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GENERAL

SIGNIFICANT MOVES ON EUROPEAN POTENTIAL MATA HARIS

POLITICAL CHESSBOARD

Soviet, Nazi And Italian Diplomatic Activity

ROME, Mar. 23 (Invas)--It is rumoured that Count Ciano, the Italian Foreign Minister, is to go to Berlin to contact M. - Molotov, the Soviet Foreign Commissar.

Official circles refuse to confirm or deny the report.

A Paris message states that adding highlights to reports and rumours about the possible peregrinations in the near future of the Soviet, Nazi and Fascist Foreign Ministers, it is noteworthy "that for the past month outspoken Soviet press attacks against Italy and Italian presy attacks against Russia have ceased.

BRUSSELS, Mar. 23 (Havas)—"Giornale d'Italia"

that although The Berlin correspondent of the the Count's visit is a private one. Belga news agency reports that it he will most certainly see Duce is currently sald in Germany that and Count Clano. the "Brenner Pass meeting was only a prelude to new diplomatic demonstrations."

Indignation In Peru

NAZI ATTEMPT TO BAN FILM

LIMA, Mar. 23 (Reuter)—Much indignation has been aroused

in Peru at a German attempt to influence the Peruvian censor, and an outcry occurred in Parliament today.

הר'

the film

CAUSE OF TROUBLE Cause of the trouble was withdrawal of the British "The Lion Has Wings" after riots started by the German

IN TURKEY:

SPY SCARE

FOREIGN WOMEN

CAUSE MUCH.

UNEASINESS ANKARA, Mar. 23 (Havas) Turkey has a spy scare over the number of beautiful foreign wo men now in Istanbul.

BICYCLE COMES

INTO ITS OWN

AT EASTER

LONDON, Mar. 23 (Reuter}~~ Britain's Easter may well be de- scribed as a cycling as a cycling Easter, as fewer cars are on the road, owing to petrol rationing. and thousands are taking their holidays on bikes.

MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1940. -PAGE

Convoying Merchantships: Royal Navy's Difficulties Revealed In Warship's Log

LONDON, Mar. 23 (Reuter)-The difficulties experienced by wa ships of the Royal Navy convoying merchantships are revealed in the. lag of one of the escorting warships, published in London today.

The record starts with the departure of a convoy one Saturday afternoon. On the Sunday, an R,A.F. aircraft signalled the presence of survivors on a raft eight miles away, and one of the escort vessels was sent to pick up the men and rejoin the convoy. ·

The warship steamed to the spot at top speed, found both survivors were, dead and buried them at sen. HEAVY GALE Nothing happened on Monday,

Tuesday a sprang up, visibility being reduced to a mile.

1,000 AN HOUR However, when count was but on

cars 'the

RUSSIANS

Benvy gale TAKE OVER ·

HANGOE

but fog came down, visibility be- On Wednesday the gale eased,

ing only half a mile.

HELSINGFORS, Mar. 23 (Havos) The new Finnish Government is

She fears they are potential Mata Haris ready to sell her secrets to Germany.

The women are principally Hun-made in London yesterday, garlana, calling themstives dancers were leaving the capital or artists.

rate of 1,000 an hour.

The railways are busy and the

report Legation

Great Western

heavier traffic than in peace:ime. This is

Early that afternoon two ex- leave partly due to men on

and plosions were heard and an escort not expected to be completed unill partly to parents visiting their warship went on a tour of inspec- after the Easter holidays. children in the country...

tion. All vessels in the convoy A Reuter message, states that Many Britons are staying at were found to be safe and it was twenty Soviet officials arrived at home, "digging for victory" Easter found that the explosions were Hangoe by air at 1 o'clock ýester- is the traditional time for plant-depth charges dropped by other day afternoon. They were met by ing seeds and many are now grow-British warships in the distance.

Finnish representatives, who were ing their own vegetables,

to hand it over formally after mid- night.

in Lima, as the Nazi Minister had falled to induce the censor to ban the film.

This causes the Press to recal that the famous German spy of the last war was also a dancer. CLOSE FRIENDSHIP

"One paper says: "Most of these Their talks, Signor Gayda con-

flaxen-haired girls are sples: tinues, will not involve any A resolution was introduced in They requent dance halls and “EXTREMELY UNLIKELY“ changes in Hungaro-Italian rela-Parliament that attempts by for-bars, draining Turkish money, but MOSCOW, Mar, 23 (Havas)Re- tions, which were discussed in eign diplomats to influence the mainly trying to gather informa- parts of M. Melotov's forthcoming January inst: nothing of import- Peruvian sensor be not permitted. tion.” visit to Berlin could not be con-ance has since occurred to affect firmed today.

those relations

German circles in Moscow say the trip is "extremely unlikely."

ACTION IN BALKANS ROME Mar. 23 (Havas)~~~~AC- cording to the Italian press, the Nazi Foreign Minister, von Ribben- trop, is expected in Belgrade, the Yugo-Slavlan capital, shortly.

Hungaro-Italian friendship.

continues. bie

is directed against

one. Hungary's policy is close to Italy's both in respect to Balkan, matters and to wider Issues.

A Hayas message from the Vatican City adds that Count Teleki will be received by the Pupe next week.

NAZI DENIAL

LONDON, Mar. 23

(Reuter)--|

The Gernan Minister recently The spies. says the paper, go or told the Director of Education into Syria, Palestine, and Egypt.

College {Lima that the German

the

老致一

here was subject to the laws of the German nation and not Peruvian laws." The German voy's communication was request, but a command by Reich.

not

the

"Under the pretext of enter taining officers, they falf, the

task entrusted to them by the

German Government,”

TURKISH WOMEN TO

BE CALLED UP

ANKARA, Mar. 23 (Havas)

Women, as well as men, are able

for military service under a law

system of dealing with foreign just reviewed by the Turkish Su- currencies,

The trip is connected with the expected German-Soviet action in the Balkans aiming at the closing of South-East Europe to any Allied influence. COUNT TELEKI IN

German Embassy in Bucharest has ROME, Mar, 23"(Havas)-Count issued a formal denial of the re- Teleki, the Hungarian Prime Min-port that Germany has made alan capital. He has handed to the ister, who is to stay in Rome un-demarche to Rumania.

ROME

The German radlo states that the

DR. CLODIUS BUCHAREST, Mar. 23 Reuter) Dr. Clodius. the Nazi Economic Expert, has arrived in the Ruman-

Government a Note on problems for discussion.

"PURE INVENTION" BUT.......

MOSCOW, Mar.

preme Defence Council.

All citizens between 15 and 85 can be called up in the event of general or partial mobilisation or

exceptional circumstances.

A.T.S

WORST DAY OF ALL

The Thursday was perhaps the worst day of all, the convoy hav-

WANG MOVE ing to be escorted into port on a

DOOMED

AN EMPTY CITY Hangoe will then be practically rocky coast in a full gale, with an, empty, city, for all Finnish visibility only a quarter of a mile. civilians have left.

The dangerous feat was per- Bo completely deserted is it that formed safely, but tock so long the Russians expressed the hope that the warships missed another that Finnish engineers would convoy which they were supposed maintain light, water and food to meet and which had left port supplies unt the Soviet occupa- without waiting for an escort. tion is complete...

DISSENSION IN NEW REGIME PREDICTED

The warships searched ali CHUNGKING, Mar. 23 (Havas)

day and finally late in the afternoon found.. two of the before Gen. "It won't be long Itagaki, Prince Konoys and others

missing ships, the main body being located later. realise they have до

use for Wang Ching-wei and his followers

At 7.55 on Sunday one of the and will do away with the whole warship escorts signalled having set-up at present being constitut-sighted a suspicious object.

ed SOE Nanking," declares the

Central China Daily News," offl clal mouth-piece of the Kuomin-

fang.

ANOTHER POSSIBILITY

U-BOAT DESTROYED Another warship dashed to the spot and identified an enemy sub-

marine on the surface about five miles away.

The submarine crash dived and

WAR LOSSES

Official figures have been issued in Helsingfors of Finnish losses In the campaign against Russia.

They show that

15,000 men were bereaved,. 9,000 women were bereaved, 25,000 children are orphans, 5,000 houses were hit, one- third of them being completely destroyed, and 500,000 are homeless.

The law makes no distinction between men and women, ex- cept to define respective duties til next week, arrived in the. Ita- It had earlier been reported that

which they must undertake. lian capital today. He was greet-Germany had presented a Note to

Plans are being made for womierz 24 Reuter) soldiers to be issued with uniforms ed at the station by Count Ciano, Rumania amounting almost to an

radio broadcast an official similar to those worn by Britain's who is to give a dinner in his ultimatum announcing that the The honour this evening.

Relch could not tolerate the "con-statement declaring that "all re- Signor Gayda, who generally re- tinual changes" in Rumania's for- ports of M. Molotov going to any The Supreme Defence Council flects Duce's views, writes In eign trade regulations and her other German city are pure inven-announce that they have examini-

SOVIET WAR HEROES tion."

ed Turkey's defence preparations i "Another possibility is that in was subjected to a depth charge and consider them to be satisfac-ternal dissension will

MOSCOW, Mar. 23 (Reuter)— disrupt attack, which forced it to the sur-The Soviet Government has de- tory. The announcement says: Wang's Government even before face again. Boats were lowered to corated 9,300 officers and men of

The Supreme Defence Council its utter uselessness imposes itself pick up the survivors. met under the Fresident of the Re-upon its Japanese sponsors.

Next day the convoy reached public on March 7, 8, and 11 and

The deep Indignation felt harbour safely once more. completed the agenda before it.

throughout the Chinese nation "The Council studied, in parti-

against the alleged government cular, the preparations and mea which is being rormed under Jap- sures concerning the defence of the country and fojmd them to be anese protection will go far wards spelling Wang's ruin." satisfactory.”

The "Daily News" is. the only Chungking organ to comment, on the Nanking session, and the off- cial attitude seems to be to ignore Wang Ching-wei's government en-. tirely.

WANTED BY BRITAIN DR. SCHACHT

ITALIAN LINER STOPPED AND SEARCHED

LONDON GAŽETTE

„TUESDAY, MARCH 12

FEBRUARY

R.N,

Surgn Lieut.-Comdr. A. N. Forsyth, M.E. Ch.B.. to be Surgn. Coradz. (Feb. 17).

NEW YORK, Mar. 23 (Reuter)----|

Lieuts (E) to be Lieut.-Comdrs. According to reports from Gibral-E with seny. of Feb. 1:-H. A. Mar- tar, the Italian liner Conte di tin, R. O. Lockley. D. A. Cotman, J. Savoia (48,502 tons) was held up E. P. Smeal. 3. H. Pike, A. C. K. for 13 hours and thoroughly Laman. E. A. G. Whittle.

Lleuts to be Lieut.-Comdrs, with: searched in an attempt to find Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, the Nazi finan-25); R. H. Courage, C. L. G. Evans, seby, as stated:-R. Newsam (Jan. clal expert, who was rumoured to A. Gracie, W. E. C. Lowndes, N. J. be on board en route to the Unit-Wagstaff, J. 5, Milner (Feb. 16). ed States.

NOT ON BOARD

MARCH 3 K.N.

The ship's captain is alleged to Camdr. C. N. E. Currey placed on have stated that Dr. Schacht was Retd. List with rank of Capt. (Feb. not on board.

18).

Mr. Sumner. Welles, President) Roosevelt's special envoy Europe, is avelling buck to America in the liner.

A Havas message adds that. the official reason given for the delaying of the glant liner was that the British authorities. had reason to believe that per- sons were travelling on board under false passports.

3-HOURS DELAY

LONDON; Mar. 24 (Reuter)

Second Supplement to the London Gazette of Friday, March 8:-

WAR OFFICE, MARCH E REGULAR · ARMY

Maj-Gen. (actg. Lt-Chen) C. N. F. Broad, C.B., D.8.0.. Col. Comat R.TR, to be Lt.-Gen. (March 4), with seny, July 6, 1938.

COMMANDS AND STAFF

Soviet and German circles, in Moscow here disavow all knowledge of the report that M. Molotov, Soviet, Foreign Coromissar, was going to Ber- lin yesterday, but, according to the Berlin correspondent of the Amsterdam paper. Telegraaf, Wilhelmstrasse officials did not deny that M. Molotov arrives· during Easter.

Political Organisations Confer During Holidays In Britain

I.L.P. UNION OF

·CLERKS AND CO-OPERATIVES LONDON, Mar. 23 number of organisations are hold ing their Easter. Conferences, which are mostly concerned with the war.

(Renter)-A

LLP. MEETING At Nottingham, the Independent Labour Party la discussing Rusela, The president, Mr. C. S. Smith, spoke of the perfidy and men- dacity of Russia's attack on Finland.

He added that the British Com- party Was devold of

The follg, relinquish their appts:- Lt-Gen. M. G. Barker, C. B., D.S.O., Col. Y. and L. R. a "spec. appt..

and remains on full pay munist March 5): Lt. Gen. "C. N Reuter has been officially inform-CB., D.SO., Col. Comdt. R.TR as

F. Broad, ethical principles. ed that the Italian liner Conte Goc-in-C. (March 7); Maj. Gen. S.j di Savia was searhced at Gibraltar 6. Butler, C.B., C.M.O., D.S.O., ret. because the

pay, a authorities

British

Clerks,

CLERKS' UNION The National Union of spec. appt. (Jan. 17); Maj.- meeting at Leeds, today passed a Gen. P. Neame, V.C., C.B., D.8.0, as resolution refusing to enter had received reports that certain Dep. Chief, Gen. Staff, and remains educational relations with Marx into

passengers might be travelling on on full pay (Feb. 5).

House, in London,

The follg. appts are made:-Lt-

the vessel with false passports.

The search, was effected ex- Gen M. G. H. Barker, CB, D80. The resolution said there was peditiously and. In the circum- Col. T and LR, to be 0.0.c.in.c. no room in the Labour movement

Aldershot Comd. stances, the delay of three hours Gen, C. J. H. Auchinleck, C.B., C.Bberate les.

(March 7); Maj-for education which spread de- was not considered" excessive. D.S.O., O.B.E, from a Comdr. to be spec, empld, and is granted the acig. rank of Lt. Gen. (Feb. 1); Maj. Gen.

Released On Bail

U.S. JOURNALIST'S TRIAL IN TOKYO CONCLUDED

TOKYO, Mar. 23

...

(Havas) Mr. |

CO-OPERATIVES ATTITUDE

The Co-operativa Movement, at

P. Neame. V.C., CB.. D.S.O.. to be a its meeting in London, discussed Comdr. Feb. 14).

the Society's' peace atms.

FRANCO - JAPANESE TREATY EXTENDED

PARIS, Mar. 23, (Havay) ---- An arrangement has been reached between France and Japan to prolong the trade agreement, which expired on " March 15. to April 15. During .. this period, conversations will be held in connection with a renewal of the agreement.

SHOE CO.LTD.

ΠΟΝΟΔΟΝΟ

·SUPPLIES ALL

KINDS OF FOOTWEAR

EASTER HOLIDAY, GOOD FRI- DAY ZIND, EASTER MONDAY 25TH, DONT FORGET TO BUY EASTER EGGS PRESENTS FOR YOUR GOOD WIFE, CHILDREN. a possiblity of a lasting peace AND FRIENDS, 15, POTTINGER

Members considered there

Was

The 'notita, regarding Maj. Gen. P. Neame, V.C., G.B., · D.S.O, in the Gazette of March 1 is cancelled; Lt facts. Maj. Gen.) L. W. Amps, OBE, with a German Government which

to be a Dir. (Dec. 5), 1938) (substi-was prepared to free: the Aus- tuted for the notifn, in the Gazette trians, Czechs and Poles and to of March 8).

{give adequate guarantees,

ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY

Lt. Col. J. F. Batten, MC., is placed on the h.p. list on account of ill- James H. Young, Far Eastern health (March 9). Manager of International News, has been released on bail after getting a suspended sentence of six months. This is his first taste

STREET.

deeds not words, that force would MEDITERRANEAN

Inot again be used for aggression.

READY TO FIGHT

One speaker said the Germans had destroyed the Co-operative

vakia and Poland,

SHIPPING

JERUSALEM, Mar. 23 (HavaS)----

QUEEN ALEXANDEN'S IMPERIAL movement in Austria, Czecho-Bio- A Yugo-Slavian steamship ne

MILITARY NURSING SERVICE

Blister Miss M. A. Lee resigns hér

He added: "If we are faced

at present negotiating with Pales- tine business quarters for the

of freedom in 21 months, and he appt. (Jan. 9); Staff Nurse Miss P.With the destruction of our own creation of a regular line between

APPEAL DECISIÓN

BOGUS AGREEMENT CHUNGKING, Mar.

to-

(Cen-

GEN. CHIANG IS MORE OPTIMISTIC THAN EVER

SHANGHAI, Mar. 23

(Havas) -

the Red Army who took part in the Finnish war.

The awards are for "bravery" in the fight between the tiny Finnish army and the overwhelming forces of the Soviet.

HANGOE IS NOW A

SEALED CITY"

HELSINGFORS, Mar. 24 (Reu- ter) Hangoe is now a sealed city. Writing in the "Evening Post and

At midnight the Russians took Mercury" from Chungking, Ran-. dall Gould describes a personat It from a group of Finnish – off- call on General Chiang Kai-shek. Clais, in accordance with the

terms of the peace He said the Generalissimo

treaty and was all communication with the rest never in better physical and men- of Finland was severed. tal trim than at present.

He is buoyant, dynamic and When a group of planes, bring-

tra-Foreign observers const- der the so-called Central Political Conference' summoned by Wang

ing the Soviet "Advance Guard". more optimistic than ever. Ching-wel in Nanking on March

The Generalissimo inquired with landed, last night," the city's 20 with Japanese backing is the preliminary step toward the full the greatest interest about the tire civilian population had been

Shanghat newspaper ment of the secret agreement

situation, evacuated.

signed between Wang Ching-wel Says Gould. and the Japanese Government.

They believe that the Japanese

expect the realisation 01 other the establishment of provisions in the agreement after Central Government.

-II*

All territorial conditions of the treaty have now been fulfilled, except for the Soviet withdrawal the bogus tromi Petsamo, scheduled for

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