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FIRST EDITION GILMAN'S

Hongkong Telegraph.

TOUNDED 1801

No. 16400

MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1941 一拜雞 號七十月三英港香·

BRITISH ARMY READY

TO RESIST INVASION

OF

Special to the "Telegraph"

GERMAN GREECE

LONDON, MAR. 16 (UP).—BROAD HINTS THAT GENERAL WAVELL'S ARMY WILL SOON BE FIGHTING ALONGSIDE THE GREEKS TO RESIST GERMANY ARE THROWN OUT TO-DAY BY THE MILITARY EXPERTS Writing for SEVERAL LONDON SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS.

Thus the "Sunday Times" expert, Licut-

·General Sir Douglas Brownrigg in an article head- cd "How Can We Strike at the Nazis in Europo", rules out most of the coast ports for invasion, except the Mediterranean.

"There is nothing to stop us using the ports of our Greek Allies and Turkish friends when they come in on our sides,” he declares. “Hitler, by moving into the Balkans has presented us first with the means of landing our heavy tanks on the soil. If his armies can cross from Germany to the Greek frontier, our armies can use the same routes from the opposite direction.

War In Albania

Italians

Licking Wounds

"The decision to despatch guns and heavy tanks from England to Egypt via the Cape of Good Hope last July for. General Wavell's December battles may prove to be a much more than justifiable strategic risk: it may yet prove to be practical from the very long- sighted view.

History To Repeat

In the "Sunday Chronicle," Field- Marshal Lord Milne bluntly says: "Hitler's campaign against Greece: may bring the Allied forces to our old Droid," meaning Satonika,

"The chinurieations and bases use years should come in very use- which we huult and established in 1 ful to-day, now that history is likely

repeat itself."

ATHENS, Mar. 16 (Reuter). "Licking their wounds after their unsuccessful seven-day offensive on the central battle front in Albania, the Italians re- frained from any major attacks

Lord Milne points out that it took to-day, said an Athens official many days to march from Salonika spokesman,

the front extending from the Vardar Valley to the mouth of he The Italians appear to be at-struna River"It is down the valley Lending their wounded-and-ac-of the Sims that the German-attack

develop whereas modern motorized

af hours,

cording to prisoners are makingm Bultarke will in all probability lying attempts to mask the ex-infantry can ever the same dialance Lord Ane concludes: "With our fieri in the Aegean,

fighter TURN to Back Page, Column 4

tent of their debacle, added the spokesman, who described the Italian High Command us raged at the failure of their

en-

offensive despite the employment of 120,000 men.

The spokesman said that the loss of Italian efectives engaged was often as high as 40 per cent.

Italian "Test"

tur

Fighting Irish

To To Celebrate Postponed Christmas

CAIRO. Mor.

LONDON, Mar. 16 (euler),—The first ndmation that anything unusund was going on at the Greck front was made by the Rome Radio 10-lay

10 (Reuter),- Referring to the anniiecment of famous Irish mechanised Ilussar re- to-day's Ital an communique, "in thegiment will sit down to-morrow-St

Day-somewhere in har troops Patricks

Western Desert to cat

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Western Desert

This picture, taken in the Western Desert during Mr Anthony Eden's recent visit is of particular interest to Hongkong. It shows Major R. C. B. Anderson, formerly Commandant of the Hong- kong Volunteers (he then held the local rank of Lt- CoL) introducing Mr Eden to warrant officers and N.C.O.s of a famous Scot- tish regiment who. were stationed in Hongkong a few years ago. Many renders muy remember some of the men in the photograph.

Britain's Night Defences Make Raiders Pause

Full Mobilisation Of

Britain's Man-Power

By H. L. PERCY Special to the "Telegraph"

LONDON, Mar, 16 (UP).—“There will be from now on a tremendous call on man-power and much readjust- ment will be necessary," declared Mr. Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour and National Service in a speech here this evening. "The Navy, Army and Air Force must be brought up to strength. Civil defences must be completed with the organisation of personnel and simul- taneously the demands of the war industry must be met.”

Vichy Climbs Down

Mr Bevin then explained what steps the Government was taking to meet the situation, such as firstly, "reviewing. the reserved occupations involving st good deal of de-reservation, so that the duty to serve the forces and civil defences would be spread over a community Fairly."

Secondly, the urgent demand of the shipbuilding industry must be met Immediately, for which he again appealed for volunteers. He sold that as a good many people cannot

must be made, and he announced the between the aurs of

of 41 and 45:

No War With U.K. volunteer, more definite arrangements.

they can serve. "We are unxious to

VICHY, Mar, 16° (Reuter),—registration of males A statement that there was no

Thirdly, men who have already anestion of declaring war on registered but one placed In low Britain was made by Comte de medical grudes will shortly. ret a Brinon, the Vichy Ambassador letter from Mr. Bevin explaining how to Occupied France, to-day when get your scrvlees for the State now, he concluded a tour of the to train you and keep you, in the occupied regions.

munitions industry for the duration of the war," he explained.

Running Industrial Machine

He asserted that because of the

"There is no question of de- claring war on Britain," he said, "hut, putting into practice the policy of collaboration (with Germany), the country must take stringent measures to effect recovery and profit from the hard lessons we have had to learn."

Talks With Hull

VICHY,

claims of the defence services on man- TURN to Back Pago, Column 3

YUGO-SLAVIA

Maintain Refusal To Join Axis

Mor. 16 (Reuter).—Mr Henry Inye, the Vichy Ambassador Flo-Washington,-had-an-hour's-con- BELGRADE,Mar-16-(Router)

varsation with the State Secretary, The Yugo-Slav-German negotiations are dragging on. The Nazis are still reluctant to agree to the Yugo-Slav proposal for a non-aggression pact based an absolate neutrality coupled with recognition of the complete In- tegrity of Yugo-Slav territory and in-

Britain until to-day emphasises the shock which the record of British fighters, anti-age fro

LONDON, Mar. 16.-The Nazi "black-out" of their moonlight air losses over Mr Cordell full, on the subject of

aircraft guns and "other devices" has given to the German High Command.

After admitting on Thursday the failure of six aircraft to return the previous night, the German communique gave up the tally of their own losses.

SUBMARINE

To-day's communique counter-į ed the British claim that 27 Ger- man hombers were destroyed while the moon

from was up

H.M.S. SNAPPER Wednesday night onwards with

-Lost

the admission that 21 were lost in that period.

Royal Navy Changes

Admiral Royle Is For two days the German · public Lent To Australia LONDON, Mar. 16 (Reuter), had been kept in ignorance whether

LONDON, Mar. 10 (Reuter)--Rear British submarine their bombers had "returned safely" Admiral Lyster, who commanded the belated, Snapper, commanded by Lieu./or not and had to be content with an aircraft carriers from which the Fleel

exaggerated tale of British losses. tenant G. Y. Prowse, whose loss

The early closing of last night's raid

the-The

the

Air Arm bombed the Italian warships at Taranto, has been appointed a

A message from Washington to the Vichy news agency unnouncing this says that Mr full told Mr Haye that he is in contact with the British blocksade authorities on the question.

Mr Haye also said the interview that the Vichy Government would certainly agree to American control of the distribution of food which might be sent to Unoccupied Frarice.

ADVANCE IN ABYSSINIA

SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH" NAIROBI, Mar. 16 (UP) It is

Further evidence of the firm desire

of Yugo-Slavia to maintain absolute neutrality is contained in a leading article in the independent newspaper, "Politiku," one of Belgrade'e principal

After

emphasising that strict neutrality is Yugo-Slavia's policy, the newspaper stresses that nobody hitherto has threatened the country but that Yugo-Stavlu would resist an attack from any quarter.

Watchful For Tricka

The Yugo-Slava would reject all attempts to turn them from the path they were following to-day and would refure to submit "to any policy, tricks or pressure which would humiliate them in their own events.

In the event of such an attempt

captured arms and prisoners in the Christmas Dinner, sector of the Eleventh Army,' announcer Indicated that "something There will be no shamrock but the more than patrol activity is in pro-spirit of Ireland will be there and was announced by the Admiralty on Britain was not due to a German Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty | gress. The action is intended as a; the troops will enjoy pork, turkey this evening, achieved fame for desire to avold the moon which rose and Chief of the Naval Air Services! test of enemy resistance on the Greek and Christmas pudding,

her exploits in, inflicting con-shortly before the attack ended. A

troups have penetrated far along the Gay C. C. Royle. Front where things are getting hot." This regiment was "too busy" at siderable losses on German com fog which threatened to blanket out in succession to Vice-Admiral Sir officially announced that Imperial

bases limited thej

Jijlga, and along Promoted to flag rank a month rond to

the being made, the nation, despite its Battle For a Briton

Burdia on Christmas Day to enjoy the munications with Norway last continental

length and scale of the raid. festivities of the season. Their fore summer.

to- desire for peace, would defend its The proportionate German before the outbreak of the present Strambe road from Mogadishu

losses LONDON, Mar. 10 (Reuter)-A that day consisted of bully beef, bis-

last week were under 10 per

war, the 54-year-old Admiral Lyster wards Addis Ababa via the Negille. freedom and independence. battle between Greeks and Italians cuits and water.

and not at least until that percentage

was mentioned in dispatches at The operations are continuing. with a British airman as the prize,

Narvik. is reached is it likely that the night operations of the Luftwaffe will be scriously affected.

described in the Greek newspaper, TURN to Back Page, Column 3

Holdings In

U.S. Rayon

On two successive days, she Constantly miles ahead of the main attacked convoys of German body of the British Imperial Forces, transports and supply ships, this Irish regiment was subjected to fierce bombing and machine-gun at- sinking three and probably four tacks until they reaped the Anal re- of these vessels. ward by putting paid to the remnants

Later the Snapper, then cominand- of Marshal Grazian's retreating ed by Lieutenant W. D. A. King, sank legions in the terrifle tank battle of two other German supply ships, in-

cluding the tanker Moonsund.

Beda Fomin.

Sold by U.K. President Roosevelt's

NEW YORK, Mar. 16 (Reuter).-

British holdings

in the American

Viscose Corporation, subsidiary of

Speech, Reactions

Courtaulds Limited and the largest SYDNEY, Mar, 16 (Reuter)—"President Roosevelt's ins. producer of rayon In the United States, have been sold on behalf of piring words will put fresh heart into all lovers of freedom," the British Government to a group of declared Mr A. W. Fadden, Acting Prime Minister of Australia,

American investment and banking

Arms.

The transfer of what in probably Britain's most valuable single holding

to-day.

Willkie's View WASHINGTON, Mar,, 18 (Reuter).

Daylight Attack

cent.

Nazi operations by daylight have taken on a different emphasis.

Air Ministry communiques which have "nothing to report underline the inability of the Nazi planes to penetrate für inland over Britain with the RAF, in "mastery of the day- light air" overland.

Daylight attacks on shipping with which the night hammering of ports is linked against the background of the battle of the Atlantic, may he expected to increase as the weather Improves.

in the absence of particulars in the weekly Admiralty releases of TURN to Back Pago, Column 3

Admiral Royle became Chlef of Naval Air Services in 1939. This was

Italian Planca Suffer

NAIROBI, Mar, 18 (UP).—To-day's the first important appointment made communique states that the South by Mr Winston Churchill on becom- African Air Force destroyed eight Ing First Lord of the Admiralty. Italian planes at Diredawa, Just Frl-

At 50, Admiral Royle is now being day morning, namely, one CR42 and lent to the Government of Australin two CR32s shot down in the nir, while for duty as the first naval member of two SS70s and three 137s were burni the Commonwealth Naval Board. out on the ground,

Speed Surprises Italians

In Somaliland Attack

tion to tho morale of the natives

CAIRO, Mar. 16 (Reuter).--The rapidity, and suddenness of the British imperial advance, upsetting entirely the enemy's calculations, constitutes the main reason for the smashing vic- Lory in Italian Somaliland.

disappointing and can be attributed Information received from to tie determination of the British MINE EXPLODES

Calro military headquarters interlol and artillery attacks, in addi- dicates that the Italian General being extremely low owing to pour "There could be no moro. President Roosevelt's speech is des-ON LANTAU IS.

Officer Commanding in Somali- food, bad equipment and no pay. in the United States as part of the magnificent tonic for the British cribed as an "enunciation of the

nspirations of America” by Mr Two mines which drifted on to land did not dream that the ad- Furthermore, much faill was placed programme to raise the dollar ex-

willkle, who, however. Sheklung Village, Lantau Island, lost vancu would be made until after which were considered almost in-

In the River Juba's

natural defences, change waa nnnounced to-day by peoples and those of other Wendell

democracies than the calm re-suggested that President Roosevelt's Wednesday caused temporary panie the rains, or three months later British Treasury expert

olectives would be better attainable but fortunately, no loss of life,

surmountable. assuring tones in which hohe delegated authority to the real Ond mine exploded demaging than it actually was.

Military quarters conclude: "There Thouses the village three hundred It appears that "our motor trans- appears to be a very bitter feeling pledged American help, on a Defence Commission.

"Appropriations along will not do yards away. When investigation report leaves the entmy guping at its between Royalists and senlo which would have been the Joh. We all pray that he meets vealed the presence of still another quality and the equipment generally Farcists, the former providing the beyond the wildest dreams a few the opportunity to become the great mine, the villagers evacuated until makes them envious."

majority of the regulars taking orders statesman of his generation, for he the authoritler had been notified and The behaviour of thia Askaris from the political soldiers' placed In}] months ago."

| TURN to Back Page, Column 5 had removed it.

(Italian native troops) ton has been' command by Fuscism."

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