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ITALIAN SEVEN-DAY
YUGOSLAV OFFENSIVE STAYED
REBUFF TO NAZIS
Negotiations Drag On
The Yugoslav-German negotiations are dragging on, with the Nazis still reluctant to agree to the Yugoslav proposal for a non-aggression pact bas- ed on absolute neutrality, coupled with recognition of the complete integrity of Yugoslav territory and interests.
Further evidence of the firm desire of Yugoslavia to maintain absolute neu- trality is contained in a leading article in the in- dependent Belgrade news- paper "Politika," one of Belgrade's principal
dailies.
After emphasising that strict -neutrality is Yugoslavia's policy, the newspaper stresses that no- body
threatened hitherto has the country but that Yugoslavia would resist an attack from any quarter.
"Tricks Or Pressure"!
Yugoslavs would reject all at- tempts to turn them from the path they were, following to-day and would refuse to submit "to any policy of tricks or pressure which would humiliate them in their own eyes."
In the
an at-
event of such tempt being made the nation, de- spite its desire for peace, would defend its freedom and indepen- dence.
Reuter.
MINE EXPLOSION DAMAGE
Licking Wounds: NAZI Forty Per Cent. Effectives Lost
U.S. NAVAL VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
Two United States cruisers and four de- stroyers will arrive at Auckland (New Zea- land) to-day in the course of a training cruise.
Announcing this in Wellington yesterday, the New Zealand Prime Minister, Mr. Peter Fraser, said the warships will again on Thursday.- Reuter.
Greeks
Rescue
"LICKING THEIR wounds" after their unsuccessful seven-day offensive on the cen- tral battlefront in Albania, the Italians re- frained from any major attacks yesterday, said an Athens official spokesman.
The Italians appear to be busy attending to their wounded and, according to prisoners, are making lying attempts to mask the ex- tent of their debacle, added the spokesman.
He
Rome Admission
FIRE BLITZ
German raiders drop- ped many hundreds of in- cendiary bombs on a West of England town last evening but few fires re- sulted.
bombs
were
High explosive also used.
London had a brief alert dur- ing the evening but so ar
incidents have been reported. there is nothing to report
110
The Air Ministry announce that cun-
cerning the daylight hours yes- terday.--Reuter.
COLONEL
described the Ita- lian High Command as
The first admission that DONOVAN enraged at the failure of their offensive despite the anything unusual is going
employment of $120,000 on at the Greek front, was IN LISBON
men.
made by Rome radio!
The spokesman said the loss of yesterday. Italian effectives engaged wash often as high as 40 per cent.
Reuter. leave
RAF Pilot
BRITAIN SELLING UP IN U.S.
The British holding in the American Viscose Cor-
Pilot poration, a subsidiary
of
Courtauld's Ltd., and the
A battle between Greeks largest producer of rayon and Italians, with a Bri- in the United States, has tish airman as prize, is been sold on behalf of the described in the Greek British Government to a newspaper "Eleftheron" group of American invest-i quoted on Athens radio ment and banking firms.
The transfer of what was pro- last night.
bably Britain's most valuable the United THE NEWSPAPER SAYS THE single holding in AIRMAN BALED OUT AND States, as part of the programme LANDED SAFELY NEAR THE to raise dollar exchange, was ab- ITALIAN LINĖS. THE ITA-nounced in New York yesterday LIANS PREPARED TO TAKE by a British Treasury expert. HIM PRISONER BUT A BAND TOTAL PRICE CÂNNÖT YET were OF GREEKS SPRANG FROM BE STATED BUT THE CON- damaged, walls being THEIR POSITIONS AND EN-TRACT REQUIRES THE PAY-
·MENT OF "APPROXIMATELY cracked and windows GAGED THE ENEMY.
A hand-to-hand battle ensued | $40,000,000 ON ACCOUNT. IT shattered, "In Shap Lung which ended with the defeat of 15 ESTIMATED THAT... BE-
the itallang.
TWEEN $80,000,000, 'AND Village, about a mile and The British airman was taken $100,000,000 WILL BE REALIS-
ED - REUTER.
Several houses
ably celebrated. Reuter.
a half south-west of Sil-back in triumph to the Greek ver Mine Bay (Lantau Is-line, where his rescue was sult- land) last Wednesday night when a mine ex- ploded on the beach.
There were, however, no cas- ualties:
Island at 8 p.m. on Wednesday.
One of the mines struck rocks. off Shap Lung Village and CX- ploded.
According to a belated police The other mine, it is under- report, two mines drified. from stood, has been rendered useless
their moorings towards Lantau' by a naval patrol.
MISSING 'PLANE REPORTED SAFE
It is now known that an air- craft previously reported missing from last Saturday night's opera- tions by the Bomber Command has landed safely away from its base, says Reuter from London.
BEFORE COLONEL. WILLIAM DONOVAN, PRESIDENT ROOSE- VELT'S SPECIAL ENVOY TO Referring to an announcement EUROPE, LEFT FOR HOME BY in yesterday's Italian communi- THE CLIPPER ON SATURDAY, que, that "in the course of local! HE HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH activity Italian troops captured SIR SAMUEL, HOARE, BRITISH arms and prisoners in the sector, AMBASSADOR TO SPAIN, WHO of the 11th Army," the announcer CAME TO LISHON A DAY OR
BY TWO PREVIOUSLY
CAR indicated that
FROM MADRID.
"Something more than patrol It is understood they discussed activity is in progress and that the question of supplies to Spain, the action was intended as a test Portugal and unoccupied France. of enemy resistance on the Greek | Col. Donovan also conferred front, where things are getting with Dr. Salazar, the Portuguese. hot."-Reuter.
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