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BIG PUSH COMING? Intense Nazi Activity On Luxembourg Border

Paris

CURFEW

On Qui PROCLAIMED Vive

London, To-day. Germany's military pre- parations in the vicinity

· of Luxembourg

and

Alsace are taken to-day

much more seriously than

IN JERUSALEM

Jerusalem, To-day.

Curfew. was proclaimed throughout Jerusalem last night as a result of further Jewish de- monstrations against the now land regulations.

A few Jews were Injured In scuffies.

Curfew has also been proclaim- ed at Tel-Aviv-Reuter.

before in well-informed NAZIS WILL

quarters in Paris, accord-

ing to a French corres- ATTACK pondent in the "Daily COAL SHIPS

Telegraph."

The correspondent states that feverish activity has been observed in the Luxem- bourg-German frontier dis- tricts crossed by the rivers Our, Sauer and Moselle.

Day and night, detachments of German troops are engaged in building small forts. Barbed wire which prevented approach to ferry crossings on the Moselle between Oberbillig and Wasser- billig is being pulled down.

In the neighbourhood of Basle, Ger- man reinforcements are advancing towards the Rhine, especially in the direction of Loerrach,

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Amsterdam, To-day. Reliable reports from Ger- many state that the German air force has received in- structions to wipe out British colliers from the seas, in or- der to prevent Britain sup- planting the Reich in the Italian market.

It is understood the German air. force will pay particular attention to British colliers loaded with Northum- berland coal from Newcastle, since the German Government believes that Welsh and Scottish coal is not suffi Ten divisions have been concen-cient to compensate for the interrup- trated-in-that-area,- three of them-tion-of-coal shipments from the Tyne.. at Loerrach.

The German General Staff belleves that this drastic German action can prevent British coal supplies to Italy.

The Swiss military authorities, the correspondent adds, have called new classes of reservists to the Colours, |--Havas The calling up was to take effect on Saturday but it has been advanced to to-day. Reuter..

NO CHANGE IN VIBORG SITUATION

HELSINKI, TO-DAY. THE SITUATION IN THE VIBORG AREA HAS UNDERGONE NO IM- PORTANT CHANGE." FIGHTING IS STILL CONTINUNG IN THE CITY, WITH THE FINNS REVEALING THEMSELVES · ·AS ADEPT AT STREET FIGHTING AS IN FIELD OPERATIONS.

The Soviet forces attacking across the Bay of Viborg have secured con- trol of one or two islands, but all the main strategic points are held solidly by the Finns and Russian losses have been severe. — Reuter.

(Fuller reports on the Finnlah Campaign Will be Found In Page 4)

BELGIAN EVACUATION PRECAUTION

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BRUSSELS, TO-DAY.

EVACU- THE PRECAUTIONARY ¡ATION OF THE POPULATIONS OF CITIES WAS CERTAIN BELGIAN DISCUSSED YESTERDAY BY THE PRIMIER, M. PIERLOT, AND THE WAR. MINISTER, M. JASPARS.

The Cabinet met to hear the report of the Foreign Minister, M. Paul Spaak, on the shooting down of Belgian air- craft by a Nazi, bomber on Saturday. M, Spaak said he thought Belgium. should accept Berlin's apologies and explanations-Havas.

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SEIZURE OF ITALIAN COAL SHIPS

NO ACUTE DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED

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LONDON, TO-DAY. IN CONNECTION WITH GERMAN COAL EXPORTS TO ITALY, POLITICAL CIRCLES STRESS THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS MADE IT PLAIN THAT BRITAIN IS READY TO SUPPLY ITALY WITH BRITISH COAL IRRESPECTIVE OF THE- RESULTS OF THE ANGLO-ITALIAN TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, AND THEREFORE ITALIAN IN- DUSTRY WILL NOT SUFFER FROM THE EX- TENSION OF THE BLOCKADE. Diplomatic circles point out that British public opinion unreservedly supports the Govern- ment's firm action.

Meanwhile, in Rome, Italian press comment on the

blockade of German coal is now less violent. All the Rome newspapers reported without comment the fact that British colliers carrying coal to British con- warships had already diverted Italian traband control bases.

RECONNAISSANCE OVER GERMANY

London, -To-day. Italian correspondents in Paris and British planes made another long Londoni stress that the new British | reconnaissance flight over Germany measures are directed against the last night, while French machines re- Reich and not Italy.

connoitred behind the Siegfried Line. --Reuter.

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