R.A.F. fighters operating over Nor- thern France and the Channel yesterday.

Our aircraft return- ed safely, says last night's Air Ministry communique. Reu-

ter.

NO NEWS FROM HERE TO-DAY

at sabotage, saying: I do not The briefest communique from see how the plane's controls Headquarters in the Middle East could just jam like this one's for a very long time says "On all

News Service.

situation."

Reuter.

BRITISH TROOPS MOVED TO SYRIA FRONTIERS

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WITH THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES IN MANDATED SYRIA FEVERISHLY PREPARING FOR ALL EVENTUALITIES, AND THE DEMAND IN BRITAIN FOR ACTION AGAINST THAT TERRI- TORY GROWING HOURLY, THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST FOLLOWING THE FALL OF Crete is RAPIDLY MOVING TO A CLIMAX, WITH A SHOWDOWN BETWEEN BRITAIN AND VICHY APPARENTLY INEVITABLE.

Several London newspapers yesterday RUMANIA reported on reliable authority that German motorised shock troops have landed in Syria, the "Daily Express" asserting that panzer

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units disembarked from German transports NORMAL” apparently did." Internal onal fronts there is no chonge in the at Latakia after sailing at night through the Italian Dodecanese Islands and along the Turkish coast in order to escape British naval

CHUNGKING RAID: potrols. NEARLY 80 DEAD IN ONE DUG OUT

CASUALTIES IN Monday's bombing are probably higher than those in any previous raid this year, according to reports from vari- ous quarters in Chungking. Many factors contribute to this misfortune.

RUMANIA IS SHORTLY TO BECOME A "TOTALITARIAN STATE WITHOUT A PARLIA- MENT," ACCORDING ΤΟ A BUCHAREST DESPATCH ΤΟ THE ITALIAN NEWS AGENCY, General Antonescu, the agency

adds, will recast his government

holding ministerial

The London "Daily Sketch" yesterday demanded an immediate British invasion of Syria, to forestall German occupation of the country and a subsequent push against Bri-politicians. tish possessions in the Middle East.

BY

"In a more normal form," replac- ing the generals who have been office since January last with technicians and He will then pro- lolm a new state organisation which will provide for the aboli- tion of parliament and its sub- Reliable reports reaching Lon- REPLACED

GERMAN stitution by national representaTM don show that General Dentz, the| TROOPS. INTERNATIONAL tion founded on corporative prin- French High Commissioner in NEWS SERVICE. Syria, is pushing preparations for an emergency, but Vichy, on the other hand, is carefully denying all reports both of the landing of German mechanised troops in Syria and that anything unusual: Is taking place in the country.

However, General Weygand's sudden arrival in Vichy and his subsequent conferences with Mar- shal Petain and Darlan (which were followed by a lengthy Cab-

Seventy-seven were killed and many in- jured in one dug-out which was constructed not for the populace but for trucks. The dug-inet meeting) is obviously out was without any protection at entrance.

After the urgent alarm, many people flocked into the dug-out for trucks, which enters straight into the rock for a short distance without any turns. It has na stones at the entrance such as in all dug-outs for the populace.

US TO TAKE OVER

the

One bomb landed directly in front of the entrance,

con-

nected with the framing of plans for military action, either offen- sive or defensive, in France's overseas territory.

an

The meeting of the Cabinet was urdered by Marshal Petain as emergency measure, and is

re- "de- ported to have considered velopments threatening to convert other French colonies Syria or River into the next theatres of war."

Many junkmen who remained with their boats were killed and their junks blown to bits when many bombs were dropped on the Yangtse and Chialing fronts.

Germans Taking

Over

Tale Of Heroism Casualties were high at Chaingpeh, densely populated General Dentz has formally den- town on the northbanks of the led the report that German Infan- Chialing River, opposite Chung- try with equipment disembarked UNITED STATES MER- king, where many bombs were at the Syrian nort of Latakia last

Thursday. CHANTMENARE TO TAKE dropped.AL OVER ALL BRITISH SHIPPING A tale of heroism was told ofte SERVICES FROM CANADA AND an old woman who was killed in FRENCH - REPORTS NOW THE UNITED STATES TO AUS- an attempt to save the life of a TRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.. small childa –

Announcing this arrangement, The old woman, who already the Maritime Commission in was safely sheltered, dashed out Washington states: "This will re-into the street. to bring the child lease 12 British vessels, for Bri-into the dug-out. Both were tain's own war efforts,"

killed, Reuter: -Reuter,

ADMIT, HOWEVER, THAT. FRENCH REGIMENTS IN SYRIA ARE BEING RAPIDLY MOVED SOUTHWARD TOWARDS THE PALESTINE FRONTIER; AND IT IS REPORTED THAT THEY ARE BEING PROGRESSIVELY:

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ciples, concludes the message. Reuter.

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