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YUGOSLAVIA NOT TO JOIN AXIS ALLIANCE
ATHENS DENIES
GERMAN
APPROACH
An
authoritative
denial was given in Athens last night to
reports that the Gér-
man Minister
in
Athens had handed Dr. Korizis, the Greek Prime
Minister,
"certain proposals."
No proposals, it is stated, have been pre- sented.--Reuter.
GERMANS
INDICTED IN N.Y.
A Federal Grand Jury has indiated the German
The famous British aircraft- carrier "Ark Royal" romains afloat despite the frequency of Dr. Goebbels' wishful thinking.
This picture shows the "Ark Royal" in the last attack upon her off Sardinia. It shows huge columna water raised by Italian bombs faling clear of the ship.
of
7 NIGHT
RAIDERS DOWNED
Seven German aircraft were destroyed in attacks Britain on Monday night.
on
Four were shot down in the Portsmouth area, which was the main Nazi target, by anti-aircraft guns. They were seen to crash | or explode in mid-air by many witnesses.
JAMAICA TO GET
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
A n
important
Government state-
ment regarding
a
new Constitution
Will Not Sign If Asked
YUGOSLAVIA WILL not sign the Tripar- tite Pact even if directly asked to do so, ac- cording to well-informed quarters in Belgrade yesterday.
There is no reason to believe that Ger- many has already made a definite demand for Yugoslavian signature, nor is it confirm- ed that German pressure on Belgrade has been intensified.
Belgrade Interview
It is still considered likely that the Premier. M. Tevetkovitch, and Foreign Minister, M. Cincar Mar- The German Minister to Yugo- kovitch, wil visit Vienna within slavla, von Heeren,. had a long the next few days but rumours interview with the Yugoslav For- that aircraft have already arrived eign Minister, M. Marcovitch, yes- to take them, are unfounded. terday, says a Belgrade message to the official German news
Relations with the Reich are agency.--Reuter. somcia.ly described as per- fectly cordial.
Postponement of the Yugoslav statesinen's trip can be attributed to negotiations as to what form a declaration following such a meet-. ing wou d take.
Inopportune
ITALIAN
TRANSPORT TORPEDOED
A heavily laden Italian troop transport was tor- pedoed and sunk by a Bri- tish submarine...
▸
The leading Belgrade newspa- per, "Politika," yesterday publish- ed a Wilhelmstrasse statement saying: "It is inopportune at pre- sent to make any suppositions on Yugoslav-German affairs: it is bet- for Jamaica may short-ter to await actual results." ly be made in the "House of Commons,
Reuter understands.
It is understood that the island will have a Constitution based upon elections by popular vote. Reuter.
This was revealed in an official Admiralty.commanique yesterday Unconfirmed reports state that which adds that in reporting this a German aircraft was brought success the Commander-in-Chief, down by Yugoslav anti-aircraft| Mediterranean, states the trans- fire at Kladovo on Monday night. | port was of the Sicilia class of -Reuter.
9,646 tons, Reuter.
NAZIS & DARLAN "THREAT"
It was also learned last night that - two - German bombers about to take off from an aero- „drome In-Holland', were · ma.. ahine-gunned, by a British bomber returning from the threat to "convoy French *R‚Á‚F‚'1° raids on Cologne on merchantships" is "not a
Monday night. •
Admiral Darlan's
possibility but a certain
A Messerschmidt fighter which ty" alleged the German-
news agency, Trans- Ocean, its manager, Man- tried interception was
shot down-Reute
fred Zapp; and another employee named: Tonn;
omptly controlled yesterday.
Paris, radio
Thè announcer quoted a num-
for violation of the For 1 October, 1938, to further, the in ber of articles in the Paris. press eign Agents Registration terests of the German Govern in favour of this actions
['ment and the Nazi Party but fail-In well-informed quarters "In Law
ed to register with the State De- London. It was pointed out last Zapp and Tonn' have been ar- 'partment us the agent of a foreign | night' that this latest example of rested, it was declared in WashTM| principle; · that Zapp alded, and German propaganda lends support ington yesterday."
abetted the violation and that to the view that the Germans' are The indictment Galleged that Tonn, as Trans-Ocean's publicity anxious to see a clash between Trans-Ocean established a branch, agent, had failed to register. | the French and ··British fleets as Zugang – frs: the United = Stater :in: Router;
poon, as possible.--Reuter,
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