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LONDON, Mar. 11 (Reuter). -The revolutionary progress of the R.A.F-Its faster and more powerful fighters and the trans- formation of existing world- known models into virtually new types-was the theme of an address by the Air Minister, Sir Archibald Sinclair, in Introduc- ing the Air Force estimates in the House of Commons to-day.

Among the types which the Minister mentioned publicly for the first time were the Beaut fighter designed for long-range operations and night fighting and carrying very heavy arma- ment, and also the heavy Halifax bomber.

Later models of Spitfires and Hurricanes are now in service, fitted with more powerful engines and heavier armament.

The new Hawker Tornado will be equipped with engines nearly twice

the

horse-power of the lighters which bore the brunt of the Battle of Britain and can carry still heavier armament and yet attain a speed well over 400 miles an hour.

As to bombers, Hampdens, Welling tons and Whitley's will be the main R.A.F. offensive. The latest models of these bombers are fitted with

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LONDON, Mar. 11 (Reuter),———— Soven German alrcraft wero destroyed In, attacks on Britain last night.

Four wero shot down in the Portsmouth aren' which was the main Nazi farget, by anti-aircraft They were seen to crash

or explode in mid-air by many witnesses

It was also learnt to-night that two

German bombers, about to take off from, an aerodrome in Holland, were 'machine-gunned by a British bomber returning from an B.A.F. rald on Cologne an Monday night.

A Messerschmitt fighter which tried interception was promptly shot down.

Italians Lose Hundreds

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Albania Reverses

LONDON, Mar. 11 (Reuter). Hundreds of Italian dead were Fleft behind when, after strong artillery preparation, Greek in- fantry again attacked early on Monday morning in the central area of the Albanian front, states the Greek Press Ministry.

Guns, ammunition, automatic arms and machine-guns were more powerful engines and some captured as well as 300 Italian although the name remains are quite different aircraft.

prisoners, including a number of officers.

Heavier Bombers

In addition there is a range of very much heavier bombers, includ-

Determined Defence

Ing Manchester and Halifax, all of detence, making desperate efforts to which have already shown their

The Italians put up a determined

yehrek the furious Greek onslaught,

worth against enemy targets. They but their efforts were of no avail, are more than twice the size of ony carlier types, are faster and carry The enemy's strongest positions, heavier defensive armament and ne of them on a peak nearly 4,000 thrice the weight of bombs over the feet high, were captured by the same distance as their predecessors, Greek forces and the Italians were

Sir Archibald declared that the

put to fight after suffering very bombers had made 200 raids on severe losses. aerodromes and seaplane bases, 300 on docks and shipping,

470 on

rall- ways and communications and 630 on Industrial targets, all in Germany, apart from their many very heavy raida ол objectives in occupied terri- -tory

In the same period, Constal Com- mand aircraft had Bown 15,000,000 miles.

Overseas Squadrons Squadrons from Cannda, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Rhodesla, squadrons manned by men from India and Newfoundland all the Colonial Empire are playing their part in the battle,

and

"Another #quadron of which the House wil hear more before long is the Eagle Squadron, mounted Hurricanes and manned by American pilots.

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BORIS RECEIVES

M. POPOFF

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHI SOFIA, Mar, 11 (UP) —King Boris received the Foreign Minister, M. Popoff last evening, but no details were given out.

The American Minister, Mr George Earle is expected back from the border at 6 p.m. He accompanied Mr Rendel and his party of 50 to the Turkish frontler on their way to Istanbul. The Argentine,

Creck. Yugo-Slav and Turkish Ministers and other diplomats bade them farewell

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Greek detachments gave chase and he Italians' fight was no precipitate hat they left ninny dlead and wound- d on the battle-field.

R.A.F. Support LONDON Mar. 11 (Rculer).The.

1.A.F. is continuing its support of he Greek army by smashing attacks n Halian forces in Albania.

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ROOSEVELT SIGNS THE

LEND AND LEASE BILL:

AID FOR BRITAIN PLAN

WASHINGTON, MAR. 11 (UP).—THE HOUSE TO-DAY PASS- ED, AND PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HAS SIGNED, THE LEND AND LEASE BILL.

DURING A CONFERENCE WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DECIDED TO ASK FOR SEVEN BILLION DOL LARS CASH APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF AIDING THE OTHER DEMOCRACIES UNDER THE LEND AND LEASE PROGRAMME. Some well informed Congressional circles understood that the Administration has prepared a list of war materials which will be transferred to Britain immediately after approval of the Lend and Lease Bill. Although the nature of the materials has not yet been revealed, most informed quarters believe they will include motor torpedo boats and aircraft, and perhaps some destroyers and guns. The Bill authorised the President to immediately transfer up to $1,300,000,000 worth of materials now existing in army and navy stocks. Anything beyond this amount must be provided with Congressional appropriations.

It is understood that one high ranking Committeeman of the House Foreign Relations Committee has submitted to President Roosevelt a private tabulation of war materials which this Congressman feels could be transferred immediately including 35 destroyers.

BIG ADVANCE IN

ABYSSINIA

New Encampment Captured

Special to the "Telegraph"

Rep. Edward Izac told- the "United Press" that he had urged the President to "send the entire $13,000,000,000 worth of materials to Britain to-morrow, if possible. He said we should transfer all the destroyers we can spare, as well as torpedo boats, private yachts and motor boats which the Government has requisitioned."

Hitler Has Lost War There are enormous numbers of these now available and they are and convoy duty.

CAIRO, Mar. 11 (UP).-To-day's General Head- quarters communique states that Imperial forces in excellent for anti-submarine work Abyssinia have captured Afodu encampment and are now. advancing towards Asosa.

LOFOTEN

Mr Izac was of the opinion that of the bill would exert "a rendous morale effect on the "In Italian Somaliland the Democracies and the Axis, advance in Abyssinia is develop-he is supposed to be, he must realize "Mister Hitler is as realistic as ing satisfactorily. Many hun- that Germany has now lost the war." dred additional prisoners have He said that when and if Germany

REPRISALS been taken, including a Brigade is able to overrun Turkey and reach

Norwegians Punished For Aiding Britain

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" MOSCOW, Mar. 11-(UP).— The newspapers to-day featured n Tass Agency despatch from Oslo describing the reprisals to the inhabitants of the Lofoten Islnds for abetting the British

Chief Faces rald.

U.S. Trial

WASHINGTON, Mar. 11 (teruter) -A Federal Grand Jury has indicted

Geman news agency, Trans Octan," its manager, Manfred Zoop, and another employer named To for violation of the Foreign Agents' Registration Law.

Commander, the Resident Com. Suez, "senpower will ultimately missioner-and-their-staffs

prevail.

Fleet of Boats, Food The House of Representatives this WASHINGTON, Mar. 11 (Reuter). afternoon passed the Ald to Britain Bill, which now goes to the White House for the President's Signature.

The Italians retreating from Afodu abandoned four guns and a quantity of other equipment including an Jarmoured car.

"Further cast, patriotic forces have captured the town of Dambacha and re continuing the pursuit of the Italian columns who are retreating towards Debra Markos. Two guns and large quantities of other materials were captured."

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Queen With The Shelterers

Daily their majestles the King and Queen identify themselves with the trinis and sufferings of their. “people caused by the attacks of the Nazi" Luftwaffe. When this picture W69 taken their majesties were Inspecting. an air raid shelter in London, and here the Queen is chatting to some children in their; shelter bunks.

Matsuoka To Discuss Military Questions

During Visit To Berlin, Rome

Special to the "Telegraph"

BERLIN, Mar. 11 (UP).—German authorised ⚫ quarters, commenting on the official Tokyo announcement that Mr Mat- suoka is going to Berlin said that it was "significant" that he was making the trip simultaneously with the passage of the Lend and Lease Bill. They added that it could be assumed that military questions would also be discussed.

Congressmen who saw President Roosevelt this morning are reported to have stated that a fleet of mosquito boats will be despatched to Britain immediately, probably this week and, that food, particularly pork, cheese and possibly wheat, may be sent The despatch cited Norwegian

President Roosevelt disclosed his press reports that "in order to Aircraft Break Ground intention to ask Congress for a huge Leach the Norwegians some

Authorised quarters asserted, toleration but no Interference by other CAIRO, Mar. 11 (Reuter).-R.A.F.ppropriation at the morning confer permanent lessons, the Reich bombers successfully attacked work-

that Mr Matsuoka will probably fourthly, the prevention of an exten- Powers in our own orras; and, Commissioner, Herr Terboven, shops on the Decamere Road near

Cash Appropriation arrive within a fortnight butsion of the war, It can be assumed ordered the burning of all Teclean and the railway near Habl wards that the President would re-

Senator Caster Glass stated after that the length of his stay in that these will be the principles under houses and property of the Mantel. familles whose members aided active support to the British troops purchase of all articles authorised by Ciano will go to Berlin to parti- They also continue to give very would be all cash to permit of the not known whether or not Count

commend this appropriation which Berlin is not yet certain. It is which the discussion will be held," the British during the raid.

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the conclusion of the financial cipate in the discussions. They conference, President Roosevelt cailed said, however, that Air Matauoka another conference 10 discuss all-is not going to Vichy. ministrative plans for handling the British Ald programme.

"Many Norwegians were arrested

and will be punished severely,

Zapp and Tonn have been arrested.

"One man was shot on the spot for The indictment alleged that alleged resistance to the Germans. "Trans-Ocean" established a branch "The Inhabitanta must pay a tribute agency in the United States not 100,000 crowns," October, 1930, to further the interests

of the German Government and the Naz! Party, but failed to register with the State Department as the agent of a foreign principal: that Zapp alded and abetted the violation and that Tonn, as "Trans-Ocean's" publicity agent, had failed to register.

Yugo-Slavia Still Stands Outside Axis Camp

BELGRADE, Mar. 11 (Reuter).—Yugo-Slavin will not sign the Tripartite Pact even if directly asked to do so, according to well-informed quarters here. the negotiations as to what form the There is no reason to believe declaration following such a meeting that Germany has already made

a definite demand for Yugo- Slavia's signature nor is it con- firmed that German pressure on Belgrade has been intensified,

would take.

The leading Belgrade paper,

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Nervous Nazie LONDON, Mar. (Reuter),—The Lofoten Islands raid has only served to increase the considerable nervous- ness prevailing in German eireles in Northern Norway, according to Norwegian telegraph agency report. This report states that at Tromso and Harstan in particular, the occu- pation forces have been greally al- amed by the presence of British warships in the neighbouring waters. The Quisling newspapers, "Fritt Folk, states that "Svolvaer, the centre of the Norwegian fishing in dustry, was shelled and devastated."

Italian Transport Sunk

Italians To Farm In Britain

Land Army Recruits

LONDON, Mar. 11 (Reuter). -Italian prisoners of war are to work on the land in Britain, announced Mr Tom Williams, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, address- ing Cheshire farmers at Chester to-dny.

He stated that the Government had promised that between 2,000 and 3,000 would work on the land,

Their arrival would depend on the

·Supplementary Labour. Mr Williams also revealed that "upplementary labour schemes for

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Symptomatic

Roma Reaction .. ROME, Mar. 11 (UP),—Signor Gaydn writing in the "Glornate d'Italia" regarding the forthcoming trip of Mr Matsuoka to Rome and Berlin said: "The importance of Mr Matsuoka's trip in Indicated by the

Colonel Henry L. Stimson, Secre. They declared: "It is symptomatic fact that this is the first time since and significant that the trip accurs the peace of Portsmouth over 35 Cary for War, and the Army and Navy at the same time as the passage of the years ago that a Japanese Foreign Chiefs were invited to attend.

Minister has Lend and Lease Bill. Things that

to Europe. "But more concretely Important is

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and Asia are undergoing in connection

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are to be discussed will be actualities WASHINGTON, Mar. 11 (Reuter), Including, obviously, a number of -President Roosevelt has signed the military questions. Lease and Lend Bill.

"It is interesting to recall in this with the tripartita pact which other These historie words were uttered connection, the principles of the tri-nations may soon join in. by Mr Sol Bloom, Chairman of the Power partners the creation of "Mr Matsuoka is a man of the TURN to Page 5, Column Three order in its own area; secondly, no tripartite pact, and as such, is one.

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Immigration Office Inspected

Members of the Immigration Office Inquiry Commission this morning carried out a thorough inspection of the Immigration Department offices

The entire

congor, Mr C. B. Brown,

Ex-King Alfonso's Body Remains Buried in Rome

Special to the “Telegraph”.

of ex-King Alfonso's body which, according to some reports, was ROME, Mar. 11 (UP)-Mystery regarding the whereabouts secretly entrained for Soain, was cleared up to-day when the Rector of the Spanish Monserrate Church in Rome, Mon's. Honorato Ribns affirmed that the remains are still in Rome

Mr Walter Hamning Chen, chief of Press" to-day: "The burial of the body

Spanish Ambassador to the Holy Seo, The Rector told the "United Senor Yanguas,, are custodioris of

Plainclothesmen are constantly on Chinese assistants. The Commission spent nearly an Alfonso and the sealing of the guard at the tomb, hour Inspecting the offices. They tomb were duly witnessed. Ob-

Spanish Monarchist's quarters' de- stayed for 40 minutes in the shroffeviously nobody would be able to clared that the spreading of reports department where they examined the remove the body without my

that the body had been secraily books.

taken to Spain to avoki demöristra- Afterwards the Commission left to knowledge and I can assure you tions could be attributed to foreign Inspect the passport office in Con- it has not been dono."

propaganda, which aims to discredit. naught Road Central,

Ho explained that he and the the unity of Spain.

"Politika" har published a Wilhelm-

demand on British shipping but it in Marina Hocommission attended, strasse statement saying: "It is in heavily laden Italian troop transportable shortly.

LONDON, Mar. 11 (Reuter) was hoped that they would be avail- opportune at present to make any has been torpedoed and sunk by a

the Chief Justice, Sir suppositions on Yugo-Slay-German British, submarine.

Atholl affairs: It is better to await the actual

Mr D.

Mr H. K. Woo and It is all considered likely that the results."

This information was issued in an

the Secretary, Mr

Mr K. M. A. Barnett, Premier and Foreign Minister, Dr Unconfirmed reports siate that a Admiralty communique which adds

They were greeted by Mr E. A. von in his keeping. that in reporting this success, the agriculture were provided for the use Kobza-Nagy, tho General Agent, and} Dragisha Cvetkovich and M. Alexan- German aircraft was brought down Commander-in-Chief of the Mediter of elementary and public school and der Cincar-Markovitch, will visit by Yugo-Slov Vienna within the next few days but Kladovo last night.

Fancan Fleet states that the transport and women of the Land Army the rumours that aircraft havo

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was of the Stellin Class of 9,040 tons. friendly aliens the latter including, subject to certain conditions, some niready

cady arrived to take them are un-

BERLIN, Mar, 11, (Reuter).—The

altens at present interned in the Isle founded.

German Minister to Yugo-Slavio,

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

of Man Relations with the Reich are still ferr M. von Heeren. Had long

11 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mor. Mr Williams, added that the pre- officially described as perfectly interview with the Yugo-Stav For- (UP)-Work on the United States air sent shipping pition was infinitely corilal.

eign Minister, M. Cincar Marcovitch | and naval bases started to-day, after moes damnerate than 12 months ago Postponement of the Yugo-Slav to-day, anys a Belgrade message to the arrival of the survey ship Boditch and infinitely worse than from 1814 statesmen's trip can be altributed to an ometal nowa agency.

with Marines and materinis.

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