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BISMARCK SHATTERED BY AERIAL TORPEDOES: OFFICIAL STORY

Former China Squadron Ships Play Big Part

How the Bismarck was tirelessly dogged by British cruisers, including the Suffolk, formerly of the China squa- dron, and how fleet air arm craft attacked the Giant Nazi Battleship with such persistency that she was put out of commission by aerial torpedoes before the finishing blow was administered, is described in a detailed Admir- alty communique issued last night in London.

Australian Labour

Declaration

CANBERRA, May 27 (Re- ler)-Australian Labour un- animously rejected the iden of forming a Coalition Government

at a meeting to-day.

Mr John Curtig,. the Leader, said that they believed that

It tells the story of the original discovery of the Bismarck at Bergen in Norway and how firstly the Hood and the Prince of Wales chased her and scored damaging hits before the Hood was sunk

and British gun fire.

and the Prince of Wales slightly damaged. The An artist's impression of the battleship Bismarck, pride of the German navy, which has been sunk by aerial torpedoes communique then details the successful efforts of the British Navy and Fleet Air Arm to maintain contact with the Bismarck until she was finally trapped and sunk 400 miles west of Brest.

It is believed that H.M.S. Dorsetshire ad- ministered the coup de grace to the Bismarck. The cruiser was ordered to "sink the battleship Labour with torpedoes." The communique says. their present co-operation was more "Air reconnaissance by Norfolk (Capt. A. J. L. Phillips, effective in helping the war effort. Coastal Command aircraft re- R.N.), wearing the flag of Rear- A "National Government," as a pell-vealed that a German battleship Admiral W. R. Wake-Walker. tient formula, would not add a scrap and a cruiser, which had pre- and H.M.S. Suffolk (Capt. R. M. to Australia's united determination to win the war, he said.

viously been located in Bergen. Ellis, R.N.) were ordered to Labour is pledged to give and is Norway, had sailed. Certain take up position in the Denmark giving all in the struggle for human dispositions were, therefore. Straits. liberty.

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"On the evening of May 23. Rear- Admiral Wake-Walker reported sighting an enemy force of ane battleship and one cruiser proceeding at high speed southwestward. Visi- bility in the Denmark Straits was bad and

extremely variable. The range of the enemy was only six miles when first sighted and storms of snow and sleet and patches mist at times reduced visibility to one mile.

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"Despite difficulties of visibility, the Norfolk and Suffolk shadowed

President Unlimited

Roosevelt National

Special to the "Telegraph"

Proclaims Emergency

STATED, "I HAVE TO-NIGHT ISSUED A PROCLAMATION THAT AN UNLIMITED NATIONAL WASHINGTON, MAY 27 (UP).—IN HIS FIRESIDE SPEECH, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT EMERGENCY EXISTS AND REQUIRES THE STRENGTHENING OF OUR DEFENCE TO THE EX- TREME LIMIT OF OUR NATIONAL POWER AND AUTHORITY.'

Excerpts of his speech were "The pressing problems that confront us are military problems, The first and fundamentai fact is that what started as a European war has now developed, as the Nazis always intended it should develop, into a world war for world domination.

"Hitler never considered the domination of Europe as an end'

U.S. Will Use Armed Forces If Necessary

TRIUMPH FOR in it was Tutup his broadcast speech to-night asked whether in the new world

the enemy successfully throughout DORSETSHIRE

the night.

"Meanwhile other unlts of the

Royal Navy were taking up dispost-Fired Torpedo Which

Sunk Bismarck

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

quest was but a step toward ultimate goals on all other con-

WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuter),-President Roosevelt in situation the United States should. "hesitate to take every sin

tinents. It is unmistakeably gle measure necessary to maintain our American liberty” apparent to all of us that "Our people and our Govern- unless the advance of Hitlerism is ment will not hesitate to meet Hemisphere will be within range of

forceably checked now, the Western that challenge. We will

said

re-

that

tions at high speed with the view lo Intercepting the enemy and bringing

Nazi weapons of destruction. Our assert the ancient American doc. him to action with our heavy forces. "In the early morning of May 24,

whole programme of aid for the trine of freedom of the seas," H.M.S. Hood (Capt R. Kerr, R.N.),

democracies has been based on the President Roosevelt It was the Dorsetshire, the

hardheaded wearing the flag of Vice-Admiral L

concern for our own Hitler's plan of world domination E. Holland, with H.M.S. Prince at 10.000-ton cruiser which spent a security and for the kind of safe and would now have been accomplished Wales (Capt. J. C. Leach) in com-commission attached to

the civilised world in which we wish to but for two factors-one the epic pany, made contact with the enemy. China Squadron, and was in

live.

Every dollar of material we resistance of Britain and the other Action was immediately begun.

from our own Hemisphere. Every Bismarck received damage and was Colony, which finally sent the day they hold off gives us time to

Bismarck Lo

her build more guns, tanks, plones and

ships.

Self-Interest

During the ensuing engagement, the consequence well known in the end lielps to keep the dictators away the magnificent defence of China.

battleship doom.

Action If Attacked "Some think we will not be at- tacked unill, bombs drop on New York or San Francisco. An attack

any base which our security. We have

of

at one' lime seen to be on fire.

The Hood, as already announced, received a hit in the magazine and blew up. The Prince of Wales This is revealed in a "United sustained slight damage.

Press" message from London our own self interest in this aid, domination

"We have made no pretence about on the U.S.A. can begin with the Pursuit Kept Up

which says that after the George Great Beltnip understands H-and menaces "The chase was continued on V had raced up and poured so does Nazi Germany. If the Axis pledged material support to the southwesterly course with the Nor-broadsides into the stricken Nazi Powers lose control of the seas they other democracies of the world and TURN to Back Page, Column 5 vessel, and torpedo planes came and occupation by the Nazis of any

certainly will be

be beaten. Control we will fulfil that

We in in for yet another attack, the islands.

In the Atlantic would whether, when und where of North and South Ameri-Jour charged torpedoes which ended

security threatens. ca and the island possessions of the placing our armed forces in strategie We are the brief but bloody career of TURN to Back Page, Column 3 military positions and we will not the German flagship.

hesitate to use those armed forces to repel aflick.

Ameridge.

will decide OLIT

Bomber Fund Dorsetshire slipped in and dis-jenisse. No, med late safely of American interests are attacked or

Passes $2,000,000

Munificent Gifts

Donated To-day

The Dorset hire normally carries eight 21-in torpedo tubes.

The "United Press" message adds that the sinking of the Bismarck has been a crippling blow to the small German fleet, and has left the Nazis stuplifted.

Thanks to a second inunificent and terrible vengeance on the victor The Royal Navy exacted a swift contribution of $100,000 from over the Hood by sending the proud the

Luetiens to their death 72 hours after

Evacuation Questions

Will the Government give statistles

Before the Legislative Counell to- Hongkong & Shanghai Blamarck and the German Comman-morrow, the Hon. Mr J. J. Paterson Banking Corporation; $25,000 der-in-Chief, Admiral Guenther will ask the following questions: from the Talkoo Dockyard &e Hood had vanished, and after a of the incidence of evacuation on the Engineering Company of Hong-chase covering 2,000 miles. kong and $10,000 from Sir Vandeleur and Lady Grayburn,

(also a second contribution) the Winant To Report

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

LONDON, May 27 (Reuter)—It was learned to-day that the American, the Ambassador, Mr John Winant, is fly- ing to the United States forthwith

wives of mentor Government Officers, namicly-

(n) wives not In the Colony when

the evacuation was ordered, (1) wives deported since that

dale, (e) wives recommended for ex- by the Evacuation Advisory Commitica,

(d)

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Further Lata News

Four-Pronged Nazi Thrust In N. Africa

(By “Reuters” With Advanced British Forces in Western Desert)

CAIRO, May 27-Fighting is now in progress in the Western Desert on a fluid front of 40 miles along" which Beltish troops are holding up a fresh attempted advance into. Egypt by four German 'armoured columns.

tur-infantry, advanced from Capuzzo ther compulsory evacuation along the edge of the escarp wns suspended?

One column, comprising a which kept them at bay throughout number of tanks and motorised the evening and last night.

ush, who belong to one of the most This morning, however, the Bri famous regiments of the British Army, had to retire from the Paxt

total of the Bomber Fund has woll and truly passed the $2.- 000,000 mark, the total this morning having reached figure of $2,114,941.48.

As a result, one of the biggest to discuss the war situation with instalments will be cabled to the President Roosevelt. British Government immediately, He will be accompanied by Mr particulars of which will be given Den Cohan, but. Mrs. Winant is stoy~| Advisory Commillee over-ruled, by "They: wote, engaged by a British to-morrow,

ing on in London.

higher authorityTy

force less than a quarter their size,

In how many cases was the re- ment which runs parallel with

commendation, of the Evacuation the sea towards Hellfire Pass, In face of the Germans' great welght,

By noon, the British troops had con- TURN to Back Page, Column 39)