Bk BL. 'w3 PPV HffiPgifc.!" WallM mrchill Speaks ixpresses New Confidence In Victory Although Road Will Be Long And Arduous i .'-uffy hothouse to the from Greece a call which could breezes on the bridge of a not be resisted. The Prime Mtn- Jnquer or to die. iflre and bombs could do was B?cnly to even more exhllir-nc .tpirit or the people. It was ! trup that he had seen many of havoc but where savagery cnimy had done 1U worst Lack of unity in the Balkan nations he nad found morale most aDiea n'm o ouiia up a ;re- and splendid. There was an menaow army m u atlcn n moruu terror, urcece . u u -u of spirit and jovous ser- , -.-u. . to Britain for succour. "We could She OUT FOR BRITAIN '' I). Rockefeller Would Die lighting Hitlerism Rather Than Live Under It NEW YORK. April 28:-John n Rockefeller II, in a letter to the publisher of the Now York Times. which he authorized for publication, expresses the firm conviction mat the people of the United States should stand by the British Empire .olidly and at any cost. The Issue of the war. Rnckpfplipr I declared, was simply freedom vs. slavery. He called upon Americans i to stand firmly behind President Roosevelt in his "Aid to Britain" plan. "I would rather die fighting Hitlerism than live In a world dominated by that force," says IS SCARCE Germany Being Forced To Skimp' On It In Airplane Manufacture i NE WYORK, April 23: Germany I; running short of magnesium LONDON, April 28. Speaking Sunday night in a .airplane manufacture. An examln- (deast to the bmnire. rnme Minister Winston iation 0f a captured Mssserahmidt, rchill said he had just come back from a tour of the!brousht down in the Battle of Brf Arts nnfl PltlPC tVinf Vinrl hoon mnef hooviltr K.-inl-inrl 1 laln- shows about only one-third ; or- re the poorer people had suffered severely, and wasm-m rpnirpH nm ' firoughly reassured and refreshed. He had made the information to this effect has been tiTlsw of some uneasiness in irecelved here. ! hr.try having been reported Wavell, after his relatively small; . ') th- gravity of .the war forces had virtually conquered me. rv y fVTf' 1 He had found the mor- pnme nauan army in worm u-; jiw 11 m ;e people most nigh ana "- u Wi Dcus' u" -"c vvjJf U H had been like Rolne to Tripoli, when tne can nad come OF SPOILS Png Ship- :thls trip to the "' il" recauea me uauan invasiuu uuunnwi, uunu Th. n.iti,. of Greece ast fa bv the Italians uerman auspices, tne aiviamg up I and moved In a wav it had and how thi b(n repelled by of Yugoslavia Into Bulgarian, Hun-bc?n before It was resolved We Greeks who had driven the in- garlan and Italian spheres of in-1 ti,. .ot vaders back into Ai&ania. Mean Mean- nuence is pruuecums mm aumuu i time. Hitler had been creeping and action is expected to be carried worming his way forward into the out in the case of Greece. Those Balkans. Then suddenly he had oppa ing are being ruthlessly pun-made It clear that he was coming tshecl to the rescue of his fellow criminal -uK BUt expec m a wuvi -- - . . . , . . . .ht snrparl t. Sr.aln and Ulan thl noi say nay. c iwu jj.uhi.ovu o-- -- Churchill declared he had before tne war. we couia nut iavc Munwtu, w.c uuvo vjw-, ..vj them to their fate. To break our Russia and Ukraine but "wc shall jr thousht or dreamed of such Qmlse wou,d nave been fatal to do our best to meet and figh the P'C-j as had bMn PYtpnripH to . .... .... u .,,v, OJ the people he had visited. Hitler could not nQt deserve or coud not hope to thing w."i sure - iau wie pwpie or ,. np R.,rh an act of shame flnd safety from avenging jusuce in "rthy of their faith." the Prime tcr declared. Devatlon to Ideals ntu - , . , , would have deprived us of the res- the Near East, the Middle East or t ... v,nM hrniiirhnnt thp world the Far East. "To win the war he UlVM Wt HWIU km0 - a respect that is the very vitals must conquer this Island by Invas- P triumph could there be or sireng n jui - i the worst bombs fires could irea w M,e rt"u,"-"w" " " or ... .u. , .. .fnrf, sked Mr Churchill, where there ,o nauon across -SZ ueh proof as existed among Aiianuc. r nn r . . n- women, children, old men, motives fans of previous wars were moral values and spiritual LIBRA i VICTORIA, B.C. Tomorrow's Tides High 2:32 a.m. 20.8 ft. 15:19 p.m. 18.8 ft. Low 9:14 am. 35 It. 21:11 pjn. 7.4 ft NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEW8PAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1941. PRICE: 5 CENTS. oo ooo ao oq a a oo ooa o ckkkhj ooooooooqoo 00004 a 00000000000000 Athens Falls War News 0000000000000000 0000000000000 a oorv0ooe;0a000000d6000000 ATHENS FALliS ATHENS The Germans entered Athens at D:30 Sunday Morning and the Swastika is now flying over the acropolis. The Naiis are continuing their drive south in pursuit. Cairo announces officially that the British withdrawal from Greece is proceeding. PORTSMOUTH HEAVILY HIT LONDON Liverpool and Merseyslde were bombed during Saturday night by the Luftwaffe and last night Portsmouth was subjected to heavy and damaging attack. Three were killed in Liverpool. Many lost their lives in Portsmouth. There were scattered raid's elsewhere on the British Isles during the HAMBURG DEVASTATED LONDON Hamburg was the main target last nijht for the Royal Air Force and it was subjected to dcvastalivc dam-age. Embcn. Cuzhavcn, Brcmerhaven and The Havre were also attacked. NAZIS CROSS INTO EGYPT CAIRO The enemy have crossed the Libyan frontier Into Egypt for a distance of five or six miles at a point south of Salum but the British defences at Salum are holding out Bulletins MEDIATION FAILS WASHINGTON, D.C. Federal efforts to mediate the bituminous coal strike have failed. Southern Appalachian operators have refused to join with northern operators in agreeing to pay $7 per day. HAMILTON STRIKE HAMILTON Three thousand stent workers 'in.,.- the. National Steel Car Company's plant here are on strike. here. OFFICERS GRADUATE VICTORIA The first class of Dessie Is NAIROBI. Kenya April 28: Dessie, last strong- nort hold of the Italians in Ethl vance of lVic to 8934C Expects Much Worse people today of their devotion Turning then brlcny to uie un- land. Pro "ldin there was no lct- .deals of frc institutions, ited States. Mr. Churchill at this JJJg oms and socletv. Yes. the point expressed the bener uw. . r. . Pie had even been exh.liratcd by the long run the uUom , o, hat - ana bombs. The entire popu- country would be cuciaica iov "J1, 1H hp hnnstfiit tr sav. Ives of of profit prom ana --... .. ,irnli, . . . n . fniin- iJts n.an "'"" " ,to believe. The ultimate decision " ",e Dauie today wlin inose on W,UL of the war would be In the Battle ".nve service All uprp nroud men and nations. ... a.ii ,i,iu v,i firct , " - . . OI tile in..a.iv.u nr.u.i .i.u vWlnK undpr flrp rf the tncmv rsroot HUnst.prss had OCCUH'ed in , . .. . IU i,t , , ,. tV, 13 s a grand and heroic period the Balkans, Mr. Churchill admit- responsible for the winning r nistory." asserted the Prime ted. Yugoslavia had been "U5"-0f the war. Mr. Churchill said he n reiterating that the war ed. Greece had been overwhelmed. been lndLscribaWy reiieved by a be fought out to the end. As The Anzacs and Imperial forces naa i the declslon of the Unlted states ln eii. ne rully realized the been left to fignt uieir j ."" regard to naval and aerial patrol 'Onslbllltv nf Krir,ninn nonnia . i tho nritish ExDeultlon-1 . .,.. i. . j..,., " "6's vj.v tu tut; ecu. 0 me wesierii niiaiuit, u utxuiuu y out of a long and stern bat- ary Force in Egypt, Mr. Churcnui which hlc wQuld cnabl(j Qreat Brltaln " ngnting In this" difficult intimated, had consisica oi many Important decisions half Australians and New be made ln rceard to policy crs. the other half being Imperials. conducting the war but it had The situation In North Africa was 11 agreed that thn hiirhnst level hQf. Mm nrltlsh forces had now l -o 'v - . HJUia aiii we v vr m tuugii juui 'nw should be the guide. fallen back upon the imperial niw , now that Unlted states r Churchill nairi trihntp toncn- nctahiishrrt in the fertile valieys oi to do that. .. . That . was why . . he vvuca i, iwo 0 divisions mvlslons or or 30,000 5U-UUU to concentrate its protective forces closer to the home shores. Six weeks ago, Mr. Churchill recalled he had said: "Give us the tools and will finish the Job." was believed that, while victory was not yet yet dlscernable, dlscernable, the the war war had had taken taken aen ..,,, r.realcr War Sv e,uId the story of how thc PT the more favorable turn, even though . of expect vnPPt war war in m i a a W nrZ the Nile "lie had naa been been removed rcmovea i "We wi.u must now the.lt was more grim NothinB Notning had nad urcece when that nation had Mediterranean, on me o. 5JC.dh!J Gat Britain for succour, desert and, o! ! wou brlng about a situation com-S 5SB.BS5 TcSfrdS ' Pa-ble in gravity to that of last m, - ""i- naveaeservca or nop- ocuu, - nisin- vear. , ftdl of W J 5d C Se 1 d been real- The war had been urged the pcoplc 6 forccs were not suf- Ipointments and Hitler I not to lose their sense of proportion .T'-m ent i to stem th nmnn tiHp nf'was vet to be seen wneww-r ..j.,. j . .., fflvn ... . . - .. m sraKPS anu oo uuuuu uioi,wuibt VI u iriBA,n- . . . V... .nA in 1 n f 1 ! T T I Fl . I.I III AIM V. I. . ..... , . ( n n n n n.. . . .- - . .,1- nvns on rs nf n not.. "icece. Lttiurchin hP had overrun or in n nf thp of EavDt. V of the Nile to Greece. Mr, J There were great dan described how General be faced, admitted Mr. M'Kenzie King Warns Canada to be Prepared For Extensive Conflict This Dominion Will Sparc Neither Resources Nor Men No Nazi Victory as Long as Britain Stands Hyde Park Declaration Helpful OTTAWA, April 28: (CP) Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King told the House of Commons at its reopening today that "we must be prepared for an extension of fighting over wider areas and for an intensity and ferocity of warfare resulting in terrific destruction and loss of life." In the course of a statement on the war, Premier King said: "Canada will spare neitner resources nor man IjuTfvfri"iff IlilllKrKI-iri ! pwer 111 thc battle for world free INDIGNANT Relinquishes His Commission Army Service In View Of President Kooseveit's Remarks In NEW YORK, April 28: (CP) Col. Charles A. Lindbergh today ln the United States Army Air "Reserve Corps. The letter referred ti remarks made by President Roosevelt at a press conference last Thursday in which the chief executive classed Lindbergh with thc appeascrs who urged peace during tiling ut there had been expec- had not made me B"- ntf,n3i alarmed and predicted ultimate de-the revolutionary and .civil wars on !dom." He predicted more reverses Ion land and sea but "so long as Great Britain stands no reverse shall be decisive." New economic regulations set forth ln the Hyde Park declaration of President Roosevelt and himself, Mr. King declared, would go a long way toward solving Canada's acute exchange problem but the entire deficit would not be made up by exports to the United States under arrangement and there was little made public a letter to President j ,gh excna conservatlon egu. TbvKpvrH Roosevelt TPj-lfmLne resigning his his commission commission . ?. should go to Great Britain and take Pahes the lead in calling for an Empire conference. POUND STERLING feat of Hitler and his 70,000,000 Jthe grounds that thce conflicts NEW YORK, April 28: The url-mallgnant. Huns by 200,000,000 Brl-'could not be won. Lindbergh said Ush pound sterling was trading at tons and Americans witn meir'SU- ne naa always wiea w nea gooo.j?i.iw on me new xors iweisn cx-perlor resources ard equipment. jAmerlcan. change market today. Raiders In So. Pacific MANILA, April 28 command of the-famous Ad- miral Felix von Luckner, twelve armed German raiders are operating in the South Pafclfic, an American news correspondent claims. The Royal Navy has been ordered ! to effect the capture of von 1 Luckner, ! CANADIANS Forces Lands Safely At West Coast British Port Navy kept un its record of not los Colony. ing a single man In Atlantic trans opla, has been captured by the r jr i British. South African forces -rrilZ IVrClSlCr cnicrca uie uanan sirongnom, 140 miles northeast of Addis Ababa, Saturday, It was an t Is Unconscious Under nounccd today. Rome confirm- ed the evacuation of Dessie. Noted Violinist Injured When . Struck By Auto But Is Expected 'To Recover CHICAGO WHEAT ious. It is expected he will recover, indicated War NAZIS ARE UNDER FIRE Highly Successful Raids Being Con-; ducted by Royal Air Force Hamburg and Emden LONDON, April 28: (CP) One of Britain's new Stirling heavy bombers made a daring and successful attack on the German city of Emden today, thc Air Ministry announced. Today's daylight raids followed a devastating attack on Hamburg, Germany's'sccond city, during the night. Returning members of the Royal Air Force reported, an area of the great city half a mile square converted into a seething, heaving mass of fire resembling a volcano. BAR SILVER Weather Forecast General Synopsis A disturbance along the north coast will pass inland today. It has been cloudy on the coast with light to moderate rain in the north portion and . 1, i . i i i i . i . . i lations I some ngni ram ana urizzie on .uie u n n iim,, fio 'west ana nortn coast oi Vancouver iparipr! said' that Prpmlor KlncIsland. There are occasional fog West Coast of Vancouver Island Light southeast winds, mostly cloudy and mild with some drizzle or light rain. Prince Rupert and Queen Charlotte Islands Light to occasional southeast to east winds, cloudy FATE OF BRITISH SOLDIERS This Is Main Concern Now Following Nazi Overwhelming Of Greece Little Being Said Officially LONDON, April 28: Following the occupation of the Greek capi tal city of Athens by the Germans at 9:30 Sunday morning (midnight Pacific Standard Time) and the continuation of the Nazi advance ADD flirUD lnto the peleponnesus Isthmus, AKr. 1 I y IMv PrinclPal concern is still manifest today as to the fate of the British Another Large Group Of Dominion !;nd Expeditionary Force. iwu ojuiicjr luuay came a dispatch of the announcement of Hon. P. C. Spender, treasurer and S .. M ! ti 11 L At- 11 TDvnnM Anrfi Annthai. ' iiiiiiwtcr, diiaw vne evacuation large and fully equipped force of, Alians from Greece was un-. thousands of Canadians including dcr,way luf pfoven successful airmen of the Commonwealth ,so ffar' aough Mr. Spender did Jtraining plan-BritIfh, Australian not confirm or deny that their had New Zealand and South American lbeen Iosses- army and navy reinforcements, ar- ."m. on the other hand, clalm-rlved safely at a western British ;cd tnat heavy casualties had been port yesterday. They made a swift ,caused among the British and . and safe crossing In a line of crey Australian forces In attempted transports. They saw no German embarkation and that mangled L&DLlir6d submarines or bombers and com- bodles BrttJ h and Australian r u plained at lack of exeitHmont Thi soldiers were being washed ashore aiier destruction of evacuation vessels. German (claims were that 700,000 tons of British shipping .would be found to have been destroyed in Greek waters. At least 'one-half of the British Expedltlon-jary Force would not get home arid ishlps destroyed In the evacuation of Greece would exceed the lorses at Dunkerque by 250,000 tons. Many prisoners had been taken and much equipment lost In the Bri-tlsh flight. j Little was said in official British NEW YORK, April 28: Pritz quarters. The only news from rTnt. Kreisler, the noted violinist, is still Cairo was a terse statement that CHICAGO, April 28: The Chl-jln a seml-COnscious condition two'otlr troons arr mntlnnfno- tholr cago wheat market was lc lower davs aftpr hpinn- imrvt m, .w., TiHthrfMnrai m,- n.in,i. iw new narai iicuicimmu b.uu- ouiuajr, cloau,B ai, ooy2c i0ra truck wniie crossing a rtreet. His fighting a rearguard action as the atcd from II.SI.C.S. Royal Roads 'July. Today there was a sharp ad- condition is imnroved but still seri. withdrawal cnntim.rrt nihrr., 5 There was no formal resistance . li 14 wj uie occupation oi Ainens oy tne Nazi forces. It was the eighth European capital to fall to Adolf Hitler after opposition, First Ger man motorcycle units entered the (icity to be followed by a main body of mechanized forces. A victory parade followed and the Swastika was hoisted from the Acropolis. The Nazis had reached the gates of Athens Saturday night. Scenes In Athens As the British troops withdrew from the city, people of Athena shouted: "We'll see you again soon." Then they retired to their homes to quietly await the arrival of the Germans. A strict curfew law has been enforced upon the Greeks. Thc Greek government, now ln exile at Crete, gave assurance that the Greek merchant marine and war planes would be placed at the disposal of the British ln continuing the war against the Nazis. In connection with ,the Greek campaign, the Germans claimed that one British cruiser had been sunk and two damaged with one 5,000 transport vessel and ten others damaged by bombing. It was claimed that units of the LONDON, April 23: Bar sliver "erman ueei were co-operaung Is unchanged at 23'2 pence per wl"i cne mitwaiie in tne iascern fine ounce on the London market. Tho New York price Is 34c. Mediterranean. These might be speedboats shipped overland or possibly submarines It was thought In London. New York Mart Is Steadier Beginning To Recover Somewhat From Slump Of Last Week Or So NEW YORK, April 28: Following the recent slump, thc New York stock market appears to be steadying up again. Saturday trading totalled 160,000 shares. The Industrial average at closing was and mild with rain and becoming ,116.43, down .15; rails, 28.42, part cloudy. '.10, and utilities, 18.12, up .01. up v v v