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Churchill BACK IN CABINET Announces His New Cabinet

Eden Returns As War Minister

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

LONDON, May 11 (UP). Mr. Winston Churchill has announced his new Cabinet, the members including re- presentatives from the three parties. Conservative, Labour and Liberal.

Although thern is nothing sensational) about the appoint- ments, many interesting per-

sonalities make a re-appearance) Mr. Anthony Eden. on the politieni scens

Foreign Secretary

who

the

BRUSSELS IS DECLARED IMMUNE, THEN BOMBED

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

AMSTERDAM, MAY 11 (UP)-DESPITE THEIR SEVERE RE- VERSES DURING THE FIRST 24 HOURS OF THE INVASION OF HOL- LAND, BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG, NAZI PLANES CONTINUE TO BLACKEN THE SKIES AND BOMBING RAIDS HAVE BEEN CONSTANT- LY EFFECTED OVER SEVERAL IMPORTANT CITIES.

AMSTERDAM WAS THE VICTIM OF AN INTENSIVE AIR RAID TO-DAY, AND FOUR BOMBS WHICH FELL IN THE CENTRE OF THE CITY KILLED AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE, WOUNDED 19 OTHERS, AND WRECKED TWO BUILDINGS.

Eight more detonations were heard on the BIG outskirts of the city.

Belgium is being subjected to unceasing air- craft attack.. Brussels, despite the German admission that it was regarded as an "open" town, was raided again at 5 o'clock this morning and five bombs were dropped.

Was PARTICULARLY VICIOUS RAID

For example, Mr.. Anthony shelved because of his ROR-I Eden, former Foreign Secretary appeasement policy," has TC- is given the job af Secretary for turned to the British Cabinet War, in place of Mr. Oliver under Mr. Churchill's leadership

Stumley. However, Air. Edly as Secretary for War. CAFGESIP on the, War, Cabinet,

Mr. Winston Churchill both) Prime Minister and Ainuster of Be tence.

Mr. Chamberinin is retained in thei Wär Cabut as Lord President of the Counell.

Labour's Place In Cabinet

The Labour lender, Clement Attlee! comes into the Cabinet as Lord Privy | Seal, and the deputy Labour leather. Arthur Greenwood also secures a seat i as Minister without Portfolio.

Lord Hallux is also a member of] the War Cabinet, remaining as Secre tory for Foreign Affairs.

The raid was a particularly vicious effort in view of the fact that only just previously the Nazis had declared Brussels to be a city of non-military importance. ~

The populace, though remaining calm,"enjoyed no

NAZI ROUND-UP IN D.E.I.

German Ship Reported To Be Scuttled

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

SINGAPORE, May 11 (UP). It is officially stated that 700!

German sin the Dutch. Indies, including the Consul-General, have been interned,

The Government has also detained over 100 suspected pro-

HERE'S A

SCENE THAT'S BECOMING A DAILY EVENT IN ENGLAND

PARACHUTE sleep to-night, especially as the radio was repeatedly Nazi Hollanders, including police waiting to kiss him goothge as he leaves London for France.

TROOPS LAND

Vital Railway Line Threatened

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH

appointment of Mr.

LONDON, May 11 (UP) Alexander as First Lord of the Ad- According to the Dutch radio,

The

A. Vi

miralty s of particular interest, in German parachutists have been view of the fact that he held the same landed at a point to the north- office when serving in the Labour Government.

announcing

**** ! WAIL

The Germans interned

WAIL

With resignation. Mrs. Ellis grips her son's army rifle while

With more and more British troops being poured, into the Con- tinent, this scene is becoming common in many parts of Eng- "land to-day.

include many who fled from Singapore at the

outbreak of the war,

raids over other parts of the country. officers and high officials. new The Dutch Radio announced, ********* intensified air activity by the Germans since dawn on the entire length of the new front. Amsterdam was bombed for 25 minutes from 6 o'clock this morning. the Germans using heavy_calibre bombs.

A large squadron of Dorniers were also reported to be over Liege, flying northwards.

inrm

Paris Raid Alarm Parls had another air raid west of Broda, in the vicinity of to-day. The alarm sounded at 6.15 Sle Archibald Sinclair

.m., and the all clear was not given is the Op Moerdyk. position Liberals' representative 外 The radio also reports that during untii three-quarters of an hour later. Secretary for air, who succeeds Sir Jat night, and especially at dawn to- No planes were visible, but some

day. waves of German parachutists sporadie firing of anti-aircraft guns! were landed in the Dordrecht area, was heard.

Samuel Hoare,

The War Cabinet

The actual appointments follows:

particularly near the vital bridge at According to a Berlin High Com- are as Moerdyk, which is the railway command communique, seventy-two air-

nection between west Holland and fields in France, Belgium and Holland | Belgium.

The number of troops landed behave been bombed by German planes, und three to four hundred planes have been destroyed on the ground.

Air. Winston Churchill-Irime Minister and Minister of Defence,

tween

+

air. Neville Chamberlain.—Lard estimated to be several hundred. President of the Counell,

Mr. Clement Allice.-Lord Privy!

Seal,

and 7.20 m., 8.111.

is

Dutch Communique

for Halifax-Secretary

ter Without Portfolio.

Lord Foreign Affairs.

Coebbels' New Wail

"We call upon the world to witness the unprovoked attacks launched by war- monger Winston Churchill agniest the defenceless and beautiful country of Ice- land."

Guess who said that? You're right! It comes from "That Other Man" Herr Doctor Josef Goebbels, who had it relayed in English from his radio station at Zeesen last night.

On the other hand, it is olcially | 6*44 announced from Paris that the French

air force counter-attack-

An Amsterduen message says that ad for attacker and courthout ALLIED TROOPS

Mr. Arthur Greenwood.--Minised in crossing the Yssel river south

In General Cabinet

The following are also appointed though not in the War Cabinet;

Mr. A. V. Alexander.-First Lord of the Admiralty.

Mr. Anthony Eden-Secretary for War.

Sir Archibald Sinclair-Seere- tary for Air.

Lenders of the three parties are participating In the Government, PLEASE Turn To Page 3.

NAZI-HUNGARIAN BORDER CLOSED

BUDAPEST, May 11

German-Hungarian

The

(Reuter).—

frunilor, German

opinion that the measures should

last night.

High Death List

according to a Dutch High Command communique, German troops succeed-

of Arnhein,

A High Command communique says Five German transport planes dropped loads of ammunition for that over 100 people were killed or parachute troops who landed near wounded yesterday during German sir raids la France, and most of the victims were women and children.

The air force estimates that the Germanis lost 130 planes during yea- terday's feree actions,

the Delft University.

It added that the Police lient quarters at the Hague were Lin- successfully attacked.

Germany, who were supposedly loyal to the Dutch Government fired PLEASE Turn To Page 3.

INTENSIVE RAIDS

BY R.A.F.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

ADVANCE

The majority of the internees have been taken to a camp on an island near Batavia,

Authorities Swift Blow Although some of the arrested people gave vent to Anti-Dutch feel- ings..no serious incidents have been reported during the clear up of Ger- man and pro-Nazi Dutch elements.

All the Germans were detained in a swift blow which crushed a poten- that "ith column.

German property throughout the Indies has been neized, documents confiscated, and German offices either occupied or closed.

A crowd of Dutch patriots raided! die Gerinan Club at Bandoeng, slaged unti-Hiller demonstrations, and tore down the German flag, hoisting the Dutch emblem instrad on the club- house.

Liege

Fortress

Surrenders Says German

Report

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

BERLIN, May 11 (UP).-According to an official

claim made in Berlin, Ebenemael, the strongest fort at A German merchant ship' in uno of the parts is reported to have been Liege, has surrendered to the Germans with 1,000 men. sunk. It is presumed that the ship

The German High Cominandi was settled by her own crew.

All other German ships have been also issued a communique to-day seized.

NEW RUMANIAN CABINET

which claimed that Nazi troops Martial Law Martial law has been proclaimed as are driving westwards, and have a precaution, and vulnerable points reached advance points of the

main Dutch-Belgian defence SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"' are now manned by troops.

However, no general mobillation lines, which run approximately

BUCHAREST, May 11 (UP), -The PARIS, May 11 (Reuler).-To-

"Our orders for troops have been made. from a Zuyder Zec coast town Rumanian Cabinet has resigned. continued their

However, the crisis was short-lived, Bdvance According to the Durch radio from night's communique states:

ng within .. low hours. Foreign troops

that through Belgium, assisting Allied Amsterdam, a despatch from Batavia along the River Yssel and the troops at various points by the action) announces that 200 Germans and ten River Mans to the Beigo-Nother-Mmister Talarescu announced

Their pro-Nazi Dutels have been interned lands frontier opposite Aachen. he had succeeded in forming a new of their advanced elements.

From that point the defences Cabinel. march continues rapidly.

There are no changes of import- "The enemy continues to attacki

East Indies, including continue along the Belgo-German vistently."

the Chinese, Is loyal to the Govern-border to a point where Belgium, uke. paris says that German air raiders

ment, and the Governor-General has France and Luxembourg meet. over northern France yesterday and AMSTERDAM, May 11 (Reuter). sent a sable to Queen Wilhelmina ex- ngain to-day carried out attacks The Dutch General Staff announces pressing Adelity and the loyalty of which killed 148 persons and wound- that British and French troops are the populace to Her Majesty. lcd 337 others, They were all operating in conjunction with Dutch

civilians.

Another official announcement from

forces.

Fighting Together

The biggest casualty ilst coines The enemy adsince has been stop-

PLEASE Turn To Page 3.

ped.

STIRRING APPEAL BY KING LEOPOLD

BRUSSELS, May 11 (UP).~King Leopold has issued the following proclamation to the people:

on the island of Onrust.

The whole population Netherlands

ter.

the at

Hitler Lacks Supplies

Behind this front line, admits the German communique, the Dutch have? Jinundated areas to protect the prin-

elpal cities.

LATEST

DRAMATIC N.Y.K. ORDERS

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" TOKYO, May 11 (UP).The Nip-

Belgium's second line of defence, it is pointed out, follows the Mans river in a southwesterly direction trom Liege to the Frencli frontier. LONDON, May 11 (Reuter).-The Expecting Heavy Fighting "Chicago News Service" ways!

Although the Nazis clain that as "Speculation that Hitler lacked up-

bul light! which was closed on the

plies to sustain a long war of slege yet they have met with

resistance in the Netherlands because side, has not yet re-opened.

The Royal Air Force soared

seems to have proved right." Authoritative circles aro of the into a smashing attack on Ger-

The Gothenburg paper, "Goteborgs both the Maastricht Tongue and the pos Yusen Kaisha has ordered all Handels Tidning says that the presaren eust of the Yssel river are nor- N.Y.K. vessels in European waters to sure on the German people was maily only lightly guarded, they remain in the ports where they are not give rise to false intrepretation man coscentrations in Holland

clearly becoming overpowering, confess that from now on they ex-anchored or, if they are on the high because the German High Command yesterday, according to official

peet to drive against the first reat sens, to proceed to the nearest port "For the second time in a quarter of a century Belgium, an They could not stand another win- Is proceeding in the ordinary, way reports, full detalls of which with the closing of frontiers during will be found on Page Four.

It looked to them to be above resistance, and the invaders are pre-and await further orders.

Ships in waters west of Aden have honest neutral in her conduct, is attacked by the German operations for the regrouping of

human endurance to keep their cour-pared for heavy fighting. Blenheim bambers dived from Reich which treats with contempt its most solemn pledges.

at such a 810

According to press reports in Ber-been instructed to adhere to there prospect. It wast military forces,

oxlers. height of 5,000 feet to binze away

N.Y.K. officials said the orders have with the machine-guns and des- "The Belgian people, fundamentally initely greater to-day than it was necessary to try to obtain a decision in, one German advance guard, con-

reconnaissance been issued due to their desire to order to troyed a number of Nazi transport peace-loving, have done all they can in 1914. The struggic will ve hard, before the German people's nerves sisting of several planes which had been grounded at de to avoid this fate, but when it in the sacrifiers and privations will be broke, Hence the attack on Belgium aquadrons, strengthened by sappers; take appropriate steps in

and Infantry shock troops, forced The llogue acrodicome.

In question of sacrifice or dishonour considerable, but we have no doubt and Holland.

their way, neross the Minastricht cope with any sudden aggravation of Other machines roured over Rot-the Belgians in 1040 will hesitate no of final victory,

Tongue at the extreme southern end the European conflict. of shall remain faithful to the oath BRITISH TROOPS at the extreme autre ent NEW YORK, May 11 (Reuter)terdain and attacked the aerodrome more than did their fathers in 1914. "To-my vallant army and courage-

frontier on the Moss River. Two Dutch liners which were due to there which is in Nazi hands.

tain the independence and integelty RECALLED So heavy was the bombardment our soldiers I give greetings of the took under the Constitution to main-

The advance la claimed sall yesterday are remaining in port.

an from the British planes, that when whole country. On them we, worthy of my country as my father did in The Dutch Consul-General

LONDON, May 11, (Reuter).It Is been effected within an hour, and the nounced that Emergency Committees they left, three pillars of fire were here and heiress or the 1014, place 1914. I have placed myself a will be established immediately toiseen rising from the crippled 'drome, all our trust that they will fight foot head of the Army will, the game authoritatively stated that only in invadern mot practically no, resist

faith and conAdeñca in our cuuse. certain cases are troops in the Home ance by Dutch forces. The ralus lasted six hours during by foot. handle Netherlands shipping, fin

However, it is admitted that the No Doubt, of Final Victory

The Belgians are seent, With Command being recalled from leave.] ancial and press affairs in the United which time several, hundred high ex-

PLEASE Turn To Pago 3. The recall is not general, plosive bombs were dropped.

Our power of resistance is in-the holy of God we shall triumph," State()

Dutch Liners To Stay In Port

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