STARACE DISMISSED

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 126, 30 May 1941, Page 7

STARACE DISMISSED

Fascist Militia Chief

LONDON, May 29

A curt announcement made by the Rome radio today states that Signor Achille Staracc, one of the best known of the Fascist leaders, and former general secretary of the party, has been dismissed from his post of Chief of Staff of the Fascist Militia.

part played by the South African forces in the East African victories. "The Union forces advanced through the 250 miles from Kismayu, in Italian Somaliland, at a rate of 23 miles a day, and at a rate of no less than 50 miles a day after crossing the Juba River," he said. They later improved even on this. FIFTEEN HUNDRED MILES. "On March 31 they reached a point 370 miles from Mogadishu, making an average of 31 miles a day; Jijiga, Harar, and Diredawa fell in succession, and the capital, Addis Ababa, was reached in two days from the Awash River, a distance of 110 miles. Then followed Dessie and finally Amba Alagi. "The Union forces had covered 1500 miles in 94 days, a feat so much beyond comparison that, there is no need to quote the figures of the Italian campaign of five years ago." Major-General Alan G. Cunningham, who was in command of the East African campaign, and Major-General Wiliiam Platt, who conducted the invasion of Eritrea, receive the order of Knights Commander of the Bath in the East Africa campaign honours list. Major-General A. R. Godwin-Aus-ten. Colonel H. E. De Wctherall, and Brigadier-General G. E. Brink receive the companionagc of the Bath, and Major-General L. M. Henth is made a Knight Commander of the Order of the 'British Empire.—-8.0.W.