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ITALY'S
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 17, 1940.
HESITATION
Liner Sailing Seen As Fortnight's Grace
Public Privately Praying For Nazi Setback
ROME, TO-DAY.
THERE IS A WIDESPREAD FEELING IN ROME TO- DAY THAT EVEN IF THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED UPON EVENTUAL
BELLIGERENCY
THE PRESENT STATE OF ALARM MAY CON- TINUE FOR SOME TIME.
The sailing of the "Conte di Savoia“ is taken as in- dication of at least a fortnight's peace since it is thought Italy would not care to risk her sei- zure in the Atlantic.
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Meanwhile the press continues its whole - hearted
support of Germany.
It is nevertheless clear that anxiety is growing daily among the masses regarding the present operations, and many a prayer is being uttered that Germany shall be speedily crushed.
Meanwhile, says a Cairo message, Italians in Egypt are being quietly advised by their local consulates to leave that country.
Americans are being unofficially ad- vised to be ready for possible evacua- tion.
The Egyptian authorities have be- gun the evacuation of areas at Hello- polis, which is a suburb of Calro, and Alexandria and the neighbourhoods of aerodromes and other military targets. -Reuter.
Guard On Legation Withdrawn
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Rome, To-day. · The authorities last night with- the drew the guard placed outside -Yugo-Slav Legation. No further anti-Yugo-Slav anti-Allied de- monstrations have taken place. Havas.
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Italy Calm
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Rome, To-day.
Alarming Message (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Washington, To-day. President Roosevelt's message to Mussolini, it is learned, was connected with an alarming mes- sage received in. Washington on Tuesday that Italy was entering the war. Havas.
Americans Leaving
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BIG ROUND UP IN BRITAIN
London, To-day. Hundreds of motor-cars were used by Scotland Yard yesterday to collect the large number of allons being rounded up in Eng- land under the new decree aimed * Some at "Fifth Columnists." 3,000 are affected, and they are all in the "doubtful" category, who were not interned but could only move around under strong- police restrictions.-Router.
HOLLAND
WOMEN IN
NAZI
FIFTH
COLUMN
London, To-day.
New information about the methods of German
UNDER YOKE Parachutists in Holland
is being gathered in Lon- don.
London, To-day. The heel of Attila is already Each party was apparently allotted being felt in German-occupi-a special role. Each had detailed in structions, and Individual Dutch offi. ed Holland.
cers whom it was conaldered advia- able to shoot were specified by name and ́residence.
Many decrees have been broadcast, calling for a census of cattle, restrict- ing the buying of clothes and forbid- ding anyone to buy more than one day's supply of food.
The decree on petrol states:-"There is very little left and further supplies are not expected. Therefore, it is ne- cessary to use as little as possible."
Severe penalties are threatened and Belgrade, To-day. anyone found with firearms not cov- Americans in Yugoslavia are pre-ered by a German licence will be paring to leave as soon as possible-shot.-Reuter. Havas.
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Budapest, To-day..
American residents are considering sending their children home, although they have not yet received any official instructions. The U. S. Embassy Staff will stay here.-Havas.
GOT TEN YARDS
Kwan Cheung, 30, was sentenced to four months' hard labour by Mr. R. Edwards this morning, for stealing $100.
Det. Sergt. Cashman sald that a Italy is calm and no anti-foreign | Chinese was leaving the Canton wharf demonstrations are taking place. The with $100 in his hand, after he had press and radio made no mention of shown
it to the Police. Defendant President Roosevelt's message to snatched it and ran but was arrested
about 10 yards away.
Mussolini. Havas.
SWISS
The parachute troops were assist- ed by troops smuggled into Holland before the war, as well as by Dutch Nazis.
Germans living in The Hague to knew exactly what was going happen. Each knew his particular task. There is little doubt that, in Fifth Column activities, women also played..a part-Reuter.
ZEESEN'S
SHOOT DOWN 'BEAUTIFUL NAZI PLANE PICTURE'
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Lausanne, To-day...----
The General Staff declares in a communique that a Swiss chaser plane engaged a German bomber 3,000 feet over Zurich yesterday.
The anti-aircraft defence also Was The bomber opened fire. compelled to land, and 'burst Into flames.
Two members of the crew were in-
jured and interned and the other two escaped and are now being hunted
down.--Havas.
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the
Berlin, To-day. Early yesterday morning, the German radio told the German people a thrilling tale of how the world was gazing in wonder at the mar- vels of courage the German Army was displaying in Hol- land, Belgium and France.
"The Fuehrer long ago foresaw this beautiful picture of the future which is now realised on the battlefields of the West," the announcer went on, un- blushingly.
The German press trumpets that the battle is the decisive hour, for the German people and that they must forget the great sacrifice of life and think only of the outcome-which will be to give Germany a great world em- pire and make her the mightiest na- tion in the world: Reuter.
GREEK PRECAUTIONS
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Athens, To-day. Greece is reported to have sent troops to the Albanian.. frontier. Havas.
WEATHER REPORT
The Royal Observatory reports that a moderate, anticyclone has developed over North China. Shallow depres- sions are situated over Indo-China and Japan,
SHA-UE CHUNG RAID
A Japanese plane bombed Sha-ue- chung yesterday afternoon : according to Chinese reports to-day.
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