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HITLER'S HIGH-PRESSURE POLITICAL OFFENSIVE
Laval Talks Over: CRYPTIC
Now Conferring COMMONS
With Franco
RUMANIA
ARRESTS POLISH EMBASSY STAFF
in
All members of the Polish Embassy Rumania, with the exception of the Am- bassador, have been arrested, the German radio asserts.-Reu- ter.
ISOLATED
AIR RAIDS YESTERDAY
Enemy air activity over Britain yesterday was confined to a few isolated. attacks by single aircraft,
EVENTS APPEAR TO BE SHAPING THEMSELVES FOR DRA- MATIC DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE. HITLER, PAUSING BE. FORE RUSSIA'S SCARCELY DISGUISED HOSTILITY TO HIS SCHEME IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE, HAS TURNED AGAIN TO THE WEST AND A HIGH-PRESSURE POLITICAL OFFENSIVE, IN- VOLVING FRANCE AND SPAIN, HAS BEGUN.
As soon as Hitler completed his talks with M. Laval, who has probably, by this time, returned to Paris, he proceeded to the
Spanish frontier, accompanied by Von Ribbentrop, there to meet
General Franco and Senor Suner.
TOO EARLY
TO ASSUME
states an Air Ministry VICHY'S
communique issued last night.
Bombs were dropped by these aircraft on town's in the South- East coast and two places in the London area.
SUBMISSION
Slight damage only was caused By Reuter's Diplomatic
and there were no casualties, ex- cept at one place in London where the humber was very small- Reuter.
Houses Damaged
Correspondent
According to the Berlin correspondent of the “Basler Nachrichten,” – Hitler's campaign means that, for Germany's success “events must take place before the American presidential election that will definitely exclude and render America's participation in the war impossible”
ANSWER
“We shall know how to deal with any further at tacks by the forces of the Vichy Government.”
Thus declared Mr. R. A. Butler,
Under-Secretary for Foreign Af
fairs, in the House of Commons
Veste dation w asked whether
cons deration would be given to reprisals against French forces supporting the Vichy Government
systematic bombardment
who had been carrying on Gibraltar recently
Asked whether he would ad- mit that there had been bom- bardment of Gibraltar · by the French Forces, 'Mr. Butler said: "No. It would not pay to add anything to what I have said or to infer anything from it. There was a certain. Incident and have given a certain answer." -Reuter.
C. IN C. NORWAY ARRESTED
News of Hitler's meet-use against Great Britain. ing with General Franco Seventhly, if these conditions THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
was conveyed by the Ger- evacuate a major part of
were accepted, Germany would OF THE NORWEGIAN ARMY.
.oc- HAS BEEN. FLOWN TO BERLIN' man wireless, which an-cupied France, except the Chan- BY THE NAZIS, IT IS REPORT- nounced that Hitler and nel ports and the so-called "clos- ED.
ed areas," stretching from the It is said that he was taken to Franco, accompanied by Swiss frontier across Burgundy Berlin after he refused to sign a declaration of loyalty to the Ger- Ribbentrop and Suner, (Continued from Page 16) mans. Reuter, had arrived at the Franco- frontièr and
The most surprising Spanish thing about the Hitler-"may be conferring Laval meeting is that it there."
It is now known that bombs should have occurred at were also dropped at some other all. places in the London area, states
the
Nothing more definite on final aim of Hitler is forthcoming, but, speculation is inevitably cen- tred on what. pressures Germany
later Air Ministry and Ministry downfall, Germany should come That four months after France's of Home Security communique, to realise that there is something is prepared to exert against giving further details of raids still to be made out of the des- Franco to persuade him to enter during daylight yesterday..
pondent and defeated remnants of the war on the side of the Axis permit
A town in the east Midlands a great empire is a confession not and invest Gibraltar or and a town in Kent also suffered of the latent strength of France, German troops to pass through from the bombing,
but of the desperate need of Ger- Spain to attack Gibraltar.
In each of these areas, some many. houses were damaged and casual- tles were caused.
The latter are not numerous.but small number of persons
killed-Reuter.
HIMMLER LEAVES
MADRID
was
Herr Himmler, Nazi Gestapo chief, left Madrid by air yaster- day, mo
for Barcelona. Reuter
THE NAZIS IN LUXEMBURG
The Nazi Gauleiter of Luxem burg hos dissolved that little stato's -Parliament. Reuter
It seems unlikely that Ger- many would press France for a declaration of war as she would be expected to lose more than they would' again, ins
The would certainly find the French army a most unreliable comrade in arms. He would not be a willing partner against his former friends.
Humiliating Conditions
h
French Terms
The position in France is no clearer.
the the the
Swiss papers state that Axis Powers recently laid following proposals before. Vichy Government.
Firstly, France to hand over Alstice-Lorraine to Germany and i Nice to Italy.
Secondly, Tunisia to be divid- ed between France and Italy: What is more likely is that cer- tain fresh concessions were dis-Algeria to remain French. cussed at the meeting, in ex-|_ Thirdly, France to hand part chango for improvement of com- of northern Morocco to Spain. munications and supplies and less Fourthly, the remaining French rigid supervision.a
colonies, to be jointly adminis» tereg and exploited by France. Germany and Italy.""
The most likely concession would | be the surrender of the demander:
of the French Navy and possibly. Fifthly, France to hund Indo- French aeroplanes.
China to Japan.
- It is too early to assuine; how-Sixthly, France to place her fever, that the Vichy Government Mediterranean Fleet and alr would submit to such humiliat force stationed in North Africa 'ing conditions--Reuter,"
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