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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 28, 1940.
TROOP
MOVES
GOEBBELS INVENTION Berlin-Inspired Rumours With A Purpose Storm Part Of The
Havoc in Rumania
A great storm along the Black Sea coast has caus- ed extensive damage, ac- cording to a Havas agency¦ despatch from Bucharest yesterday.
Several ships have not been able to discharge cargoes at Constanz
The Lower Danube : complete.
Nazi War
Of Nerves
(By Reuter's Diplomatic Correspondent)
MANY RUMOURS which flow in almost daily about large German troop movements in the Balkans, in Italy and elsewhere are likely to be part of the German propaganda
ly frozen over, traffic on the river, machine. betweent Giurgiu, in Rumania, and !
terrupted.
Kusciu, in Bu garia, has been in- It is believed the Germans are taking ad- Rail traffic between Sofia andi vantage of the fact that while there is no real- Bucharest has been forced to make! ly clear-cut policy for them to circulate in
a detour.--Reuter.
SWISS GOVT. ACCUSED
THE SWISS GOVERNMENT
WAS ACCUSED OF INSPIRING AN ANTI-BRITISH PRESS CAMPAIGN BY THE ZURICH NEWSPAPER "VOLKSRECHT" YESTERDAY.
Discussing the recent bombing of Swiss towns by foreign 'planes. the "Volksrecht" says the Govern.
Europe, rumours such as these from the Unit-
ed States could be very useful to them and harmful to the British cause.
In the case of reports of troop concentra- !tions in Rumania, the Germans have fasten- ed on to an announcement by the Hungarian Tailway authorities that traffic was to be cur- tailed from December 28.
were
in
It is car that if the Germans One does not have to look fa.
moving large numbers to see the German motives through Hungary there would spreading rumours of troops con- have to be curtailments of traffic, centrations.
But because there is a curtail- Rumours play on the nerves of ment of traffic does not necessar- the Baikan States. They could
to ment has taken a prejudiced viewly mean a movement of troops. also cause the British public
think that Hitler's next move was to be in the Balkans, which might induce them to relax their watch- fulness.
without waiting for a British re- ply to the Swiss protest.
The paper also says the Swissj Government has not yet brough any convincing proof that 'planes were English.-Reuter.
the
Nazi Motives
It is far more likely that a shortage of fuel is the real roa.
son.
THE PATTERN'S
THE THING—
The German troops in Rumania have do not, in fact, appear to been extensively used lately and the number actually in the coun- try is far short of the hundreds of thousands rumoured.--Reuter.
STOP PRESS
Dates of
Volun-
the next teer Training Camps in Fe- bruary and March were ал- nounced in the "Gazette" this morning as follows:-
1st Battery, 4th Battery and 5th A.A. Battery, from Thurs- day, 6th February, to Thurs- day, 13th February.
2nd Battery, 3rd Battery and No. 6 Company, from Friday, 14th February, to Fri- day, 21st February.
Field Company Engineers, Co- Corps Signals, Mobile Jumn, No. 2 Company and No. 3 Company. from Thursday, 27th February, to Thursday, 6th March.
No. 1 Company, No. 4 Com- pany, No. 5 Company and No. 7 Company, from Friday, 7th March, to Friday, 14th March.
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R.A.F. MAKES A MISTAKE
A telegram to the Swed ish Foreign Ministry from the Swedish Legation in London states that a minute inquiry by the competent British au- thorities gave reason to suppose that a British 'plane was responsible for bombs dropped off Hel- sing on October 29.
The British Government, added the telegram, has expressed its regrets at this involuntary viola- tion of neutrality, stressing that all possible steps have been taken to prevent a repetition.
Britain has also promised com- pensation for damage caused. Reuter.
R.A.F. RAIDS IN ALBANIA
AT ONA.
WAREHOUSES," ... BUILDINGS AND RAILWAY. LENES PRIONCO, SOUTH OF V WERE HOMBED BY THE ON THURSDAY RAF. QUARTERS IN GREECE NOUNCED YESTERDAY.
All bombs fell in the target nren. 6352
Nine enemy fighters intercepted the British "formatión' and a 10- "minute" errazistné
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airerar returned da
An Order by the Controller of Trade; prohibiting the ex÷ port from the Colony, except by licence of diamonds, was Gazetted this morning.
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