THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 9, 1941.
GERMANS
Library, Supreme Court
OPERATING
FROM SPAIN COLONY
Nazi 'Planes Based At Rio De Oro
GERMAN LONG-RANGE BOMBERS, IT WAS REPORTED IN LONDON ́YESTERDAY, ARE OPERATING FROM RIO DE ORO, THE NORTH-WEST AFRICAN SPANISH COLONY, 'AGAINST BRITISH CONVOYS IN THE SOUTH
ATLANTIC.
A British ship has just been sunk off East Africa by a lone 'plane, believed to have come from the Luftwaffe force stationed at Dakar, Casablanca or Rio de Oro.
Britain is watching the moves
of the Spanish authorities 17
WOR
the
this part of the world, it reclared in London. and Royal Navy is also ready again to take action against the Vichy Fleet.
Con
Some quarters hint, in nection with the Syria opera-
fear-
tions, that meidents "more some" than the Oran and Dakar fights may Spon be witnessed.
Panzers In Morocco
FRANCE HAS 45,000 TROOPS IN SYRIA
France is thought to have about 45,000 troops in Syria, of whom a third to Q quarter are white.
The others are Senegalese, Algerians, Tunisians, Syrians, Lebanese and possibly some Indb-Chinese.
It is believed that the French forces have a certain number of tanks and there is a small air force about 100 machines. British Wireless;
RUSSO-GERMAN TALKS, SNAGS
WHILE BOTH LONDON and Berlin are concerned regarding the Soviet attitude, it is considered in neutral circles that something that French army transports has gone wrong with the German-Russian Infantry from Marseilles to negotiations.
Reports have been
received
are moving panzer troops and
Spanish
Morocco, opposito
French Morocco.
in
Spain has also been building up an air force, composed of Italian and German 'planes. Spanish Morocco, a good hopping off point for bombing Gibraltar. -International News Service.
SELASSIE THANKS INDIANS
A certain sharpening in these relations seems discernable, it was stated in Stockholm yesterday.
And
The Germans profess to some satisfaction in the fact that' the Russian radio has increased German
language broadcasts while abstaining from anti-Ger- man propaganda.
The Berlin correspondent of the Stockholm newspaper "Demo- craten," commenting on the-f journey of Sir Stafford Cripps, British Ambassador in Moscow, says German newspapers asking how biz Stafford will make his journey to London in
request.
BENGHAZI BLAZING
FURNACE
This picture was taken during visit to the Women's Aux- illary Air Force School of Instruction at a manglon taken over by the R.A.F. in the Home Counties. Here members of the W.A.A.F. undergo a two weeks Cfficers Training Course. (Copy- right, Pox).
ISOLATION "THING OF THE PAST"
have..
(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL”) -ADMIRAL HARRY YARNELL, formerly
in command of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet, declar- ed in Hoboken yesterday: "Fight nowwhile Britain and China are our allies.”
Admiral Yarnell, who was "speaking at compliance with Mr. Eden's Benghazi, the Libyan Stevens Institute of Technology Commence- harbour and base occu- ment Day; continued: "Isolation is a thing They point out that any jour.pied by the Axis forces, of the past and our safety and welfare are
was turned into a blazing
ney from Sweden to Britain must go over German-control- led areas.
Haile Selassie has sent a special personal message of thanks to the Indian divisions which so greatly helped in over- throwing Italian rule in Reuter. Abyssinia.
The
an
messave s'ales: "I well aware of the sympathy which
the Indian public and press have shown for my people throughout
Complete silence is maintained
in Stockholm on the subject.
1,000
the years of their misfortune and KILLED IN
opposition, and I am grateful for
it.
"I am even the magnificent part which the
more grateful for
country.
E. AFRICA
furnace by Royal Air threatened.
Force bombers on Friday alone
"If Britain and China fall we crudely marked placards denounc
will guard Democracy,ing war and aid to Britain. They; night for the second time Europe and China must be re-refused to say what organisa❤ in succession.
turned to their people."
tions -- they represented. Fires
In another address yesterday. raging among
One sign read: "Who's Presi military Mrs. Roosevelt, speaking at St. dent, Franklin or Eleanor?", L buildings and in the harbour area Paul, Minn., was applauded by
Mrs. Roosevelt in her address were "stoked up" by bombers an audience of 12,000 when she sharply contradicted the isola- until they could be seen 50 miles declared: "None in his sane tionist statements of Senator away.
mind wants to go to war but Burton Wheeler and Col“ Lind- Last night's R.A.F. Middle East just the same a lot of people in bergh though not mentioning communique, which reports the Europe who haven't wanted to them rald, also refers to an attack on go to war have found war
by name--International the Derna aerodrome and Bara their countries."
in News Service Re and to bombing and “machine- gunning attacks in the Jimma'area of Abyssinia.
RAF. fighters also carried out
A Middle East.com-protective patrols over shipping
Indian troops recently played in the liberation of my Their training in mountain war fare enabled them, at Keren and munique issued in Cairo afterwards at Amba Alagi, to yesterday says: “Libya: scale precipitous heights and cap- Tobruk. Artillery on both ture positions which seemed im pregnable.
sides has been active.
"Thelf courage" - to” rape enemy superior in numbers and armed with the most modern weapons, excited the admira stion of ath who`know what they
have done.
River Omo in two places, East "Abyssinis: After crossing the and West African Latiops aro pressing forward.
"At the northern crossing alonë, the enemy lost over 100 dead,
our hands.
"I wish to express to all ranks leaving 1,000 or more prisoners in of the Indian divisions who fought in the campaign of freedom of
my country, the sincere thanks of "In addition" we captured 20 my country, myself a and my guns, 200 lorries, many machind- people,"
guns and quantities of war mater-
The message was signed on May lal, The retreating enemy forces '80 by the Emperor himself. seated |är Being) vigorously Pursued. at his writing table in the mag-
Obsthe Duk
Situation remains
in
the Mediterranean and "one enemy alrerit was driven off by
a South African fighter and forced to jettison its bombs.
All RAF aircraft returned safely from all operations. Reu ter
Was
While Mrs. Roosevelt being introduced, five- youths caused a disturbancé in the -balcony by booing and were
escorted from the bulldinė. Col. Lindbergh Contradicted
00
Twent
GEN. WILSON
IN CHARGE
"General Wilson; › G.O.C., Pales <tinop ise-in-charge of tha.
Syriam operation, in whi Allied troops are subrufted Craft and include British Haris, Indfaris and Fred
women pickets & stood van deurned in London yesterda outside the building courtying," says Renteri E
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