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THREE DEMANDS BY THE AXIS

Hitler "Will Take Decisive Action Immediately”

Yugoslavia Issue

GERMAN

TROOPS

CAUGHT

ON PARADE

AIRMEN'S

Believed Entering ROLE IN Upon Final Stage NAVAL

is des- PERUVIAN

Reviewing what is des- cribed as a busy and suc- cessful day by Blenheims

~ of the Bomber Command WARSHIP

on Monday, an Air Minis- IN PURSUIT

try communique says: "Warships, supply ships,

The Peruvian destroyers gun emplacements and Almirante Guise and Al- German troops were mirante Villar were des- bombed and machine-

patched by the naval au- gunned.

thorities to Callao to chase

left sinking.

VICTORY

tike and

WITH THE REPORTED DEPARTURE FOR BERLIN OF VON HEEREN, GERMAN MINIS- TER IN BELGRADE, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT

"We found the Italian GERMAN-YUGOSLAV RELATIONS ARE EN-

ships steaming TERING THE FINAL STAGE.

billyho for home German circles in Belgrade declare von fairly plastered them." Heeren is returning to give a personal report to Hitler, who will take decisive action imme- diately.

German negotiations with the new Yugo- slav Government are reported to be centred around three demands from the Axis, name- ly:

Early in the morning, as al-

tankers two German ships that ready announced, two were set on fire off Le Havre and weighed anchor on Mon- Later a destroyer off the Friday night and made for sian talands was twice hit. She, the high seas,

Full compensation for d'etat. It is thought they would be in- damage to German pro- stewed round and came to stand-

tercepted by the British warship

still, listing heavily.

Our aircraft then flew low over Prince Henry. the islands of Terschelling, and Calao last week. Ameland and bombed arid. ma- chine-gunned gun emplacements and German

troops

on parade.

Heavy casualties were inflicted on the troops. The parade dispersed. Still later another, sortie scor- ed a direct hit on an enemy sup- of ply, ship. one of a convoy eight vessels protected by war- ships and fighters.

From these operations two of our nitcraft are missing."

In the attack on German troops on a parade ground the Blenheims roared over only 50 feet above the ground and, the crews saw the troops rush for cover.

DURING AN ATTACK ON A

visited perty which

Reuter..

Full public ratification after the coup of the Tripartite Pact.

UNEQUIVOCAL POLICY SEEN IN YUGOSLAVIA

(By Reuter's Diplomatic Correspondent)

THE POLICY ADOPTED by the new Yugo- LONG GREY HUT AROUND slav Government is clear and unequivocal; WHICH GERMAN: TROOPS

ON ON they wish to maintain peace and to keep in OTHER ISLAND. AIRCRAFT close and friendly relations with all their

WERE STANDING,

CAME TO

Demobilisation of the Yugoslav army.

Menacing. Note

Germany beat the big propagan-

con-

This was a squadron · leader's description of one. R.A.F. attack on the Ita- Friday's

lians during naval battle.

a normal raid on Tripoli when it received news of the war at sea and cheerfully altered direc- tion..

This squadron was en route for

"We hit one big ship twice amidships," he said, "and she stopped with clouds of black and yellow smoke shooting up 200 foot."

News of the Italian panic comes from the leader of another R.A.F.

da drum with a louder and more attack. menacing nofe yesterday, tinuing the war of nerves against Yugoslavia.

"General-anti-German- ten dencies in Yugoslavia, have be come steadily worse," says the German news agency quoting a semi-official allegation.

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In Confusion

"We found the Italians had fed in great confusion, zigzagging violently and occasionally getting in each other's way," he said.

He added simply "We bombed confu-. them and increased the sion." Reûter

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Battle Of The Atlantic

grity.

While they have not repudiated the Axis Pact they are examining it very carefully and objectively. If its provisions do not run coun- ter to Yugoslav policy, the Government of General Simovitch will probably not denounce the signatures of its predecessors.

But it is evident the Germans tion as it took before the attacks are not prepared to leave the on Austria, Czechoslovakla and Interpretation of the Pact in the Poland.

hands of General Simovitch and But the Germans are dealing in Belgrade with a Government his Government.

The present scale of Bri- tish shipping losses is not enough for Hitler to

Country must be either for ori 1941, s

To the Nazis, as they have which has come to power on a peatedly declared, there is no tide of national feeling against auph • thing – as neutrality. A setdom.

eclared Lt Comdr. E! amentary Private

First Lord of the speaking in London

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demo cots quently op ariin methods and ------Ideas, In addition, the recent The deciding phase would be Allled successes, coupled with: the- test fought in the Atlantic. It would American attitude, have Influcio- the be a hard and a tough" "fight" but, ed opinion in the Belicana, ---

we would win Reuter,

Reuter.

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