Dry Sum
Wednesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH..
October 30, 1940.
ITALY FORCED TO TAKE BACK SEAT
"Hands Off" Says Hitler
ZURICH, Oct. 29 (Kleuter).-A Franco-German agreement has been made possible only by Hitler at the Florence meeting. persuading Mussolini to accept a limitation of Italy's territorial ¦ aspirations with regard to France, in the opinion of diplomatic ebservers here.
Italian aspirations envisaged the cession by France of Cor- sien. Savoy and Tunis, but It.I understood that under the new settlement, France will retain Corsica and Savoy, and possibly even Nice. With regard to Tunis, nothing is known.
it I thought likely that Italy
stipulated that she receive compensa-
tion at the expense of Greece,
Other concessions Germany prob-
ably made to France include:
French retention of Lorraine but
nol AlaceT
The transfer of the Vichy Govern-! ment to Paris,
The moving northwards of the demarcation line between occupied and-unocoupled territory.
France's Obligations
In return for these concealons, France will be bound to co-operate economically
politically
MOSCOW MOVES Diplomats Work
On Balkan War
MOSCOW, Oct. 29 (Reuter).
establishing under German leadership-Speeding cars through the
a "new order in Europe med foreign colony here to-day bore against Britain.
witness to the intense diplomātie It is thought here that France will probably hand over to the Axiajactivity due to
Powers, naval bases on her Mediter-developments. rancan coast and French North
The
the Balkan
Minister, Greek
Africa, The French Colonial Army
M.
would probably not fight against
Britain unless it were attacked but Diamantopoulos, called early on the possibility of the French Fleet Sir Stafford Cripps, the British participating in the war cannot be Ambassador. excluded.
Peace Talks Denied
of burg.
The Italian Ambasaartur, Signor WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (fruter), Rosso, is understood to have seen the --There is no foundation to rumours Gennan envoy, Herr von Schulen- at peace negotiations or ecasions territory by the French Government to Germany and Italy, states a French Embassy statement issued here to day.
The statement also denies that the Axis Powera have the use of strategic bases or that there is any curtailment of French sovereignty in any point in France or the Empire.
The Soviet press publishes long ecounts of the Italo-Greek develop- ments without comment.
Anglo-Turkish Friendship
20 Oct.
(Reuter) LONDON, Anglo-Turkish friendship is accen- tunted by a telegram sent to-day by the King to the President of Turkey on the occasion of the celebration of the Turkish of foundation the Republle,
No Strategic Bases SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
(UP). The 20 DUBLIN, Oet. French Legation in
statement R Issued to-day said the Minister was
In his telegram, His Majesty ex- authorized to deny the report that strategle bases in France or her pressed cordial greetings and heart- Colonies had been placed at the dis- felt wishes for the prosperity of the posal of Italy or Germany.
great Turkish nation.
FRENCH WORKERS
RESIST
Will Not Assist Nazis
It is Charlie Chaplin in his new film "The No, it isn't the man you think it is!
This is the first still that hes Dictator". This filin-his first talkie-was mado in secret.
been released.
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The attitude of the workers and peasants in occupied)ket this morning, France is causing grave concern to the Germans, though. nothing has been allowed to leak out in the Press and attempts to enforce a "labour front" on the same lines as that run by Dr. Ley in the Reich still continue to be mude.
A smothered battle-is-in-full Belgium, where_the_same_conditions swing, much of it literally be-apply.
The French peasantry, though not low the surface-in the coal,
yet all the townsmen, have now mines of the North, at Lens, learned that a considerable propor- enrimarked Bethune and elsewhere. The tion of their produce Is
Germany. It
it has come to their miners of the departments
of for
knowledge through the local mayors. Nord and Pas-de-Calais form who have been obliged to supply part of a population which is particulara for a general census of basically
towards food requirements. When this had Britain, and by their side there been completed they were Instructed work scores of thousands of to have about one-third of the area under cultivation reserved for the Poles, who are implacably anti- German.
friendly
These men will not be slaves of Hitler and Ley.
are
occupying nu
nuthorities.
TC-
Naturally, the growers have sul- lenly decided to grow what they need
hide the themselves and for Reports of riots in various town mainder-If, indeed, there is any, for not confirmed with certainty, the difficulties of obtaining fertilisers but what is really known to be hap- and machinery are still considerable. far more serious than The German-controlled Press and pening is transient and sporadle troubles pre-propaganda is addressing itself more bably traceable to bad conditions and more to the middle-class lown which the German will try to re-population who may still believe stories that Great Britain is starving What they cannot remedy and are France. now ruthlessly attempting to sup Pulitically a big battle was
the workers is a far more serious thing. when mess namely, the obstinate refusal, on earned the truth. pollten und patriotic grounds, to work for Germany.
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America Told British Navy Will Aid Greece
LONDON, Oct. 29 (Reuter)-British naval assistance to Greece had already begun, Mr. A. V. Alexander, the First Lord of the Admiralty, announced to-day.
He added: "I can assure our friends in Greece and America that, so far as is possible, every help which the Royal Navy can give Greece will be gladly rendered.”
Describing the "unprovoked, ruth-
less assault on the Greek nation" by Mussolini as a repetition of the stub in the back to Britain last June, Mr. Alexander sald that the Navy had done magnificent work in the Medi- terranean and the Red Sea in recent months. He added."Large numbers. of enemy submarines have been sunk and destroyers and cruisers have also been runk: but the greatest defeat has been the long rest periods of the Italian Beet in its barbours."
Nazi Army
In Balkans
70 Divisions
LONDON, Oct. 29 (Reuter).
Declaring that the British Navy-Germany has no fewer than 70 stood between the Dictators and the divisions of troops in south- tree people of the Western Hemis-eastern Europe.
phere, Mr. Alexander expressed ap
precisition of the release of 50 United A military expert in London said States destroyers to Britain and that the employment. of this force welcomed the move to lease naval must depend on Its using, suitable country and the extent of the petrol Pies to the United States.
supplies available.
Final Decision Continuing herald: “Because I feel
Only a small number of German that yo long as we can contur, to troops are at present in Rumania and rerist successfully (as we are doing this suggests that extensive military with the courage and fortitude of our action towards Turkey may not be wople and the gallantry of our pilots imminent, but there is the possibility in air attacks on these islands) sea of reinforcement of those troops by power will eventually encompass the the Danube through Hungary and enemy's destruction. I hope that the Yugo-Slavin. Royal Navy
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LONDON, Oct. 29 (Reuter).
The Lord Mayor of London's
NEW DELHI, Oct. 29 (Reu-, Fund for air raid victims now 11. ter).It is understood that the totals £1,300,000. .100 Eastern Group Conference on
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One of the latest gifts comes from Maharajah uf war supplies is to be the scene His Highness the 6.90 n. of at least informal discussions Gwalior, who writes: "I have been watching with concern the distress on broad questions of trade and caused to London's inhabitants by the industry outside the scope of the indiscriminate and brutal Nazi raids, request that my humble con- and conference proper.
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BLACK-OUT WAS NOT TOTAL
few weeks of their being overrun and the German radio "splashed" the
Air reports on last night's black- unob- numerous news. Now the conqueror is already! obliged to keep in every inine and Gul Indiente that every steel-works armed men of the scured lights were clearly visible in (Bereitschafts- the following areas: West Point,
Kowloon Wanchal,
water
emergency section
front.
dienst) of the Black Guard, ready, yaumali and Shamshuipo. need be, to shoot.
There have been strikes at various! Lights from Asbing vessels were points, unaccompanied by violence, particularly bad. for that, of course, would lend to useless slaughter. They were followed by cn cunny tactles, more difficult to meet.
The Germans have, however, do vised a system which consists, each pay day, of conveying practically all the workers of a given undertaking to another district. In this way they
hiopo
to
The public is reminded that the black-cut continues again to-night frum sunset to sunrise, and it is! hoped that the above faulls will be reetliled..
confuse the minds of the men No Armistice Day
and also to induce the women-folk
to make them change their attitude.
Simultaneously Assurances
Celebrations
The following telegram has been Excellency the received by His
alven that the coal, extracted in In- tended solely for French needs and that Germany has more coal than she can possibly need. The miners, how Officer Administering the Govern- uver, see where the coal goes, and ment from the Secretary of State for are well aware of Germany's oblige the Colonies:--- tion to supply Italy with 10,000,000
tons a year..
Importing German Miners Now the Nazis are trying the ox- German Importing periment of minere to mix with the less recalci trant of the French ones, 11 will hardly succeed either in France or in
4+26th October, 1910,
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