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No. 10174

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ROOSEVELT ANNOUNCES AMERICAN

AID FOR ALLIES AS ITALY

HANDS IN DECLARATIONS OF WAR

By REYNOLDS PACKARD "UNITED PRESS" STAFF CORRESPONDENT ROME, JUNE 10 (UP).——MUSSOLINI HAS PLUNGED ITALY INTO WAR AS GERMANY'S ALLY WITH THE BOAST TO HIS PEOPLE THAT -“BRITAIN AND FRANCE, WHO HAVE TRIED-

TO KILL ITALY, WILL BE CRUSHED.

In a historic speech from the balcony of the Venice Palace, the Italian dictator carried 45,000,000 people and "ten million bayonets" into European slaughter because, he said, “Italy has done all that is humanely possible to halt the "War."

FORMAL DECLARATIONS

Half-an-hour before Mussolini began his speech, Ciano summoned the British and French Ambassadors and handed them the formal declaration of War, signed by King Victor Emanuel.

Italy thus departed from the example set by Germany, which has not yet formally declared war on any nation.

150,000 JAM SQUARE

"Italy, proletarian and fascist, is strong, united and ready as she has never been before,” Mussolini shouted to

the 150,000 people jammed in the square before his palace.

Western Front

ENEMY

25 MILES FROM PARIS

Government To Move Archives

By, RALPH HEINZEN

UNITED PRESS WAR CORRESPONDENT

PARIS, June 10 (UP).— French Government offices have begun moving from -Paris-

The roads are clogged with swarms of refugees fleeing to the south from the massive 'assaults led by 4,000 tanks, which have carried the German blitzkreig to within 25 miles of the capital:-

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This gigantic battle is of the poor people against the fierce, rich holders of the world's gold.

"A nation of 45,000,000 people is not really free unless it has free Becess to oceans!

"We are taking action, in time, against the Democracies--who-have tried to kill Italy.

"We take up arms to resolve thei problems, firstly, of continental frontiers and, secondly, overseas frontlers.

"The die is cast! Italy does not Intend to bring in other people. We simply want to break the choles tying us in the Mediterranean.

"I have only one order to give- 'win'!

"We will win!

**Italians, take up your arms!”

London Reaction

LONDON, June 10 (Reuter)-A Foreign Once announcement of Turn to Page 7, Third Column

LATEST

POLICE TAKE ACTION

An official Police announcement

In his broadcast to-day, however, was issued this morning concerning the French Fremler declared that the position of Italians in Hongkong, France may face many difficulties, consequent upon Mussolini's.declara- but she is not down.

tion of war against the Allies,

He asserted that the French

armies are retreating only slowly

and that the military position is

Fobil

He declared the Allies have always

It was stated: "Similar steps are.

AIRCRAFT CARRIER SUNK

H.M.S. GLORIOUS, the last of the large cruisers built during the World War to be converted into aircraft carriers, taking a heavy sea in the Me-iterranean, Clorious was a sister-ship of Courageous, which was torpedoed earlier in the war.

German Battleships Off Narvik

GLORIOUS LOST IN NAVAL ACTION

SPECIAL JO. THE

"TELEGRAPH”

LONDON, June 11 (UP).—It is officially admitted by the Admiralty that the £4,200,000 aircraft carrier Glorious has, as claimed by the German High Command yesterday, been sunk in a naval battle with the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau,

In addition, the following vessels have been lost in the encounter,

The two "Defender" class destroyers Acasta and

Ardent, which were escorting the Glorious;

The 5,666-torz oil tanker Oil Pioneer; -

The 19,840-ton troop transport Orama, formerly of the

Orient Line.

The naval battle occurred shortly after the Allied withdrawal being taken with regard to Italians from Narvik, in the course of which the two 20,000-ton Nazi

as were taken in the case of Germans battleships appeared suddenly on the scene.

In September, 1930. In cases where

internment is not ordered, measures

The Admiralty states that the crippled in the early fighting off the

been ready to negotiate for peace, for restriction of movement are being-total tonnage lost in the encoun- Norwegian coast, In which they have been supported imposed. At the present moment, noter was 50,706 tons.

by President Roosevelt, but all their women are being interned."

.efforts have had no difeet.

The threat of

an allan attack

from the rear hare made the hour ITALIAN TROOPS.

darker до General Weygand's armies fight to sem, the Nasi tide, the Premier sald.

German tank columns are operat-│, 'ing south of Beauvais and others are reported to have smashed through Normandy to Seininferieur to the northwest of Paris.

Heavy German columns are also attacking on the Tardenois plateau and threaten to dark Solssons, and Rheims.

;

Naxi Pressure Tightons PARIS,

Jund 10 Router)-To- night's war communique states that from the sea to the Olse River the -enemy has decetusled his pressure

between the roads from Amlens to Rouen and from Amiens to Vernon

Vernon is on the Seine River south of Rouen, kun only like yakin ja kletter

The enemy has reached the "lower Tum to Page 7, Second Column

MASSING

. Fato Of Crow

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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

CHARLOTTEVILLE, VIRGINA, JUNE 10 (UP).-PRE- SIDENT ROOSEVELT HAS ANNOUNCED THE INTENTION OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE ALLIES ALL ITS RESOURCES IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST TOTALITARIANISM.

U.S. To Send Her Resources

The President, in the gravest speech an American public has listened to since President Wilson's fateful Declaration of War in 1917, denounced Italy for her entry into the Euro- pean War.

"The United States," he declared, "will send its resources to the aid of the Allies in their magnificent fight. :

"America cannot safely become a`lone island in a world dominated by the philosophy of force.

Cannot Remain Isolationist

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"Such an island may be the dream of those who still talk and vote as Isolationists.

"But such an island represents to me, and to the overwhelming majority of Americans, a helpless nightmare of people without freedom, people lodged in prison, handcuffed and hungry and fed through the bars day by day by the contemp- tuous masters of other continents.

10 the

Grave Disquiet

CHARLOTTEVILLE, June (Reuter).The promise that United States would extend its material resources to the opponents Turn to Pago 7. Fourth Column

His Majesty At War With Italy

The Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary

Published by Authority

TUDAT. NUK E 11.

PROCLAĽŠTRON

DEFENCE MINISTER DIES

-IN PLANE CRASH

The normal complement of the The falo of the Glarlour was 1,210. crew has not yet been ascertained. Glorious was a sister-ship of the SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" Courageous sunk by torpedo earlier BELGRADE, June 11 (UP)-It is in the war. She was one of the large reported that a largo Italion force cruisers bulit during the latter part of

BELLEVILLE, Ontario, June 10 (Reuter)—Mr. Norman bus landed it Port Zara in Albania, the World War, originally costing near the Yugo-Slavian frontier. £2,110,000. Conversion trito un utrz

Further troops have been, landed craft carrier in 1934 cost an additional Rogers, the Minister of National Defence;, was killed when an Air Force plane in which he was travelling from Ottawa to on the Italian island of La Stovo, £2,025,900.

H.M.8. Orama was well-known on Toronto crashed af Newtonville, a town on Lake Ontario. *** near the Dalmatian coast.

Italy is reported to be massing the Australian run. Of 10,000 tons, troops on five fronts.

Three members of the crew wereƒhe was Profemor of Political Sciencs she was built in 1924 and was takeri

* Est' Queen's University and was Coun“ over by the Government at the out-also killed.

Su His Career break of war.

sel for the Nova Scotia Government

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Startling Official Announcement

MASS NAZI RAIDS ON BRITAIN REVEALED

LONDON, June 10 (Reuter).—The revelation that hundreds of German aeroplanes have dropped_bombs on English counties during the past few days was made in an official Ministry of Information communique to-night.

The Germans, says the Ministry communique, are attempting desperately to immobolise Britain's fighters.

This measure has completely failed.

"The one thought in British minds |to-day is.to sustain the battle front, and the British people are prepared to endure the attacks which would otherwise be directed against the Allied armies," the Ministry states.

Unshakeable Confidence

~*~*~*Every** Momy“ neropizne~~~Whten" crosses the British const, and every bomb which falls on Britain, diminishes by so much the German effort at the front.

"The British people have unshake-

ITALIANS

IN H.K.

Authorities Start To Take Action

Police, have not yet arrested

able conficience in the military genius Italian residents or seized Italian

of the French High Command and in

the traditional heroism of the French property in the Colony. It is ex- soldier,

pected that they will net this "Faced with the menace of Nazi afternoon. slavery, every frog man must say to himself, "Victory at all cost and sooner death than defeat"."

As soon as Mussolini's an- nouncement was known in the Colony, officers of the special

homes, were sent to Italian busi- ness premises. Plans for this action had been made for some

Pre-War Bread To branch, hastily called from their

Be Maintained

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LONDON, June 10 (Reuter),-time. Every effort is being made to main-

Italians "Shadowed" tain the present high standard of) bread. The darkish bread of the a number of officers were also sent last war is said to be unlikely to re- to watch the homes of Italian re- appear.

sidents. Their, Instructions were that; There is no immediate shortage of they were not to restrict the move- tea but consumers are asked to ments of enemy subjects. for the a close economise in order to save shipping moment, but were to keep

poco for mera vital purposes,

watch on them.

This was partly due to the fact that, the official gazetial in the Colony that a State of War existed

un

Compulsory Service between Great Britain and

In Singapore

Holy

there was no authority under wijch the police could act.

The State of War was proclaimed SINGAPORE, June 10 (Router) in a Government Gazette this morn-

pamed by Legislative Council of

H. King)

ory Commission of Economie En- The Compulsory Service Dit was ing. The Comm) Lavunediately held a

1984.

The Acaata and Ardent, 6 1,375 Mr. Norman McLeod Rogers, M. Aquiry in 19 tons, were sister

the B. Liit, B. C. L, was born in 1894 ships of

and He was Minister of Labour in the destroyers of the Eighth Destroyer and estucated at the Acadia Flotilla which

in Oxford Universities). A historien und King Government in 1935, and in the were stationed. Hongkong before the outbreak of war, politicien, he werved in the Great resent government he was appointed

None of the vessel wink are Wan He was Professor of History Minister of National Defence, equipped to night with battleships, at the Acadia University in 1922, and Only yesterday" ho "addressed

The Greisenau was reported to later became Secretary to Mr. W. La have been sunk and the Scharnhorst Mackenzie King From 1920 to 1938 Turn to Page 7, Fifth Column

the Straits Sellements to-day conference with senior officers of h

All British Europeans are liable department to discuss what, nglion under this Bill for service with the would be taken.

local dorées Ang Mr. King, told the langkong Tele- the latentive, training of local volum ment that bould be made

The Counell biso passed a Bill for graph' that there was he announce-- the Column teor defence forede.

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