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SLASHING ATTACK ON Nazis Active MUSSOLINI BY ATTLEE In Shanghai,

LONDON, June 11 (Reuter)-Mr. C. R. Attlee, Lord Privy Seal, made a state- ment on the war to-day in the House of Commons on behalf of Mr. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister.

"I rise to make a statement on the recent happenings in the Minister," he said.

absence

of the Prime.

"Because the pressure of the war on the other fronts, the Allied forces have been with-

drawn from Norway.

"The Norwegian forces iņ north Norway laid down their arms in order to save Norwegian territory from further destruc- tion by the Germans.

"In order to watch over Norwegian interests during the war, the Norwes gian King and the Norwegian Gov.

ernment have left Norway and have come to this country.

the

Why Withdrawal Was Made "It was with deep regret that His Majesty's Government was forced to take this decision to abandon campaign in north Norway at a mo- ment when, by a turn in our favour,

had fallen into our hands. The campaigti has been bravely fought by the combined Allied forces IL has under arduous conditions.

during the succeeded

past

Mussolini-Castor Oil King Of Italy

LONDON, June 11 (Reuter).—Before making his state- ment in the House of Commons to-day, Mr. C. R. Attlee, Lord Privy Seal, said that owing to the heavy engagements of the Prime Minister and the Defence Ministers Committee, the re- maining stages of the Colonial Development Welfare Bill would

be taken to-day.

Greek Minister At Foreign Office

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

(UP). The LONDON, June 11 two Greek Minister visited the Foreign months in retaining vastly superior Office this afternoon. forces away from the decisive theatre

the war. "The time has come when clear that all the avaliable forces al the Ailled disposal musi be employed

of

contribution to European civilisation It is in the past.

Mussolini's Betrayal

the

"It was a hard drelsion for Norwegian King and Government to make to leave their own country.

"They had held out for two months, against the full weight of the Ger-

Mr. 1. B. Lees-Smith, Lubour, made a brief comment after Mr. Attlee's statement. He said that both the western dictators had now thrown of their masks and added that it was everywhere now clear to all men that on Britain and France depended the hopes of free men of every nation in the world.

Must Distinguish Commander O, S. Locker-Lampson, "False to the finest traditions, fulse Conservative, asked the Government

Rumours

11 .A.

LONDON, June (Reuter). Mr. R. Butler, Secretary of State, the House of spoke in Commons to-day on the rúmours of Nazi and other activities in Shang- hai.

Replying to

ques-

tioner, Mr. Butler said Lord Halifax had been in- formed that these ours of Nazi and other activities in Shanghai

rumTM

have little foundation.

The rumours might have been issued, he said, to cause alarm and ner.

vousness.

His Majesty's Govern- ment he concluded, 'was watching the position.. ........

ALLIES NEW SEA DANGERS

Into War

TEL 28151

HITTING BY R.A. F.

FOUR GAOLED FOR HARD

COMPANY FILM CONSPIRACY

Nazis Given No Rest.

Night Or Day

LONDON, June 11 (Reuter).

Ad Air Ministry communique

ASSOCIATION with a convicted and notorious West End character was said to be the downfull of Albert

| states that during the last 24 Stanley Attkins (43), à film sound engineer, of Radlett, hours, medlume and heavy- Herts, who was sentenced recently at Herts Quarter the enemy's lines of communica bombers continued operations ont

Sessions to eight months' imprisonment for conspiring tions leading towards Rouen and with others to defraud the Associated British Picture Corporation of London and Elstree.

The hearing lasted 14 days,

After a retirement of five hours, the jury found that three other men were also guilty, but that Herbert Sydney Ryland, company director, of Rushey Green, Catford, was not guilty. was discharged.

Benjamin Cook (43), of Wembley, who was working under Attkins us a Alm sound rècordiat, was sent to prison for five months on one count of conspiracy and nine counts of fraud,

Henri Latour Williams (57), mer- chant, of Oxford Street London, and Robert Layer Parker (55), theatrical were ench manager, of Southgate, sentenced to four months' imprison- nient for conspiracy and fraud.

Prosecution Cost £1,000

Judge H. Morris Sturgess said thut if they had any money he would have

towards the costs of the prosecution. which would cost the county at least

£1,900.

ou the main Front where the issue of in the heritage of the vinte the net le try to distinguish between Italians Effect Of Italy's Entry nned them at least. £50 each to pay the war and the fate of Norway and Renaissance and betraying the men and Italians.

He pointed out that His Holiness countries of Hisar Gimento who struggled for all the other democratie

freesium, Mazzini, Garribaldi, Victor must be decided.

Einmungel and Cavour, men who the Pope slood for peace and was a

LONDON, June 11 (Router). the Italians Agure they must reverence, made Italy a

"We must also remember that King free nation, barbari-

military Corres- are now to uld the

Victor Emanuel stood for peace," he "Reuters" ons in their attack upon civilisation.

orance, whose arms freed inly said, "and we ought to distinguish pondent says that with Italy as between a King with the real know an ally of Germany, the dangers man forces and were undefeated at stabbed in the back by the descen-ledge of his people and Mussolinl, confronting the Ailies are more

the castor-off King of Italy." the end. (Cheers)..

donts of the men she treed. Throughout this time, the ample of King Haakon has been the mainstay of Norwegian resistance.

To Continue To Fight "The Norwegiant have decided against to continue the struggle Germany on other fronts.

The

ex-

15 tom German domination,

now

In replying, Mr. Attice said he by sea and air than on land.

It was said by Detective-Inspector

downfall of Attkins, who pleaded Fish, of New Scotland Yard, that the guilty to 18 charges of fraud and con- spiracy, was due to his two years' association with a woman of many previous convictions and who was

{mall,

ENGLISH RIOTS

Windows Smashed In Italian Quarters

He

London, June 11.. Considerable damage was done by crowds of youths in West Scottish districts to Italian pro- perly, during a great deal of window smashing Inst night. Italian premises in Greenock

suffered particularly.

the Seine.

Columns of armoured vehicles and mechanised transports were attacked, and damage was dono " to railways, roads and bridges.

Heavy bombers continued their attacks on important crossings on the Meuse and attain attacked military objectives in western Germany.

One of our aircraft.is missing.

Night And Day Operations Our ar units from France have been engaged in repeated day and night reconnaissance operations over the fighling zone,

Four of our medium bombers are missing.

in France RAF fighters based carried out a large number of pro- tective patrols against enemy formn- tions, which were sometimes ten times their own strength.

In these encounters at least Ave enemy aircraft werd shot down. Seven of our Oghters are missing.

Coastal Command aircraft on reconnaissance fights over Norway set lire to two all tankers and refinery at Thamshavn. - -

a

Stafford Cripps, the newly phoned

The police made a baton charge

SOFIA, June 11 (Reuter).—Slr there to clear the streets. Sixty tors being fined an average of, half) British Ambassador to Moscow, left arrests were made, the demonstra-

a guineu each.

Sofla to-day for Moscow In a Soviet plant.

Hostile crowds

in demonstrated various parts. of England and Wales.

"Britain is to be attacked in on thought he had made clear the dis- Italy's 100 submarines can Mussolini may get some pickings for tinction between the Italian people operate from bases close to the living with a man convicted of black- Windows were smashed in Exeter, France and place themselves in the

profound

hope that from her destruction

his new Roman Empire.

"Mussolint has made a stake. The victims, whose spoils he wants to share, are not dead.

"The French people are never

in than when

adversity. (Cheers);

"Theyre fighting magnifcently on help the sea. In the ule and on land.

"Britain, in all her strength by sea, air and land, la standing firmly by What Faces Italy

Norwegian Government made this clear-in-their-proclama-greater tion which was issued to-day. "The Norwegian Government will now use all their resources

Lo

the Allies in the war against Ger- many,

is

"This decision, for which the Allied her side. Government are deeply grateful.

of the "They will soo find-they are evidence of the conviellon Norwegian people that their only already finding-what is the might of ; hope for the future les in an Allied senpower.

the Aliled cause, victory and thai

"Already 14 ships have been seized

ten others are in our with which they are now more than and ever identified, will surely prevail. Three ships, on the best

ports.

Gernan

"I regret to inform the House of model, have been scuttled. (Laugh- the presumed loss of the aircraft ter).

carrier Glorious, two destroyers, the The Imaginary restraints which

und Mussolini. He added that the traffic routes and the danger is First Lord of the Admiralty would

give the House full Information as greatest between France and her Labour

soon na was available of the naval African colonies. uction of the coast of Norway..

Italy's Seas A Mass of Mines

can

aircraft Shore-based

also the anywhere in operate alotost Mediterranean and the Italians are known to have established many secret aerodromes in the Aegeans,

and Pantellarla

Tobruk Sielly, 7Libya).

Strong Allied Defences Ever since the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, the Allled defences have Gibraltar. been growing rapidly.

Malta and Cyprus have been inten- sively fortified, while the Franch ports For Oran and Alglers are strong naval

and submarine bases.

ull tanker Oil Pioneer and the tran-our occupation of the cast and west that certain areas in the Gulf of (double the Ille feet is more than

there were no further particulars available.

Attico And Italy

"We shall give them blow for low. "Two dictators have united to des- "There is no quarrel between the Italians and the British and French tray democraty, Democracy

answer the challenge. peoples.

"Since we became a nation have never fought the Italians.

wil

within

waters.

"A third dangerous area is at the

Straits Of Messina Affected

int out,

There

Arc almost no ale

Party's 2,663,067 Members

MEMBERSHIP of the Labour Party In Great Britain Increased by 30,000 last year and 'reached a total of 2,603,067.

This

Leaflets Record

sin

Party income for the year amounted to £70,000:

Nearly £10,000 was received from from the Income literature sales, pamphlets, leadets and posters repch ing the record total of nearly £0,000. A special appeal to members and raid

British Warning To Noutral Shipping

Allled destroyer flotillas are in LONDON, June 11 (Reuter). position to begin an unremitting hunt

for Itallan submarines. The Admiralty has announced The Alles' sport Orama, following the with ends of the Mediterranean are sup-

Is the highest figure since Italy may try to sever the Mediler- drawal of our forces from Norway." posed to impose en Italy in time of Venice, the Gulf of Quarro and

Mr. Attice added with regret that peace become realities in time of war. al Albanian territorial waters rancan routes from the west to the 1927, when the total was drastically

cast, or the island of Leres may be cut by the Triides Disputes Act. Italy.

like Germany, will feel the are dangerous owing to mines. used for raiding, as it is only 60 Last year's increase, which is re- blockade.

Vessels destined for Yugo-Slavian iniles from the Egyptian frontier, vented In the annual report of the "I say we have no ill-will towards the Italian people. We are sorry that Ports are recommended to navigate Bul Allied plans have been prepared National Executive, Committee, pub-

territorial (or every cuntingency. Yugo-Stavian

⚫lished this month was due to In continuing, he said, "As the they should have been brought to

Italy's Vulnerability

expansion of affiliated trades union House knows-linty declared-war-on- slaughter on account of the over- Britain and France this morning.

LONDON, June 11 (Realer). The membership. weening ambition and just for blood

Individunt membership, at 408,000, "Hordly ever before in history can of Il Duce. But we are prepared to cel of the Italian coast covering the Italian sazridees, as mentioned in the a decision to cimbrell a great nation meet the challenge.

area occupied by the ports of Brindisi Rome press, may well be very heavy shows a slight drop. and Barl, In war have been taken so wantonly

Indeed. authoritative circles here and with so little excuse.

She is vulnerable to attack from A fourth area is the Gulf of Taranto both the sea and the air.

Further, an American radle com- "From across the Atlantic has come and covers the ports of Tornato mul

mentator broadcasting from Rome on we the answer of a great democracy. Metaponto.

(Cheers).

There is a fifth dangerous area of Monday night, said that the air raid "On the other hand, when Italy

Vital Inspiration

The cast coast of Sicily and includes precaution facilities were not very

incisive. was to long divided, and to a great

"It was as though the day had fole Straits of Messina. extent enslaved by the Germans, and

Three considerable mineßelds are when she sought in the 19th century lowed the night when, only a few to become a united untion, it was hours after the dictator in Italy had laid also on the Libyun, coast, on shelters and so far there has been no affiliated bedies for donations to wipe. British sympathy and help and French made his dastardly announcement to closing the port of Bengazi, while the plan for the evacuation of women and out a deficit of over £0,000 from the

as Milan and Turin, both of which 8,802, arms which enabled her to attain her cheering ranks of black-shirts, the second and third cover at intervals to children from such important towns desires.

President of the United States de- the Egyptian border,

The Party had a net balance of - A further area is laid northwest of are within ensy bombing range for

the French Air Force.

nearly £2,000 on the year. "Britain and Frater have always Blvered to the youth of his country n

Six million leaflets were issued been prepared to consider any real message, worthy of that great free Rhodes and covers the waters of the

and. over 050,000 pamphlets sold. -grievances which laly might feel. country, in extending the whole of Dodecanese, Including the Italian base;

This was in-spite of the war, which Right up to this declaration of war, American sympathies to those rations of Leros, Britain and Francs have sought in who

prevented literature distribution in giving their life-blood arc

Ten Minofields

the last three months of the year, overy way to prevent tho war against force and hate.

has vitally i

Dealing with the electoral truce the spreading to the Mediterranear). "President Roosevelt

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, "They have been patient under inspired the free peoples of Europe.

report states, "Apart from the war June 11 (UP)-The SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH.

n shadow of His assurance that material re British Admiralty officially every kind of provocation and abuse.

TOKYO, June 12 (Domel)-The N. issue, which without A- Sordid-Motivo-

sources of that great Industrial_na- tlen will be placed at the disposal or ounces that ten minofulde have, Y. Kliner Suwa Maru, which was doubt is a matter of life and liberty scheduled to leave Moll for Europe to the British people, the N.E.Cla "Why, then hos Inly declared wit? the Allies makes it inevitable that been laid in the Mediterranonn,

A mingleld in the region of the fo-day, has peatponed its departure/convinced that the present und pros- I say for completely sordid materini however hard the road, the cause of

Gult of Venice stretches from Gare under instructions from the N. Y. Kpective interests of the Party demands adherenco, to this electoral agree- motives because Mussolint thinks he civilisation will prevail in the end,

towards Pola, cutting Venice, Trieste ilend Omee. "Let me say to the House and to und Pola from the Mediterranean. sees a' chance of securing some spolls)

Wide Activitios at the expense of the western de the country that this new attack does

A second ininefield covers mocracies now that they are at grips not cause dismay...

The comanitteg states, however, that it has made it clear that the Party Is perfectly free to carry on Its normal functions as the official NEW YORK, June 11 (UF)The Opposition in Parliament and its On the other side of the Mediter "free" Pound Sterling rallied strong-general polllicol activities in the

country." Tanean, the entire coast of Libya hasty to-day. been isolated by yet another mine-

NY.KLINER NOT TO SAIL

with the brute forces of Germany, It makes no difference to our stern and the island of Barl, while mines Hongkong Dollar

Metaponto,

Another minefeld covers the east

"Mussolint uses the argument of resolution to defeat all our enemies laid in the Gulf of Taranto cover the Jackal which fancles, the pos- or to our confidence in our ability to sibility of gelling some scraps from withstand all attacks and achieve vie

"Rather it should increase our d

another beast's kill.

le buts forward the argument

tory.

of a petty meak thief who hopes termination to strain at every norte to rifle the pockeli of a murderer's to meet all the dangers and differ

ties of this critical time in, the sure This as foble role that Mussolini knowledge that we fuht not for of uns chosen for the great Italian pea-selves alone but for the freedom of ple which has mado much a splendid human spirit." (Cheats).

coat of Sicily to Mession Straits.

Strengthens

SPECIAL TO THE: STELEGRAPH”?

previous year brought in the sum of

ment.

Its strength, carried the Frenchi The wide range of activities of Beld, and further mines stretch from franc and Hongkong and Shanghal which the Executive gives details in thenorth-west currencies to higher levels coach its impressive report, proves that in the Dodecanese to

mens covering the Italian novel The Canadian Dollar remains every fold the Labour Party is extr ||base at Leron.

·| steady.........

eialog the freedom is, claims.

12 in

Newcastle, Newport and Cardiff.

Italians arrested include 60 in North Shields, five in South Shields, in Newcastle, and 28 in Middles- borough.

The Italian quarter in Soho was thronged to-day by hundreds of sight seers, The streets were sometimes

service of the State.

Italy's declaration of war has left Marseilles completely calm. Thero Worc anti-Italian demonstrations, when more than 1,000 people collec- ted outside the Italian Consulate. Stores were thrown and windows were broken.

"blocked until they were clebred-by- The French Resident-General In the police.

Morocco, General Nogues, in a com- Italians left in an almost continu-munique, stated that on a recent tour ous stream of police cars, which took of the Tunis Protectorate he found them from Soho to a school in West; the population perfectly calm and London to await internment.-Reuter, the morale of the troops high, so that

Reactions in Franco

the situation created by the Italian decision could be regarded with com- plete confidence.

The population at Rabat learned the news of the Italian declaration determination, Crowds, with calm

of natives,

Paris, June 11, Some 900 Italians were arrested in Marseilles during the night. Notices have appeared calling on Italians to report to the Authorities within the next three days. They including many groups must state whether they are pre-gathered in the streets and manrched pared to sign a pledge of loyalty to through the town singing-Reultr

They're well w #but thes

worn well

thanks to

BLACK POLISH

Polishes, Protects and Preserves

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