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GENERAL

NAVAL BASE AT MALTA ATTACKED. MR. KENNEDY ADVOCATES

BY NAZI DIVE-BOMBERS

Six Raiders Downed: Stout R.A.F. Opposition To New Menace In Mediterranean

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in which LONDON, Jan. 20 (Reuter)The Near East war. German dive-bombers and British troops shared the limelight. continued to hold attention yesterday as bad weather drew a screen over the war in the west.

The German air force, seeking to aid Italy by gaining con- trol over centen) Mediterranean waters, made another attack on the British naval base at Malta yesterday, according to Berlin reports.

ITALIAN ESCORT

Jan. On

18. German

SIAN PAYS

TRIBUTE TO

GEN. CHU

UTMOST AID FOR BRITAIN

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (Reuter)—Broadcasting from New York. Mr. Joseph Kennedy, former Ambassador to Britain, said he ad- vocated the utmost aid for Br.taly but this must not go to a

point where war would become inevitable.

If, after the resources of Bri. tain were used up, he would pre-

fer assistance given by outright GERMAN BOMBER

outmoded in

DOWNED IN CHANNEL

Slan paid tribute to the late tien gifts" Chu Ching-lan, ardent welfare Mr Kennedy added: "Many worker and member of the Na-Americans fear Eltier will declare tional Relief Commission, as his war on the United States If atd remains were enconfined this to Britain continues but to de- these afternoon in a brief but impres-clare war is alve ceremony which was attended days of unbridled force. by Gen. Chiang Ting-wen, Chatr- "Hitler would declare war on man of Shensi Provincial Govern- the United States only when he On S. Coast Town inent, and many

other military thought such action in leaders including Gen. Ha Tsung. interests, "nan and Astung Pin.

Flags throughout the city were own at half-mast in observance

Chu died.

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Incendiaries Rained

were

his best

LONDON, Jan. 20 (Reuter)-- for the United States

After a quiet day, marked only by No account of the raid has been received from Malta direct

has certainly committed acts

the "shooting down by British but apparently the Germáns switched the attack back to the

suriciently unneutral to justify A less despotic tyrant than Hitler the Channel, the alert was sound- fighters of an enemy bomber in harbour after bombing R A.F. aerodromes' on Saturday. Cerman dive-bombers are

On Jan. 17 single German bomb- of the occasion. Gen. now!

declaring war.

ed in London some time after being protected by German anders, presumably

the long-range in Stan on Jan. 13.

"It is not surprising that the

dark last night. Italian fighters and the Germans type, attacked torgets in the Suez

American people desire Hitler's A burst of gunfire was heard According to a Chungking dis defeat, for he has attempted the soon afterwards but a quiet spell admit losing three more. aircraft: Cañal by night.

patch. memorial service to RAF. fighters who, although

Wasdecivilisation of the world in the held there for Gen. Chu, whten name of Nazi pagan philosophy."-

followed. outnumbered. shot down six in

Enemy aircraft

reported aive-was attended by Gen. Feng Yu- combat on Saturday, making ap

Mr. Kennedy declared that after near "a West of England, town: a total of at least 11 singe Thursday. Dobers and other bombers again slang. Vice-President of the Na- the retreat from Dunkirk and the Midlands town and

East Damage to R.A.F. property in attacked Malta and this time Ger-tional Military Council. Mr. Huang fall of France the English ue-Angilan town last night.

as well as Italian fighters Yen-pei, leading member of the tences were in a deplorable.com. the German air rald un Malta man

Large numbers of raiders ap- yesterday was not of a serious escorted the raiders

People's Political Council, the Rev.dition but in spite of such handi- proached a South Coast town. The objective in the last raid on Tai Shy, and other friends of the caps and in spite of the fact that Incendiaries were showered on it Malta were the R.A.F. aerodromes, deceased.

the conquest of the British Isles but Mre watchers and others British fighters which inter- This" plan of attack follows that i honour of the memory of Gen. would have giver. Hitler domina-were prepared and many were cepted a large raiding force adopted by the Luftwaffe over Chu, a fund is being raised among tion of Europe, the Germans haut soon extinguished. were greatly out-numbered. England fast summer after British his friends in Chungking-(Cen- never been able to secure a foot Nevertheless, they shot down fighters had forced German dive-tral News).

nature. states an R.A.F. communi-; que issued in Cairo,

six of the raiders and badly damaged a number of others. As announced at Malta, two

British fighters were lost but one

pilot was saved. ..

The German aircraft Junkers 87 and 88 bombers.

bombers to abandon attacks. on. convoys in the English Channel.

Hurricane fighters shot down

ave dive-bombers over Malta re- ITALIANS terday. Last Thursday they also were destroyed

hold on that island

EVACUATE STRONGLYTM

five raiding aircraft FORTIFIED POSTS IN KASSALA

while ve others fell to anti-air- craft gunners.

RAF. OPPOSITION The Royal Air Force and the

In the initial blow at the Britis Fleet Air Arm have put up such Mediterranean Fleet on Dec. 10. opposition to the German air

the raiding formation was not es- threat in the Mediterranean that corted by fighters. As a result, 12 the Luftwaffe, in the short space planes were brought down, chiefly) of eight days, has been forced to by Fleet Air Arm fighters. change its tactics. writes Reuter's British warships were hit. Air correspondent.

in operation

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CAIRO, Jan. 20 (Reuter)-Fresh successes for the British. forces in Africa were announced yesterday with the re-occupa- tion of the strongly defended post of Kassala, on the border of the Auglo-Egyptian Sudan and Italian Eritrea, and the pursuit of Italian troops "on the run.”

SUIYUAN TO REMOVE BANDITRY

BIT

There was little German alr. activity round our consts" during yesterday, states an Air Ministry communique.

A single enemy plane dropped bombs on an' Fast Coast town in the morning but damage was little and casualties few.

KWANGSI PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL TO RESUME OPERATION

All preparations having been completed, the Kwangs! Provin- cial Hospital in Nanning, suspend- ed since the Japanese occupa tion of the city in Nov. 1939, will resume operation in the beginning of next month...

A communique states: "Our Three troops have re-occupied Kassala, By intensive patrols over a period of a week our troops, at low cost 'CATANIA BOMBED German fighters are now in aë.

to themselves, have inflicted daily tion besides the Stuka dive- On Sunday night and again casualties on the enemy, who h bombers and other bombers also later in the week, RAF. bombers been forced to evacuate strongly heavily raided Catania airport in defended positions in and around These changes are revealed by Sicily, one of the Nazi bases. Be- Kassala.

The Sulyuan Provincial Gov. the Axls High Commands own tween: 30 and 40 aircraft were des- "Italian troops all along this ernment is making a fresh effort The budget of the hospital has versions of the joint air opera- troyed or damaged in the first front are retreating, pursued and to stamp out corruption, raft and been fixed at $180,000 annually. tions. For example, on Jan. 10 raid alone. In two raids, several harassed by our mobile detach-banditry

to be appropriated by the Kwang- Junker 87 dive-bombers were ac- hangars were damaged.

ments."

A delegation of about 50 mem Provincial Government—(Cen companied by Italian torpedo "The Chief British problem h British pressure on the borders, beis has been dispatched to intra News). Bombers in an attack on a British combating the German menace is or Abyssinia-inside which Abysspect the different Party. polit. convoy in the Sicilian Channel. possession of sufficient land and sindan patroits are

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On Jan. 15 and 16 heavy raids! shore-based fighters. Already the tinues with "active patrolling in is empowered to arrest anyon on Malta were made by Junkers Cermans have had to bring into the Metamma region and Galla-found to have committed corrup E8 as well ELS 87 dive-bombers, service their own fighters to pro- bat " which were accompanied by tect the Junkers 87 and to employ Italian fighters.

other bombers.

Significant Vichy Move: M. Laval Back In Favour

LONDON, Jan. 20 (Reuter)--Two moves of possicle far- reaching significance were reported from Vichy ast night. They referred firstly to the reported forthcoming meeting be- tween Hitler and Mussolini: and secondly to the conversation between Marshal Petain and his former foreign Minister. Pierre

Laval

A Berne, despatch to the Havas Agency" says that according to newspaper reports in the Swiss capital, Hitler left Berlin for an unknown destination

The same despatch adds that a

- well-informed source in Berne

states that Mussolini also left Rome

France And

Thai Claims

On Indo-China

NOTHING TO RETORT

tion,

active-con-cal and military organisations. It¦ INDIAN LABOUR ON

SIDE OF ALLIES CALCUTTA, Jan. 20 (Reuter)... Several high financial officials The Indian Labour leader, Mr. M. It is officially stated there is no have also been sent out to invest N. Roy, addressing the Anti- change in the situation in Libya gate the frances in the different Fascist Conference yesterday, said: and nothing of importance to re-hsien and punish the responsible "we must throw in our forces at port in Kenya.

officials for financial irregularities. the side of Britain herause she 1- The Italians occupied Kassala, Three armed squads are mean-fighting for our interest. which actually Hes 18 miles northwhile making rounds of the various "Mr. of the Eritrean frontier, in July districts to suppress banditry last.

Since November operations by British and Indian troops have been taking place in the hills north-east of Kassala, with a view to threatening. the right flank of the Italian force holding Kassala

TORRUK BOMBED

ptaro!

(Central News).

AGRICULTURE CONFAB

Churchill, guiding the front rank of fighters against the hulwark of world reaction, is a greater revolutionary force than all Congress leaders. Right and Left, put together, who are only öbstructing that fight.”

The Ministry of Agriculture and SMUGGLED GOLD

an

BARS TO BE CONFISCATED

Tobruk, against which

Forestry has decided to call the R.A.F. resumed the alz, offensive on Agriculture, and Forestry Con Thursday night, was again raidedference on Feb. 15 to discuss mea- on Friday night.

sures of improvement in these A huge nze states an RAF.two elds. communique, was caused near thei The Ministry, it la understood.

According to a Shanghai dis. dumps.

damage is planning to establish six large patch, the ss. Shengking, of But Other could not be observed owing to the government farms, six collective terfield & Swire, on its arrival in weather conditions but all bombs farms and several forest control Shanghai from Tientsin on Jan. It was officially announced lu VICHY Jan. 20 Vichy that Marshal Petain receiv- France is determined to defend the

(Reuter) fell well in the target area.

bureaux at various places in the 16, was searched by Customs off- ed M. Laval and that all mis-integrity of Indo-China, declared down by an Australian squadron.

One Italian bomber was shot current year (Central News) understandings, which led to the Le Temps yesterday commenting.

last incidents on Dec. 13

ONE FIGHTER LOST . year.

on the fighting between French

R.A.F. operations in Italian East when Laval resigned from the post

Thai and

troops on the Indo.. Africa on the same night included of Vice-Prémler, have now been China border

GEN. CHU CHING. LAN EULOGISED

the bombing of a large transport. The National Government has smoothed out.

No further Indieation is given

The newspaper declared that yard in Assab, military buildings issued a 'mandate eulogizing the in official circles concerning the That's attempt to realise her ter- at Hargeisa in British Somailland, services of the late Gen. Chu well-known philan- subject of Marshal Petain's talk ritorial claims" cannot be justified an enemy camp Ave miles east of Ching-lan, with M. Laval.

either historically or by legal Umm Hangar, where fires were thropist and Welfare worker, who Observers at Vichy believe, how right based on treaties, and adds: started, and of Aamara,

One British fighter falled to re-.- ever states the Havas Agency,

must not think that'

turn from patrol in Libya; that the meeting will have a poll. France, though conquered, will, țical sequel shortly,

give up everything. Indo-China

Thai

died at Blan on Jan. 19.

The mandate ordered the appro- priation of $4,000 as funeral ex penses for the deceased, while the

The meeting took place in a 18 being defended and will be de- WILLKIE ENVOY TOsonnel Ministry of the Exam-

chateau In the Alller Department, rended in all circumstances. what

Meanwhile nothing is known in ever they may be authoritative circles In London of

any meeting between Hitler and

Mussolini yesterday

The German radio also made no SAN FRANCISCO

mention of any meeting having

taken place yesterday between Hitler and Mussolini

NIGHT AIR RAID

ON PALESTINE

JERUSALEM. Jan, 20 (Reuter)

DEMONSTRATION

AGAINST

LONDON?

ination Yuan has been instruct-

cials who found concealed in its cabins 76. gold bars, $20,000 worth. Japanese notes, and Chinese silver dollars, amounting to over $100,000 in total.

As no one has so far claimed for the money, it is said that the Shanghai Customs has decided to confiscate it(Central News).

CARDINAL TASK OF CHINESE LABOUR

“MOVEMENT

The cardinal task in the Chi

ed to consider granting liberal 'nese Labour Movement today 18 WASHINGTON. Jan. 20 (Reuterms of sclatium to his family-

(Central New!). "I know nothing of it." Mr.

Wendell Wkle declared yesterday to reporters when

to mobilise all labourers to assist in the war of resistance, and national reconstruction, declared

questioned Higher Civil Service Mr. HF. Chu, President of the

China Labour Federation, in a Press interview.

about reports that he might be Examination appointed Ambassador to London. NAZISMr. Wilkie then flew to Wash The National Government, in w Ever since the outbreak of the SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20 (Reu Ington for a talk with Me, Cordell mandate, appointed Dr. Chu Chia-present hostilities, Mr. Chu said, ter)-Police answered "riot calls" Hull, Secretary of State, before hua, Minister of Organisation of large numbers of Chinese labour- when several youths ripped the setting out for Britain. He added the Central Party Headquarters, ers have joined in wartime ser

ne Chairman of the Examination vices, winning approval from in- Swastika from the flagstaff of that while he is in Britain the German Consulate here yes hopes to gather information con Committer in charge of the pre-ternational labour organisations.

During the past year, the China The first night air raid on Pales terday while a crowd of several cerning effects the end of the war liminary examination for Higher tine occurred in the early hours of thousand blocked the street out- might have on British and Ameri-Civil Service for 1940, which was Labour Federation has excrted Saturday morning in bright moon- side the Consulate, ⠀

scheduled to be held last year but strenuous efforts in promoting was postponed.

labour culture and weltare and light.

The Dag was unfurled to

Messrs. Pan Kung-chan, Sheng given guidance to labour unions Two hostile planes dropped

German occupation su bombs on open country, in south-brate the foundation of the Relch thorities in Belgium, have argered Shi-yuan, Shin Shang-kwan, Wen throughout the

oountry. The the Universities of Brussels,-yu, Wu Ta-Chun, Lin Ping. Federation has also striven to ern Palestine but no damage or 1871.

Earlier there had been 2 de Ghent, Liege and Louvain to re Yang Kung-te. Han Li-vu, Hetao entist. the support of the labour. casualties were, caused.

maid alther that the Swastika open, says the German radio Kang-chuan and eight others class of other countri in a com- be removed or that the Consulate An exchange of professors with were appointed members of the mon front against aggression.

Examination. Committee,(Central By Stars and Stripes along-side,

(Central Newsi. German universities is planned.

This la the first raid on Pales-

the since Halfs was attacked by

day

on Sept. 29,

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