Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 31, 1940, Winnipeg, Manitoba Vol. Pages f it i i London May 31. Alleged assertions that sir Oswald Mosley. British fascist has co operated with Adolf Hitler and that Germany i plans a Parachute invasion of Bri Tain about june 9 were aired in court at Portsmouth today when a Man and two men were arraigned under the official secrets provisions of the defence act. The assertions were attributed to mrs. Marie Lousia Ingram who was identified As the sister in Law of a staff officer on the German High command. The men alleged to have co operated with her. Were William Swift 57, naval employee and Archibald Watts 40, unemployed. The three were committed for trial after Cecil Rashleigh a dec orator testified that mrs. Ingram j told him May a that Germany would invade England in three weeks with Par acute troops and establish a government headed by Mosley. Mosley and Hitler Are like mrs. Ingram was quoted As saying. Paris May divisions of the French rearguard for the Allied Retreat irom Flanders have reached Dunkirk it was announced at this afternoon s ministry of information press conference. These divisions numbering i perhaps 30.000 men in Al be fore they underwent the shattering attack in Flanders were said to have entered the Channel town As German armoured columns slashed around it. The French rearguard Cov ered itself in the manner of Caesar s in by armoured phalanges. The French infantry and artillery kept to the Middle of the moving rec tangle while tanks guarded four sides. The divisions commanded by general Rene Prioux battered a path part Way through the German lines of envelopment during the night and completed the Retreat in Daylight. A ministry of information spokesman said Prioux men fought a marvelous Battle and their losses Are relative rather than catastrophic. British and French warships Rushing the evacuation of the weary War torn units landed new food and War supplies for 1he French divisions still fighting at the at a Southeast English port. May with 1he British expeditionary Force together with French and belgian comrades in arms reported safely landed in England a new Rescue Armada of hundreds of ships sailed into Dunkirk Harbor today and embarked additional thousands of trapped British and French soldiers while Allied rearguard troops were fight ing like wild cats to hold off the germans. Additional thou Sands of Allied troops arc arriving Back constantly. Original estimates of the strength of the . Ranged from to 350.000. Estimate that half of the had been rescued indicated that 1he allies had achieved a Brilliant withdrawal j the associated press said thai on which have been evacuating the the basis of its information from an troops for the past several Days. Thori alive sources the total of Brit ish. French and belgian troops to England totalled about 90.000. These quarters How placed the original Mac nigh of the . In Flanders at there were no figures on total British or Allied casualties. How Ever both British and French sources estimate German killed and wounded at about 500.000. The returning soldiers said the Anglo French forces still were hold ing their modern Cordima line in the Triangle based on the Channel land that the germans were Losina if ivc men for every Allied Soldier killed. I the Rescue Fleet of naval units Small coasters and trawlers sailed All the Way into Dunkirk Harbor it was said authoritatively despite the fact that the quayside and nearby buildings were aflame As a result of constant German bombing. This Rescue Armada Fol fighting continued on Page 11, column g full of i ------1 Paris May French military source said today thai Allied forces had recaptured the Abbeville Region Al the Mouth the River so inc taking 200 German prisoners and inflict heavy losses on the enemy in a fierce counter thrust. I the counter blow against the German forces on the i so inc i Ron came while Allied troops were lighting a i arid death Battle against the German forces in North France. Where at least two divisions of the trapped French army commanded by Gen. Rene Prioux yesterday slashed their Way i through the germans to the coast near Dunkirk. A eels England May 31 up a nazi plot to overthrow prime min ister Eamon de Valera and land Parachute troops in Eire was re ported today by the diplomatic correspondent of the Yorkshire evening news. From documents seized in dub Lin in the last few he wrote de Valera is aware of Hitler s instructions to German agents in Eire to overthrow his government. Hit Ler has reached the final conclusion that nothing can be expected from de Valera. Who has persistently re fused to play the game of Germany and her i. R. A. Allies. German calculations Are based on the conviction that whatever happens de Valera cannot ask for British help. The plan for Eire is based upon the arrival by Parachute from troop carrying planes of a sufficient number of Shock troops to stiffen morale and instil military cohesion in the Irish Republican army formation. Abbeville counter attack came unexpectedly but do scribed by the French official analysis As successful. The French in a 48-hour Oscr slab tip the coast toward Boulogne and Calais. French sources indicated that this thrust at the German rear might be of much importance. The French losses included one tank and Only a few men killed it was stated. A Villa Region wholly mopping up the v Ril 1 germans. Suffered heavy including 200 prisoners and i the official analysis did not Defi the morning s general staff com Abbeville area re Munique reported fairly violent a , flowing i taken by the French. The import am Tillery duels Between the aise and the Meuse. Between the Meuse and the Moselle a German attack was reported repulsed. Basis for a possible Hospital ships off Dieppe had been washing ton May 31 bup president Roosevelt asked Congress today to increase defence spending to approximately be cause of what he termed a possibility that the american continent May become involved in a world wide War. In a special message to Congress he also asked legislation to give him the authority to Call into Active service such National guard units As become necessary to maintain neutrality and National defence. Such legislation also would authorize him to Call Reserve person Nel into Active service. The president said that in the critical Days that lie ahead All the continents of the world including the North american continent might become involved in the struggle now raging abroad. No individual group can clearly foretell the he said. As Long however As a possibility exists that not one continent or two continents but All the continents May become involved in a world wide War reasonable precaution de mands that american defence be made More Cor heavy bombardment Long Range German artillery also was subjecting the smashed port City to heavy bombardment but the British and French were embark ing in a steady Stream under cover of the heavy guns of Anglo French naval Craft it was said. Fal Berlin the official German news Agency said a thick fog Over the Channel coast was aiding the British embarkation by curtailing German air it was authoritatively slated that although the bombing of Dunkirk had been terrific Allied troop losses there had been relatively Small. Officers who served in the world War and participated in the fight ing in Northern France in the cur rent conflict were quoted As saying the modern German Soldier was not to be in his 101- counter part. Once you get a German out of return Lowed an earlier Stream of vessels continued on Page 11. Column 3 by Gregory Clark. London May 31. The past 24 hours both Day and night i have watched an incredible Armada of everything from Battle Cruiser to 30-toot in Muskoka Cabin Cruiser bringing the British expeditionary Force and their French Brothers in distress across the Channel to England. Yesterday we saw a great Many res cd from the German trap. One half the British expeditionary Force is said to have been landed up to this morning at various British Southeast coast ports. Exhausted. Sleepless. Hungry. Bloodshot and unshaven. These dense packed shipload of the 1 lower of manhood of two nations rescued off belgian beaches and Harbor i moles under Savage gun and bomb fire give a terrible impression of disaster As the boats creep in in the wan Light of Dawn alongside the quays of England but the impression vanishes instantly when you hear their hoarse voices sending up the most incongruous cheers from Gibraltar demand voiced in Spain Madrid. May 31 a demand that Britain cede Gibraltar to spam was voiced today by Manuel Aznar Spanish journalist who frequently acts As a Semi official spokesman such apparently cheerless human j for he government ily. The fact is the evacuation of commenting on the expeditionary Force is a great Triumph that will rank amongst the extraordinary exploits in Mili tary history. The British Navy which organized and directed ibis wild Bur boat Armada deserves first mention. I talked to staring eyed naval officers who had not closed their dauntless statement on continued on Page 11. Column 2 i first. Anglo Spanish relations by Viscount Halifax. British foreign Secretary Aznar in an article in the fun Lang journal Arriba complained that lord Halifax omitted reference to Gibraltar. The truth he wrote that Tho Rock of Gibraltar Lowers like Shadow Between England and Spain. This is the first of our great prob Only one indeed but Tho by Francis Stevens London May 31. Special Rabiej of a War terrible enough to Strain the nerves of the strongest men were witnessed by a courage Ous Winnipeg girl Kathleen Moore who arrived safely in London after Many Days devoted to assisting dutch belgian and French refugees. For five Days she was in a French coastal City which was bombed repeatedly and set afire in sections. Finally miss Moore was forced to join the Stream of humanity fleeing Down the French roads from the fast approaching enemy tanks. Miss Moore graduated in Honor s m history and French from the University of Manitoba in 1936, and was awarded the French govern ment bursary for one year s study in France. She attended the Sor Bonne University for nearly two years and then travelled extensive miss Kathleen Moore la in Germany 1hi Hulics. She left Berlin the Day Austria was ravished and was slain in Prague i week before Czecho Slovakia was threatened. Miss Moore went to England and Ireland for six months and returned to Paris 14 months ago. The British consulate at one of die French ports enlisted her to assist in directing the streams of refugees. Miss Moore is the Daugh Ter of Harold Moore of the editorial staff of the free press. But to Wjk i Back 1-j Ibi Story of the frightful things Bat local girl saw. Told with the greatest rest Saint of id Calm. In fact. Miss Moore or joke repeatedly of the co Arago of the French women but seemed quite unaware of. Her own bravery dauntless spirit. Again and again she Wai with miss Moore continued on Page 11. Column 5 ;