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GENERAL

WEIGHT OF ITALIAN ATTACK R.A.F. TO PARTICIPATE IN

AGAINST FLORINA

Athens Has 50-Minute Alarm: Kotur Stated To Be In Enemy Hands

LONDON, Oct. 29 (Reuter)—Greek and Italian forces are now. engaged in a battle by land. sea and air following the Italian attack at dawn yesterday, "

Greek determination to resist has been shown._by_many.. popular demonstrations, carried out even during air raids, and, by the Greek Government's statement that it has full confi- dence in Britain's response to an appeal for certain aid.

The authorities have issued In-

•structions to organise A.R.P, and food and water supplies and say that there are ample supplies of food, Hoarding is forbidden.

The main weight of the Italian attack appears directed against Florins, near the prin- cipal pass leading out of the Albanian mountains.

Turkey

At War With Italy?

LONDON, Oct. 29 (Reuter) - On Inquiry at the Turkish Em-

Greek troops are resisting stub-bassy here, Renter was informed bornly all along the line and have even advanced at one point Into Albania.

+

The Italians also appear to be. making a second thrust towards Epirus.

Italian troops in Albania. about 160,000, are equipped with 250 tanks.

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HUGE CONCENTRATION

that no information has been received regarding a-report-eir-- culating to the effect that Turkey and Italy are at war.

It

was officially stated. 100 Athens that General Metaxas, the Greek Premler, had a 15-minutes telephone talk with the Turkish President yesterday, and also re- cetved the British, Yugoslav and Turkish Ministers in Athens.

The Italians have now in Al- bania ten or cleven 'divisions and some auxillary troops numbering G.D.C..

BRITISH G.0.0.

LONDON. Oct. 29 (Reuter) The Chief of Staff of the British Middle East. Major-

200,000 altogether. Reuter learns General A. F. Smith, was due to

King George of Greece

KING'S MESSAGE

TO COUSIN LONDON, Oct. 29 (Reuter) -A message from King George VI to the Greek "nation and-- my cousin George, King of Helenes," says:

"There are doubtless hard true to be borne but we shall both meet them iử Arm (alth of ultimate victory, We may hope, indeed, that we are als ready near the turn of the tide when the power of the aggressor will begin to ebb and our own growing might will prevali."

U.S. NEUTRALITY

ACT APPLIED TO GREECE

WASHINGTON, Uct, 29 (Reuter)

In authoritative quarters in Lon-arrive in Ankara. Turkey. by airThe United States is applying

don.

tL

yesterday.

Foodstuffs and communications Major-General Smith is to have

the Neutrality Act to Greece:

President Roosevelt reached Ne-

BATTLE FOR GREECE

LONDON, Oct. 29 (Reuter)-The planes and men sent by alt and sea recently" to reinforce the RAF, in the Middle East should not be long in joining battle with the Italians to protect Greete.

ין.

While the Italian threat to Egypt was "the major motive for the increase of the R.AF. there. Italy's latest move, was clearly foreseen at the time.

The fact remains that the RAF is now faced, with the be ginning of its sternest

Isk

R.A.F. Bomb

Skoda Works

forestalling, with the British Navy HEAVY BOMBS FIND and Army, the Axis drive to the east and the oll that Hitler and Mussolini nerd so badly.

THEIR MARK

LONDON, Oct, 29 (Reuter)-The

The necessity" to prevent dis- first R.A.F. bombing raid on the could be Skoda Works at Pilsen, Czecho-

·effort which

persal of used to better effect elsewhere Slovakis, ended in the early morn unist limit the extent of the iming yesterday, which is the 22nd mediate help that can be given anniversary of the founding of the Greece in the air All that can Czecho-Slovakian state. possibly be done at once will he The Works are one of the three done.

biggest armament factories in the The British Navy is almost cer world, covering 400 acres and em- tala to be the first to answer ployment 50,000 workers. It fell Greece's call for "certain assist-into German hands at the time of fance" and "with It will-bove the the occupation in March, 1939.

Fleet Air Arm.

When the raiders were near the

The Greek air force, modelled | target after a 750-miles flight from up the R.A.F. and equipped with the English coast, visibility was 50 | British · and · French planes je bad that they spent an hour sturdy but desperately small. searching for it before the great plant was seen silhouetted against the snowcovered ground. -

British fighters have gone to the Near East in a steady stream for some time and heavy bombers

FIRES, EXPLOSIONS could operate from Alexandria,

Fierce fires and explosions fot- Haifa of Cyprus. But the offen- lowed the attacks, says the Air sive. like the defensive, power of Ministry, and a pliot, who made the R.AF. fighting with the Greek three separate Air Force, will be immeasurably the ight of mares dropped by runs, bombing by improved by the use of landing other aircraft, reported that all grounds in Greece from which his heavy bombs found their mark, medium bombers and fighters could These were quickly followed by in- uperate against the invader at cendiary bombs which set fire to shorter range.

the damaged buildings.

Pop!

ITALIAN ENVOY

have been propared-in-order-to-conversations with the Deputy wark on his way from New-York DID NOT KNOW!

avoid reliance on sea communica, Chief tions and It is known that there staff. has been considerable road con- struction near the frontier in readiness for an advance.

of

The biggest concentration troops is at Argyrocastro and the second largest at Koritza.

DOUBLE ADVANCE? ...

ان

the Turkish

General to Washington yesterday and is reported to have had. telephone

(Reuter)

over

discussions with Mr. Cordell Hull,

the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General

This is one of the most am- bitious bombing raids carried out

by the RAF who prepared for

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HITLER-MUSSOLINI CONFERENCE

LONDON, Oct...29 (Reuter) Hitler. after his theeting with Mussolini, left Florence for uer- many at 6 o'clock last evening.

-According to a New York message.

leaflet-raids Into Czech Slovakia such long distance flights with No Consenting Echo ot Florence reporta the

and Austria in the early days of the war.

'AIR RAID DAMAGE TO CHURCHES

LONDON, Oct 29 (Reuter)

si

From People

NEW YORK, Oct. 29 (Reuter)

Hitler-Mussolini conference-dealt with an agreement by which Italy would reduce her territorial de- mands on France in exchange for

The Fascist reformation of France use of French warships against has merely been outlined without Britain.. any "consenting echo" from the

people of France who cling hope- ally to the British resistance and

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FASCIST DEMAND LIMITED. ENEMY

TO GREECE AIR ACTIVITY

The President was to make two LONDON, Oct. 29

LONDON, Oct. 29 (Reuter) — speeches last right and his secre-when the Italian Minister pre- Enemy air activity Great tary, Mr. Stephen Early. said his sented the ultimatum yesterday The Bishop of London stated at Britain yesterday was on a very plans would have to depend on calling on the Greeks to limited scale, a few bombs being whether he could get by, air from the Fascists to

allow a Diocesan conference that 32 admire. the rebel, General Depondent adds that General De It would, therefore, appear that dropped at

scattered points in Washington the necessary papers strategic points," General Metaxas

occupy "certain London churches have been des-

Gaulle has achieved considerable the Italians are planning a dou-East Anglia and south-east. Eng-to sign to apply the, Neutrality Act asked what these points troyed or rendered unusable by This statement by the Fopolo popularity and that the desire of

land. along a

to Oreece, freezing her credits and the Italian Minister replied

alr ralds, 47 seriously damaged d'Italia is quoted by a Herald Frenchmen for revenge and hatred Line parallel to the coast and to

Casualties appear to be very few, and cash in the United States.

and very many more or less Tribune cable from Rome.

for Italy makes her tong for the west of Janina with that town

states an Air "Ministry communi-

that he did not know! · Mr. Cordell Hall is understood

seriously damaged.

The Italian pater'x Paris corres-fallure in the Italian campaign. Italian Note represented

General Metaxas then said the as the main objective, and the second from Koritza

an ).. towards

timatum which the Greek Gov- Salonika.

ernment took as a declaration of

ble advance, the first

The Janina route offers Iew natural difficulties and it is be- Deved will be les strongly de- fended, whereas the advance from Koritza would encounter mountain barriers and the Greek Army's main defence line.

On the other hand it wou'd constitute & more formidable threat to Greece. The Greek land army is 2 competent fighting force and likely to give a account of itself; but it suffers from a shortage of modern-equlp- ment while the Greek a'r

Food

force

is weak in numbers.

KOTUR CAPTURED

A message from New York says that-it-is-reported-from-Belgrade that the Italians have captured Kotur. six miles within Greece. The second arra'd alarm

Was

sounded in Athens at 2.10 p.m. lasting 50 minutes.

Anti-aircraft guns went into ac-

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JAPANESE TROOPS ANNIHILATED

CHUNGKING, Oct. 29 (Central, The Japanese troops in south Honan has started a new offensive toward the western slope of the Tapieh Mountain Range, according

to reports from Bonan. 5. 2.

"One. Japanese column is pusning from Wulitlen, west of Stnyang, toward Loshan, further west. A second column is advancing fromï' Wulitien to Yelow while a third column is attacking Chutangwert. They are all encountering, "shift Chinese résistance.

In north Honan Chinese troops drove westward along the Taokou- Chingbus Railway on October They broke into the Japanese occupied coal mines at Tsiatsu. and Lateng the following morning. Japanese troops guarding the mines were annihilated.

Japanese gunboats anchored in the Yangtze River at Yoyang if CHUNGKING, Oct 29 (Central-Members of the People's Pokti- north Hunari shelled the Chinese -Communication on the Peiping- cal Council are not permitted positions at Lushihwan ала Hankow Railway was disrupted hold concurrent posts, according Chungshan across the river on some days ago as a result of the to a ruling issued by the Standing October 28. Chinese batteries fired destruction of a section of tracks Committee of the Central Execu- back.

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COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER TOURS N-W. PROVINCES

LANCHOW, Oct 29 (Central) Mr. Chang Kla-ngau, Minister of northwest of the city was report effect has been issued by the tour of Inspection in the North- A circular telegram to the above Communications, who is now on a

ed to have been surrounded and Executive Xuan to all the pro-west, arrived in Liangehow yester- wiped out

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