Evening star., 1940-05-11
NAzIS OPEN BIG DRIVE on MAGINCT line
Churchill Plans;
Cabinet, Calls
- = E.
Chamberlain
Sees Hoiifox Also:
British Claim Air
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Success in Belgium
By the Associated Press.

Success in Belgium
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 11.-Britain looked
today for national government to
hight the war as Winston Churchill
took over the seals Of ONCE as Prime
Minister from Neville Chamberlain,
Britain's great appeaser," who
agreed to serve In the new cabinet.
Prime Minister Churchill is ex-
pected to announce his new war
cabinet within q few hours, the
British Press Association reported
today. It added other members Of
the cabinet will be named next week.
MIR. Churchill conferred today With
Mr.. Neville Chamberlain and For
eisn Secretary Lord Halifax, and
later with two Labor leaders, Clement
r. Atlee and Arthur Greenwood.
Financial circles said Mr.. Cham.
berlain probably would be chosen
chancellor Of the exchequer, the
post he held IN the Baldwin govern.
ment before becoming Prime Minis. !,
ter May 28, 1887. other quartery
predicted he would be lord president
OF the council minister without
portfolio or leader Of the House Of
Commons.
1t was generally agreed that his
function would be to act as q check
on MI. Churchil1's daring.
British Go Into Action.
Communiques described how the
British, in cooperation with their
French allies, had gone into action
on land and In the air In response
to appeals from Belgium and the
Netherlands.
The British command In France.
announced that eight Nazi air At
tacks, attempting to break up the
British advance into Belgium, had
been driven on in the last a hours.
During the f1rst day Of the Ger
man invasion at least Il Beleian
civilians were killed in air raids, but
dispatches said the peoples morale
remained high. =.
The allies said they had shot
doNn, captured Or damaged - least,
ED QInalA 2lenea during ysafae.
|Aay1 1Ae YS oernaane g.
clared 100 allied planes were u.
|astroyed.
The Air Ministry announced to-
day the Royal Air furce destxuyed
at least 50 enemy aircraft yegter.
day and damaged or put out Of &C.
ton many more.
Some twenty Of our aircraft are
missing" the ministry said.
German Troop Planes ATTACKED.
The Air Ministry told Of q "de-
vastating" attack on German troop
carrying planes at The Hague and
Rotterdam, saying heavy damage
was inflicted before the Germans
could wheel anti-aircraft batteries
into position after capturing the
airports.
-Four German planes were de-
stroyed, they said, In one dive At
tack alone over WAalhaven, Rot
terdam's civilian airport, which was
one Of the first Nad objectives after
their dawn invasion was launched
yesterday.
The Air Ministry denied q Berlin
announcement that allied planes
had bombed Freiburg, Germany,
killing "A civilians. The British and
French governments previously had
warned that If German planes at
tackled undefended towns the allies
would consider themselves free from.
pledges given President Roosevelt to.
refrain from bombing anything but
military objectives.
British Claim Advances.
Britain's mechanized army, which
had been stationed opposite the
Belgian frontier In France for Just
such an emergency, was reported
moving steadily eastward.
The London Times, in q leading
editorial, welcomed the Netherlands
and Belgium into the growing fell
lowship of nations pledged to &C..
tive maintenance of the cause Of
civilization"
The grand alliance of our time
for destruction Of the forces Of
treachery and oppression Is being
steadily marshalled." the paper said.
King George vi addressed to the
ruling heads Of the Netherlands,
Belgium and Luxembourg q mes
sage Of sympathy over ."the brutal.
and wholly unwarranted German
invasion"
Invasion Called "Outrasea"
The Kings message to Leopold M.
King Of the Belgians, said: Ger
man forces are invading your coun-
try In fragrant violation Of inter-
national law and Of specific assur-
ances given by the German govern
ment.
This outrage is committed In
spite Of the strict neutrality OBJ
served by Belgium since the out
break Of the war. -
Il wish to express to your majesty
how deep Is my disgust ct this
crime and how profound my admit
ration for the gallant resistance now
being made BY the Beleian people
under your majesty's Leadership.
Tor the second time within \
quarter Of . century, Germany has
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