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FOUNDED 1831 一拜禮 號六廿月五英港香

MONDAY, MAY 26, 1941.

Nazi Parachutists Land 100 Yards From Royal Residence

DRAMATIC ESCAPE OF

GEORGE OF

IN CRETE

HELLENES INVASION

CAIRO, MAY 25 (REUTER).—THE FIRST GERMÁN PARACHUTISTS LANDING IN CRETE DROPPED WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED YARDS of the Greek King'S TEMPORARY RESIDENCE. THIS RESIDENCE, TOGETHER WITH THE PRIME MINISTER'S, WAS SITUATED IN THE HEART OF THE AREA AGAINST which THE MAIN GERMAN THRUST WAS DE- LIVERED AND THE KING WAS SEPARATED FROM his troops.

THIS WAS REVEALED IN A PROCLAMATION ISSUED BY THE KING OF THE HELLENES TO THE GREEK NATION FOLLOWING HIS WITHDRAWAL.

FEROCIOUS NAZI

The proclamation says: "While we were in Crete in the process of organising all the national forces still available to enable us to fight by the side of our gallant British Allies, the enemy em-

RAID ON CRETE barked on large-scale operations against the

Towns Almost Wiped Out

island.

"After several days of intensive air attack, the crisis of the Battle of Crete was reached when, in the early CAIRO, May 25 (Reuter).—One of the most fero-morning of May 20, the enemy launched an air-borne cious displays of indiscriminate bombing the war has yet offensive. One of the main objectives of the German produced, comparable to the destruction of Rotterdam, parachute troops was the area in which my house and that on Saturday afternoon by German of the Prime Minister are situated. In fact, the first parachutists landed within a few hundred yards of my house and a fight began immediately between parachutists and the Allied troops on that area.

was carried out aircraft over Crete.

Waves of aircraft rained down heavy bombs on the island's three chief towns, Canea, Retimo and Heraklion, for six hours

without any pause.

These heavy bombs were sown

rows carefully in

across the centres of each town. The shopping centres were complete- ly wiped out. Yet the popula- tion remained admirably calm and there were relatively few casualties..

Raeder Is Angry With U. S.

Hints Nazis Will Take Reprisals

the

In the words of a British oMeer,

Cretans

"worthy were

of

Londoners,

Even while bombs were falling, young Cretan buys dived into the sea for fish killed by the bombs.

Heraklion suffered from heavy raids or Thursday and Retimo" on Friday,

British Hopeful

TOKYO, May 25 (Reuter). The German ship Columbus and

CAIRO, May 25 (Reuter)."I other German mercantile craft think that we can hold Crete," said have fallen victims to the British Major-General Heywood, Chief of Mission to as the result of the United the British Military States North Atlantic patrol, Greece, on his return from Crete.

The withdrawal from Greece and according to Grand Admiral the Crbie fighting are part of one ave Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of action, and I hope that we have reached the lust stage and shall hold the German Navy.

Admiral, Raeder made this statement in an interview with

out in view of the nature of the fighting in Crete and the Germans difficulty in obtaining reinforcements for the troops they have succeeded

troops and marines light well in this

Iraqi Usurper Fleeing

Raschid Ali's Decision

ANKARA, May 25 (Reuter). It is reliably learned that Raschid Ali has asked for a Turkish transit visa.

It is rumoured that Haji Sayid Shawket, the Iraqi Defence Minister, has fled from Baghdad en route for Turkey to join his wife and family.

R.A.F. Attacks

Contact With Command "As the main force. of the enemy separated us from our troops, it became imperative for us to withdraw in order to frustrate their plans..

"From Panagya and later from Thelsson, where we stopped. In order to follow the course of the battle, it proved impossible for us to keep in touch either with the remaining mem- bers

of the Government or with the{ Allied Coninand:

We later discovered that the milt- tary and civil authorities had also tried, without success, lo Com municate with us. We, therefore pursued our journey towards the mountains.

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Returns To Fight Another Day

The sinking of the submarine Thells in June, 1939, was a world-wide sensation. -Now she emerges as the victorious II.M. submarine Thunder bolt, accomplishing magnifi- cent work in the defeat of the Axis Powers. Her audacious sinking of an escorted Italian submarine was a brilliant achievement. Here is the Thunderbolt at anchor with her First Lieutenant on the Bridge.

Air Chief Says R.A.F. Power In Far East Is Considerable

Special to the "Telegraph"

SINGAPORE, May 25 (UP)—In a radlo broadcast here to day, Air Vice Marshal C. Pulford, declared that Singapore's busy harbour, docks and wharves, typifies the British Navy's command of the seas and its complete indifference to the Nazi blockade efforts.

He asserted that the offensive power of the air force in the Far East is considerable, and has behind it the "enormous asset of American supplies which are not going to halt because the United States is our true and loyal friend.”

Our Aircraft Seeking

To Avenge the Hood

Special to the "Telegraph”

Despite the commerce raiders, he stated, supplies are arriving safely and regularly,

"Do not imagine that die air forces are Intended solely to defend Singa- pore. We liavé completed a chain of milltary aerodromes stretching from the northern frontier to Singapore, to Borneo and also to Burma as far as the Chinese frontler."*

Но

reiterated that the British”-

LONDON, May 25 (UP)—The British are adopting the sume tactics as employed in the Battle of Matupan by hurling strength in the For East was not in- Fleet Air Arm torpedo bombers at the German. battleship Bis-end us a threat to anyone in the

Pacific. mark and her accompanying naval forces in an effort to slow down the fleeing ships.

"After a careful examination, in concert with our responsible advisers, of the situation thus created, we be- came convinced that our continued preser.ce

cee in Crete would handicap the conduct of military operations. We

British ships and planes are consequently deelded, with found 1. regret, to leave this heroic scouring an area of hundreds of island where the Allied armies, to- miles for the purpose of aveng-

with all Cretans, irrespective ing the loss of H.M.S. Hood. CAMO, May 25 (Reuter)-In of sex or.age, continued to fight with

informed circles here stress that man alrcraft nt Aleppo aerodrome. fence of their honour and liberty destroying one and damaging others, against the unsuccessful attacks of an

areas in the North Atlantic might while a direct hit on the hangar enemy employing, with his usual out of sight, particularly under the enable the fleeing Nazi ships to alip caused a

a number of explosions. ferocity, every mechanical device at

"We leave

the "Domei" agency Berlin cor-In landing. British and Dominion Syria, British bombers attacked Ger- the most admirable courage in de- the mists which often blanket big:

respondent.

Admiral Raeder further declared type of man-to-man fighting."

that the German Admiralty took an "extremely

grave vicw of the

R.A.F. Retaliate

American attitude." The United CAIRO, May 25 (Reuter). The States, he said, had been doing|R.A.F. continued to deliver heavy everything possible to obliterate the attacks on German positions and difference between neutrallly, aggres-aircraft in Crete yesterday, slon and war.

Announcing this an RAF. com- He added: "No expert in modern munique adds that during the night warfare believes that an attack of May 23 heavy bombers attacked vast expanse of ocean the aerodrome at Malemi, destroying TURN to Back Page, Column 3 TURN to Back Page, Column 3

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H. M. S. Hood, Hit And Sunk By An Unlucky Shell

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cover of darkness.

In Iraq, British aircraft bombed his disposa crete for the time being | Hood, with a speed of 30 knots and

Defection To Britain

our

Naval experts pointed out that the

Reducing Italians By Bombing

CAIRO, May 25 (Reuter).

her armament of eight 15-in. guns In Abyssinia, Free French air- was the only British warship, with

the exception of King George V and craft bombed Italian troops and the Prince of Wales capable of meet the fort at Goung, in the Gondar Ing the Bismark und Tirpitz on at aren. least even terms.

"On the contrary, I have no doubt that the presence of our forcer in the Far East are a stabilising factor for the peace of the world which our enemica claim can be ruled only by foree," he concluded.

H. M. YACHT

SUNK

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

LONDON, May 25 (UP),- The Admiralty announces that H.M. Yacht Vita II has been

the insurgents at Qurmentall, scoring a direct hit on the trenches,

to proceed to British territory, where Rebel moler transport in the Hab-we have been invited. This is the baniyah arch was also attacked. only course which will enable us to

Habbaniyah cantonment machine-gunned

was carry out the duties imposed on us on two occasions by the interests of the nation. during Saturday, but only negligible

Will Continue Fight, damage was caused.

"IL is our intention to devote all our energy to the service of

The Renown and the Repulse are South African bombers and Į sunk. beloved country which, from

sufficiently fust for the chase but are fighters the

successfully bombed Albanian and Bulgarian frontiers unequally armed.

comparatively lightly protected and

She was a motor yacht owned bý down to Crete, has been defended by

and machine-gunned Italian Captain H. T. Sopwith which crossed its children with exemplary valour

Operations Proceeding positions and transport at the Atlantic in 1934 with the yacht the threat of slavery. ngainst

LONDON, May 25 (Reuter)-Bri- various points, scoring direct Endeavour I for the America Cup

races. "We are convinced that it is in fish naval operations in the North hils

also convoyed tho the interests of the whole Greek

Italian anti-aircraft Endeavour in September 1037 when Atlantle are still proceeding with the batteries on the River Omo. the latter was lost in a storm." that our lawful nation

object of bringing German forces to government should continue to function In cios-close netion. est collaboration with the British This was announced by the Ad- Government and share with the gal mirally this evening. Ant British people both the dangers which they are facing with valour and the efforts they are making, with the support of the great American people, for the triumph of the enuse of freedom and democracy.

VICHY. Muy 25 (Reuter) Colonel Collet, the French Comman- der of Syrian levies, has been de- prived of French nationality.

This follows his action in crossing Trans-Jordania to Join the Free French forces.

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Proud of People

A communique slates that after Saturday's engagement, in which the British battle-cruiser Blood WIS blown up, the German forces mode every effort to shuke of pursuit.

Later in the evening, an attack by navai pireraft resulted in at least one

| torpedo hit on the enemy.

German Claims ROME, Mny 24

on

She

Conscription For North'

Ireland To Be Postponed

LONDON, May 25 (Reuter)The Government's decision "I am proud of the Greek people and especially the people of this

concerning the introduction of conscription in Northern Ireland island, who have once more been Stefani News Agency_reports from

(UP)-The may be postponed for a short time, says "Router's" Lobby Cor- given the opportunity of displaying Berlin that the German squadron respondent, with such remarkabla, tenacity and

[Armagh, and the Labour Party's self-sacrifice their traditional virtues

of

Am

f endurance, bravery and patriolism. and grateful to all Greek officers soldiers of all arms who came to Crete and at this critical moment, round the national fing In co-operation with the renowned in- habitants of this island in n united effort to help me organise a supreme struggle for the defence of our coun- try and for finpl ̧victory,

which sank the battle-cruiser Hood

22 other ships totalling 110,000 tons.

In Shigemitsu

It was earlier expected that leader in Northern Ireland have both also sank an auxillary cruiser and Mr Winston Churchill and Mr J.de statements opposing the suga

gestion. | M. Andrews, Prime Minister of

Moreover, Mr Eamon de Valera has Chungking Interest Northern Ireland, would make summoned the Doll to meet lo

simultaneous announcements morrow to hear a statement on the

subject.e that conscription would be‚ en-¡ It is known that Northern Ireland forced though it was known Ministers favoured

the introduction that a final decision had not of conscription; but the decision rest

with the British Government, and in ed in Ambassador Shigemitsu's recall been taken, a

political circles there is a feeling that from London to Tokyo' and aro Since the malter was raised the Government may decide to res meculating whether Mr Shigemitsu, recently in Parilament, considerable examine the whole question. Crete has once more become the while in Washington, will feel out opposition has arisen both in North- symbol of spiritual and moral unity the possibility of United States ern Ireland and in Eire TURN 18. Sick Paro, Column 3 mediation in the Sino-Japanese war. Cardinal Macory, Archbishop of Mr. Churchille

Symbol of Unitysi

CHUNGKING, 'May 25 (UP) — The Chinese are very much interest

Mr Andrews returned to Belfast to-day, following his conference with