WITHDRAWAL OF ALLIED TROOPS

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 13026, 3 May 1940, Page 5

WITHDRAWAL OF ALLIED TROOPS

;oUT H OF TRONDHEIM

«.TfMENT BY PRIME

POSITION On (iUNDOXED

London, May 2. rfoU se of Commons to-day 13 ,he Minister gave an account i:W iW Vading up to the occupanvay and of the landing : N ,S troops at two points, ,f;j; (h A ”uorth and one to the south continued by T pr ' n both these forces proh !th to relieve the NorweNed s , Anting with great courgreat losses on the eneinflicted g eek a o o it became ’flTthe forces fighting south J®L; we re facing an almost d Tro ?Mp usk In view of the Ger:sI wSB ! J cuperlority, artillery and air ,f, „ot be landed to support ■U J COuld " f 1 also the Allies faced ;ie difficult task of landing s "f oments than did the Ger:ein ° r vhf) show an utter disregard s of their own troops—--01 mining their purpose. It was i 3 °S decided to abandon the ef::ere t take Trondheim from the fort, 1 ° a during the past few days f tfuSw been withdrawn ai / the very noses of the German ;adr This was made possible, Chamberlain, by the admiral work of the Royal Navy, the * and tenacity of the troops, ' Jthe bravery of their leader Gen--2 Pr-et It is believed not a smf m an was lost in the evacuation '/chamberlain said it was not yet J iMp to give a casualty list, but fi wt believe the toss ot life uj been very great, during the cam- & »VvPs. »°Phfl to give deS shortly, also a fuller account of he fighting. The speech concluded ■’ h comparative figures of German British naval Idsses, and an explanation of how the altering of the alance of naval power in Britain s wmir had permitted a change in die disposition of the Fleet. British and French units whre now in the tern basin of the Mediterranean on thdir way to Alexandria. Discussion ion any of the Allied moves was not advisable at present, said the Prime Minister, who was loudly cheered as he sat down. Opposition leaders agreed that dis(ussion would he better postponed until a later date. , f Wi ,rr,. -T-T-,-r' •■1- ,■ , >’-J 1 TIME NOT OPPORTUNE FOR * ITALIAN MOVE London, May 1. Herr Hess, deputy-leader of the Nazi party, in a speech, said that Italy believed the time had not yet come to speak of the outstanding differences between her and the Western Powers. For the moment Germany was a sufficient opponent for the democracies. News of the diversion of British shipping from the Mediterranean was released to the' Italians this afternoon when the Ministry of Propaganda circulated the British Foreign Office communique. For the past three days Italian broadcast news bulletins from London have been jammed. ’ The Press at first ignored the British precautions In the Mediterranean Mil concentrated on rejoicing over alleged great German successes • in Xonvay. The liner Rex sailed for New BA, and other vessels left according to schedule* The official Gazette announces the appointment of a committee to ensure hpffi and orderly transition of Italian telephone and telegraph comMinications to a war footing, ngnor Mussolini is reported to * ve Mwed th e United States Amassador, Mr William Phillips, at a interview to-day that there be no sudden change of Italy’s

ore ign Office spokesman i hat tlle Italian attitude tons a Allies in the last two days 'atm! 6 ■ ' e * y a^ari ning. Further reons would not be easy. Wpj 3 apprehension was lii!i!«°V he genera l attitude of the citclen f!i^ Vern i meitt and diplomatic ther than on specific facts.