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Cunningham Gives Facts

Berlin

Can't

Of Campaign RAF Raid A

LONDON, Sept. 8 (British Wire- less) Further light on the schlove- ments of the Imperial Forces in the East African campaign is shed by Lieut-General Sir Alan Cunningham, who commanded them.

The outstanding fact whs that lightning advance on Addis Ababa 1,300 miles in 50 days.

Flve years ago the Italians took seven months to cover 425 miles with only, Abyssinian tribesmen to oppose

ther

Claim Ridiculed

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

September

1941

________By Ernie Bushmiller

IT SHOULD BE JUST OVER

THIS HILL

GOOD GRIEF=" HAVE INGROWN

OR HAS THE

SHRUNK 7.

Take It: Call "Lousy Trick"

Special to the "Telegraph”

OH,

·ISN'T IT CUTE!

Handling Of Greer Story By Nazis

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (Reuter). -Calling the German statement!

BERLIN, Sept. 8 (UP).-For the first time since the R.A.F. started their about the Greer incident "provoca heavy raids on Berlin last autumn, the Berlin newspapers are protesting. In an angry outburst to-day, they denounced last night's raid on the capital as a "lousy trick” and “a crime.”

The "Nachtausgabe" describes the raid as "one of the rottenest and most disgusting." yet made against Berlin. Describing the. damage, this newspaper said; The General ridiculed the Italian that in the northern part of the claim that large British forces had city, one four-storey apartment beca fled up in Abyssinta, "house had virtually the entire March we of

South send African units to the Mediterranean roof and iron balconies torn off front

British forces throughout the and the windows smashed by the campaign were never large. In the concussion of a high explosive Battle of the Lakes, three British brigades with 40 guns engaged 40,000 bomb.

offered to

Parachuting Gunners Tense Moments

LONDON, Sept. 8 (British Wireless).-How a South African air-gunner saved a comrade's life is told by the Air Ministry. Sergeant Francois Joubert was one of two gunners in a Maryland bomber which was attacked and set on fire by Nazi fighters.

During this attack, his fellow- badly wounded. wrecked have been given temporary Flames spread rapidly through refuge in schools and other public the machine and eventually the buildings where coffee and sund- wiches were hunded out.

order was given to abandon the aircraft. With great courage, Joubert went to the assistance

fällan rifles and 200 guns. The Other afternoon newspapers sald risklest moment Was when 30,000 that Berliners whose homes were gunner Italians were threatening the Addis Ababa Djibuti Railway and this life- line was defended by only two British battalions."

In rating the morale of the Italian Army,

General

Cunningham put the Eritreans highest, then the Soualls and lastly the Blackshirts although he paid, tribute to the Duke of Aosta. "He had an intense desire to fight elean, but in practice it was not always carried out.”

"Der Angriff” says that in one row of houses, where a bomb crashed in the street, all casualties were either in the front halls or on the street Itselt.

4

R.A.F. Lose 20 Planes LONDON, Sept. Extensive damage was done during last night's Royal Air Force ralds, according to the Air Ministry,

Was

gun

China's Place

In The Sun

Australian Support SINGAPORE, Sept. (Reuter)

tive," the Independent Democrat newspaper "Baltimore Sun" express- ed. Use general opinion here to-day when 蕊 хруб that Germany's handling of the affair made it more of an incident than it was originally. German propaganda 14 deliberately trying la strengthen President Roosevelt's position It could not have done it better than by directly appealing to those who oppose his foreign policy, for if the

olationists wish to make argument| of the Greer incident they must now take their cup from Berlin."

Hew To The Line

The newspaper stresses that what America is doing in Iceland is not being done for Britain but because It is essential for American security. It disposed of isolationist complaints that America in the Atlantic "carrying a chip on her shoulder by saying: "It is more accurato and pertinent to observe that we are de- termined to hew to the line, lai the chips fall where they may."

The German attack on the veracity of the American Navy has touched, many Americans on A sore spot, causing considerable indignation and is of anger.

the

German Abuse

of the helpless wounded gunner. "Australia is very interested In Helping him from the turret to China talking her place as a Power in the escape hatch, he was, again In the Pacific. My appointme diculty when the wounded man's the very great sign in the mechanisin of the gun, but towards the Chinese people and (Reuter) parachute harness became entangled gesture of sympathy from

Government and people of Australls he solved this by dropping both The R.A.F. last night attacked and wounded man through the hatch. their leader," said Sir Frederick As he did so, his own tipcord Eggleston, newly-appointed Australie objectives at Berin, Kiel and other places in Germany and docks at caught in the gun and his parachute an M opened inside the air-here. tes, intrasping the folds of the Boulogne," the communique

Before leaving for Chungking, Sir, states, The attack on Berlin win

carried craft,

parachute in his arms, Joubert jump- Frederick will meet local Chinese depth Charges," out by a very powerful force

ed safely but it was a long while leaders and his first job in Chungking HONOLULU, Sept. 8 (UP).—300 (brilläßt moonlight. A great number before the parachute opened out and will be to contact officials of the ened by lles" and "Roosevelt's frau-

N. Z. Premier

In Honolulu

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mr Peter Fraser, completing a four months tour of the Empire and conferring with President Roosevelt, arrived here by Clipper to-day en- route to the Antipodes..

Expressing confidence, he stated that If the worst comes to the worst, the United States will not stand

by complacently while the young democracies in the Pacifle are attacked."

He predicted that the current Japanese-American

negotiations would end "successfully, meaning that Japan would be restrained from other worlike acts in the Far East.

of high explosive and incendiary bombs were dropped, the attack last Ing two hours.

Great fires sprang up in the city and extensive damage was don.. Four enemy night fighters were de- atroyed by our bombers in the course of these operations.

Twenty ol

bombers

missing.

our

$20

even then it was found to have a number of holes burned in it from the fire inside the aircraft,

Jourbert has been awarded the D.F.M.

Chinese

He hoped that his stay in Chung ising would result in a big increase of trade between the two countries.

When the reconstruction of China

marks comment in to-day's Berlin Violent abuse of President Roosevelt LONDON, Sept. 8 (Reuter)

tween the United States newspapers on the encounter bc- destroyer Greer

and a German U-boat. Typical comments

Bre: "Roosevelt Incident," **Fraudulent "Provocation height.

"Boersen Zeltung"

RECAPTURE OF arrived, he said, Australia would

Government and extenddulent manoeuvre."

The good relationships between the twe

writes: "At all conta, Washington i ell- people already existing.

kleavouring to keep alive Roosevelt's deliberate lic, the motive being as voiced by circles close to him, that only be the American people, can

into war by a series of in- certainly be very willing to assist in

ents." it. From an economically

The "Deutsche Allgemeine Zel- recon- structed China, Australia; stood tong" says: "The attack of the American destroyer Greer ott # benent like other Pacifle Powers.

fatentional Sir Frederick concluded: "Austra-German U-boat is the lia's policy is to keep closely in step with British policy in every way

FOOCHOW

"Aircraft of the Fighter Command attacked a number of enemy aero- dromes in occupied territory during

CHUNGKING, Sept. 8. (Central the night. One of these aircraft in News) Recounting the recapture of missing."

Foochow on September 2, a Chinese Crash Over Sweden

military spokesinan at Press con- STOCKHOLM, Sept. 8 (Reuter).ference this afternoon stated that

British warplane crashed in

A

Foochow fell into Japanese hands for

result of a particularly clever trick with which the President thought he could deceive the American people." Tokyo Sumi Up TOKYO, Sept. 8 (Reuter)~The, encounter between the German submarine and the United States destroyer neseGPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH relations on a new plane" declared "puts German-American

and Advertiser," organ of the Japanese

Japanese Evacuees From Philippines

BERLIN PREDICTS Scanta, southern Sweden, early the 135 days and the area under their morning after engine fallure. The occupation, totalled 250 kilometres. Chinese attacks during the perind "resulted in "over ̈0,000 Japünese our had resu

casualties.

When the Japonese were driven third group of Japanese evacuees the

-U.S.-REICH-WAR

plane..was burnt out.

The crew of ave baled out. Four were found to be safe. One of them was hurt and was taken to hospital.

SHANGHAI, Sept. 8 (UP),-Tlie] the Times

NEW YORK, Sept. 0 (UP). The B.B.C. this evening quotes the Ger- man Radio as saying that if America The fifth occupant of the plane out of Foochow they did not have from the Philippines, totalling 340 Foreign Once to-day. continues to ignore the blockaded has arrived at Malmoe by train. time to do much damage to the docks persons, are expected to arrive in "From now on. It will be under- waters it is inevitabic that the shot

The injured man had broken and other structures in and around Shanghai en Wednesday aboard the stood that whenever they meet at fired by the Greer was the opening | à leg

the city. The Japanese are heading | Messagerles Maritime's Bernadin do sea In Germany's blockade zone shot of a shooting war between Ger- The warplane was returning from for the South Seas regions, he be-St Perro, which is also bringing many and the United States.

a rald on Germany.

2,500 tons of coal from Indo-Chna.

Heved.

SHE COULD HAVE SUNK

THROUGH THE FLOOR

REALLY DEAR

'3 WISH YOU'D COUNT THE

·CARDS AS THEY ARE PLAYED"

“SORRY JOHN, SIMPLY CAN'T. CONCENTRATE

TO-NIGHT,

Case's

(THINKS) "HOW I HATE THESE WRETCHED POST MORTENS IT MAKES ME LOOK SUCH A

› FOOL-BUT THAT LAST PLAY..

"THIS 15 “SWEET" OF YOU DARLING,

"JOHN DEARI DO WISH

YOU KNEW HOW

HERVY AND

TIRED I FEEL

THESE DAYS.

I KNOW DARLING, PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR ACTING LIKE A BRUTE BUT YOU ARE

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WAKE

WE DID WELL TONIGHT THANKS TO YOUR

ACCURATE PLAY

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Do not forget wins that during siche

there will be a battle" the paper adds. The "Asahi Shimbun" predicts that similar incidents will occur in the future and will ultimately bring ùbout state of war between Ger- many and the United States.

"If America continues to ignore the blockade zones established by Italy and

between

Italy, Germany war

is unavoidable.

and the United States

The "Kokumin Shimbun"/declares that

no matter what new develop- ments the incident brings about, Japan is "adhering to her autonomy and will further ber efforts towards world peace" and adds: whether obligations under the Tripartite Fact are involved through the Incident depends on a careful examination of future events.

GALLUP POLL

IN U. S. A. ON

JAPAN

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (Central) News)-According to a Gallup Poll of the nation released to-day, 70 per cent, of Americans think that the United States, should take stopa 'nów lo keep Japan from becoming more powerful, even if this means rising The July purvey showed that 51 per cent of Americans were willing Japan but the pre- study indicates a substantial stiffening of public opinion.

Americans regard Japanese expan

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Duff Cooper Explains

Diplomatic

Set-Up

MANILA, Sept. 8 (Reuter), Mr A. Duff Cooper, British Minister in the Far East, said on his arrival here that his mission is inquiring whether to establish in the Far East a set-up similar to that at Cairo under which a War Cabinet official' diplomat or a "glorified High Commissioner, would be assigned to the Far East to co-ordinate the Brillah war effort.

Hence the survey includes

Malaya and Australia,

In the South Pacific as a definite If the set-up is established, threat to America's position in the its headquarters will be Singa Pacife and a menace to their sources pore of rubber

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Russians Under Vichy

LISBON, Sept. 8 (Reuter)The

grid political colour of Russians in

of the

He said that Japan is at present France no longer affords profection, The Gallup study disclosed that the more careful in taking the next step; for White as well as fled Rasalans western States show considerably Impressed by the reaction in Britain are being rounded up by the French more concern about Japanese moves and United States to the Indo-China | authorities "at the than other sections but the South is occupation and the fact that Britain Germans, according to a equally belligerent with regard to will regard a move towards Thalland ceived from Paris Japan, while tha. "Isolationist". Mid- as further evidence of Japan's agates- ".More; and more - Germans from west opinions are apparently running sive intentions. A: Occupied France are leaving Paris strongly for declsive. stops.

Windsor Travels

LJO, THE SITELEGRAPH. Sept 8 (UP)

Mr Duff Cooper said that the best daily for Poland, from where they time for Japan to move was a year will be sent to Die castern front, ago Vince Britain's position has

become stronger in the past year Japanese Leave India

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