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Hongkong Telegraph.

FOUNDED 1881

No. 18350

一拜禮 號四廿月二英港香

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1941.

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ITALIANS WHY TELLS COUNTRY IS LOSING

DUCE-APOLOGIST:

LONDON, FEB. 23 (REUTER).—THE DIFFICULTIES OF THE FIGHT IN WHICH ITALY IS ENGAGED "NOT ONLY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BUT ABOVE ALL ON THE WIDELY SEPARATED FRONTS OF THE WAR AGAINST BRITISH WORLD POWER,” WERE EXPLAINED BY MUSSOLINI TO-DAY IN A SPEECH FROM ROME ADDRESSED TO THE “ITALIAN PEOPLE AND THE WORLD."

Il Duce expressed his complete conviction that the struggle would come to a "victorious conclusion," declaring that it was the will of Fascist

London Is fly Not Very Impressed

on

Analysis Of Duce's Speech

LONDON, Feb. 23 (Reuter); -While official London comment Mussolini's speech is not available, defensive character of the speech is regarded as note worthy in authoritative quar- ters.

The statement that Italy has been at war since 1936 or 1922

Mussolini, who was speaking at a meeting of the Dascio di Combattimenti del Urbe, declared that he had come to break the silence which was "dear to him, especially in time of war." Italy, he said, had been at war not eight months but six years, namely since January 3, 1935.

Alluding to General Franco's appeal at the time of the Spanish Civil War, Il Duce said: "We could not turn. a deaf ear. It was our duty to go to his help."

He proceeded, "Really we have been at war since October 28, 1922; when we rose against the plutocratic, masonic and cupi- tallstic world. In September, 1939, we were on the eve of war. We could not wait to be entirely ready, for history seized by " the throat.

"Italy immobilised immense enemy forces and so assisted the Germans to win their brilliant victories.

"After France,

Mussolint declared that collabora- tion of the Italian and German armies

was based on comradeship and cor- diality. The Germans know that Italy is a supporting weight of 2,000,- 000 soldiers and an force and artillery. there remained "The attitude

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the German

is, it is pointed out, clearly enemy No. 1 against whom we shall soldiers in Sicily and Libya is ab- designed to counter criticism fight to the last drop of our blood.solutely perfect, worthy of a great against Il Duce and the Fasciststaly has always had to engage in firmy and a great people." that they had led the country needlessly into war, in June, 1940.

immense industrial potential of the

United States.

Losses Compared.

distant and difficult wars."

Referring Libya us a most im- portant strategic point," Mussolini stated that between October 1, 1937, el January 31, 1941, more than 14,-

The war strength of Germany had not diminished but increased. Her losses in men and material had been very small.

Mussolini's 10 points Mussolint made these points: (1) Command was in the strong hands of the Fuchrer;

(2) German armaments were in-. fuitely superior to those of Britain: (3) Almost the whole of Eastern Europe was against Britain; British blockade is valueless;

(5)

The

morals of the Axis peoples

日九廿月正

Special Racing Editions

The Telegraph" will produce special, racing editions this afternoon in. connection with the re- sumption of the annual racing carnival.

These extra editions will include not only the result of the Rooty-Hill Derby, but complete results and cash sweep winning tickets of the day's programme The last "Extra" will be on the streets shortly after 6 o'clock.

Ex-King Alfonso Reported

ALBANIA Not Dead

Italian Aviation

Extends Radius

(BY "REUTER" ON THE ALBANIAN FRONTIER)"

Latest Rome Message

SPECIAL TO "THE "TELEGRAPH“ It is believed that the ex-King Alfonso of Spain is still alive.

According to a "United Press" message from Rome, received in Feb. 23. The Greeks are Hongkong this morning, the ex- attacking sharply to-day in the king was alive at 8.30 last night. Skumbi and Dovoli River This was revealed in an official valleys, south-east of El Bassan,bulletin which declared that AL fonso's condition continued to On the extreme right, activity be grave." was confined to artillery duels. Earlier, It was intimated that was more marked members of the Spanish royal family erpecially by Italian planes which had revealed that Alfonso listened to of Mussolini's attacked Greek positions and com-speech.

the radio version munications.

A Buenos Aires message says that At mid-day, four Savoin Marchettis the Spanish Embassy lowered their

ብnር unbed the neighbourhood of the

to halfmast when a member of Florina frontier area in Greek Mace-

the Consulate staff reported that on far behind the battlefeld, Alfonso was dead, but re-check

brought

from both the reply 4 Embassy and Consulate staffs that nothing was known about the ex- king's death, although it was expect jed.

Air activity

INDIAN NAVY

(1) Unlike the war of 1914-18, the TRAINING PLAN

BOMBAY, Feb. 23 (Reuter).

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LATEST

BIG SWEEP DRAW

The weather was fine, though rather overcast, when the an nual race nieeting resumed to) Draw for the monster $1 sweep- day after a lapse of five days, stake on the Rooty-Hill Derby took However indications were that place early this afternoon and re- the sun would be shining in the suited as follows: afternoon..

Interest to-day is almost whol- ly centred on the Rooty-Hill; Derby, on which there is the monster sweepstake, carrying a Arst prize of at least $390,000, By 11.30 this morning the num-. ber of tickets sold had reached the 908,000 mark.

A big field of 18 starters went out for the first race this morning-the Albury Stakes. V. V. Need steered King's Flight home to an easy win by four lengths.

The course appeared to have re- covered well from Jast week's heavy ruins, and the going was reasonably good.

Results:

1-ALBURY STAKES--For Aus- tvallan Subscription' ponies of 1041. Winners barred. Jockey allowance. One and a quarter milles,

90 DYNASTY'S King's Flight 152 15, 937 LEE BROS Lex For! 152 16. c, H. CHAN'S Bugle 142 lb.

IV. V. Needa) 1

1M. M. Sokoloft) 2

(C. B. Moller) 3

PONIES

A Fine Time Amulet Star

Angel of Glory

Anzac Day Araxy II Archber

A

Surn

TICKET NUMBERS

Surprising Timo

Haggage Master

Baille

Bendtreer

Castle Corrledon Corsair

Carvetle

Daylight

Dignitas Double

Joan

370488

507428

18874

939763

241859

278868

-920718

292059

193125.

270372

Bendigo

501489

501429.

Black Scal

100367

Bona Vacantia

637201

Buckfastleigh

404778

Casino

640432

511160

825245

123731

443247

305008

865825

Dutch

.705412-

Dutch Treat

45703102

Endeavour

700710

Hawaiian Love Hole In One

958440

91032

724017

Jungle Love

949070

Just Gentium

052810

King's Flight

543051

Leading Star

710544

Lex Forl

37080

Loadstar

70608

440407

127920

359684

Manhattan

780034

Moonlight

231672

National Welfaro

897280

Never-Never

700700

Newborn Star

092918

Newmarket Day

768454

Ogle

100047

Optima Fide

358418

Red Rabbit

611309

Riverbridge

877014

Royal Sovereign

835854

Santa-Anita

00246

Places

Saratoga

512934

Seal River

·566772"

Snow While

892852

View

36428

145342

304577

304577

Swanow Sydney Sydney Lady

917789

- Diamond

240123

*791203

201802

The

Hawk

obaccoship

Wind

727208

727208

Twinkling Star

184129

United Express

538127

Vicar...

202733

321574

650101

551625

10 starters, Won by four lengths; length and half, Time.-2.22.2.

Placon

Pari mutue)-Winner $14.00.

58.20; $5.70; $3.00.

2-RACING BTAKES—For Chla ponies, bona fide Griffins of this Winners barred. Jockey Bleeling.

One mile...

allowance.

MA LAN's World Fair View 152 1.

(II. C. Pli 910 MARBER'S Palber 152 15. ........................

B. Choo) 2

(D. Black) 3 Won by many lengths; a head." Time.-1.59.3.

IT COLLENE'S Sam's Choice 159 lb,

Pari-mutuel.-Winner

80.00; $5.00; $10.

3. — CHATER

$10.20,

CUF, Presented. For Australian gonies, Grifins of this: meeting. From the 11⁄2 mile post They also declined to explain why ↑ (about half mile 170 yards).

-976-LAN!9+ Distant-View-152–1b;

was put at halfmost.

Rushes To Bedside

11 Duce held out no prospect that Italy's position would improve by fleers and 356,000 men, com

prising two armies the Fifth and the her own efforts but hope was pinned Tenth-were sent to Libya, and also on German assistance and strength. 1900- Il Duce admitted that there was no guns of all calibres and the hope of reinforcing tellus Fast most recent type, more than 15.300 machine gurs, 11,000,000 artillery Africa 03201 acknowledged the

shells, inore than 1,000,000,000 rounds of ammunition for automatic wea- pons, 24.000 tons of clothing and 769 armoured As regards 11 Dure's claim of heavy

"These f

figures show that careful¦

(I C. P) 1 losses inflicted on the British in the weparations were made. The soldiers, was superior to that of the British.

VICHY, Feb. 23 (Reuter).- | TURN to Back Page, Column 5 first four months of Italy's war,

fighting to the Empire with

is fighting for victory: A total of 468 Indian boys are The Duke of Alba, Spanish Ani- facts are that during that period, out hope of reinforcements are those Britain is fighting for survival. It is training for the Indian Navy bassador to Britain, was expect Italy lost 278 planes beside the 67 who are furthest away but nearest foolish to talk of a separate peace, near Karachi under 100 officers ed at Lisbon to-day on his way to belleved destroyed, while Brit

to our hearts." Britain jost

is impossible to weaken the morale of the Halim people despite the and instructors."

Rome, according to a Lisbon bombing of towns," 21 submarines while. Dritalt lost the

Sixty of them will graduate immie-despatch to the "Havas" agency. (0) Britain was alone and was call-diately having had 18 months of The Duke, un Intimate friend of the light cruiser, Calypse, and a total of ber 9 and brought the enemy to ing for urgent help from America, but intensive training, including gunnery, late ex-King Alfonso, was hurrying ten destroyers and submarine, atd a Benghazi "forestalled us by a few

part of botis of these was very

engineerin and great

Fresh to his bedsite, likely lost through Gerfnan action

ROME, Feb. 23 (Reuter)-Cardinal rather than In the Mediterranean. like the hypocritical British. We re-

after a visit to the training ship, was visited Alfonso in the afternoon na

"Reuters" special correspondent, Maglione, Papal Secretary of State, It Is noted that Mussolint is nowsisted strongly, sometimes furiously. trying to justify the Greek war as we shall always tell the truth. We

some minutes. Al- truels by the discipline and efficiency they talked for an unfortunate military necessity, in- shall repudiate every falsefood. The

acquit creditably when drafted fato in an armchair, conversed with per- 3054, 303, 181, 339, 330, 4607, 3817, 2402, 2030. aid the eagerness of the boys to tonão, who received the visitor sitting dicating the degree of disquiet the events of the past months have only Greek disasters have caused in Italy sharpened our hatred."

the Indian Navy. and currency of the reports of division of opinion between him and the Ariny.

35 only. Italy led the cruiser Bar- tolomeo Colleoni, five destroyers

and

Brawl Over Song

U.S. Minister Said Involved

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH“

SOFIA, Feb. 23 (Domel)Its reported that Mr George H. Earle, United States Minister to Bulgaria, suffered an prm injury as the result of a brawl in a restaurant over the Song Tipperary."

was understood that Mr Earle asked the orchestra to play "Tipper ary," but several Germana In the restaurant objected and threw bottles at Mr Earle and his party who retallated.

Italy Forestalled!

The battle which started on Decem-

wireless.

ussolini added: "We do not lie strength curpasses the German batches are constantly, being taken.

Referring to Greece ay "the last British rampart in the Balkans." Mussolini said that Grerco would not renounce the British guarantee. It was necessary to face, up to her and on this point there was absolute agreement in all responsible millt- ary quarters, Mussolini described the Italian soldiers in Albania os "superb, writ- ing the pages of legendary glory," and declared that Greek losses were very high. Ile sald that spring would come Itallang turn.

soon and with it

Italo-Nazi Co-operation Ife declared that British losses were also heavy and ridiculed the statement that the British lost only 2,000 men. He added:

"Since Taranto, the course of the war has been unfavourable to

UJ but our strength of recovery is

tremendous.

the

it is the last battle which counts. Victory of the Axis is absolutely One German in plain civilian sure. Britain cannot win. Whatever clothes suffered head cuts as a result, happens, Italy will march with Ger- the reports added,

many to the end."

Beaverbrook Directs Attention to New R.A.F.

this help must arrive in such quan-

that tity

(7) When Britain Is conquered, the war would be finished;

(B) Italy in playing a major role. Her armaments are increasing daily, TURN to Back Page, Column 3

fect lucidity,

Success for Combined British &

Ethiopian Patriotic Troops

CAIRO, Feb. 23 (Reuter).A combined force of British and Abyssinian patriot troops las occupied Shogali on the Blue Nile in Abyssinia..'

Announcing this, a British communique says that an en emy counter-attack was repuls- ed, leaving over 150 dead on the field of battle, while the British and Abyssinian patriot losses were slight.

Quantities of war material and many prisoners were cap-

Customs. Pass tured when British troops oc-

Tragedy

Fung Kwok-wa, compradore of] the Green Island Cement Company,

cupied Jumbo, near the mouth of the Juba River in Italian Somali- land.

Other Operations

RED ARMY CELEBRATION

-23rd Year

Operations east of the river con- MOSCOW, Feb. 23 (Reuler)—The lo develop, to the British Soviet Red Army celebrated the 23rd tinue is one of the figures in what might

A British column advantage. be a double tragedy which occurred moving down the Red Sea coast from

is anniversary of its formation to-day. yesterday.. Around, midnight yester the north. Reinforced by Free The occasion was marked by a day, he was admitted to the Kowloon French forces from French Equatorial speech by General Tyulenev, Coin- Hospital suffering from lysol Africa, this column is making satis-mander of the Moscow military dis- polsoning and wounds to his throat. forces around Keren continue pre-lined the progress made by the Army, factory headway while the British triet, in which he extolled and out- of Finland's His wife, second figure in the parations for reduction of the Italian recalling at breaking

Mannerheim Line last year was an tragedy, was Chui Lo-fen, alias Tal positions covering the town.

The communique adds that the example of the high stage of develop- Shau-kam, who is dead from severe situation in Libya is quichanged. * ment of military technique. wounds to the hond and throat bo- lieved to have been inflicted by

Various new milliary appointments

a

Cash Sweep Results

The following are the results in to-day's cash sweeps at the Happy Valley.

RACE 1

**

No. 4233 1013 3000

$1,800.00 .537.40 268.70

Unplaced ponies ($50 each). Nos. 2388, 37L, 005, 210.

RACE Z

No. 1307 3372

$2.254.70

61

€14.20

322.10

Looksee

Mainsati

Macy

Vitamin A

Willow

Zadderday

Big Sweep Sales Total 1,000,000

The Rooty-Hill $1 Sweepstake sales reached precisely the 1,000,000 mark before the sweepstake closed ut. noon to-day,

It is announced, that unless there

Unplaced ponies 1850 each): Nos. 4336, is a dead heat, the prizes will be as 4074, 043, 3829, 504, 028, 4720, 4795.

RACE 3

No. 4309

23

3228

$2,657.90 750.40 379.70

follows!

1st $397,600

2nd $123,000

3rd $30,000

Unplaced ponies and non-startere Unplaced ponies ($50 each): Nos. 4372, $2.253.97 each. 5021, 1095, 3115, 1944,

NACE 4

No. 2010

No, 464

$2,702.30 197.50 398.00

No. 5048

Unplaced ponies (950 each): Nos. 1181, 5773. 1780, 2271.

RACE S

No. 201

$2,725.00

No. 58

770.80

209.40

No. 0121

Unplaced panies (250 each); Nos. 3317, 5270, 108, 0708, 438. 1304, 705, 1823, 5000, 6109, 214, 1602, 5240,

The total prize monies for distri bution amounts to $710,000. Com- mission totals $190,000 which will be divided between China - War Rellot while tax wor funds, and British amounts to $190,000.

Soo Back Poge For Further Late News

Sharp Differences In Tokyo Negotiations

Special to the “Telegraph”

SAIGON, Feb. 23 (UP).—Authoritative and Informed quarters, while admitting that serious differences exist between Indo-China, Thai and the Tokyo negotiators, declare that the negotiations have not been broken off.

ment are going to Hanoi by air:

LONDON, Feb. 23 (Reuter) —Britala's growing air strength

Springboks Get Nazis was stressed by Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Aircraft Produc *- Lchopper.

CAIRO, Feb. 23 (Reuter)Fires are also announced and foreign tion, broadcasting to Canada to-day,

The deceased woman resided at 32,were started among forts and build-military attaches were entertained to

Moanwhile the Laos-Thai vio- be prepared should a stubborn Thal Fook Wing Street, second floor, and ings as the result of an attack by tea by the Soviet Chief of Staff at Lord Beaverbrook stated: not expected that payment in full the ghastly discoveries were made in South African fighters on the Mass the amicial residence of the Foreign lation of the armistico agreement stand provent the successful signing "The strength of our reserves

of peace for such an adventure would be made on unnumbered bungalow in Customs wa aerodrome, it la stated by the Commissar,

has been partly, corrected, and R.A.F. Middle East Headquarters.

General Decoux and the||Govern- In the newspaper, "Pravda," the no longer occupies our attention. on this aide of the Channel.

No matter what happened, there

At Burie, RAF. bombers machine-Deputy Naval Commissar, Admiral 684 result the French several We give our thoughts rather to was never a need for Anglo-Saxona

The French cruiser Lamotto-Pic- gunned positions east of the town.. Iskov, writes that the Soviet Navy days ago agreed to continue

It is now learned that as the result has, formed a Danube Flotils and negotiations,

quet, flagship of the Indo-China Deet now types, to longer flights, to to hang their heads in shume when they were told the story of Britain's

well as a Japanese: forpedo baal, more striking power, to grenter | battle for freedom. Canadians would amateur jockey, and rode Lovely Stor of an enébonfer near Brava, south offdeclares that this is the last of the Attouch. It is hoped that the to-day guletly and unexpectedly..laff

differences can be bridged before the Saigon for. Unknown destinationd altitude and to swifter pursuit." sny for countless generations that for second place in the Amoy Handi- Australian squadron and tube of Soviet Navy's developments,

a number After appealing to Canadians to they were descended from the Eng cap at the annual race meeting on Junker 873 and Messerschmitt 110s,

armistice period expires, the civil Two Franch destroyers left Balgon nmist, in keeping open the north-

fish stocle that fought so vallantly.

one Junker and one Messerschmitt

and military authorities are giving yesterday in Thawo i departures urn western approaches to Britain, Lord It was glory to be allowed to

Ho vas also-a-prominent water were destroyed

-LONDON,-Feb-23-(Router)The the alluation-their-closest attention, with the Thal-Indo-China "armistice Beaverbrook sald that the price of in the great crusade for freedom polu player, and was a particularly From all operations, one British Admiralty announces that the trawler and many recent actions indicate that causing speculation, in- connection Invasion might be heavy and it was under the leadership of Mr Churchill: TURN to Back Page, Column 3 Aghter is missing.

Ormonde has been sunk.

the Indo-China Government would which is due to expire on Tuesday,

Pass.

The woman died this morning.

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