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BRQISH COMMAND A Téycaneo 1s CONFIDENT Nations Opposed’ I “it I“ To Tokyo Appear

llazi Forces Succeed "in- Forming llnloni

Expect battle to last several more days.

(B, Edward Kennedy, Assoc- iated Press Staff Writer) CAIRO, m. a — (AP)—

The British Imperial army of

northern Libya, its strongest

line breached by a junction 0f

German armored forces and its

southern anchor of that line

it Rezcgh fallen, fought fur- iously tonight with reinforce- ments hcing landed by the

Royal Navy to smash the strong Axis concentration thus formed.

The Imperial encirclement of the iorccs oi the Nazi commander Gen. min Rommel had been broken by the reckless and repeated tank charge; of his 15th tank division which, at last and at great cost, smashed through at the lower end ,. oi the Tohrirk-Rreregh corridor to s rendezvous with the 21st division lung weary and wounded to the

east.

This British set-back appeared damaging but fnr from disastrous, fora British military spokesman declared Tobrukis link with Rnwegh hm not been wholly broken. More- orer, British command o! the Med- iterranean was accompanied by Brziish superiority in the air.

Although the British troops lost llthegh itself and the nearby set- tlement 0i Bir El Hnmed in the process, the break-through was ef- ietted only on a narrow sector, rlre German 15th joining hands with the 21st about znarrarr, six miles northeast oi Rezcgh.

A British spokesman. tiermlng it only a 10ml victory, said the con-

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tine dead, 10 lniured as truck Plunges 3C feet

TRENTON. N. s. Dec. 2 -<cr>>- Orrehrnn was fatally injured and 1% “hm “Tie iniured. four critic- '-l when a. truck carrying about lumen pluugrrl from the icy pay/g- ulent over o. 30-foot embankment h!" WM‘. The driver was believ- gio have swerved t0 avoid strik-

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m? men were returning to their Wilts when the accident occurred.

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“Vast” plot Discovered. In Italy‘

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» ‘Vi! ' an _ which included an attempt on Mussolini’: life and sabotage of tslian ammunition plente has been discovered at Trieste, Stcfanl news and propaganda agency reported tonight.

Sixty persons have been er- rlested and ut on trial before a. special trl unsrl for defence of the state, the agency laid.

They were claimed to include “Communist? and "Demo- Iriberalists."

(Later- at least 11 ringlead- ers in the rebellion were re- ported still at large.)

‘Iterrordstic attacks attributed to the conspiratorial network besides the undetalled attempt on Mussolini‘: life included ex-

osions at munitions factories at Piacenza, Bologna. and Clana. in which "hundreds" of per- sons were killed and injured.

Attempts also were made to blow up Italian railways.

(The Associated Press on Nov. '7 checked with a Fascist source in Rome a. rumor that Musso- lini had been slightly wormd- ed in an assassination attempt. The Fascist spokesman enied the rumor and called it ventlonfl)

The "very vast revolutlonafY movement" in which “many re- sponsible people" participated has existed in Trieste since the outbreak of the war, the laced of the special Trieste Tribunal was quoted as saying.

Engineer dies In derailment

UPPAWA, Dec. 2- (GB-De- railment of a fast Canadian Paci- flc railway passenger train on I curve as it approached Ottawa early today brought death to an engineer and injury to 29 others.

The engineer was Frank Bur- rows of Smiths Falls, Ont., trapped in the crumpled metal of his loco- motive cab when the derailment sent the engine plunging from the track, across a. deep gully and on to its side.

Most seriously injured of the passengers was Sgt. Borden Mc- Culloch o! Ottawa member of the Cameron Highla ers, who was taken to a military hospital suf- fering from concussion.

Three Children Drowned in N. S. Lake

DARTMOUTH. N. 6.. Dee. I -- Three children were drowned in nearby Lake Banook today when they broke through thin shell ice, apparently while playing alone on the precarious surface.

The victims:

Core Jean Levy. ‘I. and Frederick William Levy. B. children of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Levy of Preston Road near here.

Joan Finlay, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Finlay, Dart- mouth,

Them were no known witnesses to ll"e tragedy. discovered onlv af- ter the parents had become alarm- ed at the long absence of the youngsters from their home. A search party skirting the lake sew a hole in the ice 20 feet from shore, with a child's cap floating on the water.

The three bodies were found grouped together just below the hole. All were brought. to the sur-

ce. The boy end two girls nad left their homes early in the morn- ing. When they failed in It!» BIC! by noon. their mrenfs notified authorities and the search helm.

Thousands In Westward voyage

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ON SPEAKING TOUR

Famed as a wer correspondent and author, Sir Philip Gibbs arrived recently in the ILS. by clipper on e speaking tour.

British, ll. S. Navies would Give Japs battle

No retreat from opposition to Jap- anese aggression

is London opinion.

By Harold Fair '| Canadian Press Staff Writer

. ,_I-0ND0N. Dec. a -(c,1>> .—Brit- mu, looked tonight to the navy's "Tom Thumb," Admiral Sir Torn Phillips. to weld their Pacific naval forces into a. hard-hitting righting unit as far eut tension remained unabated.

On the heels of t news that the five-foot-four Phil pa Ilfld been named commander of the eastern fleet came the disclosure that tne Prince of Wales and s. strong force had steamed into Singapore.

Prime Mlnister Churchill warned Japan last month that Britain now felt. able to provide a “powerful ne- val force of heavy ships" to serve in the for east.

Authorities were silent on Ad- miral Phillips‘ relation to the Unit ed States Asiatic fleet command or, Admiral Thomas Hart, or the extent ci’ co-operation between the two forces. explaining that “if the United States were involved in war there wculzl likely be a unified oom- mand but that is a question for the two governments to decide."

There is no denying that Japan- ese entry into the war would add to Britain's heavy naval burdens but at the same time there is no retreat from opposition to Japan- ese aggression.

Japan's fleet is regarded as for- midable and well manned, but au- thoritative sources pointed out that the Japanese have not had first class fighting experience since the Russo-Japanese war. Although her naval power has been kept secret. in recent years, Japan is believed

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Nazis seek to Focus attention on Moscow Front

BERLIN, pee. 2 --(AP> - Ger- man troops were claimed tonight to have punched new holes in Mos- cow's arc of staggered defences vtlrile fighting grimly on the south- ern front west of Rostov to stem the Red army drive which push-rd tliem out of that Caucasian gela- w y.

The Germans sought to focus ell attention on the Moscow from. They had little to say about Roe- tov, and spokesmen laughed at re- ports the Russians linearly ha! pushed the Germans i0 miles well. cf Rostov to TsxB-nrog.

When the German high command claimed the capture of Rostov Nov. 22 it said the city was "of special importance" for further operations. Mi ltery commentators also ternsed: ft "tire" spigot to the Russian ct barrel." But today t llsedl 1e u just another ,

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War Situation Last Night

(By KIBKE L. SIMPSON, Associated Press War Analyst)

Ever-changing contours of the Libyan tank battle defy accurate an- llysls at present; but on the Russian front. winter is mrbrshalling its Ice Ind "W" b11815“ to aid Moscow's defenders.

3°11 5""! P1110116 tell of e German repulse in the Tula area, gout];- east of Moscow, with Nul invaders ousted from numerous villages and fltlrwllnl through heavy snow. drifting before a bitter- wind. Two hund- red mllee and more to the north the Upperr Volga and its tributaries M», ""55! l!!! blllllld. yet not deeply enoug frozen to carry the weight of Nazi tanks. heavy guns and motor transport.

O U I O I O

Heavy snowfalls are due Icon all the way from the northern rim of the Ukraine battle front to Leningrad. should the reported drifting fall 111st southward of Moscow herald the onset of a typical mid-December snow deluge in that ares, Nazi hopes of early enclrclement or capture of the Soviet capital must drop to e new low.

There is another factor tending to lessen German pressure in the Moscow battle, however. The Russian counter offensive on the Don k011i. which appears to have forced the Nazis back 40 miles and more from the Rostov gateway to the Caucasus, culls for a prompt German reaction. for reasons of prestige alone,

O I I O I I

The Rostov retreat looks like the worst German defeat of thr- whole wrtr. If. could result In disastrous smashing of the wlrnlc Nazi right “ring on the Russian mainland. A German retreat to the Mariupnl front. 100 miles west of Rostov, to await re-enforeements, seems indicated.

Trim!" 0' lwflvy forces from the all but stalemated Moscow front southward would be a logical German move. It may be already In pm- gress from the southern or Tula. sector of the Moscow battle are and 1112s may account in part for a reported German retreat on that front l o.

If that indicated shift of’ Nazi divisions from the Moscow brittle zone to the Rostov-Don nee. is going on, it means the German high command has already written off the Moscow campaign as a. fr~i'ure for this year. Only southward, on the Caucasus front. can Hitler's gm- ernls plan on a ntlnrreus winter war o( motion in R[yg=la_ They “n- not. afford lo Bee the lines stabilize there on a front set by Red Army,

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Eloquent Postprandial addresses at Caledonian Club function last evening.

Churchill asks For 3 million More Conscripts

Says difficulty in next year will be man- power, not equipment.

LONDON, Dec. 2—-(CI')—- Prime Minister Churchill call- ed upon Britain today for 3,- 000,000 more military conscripts and for power to require young women to serve in uniform.

“The crisis of equipment is IBIS“! over.” he told the llouse bf Commons. The crisis of manpower and womanpower is at hand and will dominate the yur 1M2."

Specifically. the Prime Minister announced the Government pro- poses to stretch the conscription age limits to lllbt-to-SO, ns com- pared with the present limits of 1940-41,

The method of reservation for military service is to be changed from the present system of ex- emption by occupational blocs co one of individual deferment. Henceforth, said Mr. Churchill. "the sole test should be the irn- portance to the war effort, of the work on which they are engaged."

Mr. Churchill also asked Par- liament for power "to require wo- men to serve in the uniform of the auxiliary services of the crown or civil defence," but he said that. "for some time to come" this com- pulsion would be lied only in unmarried women eon the B86! 0f 30 and 30.

He promised that these women would not be compelled to serve “In the lethal or combatant branches"

The Pit-me Minister said that advancement of the upper age limit of from 41 to so would bring

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Caledonian Club rrr-crnbcrs and friends participated last night in an enjoyable banquet at The Charlottetown in honour" of Si. Andrew, Scotland's patron saint. Tire banquet was followed by an inspiring programme of speeches and vocal and instrumental music.

President D. F. Bethune pgesld- ed. Seated wit-h lrirn at the main table were His Honour Lieutenant Governor B, W. LePnge, Chief Alex Motheson, His Worship Mayor B. Roy Holman, Past Clrlei W. R. Shaw. Rev. T. H. Bussell Sonrers. M.A., S.'I‘.M., Minister 0i St. James Kirk, Mr. Lester Douglas, _M.P.. Mr. W. Chester" s. Mciiure, and Past Presidents John Anderson and Neil McCannr-li.

The principle ttddresses were given by Past Chief Show in re- sponse to the toast. "The Day and A.‘ Wha Honour It," and by Rev. M1‘. Somers in replying to the toast "The Empire". Bot-h were masterpieces of their" kind and were warmly applauded. as vrere also the briefer" rrrlriresses by the Lieutenant Governor. President Bethune and Mayor Holman.

Grace was said by the Rev. Mr. Somers.

‘Time-honored ceremony was ob- served when the Haggis, amid ap- plause, was carried round the rlin- ing halt by Clansrrran Jnck Bea- toit, preceded by Piper" Bruce Mac- Laren, and placed in front of Clllflsmiln Malcolm MncKlnnon, who delivered Burns’ immortal "Address to the Haggis" in vigor-

0115 style. During the evening enjoyable solos were given by Clansman

MacKlrrrron and Flying Officer R. Patchen, RAF. and piano selec- tions by Mrs. Paichen. which were ‘warmly encored. Th gathering

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Joins as Sapper

WINNIPEG. Dec- 2 ——iCPI—A- EB. Murphy of Wirmilivg. n (‘M9- tain in the First G761“. War and winner of the Military Cross. joined the Royal Canadian Engineers here as c. supper lsecdtrse he ‘ain't. want to wait until military author- ielq would give him e place in the war effort.

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Australian Cruiser Sydney Lost in battle

Blasted German Raider Steiermark; All Cruiser’s crew missing.

CANBERRA, Dec. 2 -(CP) -'I'he 6,830-ton Australian cruiser Sydney with 645 men aboard has been lost somewhere oif Australia after blast- ing to death the heavily-armed 9,600-ton German raider Steier- mark, the government announced today.

The communique implied that the Sydney suffered fatal wounds in the battle with ilrc Stelermark, because it said information of the clash had been obtained from sur- vivors of the raider. The German ship carried 400 men. but how many were saved was not disclosed.

Pocket Battleship‘!

(Marine circles in New York ex- pressed belief that a German pocket battleship known to have accom- panied the Stcrermark on some of its raids mnv have killed off tire Sydney. They doubt/ed that the faster and heavier-gunned Sydney was eliminated by the Stclermark and recallcrl that one of the Ger- mans victims, the British freight- er Euryloclrihs, was sunk in co-oper- ation with a pocket battleship.)

The Australian government also announced loss of the LOGO-ton sloop Parrnmatta with I41 of its crew of 161 missing. The Parmmatta. apparently was on escort duty in the Mediterranean at the time.

Stiffen Determination

Prime Minister John Curtin said these two heavy blows to Australia's navy would only “stiffen the de- termination of tlio nation and the navy" in the war" against Germany.

In Sydney the Lord Mayor promptly opened a public subscrip- tlon fund with which to Purchase a new sydneywa $10,000,000 goal.

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Sydney i}; New Mayor

SYDNEY, N. 5., Dec. 2 —-(CP)— D. J. MrtcLean, a city alderman for several year's. was elected mayor" of Sydney today" in a. three-cor- rrered fight with S, E. Muggali, a former mayor, fwd Murvale Vail.

The new mayor succeeds Major George B. Slavon, who retired aft/er volunteering for active service over- seas.

MaeLean polled 3.129 votes, a- rzainst 2.375 for Muggah and 695 for Vail.

In a plebiscite accompanying the election, the electors decided Syd- ney would have daylight saving time next summer.

British fail 0n another Italian convoy

Sink Destroyer, Tanker and Supply Ship.

LONDON, Dec. 2 —tCP) —Bl'll.lsh warships fell on another Libya.- ‘uoinid Italian convoy yesterday in the Mediterranean and sank the l.628-torr destroyer‘ Alvlse Da. Mosto, U10 6.500-ton tanker" Mantovani, and the LBTG-ion supply strip Adriutioo. the admiralty announced tonig‘ t.

The British units emerged w th- out damage or casualties, the com- munique said.

Capt. W. G. Agnew, commander of the cruiser Aurora which partici- pated in the British naval assault. Nov. B on 11 Italian ships in two convoys off Toronto, led this lat- est onslaught on Mussollnrs navy which LI desperately trying to fee. supplies to the hard-pressed axis armies in the Libyan desert.

The admiralty said the Alvlsa Da. Mosto exploded under British gun- fire, and that a few survivor's were picked up. Tabulations here srrurv it was the 35th Italian destroyer re- ported definitely or probably de- stroyed. leaving the Italians 3b

Tm Greek government nere also reportedWhe torpedoing and proba- ble slnking of a. heavily-laden 3.0M)- fon axis supply ship by the Greek submarine Glaukoe off Candlan Crete, Nov. l0.

SWEDISH SOLDIER LOANS

BTOCKHOLM-(CP) - As well l-B my famllv and rent allowances. Swedish conscript soldiers may ob- taln interest-free loans up to 4,000 Kroner ($1.000) for front five to eight years.

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Roosevelt asks explanation of concentration of Japanese Air, Land and Sea Forces

in French Indo - China.

(By J. F. Sanderson, Canadian Press Staff Writer)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—(CP)—Presldent Roosevelt took the diplomatic offensive against Japan today while l. conviction grew here that the nations opposed to Japanese

imperialism in East Asia wer

e prepared to make their

stand, by force of arms if necessary, if Japan takes on}:

IIIOPC ZIERTCSSIVC step.

The President today addressed a direct quest-ion to the Japanese Government, demanding an ex- planation oi the concentration of Japanese air, land and sea forces in French Indo-China, forces that far exceed the number agreed to in the original treaty with the Vichy Government and which are far too numerous for ordinary pc- iice purposes,

This unusual procedure by the President was not in the form of an ultimatum and there was no time limit set for a reply but there could be no doubt it was designed to bring the whole Far East situation to a quickly.

Meanwhile the arrival i.n Sing- apore of a powerful British naval force headed by the 35,000-t.on battleship Prince of Wales and the massing of British and allied troops along the Burma-Thailand frontier‘ was; interpreted here as evidence that if the Japanese move from French Indo-China into Thailand. there will be im-

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German rout From Rostov ls oontinueti

LONDON, Dec. —- (Wednes- day)—(CP)--The German rout from Rostov i; continuing un- abated after five days, with the Red army steadily pursuing the retreating Nazis on that south- ern front, the Soviet informa- tion bureau reported early to- day In n communique brondcastl over the Moscow radio. .

Other Soviet radio advices‘ said the Germans, falling backi towards Mariupol from Rosin“: were in a flight m hendlongi that in most areas the pursulngi

mediate hostilities.

Although there is no alliance among the United States, Britain, Canada, China, Australia and the Netherlands East Indies, there is, undoubtedly, an agreement on the military steps that would be taken if Tokyo gives orders to advance from the French Indo-China. bases.