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FROM PAGE ONE Turns Down

United States as well as the ultimate safety of the continental United States."

Paris Offer

"Under those terms Cermany would llierally parcel out the world, hoisting↓

Maurice Chovaller, according the Swastika over vast territories and populations, setting up a puppel to news Bent from Paris to New government of its own, choosing York, has refused to appear in wholly subject to the will and polley the former French capital be of i conqueror

A triumphant Hitler would repeat cause the Nazi authorities would to the Americas the promises and not allow him to 'devote part of statements made to Austria and his takings to charlties in Un- Czecho-Slovakia and, if the Ameri-occupied France, as

he had cors are so incredibly simple and stipulated this, though he is forgetful де were the enslaved peoples to the Old World, they will said to have contracted with the

themselves conquests Into

ahead of the Casino de Paris, system that even now Ja organising to build a naval and air force intend Henri Varna, to star there.

Chevalier lately roturned, ed to gain a hold and master the Atlantic as well as the Pacifle, from entertaining French troops interned in neutral Switzerland, to Marseilles, now his home.

Josephine Baker. that dusky dancer who some time ago flew from Lisbon to Marseilles, there to play lead in operetta at the Opera House, has been refused Nazi permission to star in a Paris revue.

Not Speculation

Playing Happily Mistinguett, whose legs made legs Barls than even inore popular in they were before, is in Unoccupied France, where is not stated.

Sacha Gultry, on the other hand, and his wite-who

used to be Jean ure playing Genevieve St happily at the Elysee, which he has leased, announcing that he will stay in Paris.

Lucienne (Parlez-moi d'Amour) Boyer also remains in the capital, at her own club; she is "acclaimed the most popular cabaret star here

May 28, 1941.

BISMARCK: OFFICIAL STORY

FROM PAGE ONE

folk and Suffolk shadowing the enomy and maintaining contact In spite of all his afforts to shuke of pursuit.

the

"It appeared at this time that the slightly enemy's speed: had been reduced and reconnaissance aircraft of the Coastal Commund reported that she was leaving a wake of all. the "On

evening of May 24, Prince of Wales again made contact with the enemy and action was Jolned for a short time. The Ger- man ships at once turned away to westward and swung round on to a southerly course with our forces still In pursuit.

Torpedo Attack "Other of our naval forces were now approaching the enemy And during the night, naval torpedo bombing

alreraft from 1.M.S. Victorious (Capt H. C. Bovell, R.N.) the delivered a torpedo ntinck on enemy

from T tonsiderable distance to hit -scen and one torpedo -- was

Bismarck, the

"The Norfolk, Suffolk and Prince of Wales continued to shadow the enemy successfully until shortly after 3 aan, on May 25. Touch with the enemy, was now lost owing to low visibility.

then ap- Was "The

enemy

350 miles

south- proximately southeast of the southern point of Greenland.

Searching dispositions were #

at once taken up by other units of the Royal Navy. The main body

of the Home Fleet under the

of Admiral command

Sir John Tovey, with his day flying in King George V (Capt W.

Patterson, R.N.) was steaming at high speed in direction from 11 southwesterly

force Another waters. northern under the command of Vice- F. Somerville, Admiral Sir James with his flag flying in H.M.S. Renown (Capt R.A. McGrigor, R.N.) steaming northwestward at high speed from Gibraltar.

"I am not speculating about all this. 1 merely repeat what is the Nazi book of world conquest, They plan to treat the Latin-Americans as they are now treating the Balkans, They plan to strangle the United States and Canada. The American inbourer would have to compete with the slave labour of the rest of the world; wages and hours would be fixed by Hitler. The dignity, power and standard of living of the Americon farmer would have gane, and trade unions would become historical relics." Mr Roosevelt said the

American farmer would face an obvious dis aster with the complete regumenta- tion. "Tariff walls-Chinese walls of Isolation would be

be futile. The freedom of trade is essential to our economic life. A Nazi wall to keep the United States inside would be erected in which the whole fabric of life as we know it would be mangled and crippled; yet even to maintain that crippled Independence would conscription require the perinanent of our man-power.

"The United States would forced

permanently to pour resources into armaments.

Hler's threat of world 'domina-

Navy Closes In tion, said the President, would be

"H.M.S. Rodney (Capt F. H. G. -near accomplishment except for the

K.N.) and Dalrymple-Homilien, eple resistance of Britain and the FOOD grown without soil or

were Capt AD. Read, RN, who Dominions and "the magnificent de-sunlight and fabrics made with escorting convoys in the North At- fence of China which. I believe, is out wool or cotton have been lantic, proceeded to increasing in strength."

forecast in Chicago by Dr Colin direction of the enemy,

"Extensive air searchies wesc G. Fink, Professor of electro-organised by the Coastal Command chemistry of Columbia Univer and by the Royal Canadian Air Force sity.

stationed at Newfoundland,

"It

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About ten English girls are still dancing in Paris revues. Most of them are married to Frenchmen.

New Textile Prophecy

The Nail plans would stop with the milltary possession of the greater part of Europe, the occupa- of Tripoll and Libyu.

Electro-chemistry, he said, could threats to Egnyt, Suez and the Near literally take over the work of the East and to the Indian Ocean which

which sun in producing foodstuffs by pro- is the gateway to the East; they also ducing artificial starches from car- have the arme power to

occupy, han, hydrogen and oxygen. at any moment, Spain and Portugal,

various and to threaten Dakar and the island By placing. In solutions

such

wood pulp or compounds, outposts of the New World--the

rayen, and then drawing

the particles Azores and the Cape Verde islands, together electrically into "mats" or which lie only seven hours by bom- "tuffs," out of which fabric can be ber or troop plane distance from Brazil and dominate the south At-woven, "n new textile industry may

be born," Dr Fink declared, lantic shipping routes.

Such fabrics, he predleted. become more popular than natural wool or cotton.

War is approaching the brink of the western hemisphere itself. It is coming every close to home.

Four-Pronged Nazi Thrust In N. Africa

FROM PAGE ONE

solidated new positions about a mile from the Pass and are now holding the Germans.

Night_Battle

The Germans threw out two ar- columns southward from moured Capuzzo to cover the right flank of this main advance simultaneously. These

were opposed by British mobile forces and throughout the night the baille swayed back and forth across miles of open country at the top of the escarpment.

Details of the fighting are not known, but this morning the British forces were reported to be holding the Germans south of Sollum.

A fourth columnn, whose role ap- pears to be to support the other three, is advancing slowly due cast from a point on the Libyan frontier south of Capuzzo. This column has not yet tried to join the battle.

No General Effort

The German, push does not appear to herald a general effort to pene- trate further into Egpyt: the ob- jective seems to be to secure posi- tlons which will protect their right flank and communications

from Capuzzo and Bardla from harassing by our fast-moving columns which Inst month caused havoc in the Ger- man rear by sudden dathes across those communications.

DISPOSAL OF CHEMICALS

SIMLA, May 27 (Reuter). Holders of stocks of sodium bich- romate, potasslum bichromate and chrome allum or any proprietary compound of similar chemical composition are called upon by the Government of India to declare their

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Manufacturers of these substances ure directed to declare their menu- facturing capacity as well as their actual or estimated turn-out.

Mr O. K. Yui Appointed Finance Vice-Minister

CHUNGKING, May 28 (Central News) The Executive Yuan op- pointed Mr O. K. Yul Political Vice- Minister of Finance, succeeding Mr Hsu Kan who has been made Minister of Food

C. Koo, former Kwangtung Commissioner of Finance, was ap pointed acting Administrative Vico Minister of Finance in the absence from Chungking of Dr P. W. Kuo who is away..!

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Mr Pang Sun-chów was appointed Administrative

Vice-Minister

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LATE NEWS

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move in

was

the

was not until about 10:30 am, on May 26 that the enemy was again located. At that time the Bismarck,

was sighted by a Catalina

Catalina aircrift of the Coastal Command in a position about 350 miles west of Land's End, This

aircraft was attacked and us a the enciny lost touch with attleship half an hour later, but by 11.15 am. the Bismarck was sighted aircraft operating from by naval H.M.S. Ark Royal (Capt L.E.H. Mound, R.N.). Only the Blemurck was seen and she was then steering an casterly course.

"At this time the King George V and the Rodney were approaching the area but were not yet sufficiently close to bring the enemy to action. Sheffield Follows

"As soon as the Bismarck was sighted by the Ark Royal's aircraft, Admiral Sir James Somerville detached the cruiser Sheffield (Capt C.A.A. Larcomorn) to make contact with and shadow the Bismarck.

"During the afternoon, a striking force

of naval aircraft was despatched from the

the Ark Royal to attack with jorpedoes, but this proved unsuccess-

Shortly after 5.30 p.m. the Shet- field made contact with the Bismarck and proceeded to shadow her. With- in 20 minutes, another striking forco of Royal Naval aircraft was flown off the Ark Royal. This force attack- ed successfully, and one torpedo was seen to hit the Bismarck amidships. A second hit was obtained by a tor- pedo on the starboard quarter.

Bismarck's Circles

"It was subsequently reported that on being hit during this attack, the Bismarck made two complete circles and that her speed was again reduced.

"During the evening some of our destroyers of the Tribal Class, under the command of Captain P, L. Vian, R.N., in H.M.S. Cossack, made con- tact soon after 11 p...

on

"Between

May

1.20 a.m. and 1.50 a.m. 27, the Bismarck was attack-

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"It was subsequently reported that the Bismarck was again under way and had made good about eight miles in one hour and that she was sil capable of heavy and accurate gun-

At daylight on May 27, another striking force of naval aircraft was despatched from the Ark Royal but this attack had to be cancelled owing to low visibility.

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BERLIN, May 27 (UP),—A special.

day speaking,

at a luncheon In Lon- A scene of great enthusiasm took: "Shortly after daylight the Bis- don.

place on the Stock Exchange, where- Ark Royal aircraft," said the it had a toale effect: marck engaged our destroyers by gunfire. The Norfolk was in, action First Lord, "put two torpedoes into with the Blamarck almost immediate the Bismarck last night and this ly afterwards and very soon the Bis-morning other torpedo bombers from communique issued by the German marek was being engaged by our that ship Joined other officers and High Command states that German heavy ships.

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