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FOUNDED WA#A-TRIT THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1940. Bxtat

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NAZI RAIDER IN THE INDIAN OCEAN: SINKS BRITISH MERCHANTMAN

CANBERRA, NOV, 27. (REUTER) -THE BRITISH MERCHANTMAN, PORT BRISBANE, WAS SUNK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INDIAN OCEAN FIVE DAYS AGO BY A GERMAN RAIDER, ANNOUNCED MR. W. M. HUGHES, THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY MINISTER, TO-DAY. An Australian warship has arrived at an Australian port with 27

R.A.F.'s Trail of Fire: Two Ships Sunk

LONDON, Nov. 27 (Reuter).!

Arsenal at Turin

survivors.

The Port Brisbane, 8,700 tons, is registered in London.

The remainder of the Port Brisbane's company, including woman

passenger, are prisoners aboard the raider.

The attack took place at night. The raiders lit up the Port Brisbane with searchlights and opened fire at a range of over a mile. The third salvo wrecked the wire- less room and the fourth hit the bridge and disabled the steering gear.

The Port Brisbane was subse quently abandoned, the ship's

!

NAZIS LOSE 11

RAIDERS

LONDON, Nov. 27 (Reuter), Eleven enemy aircraft were shot down by R.A.F. fighters in a series of engagements over Kent this after- noon. It is officially announced,

were lost

The Road by heavy LE U. S. LOANS company taking to lifeboats. Two British, machines

hombers last night. It was raided only four nights ago and this second attack has greatly increased the damage.

BAN TO REMAIN

U.K. Must Wait

The occupants of two boals were t | taken prisoner but those in the third succeeded in escaping de- tection.

The raider then sent a boarding party

time-bombs which placed faboard the Port Brisbane. A number of these were heard to explode and the raider later fired a torpedo into 27 the ship and made off.

WASHINGTON, Nov. (Reuter).-The Senate Foreign Relations Committee havo

Fears For Second Ship.

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ALLIES' LONG SHADOW OVER DUCE'S LAKE

Attention is more and more being directed towards the Mediterrancan where it is. believed the decisive phase of the war will be decided. This map illustrates the splendidly strategical position of Britain with her naval, air and supply bases in a position to threaten the slightest move by Italy. The success of the Greeks has added considerably to the stranglehold Britain has on the Mediterranean,

KEY

Naval Bases

℗ 0 British French Italian Others:

LIBYA (E)

Naval Bases With Airdromes

D B

D Brilish French Italian Others O Government Airdromes

Miles

200

ACO

Thailand-Indo-China

Hostilities Reported

Special to the "Telegraph"

fires Many

were started among the factory buildings and mily high explosive bombs

VICHY, Nov. 27 (UP)—It is officially announced that were dropped. When the lust.

hostilities began between French Indo China and Thailand of the British bombers hud luft,

along the Cambodian frontier on November 23, when the a huge fire could be seen.

During a search made by a rasou-French three times repulsed the Thailanders who were Though the Turin arsenal was unanimously postponed untiling Australian warship, according to

attempling to throw a pontoon bridge across the Caustung- budly duringed, the muin strength of

the January action on proposals to Mr. Hughes' arouncement, an empty

river. nitack WAS on the RAF.

British Brmament factory and other targets relax legal restrictions in order lifeboat belonging to the

merchontman, Malmo, of 8,000, tons, ¦ in Cologne,

to permit loans to Britain.

The proposats included a resolu-¡ was sighted. It is believed that the also prisoners tion by Senator King to repeat the Maimo's crew are Johnson and the Neutrality Acts and aboard the raider. a proposal by Senator Nye to en- quire into British dictal resources! in the United States.

Berlin Visited Again

Railways In Berlin, shipping and Flushing, nt Rotterdam, docks Antwerp, Calais, Boulogne, and the naval base at Lorient and vil dumps attacked white at Ghent were also enemy aerodromes in occupled terri tory were borbed and shipping out the Dutch coast was harried.

Five British planes, says the Air Ministry, failed-lo-return from these operations.

Senator George, Chairman of the! Canumittee, however, told pressmen, that he had no doubt that the ques tion of further aid for Britain will be presented in some form to the next CoNLTONS

George added that he

To-day, British planes successfullyator with the Adininistration į

attacked an enemy supply ship off the Frisian Islands, leaving it sinis ing.

Second Ship Hit

(Reuter) LONDON, Nov. 27 Further reports of to-day's operations by Coastal Command aircraft show that a second enemy ship, a tanker

the was successfully attacked off Fristan Islands, says the Air Ministry.

Another Coastal Command Beau-i fout from the same squadron destroy-1 ed a 7,000-ton German tanker, olso by a torpedo attack, a few hours inter

off the Frisian Islands,

The tanker was accompanied by a

Flak (onll-aircraft) ship.

The Beaufort flew to within a few feet of the sea and its torpedo struck the tanker. The tanker immediately burst into names and was

sinking

fast, stern first, when the aircraft

flew away.

polley of giving aid to Britain and

of such nid should be determined by:

·

Incident In N. E. I. Japanese Complain Of

Ill-Treatment

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

Several hours fighting ensued around the Cambodian village of Poipet. Thailand regular troops attacked at 11 .p.m. on Saturday night seeking to invade Poipet by using portable materials for a bridge across the Chustung river. Fifteen Cambodian trailleurs fought off three Thailander. attacks with machine-guns, but at 5 a.m. Sunday, the Thai- landers resumed the nilack. The fire converged on Poipet.

Iron Guards Avenge Iron

Comrades' Deaths

Port Said &

Suez Canal

ITALIAN FORCES CUT OFF

Greeks Nearing Argyro-Castron

By LEON KAY

United Press Staff Correspondent

BELGRADE, Nov. 27 (UP). To-day's frontier reports state that the battle of Argyro-Castron, Italy's most important base in the southwest of Albania, is imminent. It is also re- ported that Italian troops are retreating from Port Oedda.

the

The Greeks are now reported to be within two miles of Argyro-Castron where Albanian rebels are ambushing Italians who are attempting to withdraw from Port Oedds to the northwest along the coast. The Greeks are also reported to have cut off Port Oedda as a result of the capture of an important rond-junction-at-Jorducate

General Soddu is reported to have!- ordered n "last man" defence of Argyro-Custron; however, some quir- ters declare that the Italians

there and concen-

expressed the opinion that the extent TOKYO, Nov. 27 (UP).—A technical experts and that any moves despatch appearing in the "Nichi to extend Anuncial assistance should Nichi" from Batavia states that Former Rumanian Politicians Executed drawing frumt to the northeast.

be preceded by an Investigation of anti-Japanese feeling which has British resources.

Nazi Party On “Crazy British"

Special to the "Telegraph" theen running high in the Nether- lands East Indies, culminated on

BUCHAREST, Nov. 27 (UP).It has been confirmed that November 20 in an act of 64 political prisoners were executed at 3.30 this morning in the violence by Batavia policemen, court yard at the Jilava military prison. when Taneyoshi Yoshimi, the proprietor of a Japanese iron Amongst those executed were works, and his wife, who were General Marinescu, ex-chief of passing in front of a police police; M. Stefanescu, ex-chief station, were dragged from their of the Surete General; M. Mihael Can't Figure Us Out!

carriage by policemen, and Moruzov, head of King Carol's LONDON, Nov. 27 (Reuter), beaten. "Crazy British" is the title of

Imports Rise:

own police, and General George Exports Fall

led.

At Jorducate, a strong Italian defence was offered, but the Italians lost three officers and 40 soldiers killed, with over BD wounded. The

Knock Italy Out Of The War, Demand

Greeks also suffered heavy casualties. Belisha Criticises

The fighting in the. rondless region in the mountains beyond Moshopalis, which is the western terminus of the road from Koritza, continues. The Greeks advanced slowly on both sides of the valley while aviation took advantage of the clear weather.

U. S. Protest

To Japan

Advance Resumes LONDON, Nov. 27 (Reuter)- Greek troops resumed their, advance The dispatch said the couple were Argesanu who was Prime Minis-

LONDON, Nov. 27 (Reuter). TURN to Back Page, Column 4 an article in the Nazi Party severely injured and were taken to ter when M. Codreanu was kill-British imparts in October, with a news-sheet which complains that hospital.

total of £85,000,000, show am in- The executions were made in the crease of £23,000,000 over tho the British are continuing the New Japanese Move same court yard whore M. Codreanu figures for October, 1930, and un in- war contrary to nil rules of logic.

LONDON, Nov. 27 (Reuter)-A and 13 others were shot, and took ercuse of £4,500,000 over September, New Governor. Of The article declares: "No sensible new Japanese move in the Pacife is place in front of M. Codreanu's tomb 1940.

person can follow the acrobatles of announced to-day.

which was opened for, the occasion.

Exports totalled £23,000,000, being Porto Rico British thought to-day. That Ger- Japan is to protest to the Nether- M. Gigurtu and M. Argeteltua decrease of £7.750,000 on Septern-

many cannot be conquered in the lands East Indies Government, says TURN to Back Page, Column.5

"Domei" agency, against 0 WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 Reuter), war, which has in any case been the

the battlefeld, is not series of anil-Japanese acts that are -The new governor of Po to Rico decided on

10 have occurred there will be Mr. Jose Miguel Gallardo, who doubted by anyune in possession of alleged

recently. has been Commissioner for Education normal mental faculties.

"The directors of British policy These include Japanese iron works of Porto Rico since 1937.

decline to recommise this primary law jowners in Batavia who were attacked Mr. Gallardo, whose appointment of human logic.

and injured by Dutch policemen on British November 11, a Japanese flag in Alter speaking is announced by Mr. Harold Ickes. Secretary of the Interior, to-day, "hallucinations," the article declares Bandoeng burned on November 23, a Admiral William Leahy, that the "problem of finding a solu- Japanese Consular official arrested on who was recently appointed United lon to this war is no longer one of the same day outside the official Stales Ambassador to Vichy,

polities but psychology."

succeects

*ot

America's $50,000,000 Girdle Of Steel

residence of the Governor-General and wrongly accused, adds the prency, of photographing the resi- dence,

LATEST

Italians Win The Boat Race Again

ber und of £1,000,000 compared with October last year.

to

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (Reuter).

LONDON, Nov. 27-(Reuter). "Knock Italy out of the war," the was the demand made in House of Commons by the ex- Minister for War, Mr. Leslie Hore-Belisha, in criticism of the speech of Mr. Arthur Green- wood, Minister without Portfolio, which he said, did not contain a single constructive suggestion.

Mr. Hore-Bellsha argued that Bri- tish and allied tonnage was being lost at an average rate of 90,000 tons weekly and the merchant marine of the alles would be dissipated in two years.

The real remedy was to knock Italy

The fall in the expert figure is dueThe United States Government out of the war.

The Greeks had opened that way by vonsiderable extent to

the have made representations to both;

Japon und French Indo-Chinn, con-a swift series of successes With Italy change in Customs procedure.

cerning the recent arrest of the out of the way, Britain could with- American Vice-Consul, Mr. R. W. draw a large proportion of the fleet

Planes Over Hanoi Rinden, and the American journalist, from the Mediterranean,

MY

Melville Jacoby, at Hanoi by OPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" the Japanese authorities. HANOI, Nov. 27 (UP).Soveral They were alleged to have photo- re-graplied a Japanese inilitary encamp- Floo To Safety squadrons of Japanese planes

poutedly flew over Hanoi to-day, for ment at Hulphong, but were inter SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH The Arst time in three weeks. LONDON, Nov, 27 (UP).---| The Admiralty to-day announced that British vossuls ongaged 'anj Italian force of two battleships

released.

which were companied by Damaged Italian Subs.

lurge force of cruisers and des troyers in the Mediterranean

Europeans Suffer shortly before noon to-day

Heavy Losses their base at high speed

a

Itallane Tile report said the altered their course and retired to

Still In Tangier Port

Mr. Hore-Bellalia coniplained that the Government had falled to take full advantage of the Emergency Powers Aci le mobilise the whole nation's resources of material - and", personnal for the prosecution of the

Considered Reply

war.

The member's speech brought a con- sidered reply from the 'Minister · · for Labour, Mr. Ernest Bevin, who fore- shadowed "between now and poxt Juno, another enormous cull-up, for service."

Mr. Bovin cited conditions in Ger- many in support of his contention that "If you try too much compulsion you do not get the desired result,'!

The Government had succeeded

In Britain

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (Reuter); ~ President Roosevelt

LONDON, Nov. 27 (Router)-Fresh Instructions have been has allotted $50,000,000 for the immediate development of a

sent to Sir Samuel Hoare, British Ambassador to Spain, to see chain of naval bases on sites recently acquired from Britain in

Mr. J. Rold of the Royal Naval

Action Avoided

that the neutrality of Tangier, the international zone recently a settlement of a problem. In Br Yard reports that between 3.30

that had bafled over wager in the exchange for destroyers, announced Colonel Frank Knox, United

for genera London, Nov 27 (Reuter)A and 7.10 yesterday evening he

tiona States Secretary of the Navy, to-day.

namely, to lost or had stolen between the Dock preliminary flash from the Admiralty taken over by Spanish troops, is not infringed and that Britain's

Xool-room right and to get skilled yesterday evening announced that rights and Interests there are safeguarded. Mobilisation of increased num- Additional divisions of organised yard and the Seamen's Institute, once again the Italian Fleet, has. This information was given to The British Government added men in the right place away from

naval reserves from New York and wallet containing and a » pass.

bers of reserve forces was also New Jersey were also being mobilized Mr. Salabing 8224 Mis avoided an action on signung British

warships, in the Mediterranean. the House of Commons to-day Mr Butler, was watching the allus repetition work. As a test of the

Panama Canal

Road and Central,

ation very carefully with the purpose Increase in output, 13 works in the announced by Col., Knox, who for active duty with destroyers in harbour, had $360 stolen from him An Italian force reported to be stated that he had notified an operating in vicinity, of the early this morning between King's composed of two battleships (out of by Mr. R. A. Butler, Under- of afeguarding their rights and Midlands were examined and they additional" clasa of núvaland

creased (which was a good indica- nd Central,

the three they have left) escorted by Secretary for Foreign Affairs, interests under international trenties showed that bonus earnings and in

now in force. Col. Knox added that agreement

a large force of cruisers and des- when he disclosed that an ex- marine' - reserves;, numbering on the site of the Trinidad base was

Spanish Government all, questions New factories are now going to troyers, Altered course and retreated change of views on Tangler had spathey will take up with the on) from 25 to 77 per cent. nearly 82,000, that they should reached with the local authorities.

towards the home-bate taken place between Sir Samuel which may threaten these rights and production and steps an i bolne, la form on sighting British naval forces

expand the call for per prepare for the call to active but as far as he knew, the formalilles

yesterday. Our ships, pursued them and Sr. Serrano Buner, the Sir Samuel Hoare has recently res duty at any moment.

Ipeople who haverfisver |*TURN to Back Page; Column 3quiry worki and engaged them at extreme range, Spanish Foreign Minister,

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