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Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

April 29, 1940.

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Allies Facing Difficult Situation NORWAY CAMPAIGN WILL NOT BE EASY

LONDON, Apr. 28 (Reuter).-"There has been much talk about treachery and the use of the fifth column in Norway but not everyone may realise that this is part of the doctrine created by the German General Staff and the Nazi Government,” said Captain Cyril Falls, military cor- respondent of “The Times” in a B.B.C. broadcast to-day. While "deception" is one of the normal artifices of war, the German method was to employ corruption and treachery in an attempt to win the campaign before it really started.

The Germans had hoped that

in Norway, as in Denmark, there)

ESCAPED would be little or no resistance.

CAPTIVITY

British Seamen in Stirring Drama LONDON, Apr. 28 (Reuter). seamen -Forty seven British who escaped from the Nazis at Narvik arrived at Newcastle to day,

Thirty two were from the New- castle steamer, North Cornwall, 4.304 tons, which was captured by the Ger- tans the day before the first Narvik baltic. *Seven

were from the steamer Blylimoor, 0,582 tons, and eight were from the steamer Mersington Court, 5,141 tons.

Walked 26 Miles Through Snow The men of the North Cornwall said that they had been kept pri- soners in a whaling ship but when the first battle of Narvik alorted they were put ashore under guard.

They also miscalculated the naval factor.

The Norwegians are resisting and the Allied troops are going to their sid, while the German Navy has been less su crippled that it is serious menace in the calculations of the Allies and even the neutrals.

now

Two Big Difficulties

The situation in Norway is dieult for two main reasons:—

1-Although we can interrupt the passage of German troops to Oslo and have indeed already caused thousands of casualties of the most serious kind to their morale through death by drowning-it is practically impossible In to stop this traffic altogether. fact the Germans can send reinforce- ments with less difficulty than can the Allies,

have suffered

We have also sent

some

tucice.

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GERMANS CONTROL THIS FORT IN NORWAY

KVARVEN.. (on faft) is the fortified entrance to Bergen Harbour and is now in German handa. The port of Bergen is on the extremo left and oil depot is across water on oxtreme right.

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“Inconceivable Provocation" Alleged

DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST SLAVS

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH❞

ROME, Apr. 28 (UP). The Italian press, including the "Messagero" and "Popolo di Roma," to-day gives prominence to despatches from Florence describing anti-Yugo-Slavian demon-

strations there.

SOVIET

According to the despatches, numerous students marched tho streets of Florence carrying

DEMARCHE flags, after which they held a

mass meeting at which the recent

Maintenance Of Swedish Slovene manifesto calling for the restitution of Trieste Was denounced.

Neutrality

STOCKHOLM, Apr. 28 (Reu- All the newspapers stress that ter)-According to the Tallinn the demonstration was carried correspondent of the "Afton out in an orderly manner. Bladet," the Soviet Government The "Popolo di Roma," referr- has made a demarche to Berlin' Ing to the Slovak manifesto, regarding the maintenance of brands it as "inconceivable pro- Sweden's neutrality.

vocation on the part of the

The correspondent adds that Slovenes." LITTLE DOING ON it is not impossible that similar demarches have been made to WESTERN FRONT the Allied Powers.

(Reuter)-An

report

demarche to. Berlin with regard to the maintenance of Sweden's neutrality, Nothing Is Known'

Paris Statomont PARIS, Apr. 28 offelal communique issued to-day

PARIS, Apr. 28 LONDON, Apr. 28 (Reuter).-A states that there is nothing except some artillery fire and a local spokesman of the Soviet Embassy Foreign Omee informed Reuter 10- encounter west of the Vosges in the stated to-night that nothing le known day that it was impossible to confirm course of which we inflicted losses London of the report that the or deny the report of n

Soviet Government has made

on the enemy.

BREWERY

LONDON, Apr. 28 (Reuter).-"Reuter's" special correspon. 2. The Nazi air bases are closer so that their planes can harry Allied dent reports that the Allied machine is working smoothly, and troops more than we can We have already done a good deal efficiently along the front which is north of Trondheim with the towards offsetilug this by bombing Allied forces there. their air bases and have indeed Already many thousands of inflicted heavier losses than wo British and French troops have Oghter safely disembarked at Namsos planes to attack the Nazi hombers. and have moved up silently to Taken By Surprise points of action around Steinkjer. But it must be remembered that "Reuter's correspondent the Germans are, at the moment, in officially informed that the Allies mer-possession of most of the airfields in were forced to abandon Steinkjer Norway so that we can operate only itself last week because the town was

Kutted

German by completely on a small scale,

incendiary bombs,

However, strong British, French and Norwegian units are now in a position north of the town.

Hazardous Trip Newsman's The correspondent, who reached the

They escaped and, after walking 26 17 hours, miles through the snow for came to a village where they were really surprised to find about 130 men from the destroyer Hardy and

number of men from other chantstips.

The scamta were accommodated in Athool-room until after the second battle of Narvik when they signalled to the British destroyers and were taken.of..

RADIO

BW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) as 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 in E Minor

By far the greatest difcully, and which must put a temporary check an plans for taking Trondheim, is the fact that the gallant Norwegian troops were taken.entirely by surprise.

was

The Norwegians had no chance to mobilise their men or resources, north Trondheim region after a most Lack of military training and ex- hazardous 36 hour journey from the perience in a country which has Swedish frontier by a horse-drawn not been at war for well over

sledge over the mountains and frozen century are faclors dileulty jake in central Norway, relates the which must be surmounted.

of

the Gudbrandsdal and Österdal,

A

story of the capture of a crew of it is largely due to this that the three when a German bomber was Germans managed to advance 80 forced to land on Lake Imminghem. pilly up the tivo valleys from Oslo, The capture was effected by three Norwegian peasants and a Custom's official to whom the Germans politely. while the concealed We did not expect this eaappaign to surrendered Radio Programme Broadcast by be easy. More troops are being lan tenants covered the airmen with: ZBW on a Frequency of 845ced supported by anti-aircraft guns. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m.

Not An Easy Campaign

rifles.

R

and

Despite repeated attacks from the The correspondent also tells of and 8-11 p.m. p.m. on 9.52 m.e's. per south the Germans are still some seeing a low-flying Gerinan bomber

railway station secund.

way from the garrison at Trondheim, bombing H.K.T.

It is this advance which is of real machine-gunning the British detach-

not

tetback stment. 12.15 p.m. Short Service of luter-

Importance, cestion.

12.30 Variety with Turner Layton, Steinkjer which was a minor affair Murgatroyd and Wintertottom and due to the local commander's Just-

fable anxiety to cover

much ground as possible towards Trond- heim before the enemy advanced.

The damage at Steinkjer could be quickly repaired if the main German 1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wea-forces advancing up the two valleys! ther Forreast and Announcements.

Others,

10 Local Time Signal and Weather Report.

1.03 Bills Cotton and Ils Band in Dance Music,

are held up. This is the news we 1.45 A Programme of Scottishall be watching for during the next

few days.

Sungs.

2.15 Close down.

U.G "For the Children."

6.30 Closing loent Stock Quotations.

6.32 Hungarian Folk Music by Magyar Imre an Is Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra.

The Moon:

Once Had A Dear Mother: The Sun Is In Love With Cockchafer,

Yellow

Bihardi's Lament,

Cockchafer;

8.42 Light Oreficatrol Selections.

7.0 Studio-"Contemporary Ballet

at the Vic-Wells School."

A fall. llustrated by records.

7.30 London Relay The News.

8.0 Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements.

8.03 This week'e progrummer. 8.07 Debroy Somers Band In "Review of Rovues,”

With vocal refrain by Dan. Dono-

van.

1

8.24 Lucienne Bayer (Vocal) and Waltzes by the Orchestre Maxcotta. 8.50 -Dance Mnale by Geraldo and His Orchestra.

9.15 London Relay-Nowa

mary.

Hale."

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NAZI AIR RAIDS

Civilians Bombed And

Machine-Gunned

Ife describes all the British and. French troops le enemmtered as being well-armed, well-equipped, confident and cheerful, Many French Alpine troops were; on skis,

The

Position Improves

Interviewed correspondent General Carton Dewart at the Bri- A little Nor- tish headquarters in wegian cottage.

The General said the position was now much better as the men were settling down and were happy in' their new environment.

Reforgements were arriving in good numbers.

The German air attacks had greatly diminished since the Allied anti-airesaft defences and ghter planes had come Into action in the

war zone.

Two Bombors Shot Down LONDON, Apr. 28 (Reuter). There had been no rald on Nanos Tic Norwegian telegraph for four days although on one oc- states that German custon German planes came over on agency bombers made a fresh wave of reconnalarones flight at a great

height.

raids during the week-end,

General Carlon Dewart said that! The undefended town of Aalesund two German bombers had already was subjected to A terrifle attack been brought down by British figh- fasting over two hours, Six planes ters near Namsos,

crossed and recrossed the city, drop- ping 500-pound bombs.

com-

Direct Hit On Church Many private houses were Hum-pletely destroyed and many others made uninhabitable. A large Church

FATAL ACCIDENT AT TAIKOO

The collapse of an iron bracket

0.30 London Helay-'Under Nazl which had an enormous cross clearly in n workshop in the Taikoo Dock- marked on the roof, received a direct yard yesterday severely injured two workmen, one of whom subsequently hit from a low-flying plane.

People in the streets were machine-died in hospital

The men were Make Hunt.

9.43 A Short Concert by Tablo Canals (Cello) and Ignax Friedman '(Piano).

gunned and Red Cross workers trying

30. to save the injured were forced to re- whose left foot was badly crushed, 27, who turn to shelter owing to machine-run and Leung Mak-yeung,

suffered a severely. laceraled left Minnea-fire.

Molde was heavily bombed on Sun-foot, Mak dled in the Queen Mary

Hospital. Ikiay, afternoori.

10.15 Rachmaninoff --- Aymphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27,

Eugene' Ormandy and the polls Symphony Orchestra.

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