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BELGRADE BLAZES DEFIANCE OF THREAT
Dramatic Call Declines To Cower AXIS SHIPS
To Yugoslavia TO BE READY
General Simovitch, the Yugoslav Prime Minister, yesterday issued an Or- der of the Day which was broadcast to the nation.
The manifesto declared: "The interests of the country and the nation demand that the people shall guard their own houses and, if necessary, even defend them at the cost of their lives, for the sake of the Fatherland, the King and the nation.
"OUR ARMY. AIR FORCE AND NAVY ARE PREPARED TO DO THEIR DUTY."--REV- TER.
GERMANS FOUND ON
ITALIAN SHIPS
Among the survi- vors from the Italian cruisers and destroy- ers sunk in the Medi- terranean are 35 Ger- man officers, petty officers and gunners, according to Athens telegram re- ceived in London yes- terday, says Reuter.
on
BRITAIN'S ENORMOUS WAR EXPENDITURE
THE "ASTRONOMICAL” cost of the war to the British faxpayer is revealed in revenue returns issued last night showing Britain spent a record amount of £3,967,245,670 in the financial year which ended last night.
Total ordinary revenue from all sources was £1,408,867,097, leaving a deficit of £2,458,378,573.
Problem for the Chan- cluding the Purchase Tax), which cellor of the Exchequer in together are over £129,000,000
In Blackout TO FIGHT
THE LIGHTS OF BELGRADE STILL BLAZE DEFIANTLY AT NIGHT DESPITE THE FACT MINUTES MERELY
THAT THE CITY IS
FLIGHT FROM THE NEAREST GERMAN AIR BASE IN RUMANIA.
There has been no blackout in Belgrade since the crisis blew up while all the time Bu- charest cowers under blackout conditions.
This is typical of the difference in outlook of the two cities.
The German exodus from Bel- grade continues. The German Minister, von Heeren, himself saw of 1.100 German civilians as they teft Belgrade by special Danube steamer on Sunday night.
Passengers included hundreds of These the notorious "tourists." left messages with their landlords saying, "We shall be back in a month"
Most of them left their furni ture in Belgrade and are keep. Ling оп the
their tenancy of Nazi pa d apartments.
British Women Leave
At the
request of the British
Minister. Sir Ronald Campbell, nearly all British women in Bel- grade left on Sunday night for Istanbul.
A special train last night took the remaining Germans to Vienna, Italians already have disappear
ed.
German Troops
Precise reports in regard to Ger- man troops on the Yugoslav fron- tier are very difficult to confirm. (Continued on Page 16)
YUGOSLAVIAN
his forthcoming Budget above last year's figures. D'PLOMATIC
will be whether he will try.
Ten Millions A Day
by imposing new taxation, Total expenditure in the year, to narrow the enormous it may be noted, average £10,- gap between expenditure 500,000 a day but expenditure in
and revenue which other-nearly £13,000,000 a day.
the past three mons averaged
wise had to be bridged by borrowing.
ing..
ACTIVITY
The Yugoslav Minister in Berlin, M. Amtritch,
Excess of expenditure over has gone to Belgrade to revenue is covered by borrow inform his Government of The supply services, including
the. "effect which events the fighting forces, accounted for £3,637,113,000 of the expenditure £1,324,000,000 during the
The Floating Debt increased by in Yugoslavia have pro- as against £1,078,257,000 last and now amounts, to £2,813,-
year duced in Germany." | 410,000, compared with £1,489,- Cheering feature of the returns 200,000 a year ago.-Reuter. is n. net increase...of £359,678,404
year.
in total ordinary revenue, over last year's yield...
Revenue Return Revenue exceeded the Chancel lor's estimate by over £48,000, 000, largely owing to the success of new taxes, including the Par chase Tax, which he introduced in his July Budget.
VITTORIO VENETO GELIDENTIFIED
THE ENEMY DAMAGED IN THE MEDITER- BATTLESHIP
RANEAN BATTLE WAS THE 5,000 TON VITTORIO VENETO, Of THE LITTORIO CLASS, STATED THE CAPTAIN OF Most revenue items show sub- THE SUNK ITALIAN CRUISER stantial Increases, including ↑cus- |· POLA IN ALEXANDRIA YES- toms and excise (presumably in- |TERDAY. — REUTER,
This was announced in a Berne despatch to the French news agency quoting the newspaper "La Suisse?"! ~
The Yugoslav Minister in Mos- cow M. Gabrilovitch, has gone to Ankara, according to a Buda- pest despatch, quoting the news- paper "Maynap.”
conversa-
"M. Gabrilovitch is carrying on very important tions with the Turkish Foreign Minister""""Dr-Garajogia;' newspaper adde.
"There is no doubt, he is per- sonally best informed of the views of the Kremlin and` Ankara," Reuser.
S. AFRICANS
OCCUPY
BLOCKADE?
Rumours
are streng- thening in Rio de Janeiro that Axis ships are gather. in mid-ocean for convoy under the protection of
German battle-cruisers.
These rumours coincide with the sail ng of the Italian freight- ers Franco Martelli from Recite, Brazil, and the Friso from Forta- leza, Brazil, 24 hours after the departure of the German stermer Dresden from Santos.
The vessels, in
at clearing Brazilian ports on Sunday, gave Oslo as destination. The Franco Martelli is a 'anker recently released from embargo San when italian financiers at Paulo forwarded funds to pay her debts.--Reuter.
DIREDAWA VENTURED
towards TOO FAR
The advance towards Asmara, in Eritrea, con- tinues, stated an official in communique issued Cairo yesterday.
The occupation of Diredawa, in Abyss.nia, was carried
by South African troops now advancing westwards.
out who
are
AN ENEMY FIGHTER WHICH VENTURED OVER THE CHAN- NEL YESTERDAY WAS DES- TROYED BY R.A.F. FIGHTERS, IT WAS OFFICIALLY AN- NOUNCED IN. LONDON.
This is the only item of day- light activity by the enemy which the Air Ministry has to report- Reuter.
The forward movement developing in other sections. The number of prisoners is the retreating enemy are being
steadily
mounting
while guns collected in large
and war materials abandoned by Reu.er.
quantities.
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