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FIGHTING CONTINUES

HONGKONG," SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1941.

IN

GREAT AIR VERSUS SEA

Parachutists Still Landing:

For

Quite Possible

Empire Troops To Hold Out Dive-Bombing Not Very Effective

THE FIGHTING IN CRETE, WHICH IS CONTINUING, IS A GREAT AIR VERSUS SEA BATTLE.

It is learned in London, says British Wireless, that landings both of parachute and air-borne troops are still being made from the air. Up to dusk-on Thursday, no sea-borne landing had been made.

The enemy hold the Maleme aerodrome.

This remains the only place where the Germans have a strong foothold although it is obvious freshly dropped troops are likely to get a temporary foothold and the British object must be to prevent them from strengthening the position or being able to hold it at any length of time.

COMPLICATIONS FOR INDIA

SIMLA, May 23 (Renter)--Commenting on the recent deve- lopments in the Near East SIR SULTAN AHMAD, former acting member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, says that the action of Rashid Ali in Iraq. backed by German funds, have created many complications for India.

He supports the suggestion for a conference of Provincial Premiers made by Sir Sikandar Hyátkhan, Premier of Punjab, and Fazlul Hug. Premier of Bengal, and urges Gandhi to ca'l off the civil disobedience campaign.

Emphasising that time is the most important factor in the present situation, he appeals to the whole country to share with America and Britain and other units of the Cominonwealth in the effort to save humanity and total destruction by brute force.

MR. MENZIES OPTIMISTIC OF BATTLE OF ATLANTIC

WELLINGTON, May 25 (Reuter)-MR. B. G. MENZIES, Australian Frime Minister, who arrived here on his return journey from BRI- TAIN and the UNITED STATES, spoke optimistically of the battle of the Atlantic, though he did not underestimate its difficulties." American patrols, he said, were of first rate importance

Mr. Menzies expressed the belief Council, addressing the Simla that improved air raid precautions. branch of the Rotary Club. would reduce night air raids to a point when they will not become profitable.

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He warmly praised, the fortitude"

of the British people.

Speaking of M:. Winston Chur- chill, Eritish Prime Minister, Mr.

He said: "We are determined that our men have adequate equipment and every country that can supply or expand its capacity is being called on to do the utmost.

"I am able to reveal that in Aus-

Menzies said that he was not tirea tralla, the Government is in close

in any way and even more vigorous and continucus

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conference with manufacturers on supply questions concerning the Eastern Group and the Commonwealth Government. would not hesitate to restrict civil | consumption even drastically.

WITHOUT BOTHER

GROUP'S BIG PART SIMLA, May 23. (Reuter)-The building up of big forces from all parts of the Empire in the Eastern Group is proceeding, and in their provision and supply the Eastern "Our aim is to produce equip- Group Supply Council is playing a ment, ship the equipment and get big part, said Sir Bertram Stevens, 't into the hands of our men with. Whatever we Australian representative on the out delay or bother.

are called on to do, we will do it. We know we are. dighting in the Middle East for our lives and liber- ties, and maintenance of our Middle. East positions is an integral part of Australia's defence.

-On Other- Pages

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2 Baseball notes; Golf; Lawn bowls teams; Billards match...

3 Radio programmes: coming events; Cinema notes: Painting exhibition,

4 More light on Hess incident;

Tribute to Jewry: French tanker intercepted; Opera. tions in Abyssinia; Heavy

Japanese.casualties.

5 Empire, Day message: Chi- nese banker allegedly de- frauded; Round the Police Courts,

6 Leading articles: "Hush! Hush!" Stern Warning.

8 Catholic news and notes: British and Foreign Bible Society

11 Volunteer Orders.

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CRETE: MEN OF VICHY HELPING HITLER TO CARRY OUT HIS POLICY OF

BATTLE

CONSCRIPTION

FOR ULSTER

BELFAST, May 23 (Reuter)--Mr. J. M. Andrews, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, 19 flying to London at the request of Mr. Wins- ton Churchill whom he will sec tomorrow.

The two Premiers will discuss the question of conscription for Ulster...

Several Cabinet colleagues are going to London with Mr. Andrews,

THE ANNIHILATION OF FRANCE

"Abject Treason" Says Wickham Steed

WHAT MARSHAL PETAIN, ADMIRAL DARLAN AND THE OTHER MEN OF VICHY ARE DOING IS TO ACCEPT HERR HITLER'S POLICY OF THE ANNIHILATION" OF FRANCE AND TO HELP HIM TO CARRY IT OUT," said MR. H. WICKHAM STEED, the well-known journalist and broadcaster, in the course of his weekly talk on world affairs from London yesterday.

Mr. Steed, who confined his comments to the increasing collaboration between FRANCE and GERMANY and how this situation has come about, was indisposed and his talk was read by a member of the B.B.C. Staff, MR. BOB DOUGALL..

"Whatever else may be said

of this war it cannot be call ed; monotorious," began Mr. Steed. "Last week we had

GOVT. CONTROL OF the flight of Herr Hess to this.

FIREWOOD?

country. This week that has of the picture. It was learned from rellable faded out sources yesterday that Mr. W. J. Other events have come to Anderson, the Controller of Stores, the foreground.

will be returning to the Colony We have had the capitulation today from an extensive tour of of the Duke of Aosta. We have Investigation of firewood supplies in had the determined German at- As far as dive-bombing

Penang.

tempts to invade the Island of is concerned, reports from Rumour was rite the last two Crete by atr-an attempt which Greece show that such at-days that on the return of Mr. may be attempted on a similar tacks on the trained person-Anderson, Government will take scale against Britain. nel are not likely to have over the monopoly of firewood

ports and exports. much effect.

Reuter adds that the situation is) that a dogfight continues,

Authoritative opinion is that it is quite possible for the Em- pire troops to hold out "in Crete.

The operations in Crete, where the British troops have been able to dig themselves in, are consider-

FOR FRANCE AND LIBERTY

LONDON, May 28 Reuter)"The men of Vichy have thrown down their mask" says a manifesto issued by the FRENCH SO- CIETY and the FRENCH UNION CENTRE in GREAT BRITAIN. "The men of Vichy are not France. True France is repre- sented by soldiers, vailors and airmen of the Free French forces and all those who continue to fight by the side of the allies and ako by the millions of Frenchmen who are making #a stand in France and all the world over against oppression and treachery,"

The manifesto concludes: "For France and liberty, we must be united and organise to build up in secret, a front of re- sistance."

im-The greatest event of the week. SEND MEN TO DECISIVE

No confrmation of this could, however, be obtained from official circles.

DEATH OF LORD AUSTIN

however, in my view is the sub- mission of the Vichy Government of France to Herr Hitler con-

tinued Mr." Bleed. "At the end of my talk last week I alluded to the prospect of full French collabora tion with Germany and it may be well now to look at this abject act of treason.

"It is an act of treason, not only towards the French people but to-

ed to be entirely different from Austin Motor Co., Ltd., died, in wards Great Britain, and Marshal

those in the earlier campaigns in the other European countries, where dive-bombing was used with disastrous effect on retreating troops.

WELL IN HAND

"The onslaught on Crete is increasing in violence each day since it began and still WO here the defenders have the

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GENERAL SMUTS

HONOURED

In honour of his Tist birthday, His Majesty the King has created

Lord Austin, K.B.E., Chairman of London yesterday, aged 75, states.

Petain and his colleagues have no à Reuter message. In 1906 he be- excuse for saying that they do not gn the manufacture of motors know how Herr Hitler looks upon which are now world famous. He France." was raised to the peerage in 1936.

Darlan Says

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FIELD OF BATTLE

SHANGHAI, May 23 (Reuter)—“If this war is to be won, Eng- land must be saved. She can only be saved by rescue from across the Atlantic and that means ships and more ships to take to her as rations, iron rations, and if need be, men to the decisive field of battle." ·

Thus declared ADMIRAL WILLIAM A. GLASSFORD, Comman- der of the United States Yangtse Patrol, at a United States Mari- time Day banquet here last night.

Adm. Glassford sald: "The Bat- what I'say, that the Battle of the tle of the Atlantic at this moment | Atlantic is being lost. is being lost. There is no doubt

"It is a losing fight for the rea- are being son that Allied ships whatever about it. I mean just

sunk at an alarm rate and much faster than they can be replaced. We are facing inevitable defeat of England "and the collapse of the Empire anless something more than is being done is done about

Says Nazi Fuehrer Has Not Asked Him To Deliver The Fleet

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LONDON, May 23 (Reuter)-"THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR HAS NOT ASKED ME TO DELIVER THE FLEET. EVERYONE KNOWS. AND THE BRITISH KNOW BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE, THAT I WILL HAND IT TO NOBODY," declared ADMIRAL DARLAN, broadcasting to the French people through all the French stations today.

Admiral Darlan said he went to see Herr Hitler with Marsha: Petain's approval on Hitler's in-

vitation.

The conversations had been approved by Marshal Petain and the Vichy Government. "The Marshal, having done me the honour of choosing me to second him in his hard task. I come to give you the details that you are impatiently awaiting.

SHOWING TEETH

TO VICHY

"The Chancellor did not ask for colonial territory," Admiral Darlan continued, "nor did he ask me to declare war on Britain. A

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"Why should he ask this? Ger- many, who started the war by her-" self, considers herself capable of any

IMMINENCE OF BREAK

finishing 1 alone against WAS SEEN

it."

NO GUARANTEE Continuing, the Admiral stated that at present "we deliver our war supplies to the Allies, especial- ly Britain, at New York. We have made no guarantee of delivery at Liverpool. If it is not evident"to- day, it will be in the very near future. That this is not enough. There is not the slightest doubt.of

it.

There is only one thing that can be done and that is to see. to it that ships get safely across the Atlantic. This is much agita- tion at home for escort of ships in

one convoy. There is certainly real and deadly effective solution. "It is absurd to. Imagine that it 13 possible to tolerate the con- LONDON, May, 23 (Renter)-It tinuance of a situation in which was because of the imminence of sinkings are far in excess of re- the definité break in the relations plenishment by any means what- mentator, when he broadcast from never a question of abandoning between Britain and Vichy and the ever, it we intend to win this war." Loidon last night. "Capt. Anthony French sovereignty. France de irrefutable proof that supplies are Eden's speech in the House of Cpm-will have, in European organisa-now reaching Germány through

"We are quite definitely showing. our teeth to Vichy," said MAJOR ALLEN MURRAY, B.B.C." news com-

monis proved that.

"In no uncertain terms Vichy has been told what she

can

possible coalition.

"During the conversations," the

"there Admiral continued,

was

cides hér present and future. She

tion, a position she has prepared."

GREATEST DEFEAT" France had suffered the greatest

Three-fifths of her home terri

"Our effort will be as great and the Rt. Hon. Lieut-General Jan as fierce to prevent the enemy from Christian Smuts, Prime Minister expect if she does anything detri- reaching India's frontiers as if we of South Africa, a Field-Marshal, mental to our interests as a result defeat in her history.

of this collaboration. are fighting on our own soll."

states a Reuter message,

Today's News Summary

THE FIGHTING IN CRETE has developed into a great air versus

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MATTER OF TIME

NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuter)- unoccupied France and French The average German working man possessions that the British Gov-believes that Herr Hitler's defeat ernment had seized a large French Is only a matter of time.

His morale is cracking under the oll tanker SCHEHERAZADE (13,467

RAF. bombings and he fears that tons).

This was stated by the Ministry the United States will spell his of Germany doomthis picture "Mr. Eden stated clearly that tory had been occupied and there of Economic Warfare today.

It points out that Britain, by today was drawn by Mr. Albert German refugee Vichy cannot possibly have any were a million-and-a-half prison-

interception, has not only acquir Kirschbaum, › a doubts now of our attitude in the

The Admiral then accused the ed 15,000 tons of all, but if the who arrived from Lisbon.

Mr. Kirschbaum left Hamburg face of what Vichy called a new former French Governments of the ship is held, will have at her dis- phase of Franco-German collabora grave errors which, he said, had pesal: one of the finest and fastest on Mar. 19 after seeing the RAF.

tion

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sea battle. Landings by parachute and air-borne troops continue to We shall be forced to attack lence and disorder.

bombs wreck one huge shipyard allowed the morale of the nation of tankers in the world.

and damage one of Germany's Two" French tankers have "If Vichy persists in her policy to be sapped and legalised indo

largest battleships. He reported been detained by the British

that dock and shipyard workers Navy in the Atlantic. Earlier, according to a London were working ten to twelve hours which without producing arms necessary statement, British naval patrols daily and were paid overtime, but for the accomplishment of this had Intercepted and taken charge the Government makes them re- mission.

be made and the enemy holds Maleme aerodrome. Authoritative opin-occupied and unoccupied together Abroad they constituted them- fon is that it is quite possible for the Empire forces to hold out. which includes those parts of the selves protectors of small-nations

IN A BROADCAST to the French people, Admiral Darlan told them that Hitler had never asked for the French Fleet and he (Dar- lan) would not hand it over to anyone. The British knew this more than anybody else

French Colonial Enspire carry out orders from Vichy."

Maj, Murray, referring to Admir- al Durian's broadcast, said that the!

MR ROBERT MENZIES, the Australian Premier, spoke optimla-British contention was that if Vichy tically in Wellington of the Battle of the Atlantic. Coraments on this were also made by an American Admiral speaking in Shanghai..

MOST OF THE YOUNG men called up for military service in Moscow are already gond pilots, according to a Soviet newspaper re- port.

by granting the use of French sol ito the Germans added to Britain's war difficulties then Britain would be perfectly at liberty to carry the Iwar on to that soll.

They were unprepared for war, vet, declared war.

The result was a terrible debacle

as a result of the default of our former allies and the default of the Government who wanted to Cont'd Page 7, Col. 3

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turn 40 per cent. of their earnings for taxes or party dues.

Prices in Germany were up. 30 per cent, » LONDON, May 23 (Reuter)-

There is a food shortage. Most here was no enemy activity over of the working people feel that Brital last night, an official com-the end is near and that it will munique stating laconically that come shortly after the United "there is nothing to report.":

States enters the war.