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GENERAL

CRUSHING DEFEAT OF ITALIAN FLEET IN IONIAN SEA BATTLE

8TH PLENARY

SESSION OF Enemy Cruiser Shot To Bits KUOMINT ANG By Devastating Broadsides FIVE COMMITTEES From The British Flagship

APPOINTED

CHUNGKING, Apr. 1 (Central)--

Presided over by Generalissimo

and Chiang Kai-shek

with the largest attendance of 159, mem- bers, the 8th Plenary Session of the Central Executive and Super- visory Committees of the Kuomin tang was opened in Chungking on March 24

Following the opening ceremony, a presidum of 11 persons' consist- ing of Messrs. Wang Fa-chin,

GERMAN FIGHTER GIFTS FROM AFRICA Ting Wei-teng. Chu Chens. Yu

BROUGHT DOWN

London Has Another

Quiet Night

LONDON, Apr.

(Reuter)

LONDON, Apr. 1 (British Wire-Yu-len, Tal Chi-tao. Tsou Lu less) The Tanganyika War Re-Chen, Li-fu, Li Wen-fan, Dr. H. H.

Conferenc

LONDON, April 1 (Reuter)-Fuller details of the crushing defeat of the Italian Fleet in the Mediterranean, which crowned the greatest week of the war, bring the enemy's almost certain Josses to seven warships-four cruisery and three destroyers— while a battleship of the Littorio class was seriously damaged by repeated pounding of Fleet Air Arm torpedoes.

With the return of the British Fleet to Alexandria without a man hurt or a ship scratched, the full story is revealed of how the enemy force were lured to destruction by a British cruiser. The Italians were taken completely by surprise when the 30,000-ton battleship Warspite, leading the British Fleet, followed by the battleships Barham and Vallant, began a chase lasting 12 hours and demolished an enemy, cruiser already hit by aerial tor- pedoes with salvoes of broadsides, leaving destroyers to racs in and finish the job -

Back in port, Admiral Sir AD-way we have come to expect of,

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lief and Welfare Fund has sent Kung and General Feng Yu-hsiang drew Cunningham; C--C, Medi- them.". £500 to the Lord Mayor of Lon-was appointed, with General Wu terranean, paid great tribute

CRUISER DAMAGED Minister Te-chen,

0% Overseas the don's Air. Rald Distress Fund ɑand

for personnel of his Fleet

ALEXANDRIA, Apr. 1 (Reuter) £100 to the Duke of Gloucester's Affairs, as Secretary-General and skilful manoeuvring and to the The enemy battleship damaged Red Cross and St. John Fund. Mr. Kan Nai-kuang, Deputy Sears Air Arm for the untiring efforts in the Mediterranean battle was

which. between them. contributed the 35,000-ton The Union Steel Corporation of tary-General

Vittorio Veneto, South Africa has sent $6,300 for

to the greatest naval victory COMMITTEES APPOINTED

fof the Littorio class, states the RA.F. Oghter pilots and anti-the purchase of a Spitfire.

After fixing the

the war.

captain of the sunk Italian crul- The first news of the Italian aircraft defences destroyed enemy

ser Pola aircraft at an average rate slight activity, mainly over the agenda. five committees to exam-

ine the proposals were appointed Fleet's activity was an air recon- 50 month since January 1 over north-east coast.

The Party Affairs Committee, is naissance report sent in on Thurs and around Britain.

headed by Dr. Chu Chia-hua and day. It stated that Mr. Chen Li-fu, the Political forec was steaming eastward near she had been disabled by a torpedo no incidents were reported,

Atairs Committee by General Cape Passaro, the southermost tip FIGHTER DOWNED An enemy fighter which ven-Chang Chun and Halurg Shih-of Sicily.

With drunatic sudderness, then the engine room. tured over the Chunnel yesterday hui, the Military Affairs Commit- was destroyed by RAF. fighters, tee by Generals Ho Ying-chin and British Fleet salled to contact the It was officially announced.

Cheng Chien, the Economic Affairs

of

The total "bag" for the first quarter of 1941 was 155. ·

Fighter Command losses for the 41 first quarter of the year were aircraft, state the Air Ministry.

LONDON QUIET

Raiders were reported over several other areas but up, to a late hour

London had no air warning last | This is the only Item of day- Committee by General Ho Yao-tsu night. This is the eleventh gulet light air activity by the enemy night, running though over and which the Air Ministry has to re- around Britain there was again port,

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end, Mr. Hsu Kan, and the Educa- tional Affairs Committee by Mr. Wu Tzu-hut and General Pa Chung-hs.

enemy.

an enemy

ENEMY CONTACTED

On Friday morning, one battle. ship of the Littorio Class and a 1orce of enemy cruisers were con. tacted by our light forces to the south of the western end of Crete while further air reconnaissances reported a scona torce, compris-

"POLA" SURRENDERS

The Italian cruiser Pola surren- dered to the destroyer-Jervis after

bomber which scored a direct hit.

The Captain, 21 officers and 238 ratings were taken aboard the Jervis which then sank the Pola with a torpedo.

SEE ALSO PAGE, 9, COL. 1

MR. MATSUOKA ing two battleships, cruisers andIn a desperate attempt to re-

IN ROME

TO HAVE AUDIENCE WITH POPE

destroyers, further north

The Fleet Air Arm and R.A.F. imanediately attacked the for- mer, seriously damaging the Littorio class battleship, re- ducing her speed considerably while several bits were also

LONDON, Apr. 1 (Reuter

registered on the cruisers and destroyersÉVEL Mr. Yosuke Matsuoka, the Jap

While aircraft and light forces anese Foreign Minister, who ar rived in Rome resterday by spe. thus maintained contact with the cial train, was met at the station" enemy, who endeavoured to scatter by Count Clano, the Italian For- and return to his base, the battle- eign Minister, and other members ships followed up. They were of the Italian Government, the able to make contact unly as Secretary of the Fascist Party darkness fell, the chase towards and the German Ambassador. the Italian alore having lasted sbont 12 hours and covered scram 300 miles

MEETING IL DUCE

DEVASTATING FIEX

VICHY, Apr. 1 (Reuter) → Mr. Matsuoka will meet Mussolini to- day. He will lufich with King

The leading ship of the British Victor. His audience with the battle fleet was the Warspite which Pope will take place on Wednes-opened fire with her 15-inch guns day, according to 효 Rome dis- from a distance of just under two patch.

miles. The effect of the War- The German radio states that spite's fire was devastating. The Mr. Matsuoka has sent ค tele-enemy cruiser Flume t up the gram to Herr von Ribbentrop, surrounding sea by a violent burst saying. "I am sure that the con-of red Dame extending from the versations which we had in such foremost funnel, to the after gun a friendly atmosphere in Ger- turret.

many will lead to a further One observer said that the arter strengthening of the bonds be- turret Itself was blown cleak over tween the two countries and the the sine. creation of a new order in Europe | and East Asia."

ALBANIAN FRONT

LULL BROKEN

Greeks Shell Italian

Infantry Columns

While the ship was thus blazine the Warspite poured in a further ¡broadside,, causing a fresh outbyrst of flame By now the entire bat

the feet was in action. the whi..

scene being it up by gunfire

blazing ships and searchlights

Before the enemy had Any chance to reply, "a se:.ad cruiser.

Zara, was burning (ercely, when

sne received a broadside from, the Warspite. A third cruiser, Pola. was likewise dealt with by the LONDON, Apr. 1 (Reuter)-The other British battleships, the whole full on the Albanian front, which action taking a matter of seconds followed the Italiana disastrous Besides the Warspite, the battle. offensive attempt, has been broken ships Barham and Vallant, and with the Greeks again taking the the destroyers Havock and Grey- Initiative

hound participated in the action.

"WELL DONE" SIGNAL

Zuna.

Yesterday several small storm detachments entered Italian lines

In his "Well, Done" signal to the At various points, stated the Athens warships on their return to port. radio, inflicting losses, taking pri- soners and seizing many machine Admiral Cunningham ssid: “I am most grateful to alf in the Flert 2.3: 071 Greek artillery was also active for their support on this against the moving columda but all other occasions. The oper

tions Just : concluded have given the Italian response was weak., -

The Greek aircraft co-operated. notable success and supremacy. the announcer added, by inflicting The skilful handling of our cruisers severe losses white attacking im and the untiring efforts of the ortant targets without, however, Fleet Air Arm kept me well in- formed of the enemy movements any Inss themselves.

and the well pressed home, attacks [of torpedo-bomber aircraft on the KINHWA. Apr. 1 (Central) Littorio so reduced the speed int Chinese troops made a surprise the enemy feet that we were able attack at Tinklokiao, northwest to gain contact during the night of Hangchow, on March 24, killing and inflict heavy damage. about 100 Japanese. They also "The devastating results of the damaged about a mile of the battleships' guntira are ample re- highway and set fire to two high-ward for months of patient train- way bridges there on the following. This work was completed by ing morning

the destroyers in the admirable

GENERAL HATA TO TOUR WAR FRONT CHUNGKING, Apr. 1 (Central)

trieve the Japanese debacle · in northern Klangsi, General Shun- roku Hata, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Forces In China. left Shanghai for the Kaoan front by air on March 26, according to 4 Shanghai dispatch. Besides in- specting the front, General Hata is reported to be personally direct- ing a counter-attack.

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