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Fascist Leaders Warn: "Italy May Soon Have To Take Up Arms"

ROME, Jan. 17 (Reuter).—A warning that Italy might "find it uttered by General necessary to take up arms at any moment" was Ettore Muti, the new Secretary of the Fascist Party in a Speech to Provincial Fascist

Leaders.

General Muti said: "Let no-one .sleep with the illu- sion that Italy's present attitude to the war will last forever.

General Mull affirmed the un- compromising attitude of Fascism towards Democracy, Bolshevism and the bourgeois ideology.

The statement Is regarded in diplomatie cireles де emphasising Italy's enmplete independence In foreign policy.

Considerable Irritation has bern caused in Farcist circles by frequent allusions in the British and French Press, since the recent Italians Cabinet re-hume. to

possible change in favour of the Allies of the Italian Government's attitude.

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General Mull declared: "The re- cent changes in the Government and Parly should not be interpreted as indicating any change whatever the path followed by the revolution." "We Must Not Sleep" SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" ROME, Jan. 17 (UP).-Italy may at any time Le teed with the neces sity of taking up arms.

This was the warning given by the Secretary General of the Fascist Parly i Fathering of Fascist and Federal Secretürles to-day.

"We must not sleep in the Illusion that Italy's present stand in the con- diet will be perpetual," he said. "We must be ready with arms and, above all, in spirit.'

He ordered the party secretaries to exercise close supervision over their individual districts, to solve problems such as unemployment, to give moral and material aid to their groups, to -control-prices and to avoid hoarding. to strengthen the zélf-sufße.ency campaign.

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NAZI BOMBERS

OVER NORTH SEA

PHOTOGRAPH shows German bombers over the North Sca, en route on a bombing raid against Brlish Ashing craft. This type of plane has proved no match for the swift R.A.F. Spitfires, and the Nazis usually tum fall as soon as British planes are seen.Domei Photo.

Big Red Drive Starts: MASS RAIDS

Two Attacks Repulsed

HELSINGFORS, Jan.-17-(Reuter).-Fighting__in] the worst cold which Finland has experienced in 35 years, Simor Cayda, writing in the "Glor- the Finns are facing a new Russian onslaught on the

said: Salla front.

nale di Italia," commenting on the Secretary General's speech, "More than ever Italy must defend her interests and treedom of netlon.

The Russians have launched

CONTINUE

300-400 Planes In

Daily Bombings

HELSINGFORS, Jan. 17 (euter)-It is now becoming

INTERPORT

FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Hongkong To Play

Three Matches

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH»

SHANGHAI. Jan. 18 (UP). -Shanghai will not select her Interport soccer eleven until a week before the match, it was decided at last night's meeting of the Shanghai Football As sociation,

Before the team is finally chosen, the Probables will play the Possibles, after which the representative side will be no- nounced.

However, at last night's moceling. it was decided to play the Inter- pori at the Canidrome on Chinese New Year's Day, February 8.

Hongkong will meet an All-Star Chinese XI on the 9th, and an All- Star, Foreigners XI on the II. Shanghai Confident

Shanghai newspapers belleve that the northern team's chances of win3- ning are excellent due to the fact that the Hongkong side appears to be weak as a result of the absence of Chinese and Police players.

They also attach importance to the eritlelsm expressed in the Hongkong papers of the selection committee' numinations..

Nevertheless, sports writers here! have sounded a warning not to treat the visitors lightly. They recall the match of four years ago when on & snow-swept ground at the Canidrome the Hongkong tcam beat the strongest eleven Shanghai hnd turn- ed out for years.

railers against long odds was one pill who each morning look his plane up, circled round and then came down before setting off on his recon-

naissance light, he explained, "my

Every day,"

machte gets shot to pieces and every night the mechanics have to put it together again. Every morning, there- fore, I go up to see if it slili works. It it does, I can go off and fight the Russians."

Bloedthen-the---pilot-has-been killed and his patched-up machine destroyed.

clear that the Soviet nir raids

Finns Outnumbered. LONDON, Jan. 17 (Reuter),- on Finland are aimed at any-

Between 300 and 400 Soviet bombers Big Battle Near

thing on sight, even private in-have been over Finland every day SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH** dividuals miles from any fight- recently, a Finnish spokesman told

"Reuter." HELSINGFORS, Jan. 17 (UP).-ing front. Indleating that the Fins are again future, therefore, the Finns holding the Russian offensive incd will not issue the names of the to reach the Gulf of Bollinia ocross Finland's "walat" to-day's communt-towns that are bombed.

rei Typical of the heroism of the Finnish que reported the "spect safe"

men Gabling against the Soviet thesistance on the Salia front.

"There have been many evident three new attacks in their drive foreign attempts to control the Ifallin westwards towards the Gulf of political conscience for the purpose Bothnia, and a big battle is still of making Isly assume trends which are against Italian Interests and

broken Fascist viewpoints.

Two of the attacks are "There will not be any changes in mid the Fions, counter-attacking, are

raging.

the Itaan rauhl seit-sufficiency or advancing towards Salla from Imperial policles.

west. The Flans have retaken Kur-

"Neither will there be any deser-m. tlon or forgetfulness in the field off foreign policy which is maintaining

Only to the south have the Russians

Italy's individuality in the European it with stress, and here the Finns) condict, nor in the firmness of Its are falling back in good order to new conduct directed to the defence of positions at Vitavaria. Italian rights."

Spain And Franca

There is every indication. that a battle involving some 46,000 mon, which has bern developing for sure the, is mined..

A further communique state that on Tuesday the Finnish troops north- east of Lak: Ladogs router a human. detachment of about 250 men and destroyed two fanles. The Russians

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claims.

Finalsh patrols report that the Russians rew drawing heavy WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UP).-uns, presumably as a precaution to 70 dead and about 100 rines on Colonel Bentley Mott, Parts Corres-avoid the heavy uses they sufitred;

in the defeat at Suomu satin front pondent of the "Army and Navy

Russlans Retreat Journal. has reported that there are improved relations between France. Spain and Italy.

battleft.Id, the comitocanique The weather is bitterly cold on an the Oghting fronts, the temperatures ranging from 33 to 42 degrees below On the eastern frost, the

big success near! Severe suffering in reported among have scored o K.tela, north of the fake, where after the troops and the hordes of refugens

bard fighting, the from the cities. Russians have suddenly drawn back, abandoning several guns and 20 fast

He said that Spain's relations with France on a basis of mutual trust are growing stronger, due to the elimina three days of tion of Communism in France.

"With M. Daladier feeling toward Communists exactly es Franco docsanka,

in

Finos zero.

The Intense cold is hampering Soviet ar activity,

In the meantime, Finnish faciles, apart from trench warfare in the

and with 3tudy's sentiments on the The retreat is attributed to the subject of the 1tler-Stalin partner-lack of supplies. ship so closely resembling that Spain," he said, "there is nothing whatever to prevent food politieni understanding and mutually helpful commercial intercourse between the two countries separated by the Karelian Isthmus, are directed at

destroying the enemy's morale, by! Pyrences.

The Buite seems lost but the harassing operations by patrols which rear and Mediterraneun has been saved," he unexpectedly attack the

flanks, making the Russians constant- concluded.

Japan To Attend French Manoeuvres

£43,500,000

To ward of these attacks, the Fin- nish air force has about, half that number, roughly 150.

This includes training machines and received from abroad amoolanes since the war began,

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STOCKHOLM, Jan. 17 (Router)-Sweden will defend its independence and neutrality," declared the Prime Minister, Dr. Albin Hanssen, during the debate on foreign affairs in the Riksdag to-day.

He added: "Any attempt to violate our neutrality will be met with all means at our disposal. There can be no question of breaches of neutrality such as permission for the transport of belligerent troops through Sweden or the use of bases in our territory."

Dr. Alin Bansson declared that in

Foreign Minister, Dr. Sandler, de- rmnded that Sweden lake over thel strategic Aaland Islands.

are Jointly! These islands, which controlled by Sweden and Finland, are situated midway across the en trance to the Gulf of Bothnia,

Finland is believed to have landed troops there and to have forlifted the islands in case Russia should nt-

FOR TURKEY spite of the sympathy felt for Fin-tempt to seize them,

lind, enution was necessary in order

party to to avoid becoming a

the jeonflet.

He added "We don't need orders from abroad on our relations with Finland. Wa judite for ourselves how best to serve her enuse and that of. the northem states."

Morcow Press Angry SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH!"

Details Of New Pact With Allies' LONDON, Jan. 17 (Reuter), ly fear being cut off from supplies,Details of the recently-signed and being starved and frozen.

Anglo French Turkish agree- ment have now been released. MOSCOW, Jan. 17 (UP). The Britain and France are to Hive Moscow Press to-day stormed against the "monstrous foreign inventions" Turkey lanna of £43,500,000,

toobout Soviet defeats in Finland, and

Finns from Britain and promised that the

will be destroyed.

Not A War! SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

Finn Nursory Tricks"

Mary observers are astenica

of

The area between the Anlands andį Finland is mined by the Finns, and mlar steps have been taken by the Swedes in the waters between the Islands and the Swedish coast.

a result, no Russian warships| can enter the Gulf of Bothnia.

Mr. Sandler rtsigned last Decem- ber after a dispute, in which the Swedish Government said he was in- volved, apropos "certain immediate measures" which were to have been adopted with regard to the Aelanda. The former Forelim Minister vigorously attacked the Government's neutrality policy during to-day's debate.

The Swedish Government should WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (UP) kave despatched armed forces to the President Roosevelt to-day declared Anlands for the purpose of securing that the United States neutrally act their neutrality be sold to n wildly

cheering House, conflet bremuse so for it is an un- declared war.

at the Finns incredible contempt which £25,000,000 will be used for heavy masses of men ATL

purchase arms SPECIAL TO THE "TELEQRAPH"

The France. machinery, especially tanks, TOKYO, Jan. 10 (Domel)-For!

Finns brillantly produced a rum-

A sum of £15,000,000 will be in the first time in 20 years, the French

ber of "ursery tricks" by which a authorities have extended a formal

single man could-pul a

tank out Cola.

Britain and France have under- Invitation to Japan to send an army!

of notion.

taken to purchase annually from officer to attend the military manceu-

In some cases, a Finnists soldier Turkey dried fruits to the value of Vres of the garrison in French Indo-

Tempt on lo a tank, hit the machine £2,000,000 during the duration of does not apply to the Russo-Finnish China.

the invitation, gun with a heavy pole, bending its the war. In response to Lleut-Colonel Nishiura, of the Mill barrel and then dealing with it at

leisure.

tary Administration Bureau of the

War Office in Tokyo, will proceed to Hanol. The manoeuvres start January 21.

The Russling apparently found 11 LONDON, Jan. 17 (Router)~~~The ant necessary to bring up reinforcements French Minister of Armaments line

at several fronts and in one sector; arrived in: London for Important dis Colonel Nishiura arrived, in Hong- they put lalo ne cadets who are cursions with Mr. Leelle Burgin, the

being trained as officers.

Minister of Supply. kong from Tokyo on Wednesday.

"It is not yet too late to do some- thing. The last word has not yet been Bald. Rik dat Uproar

M.. Sandler assailed the Govern- SPECIAL TO THE "TELEONAPH'T ment for lis refusal to "at t STOCKHOLM, Jan. 17 (UP)The neighbours"—meaning Finland: It Jaj Swedish Riksdat was thrown into an noteworthy that he visited Finland

the former' last week. uproar to-day. when

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