A SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 126, 21 February 1941, Page 8

A SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION

The first big successes of Haile Selassies forces, led by Briti.s. officers, are shaking from within the great territory of Italian East Africa whose bastions are being so steadily pounded and bioken io the British Imperial armies. The insurgent tribesmen in the last few days have captuied ”i ; portant fortified posts in the wild highlands to the west and iioiti. west of the capital, including a sizeable town. Ihe revolt is fam spreading, and the armed patriots are operating on a wide arc toun< Addis Ababa as well as pursuing the Italians who are evacuating northward to Eritrea. The main British drive, which continues tc progress north of Lake Tana, is now seen in perspective as pait of operations to occupy the source of the Nile as well as cover ; h< flank of the offensive in Eritrea. The Italians are still making desperate efforts to stem the Cjreciadvance in Albania, but with no greater success than previous!v Greek gains are reported in the central sector The Bulgarian mobilization has reached an advanced stage. Ih< Turkish radio indicates that the motive for the conclusion of the non aggression agreement with Bulgaria was to clear up the misund-’i standing” caused by the presence of Turkish troops on the wcst-rn frontier Bulgaria is warned to stand by her pledge of peaceful m tentions. Turkey’s loyalty to the British alliance is reaffirmed The arrival of the A.I.F. contingent at Singapore has been followed by an announcement of the strengthening of the Empties principal Far Eastern base by powerful air force reinforcements including New Zealanders. fapan complains that Britain is needlessly nervous and that me situation does not warrant alarm, though she says her attitude woitio be firm in the event of menacing moves. The United States House of Representatives has approved an thorizaiion for naval bases at Guam and Samoa, marking the ns. step in the President’s 898.000.000-dollar naval expansion programme. German bombers heavilv attacked Swansea. South \\ ales, on Wednesday night.