1941-05-09 — Page 9

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BRILLIANT STATEMENT BY PREMIER

Continued from Page 4-

Atlantic the mighty United States to the Italians. 180,000 men lay the Republic proclaim itselt on our jalong African 3oil and once side or at our side, or at any rate head of these forces was chopped near our side.

off it was not physically possible

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SOLAR ECLIPSE

IN N. FUKIEN -

north

FINANCE & GENERAL"

Japanese Fall To Paralyse Chekiang-Kiangsi Railway

disrupt

Nançbany

GRADUALLY RESTORED Prior to the fall of the major portion of the rolling stock was removed westward before the Japanese had a chance to lay

Despite the Japanese occupation of Nanchang and persistent Japanese aerial bombings, the unoccupied sections of the Cheklang-Klangsi Railway continue to serve its purpose as an im- "I do not today discuss the large for them to retreat,

portant artery of communication in war-time. The Japanese at- LAST OCCURENCE 2.01

of complicated questions

"The same thing with

tempt to paralyse the line has so far failed munitions or food questions. portant modifications, night well

400 YEARS AGO Running from Hangchow in Che daily. The wanton Japanese Probably in a secret session, the have happened to us when Ger-

SHIUKWAN, May & (Central)- klang to Chuchow in Hunan where nothings have failed to Minister of Supply win make a man armoured forces, defeated statement to the House.

and largely destroyed our singie The Observatory of the National tt links with the Canton-Hankow traffic on the une

the

Cheklang-Klangst Chungshan University is organis- Railway, "There is one simple point about armoured brigade which WIS

Railway is a vital trunk "line in tanks which Mr. Hore-Belisha in guarding the advance frontier of ing a party to proceed to

Fuklen to observe the total solar south-eastern China and traverses his speech might have mentioned. the province of Cyrenaica.

eclipse which will occur around

areas rich in natural resources of for he was Head of the War Office

various kinds noon on September 21 this year. In the years preceding the war. In "1 have an" account of what This will be the first total solar The Yushan-Nanchang. Nan- their hands on them. At present the last war, tanks were bullit to happened at El Aghella. The Gen- eclipse visible in populous regions chang-Pinghsiang and Pinghsiang- there are 26 serviceable locom go three or four miles, an hour

erals were taken prisoner by in China for 400 years. It will Chuchow sections are the productives, 60 passenger curs and ‘some and stand up to rifle or machine-taking undue risks in personal cast a

shadow over eight pro-ing centers of rice and coal in 200 treight wagons. Coaches dam- gun bullets. In the interval

Events movements.

China. BTC moving vinces, namely, Sinklang, Chinghai that

part of

Passing aged by Japanese air homes are chanical science has advanced 30 so fast, and people have 50 much (Kokonor), Kansu, gband, Hupeh, through the provinces of Chckians, being repaired and gradually re-

no time to Klangsi, Fukien and Chekisng, Klangsi and Hunan, the line stored to service.

Hitler has profited.

and technical circles for

me-

dwell on

House.

EL AGHELLA

a

Central Asia and totals some

1,000

kilometres. In

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FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1941.-PAGE

SAY

Gordon's

...and know what you're drinking/

GORDONS

DRY GIN

DISTILLERY LONDON

NO COLOURING MATTER

NO INJURIOUS INGREDIENTS

much that It is possible to make to do that there is tanks so up to 25 miles an hour

but the past.

certain coming from

The Japanese occupation of Nan- and stand up to cannon fire. It is broad features will surprise the going out to sea from the Cheriang length.

particular revolution by which

chang has seriously affected the coast. A distance of 3.400 kilo- To prevent the railway from coal supply to the railway and "The German armoured force meters, will be darkened.

being utilised by the Japanese, consequently a shortage of tuei "It was well known in military was not much larger than our In narth Fukien the eclipse will many sections of it have been has been experience. *I'D cope years own. Technical mistakes and be visible for 3 minutes and 21 systematically destroyed by order with the situation, the authorities before the war. It did not spring mischances occurred. With very seconds, the longest at any place of Chinese military authorities. of the Railway have round a sub- from German but from British little Aghting our armoured forces I Ching.

The Hangehow section was long

stitute for It in firewood. Expert- ideas and others like Generaj de became disordered: The other In view of its rarity forelan as-torn up. while the rails of the ments in running locomotives with Gaulle. It has been exploited and troops we had in Benghazi only tronomers are expected to come to section between Tunghalang firewood have been made and the Klangst and "Chuchow in Hunan round successful. Sinca December

were also removed.

last year it has been used instead The only section in running con-'or coat. tion is that from Tengkitow. 75

Passenger and freight traffic n

U.S.-CANADIAN miles south-east of Nanchang, to the Chuki in eastern Cheklang and the the one is very congested. Importa

COLLABORATION products are keeping it busy all Belgian coal mines. according to Kinhwa-Lanki branch line, total-from abroad and exports of native

the time. The transportation

WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuter) information from Brussels reaching 471 kilometres. Ing the Free Belgian news agency. Some 5,000 railway employees Cheklang salt to Kiangel and-The United States and Canada The miners, who have refused to are working to keep the two sec-Kiangsi rice to Chektang also will shortly establish boards to.

open to tons of the time open, which are mainly depends upon it-Central collaborate in the only Union them, stopped work a week ago handling a passenger traffic of News) and are being fined two marks for more than 10,000 persons and

over 600 tons treight traffle of each day they remain on strike.

turned to our grievous injury, by amounted to a division, which, by China from various parts of the non-inventive but highly rapid retreat, gained Tobruk un-world to observe it competent and Imitative Germans, molested, and with reinforcements For the comfort of Mr. Hore-Be-stands there at bay today.

sha. let me tell him that we

"As we kriow the Germans had

BELGIAN STRIKE LONDON, May 8 (Reuter)

are making every month now ELS no expectations of proceeding be- many heavy tanks as there exist-yond E Agelabla. They meant to strike has broken out in ed in the British Army at the

engage our armoured forces and time that he left the War Omoe create a diversion to prevent the

and that we shall, before the end

of despatch

reinforcements to of this year, be producing nearly Greece whilst bringing over large double that This takes no

ac forces from Italy and Sicily. count of the immense production in the United States.".

GOVERNMENT COMPOSITION Replying to Mr. Lloyd George's criticism about the composition of the Government, Mr. Churchill de- clared that the Government works eastly and effectively at present, and "I do not propose to further change until further vised.

make ad-

On

"When they won their sur-- prising success, they accepted it with organised audacity, and pushed on into the desert tak- ing little thought of what they should eat or drink the morrow. They pushed on until they came up against the very heavy prop at Tobruk and until they came to the large 'forces which guard the fron- tlers of Egypt and lie back so- curely based on road and sea communications,

"Something has been said of the Importance of my being surround ed by people who would stand up to me and say 'No! Not No!" He has no idea how strong the nega- tive principle is in the Constitu- story further, but as long as the

"At present they have stopped. It would be foolish to carry the

join

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to get more impetus and force he

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EGYPT INVASION "For the invasion of Egypt with

made

"In the business of Libya and the German main force, enormous Greece no violence has been done preparations would be required." A to expert military opinion. All de pipe line might have to be cisions have been unitedly and to carry an artificial river forward purely voluntarily in goodwill un-with the troops. We are tying der the pressure of events I per-back on our fertile desert, which, sonally as head of the Govern-Incidentally. is the worst ground ment obviously assumed respons! for armoured vehicles. bility in the most direct personalWe have command of the sea. form. It follows that I am one and the Germans are confronted whose head may be cut off if we with problems far

more dificult do not win the war-and I am than any they have solved in very ready that this should be 80 Africa. This is all the more true and that because members of the while we are defending as we

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"Crete has not yet been' attack-

"There is a tendency in some ed. The strategic significance of to Tobruk was obvious from the first,

quarter, especially

abroad.

talk about the Middle East as if and anyone can see how irresis- the we could afford to lose our pasi-, tibly it has proved itself on tion there and yet carry on the enemy. We intend to fight with war to victory on oceans and in the all our strength for the Nile valley air, Stated 25 an academic and the command of the Medi-

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"Therefore, let there be nu feather-headed

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17 the Mediterranean and of: Malta would be among the hea-} viest blows we could sustain. We are determined to fight for them with all the resources of the Bri- tish Empire and we have every reason to believe that we shall be Fuccessful..

"General Wavell has under his

""Our Generals on the spot be- eved that no superior German force could advance effectively across the desert as soon or $ quickly as they did, and if they did orders at present nearly half a advance they would not be able to million men. A continuous now of nourish themselves. That was equipment has been in progress mistake, but anyone who supposes from this country during the last that there will not be mistakes in ten months, and now that Italian

war is very unreal and foolish. resistance in Abyssinia, Africa" and

the Somalilands is collapsing, a'

a

"It has yet to be seen how the

steady concentration northwards; forces that have advanced will fare

of all these forces la possible,

'Indeed it has been weeks

for many

rapidly proceeding,

General Smuts has

in heavy nghting with all, the hazards which still He before them and at no great distance,

Or ordered the "When your enemy has five African

that splendid South

Army six times the regular army. cheers) forward to the Mediter you have, when he is more ade- ranean shore. But the warfare of quately equipped and is much the Western Desert or of any of stronger. in the air and in tanks, the deserts which surround Egypt, and when he lies in the centre of can only be conducted by com-the war scene and can strike out paratively small numbers of highly in one, two, or three directions equipped troops.

I simultaneously out of choice "of "Employment in the desert of, seven or eight, it is evident that large numbers may only lead to your problem becomes rather dim- disaster. That is what happened cult

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