1941-03-11 — Page 7

HONGKONG "DAILY PRESS

IKING GEORGE

TAKING ON THE !!!!!! NEW PILOT"

Successful WORKING TOGETHER:

Attack On Durazzo

The RAF. on Sunday carried

out a successful bombing rald "on

BRICKLAYERS OF BRITAIN PLAY THEIR PART IN DEFENCE MEASURES

"Herr Hitler has got to be beaten, and we have all to the village of Duraye, in the Te-do our bit. I can assure you that our workers here are pelini area, where motor transport playing their part," said MR. L. C. MERIAN, a bricklayer, concentrations and gun emplace when he broadcast from London yesterday in the series ments were hit.

WORKING TOGETHER.”

Mr. Merian said that he has shelters in various parts of Greater been a bricklayer for twenty London. The first section I took

over needed 250 shelters, They

A successful attack was also made at Durazzo where large fres were started which could be seen many miles away, states a London years and was now employed had to be built in six weeks, message quoting an R.A.F. com- in building and repairing air- they were.”

raid shelters. He was an ac- tive member of the Trade

munique from Greece,

PROOF OF SAFETY

and

Mr. Merian said that before the

Six Italian fighters and one heavy bomber were shot down.

The Greeks captured 150 more Union and an Air Raid War-raid started quite a number of Italian soldiers and over the week-den. end more than 2,000 prisoners were taken.

It is reported that among the casualties in the Tepelini area are" two one-time members of Mussoll- ni's Cabinet.-(Special)

ÖFFENSIVE CONTINUED

"If we had all done what we art doing today In 1974, this

war would never have come. upon us," said Mr. Merian,

THE TIME FACTOR

people said that they would not use the shelters. When the raid did come the district in which he worked got it badly-and the shel- ters were used.

Huge buildings had fallen on the top of, the shelters and yet Mr. Merian stated that just be-they stood up to it." said Mr./ ATHENS, Mar. 10 (Reuter)-Afore the outbreak of war there was Merlan. "One block of shelters communique says heavy Italiana slump in his trade and things were built alongside a huge fac- were not looking too good. Con-tory, and during one blitz this fac- counter-attacks were repulsed and

tract work was cut down to a tory caught

Its walls the Greeks offensive action con-

In June last year, how fell, cute it it propers. It calls minimum. tinued.

ever, because of the increased de- man, woman, and child inside were fence preparations, bricklayers as safe as the Bank of England."

DUCE VISITS FRONT

In-Chief.

11:1-

CABLE

Somaliland Campaign Near End

"Things are going remarkably well The Somaliland campaign is practically finished and I believe the lighting in Africa is entering its final phase," declared General Smuts. Prime Minister of South Africa, who has just returned, to Pretoria after a visit to Egypt and Africa, states a London message.

During his visit, Gen. Smuts had talks with Mr. Anthony Eden, Gen. Sir John Dill, Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell and Gen. Cunningham and said that the conferences would prove very fruitful. They also dis- cussed the whole war problem and Its possibilities and prespects all over the world.--(Special)

GIVEN NO REST LONDON, March 10 (Reuter)-- Reuter's special correspondent at Khartoum says British troops and Ethiopian patriots are giving the Italians no rest in their thrust from the northwest into the heart of Abyssinia.

Enemy forces in Eritrea are es- timated at 40,000:

.

"Intense patrol activity on the northern front" in East Africa, and the assertion of further British ac- tivity near Jarabub, are the only references to ground fighting a Africa in the latest Italian High Command communique.

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Italian planes, it claims, bombed Fierce

British naval and air bases in Cyreneica, while German planes machine-gunned British troops,

Fighting In Albania

RAIDS ADMINED RAF. raids on Tripoland and Zuara in Libya and Harar and Diredowa in Abyssinia are admit-IMPORTANT HEIGHTS ted accompanied by the announce TAKEN BY GREEKS ment that they did little or no

considerable air activity is reported that more than 300 Italian officers damage.

ATHENS, March 10 (Reuter)—- Local activity on the ground and Athens radio last night iconfried from Albania with the claim that and men were captured by the four aircraft were shot down.

WITHOUT MUCH SUCCESS

Tokyo Conference Latest

Greeks in the last two days' flerce fighting in the central sector of the Albanian front.

were

The announcer added that booty of all kinds was captured. He pald tribute to the bravery of the Greek troops in attacking the fortifed mountainside where there many dangerous crevices.

He said that the rapidity of the Greek manoeuvres took the enemy by surprise and literally

Italians,

paralyze the alias described here as the most imponant action since the capture of Klisura. It is claimed that although the Italian positions" were situated on high round they fell to the Greeks one after the other.

HANOL Mar 10 (Reuter)-A by General communique issued Decoux headquarters states:

The Tokyo conversation is pro- eeeding without much success al- ATHENS. Mar. 10 (Reuter)- were wanted everywhere. Every- M. Merian then went on to give though the Japanese press con Signor Mussolini visited the thing had to be built and built an account of some of the difficulties to assure that an agree- Italian forces in Albania, accord- and bullt quickly.

tles they had to overcome, where ment has been reached on the ing to statements by Italian "The time factor played a big children removed building

main points, and that only detail prisoners, who add that the Duce part in this rush work, and, be- terial, very often led on by thei: ed matters have to be settled. received a despairing account of lieve me. it was a rush," said Mr. parents, because they objected to

"In fact, it seems, after several alternatives, We the present position from General Merian. Thousands of bricklay. shelters being built in a particular

are proceeding Cavallero, the Italian Commander-ers left London for the north, street. Now, however, these shel-again, not towards an equitable

TRIBUTE PAID mediation, but towards a forced become their second south, cast and west of England ters have

arbitration,"

Continued from Page 1 There is at present no confirm-My own firm qontracted to build home and it was a strange sight ation, however, of these reports.

to see smoke pouring out of im-

VIOLATION ALLEGED

This experience was peculiar to provised chimney-pots.

According to a message

them. Their appearance in the Another disturbance was to find Sydney, French troops are alleged onslaught in Italian East Africa. › Sudan was the signal for a general that shelters which have been free to have violated the Armistice the night before have been wreck- Agreement between

Lately I received the following Indo-China. ed by a bomb.

confirmation to Gen. Wavell's.mes- and Thailand. Thailand has re- sage to which I referred in a re- ported to Japan that French troops have crossed her border at formation of the fighting in Eritrea cent broadcast. "As detailed in- three points.

In the meantime, it was expect-magnificent performance of Indian that reaches me confirms the ed that the full text of Indo- China's reply to the Japanese pro-Keren, India may well be proud of troops at Egordat, Barentu and posal would have been received in

MINOR ACTIVITY BY LUFTWAFFE

Failure Of Japanese Blockade

CHUNGKING, Mar. 10 (Reuter) "It is another indication of the

Raiders Greeted With Terrific AA. Fire LONDON, Mar, 10 (Reuter) fallure of the Japanese attempts Following the sharp German auto blockade China," stated a chi- attack on London Saturday nese military spokesman, comment- night, activity by the Luftwaffe ing on the Japanese withdrawal over Britain in daylight yesterday from ports in South Kwangtung. was on a small scale, according to He declared the Japanese occUDE.. the Alr Ministry.

Or

HARD WORK

"You

will see, therefore. what an Important part we bricklayers are playing. They worked all through the night and on through the next day.. In some

cases they do not go home for a week." said Mr. Merian," and they have to snatch two or three hours sleep and then get on with the job. I hope their efforts will never be forgotten"

to

tion of Shayuchung was an attempt Mr. Merian then referred Bombs were dropped at a few to cut communications between some of the difficulties which, some points in the south-east shortly Hongkong and Shaokwang, "while of the workers experienced in after dawn and caused very little

the

South travelling to their places of em- recent landing in damage and no serious casualties.

Some damage

Kwangtung was

ployment owing to the fact that an attempt to was done by

they all had to leave their homes single aircraft which dropped check smuggling through Kwang-

in the early hours of the dark and bombe in eastern England in the chowwarı. afternoon. A few people were killed but the casualties were not numerous,

HEAVY RAID

A squadron of Chinese bombers

winter morning. Everyone started

of, about the same time, and the rush, therefore, could be imagin- ed. On some occasions one could

"

from

Tokyo yesterday and that the these fine troops."

agreement would have been signed soon afterwards.-(Special)

ese report.

VICHY'S FINAL WORD German aircraft are reported to yesterday afternoon heavily raided not see where the buses were Mr. Matsuoka the Vichy Govern- The French Ambassador banded have made a daylight sortie in Japanese positions near Ichung, bound for and very often workers ment's final word in the Thai dis- formation on the south-east coast according to an official announce- found themselves taken some dispute yesterday morning, according early in the day but appear to ment.

tance away from their, actual des- to an Agency report, quoted in a have dispersed and retired' after All the machines returned safely.tination, and had to make their London message-(Special)

terrific anti-aircraft

Twelve Japanese planes bombed way back.

meeting barrage.

B

It was stated last night that the RAF. destroyed 50 enemy planes last week over Britain, the Con- tinent and the Middle East while losing 16 themselves.

WEEK'S LOSSES

1

a point west of Kunming yesterday,

They all went through it "daily laughing, joking and grumbling but happy, and just wishing Herr Hitler to hell for causing this

Japanese Evacuates bother.

From Hongkong

and

"Nine German aircraft, were lost TOKYO, Mar. 10 (Reuter)- over Britain during the week end-Eighty Japanese women ed midnight on March 8-9; one on children evacuates from Singa March 2, three on March 3, three pore, and. eight from Hongkong on March 4 and two on March 8.and Manila, arrived" aboard the All, except one, were bombers. N.YK. liner Hakone Maru in Kobe The British lost one Aghter.

yesterday.

"That's the kind of life we are living now," concluded Mr. Merian. "It is a hard life and a busy life but we are going to keep it up. Herr' Hitler's got

to be beaten' and we have all

to do our bit. Tean assure you that our workers here are play- In their part.”

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REUTER'S EDITOR

RESIGNS

LONDON, March 10 (Renter)— Mr. Bernard Rickatson Hatt, Reu-

Campaign To Boost ter's Editor-in-Chiet, has resigned

Japan

Chief.

FOUND. HANGING

"At Keren, the Italians concen- trated the cream of their East TO ARRANGE SIGNING

African army in an attempt to! TOKYO, Mar. 10 (Reuter)The stave collapse. Detalls of the part) French Ambassador, called on the played by troops from India in a Foreign Minister, Mr. Matsuoka, at swift drive taking our forces from

in order to take up another post. noon today to arrange the pro- the vicinity of Kassala to pre-

Mr. Randall Nel, Reuter's Chief cedure of signing a Thal French cipitous strongly fortified German newspapers have start-Chief of Reuter'a Paris bureau, bas of the Editorial staff and formerly agreement.

heights around Keren, are alreadyed a campaign to boost Japan and It is understood he acted under published.

to coincide with Mr. Mataroka's been appointed Deputy Editor-in- instructions from Vichy.

The story, as it unfolds, fully decision to visit Berlin, states a The signing is taking place to justies the warm praise Genmessage from Sydney..... light or tomorrow, says a Japan-Wavell accorded our soldiers. Many

One acts of Individual gallantry and newspaper programme is seen in typical example of this determination by Indian troops of the comment that the Japanese all classes are too numerous to Navy la now stronger than the en-

that Africa is not the only battle-fleet which increases the number mention.

A. 56-year-old man was found tire American "Fleet,

front, Captain Auchinleck paid a of battleships to ten.

After reminding the members added three battleships to Her in Pokfulam Road yesterday.

Japan has hanging from a tree in a garden

tribute to the Royal Indian Navy CLEAR OPPORTUNITY for performing an arduous and Britain cannot afford to send dangerous task in closest co-opera- any more naval units to Singa- tion with the Royal Navy, and also pore, nor can America add to her referred to the troops in Malaya feet in the Pacific, continues the and the Far East, who, though comment, which goes on to state not actually in a theatre of war, that this presents Japan with a TOKYO, Mar. 10 (Reuter)-Two many are living under active ser clear opportunity for her south- American-born Japanese

AUSTRALIA'S WAR have vice conditions and enduring hard-ward drive.. sailed for, Australia to assist Mr. ship and discomforts. Kawai, Japanese Minister, as pri-

FINANCES Lastly, he referred to the land campaign is expressed by the New vate secretaries.

Australian war finances are in' a and air forces on India's North-York Herald-Tribune which states hopeful condition, states a mer- They are Mr. Hidemichi Toki-Western frontier where, officially that the cutting down of the ex-sage from Sydney. In order to masa, a graduate of Hawaii Uni-not at war but actual in practice, port of vital supplies to Japan is use all the money allseated fo versity, and Miss Tamatsu Tsumi- now as always carry their lives in fast bringing to a climax Japan's war purposes the Commonwealth da, a graduate of Baint Maria's their hands and cannot relax relations with America and Bri- will have to spend £24,000,000 for... High School, California.

vigilance.

the next four monthɛ---(Special),

-SECRETARIES FOR MR. KAWAI

The American reaction to this

tain.--(8pecial)

The body was later identified as Ko Chi, by his wife, who said that he seemed to be very depressed lately.

Buicide is suspected.