1940-02-27 — Page 9

Mr. Welles

Welles Stirs Italian Political Circles To A New Approach To His "Peace" Mission

HOUR'S WITH IL IL

ROOSEVELT THIRD TERM POLICY

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Washington, To-day.

An Indication of President Roosevelt's intention to run for a third term is seen in the fact that he submitted his name among the list of candidates for the primary elections At Illinois where the Democratic nominee for the forthcoming presidential elections will be appointed. Havas.

POLISH LEADERS SHOT

London, To-day.

TALK

DUCE

ROME, TO-DAY. ITALIAN INDIFFERENCE TO MR. SUMNER WELLES' VISIT HAS SUDDENLY GIVEN WAY TO AN ATMOSPHERE OF LIVELY INTEREST, NOW HE HAS SEEN MUSSOLINI AND COUNT CIANO. Immediately after Mr.. Welles had seen Count Ciano in the morning, the latter hurried to Palazzi Venezia where he spent half an hour laying the gist of the talk before the Duce. Mr. Sumner Welles' talk with Mussolini personally lasted

STEAMER SUNK--AND THE U-BOAT

Glasgow, To-day. The Glasgow steamer, Loch Maddy, 4,998 tons, was torpedoed In the North Atlantic on Fo- bruary 22. Four lives were lost. Thirty-five survivors were pick- ed up by a warship which là ba- lieved to have sunk the U-boat.

Reuter.

ITALIAN

about an hour. Immediately afterwards, Mr. Welles BIAS SHOWS

returned to his hotel and declined to make a state-

ment. Reuter.

Italian Scepticism

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London, To-day. The London press emphasizes that official circles in Rome are sceptical about his chances for discovering basis for peace negotiations in the immediate future.

Welles is leaving Home for Britain this evening.

He saw Mussolini at the Venezia Palace late yesterday, afternoon. Reuter.

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Rome, To-day. Political commentators assert that time is not working for the Allies.

The Allies, therefore, it is alleged, AUTOGRAPHED MESSAGE

are endeavouring to extend the zone During their interview, Mr. Sumner of operations In the present conflict Welles is understood to have handed to points where they are in a better

Mr. Welles, they comment, hopes to Signor Mussolini an autographed position than Germany, namely, Scan- to Anish his work and report to message from President Roosevelt.-dinavia or the Near East, ns seen 'in President Roosevelt by the first week Reuter. in April.

Mention is made of the fact that, in reply to a correspondent, Mr. Welles sald that, so long as he Is In Europe, the only state- ments he will make will be to announce the hour of his depar- ture from one place to another. Commenting

on

the "Daily Mail" says that if such is Hitler's speech,

the material for conversations be- tween Mr. Welles and the Nazi lead- ers in Berlin, he will have a "dis-

According to a Polish Gov- ernment communique, two well-known Polish industrial- ists, Robert Goyet, President of the Lodz Chamber of Commerce, and Guido John, ironmaster, have been shot by the Gestapo because At the present moment, says the paper, they refused to sign docu-neutral pressure. Although they will ments stating that they were of German nationality.

Both belonged to families of Ger- man origin. The communique states

that the Germans are now expelling

Poles from the Central Polish dis- tricts which were held by Russia be- fore the last war.

Six thousand families are slated to have already been driven out of Lodz. Large numbers of women and girls have been sent from Kalisz and other areas to Germany and their fate arousing anxiety. Reuter.

couraging talk."

NEUTRAL PRESSURE

the Allies must not be influenced by

welcome Mr. Welles' Investigation, their own task for the present is the

Other newspapers comment perfecting of their war machine.

the Allies have nothing to hide and

that

much to be proud of. They wonder

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the movements of the British naval forces off the Norwegian coasts and the British-French military reinforce- ments in the Near East.

The semi-official "II Telegrafo" contends that the Reich has nothing to gain through extension or the conflict considering Soviet economic assist- relations" ance and the, "excellent Germany has with nations in South- Eastern Europe. Havas.

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GERMANS PREPARING FOR BIG PUSH?

Luxembourg, To-day. GREAT ACTIVITY · AMONG THE German forces on the

right bank of the Moselle is reported by the correspon dent of the "Obermosel Zeitung” from Remich. The correspondent declares that trains have never been so numerous and that long columns of lorries, infantry and cavalry are visible, while munition and supply columns are, reported to be moving day and night. The Echternach correspondent of

four generals halted on Saturday at Echternach Bridge which leads across the same paper reports, with all e- the Sauer River from Germany into Mr. Sumner serve, that Field-Marshal Goering and [Luxembourg-Reuter.

if Hitler will take Mr. Welles on a personally conducted tour of Prague and Warsawl-Havas.

LEAVING FOR BERLIN THIS EVENING

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Rome, To-day,

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CHARLES LAUGHTON

↳ VICTOR HUGO'S

TRAWLER

IN THE WARS

London, To-day.

The British trawler Per- sian Empire, which came back to port yesterday morn- ing, has suffered no less than three attacks from Nazi planes.

The first was as far back as Janu- ary 12, when a Nazi 'plane tried to bomb and machine-gun it.

Last Thursday, it was attacked once more and again on Saturday.

On this last occasion, three R.A.F. fighters came up and the Nazi 'plane disappeared so quickly that the traw- ler was unable to bring into action its new machine-gun!-Reuter,

*** The Persian Empire was built at Hull in 1899. She is registered at Fleetwood and is owned by J. Ire- land.

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