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No. 91,985'

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1940

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TO FLORENCE EXPLAINED FRANCO WILL Mussolini Wary Of

MYSTERY TRIP OF U.S. WARSHIPS

The mysterious depar- ture, under sealed order, of five United States de- stroyers, seventeen bom- .bers, and one seaplane tender, from Key West, has led to much specula- tion in Washington.

The mystery was heightened when Colonel Knox, Secretary of the Navy, smilingly refused to state the destination of the flotilla.

Rumour is busy that the ships are

suggesting bound for

the French Island of Martini-

que, where the. differencé : ofj opinion between the pro-Vichy and the anti-Vichy partisans is reported to be nearing а climax.

While the five destroyers would be inadequate to seize the island

if the French Navy offered re-

American units including cruisers are in the Porto 'region. Reuter.

KEEP SPAIN OUT OF WAR

That General Franco will not be disappointed in his known desire to keep "Spain out of war, re- mains the prevailing sentiment in well-in- formed quarters' in Madrid. Reuter. 0000000000

ENEMY

RAIDERS

Double-Cross

IT IS NOW REVEALED THAT HITLER'S RUSH VISIT TO FLORENCE WAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF HEALING A RIFT IN THE AXIS LUTE THREATENING AS A RESULT OF HITLER'S NE- GOTIATIONS WITH M. LAVAL.

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TURKISH POLICY

Reuter's Zurich correspondent says that the one inescapable fact emerging from the news, both from Berlin and Rome, is that re- cent events have compelled Hitler to adopt the unaccustomed role of “appeaser," but whether with better effect that the appeasers of yester-eve is still conjectural.

Having in the first place failed in his at the Egyptian Ministry of -

Ministers representing the Balkan States met at

SCATTERED tempt to persuade Italy to sacrifice her terri-Foreign Affairs in Cairo

Enemy raider forma sistance, it is known that other tions which attempted a Resurprise daylight attack under cover of banks of over the dense clouds south-east coast area yes

by British fighters.

situationTM

torial claims against France, Hitler has been on Tuesday in order.. faced with further Italian recalcitrance in op- to discuss the s posing any active or passive assistance of arising from the Italian France in the war, which Mussolini feared might entitle Petain to equal partnership with Alhan, is understood Italy in Germany's "New Order."

Then came Hitler's hasty visit,

dépenda

to Florence which was followed sistance.

invasion of Greece.

The Turkish Minister, Sevki to havo declared that. Turkey was in complete agreement with Britain regarding present and future ac- upon Britain's retion. He added that Turkey's As they daw in from the sea, by significantly soothing Ge.man Hence the discussion

non-par.icipation in the hostill. of the ties for the present might well R.A.F. machines closed with them newspaper paragraphs, like that detailed execution of the Franco-be favourable to and scattered them into disorder in the "Zeitung" which asserted German collaboration agreement situation, rather then her

the general and retreat.

that while France has been offer- may proceed less smoothly than ticipation-Reuter. Reports received up to 4 ed participation in the Axis sys- ¦ was at first expected.-Reuter. p.m. (G.M.T.) yesterday show item if she broke with Britain, that five enemy aircraft had Germany had promised her no- been destroyed and that four thing regarding the later peace. British fighters were missing.

MINING OF terday, were again foiled GREEK WATERS

-The mining of strategic Greek waters was an- nounced by the British Admiralty in London yes- terday.

From that change of tone, the

It was also officially announced Italian Press became that two more enemy aircraft calmer. were shot down on Tuesday, making a total of thirty for the day.

noticeably

The Double-Cross?

On the west, all waters have been rendered dangerous east of but seven enemy aircraft

Final figures are not completed, Political observers deduce therefore that though Italian'

had

a line drawn roughly round the been destroyed over Britain up claims may be put in the back- west, coasts of the Islands of to last

evening according

to i

Levkas, Cephalonia and Zante (in the latest official statement. Four the Ionian Sea) and thence to British 'planes are missing. Cape Katakolo. on the Greek Reuter.

mainland.

This means that the gulfs of

Patras and Corinth and the p-

proaches to them have been ITALIAN

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mined.. On the cast Greece, the Gulf of Aegina has been mined north and west of the line between Cape Spadi and Cape Collona.

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OUTRAGE

The Gulf of Corinth bites deep- REVEALED

ly into the Greek, mainland" and

the isthmus only a few milles wide THATTAN, ITALIAN BUB- Apparates its head from the head MARINE WAS RESPONSIBLE the Gulf of Aegina. The FOR THE UNPROVOKED principal port on the Gulf of PEACE-TIME SINKING OF THE Acgina is Piraeus which serves GREEK CRUISER "HELLE” OFF Athens. Reuter.

·TWO TRAWLERS SUNK BY MINES

The Admiralty has announced that two- trawlers, the "Wave Flower" and the "Joseph Buxton" have been sunk by enemy mines,

Reuter.

THE IBLAND OF TINOS LAST- AUGUST: WAS REVEALED BY THE GREEK NAVY HIGH COM-! MAND YESTERDAY. et

Fragments of a two... tarpeŭpas

is

directed to France, Germany has ground while "appeasement"

assured Italy that her claims will | have. due consideration later.

The conclusions drawn are that, firstiv, Germany's now offer to Franco le mote.gof- erous that the original, offår; secondly,, that France is loft uncertain whother a temporary peace will be modified later to satisfy Italy thirdly, that France'a bargaining position

AIR RAID ALARM IN ATHENS

An air raid alarm was sounded

picked up after the attack, were in Athens yesterday, which lasted found by experts to be of Itallan for half an hour, from 4.20 p.m. manufacture,

to 4.30 p.m. No gunfire was heard

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