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FOUNDED 1823

No. 18437

一拜禮 號一廿月四英港香

MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1941.

日五廿月三

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GILMAN'S

Rescued By Destroyer

The work of the British navy is not confined to fighting, hunting and convoying, but often its ships are engaged in errands of mercy. This remarkable picture illustrates the point. It shows survivors of a ship sunk by the Nazis, be- ing rescued in the lifeboats by a British destroyer. This is another phase of the Battle of the Atlantic.

NAZIS RUSH REINFORCEMENTS

TO OFFSET TERRIBLE LOSSES

Special to the "Telegraph"

ATHENS, APRIL 20 (UP).- -THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY ISSUED A COMMUNIQUE STATING THAT THE GERMANS HEAVILY BOMBED LAMIA YESTERDAY CAUSING CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE HOUSES IN THE TOWN. IN CALCIS THEY CAUSED BUT LITTLE DAMAGE AND NO CASUALTIES. ONE OF THEIR AIRCRAFT WAS SHOT DOWN.

ACCORDING TO PRESS MINISTRY NEWS FROM THE FRONT, THE GERMANS ARE CONTINUING TO ATTACK FIERCELY ALONG THE WHOLE LINE. THE ALLIED LINE IS UNBROKEN. THE GERMAN EFFORTS TO FORCE A DEcisive issuE HAVE FAILED AND THE GERMAN LOSSES ARE TERRIBLE.

The Germans are throwing many aircraft into the fight. The heaviest fighting yesterday was around Kalabaka where the German attempt to break through also failed. They failed to break

BATTLE OF THE

ATLANTIC through at Mount Olympus and Sarandoporon

Germans Suffer Losses

LONDON, Apr. 20 (Reuter) Germany has now lost two of her three best U-boat aces, said Mr A, V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking of the successes in the "ups and downs" of the Battle of the Atlantic at Tottenham to-day.

Schepke, the ace captain of U100, said Mr Alexander, was dead. His submarine had gone to join U99, captained by an- other nice, Otta Kretchmer, who was now a prisoner. Both cap- tains have been decorated by Hitler with the Oak Leaves, the highest decoration which Germany has bestowed on her under-

water pirates.

Princess Elizabeth

15 To-day

To Receive Priceless

Heirloom

Only three U-boat captains held this decoration...

Both Schepke and Kretchumer had addressed meetings for recruits for U-boat acrvice and Mr Alexander added: "I don't think that this sort

Pass.

It is authoritatively stated that the Germans, while they have admittedly advanced south, have nowhere broken through the Allied lines.

The Press Ministry said that in Albania the opera- tions are following their regular course. The Greeks are retiring smoothly. -

The Ministry quotes the Sunday press as saying that the new and shorter Allied line will offer a strong and effective defence.

New

Greek Cabinet Meets

Ministers Named

LONDON, Apr. 20 (Reuter). The composition of the new Greek Cabinet, presided over by King George of Greece, was an- nounced to-night, states Athens radio,

the

The Deputy Prime Minister is British aircraft in Greece Vice-Admiral Alexander Sakel- yesterday intercepted German larious, Chief of Naval Staff. who

ABYSSINIA Stukas who were trying to at- will also be Minister for the

SITUATION

of news will encourage them much." Selassie Returning To

Kretchmer was known and Idollsed

in Germany as the "Wolf of the Atlantic." He had the highest record

His Capital

of destruction of any-U-boat captain. LONDON, Apr. 20 (Reuter). Enemy Tonnage Lost -Arrangements for the return Mr Alexander stated that nearly of the Emperor of Abyssinia to 2,500,000 tons of enemy ships his capital, Addis Ababa, are had been captured, destroyed or progressing with all speed, forced to scuttle. The burden Reuter"

informed in

was

of the Atlantle battle was London to-day. both grievous and heavy, but never

tack Caleis. Ten German planes Navy. were shot down and many others were damage. From all the operations, all the British air- craft returned safely.

Information from Ankara reveals that trains

Personnel

Other Ministers are: War--General Pangakoa. Air-General Nicolaides. Communications and Railways.-

Alled with wounded General Korzas. soldiers are continuously arriving at Foreign Affairs, Finance and Na- Bucharest and other Rumanian cities. tional Economy.-Mr Emonuel Un-

It is confirmed that the Bulgarians deros. have marched into Yugo-Slavia.

Greek Communique

Public Welfare and Press-Mr Nikolaudos.

Agriculture and Labour. - Mr Demetratos,

LONDON, Apr. 20 (UP)-Radio

Interior and Publle Security.—Mr Athens announced a Greek war com-Manindakes. munique stating that the enemy at- Education and Justice. Mr E. tempted to attack the front ac at Sekeris.

for a moment in day and night was Emperor Haile Selassie was last re- two points but were repulsed and Under-Secretary of State for Ship- there any slackening in the prosecu-ported to be at the head of his army chased-back-beyond-their-own-lines, ping, Mr S. Theophanides. tion of the fight.

in the Debra Marcos area some 100 and that a number of prisoners were The new government took the oath

taken.

at 5.15 p.m. this afternoon and held "This battle has its ups and downs miles northwest of Addis Ababa:

In Macedonia and Thessaly the its first meeting immediately after- but I assure you that neither U-boats

enemy, despite, violent serial activity, wards, nor German long-range nireraft have

at no point broke through the Anglo- Greek positions which have been ad- Justed, according to plans,

all their own way," he said. "We TURN to Back Page, Column 3

16-Year-Old Blitz Hero

Cool and Courageous

LONDON, Apr. 20 (British Wire- (less).-Among many press reports of

R.A.F. Activity

CAIRO, Apr. 20 (Reuter)-In the Dessic-Alomata area, enemy positions and motor transport were bombed and machine-gunned, direct hits be- by obtained on fortifications and military buildings.

RA.FI fighters machine-gunned motor transport north of Dessie, causing considerable. damage and setting oil tankers are.

-Mopping Up

More Japanese Penetrations

SHAOSHING CAPTURED

Ningpo Entered

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPHI SILANGHAI, Apr. 21 (UP),—Ac- SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" cording to a Chungking communique, CHUNGKING, Apr. 20 (UP). it is confirmed that 2.000 JapaneseThe High Command admits troops have landed in the Min River that the Japanese have captured estuary and are advancing towards Shaoshing, the wine producing CAIRO, Apr. 20 (Reuter), courage and coolness on the part of Imperial forces London's civil population in

have practically Foochow

was stated that another detach- centre, but claims that the last reached the outskirts of Dessie, one night's and Wednesday night's in-of the Inst remaining

captured Chenmal and Halmen Chinese repulsed Italian ment

# Japanese diserintanto raids on the capital is strongholds in the country.

yesterday,

while 2.000 proceeded 15 landing at Haimen after very one describing how a

miles west of Halmen and captured bitter fighting. 16-year-old messenger boy, Michael O'Connor, Operations in Abyssinia are bound Huangyen. four feet high, helped not only in to slow down somewhat because of The 3,000 troops which captured the carrying of mesanges at height of the blitz but also in fight-Italian columns, it is pointed out are reported to recovering on the the the task of mopping up varlous Shaushing have been renforced und fires and casualty clearance.

railway town of Chuki, 40 miles In the words of the Post Warden,

south of Hangchow.. "Mickes"

could not do enough. Seven

walked times last night he, from a fire round to the local' fire station with messages,

He also helped to fight are at a church,

savod was

serious

in

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Apr. 20 (UP), which

from

Princess Elizabeth will receive a damage. He also assisted a casualty to the First Aid post and curried out

priceless Royal Family heirloom other duties throughout the rald. to celebrate her 15th birthday

;

here.

BREST AGAIN ATTACKED

LONDON, Apr. 20 (UP).-The Air Ministry announced to-day thirt This was O'Connor's second planes of the Constal Command at- en Monday. It is a turquoise baptism of fire, for he had previously tacked Brest about dusk lust night and diamond set comprising a carried out Invaluable work on and that "bombs were seen to burst necklace, a brooch and bracelets Wednesday night,

which once belonged to Queen Victorin and which, according to

in the dockyard aren."

family tradition, passes to the R.A.F. Make North Africa

King's eldest daughter on her 15th birthday.

This will easily be Princess Eliza✨ beth's most valuable possession, but she will not be allowed to wear it Juntil she becomes at least 18 years of ugo, since the Queen only permits her daughter to wear a simple aliver wrist watch and a plain engraved brooch.

Uncomfortable For Enemy

CAIRO, Apr. 20 (Reuter).-R.A.F. bombers and fighters inflicted heavy casualtica and damage on enemy personnel and material In Tripolitanin as well as in Cirenaica during yester day, and the previous night, according to an R.A.F. communique..

The Princess will spend her birth- day, "somewhere in the country" where she has been evacuated since Christmas 1993. It will be the most quiet birthday she has ever spent.

Junkers dive-bombers which mid- The King and Queen hope to lear A number of enemy aircraft were ed Tobruk were engaged by British themselves away from their duties in bombed and damaged at Derna aero- fighters and one was shot down and London to visit her.

drome and the Berka airport was also others were damaged i ralded.

Fighters carried

During the night of April 16, R.A.F. continuous bombers raided Benghazi, obtaining LONDON, Apr. 20 (British Wire-offensive patrols and Inflicted heavy direct hits on a ship and starting fres lab)A total of 11,009,830 was casualties on motorised troops: they on the quays, On the same night raised in war savings last week, machine-gunned Glazala aerodrome, Tripoli was heavily raided and about making a grand total of £712,038,858, where they destroyed one Bavola 15 tons of bombs were dropped."

Enomy motor transport was bomber and damaged. a number of destroyed in numerous localities, Fint Fighters on the ground.

Two Messerschmitt fighters were including Acroma, El Adom, ahot down over nunta ngh Bardia and Menastor.

out

LATEST

HITLER'S BRIBE

TO

PETAIN

Special to the "Telegraph”

VICHY, Apr. 20 (UP).—It is reliably stated that the Ger- mans have indicated a willingness to return to the status exist- ing the day M. Laval fell on condition that Laval returns to the Government in some capacity. Hitler has offered to proceed on the basis of the_plan_worked_out_by_von_Ribbentrop, Laval-and- Abetz; namely,

(1) The reduction of the dally

charge for the army of occupa tion from 400,000,000 to 196,- 000,000 francs.

(2) The liberation

farmer prisoners.

of 500,000

(3) Relaxation of the Inter-zone

boundary control.

HITLER HAS

A BIRTHDAY

(4) The exchange of food and raw ~Rome's Left-Händed

materials.

(5) The return to France of the

alent of Nord pas De-

(6) Readjustment of the Alsace-

Lorraine frontier.

(7) Start negotiations for

manent peace.

Compliment

LONDOŃ, Apr. 20 (Reuter). -Hitler spent his birthday

per- (52nd) to-day at his headquar

(8) Iller to recognise the integrity ters, presumably somewhere in

of the French Empire except south-eastern Europe,

the former German colonies

which involve Spain and Italy

After celebrations in the morning,

and waiving territorial claims he "resumed his work at 1 p.m." against

African according to the German wireless.

the French possessions.

Field Marshal Walter von Brau- Japanese In Ningpo

The German reply does not state oficially announced that the Japanese Premiership but leaves, the details Day to the troops, declared: "Trusting that M, Laval should return to the chitsch, C-In-C of the German Army, SHANGHAI, Apr. 20 (UP)-It is Foreign Ministership or the Vice in a Hitler birthday Order of the are entering Ningpo, one of the most for negotiation.

in the Fuehrer and confident of, Important ports in Chekiang, Japanese

However, it is known that reconnaissance planes saw 1,000 junks Laval has hitherto refused to colla-

M. victory, we

shall beat the last loaded with Chinese troops withdraw borate, with Admiral Darlon and has

enemy," from the town after it ind been maintained his demand to assume the heavily bombed,

This order was read over the Premiership with direction in

German radio. foreign and home affairs, and the title as chief of the Government which

Admiral Racder, C-In-C of the Nazi CHUNGKING, Apr. 20 (Central as the right to name his own Cabinet,ing himself confident of victory in now held by Marshal Petain, as well Navy, also issued an order express- News) Chinese troops are offering There is no indication when negotin-the "final struggle against a powerful TURN to Back Page, Column 5tions will begin.

Chinese Reports

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

js

S.M.C. DECISION H.K. has 15,500 Engaged

In Essential Services

The

Shanghai, Apr. 21 (Reuter) Chinese Ratepayers Association has accepted the modus vivendi whereby only four of the five Chinese Council members shall be represented in the | newly-constituted Provisional Council;

Further Late News

You are in Essential Services, perhaps no A.R.P. Warden or a fire fighter. Do you know what your neighbour is doing? The figures given below afford some dea of what a small number of people are doing for the defence of the 2,000,000 or so who com- prise the population of Hongkong,

| enemy,"

Second To Duce LONDON, Apr. 20(Reuter) Rome Radio, broadcasting birthday greetings to Hitler to-day, declared: "Hitler is no doubt one of the greatest men in history, but fate has decided that he should only reveal himself ledged everywhere as the greatest after Musolini has been acknow- statesman In the world."

Koo And Quo To Meet At Lisbon

CHUNGKING, Apr. 20 (Reuter),

Authoritative sources stato, population of the Colony in the that the numbers engaged in neighbourhood of 2,000,000. These various defence organisations, estimates are arrived at after allows apart from the armed forces, cent rough census taken by the A.R.P. Dr Wellington 100, the Chineso Ám-, ing for a ten percent error in the re street guards, and anti-sabotage department, which showed a popula-bassador to the Vichy Government, tion of nearly 1,300,000 excluding the In' on his way to Lisbon to meet Dr 4.000 New Territories, allowing for at least. Quo

Tal-chi, the new Chinco 2,300 200,000 in the leased areas and a Foreign Minister, who

500 certain margin of error in the figures to Chungking.from London by way -ip to „réturn 500 for the floating population.

the United States. of 1,000 The foreign civilian (while) Dr. Que Tai-chi has been for the $3,000 population is about 4,000. Dast nine years Ambassador to Bris

500 The population is densest in the talni pr 1,800 waterfront areas, where it is estimated After conferring with Dr Que Tai- 8,000 that there are more than 2,000 to an chl, Dr Wellington Kool will probabl the total acre,

proceed to London

units, aro

A.R.P. Wardens

Ambulance workers

Decontamination squads,

Demolition and resono squads

Fire Oghters

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Special essential services. Memongers

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Unofficial estimates pince

Fire spotters