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WILLKIE'S POWERFUL Middle East Big Raids

PLEA FOR U.S. AID

IMMEDIATE TO BRITAIN

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (Reuter),—Britain needed both immediate and long-term assistance and the only way the United States could help Britain quickly was to enact the Aid to Britain Bill "with modifications,” declared Mr Wendell Willkie, giving evidence before the Senate Foreign

ETHIOPIA Relations Committee.

ADVANCE

Offers New Threat

To Addis Ababa

CAIRO, Feb. 11 (Router)) South African troops have pene- trated 50 miles into Abyssinia.

Thus while the battle for Keren in Eritrea is still proceed. ing, a new threat to Addis Ababa

As an example of immediate aid, Mr Willkię said that the United States should provide Britain with from five to ten destroyers a month. "We should be able to do this directly and swiftly rather than through the rigmarole

of dubious legalistic interpretations.

FIGHTER PLANES IN BRITAIN

is fore-shadowed by the Intest American-Made

Information reaching Cairo this. afternoon,

Types Tested

(BY "REUTER'S" AIR CORRESPONDENT)

This deep penetration into enemy occupied territory has taken place east of Lake Rudolf and the South Africans are pressing on along the rift of the aircraft aid to Britain, a closely

Springboks' Part

LONDON, Feb. 11.-America's

"Incidentally, if we are to make more destroyers available to Britain, we should recondition them in this country in our own yards."

Mr Willkie advocated that the proposed aid should be limited to the British Commonwealth, China and Greece.

Fatal Isolation

He gave it an his belief that the polley of isolation would eventually destroy the civil liberties of the United States and cause an economtel" tipheaval,

Britain, he added, would require some time even with American planes | to obtain superiority in the air. 2

"Britain may

go down if United States old is ineffective, declared Mir we who approved of a Ume

valley running north-eastwards kept secret in 1940, can now bonit on the presidential powers im- to the Abyssinian capital and traced more clearly from the posed by the House of Representa- the Red Sea,

factories to R.A.F. aerodromes.tives' amendment.

All modifications. in his opinion "Journey's end" for the warplanes should seek to limit the granting of authority by the LONDON, Feb. 11 (Reuter).-South Ministry

which came across by shop is any unnecessary.

of Aircraft Production Bill.

Mr Wilkie added Impressively: "I African troops played a prominent station somewhere in England while part in the capture of Hobok on Etters are speeding up assembly in have wanted to see Americans stand the South Abyssinian border, accord-bomb-proof sheds.

united before all the world, as a friend of all who fight for democracy: ing. to detalls of operations which

as a deposer of all aggressors and have just reached London,

despoilers of the democratic way.

For

An official confirmed that the flow With a British force, the South of these fighters and medium bom Africans left Dukana and camped on bers, which have not the range to the border. Later they pushed on cross the Atlantic under their own through dense bush over a distance power, once unly a tricicle, was now of 18 miles towards their objective.n steady stream.

runity's sake, Mr Wilikle freed even opponents of the Bill to approve It This, with the approval of mil- llons of Americans they represented. would give the nation the "strength sizes. Fighter crates are of two advance, salt that he did not think one contains the fuselage,

under of a united prople-a strength greater that the history of motorised forces carriage and engine all in one piece than that of armaments and battle- could show a similar fear considering the other holds the wing assembly. {ships."

The Brigadier, referring to this

the type of bush encountered.

Invasion Chances

A 40-minute test flight proves the plane's worthiness and after an acmoment test it is ready for opera- tional use,

"

Unprotected Convoys

Mr Willkle said that despite the. CAIRO, Feb. 11 (Reuter),—As in

lifty destroyers already handed over the Westem Desert, Indian troops-

to her, Britain still needed more. infantry, sappers and mechanised Long Range Bombers

"Merchant ships are making the cavalry are greatly distinguishing

crossing without nearly enough pro- themselves In the operations, in

Long-range bombers pre ferried tection. In some cases thirly or forty Eritrea where they

at peross the Atlantic by an and while ships may be protected by only a home in the terrain, resembling that the rate at which any of the aircraft couple of destroyers," he said.

from across the Atlantic is going into

to ald Willkie referred

to Britain service is not revealed, it was as meaning "not to work for Britain

much

of the North-West Frontier.

they

WHAT ITALIAN ROUT| MEANS TO BRITAIN -

Provent effective raiding area of R. A. F. planes on Germany and Italy

GERMAN

Situation

Every step of retreat taken by Italian troops across the sands of Libya and Tripoli 'means In- creased power and prestige for Britain. Map spots possibilities. that may result from defent of Italy by Britain in Africa and the Mediterranean,

Italian presSUJO Bremoved from [Britain's Gibraltar

R. A. F. may establish bases in Albania to {bomb southern Germany

Atlantic Ocean.

SPAIN

PORTUG

Gibraltar

CANARY 19.

British may reduce Madifermonean Heat to free ships to battia Germon raiders

IGERIA

LIBYA

DE:

General Waygond, with African forces, might be tempted to desert Vichy to ald Britain

FRENCH WEST AFRIC

SIERRA

De Gaulle forces now hold all

Fronch coastline in southwest Africa

CRETE Mediterranean Sea

Tobruk

'The Allies; and an

British Colonies The Axis, and: Occupied Areai- France and Colonies Under-Vichy Rule Free French Colonies Loyal to De Gaulle `· Allied Attacks

On Italy

SOVIET RUSSIA

Black

Caspian Sca

Sea

URKEY

Dodacanese Islands practically cut off from Italy by British. warships of Crete

Alexandrick

Immediate threat to Sues Conal removed:

FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA =

NIGERIA

CAMEROONS

Duala➡

ANGLO. EGYPTIAN SUDANI

Italy's troops here, - Isolated by blockade, face double danger of native revolt, attack from British Kenya

„ibrevilla:

BELGIAN CONGO

(controlled by ["Free French”);

IRAQ

IRAN

British prestige stepped up among Arobs and in Naarh *Eart by victòrias)

SAUDI

ITALIAN LEAST AFRICA

ibouti,

in

Nearly 300 Tons of Bombs On

Hanover in Big Six-Hour Raid

Special to the "Telegraph"

Scaling heights held by the Italians, recently reported from New York that but to work with Britain to defend last night was one of the heaviest and most concentrated of the war. It is unofficially LONDON, Feb. 11 (UP),——An air raid carried out by the R.A.F. on Hanover have repeatedly captured post- tions at the point of the bayonet and down across without mishap.

1,400 Americar bombers had been the area of freedom. If Britain pre- down the.

valls the enslaved democracies will estimated that from 200 to 300 tons of bombs were dropped in six › hours, which left

that which resulted two famois Curtis Wright single-

Somethere in England I have seen survive."

He added that Britain's long-term

the target area a mass of raging fire. or requirements such as planes and Barentu, the engined: fighters Tomahawk 1

in the

wide charged occupand (P40 and the Mohawk 1-shed of their/munitions were already largely on]

of

Munitions Train Derailed

Other squadrons successfully attacked Boulogne harbour and other targets in northwest Germany as well as two aerodromes In Holland.

Planes of the Coastal Command caused large firea at Cher- bourg and Ostend. Ninety per cent of the raiding force renched Hanover. Four planos are possing.

Berlin Admits Raid BERLIN, Feb. 11 (UP)-The Ger- man High Command announced that British bombers last night raided

Germany BELGRADE, Feb. 11 (Reu-nine places in

Including Hanover, dropping a considerable 66

On

Rhodes, Tepelini,

And Duki

By R.A.F.

CAIRO, Feb. 11 (Reuler)-- The latest air communique front the Middle East Headquarters -contains news of successful- raids on

Calato (Rhodes), Tepelini and Duki while in Italian East Africa, the South African air force continues to harass the enemy.

The communique states that during the lull in North Africa, R.A.F. activity has been con- tinued on other fronts. Heavy bombers attacked Calato on the island of Rhodes yesterday and | dropped several tons of bombs on the acrodromo and dispersed | aircraft around it.

Buildings and aircraft were seen on fire after the explosion of bomba and it is confirmed that ten-aircraft were destroyed and others diumsged..

In Albania

In Albania, buildings at Tepolini ". and Duki were set on Are by, bombs dropped by other R.A.F. bombers,

A large enemy bomber formation escorted by 20

20 Aghters altempted to attack Jannina yesterday.

They were intercepted by a formation of British fighters which shot down two bombers and damaged several others.

It's now confirmed that an-are-. sult of the engagement in the Koleyro arca, which was announced in a communique yesterday, three further Italian aircraft were destroyed...

East Africa

In Italian East Africa yesterday a motor transport yard near the station at Almarn was attacked by British bombers. Stores in the wood near Keren were also bombed and in the area on the previous day, bombing attacks were made on the rallway tracks.

Kame

In the Kalan aren, native troop ncentrations-waro-attacked” by ̈a South African Air Force squadron, TURN to Back Page, Column 5

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Japanese Ready To Take Over Maharátta troops in the North Hurricane, which was the chlet killer | Telling of what he had seen dur.ter).-Eight people were killed number of incendiary bombs, but "Peace" Awards In Indo-China

Greek Women, Children Told to Leave Bulgaria VICHY, Feb. 11 (Reuter), Greek women and children in

Frontier Forecegiments tought wrispings and “assembled. Many order in the United States.

"We are building them as fast aà throughout the attack,

Have been sent to the squadrons. -Tho, actual-salzing of Barētu was Equipped as six (mulit) gun air-we can but it will be many many effected aller a five-day battle fought craft with plenty of licks, the faster months before our efforts begin to by the Indian Brigade through # of the two the Tomahawk-hasplane programme for instance will show significant results. Our aero- narrow gorge and a ten-day battle.

tle bean edited in Amerien with Tought along the Alcola-Barent speed of over 400 miles an hour. not begin to give Britain supremacy Rond by another-brigado.

This is probably on the high alda

aldo until 1942. but in the first

Britain's greatest hazard was the mock combat between Maharatta TroopsTM

American and British Aghters which destruction of her shipping, he said. NEW DELHI, Feb-11-4Roulor) —Twitnessed, the Tomahawit was foster

Pitcous Destruction The leading part played by on the level than its rival, a Hawker African operations, which led to the of Gorring's Heinkels and Junkers ing his visit to Britain, Mr. Willie and many were injured when a causing no military damage, although TURN to Back Page, Column 5 TURN to Back Page, Column 3 referred. to the piteous and heart-train, including 40 oll tanks and a number of civilians were killed or It is reported that large contingents of Japanese troops, who

rending" destruction of northern in: cara destined for Germany, was wounded. dustrial townUI. Damage to produc- derailed at midnight near the man planes yesterday successfully week. It is estimated that over 10,000 have been landed in It is officially annouriced that Ger- have been well equipped in Hainan, were sent to Indo-China last tive facilities was however, small.

If the United States isolates her Bulgarian frontier station of raldet Malta and a port on the Haiphong ready to be sent to Saigon and bases. In Thalland, self, he said, Britain, may have the Dragoman, about half a mile cured that two merchantmen which they will acquire durlug the peace conversations in Tokyo,

Cyrenacian coast. It has also greatest difficulty in surviving. No from the Yugo-Slav frontier.

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In the Suez Canal, reveals the Kwangchowwan correspondent of the "Wah Klu Yat An authoritative Bulgarian ́state- German bombers last night raided Po." ment says that the train was taklog British airacids and it is claimed they

by the Thal Government at the the gmdient at too high a speed destroyed 11 planes and damaged In connection with the south-instigation of the Japanese. Fires. „broke : out,, “causing heavy several male which were aground. ward drive, there are contrasting Border Disturbances damage both to the train and the line, a large section of which was

Ostend Harbour Hit opinions among Japanese naval Bulgaria have been advised by the Greek Legation In Sofla to

"SAIGON, Feb\/11\\(UP)—1€ is destroyed. return to Greece, states n Sofia message to the official French

LONDON, Feb. 11 (Router). The and military leaders in South semi-oficially announced that al- Trafic is temporarily suspended. German-occupied port of Ostend was China in view of the forth though the French have scrupulously agency.........

¡officials as well as some 50 Briush

bombarded by units of the Royal coming strong American aid to viointions by Thailanders are con

respected the terms of the armistice, The advice is given as a pre- civilians.

Nazi Planes Over

Navy during the early hours of this Britain and the Italian defeat in caution against eventual com- Greek Legations are preparing toAt a meeting in Rome on Reports that the Turkish and LONDON, Feb. 11, (Reuter).

morning....

occurring along the north. Officials loft for Bang- Budapest plications in the Balkan situa- leave are denied.

An Admiralty conmunique giving Albania and Africa. this

news adds: "Our salvoes fell on

A Chinese report states that a big gkok this morning by ale and Ital LOT...

In condection! with Grant Britain has not been decided to send Count Grandi More than 30 Junicer-62 planes were observed. No casualties

The rupturo of diplomatic relations January 15 dissident Fascists

BUDAPEST, Feb; 11: (Reuter) — the harbour works and many fires contract for military, suppiles to the believed the trip RamaniaTM Exodus

mentioned alther in the press or on to England to sue for peace which are troop-carrying planes, few damage were sustained by our Japan by Thailand. The contract that the Japanese returning from an

value of 17,000,000 was awarded to with these violations,

It is also semi-officially reported BUCHAREST, Feb. 11 (Reuter) the wireless, but the news has spread according to a "reliable report" over Budapest at mid-day to-day in forces."

Includes: 10 military planes and heavy inspection trip to the Cambodian Sir Reginald Hour British Minister among the public and, following broadcast by the Athens Radio the direction of the Rumanian fron- in Bucharest, and members of tea general binokout, hat induced to The meeting is said however, Rumania in cut off.

agtillery. on the instructions to observe to-night.

tior.

ral places Lagation and Consuler staff ascial atmosphere of tension and anxiety to have been, denounced to the

communication with Turks In Afghanistan- The report adds that new foreign frontier, said that in sev

exchange restrictions were enforced This Gnd Indo-Chinese troops, ere is only 10 yards; separating the Daring to leave Rumania by a special

PESHAWAR, Feb. 11 (Router) by the That Government limiting, the despite thel, regulations” of fathe will understood that personnel of posed yestrday, Str: Reginald Hoare police who made many arrosta NEW DELHI Feb 11 (euter) members of the Turkish Military measure despite representations made fault clio en frily with the Thats Three officers of the Turkish General Chinese remittances to China to 180 armfatice, that they milst be 20. steamer on Saturday, A

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