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CIVIL

RUSSIA STANDING BY CHINA

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It is stated in Lon- don by high Russian quarters that

ony Russo-Japanese treaty reached in Moscow must exclude any dis- cussion concerning Russian assistance to Chiang Kai-shek. International News Service.

TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1941

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WAR THREAT

OVER YUGOSLAVIA Country Seeths

Indignation

With

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IT WAS AMID MENACING DEMONSTRATIONS THREATENING TO PLUNGE YUGOSLAVIA INTO CIVIL WAR, WITH SPREAD OF THE NEWS OF THE GOVERNMENT'S READINESS TO CAPITULATE TO GERMANY, THAT THE YUGOSLAV PREMIER AND HIS FOREIGN MINISTER ENTRAINED FOR VIENNA AT TEN O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT (EUROPEAN TIME).

VATICAN AND KING

TRYING TO GET ITALY OUT OF

The Army and the police have been placed upon an emergency footing and Bel- grade is seething with anger and resentment.

Threats have been made openly in the streets of assassinating the "traitors," and the communities in Serbia and Montenegro are boiling with indignation.

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THE ITALY OF THE VATICAN AND THE QUIRINAL, AS DISTINCT FROM THE ITALY OF MUSSOLINI AND THE FASCIST PARTY, ARE BEING ALIGNED FOR A GREAT SPRING PEACE OFFENSIVE, REPORTS REACHING LONDON FROM TRUSTWORTHY SHOW.

SOURCES

It is stated that King Victor Emmanuel and Pope Pius are determined to make any effort to save Italy from destruction and to preserve the House of Savoy, even if it means the dissipation of Fascism.

The atmosphere in the coun.

of

try is appropriate to such an effort, and the sympathies the Army are, beyond doubt with the King.

In contrast to the attitude of many Germans. who still firmly believe that they are exempt from real blitz attack, the Italiana are terrorised even Nby mild British · raids.

The Genos bombardment and the Taranto' drama have had a terrific effect on Italian morale,

Peace Petitions

"Even the most" remote "villages

MOSCOW

HINT TO

BRITAIN

[SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL") It is learned in well. have come into the sphere of the informed London „quar- offensive, by sending peace ters that Russian fears of ong ~; through', their parish

to the Vatican and the German activity in the Dardanelles zone has led

Hej King, have conferred út least

The

While demonstrators were work- ing up to fever heat in Belgrade, the Yugoslav envoy left to sign up with the Axis at noon 10- day surrounded at the station by representatives of Italy, Japan. Rumania and Bulgaria. The German Minister is accom- panying them to Vienna,

the

Father Fran Kulovec, Roman Catholic leader of the Slovenes, declined to go with them, intensifying the possibil- ity of civil strife.

Church Clamour The Serbian Orthodox Church, numbering. 6,000,000 among its followers, has also joined in the clamour against submission with

priests, in their sermons, exhort- ing the people to support the independence of the country.

8ir Ronald Campbell "handed the Yugoslav Foreign Minister a final note of protest just be- fore the departure, expressing complete disapproval of Yugo. slavia's action and ending with the warning: "Yugoslavia must not harbour the illusion that Britain will forget or forgive this change of policy.

It is also reported that Greece has warned Yugoslavia that the passage of German war materials through that country might be interpreted by Greece as an act of war.-International News Service,

Nazi Extremes

The extremes to which the Na- zis have gone in bullying Prince Paul and his advisers are evident in reports reaching London of the (Continued on Pape: 16)

ensure a generous Russian response... The Kremlin is no longer de-

The - International Newɔ dise closure that Russia has given Gér- many virtually a free hand in the Balkans provided Turkey Is left alone still holds good.

is known that the Pope and Moscow to seek an immanding the return of Baltic ships three times since the crushingprovement in Anglo-Rus-held in British ports. Italian defeats in the Greek and sian relations.

Abyan : campaigns--|

Russian terms for col- It is also learned that the laboration are reported to have *King-la- nòw -In: almost oon-been modified,

tinuous dally touch with high A high. «Ruselan · Informant Definitely, Russia feels power- Church dignitaries, notably the said: "British recognition, either less to interfere in Yugoslavia be- ipal - Sacratary of State, -Car- de facto of de Jura of the Rus-yond making a possible meaning- Ina) Maglione International sian acquisition of the Baltio less protest. International Newa

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States-would - be sufficient to Service.

Sligth Hitch

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A slight hitch has deve- |loped in America's staking of seven billion dollars and her vast productive capacity on Britain's ca- pacity to win.

A special 'plane was to have flown the measure passed by the

MOSCOW AND ANKARA AFFIRM FRIENDSHIP

It is confirmed in Moscow that the Turkish Government has handed the So- viet Government O Note through the Turkish Ambassador in Moscow, giving as- surances similar to those which, it is also confirmed, were re- cently given by Rus- sia to Turkey.

It is possible that the Notes will be published in both capitals simultane- ously. Reuter.

Senate to

President Roosevelt, now cruising in the Caribbean, for signature, thus unleashing the flow of 'planes, guns, ships and food to Britain, Greece and China,

A technicality has, however, prevented the transmission for 24 hours.

The House of Representatives, not expecting such speed of pas-

sage in the Senate, went into re- cess before the Senate, and all

Acts must be signed by the Vice- President and the Speaker while the Houses are in session. In- ternational News Service.

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