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Demarche Sent

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Frantic Efforts To

To Save Peace

ARE YOUR

ASKS BRITAIN OF

Wants to Know by May 16

By REYNOLDS PACKARD

UNITED PRESS WAR CORRESPONDENT

ROME, May 6 (UP). understand from Italian and diplomatic: circlos in Rome that Britain has handed Italy a demarche which is tantamount to a direct! request that Signor Mus- solini define his atti- tude towards the Euro- pean War.

Britain has expressed the firm hope that an Italian reply to the demarche will be forthcoming before May

16.

It is understood that -the-demarche-was-de-[. livered by the British Charge d'Affaires, Mr. Noel Charles, on the day the U.S. Ambassador conferred with Signor Mussolini.

Britain Not Satisfied Britain is believed to have informed Italy that the present Italian status of "non-belligeren cy", is not regarded as satisfac- tory..

The return to-night of the British

FIRST PICTURE OF A NAZI INVASION

THIS DRAMATIC PHOTOGRAPH, the first received in Hongkong from Denmark, shows German troops marching through a street in Copenhagen after the Blitzkrieg Invasion.-By Air Mail. Copyright.

THE GERMAN INVASION of Norway. This dramatie photograph, received by air mail from Lon. don, shows the effect of Nazi Incendiary hombs on an unprotected Norwegian city. The photograph was taken in Elverum, 75 miles north-east of Oslo. The city was completely razed by Nazl bombs.

INTENTIONS? MUSSOLINI

FEVERISH DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY IN BALKANS AS SCENE. DARKENS

FEVERISH DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY IS EVIDENT IN THE BALKANS AS RENEWED EFFORTS are beinG MADE BY HIS HOLINESS THE POPE AND PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO KEEP ITALY OUT OF THE WAR.

The Allied War Council mot at the Elysee Palace in Paris at 2 p.m." yesterday.

A "United Press" message from Washington states that President Roosevelt has suddenly curtailed his visit to Hyde Park, and has taken a special train for Washington.

Attaches refuse to state why the President took this extraordinary

course.

IL DUCE SEES COMMANDER

During the latter part of his stay in Hyde Park President Roosevelt received telephonic summaries of the situation in Europe.

It is officially announced in Rome that Mussolini received the Prince of Piedmont at Venice Palace yester- day afternoon.

The Prince is one of Italy's two Army Corps Com- manders.

hour.

Italian-defence-measures were discussed for over an

The conversations followed the Prince's audience with His Holiness the Pope at the Vatican.

Considerable agitation has been caused in Bulgaria

at reports that Turkey is massing troops on the Greek frontier.

Ambassador is considered important COVETED PRIZES Kowloon Wharf Trouble Dramatic Sequel To Sennet Freres Hold-Up

in view of the latest developments in Anglo-Italian relations.

Some quarters connect the rolum of the Ambassador with the latest efforts at appeasement by His Holiness the Pope and President Roosevelt.

Embassy Denial

The same quarters suggest that the despatch of British reinforcements to the Mediterranean is connected with the contents of the British demarche, It should be emphasised that British Embassy circles in Rome deny the reported any knowledge of demarche.

More Warships At Alexandria SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" ALEXANDRIA, May 8 (Domel). Following in the wake of the recent- ly arrived Allied Fleet, another fleet

of Allied warships reached here 10-

day

The British naval authorkiles have announced that if Haly Joins the wor

Troops Mass On

Balkans Borders

Situation Said To Be Very Tense

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

BUDAPEST, May 6 (Domei).The situation in south-eastern Europe has become considerably graver during the last 24 hours, with various countries now civil concentrating massive for-

ces in the Balkans.

It is believed that the Turkish move is connected with British naval activity in the eastern Mediterranean,

Meanwhile, Rumania has

defence exercises.

FOR NEWSMEN Incensed REVOLVER FOUND IN instituted extensive

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGA^PH",

NEW YORK, Muy G (UT).— Two New York Journalists have been awarded the 1940 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism.,

Burton Heath, of the New York "World-Telegram” receives the prize of $1,000 for his nerics of stories exposing the financial manipulations of Judge Mariin T. Manton, of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Otto D. Tillschus, of the "Now York Times,”, has been awarded the second Fulltzer Prize of $500 for "distinguished servicO war correspondent in Berlin."

CA

a

Coolies

H.K. Traders Report

Intimidation

G.P.O. LETTER BOX

· A.32 CALIBRE REVOLVER that may have been the one responsible for the death of Mr. J. Dubois in Although the authorities claim the last week's astounding hold up at Sennet Freres nothing untoward has happened at the Kowloon

wharves since the dumped in a letter box at the General Post Office last Wharf and Godown Company declar- night.

ed a a "pratceled area" which has thrown a thousand coolfes out of

was

*The pistol, together with 43 rounds of ammunition which work, reports from Hongkong im- had also been dumped, was found by a mail sorter shortly after- porters received by the "Telegraph"

wards. Indicate that it is impossible for traders to take delivery of goods at The post mortem on Mr. the present time owing to intimida-Dubois revealed that he had been

killed by a .32 bullet. LONDON, May @ (British Wire-lon by the incensed coolies,

Intimidation

Police experts are now making

Efforts

Renewed

By Pope Pius

letter reads:

Bucharest will be placed under war-time conditions to-morrow In order to accustom the popu~ lace to air-raid emergencies.

Similar exercises are to. be held in provincial towns.

Egypt's Precautions

A tense altuation prevails, and there is a general fear that it is only a question of time before south-eastern Europe is dragged into the war.

Turkey is reported to have sent troops to the Greece- Bulgarian-Turkish border. Nazi Concentrations A "Reuter" message from. Germany is said to have concen- Cairo states that special ordin-trated huge forces along the German="

PLEASE Turn To Pago 2. ances were 'signed by the Egyp- tian Prime Minister yesterday.

These ordinances provide that re-nobody will now be allowed to enter have obtained valuable cluca garding the identity and possible or leave Egypt without a special per- hiding places of the two wanted mit and anybody possessing fire men from the man now in custody. arms, explosives or material from which bombs and explosives can be One Man In Hospital

It is believed ho will have recover-

LATEST

London Papers Urge Total Warfare

on the German side, the Allied army, less).Increasing by £3,000 today, navy and air forces are ready to take the Lord Mayor's Red Cross. Fund The following letter from Mr. J. ballistic tests to determine whether The man in custody, is an inmate made must declare such possession to appropriate action.

passed the £1,400,000 mark to-night. M. da Rocha, a prominent llongkong the bullet recovered from Mr. Dubois at Queen Mary Hospital, where he the authorities before May 15 under importer, provides facts which refute abdomen was fired from the revolver was taken under pollee escort after penalty not exceeding eight years

being seized in Sennet Freres pre-imprisonment. the statement made officially to the recovered at the post office.

Hla "Telegraph" earlier, to-day,

The person who dumped the re-mises a few minutes after the fatal Tightening Security Measures volver and ammuntilon chose a time wounding of Mr. Dubols.

The authorities are empowered to Sir-Regarding your report in to- when there were no pedestrians In

LONDON, May 7 (Reuter) -Lon- day's second edition of the "Tele- the vicinity, and the act was noted sufficiently from his wounds to be to search private dwellings.

This is part of an energetic action don newspapers predict that to-day's graph" that there has been no witnessed by any post office officials, discharged from hospital early next

week, when he will appear in court. being taken by the Government to debate in the House of Commons will demonstration by coolies on the closed

Finger Print Evidonco.

The question of offering reward tighten up security measures through-go beyond the immediate subject of for the apprehension of the two men out the country.

the Norwegian campaign. The whole still at large is still under discussion.

Extra premutions are being taken conduct of the war will be called in- in the Suez Canal zone which is 10 question. Several editorials NAZIS TO LEAVE being continually swept for possible observe that the lesson from ITALIAN TYROL

By REYNOLDS PACKARD UNITED PRESS STAFF, CORRESPONDENT ROME, May 6, (UP)—His Holiness the Pope and President

koep Italy out of war.

person

mines.

Kowloon wharves, the following facts It is believed that important finger may bo interest.

Following the usual procedure print evidence may have been left sent my coolles to take delivery out-on the revolver by the responsible for the dumping.

the Nor- side the Government bounds of goods One revolver used, in the Sennet

wegion campaign is that the Allles consigned to me aboard an American Freres hold up had previously been

have been able to realise the for- The output of the Suez oll TC- Roosevelt are authoritatively reported to be collaborating to liner which reached port this week, recovered by the police when a man,

midable strengus of their adversary, but the coolles were unable to obtain now in custody, was arrested a few

fineries is being stored in huge and that no half measures will bring VATICAN CITY, May 8 (Reuter), underground tanks in the desert. The report is also connected delivery owing to intimidation by seconds after Mr. Dubois was shot.

them victory of coolles surrounding the crowde

The Primate of Poland has inform- This report is being circu- with the meeting at Florenco wharves

Koon Polico Search

ed His Holiness the Pope that Ger-

Roosevelt's "Norvos"

The Daily Telegraph" says "that" tho

Mr. Chamberlain, when he rises in telephoned to Subsequently I love

There has been no relaxation in man-speaking familles lated among usually reliable last week-end between

from the United States Ambassador and Secretary of the Wharf Company the efforts of the police to apprehend Italian Tyrol will be sent to German that he was returning earlier than scious that the issues at stake range President Roosevelt told reporters the Commons to-day "will be con- ecclesiastical quarters fol- Mr. Myron Taylor, President asking him how I could take delivery, the two Shanghal gangsters wanted occupied Poland next August.

PLEASE Turn To Page 10. I was informed that all I had to do for the murder of Mr. J. Dubois,

expected because of CASO of The Primate has also presented a nerves." lowing a 35-minute audience Roosevelt's representative to the was to seril my lighter alongside the Every ship leaving the Colony, report giving detalls of Nazi persecu which the Pope gave to the Vatican."

pray and delivery could be obtained particularly vessels en route to tions of Polish Catholica,on

The President added that he won- This 1 of The United States Ambasador is

did, but again my workers Macao, are being carefully watched. Prince and Princess

The report refers to the "death of|dered what was "breaking" on the experted back in Rome to-morrow, it were met by intimidation by gangs

It is reported, although without 39 priests of six, dioceses by shooting European front after being away Piedmont this morning.

PLEASE Turn To Pago 2. ***PLEASE Turn To Page 2. official confirmation, that defectives or from torture in prison,

from Washington for a few dayız.

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