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PRINCESS OF DENMARK BORN

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Amsterdam, To-day. Crown Princess Ingrid of Den- mark has given birth to a girl. It is learned from Copenhagen.

Princess ingeld, who Is 30, married Crown Prince Frederick in 1936. The newly-born baby la their first child.-Havas.

ONE LAST "CHANCE" FOR KING

GERMANY

BERLIN, TO-DAY. YESTERDAY

GAVE

ALLIED DRIVE IN BALKANS

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LONDON, TO-DAY. EXTREMELY ENERGETIC DIPLO- MATIC, POLITICAL AND ECONO- MIC ACTION WILL BE TAKEN BY THE ALLIES IN SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE AS THE RESULT OF THE CONFERENCES JUST HELD HERE BETWEEN THE FOREIGN OFFICE

ENVOYS AND BRITISH

IN THE

BALKANS.

First of all the Allies will tighten the control of German imports.

In-

Measures to this effect will clude the purchasing of Important quantitles of certain goods, and the rationing or even complete cancel- lation of Allled exports of certain fundamental commodities to

cer-

tain countries, if the latter do not reduce their exports to Germany. However reductant the Allies may they take ruthless action, be to KING HAAKON OF NORWAY "ONE will not hesitate to do so now that it LAST CHANCE" TO CAPITULATE | is clearly demonstrated that Germany TO THE GERMAN OCCUPATION is benefiting from the Allied desire to OR FACE THE LIFE OF A FUNT-respect neutral interests.-Havas. ED EXILE."

to is the real situation in

The puppet Oslo Government is "dragged along like a prisoner by the

without a chance making a final effort to communicate jrump Cabinet with him and try to persuade him to learn what return to the capital. They decided that his essential "to people."

have

Norway."

collaboration

of the welfare

is the

In Berlin that the It is admitted puppet Government' is only able to exercise its power over the German- From the Nazi point of view, King ocoupled areas and that in the north may be able to rally Haakon is faced with the alterna-King Haakon

the Norweglans for a stand, "espe clally if the British land at Narvik.”

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tives of "Thrane or Exile."

official German According to the news agency, King Haakon is being

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London, To-day.

"The Allies had no easy pro- blem but fortunately the gallant assistance of the Norwegians eli- minated many difficulties," says the military correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" commenting on the strategic position in Norway.

"Selection of suitable points of disembarkation was an important element in the Allied plan. Fro- tection of the expedition in pas- the provision of an sage means adequate naval escort and a con- centration of ships.

"It was an amazing achieve- ment to despatch and equip a strong and properly equipped expedition within a week of the first warning."

The military correspondent of "The Times" declares: "The Ger- mans are still not fully informed about the British landings. It is probable no official news will be issued till the enemy has obvious- ly identified the landing places,' and even then information will be meagre."

Reuter.

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Amsterdam, To-day.

An official Note published in the press points out that the Dutch Indies have their own government and their integrity was guaranteed at the Washington Conference in 1922, in particular by the United States and Japan.

In the presence of menaces which

threaten this "Dutch crown. may Jewel" the Dutch Government has considered several measures.

Firstly, the general reinforcement of the army and navy stationed in the Indies.

drawn Secondly, should Holland be dra into the war, to confer on the Indies greater administrative autonomy..

Numerous efforts have been ob- served in Holland to interest the: United States in the fate of the Dutch possessions.

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Queen Wilhelmina and the Foreign Minister, as well as the Indies Gov- ernment, have recently addressed

to radio messages people.

Havas.

the

American

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London, To-day. The "News Chronicle" declares this morning: "An important sequence of the Allied successes Norway will be an immediate stiffen- ing among the small neutrals. Every fresh achievement will brace them up to resist Nazi pressure."Reuter.

Rome, To-day.. of The replies Yugo-Blavia, Bulgaria and Hungary to the Ru manian proposals for policing the Danube have reached Bucharest and are clearly favourable, étatos a Bucharest message to the Ste- fani news agency.

It is stated one of the principal points of the new arrangement is that steamers capable of being transformed Into warships; will not be allowed on the Danube.

As a result of the proposed moa- sures the four Danube countries conalder they can protect the riv- or against sabotage.-Reuter.

London, To-day.

A leader in the "Dally - Tefe- graph" this morning declares: "The German mind la evidently in no state to be trusted with the news that the great aerodrome at Stavanger has been bombed again by wave after wave of British air. craft.

"Success of the raid will : shat, ter German, delusions that their air strength can avert the penalty of disastór to an overseas expedi tlon undertaken without command of the sea."--Reuter,

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London, To-day. The Stockholm correspondent of "The Times" reports that German troops occupying Halden have now loft the town backuse they were "needed elsewhere." Router.

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