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BELGRADE BLAZES DEFIANCE OF THREAT

Dramatic Call Declines To

To Yugoslavia TO BE READY

General Simovitch, the Yugoslav Prime Minister, yesterday issued an Or- der of the Day which was broadcast to the nation.

The manifesto declared: "The interests of the country and the nation demand that the people shall guard their own houses and, if necessary, even defend them at the cost of their lives, for the Fake of the Fatherland, the King and the nation.

"OUR ARMY AIR FORCE AND NAVY- ARE. PREPARED TO DO THEIR DUTY.” RỀU-

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GERMANS FOUND ON ITALIAN SHIPS

4.

Among the survi- vors from the Italian cruisers and destroy ers sunk in the Medi- terranean are 35 Ger- man " officers, petty » officers and gunners, according to Athens telegram. ceived in London yes- terday, says Reuter,

BRITAIN'S

*

To Cower AXIS SHIPS

In Blackout TO FIGHT

THE LIGHTS OF BELGRADE STILL BLAZE

BLOCKADE?

Rumours are

streng-

| DEFIANTLY AT NIGHT DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE CITY IS MERELY MINUTES FLIGHT FROM THE NEAREST GERMAN AIRthening in Rio de Janeiro BASE IN RUMANIA.

There has been no blackout in Belgrade since the crisis blew up while all the time Bu charest cowers under blackout conditions.

*This is typical of the difference in outlook of the two cities.

THE

exodus from Bel- weg: The German grade Minister, von Heeren, himself saw of 1:100 German civilians as they left Belgrade by special Danube steamer on Sunday night.

Passengers included hundreds of These the notorious "tourists." left messages with their landlords saying, "We shall be back in month."

Most of them left their furni- ture in Belgrade and are keep- Ing on the tepancy of Nazi-paid apartments.

their

a

S. AFRICANS

OCCUPY

that Axis ships are gathers in mid-ocean for convoy under the protection of German battle-cruisers.

These rumours, coincide the sailing of the Italian fre ers Franco Martelli from Brazil, and the Friso tre lez, Brazil, 24 hours of departure of the German st Dresden from Sant

The earste in Zelaaring Brazilian potis" on

Sunday,

gëve. Qslo sa destination. The Franco Martelli is a tanker: recently released from embargo when italian financiers at Paulo forwarded funds her debts-Reuter.

San

to pay

DIREDAWA VENTURED

The advance towards TOO FAR

ENORMOUS WAR British Women Leave Asmara, in Eritrea, con-

EXPENDITURE

in

At the request of the British tinues, stated an official Minister Sir Ronald Campbell, communique issued nearly all British women in Bel-Cairo yesterday. grade left on Sunday night-for

The occupation of Diredawa,

Istanbul..

A Special train last night took Abyssinia, was carried out The remaining Germans to Vienna, South African troops' who Itaffans already have disappear now advancing westwords, ed

German Troops

AN ENEMY FIGHTER WHICH VENTURED OVER THE CHAN- NEL YESTERDAY WAS. "DES- TROYED BY RAF. FIGHTERS, IT WAS OFFICIALLY AN- in NOUNCED IN LONDON,

by

This is the only, item of day- are light activity by the enemy which

the Air Ministry has to report, is Reuter.

movement, The forward developing in other sections, The number of prisoners is the retreating enemy are being steadily mounting while guns collected in large quantities. Precise reports in regard to Ger-and war materials abandoned by Reuter. man troops on the Yugoslav fron

THE "ASTRONOMICAL” cost of the war to the British taxpayer is revealed in revenue returns issued - last, night showing – Britain spent a record amount of £3,967,245,670 in the financial year which ended last night.

Total ordinary revenue from all sources tier are very difficult to confirm, vas £1,408,867,097, leaving a deficit of £2,458,378,573.

Problem for the Chan- cluding the Purchase Tax), which cellor of the Exchequer in together are over

£129,000,000

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YUGOSLAVIAN

his forthcoming Budget above last year's figures. DIPLOMATIC

will be whether he will try. Ten Millions A Day by imposing new taxation, Total expenditure in the year, to narrow the enormous it may be noted, average £10,-. gap between expenditure 500,000, a day but expenditure in and revenue which other the past three monhs, aycroge

nearly £13,000,000-day wise had to be bridged by borrowing

The supply services, including the fighting forces accounted for £3,637,113,000 6x- expenditure 08. against year.

Cheering fealy.c

Ja a.net: increase o1.

in total ordinary rev

last year's yield.

000 last

Revenue Return

lor's estimate by over 2

bwing to the

of new taxes, including the chose Tax „which he

Jizly: Budget.

Most revenue, Itekana (staritial: Ingresses, ind

Exqres of expenditure rëvenue la covered.

Ling,

The Floating Debt increased by £1,324,000,000 during the year and now amounts to £2,018, 410,000, compared with. £4,480,3 £200,000 a year ago. Reuter.

VITTORIO VENETO,

IDENTIFIED

FTHEITENEMY

DAMAGED IN THE M ITER- RANEAN BA

175,000 TC

RIO

ACTIVITY

The Yugoslav Minister in Berlin MAmtritch, has gone to Belgrade to inform his Government of the "effect which - events in Yugoslavia have pro- duced in Germany." This was announced, in despa to the agency Equqfli.

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