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ITALY PROCLAIMS PACIFIC INTENTIONS

London, To-day. REVIEWING THE GENERAL situation the "Daily Tele- graph” writes: "While eyes are naturally fixed on the Norwegian battleground, events whose significance may or may not be considerable are marching elsewhere.

REYNAUD SCORES A TRIUMPH

Paris, To-day.

The secret session of the Senate which began on Tues- day ended yesterday.

"The inimical tone recently adopted by the Italian press invited a declara- tion by the Minister of Economic Warfare that we should like to know where we stand with Italy.

"It is to be noted that the Italian Government has hastened to deny the report that the Adriatic port of Bari has been declared a prohibited area and that fresh troops have been called to the colours.

official "At the same time, the propaganda news service in Rome

desired It le announces,

of all Italians that nothing should compel them to interrupt the constructive labour for destructive warfare." BRITISH AIM

as south-east The session proved a great personal

"That desire, as far

is Mediterranean triumph for the Premier, M. Paul Europe and the Reynaud, who spoke for an hour at concerned, is certainly shared by His the end of the debate reviewing the Majesty's Government, as sufficiently entire military, political and diploma-declared in the Prime Minister's state- tic situation.

ment yesterday on the results of the Ministers in No vote was taken as the object conference of British

has been of the debate was only to hear re-south-east Europe, which

air held in London in the last 10 days. ports from the army, navy and commissions of the Senate, but the "Its purpose was 'to preserve peace prolonged applause from all sides of and promote security in the Balkans the House at the end of the Premier's and Danubian countries' and to place speech indicated the Senators' senti-trade exchanges on a broader basis."

Reuter. ments.

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an

A storm of applause greeted

Rey- emphatic declaration by M. naud that the Government Intend- ed to pursue its efforts to win the war in the closest co-operation with Parliament.

naud's parliamentary position.-Reu- ter.

Absolute Confidence

Paris, To-day. According to all signs, the develop-

the The absolute confidence felt in the ment of the war situation and

it have Reynaud Government is indicated by Government's handling of

Rey-

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London, To-day. Commenting on the American statement regarding the Dutch East Indies, "The Times" writes: "Ger- many's brutal- swoop on Norway and Denmark seems to have un-

of done at one blow the effect months of assiduous Nazi propa- ganda in the United States.

"Many Americans had been lull- war ed into believing that the did not and could not affect them, that the Allies were fighting sole- ly in defence of their own mater- . lal interests, and that it did not matter to the rest of the world which side was victorious.

more

"Their growing indifference to the issue of the struggle has been rudely disturbed by the attack on two small nations which, perhaps than any others, have been liked and respected by the American people.

the "The outrage has exposed falsity of German propaganda and has convinced

the most sceptical that a Nazi victory would be a blow to all the principles in Americans believe and which might well imperil vital American interests.

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"The approval which greeted the American statement on the Dutch Indies and the whole tone of American comment, shows understanding of the dangers threatening the world from Nazi aggression and fresh sympathy with the efforts of the Allies to defend the rights of free countries to live their own lives and not be dragooned into becoming lebens- raum for aggressive Powers.

"Americans are just as determin-- ed as ever to keep out of war, but what one American

newspaper stigmatises as the obscenity of the attack on Norway, has re-opened their, eyes to the nature of the European conflict."-Reuter.

the fact that during yesterday's secret session, Senators who had announced their intention of interpellating, with- drew their questions.

At the close of the session the en- tire Senate acclaimed the Premier.

M. Reynaud spoke for over an hour but the contents of his speech - are not known,

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TÉL: 20022 or 33993

London, To-day.

The -British naval survivors landed in Scotland yesterday in- cluded a number of survivors from the destroyer Hardy which grounded after the naval engage. ment at Narvik.-Reuter,

The

"The un-

Tokyo, To-day. A joint conference of Foreign Office, Army and Navy seniors has agreed to ignore entirely the American statement on the Dutch East Indies. At the press. confer- ence the Foreign Office spokesman said: "We deem it superfluous to Ja- comment on the statement," panese press reaction to the state- ment Is broadly hostile. "Asahi Shimbun" declares: American attitude is rather friendly and not understandable. inter- savouring of unnecessary ference with West Pacific affairs." The "Hochi Shimbun" says: "The United States, which must have a say in everything, has issued a statement which is a mere hash of American arbitrary in- ternational ideas and citing trea-. ties which are manifestly Incom- patible with the Japanese axiom that until the unfair status quo, not only in the Far East. but throughout the world, is replaced by a fair new 'order, no peace can be expected.

Is

re-

Undoubtedly the statement intended as-a-political move to re- strain Japan's southward expan- alon policy but tha, United States should know that such an attempt will only Inflame the [Japanese, people."-Router.

The prefix "Special" to telegrams is uSSO The secret session was followed by by the "Sunday Herald" and "China Maili to Indicate news, which is strictly copyright a short public sitting, at which the

under the provisiona" of the Telecommunica Senate chairman declared that the

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