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HITLER-LAVAL MEETING PART OF POLITICAL OFFENSIVE TO KEEP U.S. OUT OF THE WAR
Confession Of Germany's
Dire Plight:
Proposals
To Vichy Govt. Rejected
LONDON. Oct. 24 (Reuter)
M
realise
"The most surprising "thing about the Hitler-Laval meeting is that it should occur at all that four months after France's downfall Germany should come to
of that there is still something to be made out the despondent. defeated remnants of a great empire is a confession, not of the latoni 'strength of France, but of the desperate need of Germany." writes Reuter's Diplomatic correspondent.
."It seems likely that Germany would press France for declaration of war as she would be expected to lose more they would gain: they would certainly find the French Army most unreliable, comrade in arms,
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POLITICAL WAR BEGUN
BASLE, Oct. 24 (Router)— The political offensive has be gun, says the Berila Corres- pondent of the Basler Nach- richten, with the meeting of Hitler and Laval and “events must take place before the presidential election that will definitely exclude and render America's participation in the war impossible."
GENERAL
CALMNESS OF BRITONS IMPRESSES · AMERICAN
Was Not "Blacked Out" In Motor Tour Of Country
LONDON, Oet 24 (Reuter) -Prominent Germans stated live. years ago that in the event of war between Germany and Mr. and they would plan the attack on London to coincide with" tha United States Presidential, elections,
Mr. Ralph Ingersoll, owner of a New York evening news- paper, said he was given this information five years ago in con- versation with Captain Wiedemann (Hitler's aide-de-camp) and with the German Consul-General in New York.
Mr. Ingersoll is paying a short | visit to London and after survey, ing the city under "bility" condi- tions, said he was bewildered by the calmness andi courage, with which the people were standing up to it and would return in America with a message of good cheer and admiration for the Brt- itish people
KING CAROL KEPT UNDER POLICE EYE
SUMNER. WELLES ON DEFENCE OF U.S.-S. AMERICA BALTIMORE, Oct. 24 (Reuter) "Defence of the United States in-"
NEW YORK, 24 (Reuter)-King volves ability to repel an attack!
During a motor tour of over 100 Carol and Madame Lupescu are "What is more likely is that could be persuaded to fight her against the US or an attempted i certair frest concessions were old ally, Britain.
invasion of any part of the new mites in England Ingersoll said being kept under surveillance by declared Mr. Summer that he did not feel that he had a Spanish police, It is reported. discussed at the meeting in ex
World" change for improvement in com
Welles, the Assistant Secretary of been "blacked out" from anything It is not confirmed that the ex that had been happening here Rumanian King and his mistress State, in an address here,
These sources stale that even M. Lavui were wling it 19
munications and supplies and most doubtful if Marshal Petain Recent years have made It He said that the only surprise uns have been arrested-but-it-is said.
"less rigid supevision.
he
could be persuaded and there is
that The most likely concessions little likelihood either would be tre surrender of the could persuade the French people. remainder of the French Navy to take up arms against England. and, possibly. French aeroplanes. In other well informed quarters It is too early to assume, however, here it is declared that the sug that the Vichy Government would gestion was made to the French t submit to such humillating con- authorities many weeks ago as the ditions."
INTIMIDATION OF U. S.T
A mes age from Zurich, quot- ing the Berlin correspondent of the Basler Nachrichten, states that get another alleged reason for the Hitler-Laval meeting, is that it is part of a great political offensive h
the Axis to prevent America's entry into the war.
price to the return of the Gov- ernment to Paris but was rejected.
· VICHY COLLAPSE?
The general bellet in diplomatic
clearer than ever that the Panama Canal cannot be, ren- dered secure nor our own terri- tory regarded as safe from invasion by air unless the territory of our neighbours to the south is equally secure and that cannot be achieved with- out the loyal friendship of other "American Powers. "There never was time when
circles here is that France would hemispheric solidarity was such a not enter the war on the side, reality," he added.
of the Axis. Many believe that
1 the Germans pushed Lavali
too far in this direction the Vichy Administration would collapse and
It would he very difficult for
The correspondent further states the Germans to put up any French that Germany * most anxlous substitute.
JAP. VIGILANCE
IN SHANGHAI-
the difference of degree: there had been less damage to obvious military objectives than the im- pression given in America.
NO SCARS
"Continuing, Ingersoll said that during the tour he, saw railways, stations, factories, airports" and harbours where shipping went on normally and cranes were loading at top speed. Yet there was not a single scar on any of them.
that they have been moved to new quarters at a greater distance from the Portuguese frontier
l'he extradition of the king and his favourite may be sought by the Rumanian authorities on charges arising from the death of Codreanu, former chief of the Iron Guard, during the Carol
regime.
UNDER VIGILANCE":
A message from Madrid states that King Carol is staying at an uolel in Seville and enjoying
He said that throughout the treedom at least inside the hotel Journey he only saw 13 bomb though he is "under vigilance." craters but, on the other hand. An earlier-report said that he tound more damage to non-mill- and Madame Lupescu had been
objectives in London than taken from Seville to Granada.
tary
UNRELAXED · CHUNGKING Oct. 23 (Central) 'expected/ -Vigilance in the Japanese con..
"The way your people is accept- trolled areas in Shanghai has not ing this is staggering. I do not Tight out of the question before that one of the chief purpose and yet been relaxed. says a Shang-mow what they are made of but Japanese Legation
tu put American Intervention
Some reliable circles suggest
operation is to secure the
Co-
demo
Hongkew, Nantao. Chapel and the western district are all barri-
the Presidential election and that aim of the German attempts to hat dispatch. German newspapers are putting secure some form of Fench Spain into the same picture.
They speculate that if France bilisation or the considerable could be induced to fight on Ger- French armies still fully mobilised many's side Spain could no longer and on a war footing in North keep out.
Africa.
passages
they certainly display a unanimity
which is and calmness
surpris.
For Australia?
caded with barbed wire entangle ing.
TOKYO, Oct, 24 (Reuter)-- ments. Only,, narrow
"Nobody seems to be in a nurry. A Japanese Legation is to be es are left for pedestrians and ve I find people queu'ng for buses tablished in Australia subject to hicles to pass, through.
and standing patiently reading the approval of the Privy Coun IDEA SCOFFED AT .
AXIS PROPOSALS
Barbed-wire barricades were newspapers, apparently absolutely cit, says a Japanese report. ZURICH, Oct. 24 (Reuter)-The erected yesterday in Avenue Halg unconcerned. WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (Reuters.
Axis Puwers recently laid --Well-informed French sources following proposals before
the adjoining Avenue Joffre In the the French Concession. here scott at the idea that. France
Vichy Government according reports to the newspaper Volks recht from Berne.
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1. France to hand over Alsace Lorraine to Germany and Nice to Italy.
PRINCE IN FRENCH AIR FORCE LONDON, Oct. 24 (Reuter) Prince von Starherberg, former
2. Tunts to be divided between Austrian Vice-Chancellor, is now a
DEPRESSION MIL-
The special committee of the Privy Council, yesterday morning "I have been around the shel- beran deliberations on establish ters at night and during air raids a South Seas Affairs Bureau and not
In the Foreign Office ard tha seen evidence of any
Legation 17. Aus- panic anywhere. I have talked opening of a
tralia. with 300 or 400 people and have not found more than three or four depressed," he said.
France and Italy: Algeria to re-leutenant in the Free French Air Stressing the complete treedom
main French.
which he
to Force with pay and allowances of with
was allowed move about England, Ingersoll ob- This was revealed by Capt. H. H, served that in Germany, he would'
3. France to hand the northern £1.45. 11d, a day. part of Morocco to Spain.
4 The remaining French. Afn-Balfour. Under-Secretary or Air, be taken in a bus accompanied by
can Colonies to be jointly ad ministered
when questioned on the subject in 20 or 30 officials and then taken
and exploited by the House of Commons yesterday back.
France, Germany and Italy.
5. France to hand. Indo China
to Japan.
8. France to "place her Medi-
terranean Fleet and the AL Force stationed in North Africa at the disposal of Germany for
use against Britain.
7. If these conditions were "ac- cepted, Germany would evacuate the major part of occupied France except for the Channel ports and the
LORDS DISCUSS ISSUING OF
BRITISH WHITE PAPER
"
LONDON, Oct. 24 (BWS)Viscount Maugham in the House
of Lords yesterday suggested that the Government should const- der the publishing of a White Paper in a number of foreign languages as well as in English-containing-a-selection of the more striking German untruths,
An accumulation ur the astound-
so called closed areas ing and unblushing lies of the NEW JAPANESE Burgundy to the Belgian frontier land the coterfe of adventurers CHIEF OF S.
from the Swiss frontier across German Government under Hitler"
and the Somme,
and boastful gangsters by which
"AGITATED. DISCUSSION he has surrounded himself would CHINA FLEET These proposals the newspaper provide the Best method of fight- ̈ ̈ ̈ says, were submitted and examining this technique which had
Vice-Admiral Sawamoto
has
ed at a special meeting of the played a large part in the occu- been appointed Commander-in Vichy Government and, follow-pation of Austria and the con-Chief of the South Caina Fleet. 1. ing agitated discussion, were re-quest of seven other countries. according to a statement by the jected by a majority.
What decided
the issue Was the consideration that the Vicky Government "could" „not- prevent the French Colonies from decla ing for General de Gaulle should the proposals be accepted.
NEW U.S., FRENCH "CONSULS ARRIVE
German lles amounted to a
new
weapon. The Germans invented polson gay as WCA pon of war and they could now boast of using polson of another kind, namely, dett herale untruths intended to polson the mind.
Japanese naval spokesman, quoted by a news bulletin from Daventry. It, was also added that the first fleet of Chinese lorries to use the. Burma Road since it was opened. Kunming have now reached despite several attempts to bomb them on the way.
The Daventry news bulletin add The Duke of Devonshire, in re-ed that a British subject was plying, said that the principal killed yesterday when Japanese weapon of the Ministry of- -In- planes bombed Kunming.. SHANGHAI- formation was truth. There were CHUNGKING, Oct. 24 (Central) various publications covering a Mr. Frank Fruit Lockhart, new very large number of foreign STALIN. TO RECEIVE US Consul General in Shanghal, languages drawing attention JAPANESE ENVOY
arrived in Shanghai, aboard the truth
morning.
to
LONDON.. Oct. 24 (Reuter)
8.8. President Coolidge yesterday He said he would bear in mma The German Radio states that the suggestion of a White Paper Stalin himself will receive the Mr. Locknar 1 succeeding Mr. but he was not at present of the
new Japanese Ambassador," on Clarence Edward Gauss who has opinion that one should be issued. Saturday when the latter presents been transterred as 13.8. Minister
his credentials.
to Australia. He was formerly
U.S. Consul-General in Tientsin KENNEDY TO RETURN NORWEGIAN C-IN-C
and Conticellor of the US. Em-
bassy in Pelping. He will assorte office within this week.
TO LONDON?
FOR BERLIN AD WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuter) LONDON, Oct. 24 (Reuter) - M. Jean Paul-Boncour, newly Dischalming any knowledge of It is reported that the Comman appointed Counsellor tỏi
the Ambassador Kennedy's plans, Mr. der-in-Chief of the Norwegian French Embassy in China, and M. Cordell Hull to'd the press con- army has been flown to Berlin Roland de Margerie, new French ference yesterday that "as far as by the Nazis following his refusal Consul-General in Shanghai, ar: I know the Ambassador would be to sign the declaration of loyalty rived there by the same President returning to his post in London. to the Germans. liner yesterday.
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