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CIVILISATION...By Adolf Hitler

"Britain will fight on-even if Germany overruns the British Isles—until

the New World comes to the rescue of the old.

"Britain and the French Republic will defend to the death their native

soil. We will defend our Island alone if necessary. We shall never sur- render:"-Mr. Winston Churchill.

PREMIER'S GRAVE WORDS TO HOUSE

DUNKIRK: FINAL CURTAIN

Defenders Embark:

Port Unusable

PARIS, June 4 (Reuter). -A French Admiralty com- munique issued to-day an nounces that the last land ' and naval forces, which were defending Dunkirk,

were

Ironside

ENORMOUS LOSS

Organising OF MATERIALS Model Army IN FLANDERS

LONDON, June 4 (Reu ter)The War Office an- nounces that General Sir Edmund Ironside is organis ing for home defence small bodies of highly mobile and strongly armed troops who will be called "Ironsides.”

There be many hundreds of these formed from the regular Army.

re-embarked during MUSSOLINI

the night.

ed unusable.

The port has now been render.- HESITATES

French Navy Losses'. British Military Prospects

The Admiralty commimique | adds that throughout the opera tions at Dunkirk, the French Navy lost seven destroyers and one supply ship.

Most of the crews were saved.

"What Happened in France and Belgium was Military Disaster” INVASION THREATS

LONDON, June 4 (Reuter).-Continuing his speech in the House of Commons to-day, Mr.

Winston Churchill said:

advantage in defending the air above this island against an oversea attack, I must say I find in these facts a sure basis

upon which a practical and reassuring thought may WASHINGTON, June 4 rest, and I pay my tribute to these young airmen (Reuter).The continued non- (Cheers).

"When we consider how much greater would be our

More Hopeful

elligerency of Italy is taken as YOUTH'S GREAT OPPORTUNITY

"There has never been, I suppose, in all history of war such an opportunity for youth.. The Knights of the

Three hundred French wamhian indication that the military und merchant ships of various sizes prospects of the Allies are more with_200_smaller boats as well immediately hopeful than they humorous formations of the Naval have recently appeared to be. Air Arm took part in the Dunkirk; Comment on Il Duce in the news-Round Table, the Crusaders, all fall back into a past not operation, -Other-than-those-mentioned were papers here has grown increasingly damaged, but some ot them had litter during the past few weeks, already put to sea again.

The communique says the nul -embarkation took place in good order.

It is stated that Admiral Abrial was the last to leave He left the part at

-7 a.m. to-day.

Evacuation Completed

LONDON June 4

(Reuter).-A{"

only distant but prosaic.

Trans-Atlantic Sailings

"These young men are going forth every morning to guard NEW YORK, June 4 (Reuter), their native land, to guard all that we stand for; these young After some days of suspension, the men are going forward holding, in their hands those instru talian Lice has restuned its adverments of colossal and shattering power, for whom it may be tisements for trans-Allant le passenger sailings.

said that every morning has brought forth

chance. a noble

M. Reynaud's Statement These young men deserve our gratitude and deserve to rank among the highest of all brave men who, in so many ways and War Oflee communique states that PARIS, June 4 (Reuter).-If Italy the evacuation of the Allied forces enters the war, she will be doing soon so many occasions, are ready and will continue to be ready to from the Dunkirk arça hus now been for the sole purpose of waging war give life and all to their native land. successfully completed, the last troops declared M. Paul Reynaud, the

being withdrawn during the night of French Premier, in a statement to OUR LOSSES EXCEED 30,000

June 3-4,

the_Foreign Affairs Comunission,

The outstanding success of the The Premier recalled that both

"I return to the Army. operation, which must rank as one of before and since the war began,

Inthe long series of very fierce the most difficult operations of war France had made known to Italy her battles, now on this front and now on that, fighting on three ever underlaken, has been due to the willingness to open discussions with fronts at once, battles fought by two or three divisions against magnificent fighting qualities of the the aim to finding a friendly settle-an equal or somewhat larger number of the enemy and fought Allied troops, to their calmness and ment of all outstanding questions. discipline in the worst of conditions,

very fiercely on the, old ground that so many of us knew so well, These overtures remained without

to the devotion of duty of the Allied response, but the attitude which the our losses in men have exceeded 30,000 killed, wounded and navies, and to the gallantry and Italian Government felt called upon missing... exertions of the Royal Air Force. to adopt made no difference to

THIS PHOTOGRAPH, just received from London by air mail, was taken in Belgium a fortnight. ago, in the background are the remains of an open town---unforlified and undefended. Car- In the ruins lie man bombers. flew over and soon nothing remained but debris and smoke.

many buried women and children. In the foreground are four pathetic survivors.

45-Minute Visit To French Seaport

ANOTHER NAZI RAID ON HAVRE

́SPECIAL TO THE 'TELEGRAPH”~ PARIS, June 5 (UP).—Le Havre, France's eleventh

ENEMY

ALIENS

MUST

LEAVE

Aa a result, although our losses feelings of the French Government. "I take occasion to express the equipped army. They had the first have been considerable they are smnii | A statement to this effect was sympathy of the House with all that our industry hud to give. dinys ago come out which a few brought to the notice of the Italian who have suffered bereavement fururer delay, How long will it last largest city (pop. 164,083) was again bombed by German Women & Children

seemed inevitable.

Government.

South of the Somme, our troops are PLEASE Turn To Page 2.:

Low British Casualties

Experts Give Three Likely Reasons

"That has gone and now here is

depends on the exertions which we During the

past few days, the or are still anxious. French Government, in full agree- | "The President of the Board of make in these islands.

"An effort, the like of which have ment with Britain, had renewed its Trade is not here to-dny. His son.

never been seen in our records, is demarches.

is killed. **Signor Mussolini knows that there "Many in the House have feit a now being made. Work is proceeding is nothing provocative in our attitude, private affiction in the sharpest form, everywhere night and day, on Sun-

days and week-days.

would say this about the missing.

planes last night.

nya at nabour have enst aside REPRISAL raid started at 10

and we have never closed and do note have a large number of wounded their interests, rights and customrus now close the door to negotiations," said M. Reynaul.

who have come back safely to this and have put them into the common country. There may be very many stock. reported missing who will come back some day.

Roosevelt Credited WASHINGTON, June 5, (Reuter), -President Roosevelt is being given

Enormous. Lossos In Matorial some of the credit for Italy's falluro to announce her entry into the war "In this way or another in the on June 4.

|confusion of this Aglit, it is inevitable Diplomatic circles bellove that the that many should be left in condi- Military authorities, commont-President's correspondence with tions which require по further ing on Mr. Winston Churchill's Rome, beginning a few weeks ago, resistance from them.

“Against this loss of over 20,000 took the line that any change in

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”

LONDON, June 4 (UP)—

armouncement, said the number italy's status would aller the balance men, we may set the far heavier loss of casualties seemed low as com- of non-belligerency and in that event certainly inflicted upon the enemy. ~pared with the World War.

the United States might be influenced

Allies.

"Our losses in material were enor- They emphasised the following to bear more heavily towards the mous points

"We have, perhaps, losi one third

(1) The Allies were fighting on the It is believed that the question of of the men we lost in the opening defensive in which casualties Italian immigration to the United days of the battle of March 21, 1918, are usually less than In an States was also raloed.. offensive,

(2) Mr. Churchill gavo onir the

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”

But we have lost nearly As many

"Already the flow of ammuni- ons has leapt forward. There is

RAIDS

Also Affected

This is the second night in succession that German

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT raiders have appeared over has ordered all enemy aliens to quit the Colony before June 11. the seaport.

Orders were issued to the p.m., a few minutes after the people concerned this morning.

Women and children, as well Air Raid warning was given.

The fall, which was of an intense jos men, are affected.

Special arrangements have nature, lasted for three-quarters of an

the All Clear signal being heen made to grant the neces- given at 10.55 p.m.

visnes, but no person order will be affected by the permitted to go to either Canton or Macao.

The order applies to all German and Austrian subjects residing in the· Colony, including refugees from the Nati regime.

pomon why we should not, in a Allied Warplanes Bomb

for months, övertake the sudden serious loss that has coine upon un without retarding the development

of our general programme..

Colossal. Military Disaster "Nevertheless, our thänkfulness

Naxi Towns PARIS, June 4 (Reuter) Military objectives in Munich, Frankfortmäln and Ruhr

were

at the escape of our army and so bombed by Allied warplanes as many men whose loved ones luva reprisal for yesterday's Paris passed through an agonising time | raid, announcea the official must not bilad us to the fact that "Havas" agency." what happened in France and Bel-

·glin is a colossal military-disaster.

""The French Army has beet

Jost.

weakened, the Belgian Army in Telephoner Cut

carly 1,099 and our large part of those fortified lines transport and all armoured vehicles upon which so much faith had been **** Beltish-- Towen;- The Belilah

ROME, Jume 8 (Domel) Tele-that-wore with the army in the reposed are gon were in a less exposed politon

'Must' Expect Now Blow than the French who suffered phone communication between Haly

and France. has been suspended by Armaments Expansion Lags "Many valuable mining districts

more.

tho Kalian authorities, nocording to a

(3): According to the returning Government announcement to-day.

troops the German Infantry bes

haved like......-“drugged ;, imen."

They did not attack like....... the

No explanation is given.

norih.

No particulars have been released dary regarding the damage.

HITLER TO SPEAK

1

LONDON, Juno 5 (UP) The The Hon, Mr. T. H, King, Commis R.A.F. Raid On Ghent populace of Germany has been or- sioner of Police, was not in a pori- LONDON, June 4 (Router).dered to switch on all radio sets ton to give exact figures when inter viewed this afternoon, but it's be com lleved a considerable number of peo- An Air Ministry bulletin says at during the evening for "a least three big oil tanks were set munque of extremo military imple residing in the Colony are entry on fire when Coastal Command portance from the Fuehrer's Head-aliens friendly to the Allies. aircraft raided Ghent last night;]

Flames floodlit the countryside for

Ing at 10,000 feet,

quarters."

Events in Europe, portletilarly in Scandinavia and the Lowlands, have

esaltated the order for their ex-

pulsion, it is believed.

The Commissioner. of Police unable to reveal, this afternoon when

the British aircraft, which were fr- RED ARMY BEING "This toks will impose's further and factories have passed into the

Other Coastal Command aircraft KIDNAPPED! delay on the expansion of our enemy's pousondon. mulltiary strength. That, expansion? "The whole of the - Channel ports again raided other military objectives KAUNAS, June 24 (Reuter)er the order would later apply to had not been proceeding as we had are in his hands with all the strategie In Holland. The pillols and crews on Sixty-four have been arrested dizens of areas occupied by the Ger-

maria" or to) auspects who were=nots; hoped. The best of all we had a odtisoquotipes, that folkaw from that. I their return, enld the display of vitna In connection:

with Sovicitizana of Germany or Austria. Si We must expent that another blow searchlights, pom-pom fire and high Although they had not the numi Wii bo'slruck almost immódistely at explosives but the Crystal Palace allegations that Red Army troops had lustra view of the difficulty: of obtain

recently been kidnapped in, Lithcanrıla stroworks to shame.

One of the arrested men allerway, addit is certain chat: all, the One pilot said: "It seemed as if all admitted to: was working on der alleries mooted by the order will have

Mirale ora sforeign"; country.. PLEASE Tum To Page 2.

10 procedito Shanghal, ES3layo

Germans in the last war. Als : TOKYO, Jime: :4 (UP)—Prince It indicated Lhat" in recent kyosate Tokogawa, former President-giva had gone to the RF. days the Germans are'mol using of the House of Peert, died here to- much, mechanised equipment day of pneumonia, The Prince had bers of tanks and some articles of us de FrabOG, CERTA Which may have been tranz. been multering from kidney, trouble equipment, that were desirable, they

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