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ACTIVITY IN BALKANS

Italo-Nazi. Threat To Yugo-Slavia Reported

(Reu-

BELGRADE, May 1 ter)-Reports of. German and Italian movements off the Yugo- Slavlan border continue to come; in kere.

The Belgrade authorities are taking precautionary measures. Speaking on Tuesday night, the Yugo-Slavian Premier reiterated that "the country was still following a policy of strict neutrality.

Trade talks with Russia, he said, were going on and economie negotia- tions were being conducted for the time being. The question of re-i suming diplomatic relations might be brouclied later.

Rumania's Precautions BUCHAREST, May 1 (Reuter) — Vigorous measures against the Nuz! Fifth Column In Rumanla are con- tinuing.

No less than 60 foreigners in the of districts have been taken into custody. Most of them are Germans. Police investigations are continuing | especially in the ports.

Many of the Germans in Rumania who are under suspicion have either by being gut a diplomatic status attached to the large staff of the German Legation or claim to be bona fide journalists.

Most of the 20 German journalists! in Belgrade arrived after the ward had started.

Nazi Patrols in Danube LONDON, May 1 (Reuter)- "Reuters" diplomatic correspondent learns that news has been received in London from reliable sources that a number of armuured German patrol i vessels disguised as barges havej reached the inver Danubian waters.

Some of them are anchoring at Rustchuk.

This step regarded in London as a characteristic German flouting riverine of the authority of the governments and the Danubian Com- mission.

Students Demonstrato SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

(UP)Ex- LONDON, May 1 change Telegraph" reports fron Belgrade that the police to-day fired) over the heads of Yugu-Slay students) hoking muss demonstration morning.

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this

Thursday,

GOERING RIBBENTROP

B.E.F. HOLDS THIS LINE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

ACCUSES

MORE

AMAZING DISCLOSURES

by Sir Nevile Henderson

SEE PAGE FOUR

Death Roll of 7 In Clacton

Crash

May 2, 1940,

MR. EDEN'S GOLF WEAR

WARNING

Must Not Belittlo

The Enemy

LONDON, May 1 (Reuter).- In discussing the war to-day, Mr. Anthony Eden said that we shall have bad as well as good before the struggle was closed in final victory.

"It is at all tinies wrong in war to belittle the enemy you are D against," he said. "No scruple is ever going to tumper the Nazi leaders In Germany in the use of, their war machine."

Referring to the fact that Ribben- trop had assured the world' that Britain and Norway had plotted an Het of war, Mr. Eden said: "So fantastic a fairy tale would obtain credence from no one who has know- ledge of the Incia or of Norwegian Life and policy.

Kibbentrop Dubbed

"All Norwegian history and truckl tion dubs Ribbentrop as a liar.

"Only the unhappy German people will believe this Nazi distortion of

There can be no peace for anyone

LONDON, May 1 (Reuter).The Ger- truth, man plane which crashed at Clacton-on-Sea until the whole Norwegian people on Tuesday night was a mine-laying again, enjoy their freedom machine.

So great was the damage caused that it is thought at least one magnetic mine exploded..

under their own King and in their own land."

Emphasising that the Allies have superior resources, Mr. Eden said: "It is not enough to be content with the existence of those resources and to repeat that time is on our side.

"Time has to be harnessed. We The crew of four were killed. Three civilians were killed and over will have to marshal our resources

rapidly and vigorously. "Nothing less than 100 were injured.

greatest effort of which the British people are capable is enough to seeuré victory."

After cruising around for half an hour trying to find a place to land the plane ploughed through a row of houses in the residential district.

There was a terrific explosion and a THE SINGLE-TRACK RAILWAY pictured above. is at present one

of the most important in large crater marks the spot where the Norway. I connects the British base at Aldasnes machine came to rest.

Two houses were completely destroyed. Along In the ruins the bodies of

man and a woman were found.

other Many

with Dombans, near where the heavy fighting for. the Trondheim sector is now in progress. this line, which follows the course of the Rauma River, seen in background, go all the Allied rein. forcements and supplies. The Nazis claim to have! captured Dombaas, but this claim is disputed.

DIVISION

The students were shouting "L OF OCEANS

Live Soviet itussiat

The demonstrators were dispersed after several had been arrested,

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Nazi Paper Talks Of

Ang'-U.S. Plan

Rumania Throstened LONDON, May 1 (Reuter).-The|

"Semtlu bad Bucharest teresting leader to-day, maintaining i that the country's neutrality to-day threatened not only militarily but relations of the United States economically and by propaganda.

"The economie blockade may con- stitute to-day the decisive and final factor in totalitarian warfare, the great consumer of raw materials."

"Almokattam," The Cairo

referring

SPECIAL TO-THE "TELEGRAPH" BERLIN, May 1 (UP).-The

with Japan and the future of the entire Pacific aren are directly connected with the war in Europe.

This declaration was made to Italy, says: "She knows that by to-day in an article in the jolning Germany she will be the "Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung." loser in the event of victory or de- The article is based on Germany's feat. This makes her hesitate make up her mind, especially since oficial Handbook for War.

to

The United States and Britain, it

the Allied North Sen victories have alleges, have an "unwritten division cffected changes in the situation and of oceans-the Atlantic for Britain In the naval forces-in-the- Mediter and the Pacife to the United States.

runean.

Why Italy Won't Fight The Wafdist periodical, "Alsho Ala," outlines the reasons why Italy will not fight: Her Beet is bottled up in the Adriatfe; Tripoli is hemmed in

the French by

ไป Algiers and Morocco and by the English and Egyptians in West Egypt; it is easy to cut off com munications with her Afclean Empire: the Italian coust is very vulnerable to a sea attack; die English and French

Bladet"

navies are far stronger." The Stockholm Afton weighs up the pros and cons of a British large-scale Junding in Norway and considers that such a landing must come shorily if the Allied past tion in Norway is to be saved. The greatest Allied advantage is that the German fleet is not dangerous.

Courtesy To Danish Officials

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were

the

Day Of Sorrow And Hope

Labour Manifesto On May Day

LONDON, May 1 (Reuter). badly If May Day this year is a day

damaged. The wreckage is still being of sorrow for those democratic

They Didn't

Gain Much

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH**

LONDON, May 1 (UP).--- Competent British sources here tu-day stated that the Invusion of Denmark has netted Germany less than one millior out of a total of 4,800,000 tony of Danish shipping.

The remainder of Danish vessels is scattered in various ports throughout the world.

Communists Celebrate

cleared.

Hotel Manager's Offer CLACTON-ON-SEA, May 1 (Reu- ter-Only a few hours before the German mine-laying plane crashed and created havoc, the manager of a hotel here tohl summer visitors that they would be given a one-third re- duction for every day on which bomb fell on the town.

He said yesterday that the previous ught's affair was sheer bad luck. He is not withdrawing his offer.

Experiences

At Narvik

British Sailors Tell Of Their Captivity

movements which have fallen by the way, it is also a day of hope, states a manifesto issued by the

Council British National

nf Labour,'

Britain, France, Seandinavia and the Dominions are standing shoulder to shoulder, determined to end aggression and make it possible for freedom to survive. They are re- solved to wage this battle until triumph in assured.

The British Labour movement la already playing its nart in the national effort for victory,

Unobserved in Reich LONDON, May 1 (Reuter)--For

the first time since he came to power. Hitler did not make a speech on May Day: There were also none of the usual precessions and meetings.

Shutters on shops and the fact that no newspapers were about were the only signs of holiday.

German workers continued work- ing all day, but Dr. Robert Ley, the LONDON, May 1 (Reuter)Nuzi Labour Leader tried to cheer Details of the captivity of them by assuring them that they are British sailors in Narvik after the real rulers of

This unwritten agreement must May Day Demonstration the German invasion have been Nazi regime: 21 Germany under the

have been calculated to meet resis- tance from any other sea Power, the article states.

U.S. Not Waiting "America to-day is taking a differ- rent course to that which she would have adopted twenty years ago.

"She is not watting until the end the war in Europe to carry out her plans.

of

"These plans, however, are based proved, namely, the Invincibility of premise which has not yet been the British Fleel

"In this respect, the entire problem is tinked with the European War.

"When the Handbook for War' was written, the British Fleet had not yet suffered the sharp blows which re- sulted from the extension of the war to Scandinavia,

"America's premise that England cannot be defeated is no longer true. "A German victory would work to Japan's advantage, for it would diveri Amerlea from the policy of keeping a tight rein on,,apan' after having taken over, silently, the pro- tection of Australia and Singapore."

S.M.C. SUSPENDS

NEWSPAPER

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" SHANGHAI, May 1 (UP).--The

In Hyde Park

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

LONDON, May 1 (UP)-A crowd of 5,000 people, mostly Communists celebrated May Day in

to-day Hyde Park

by (“damning" the Churchill Gov- ernment and demanding a "just, negotiated peace."

Numerous mounted and foot police [patrolled the meeting, which

conducted in an orderly manner,

was

Soviet Colebrations MOSCOW, May 2 (UP). The Soviet Union cricbrated May Day with Impressive rallitury and civil demonstrations in Moscow and other cities.

Thousands of crack troops of the Moscow garrison, including, infantry, cavalry and Border Guards, Alled the review before Stalin and other Soviet leaders.

The Diplomatic Corps and Military Attaches in full ceremonial uniform Iwere in attendance.

Germany Represented Germany was strongly represent-

Following the parade of the troops hundreds of whippet tanks and

ed:

LONDON, May 1 (British Wire- less) was stated in the House of Commons to-day by the Under Scere- tury for Foreign Affairs that as a matter of courtesy His Me

Majesty's Government will

will continue to accord diplomatic privileges to the Danlah Minister in London and his in Shanghai Municipal Police has order-medium sized land battleships rnced Apite of the fact that His Majesty's ed the suspension for site sorter across the Square.

could no longer main-the American-owned vernacular

the newspaper "Hwa Mei Pno. tain diplomatic relations with Danish Government since it was now The newspaper published an ant!. article entitled "Little under German control, and despite Japanese

Gove

verminent co

+

half

Among the 500 planes which few lin perfect formation over the Square were four-motored bombers, pursuit planes and naval aircraft.

More than a million and carrying banners and placards, de- pleting Soviet industrial progress and the Soviet desire for penec.

There were no anti-Fascist slogans.

the expulsion from Denmark of H.M. Here, in which the writer said: people followed the military parade hate the Japanese. I want to kill the representatives.

It was not possible, however, for Japanese." His Majesty's Government to re- The "Hwn Mel Pao" hus suspended cognise the Danish Minister na hav-publication previously for similar In- ing official atalus.

cidents.

IMPERIAL AIRWAYS' PLANES AND ITALY

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”. ROME, May 1 (UP).-It is authoritatively stated that Imperial 'Airways scuplanes, which Osually spend the night at Lake Bracciano/ 40 miles outside Rome, on, the, flight between Alexandria and London, are ordered Fenceforth only to refuel there during a brief halt of one hour or so.

The night halt will be mado Instead at Athens or Marsellies. The order becomes effective to-day.

given to-day.

The news has been given out by Chief Engineer Dobson, a member of the crew of one of the five British merchant ships which were at Narvik when Germany invaded Norway.

The chief engineer is at present

ring in a Swedishi hospital suffering

from frost-bite.

Five British ships were just coming up to the pier to load Iron ore, he said, when the German destroyers

entered the port.

The Nazi sailors swarmed on board,

Saw Naval Battle.

The British men were arrested and alten to a school.

The next day the British destroyers entered Narvik and a great battle ensued.

That day the British captives were moved to a cafe on the water front. this time, the Germans were By

the running short of food and prisoners got only bread and water.

On April 13 they heard gunfire at

sco. sunk.

Dobson saw three destroyers

Later the Germans blew up the iron ore plers und most of the water front. Ordered To⋅ Swederi

On April 23, a German army com- mander ordered that they should be sent to Sweden.

Two batches of men set out walk- ing along the railway accompanied by German guards,

The cold was acute and the men were tired and frozen.

!!

During the whole of the follow ing 30 hours the only food, they goi was one cup of coffee and some dog biscuils.

At the frontier they were handed over to the Swedish authorities,

30 Ships Sunk At Narvik Dobson further states, that about 30 ships of various nationalitica have

NAZI PLANE SEEN bent to the bottom of Narvik

OFF ENGLAND

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, May 1 (UP)---A plane, believed to be German, was sighted off the north-east coast of England to-night.

The pinne was seen at Sunderland but no air raid sirena were sounded. Mochide-gun bursts were audible at

Sunderland.

air.

The enemy disappeared as soon as British nghter plane took to the

harbour.

Jene Jones, of the Mersington Court, was taken prisoner with 50 others when the Germans entered the port

Te nays, that they were lined up on the deck bra prison ship and had their phowgraphy taken.

Then they were kept below in the slip which was used as a screen dur- Ing the British attacks.

They were released, next morning presumably because by that time the Germans had found themselves to busy looking after themselves to bother about anyone else.

Frenchmen Work On PARIS, May 1 (Reuter)-In accordance with a decision of the French Trade Unions Counell, French workers continued working on May Day.

Hoss's New Boast

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" BERLIN, May (UP)"Our building slips are full of submarines and everything necessary for waging War is constantly being produced; declared Deputy

Fuehrer Rudolf Hess during a May Day speech at the Krupp works at Essen to-day.

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SHORTS In white or khaki drill linen or

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SOCKS of wool and cotton mix. ture in fawn, grey and white.

From $3.00 to $7.50..

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From $22.50 to $45.00.

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