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Mussolini Backs Down At The Last Minute
HITLER
PLAN TO
ATTACK BALKANS
TO-DAY'S
FUNNY STORY
Berlin, To-day.
No less than 90 British naval vessels have been suŋk, damag- ed, or captured during the past 12 days, claims the German High Command!
The same source olaims that on Bunday night German troops captured Lillehammer, on the railway from the coast to the Al- lied troops on the Hamar-Elve- cum front.-Reuter.
TRYING TO BAG TROOPS FOR NORWAY?
LONDON, TO-DAY.
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PÄRIS, TO-DAY. HAVAS UNDERSTANDS THAT A DECISION TO AT- TACK HUNGARY AND YUGOSLAVIA EARLY THIS WEEK WAS ACTUALLY REACHED BY
· HITLER; ITALY WAS EXPECTED TO PARTICI- PATE IN ACTION AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA TO “PROTECT ITALIAN INTERESTS,” THEREBY EXTENDING THE WAR TO THE BALKANS AND THE MEDITERRANEAN.
NAZIS OPEN TO ATTACK FROM REAR
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Grong (near Namsos),
To-day.
Havas' special correspon- dent at Grong reports that German 'planes again bomb- ed the Namsos/Grong high-
and way
the Stavan- ger/Trondheim highway yesterday.
Apparently the small town of Grong
was the main objective.
The plan was prepared in Berlin and Hitler believed
that Italian participation was assured. According to unimpeachable sources, Italian agree
ment was withdrawn at the last minute, either because Germany had not fulfilled some condi-Trondheim by establishing llaison tions or because the Italian Government sudden-between the Norwegian South Army ly changed its mind.
German troop concentrations near the Hungarian and Yugoslav borders continued throughout last week, but THE AIR MINISTRY ANNOUNCES | were not followed by corresponding THAT A NUMBER OF ENEMY AIR~| movements of Italian troops. CRAFT APPEARED OFF THE EAST The change in the Italian attitude AND SOUTH-EAST COASTS YES-coincided with the arrest of M. Milan TERDAY, APPARENTLY AT-Stoyandinovich, former Yugoslavian TEMPTING TO LAY MINES IN THE Premier who was known for his pro- APPROACHES TO THE THAMES Nazi sympathies. AND HUMBER ESTUARIES.
Anti-aircraft batteries. and naval units opened fire at several points and fighters were sent up.-Reuter.
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London, To-day.
A heavy bombardment was heard last evening off the south-east coast of Britain. Bove "planes were soon flying over the sak~~Havar,
QUISLINGS NOT WANTED
(SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") Amsterdam, To-day.
Holland's
"No Quisling here" is motto following the proclamation of a state, of "selge.
Police patrols have been reinforced in every large town and it seems that ALLIED ADVANCE ON the High Command have taken over
TRONDHEIM
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Parja, To-day- The Allied advance towards "Trond helm is going ahead rapidly.. Allied
troops are nowon' the road from Namsos to Levangerna de Arg
While the Germans maintain that they are still holding Hamar, the Nor-
wegian categorically declare that it has fallen to Norwegian and British troope.
Two hundred
came do
Norw
control of the Police forces.
Searches are carried out everywhere, and many suspicious foreigners, in- cluding a number of German subjects, have been atrasted. Havas.
TRAWLER'S STRANGE CATCH OFF ENGLISH COAST
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tho #ht.
The Norwegian and Allied troops are trying to form a semi-circle around
and North Army, which has already attacked the Germans in the Trond-
The opinion is prevailing in Parisheim sector. that despite Rome's fallure to comply Owing to the speed of their trans- with German desires, the Italian, atti- port, the Allies will soon be able to tude remains open and no undue attack German troops from the rear optimism would be justified.-Havas. at Trondheim.--Havas.
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