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MAN CAUSES MANY "ANXIOUS MOMENTS FOR TRAM PASSENGERS

Suddenly toppling over and landing in a crawling manner on the tram track at the junction of Hennessy and Marsh Roads, a feet in front of a fast approaching west-to-east tramear. Lew a man caused many anxious moments to a passing crowd of early workers and students going to school`about 7 am, yesterday,

The man was seen going under The man was later pulled the vehicle, although the motor-junscathed, after the tram

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out

had

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THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1941, -PAGE

PREMIER'S CONFIDENT REPLY TO THE DEBATE

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key points, one after another?

"Others have told me:

tan had applied the emergency moved backward for about a yard yield it without a fight. Nobodying any place you cannot be sure 30,000 goed troops--I am making |

brake bringing the car to a stand. To sollicit sympathy from the

crowd, he limped to a corner of decision

still.

defend to

the

Crete was

นา

The next second saw the terrif- the road, moaning all the way, ignorant of the fact that congi. not the enemy be able to make an and a proportion of tanks, aided whether it is going to be stabbed In Greece and in Crete.

ed driver rush down from the and lay down on the street tram to the ground, and on seeing that the man was.still alive, the motorman became angry,

The man was not more than 45 and appeared to be a street beg

gar

Meanwhile, an inquisitive crowd, "SEEMED IMMOVABLE

composed mostly of young students, Efforts were made by him and had gathered around him and be others to pull the man out, but began asking him to divulge the true seemed Immovable.

reasons for his act

Then it was decided, after dis- cussion to reverse the tram. This.. was done and the suspense was broker, when the howings of the

Maximum Sentence

"ALL THE BETTER Here is the story that he told "Life is miserable and so to end

tions permitted only the Rust meagre British air support to ve provided for our troops in the island or the Fleet operating round the Island. It was not s fact that dawned upon the mill-

2

In

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choice between +

two vary terrible, certainly be reconsidered. (Hear, 7 "Howeyer, no Government can for fighting with other people's alternatives. Il you cannot have Hear), became available to him as the this essential and desirable

conduct war unless it stands on blood and they mock us with m- alm "As I have said, nobody had a solid and stable foundation and suiting weather improved and dried them support, must you yield important lusions

taunt that England wil

up.

about the tremendous knows it and, like a great ship can fight to the last Australian or It Was evident, therefore,

scale of the air-borne attack, the win through a period of storms New Zealander. that an attack on Crete, if it were

ever delivered "You greatest made, would be primarily an air-

in the into clearer weather. Unless there "I was very glad to see Mr. should defend no place that you world, and that we should resist is a strong impression of solidarity Menzies in a noble speech on Sun- borne attack for which, again vastly superior hostile air

cannot be sure that you can hold.it, without any but the most of strength in Government in time day deal with this vile propaganda force would be available,

Then one must ask: Can one ever restricted air support on our adde. of war, Government cannot give as it deserved. The question arose whether we before it is even fought?"

be sure how & battle will develop this Battic of Crete which was men and their commanders in a "Let us look at the anatomy of the support recessary to fighting

BRITISH LOSSES should try to defend Crete or

"There have been, in fact, since "If the principle of not defend-undertaken in bleak cireurustances, difficult period, a disheartening 1941 almost as many British as

"We hoped that the 25,000 to and disappointing period. who bears responsibility for

there were Australians and New "If Government has always to be Zealand troops engaged in or holding were adopted, would

all it a little vague-with arullery looking over its shoulders to see operations in the Western Desert, by Greek forces, would be able to in the back or not, it cannot pos- destroy parachute and gilder land-sibly keep its eye on the enemy.

"Losses during this year com- pared with the numbers engaged ings of the enemy and prevent him using the airfields or har- which presents itself to me when than

"Another point of some difficulty are alightly heavier for the British

for. Dominion troops. bours.

ever I am asked to make a state- Crete also the numbers were al- ment to the House is whether I most exactly equal and the British bome attacks while the Navy held a successful outcome of particular

"Our Army was to destroy ar- ought to encourage good hopes of losses again slightly heavier. off or destroyed sea-borne atticks, operations or prepare the public wounded and missing and they in- figures include killed, But there was a time Bmit. The for a serious disappointment. From clude Trudian action of the Navy in maintaining a purely British standpoint there troops.

and non-British the northern sea guard without is no doubt that the second of "Th order to turn the edge of adequate air defence was bound to these courses is to be preferred and this German propaganda, I have De very costly. It is known How this course I have usually follow asked the Secretary for War to serious were those losses.

ed.

endeavour to have mentioned more "We could only stand a certain

UNIQUE NATION

frequently the names of the Bri- proportion of naval losses before

"The British nation is unique inish regiments. when this can be this respect that they are the only done without detriment to opera people who like to be told how bad tions. things are, who like to be told the "The following British regiments worst and like to be told that they and units, for instance, fought in are very likely going to get much Crete: worse in the future and must pre- Watch,

are themselves for further

It

I can have free food and board The questions to be settled are there. I know it, because I have not always between what is good been there many times."

and bad. Very often, it is

For Chinese Four New Peers Created Constable

is SIR MILES LAMPSON, G.C.M.G.. ed. was known

in

the

United

over-run.

not

TIME LIMIT

at least

verses.

Those

unlimited nurnber of valuable conquests without any fighting at all? Where would you make stand and engage them with reso lution?

STRATEGIC POINTS

the decision had been taken. tary and other authorities afterWhat would happen if you allow

"The further question arises:

advance aad was the foundation of a difficult ed the enemy to and harsh choice whether

precious arid Crete

Yaluable strategie points? Suppose we had should be defended without effective ur

never gone to Greece or attempt support or whether mari proved that he was still alive.all miseries, worries! poverty, sick the Gerhians should be permitted to defend Crete. Where would

Apparently he had been caughtness hunger and unhappiness. Ito occupy it without opposition.

the Germans be now? "Some say that we should never.

"Suppose we simply resign ter- between the ground and the pro. have attempted suicide. If I die,

fight without superior or at least ritory and strategic stands with- tective fence protruding from un-all the better. der the tram in front of the front unfortunately not and was ample air support and ask when out a fight: Might they not at wheels.

only injured, I still carried mythis lesson will be learned.

this early stage of the campaign the northern sex guard of the plan out partly successfully, for I But suppose

in 1941 already be masters of Fleet would have to be withdraw. you cannot have can be admitted to hospital, where it?

Syria and Iraq and preparing 'T. meanwhile, the Army could themselves for an advance into succeed in binding off the head of Persia?

the whole terrific apparatus of the The Germans in this war have alr-borne invastor. before the naval

Connaught Rangers, Black Argyll and Sutherland gained, many victories. "They have time limit, or the loss limit, was

re-Highlanders, Leicestershire Regi- easily over-run great Countries reached, then the enemy would

Įment, Royal Artillery. Royal En-- and beaten down strong Powers have to begin all over again.

"But when you go to other coun-gineers and a number of Royal with the resistance. It is

"Having regard to the enormous tries oddly enough I saw a mes- Marines who formed the rearguard only a question of time gained by and unprecedented scale of the sage from the authorities who are and suffered most heavily or all. Continued from Page 1".

righting strongly, even at a disperation and the losses he would most concerned with our Arab

R.M. CASUALTIES. The other new Privy Councillor HENNESSEY, who is also knight but there is also the vitally im- broken it off-at any rate there too many gloomy forecasts. The casualties of prisoners.

have to incur, he might well for problem at advantage, for important points. the time being have

present. urging we "In fact 2,000 Royal Marines in Crete; 1,400 became should be careful not to indulge in flanded Maximum sentence of 12 months' C.B.. M.V.D., whose appointment as States in the last war as a "dollar-portant principle of stubborn re- would have been a long delay be- Arabs do not understand the Bri- hard labour was imposed on British Ambassador to Egypt Infa-year man." He is now a mem-sistance to the will of the enemy.

"Naval losses in these operations POLICE CONSTABLE (514, CHU 1936 marked the independence of ber of the Advisory Council on

fore he could have mounted it tish character of meeting trouble exceed 500 officers and men and These are soluc varguments again. YAN-PO. by Mr. H. G. Sheldon, Egypt. He has held mostly ap- Aircraft Production.

that deserve to be considered pe-i

long before It comes and I think it while this was going on we also K.C.. at the Central Magistracypointments in the Far East and Other new knights are the well-fore you can adopt the rule that the decision was reached. Wiial bold face on things and then meet

"That was the basis or which is much better to go on putting a lost 1,300 men in HMS Hood." yesterday, when he was found was formerly British Minister to known marine engineer, MR you have a certainty of winning would our critics have said if we disaster when it arrives

The Premier continued: "Of "the, guilty of a charge of, together China...

FREDERICK REBBECK, MR. WIL, at any point and that you have had given up Crete without firing

90,000 lives lost hitherto in this with two others not in custody. MR. NORMAN BIRKETT, who LIAM TEDDY WILSON, described not got it beforehand, you must a shot?

"Any statement of a pessimistic war at home and abroad at least stealing $118 from the person of receives knighthood, the as "Britain's housekeeper No. 1"clear out. The whole history of

come character used here are calculated 85,000

from "We should have been told this to discourage our friends and to Country.

the Mother Lam Chiu-ping at Queen's Road (minent lawyer who has been because of his. responsiblity of war shows that fatal absurdity of had surrendered. to the enemy the

Therefore I repel and West on May 28.

leading counse! in many famous looking after the inmates, students such a doctrine

spread alarm and despondency repudiate German taunts on be- key of the eastern Mediterranean over wide regions to affect nicely half of the Mother Country and In passing sentente, mr. Shelaun murder trials.

and staffs of the London County "It has been repeatedly proved and that our communications with balanced neutrals and to encour of the Dominions of Australia and remarked to defendant: "You are

CLOSE FRIEND

Council institutions and schools, that fierce and stubborn resist-Malta and our power to interrupt lage the enemy who, of very lucky that you are not trea

Professor Lindeman personal and MR. THOMAS DAVID MUR-ance even against heavy odds and the enemy's communications with seizes upon phrases of any gloomy

course, New Zealand themselves. at the Criminal Sessions"

assistant to Mr. Church since" RAY, Solicitor-General for Scot-under exceptiorial conditions.

"It might well be asked, 'Why. of Libys were grievously endangered, allusion and repeats a hundred-having to The prosecution was conducted May last year, has been a close land

local "disadvantage is an essential "There is only too much truth fold in its strident propaganda.

begin the Battle of by Det, Sub-Insp. C. T. Byron, friend of the Prime Minister for

Viscount Nufeld received a element in victory.

in all that although perhaps It while defendant was defended by some years. He has remarkable Knight Grand Cross of the British "The decision to fight for Crete will not in the end turn out too Mr. Alfred S. K. Lai, who pleaded knowledge of the science of air Empire.

was taken with the full knowledge badly. defence and contributed much in not gulity.

Mr. Alexander now shares with that air support would be at a IMPORTANT SALIENT Insp. Byron said that complain-peace time towards a solution of Mr. Churchill the honour of being minimum as

anyone can Sea-

"Crete" was an extremely m ant was the master of a charcoal the problem.

a. Companion

o Honour. They apart from the question whether portant sallent in our line of de shop at No. 10, Ko Shing Street,

The peerage bestowed upon Mr. are the only members of this ex-you have adequate supplies or not fence, like the Fort of Douaumont dangers which are measureless as we could not rush air borne land- in which we are gripped - with "The moment it was proved that

and a coolie foreman.

Bennett is the first peerage to be clusive Order in the Cabinet. -who measures the distance from et Verdun in 1915 and like Kem-they are unprecedented, closing inga before the Fleet losses became On May 28, about 2 am. he went conferred upon any former Prime

PREMIER'S STAFF

our airfields in Egypt and com- mel Hill in 1918. to a tallyman, to ask him to chart Minister of Canada: Mr. Bennett

MAJOR DESMOND MORTON, pares them with the distances; came to England two years ago to

"These were taken by the Ger: upon us in so many quarters with too heavy to hold off sea-borné personal assistant of Mr. Chur- from enemy airfields in

so much to defend and such limit-landings. er & junk to ship a consignment make his home here to do some chill, receives the Companion of and who acquaints himself with man's lost the battle and also the which may turn 1 against us-possible of the Army.

Crete was lost and it Greece, mans but in each case the Ger

ed resources, so many of paper to Macao.

changes was necessary to save what was thing helpful for the Empire and the Bath. The same honour is, the radius of dive-bombers and campaign, and in the end lost the it is a great pity if statements are

awarded to MR. ERIC SEL, lately aircraft.

"It is one thing to take of 17,000 wharf where, it was alleged, de-youngest man ever to be appoint-Churchill but released recently for "I take the fullest personal res- Sir Wilfred Greene was the principal private secretary to Mr.

war, but can you be sure that the made which add nothing to the men with side arms and another same result wauld have been informative criticism which is so to land them in fighting condi- fendant with two other men cameed Master of Rolls at the age of special duties under the Admiralty. | ponsibility for that decision, but fought for Douaumont and Kem-their context and placarded alijk's wonderful thing that as many achieved If the Allies had not valuable but can be taken from tions with guns and material It 153 and visited Rome last year be- Defendant searched complain-fore Italy came into the war, to ant and was alleged to have taken, hegotiate an agreement designed $110 in notes from the belt wallet 20 remove Itallan

WENT TO WHARF They went to the Wing. Lok St.

up to them.

Defendant was

leave.

Canada.

contraband

MOMENTOUS YEARS

,:?

FULL RESPONSIBILITY

to the Premier, receives a Mem-Committee, and

MRS. HILL, personal secretary the Chiefs of Staff, the Defence bership of the Empire.

General Wavell all not only thought that Crele The award of K.C.M.G. to MR. ought to be defended in the cir- RONALD CAMPBELL is doubtless cumstances which were fully be- in recognition of his work as fore them but that in spite of

mel?

DEADLY. WAR

Crete, did you not persist in the defence of the island? You could "It makes me feel very much bring 17,000 men safely to return whether members of Parliament to Egypt. Why could not you have have not got to pick their words reinforced with 17,000 men to very carefully. In this deadly war carry on the battle?

in the Middle East should have which was lost upon no great mar.....

Sir Robert Vansittart, who as- British Minister in Belgrade dur- lack of air support, we had a good long-range gunfire or why there fallen so heavily on the splendid gin, was well worth the fighting

chance of winning the battle.

troops.

New

Australian and

Zealand and will play an extremely im- portant part in the whole defence "I regret it for this reason of the Nile Valley throughout the

Continued Page 9 Col. 1 paganda, la "always reproaching us

These battles can only be judged over the world as a sign that we as 17,000 got away in the face of in their relation to the campaign are not united or that our case is the enemy's overwhelming com- of complainant and passed them grievances.

mand of the air. much worse than it is. as a whole. I have been asked why

"One thing I regret very much "I am sure it will be found that to one of his men,

were the Cretan

ur fields not is that the brunt of this fighting this sombre, and ferocious battle, Complainant shouted and two

mined beforehand or again why watchmen came to the scene andsisted in shaping the British foring the period leading up to the

were they not commanded by took the whole party to No. 7 Po- eign policy during momentous German entry Into Yugoslavia, Nobody had any illusions about their defence and so on. lice Station,

years, is a playwright and author. He figured with his staff in the scale of the enemy air-bome;

were not more tanks allotted to

"I can answer these but I do not became a "best seller" in book

The same award goes to MR be gigantic and intense. form.

GÜDEREY HARVARD,

Recon- MR. D'ARCY COOPER, new British Conspl-General at Beirut, showed the "enormous

naissance over Greek aerodromes to fight battles in detall either be. cause it is quite impossible for us baronet. was 2 member of the who came into the news three Government's Industrial Advisory weeks ago.

of¡ forehand 'or afterwards from aircraft which were gathering Whitehall or from the Commons. Board on Rearmament before the tions from Vichy was followed by there-many hundreds-and it LONDON, June 11 (Reuter-Air war and a member of the Royal similar measures against all Bri-turned out

BEST GENERALS that the enemy was Commodore Patrick Huskinson, Commission on distributions of in-tish Consuls in Syria, and may be prepared to

"His Majesty's Government, in pay, an almost un-their responsibility to Parliament, bomb designer and one of Lord dustrial population..

said to mark the breach of rela-mited price for this conquest choose the best generals they can Beaverbrook's "back room boys,” COUNCILLOR DALEY, Lord tions between the British Govern- and his résources, which concen-find, set before them the broad is now back at work at the Min-Mayor of Portsmouth, is another ment and the French High Com-trated upon any particular point, strategic objects of a campaign, istry of Aircraft Production. new knight while MR. PATRICK missioner.

a constable on Hls microphone talks on Germany dramatic journey from Belgrade. attack. We knew that It would propose to discuss tactics here be, among others, that German pro- present year.

Defendant, in evidence, said he was walking along the Praya on his way home when he heard peo-

"Snatch money." ple shouting:

ADDITIONAL FILLIP TO BHOPAL'S WAR EFFORT

BHOPAL, June 11 (Reuter)-The anniversary of the accession of the Ruler of Bhopal is being celebrated by special efforts to give an additional fillip to the State's war contributions and the Nawab's War Purposes Fund is nearing 100,000 rupees.

RECREIO BEAT WATER POLICE AT BILLIARDS

Avenging a defeat inflicted on them at the Water Police Station two weeks ago, Club de Recreio entertained the Water Police Club | to billiards and snooker at King's Park last night and won by 828 points to 513.

Bhopal's war efforts hitherto in dlude a Bhopal flight of Spitfires,

<recently

His recall on instruc-

CUSTOMS SEIZE VITAMINS

mass

often be overwhehung at thas ask the necessary searching ques Point."

tlons, offer them any advice or Referring to statements which counsel that may seem fitting and had been ascribed to a spokesman then support them to the best of of the Wax Office and Air Minis- their power in men and munitions try, the Prime Minister declared and also, so long as they retain Madame Elsa Schiaparelli, the

that the officers who give these their confidence, they support famous dress designer,

broadcasts who ar-

are not acquainted them with loyal comradeship In' rived in New York soon after the

with the control of affairs and failure or success. enllapse of France, and is now re-with what is decided or thought "It is impossible to go into tacti-- burning to Paris aboard the boor felt in the Chiefs of Star cal details and I never remember ney, has been required

Committee or "the Defence Com-in the last war, in those great bat- at Ber-

muda to hand over vitamin con- mittee. "I would very much ties which cost something like 40. for which the ruler gave his entire centrates worth several thousand have liked to stop them and in 50 or 70,000 men-I am talking of

The Ruler is also presenting 2 fleet of 15 special type armoured HPS and 1,000 rupees while two fully equip- ped convalescent homes have been set up.

private fortune of 1,000,000 rupees. dollars.

some cases I have reduced them battles of a single day -- and in while the Bhopal battalion and

'n number."

which sometimes there were grave The Bermuda customs instated feld ambulance is being main-that such concentrates were food,

WEEKLY STATEMENTS errors made, they were often made. tained on active service by the and consequently contraband if

"It is very risky to ask a profes- the subject of an arraignment of State at an annual cost of over sent to France.

sional officer to give a weekly ex- the Government in the Commons. . 200,000 rupees.

"It is only where great strategic Madame Schiaparelli says she is patiation on the war when, in the

nature of things, although he may issues of policy come that it is going back to Parts because she be very accomplished in his pro-fitting for us to endeavour to form has heard that the workers in her fession he cannot know, and ought a final opinion. Defeat is bitter, dress salon there are "In & very

not to know, the facts as they are, but there is no use in trying to bad plight.".

understood at the secret meetings, explain defeat. People do not like "At the same time one is ap- defeat and do not like explans. The State has also raised a

pealed to ceaselessly to give more tions, however elaborate or plau Snooker (two frames): Rec.-C.motor transport company.

OPEN PAIRS

Information to make the war sible The only answer to defeat Roza-Pereira 127, C. Cunha 126, A. The women of Bhopal, led by her L Silva and J. Ribeiro, of Re-more interesting to the people and victory. Pereira 133; Police-Morris 94. Highness the Begum, are busy creio. had no difficulty in eliminat to tell them more about what is

"If Government in wartime Haynes 68, Bradsell 67.

providing comforts for Bhopal men ing W. C. Ogley and T. Fergis going on but it is not possible for gives the impression that it can Billiards (150 up): Rec.-E. M. on active service.

son, at the Kowloon Bowling

the head of the Government, or not in the long run procure a vic÷| Soares 150, P. A. Yvanovich 142, A. Almost a quarter of the total Green Club yesterday in the Open even for the Chiefs of Staff, to tory, who cares for ita explana- J. Osmund 150; Police-Campbell revenues of the State now go for Pairs Lawn bowls championship by scrutinise beforehand these detalls? It ought to go. That is,

82, Matches 150, Pope 52,

meeting war expenditures an- 28 shots to If

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made. I think the matter must another which can do better.

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