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FOUNDED 1801 # + THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1940.

No. 16289

HITLER-FRANCO MEETING ON SPANISH BORDER

Special to the "Telegraph"

It is officially revealed that Horr Hitler con- versed with General Franco on the Franco-Spanish border to-day, says a "United Press" message from Berlin, while, according to a Vichy report, M. Laval has received an invitation from Hitler to attend a four-men conference. Those taking part will be Hitler, Ribbentrop, Petain and Laval, and the venue will be somewhere in France at an carly date.

Another Vichy report says that after his interview with Hitler on Tuesday, M. Laval returned to Vichy. Afterwards where he conferred with Marshal Petain.

he left immediately for Paris.

Following his talks at Fontainbleau M. Laval returned to Paris last night and then went on to Vichy to report the details of his conversations with Hitler.

During this talk with Petain other Ministers were called in fur brief consultations on technical matters.

M. Laval also had a brief conversation with the Spanish Ambassador at Vichy yesterday.

Then he started on his journey to Paris but had to turn hack after 90 minutes owing to fog. He will resume the trip to-day,

Laval's

It is understond thut M. first talk with Hitler was wholly of a preparatory nature in which Hitler expressed his willingness to meet Maishai Petain to discuss problems | for the termination of the state of war between Germany and France.

One of the major questions of the pauling conversations between Hitler nd Laval is the liberation of the 1,800,000 French prisoners of war.

It was stated in Vichy yesterday that the Foreign Master, M. Paul Brudel in au ofisial and exclusive announcement-to-the-ulted Press"

PEER ATTACKS

H. G. WELLS

Not Fit To Speak For UK.

· LONDON, Oct. 23 (Reuter).-"I think it is dan-

declared: "I authorise you to state gerous to allow a man of this type to go-to-America,"

that all ides of military action was

xcluded when Lavat met Hitler."

Frontier Meeting

deelured "Lord Winterton in the House of Commons

Madrid, Oct. 23 (outer).The 10-day when, in

a lengthy attack on II. G. Wells, ha)

German wireless announces that Herr questioned the propriety of wells being granted an exit Hitler and General Franes, e- companied by Here van tibbentrop permit in order to carry on a lecture tour in the United

and Senor Suner, their respective Foreign Ministers,

arriveet :11

Franco-Spanish frontier and

may be in conference there.

The States.

they

Lord Winterton referred to Wells' reference to Lord Halifax as the "quintessence of everything an Englishman should not "our praying London, Del. 23 (Renter).The be" and Wells' description of Lord Gort as

France's Air Force

effective strength of French Air Force in North Africa Is 500

present

the

believed to be

modern planes.

1715 more than

Other aircraft of this fleet which was estimated by one source original-

ly at 1,200 strong, are thought to be

ubsulcte. Most of the planes are

ROOSEVELT CAMPAIGN

General."

"}

Lord Winterton added: happen to be an extensive reader of Addison, Steel and Pope. I can imagine one of them saying

based in Morocco. Reserves and NEW YORK, Oct. 23 (Reuter)of this attack. 'Sir, these aro

spare parts are lacking.

The Deine report

That France's President Roosevelt will open

North African Air Force figured in election campaign with a the demands reported to have been Philadelphia to-night.

his indecent words, nay, they are speech Fit worse, they are blackguardly"."

It is possible that the fate of this! air force was raised as an additional will make a final plea for re-election TURN to Page 5, Column One from the White House.

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WHITEAWAY'S

TERAZIS STORY OF A NAZI

The savagery of the Nazi air raiders over Bri- tain cannot be better illustrated than by these two pictures taken after a recent raid One shows the remains of a ward in o Kentish hospital after a bomb had scored, a direct hit, and the other the damaged exterior of church in the London area.

D

INVASION WHICH

NEVER CAME OFF

LONDON, Oct. 23, (Router).. Details of Hitler's preparations for invasion of England were disclosed officially to-night.

The Air Ministry news service points out that only part of the story can as yet be told, but this part shows that from the first day that the enemy concentrated his forces in every available port and harbour, the R.A.F. carried out re- connaissances.

In the early days of September, the reports of these aircraft brought back showed only. small concentrations of men and material, but as time passed they became more and more imposing, and before long hundreds of assembled at barges and other war materials were Antwerp, Calais, Dunkirk and Ostend.

:

Many barges were observed from the air daily to be moving slowly from one canal to another. Small warships were also mored near the barges. These barges were self-propelled, over 150 feet in length and each capable of carrying about two train. loads of men or material.

enable tanks to be easily carried

It was also known that Ger-jand disembarked.

Besides concentrations of barges, many had commandeered every available barge of over 500 tons there were also submarines in many harboura-some of ocean-going type and armies of workmen were employed in shipyards altering the bows of these vessels Lo

ISOLATED Good Trade Figures To ATTACKS Help Us Win The War

Wells. Lord Winterton continued, made recently on the Vichy Govern-; His speech will be broadensi and ment is interesting in the light of will be followed by others at New had for years been attacking our these estimates and they may give York on October 25, Washington on religion and consitution. elue to the methods by which the October 30 and Cleveland on Novem- Wintertoy referred to an occasion

when lie (Lord Winterton) Axis Powers had hoped to get Petain|der, 2.. to toe the line.

On November 4-election eye-he present at a lunch in America at n meeting of an Inter-Governmental

·By Nazi Raiders "There were present the Committee. Governor of New York State and also

LONDON, Oct. 23 (Reuter). of the Roman Catholic Archbishop the Eastern States, the Mayor of New Enemy air activity to-day has York-himself a devout Catholic-been confined to a few isolated and representatives of the Episcopal attacks by single aircraft. Church the Methodist Church and the Jewish religion.

Bombs were dropped on a town

Hitler Would Give Indo-China To Japan

ZURICH, Oçl. 23 (Reuter).—The Axis Powers recently laid the following proposals before the Vichy Government according to reports to the newspaper "Volksrecht" from Berne.

1. France to hand over Alsacoj Lorraine to Germany and Nice to Xisty.

2. Tunis to be divided between France and Italy: Algeria to re- main French.

3. France to hand the northern part of Morocco to Spain.

the so-called closed areas from the Swits frontier across Burgundy to the Belgian frontier and the Somme.

the

very

"I was struck with the fact that of the south coast and on throughout

eloquent places in the London speeches there ran a very strong Damage was slight and feeling of unity of the different faiths, and yet we allow Wells to go to the were casualties only in

London area. United States us a representative of Britain and British Bterature-a man who prides himself as being an op- ponent of all religions and who says there is no such thing,"

maintained in September.

LONDON, Oct. 23,(Renter). Despite intensification of enemy activity, the export of United Kingdom goods was fully This was the most notable feature of the trade returns issued to-day.

The average value of exports per two working day in September actually exceeded the corresponding figure for prea.

The total exports of United August. there Kingdom goods in September amount- £31,100,000, which sub- one ed to

stantially exceeded the total of £23,- 000,000 In September, 1930.

More Sleep For Londoners

After a year of war, overseas trade LONDON, Oct. 23 (Reuter).

efforts to Between 80 and 90 per cent of Longurea testify to the success of the

Drish Export Council's

United

large motor vesscis, tugs and mer- chant ships. Forty-five merchant ships were reported at Le Havre on one occasion.

Inland new aircraft shelters were being built on many aerodromes from which it was expdeled that enemy aircraft would assist in the invasion. Rallways too were particularly, busy, especially between Germany und the Low Countries.

Thwarted By R.A.F.

I wan September 5 that a strong R.A.F. offensive against the enemy was begun. Each invasion base in turn. came in for heavy bombard- ment, Naval docks and shipbuilding yards at Kiel, Homburg and Bremen were bombed us well, and extensive damage was also done to occupied parts along the Dutch and Belgian

chusty

The Air Ministry news service em- phasised that until lately it would TURN to Pago 5. Column One:

LATEST

Courageous Watchman

Despite being shot in the hand, a Courageous Chinese watchman; Chan Cheung, of the Cheung ling Timber Yard, Cheungshawan, chased and caught two of three suspects while on duty yesterday morning.

The alarm was raised from a neighbouring junk yard when three men, after being questioned, jumped Into the water, swam ashore tried to run off.

Soo Back Pago For Further Loto News

and

To

U.S. Is Prepared

Defend Philippines

Special to the "Telegraph"

don's population are obtaining more and and develop alternative markets WASHINGTON, Oct, 23 (UP) The Secretary of the Navy, sicep to-day during air raids than in view of the prevalling European Colonel Frank Knox, to-day declared that the United States A Sixth Column

they were a month ago, It is learned conditions. from Government investigations.

Dix During the

months ended navy is prepared to defend any territory under the American

the American flag, tie navy is ready There is leas grumbling at the in-August 31 this year, the Lord Winterton added: "There is

flag. Those Against -

another and more sinister explana convenience of air attacks, though Kingdom's exports to countries out-

Ile expressed his belief that the 10 defend them," the Colonel con-

cluded. There proposals the newspaper tlon of Wells' conduct. France was these have intensified. There are no side Europe and the Mediterranean

Grave Danger says, were submitted and exomined not only betrayed by her Lavals and signs that the courage of the people aren had been above the year carlier, United States and a "moral obliga- at a special meeting of the Vichy other traitors of the Right or by is declining, but in the opinion of The aggregate increase for the period tion" to help South Amerlen to re

the

Left. There was neutral observers, it is steadily in £30,000,000 or about 20 per cent. arm. He revealed that the navy had BALTIMORE, Oci. 23. (UP)-The niready shipped guns, equipment and Under-Secretary of State, Mr. Sum- 4. The remaining French Afrl-Government and, following agitated Communists of

discussion. were rejected by another class of sixth columnists Increasing.

supplies to several nations, but no forner Welles to-day declared that the cax Colonics to be jointly admini majority. Marshal Petuin and Gen- who for years past had tried to shope

no ships had been sent to any of the entire Western Hemisphere "at this tered and explolled by France. Weygand, supported by several the fate of Frenchmen, in all the

Berlin Children

South American countries. Germany and Italy.

spiritual ami material-institutions of

moment is in grave danger and must 5. France to hand Indo-China other Ministers, spoke against ne-

France. These people, like Wells,

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" Colonel Knox wald: "We can do be prepared to make such sacrifices to Japart.

Evacuated

fend anything and What decided the issue was, the professed n hatred of Nazi-ism and

we are not as may be required in the common 6. France to plaos her Mediter-

CHUNGKING, Oct. 23 (UP)--It is,

of land Interest to consummate the solidarity, ranean Fleet and the Air Force consideration that the Vichy Govern-thoy abused and insulted their fellow stalloned In North Africa at the ment could not prevent the French countrymen, Like Wells, they bo-

Stockholm, Oct. 23 (Reuter).—Ar reliably reported that about ten indifferent to the security disposal of Germany for use Colonies from declaring for General Haved "In nothing and nobody. Pärigemonte liave been made, for: 731 Japanese planes again bombed points anywhere under the American flag." of the Western Hemisphere, the need ágainst Britain.

Capt. O. Peake, Under-Secretary of special trains to lake children from between Mengtze and Koohlu In * explod, Gerranny would evacuate Laval and Baudouin, Vice-Premier State for Home Affairs, declared that Berlin under the Government's Yunnan to-day, but details are lack-questions concerning the navy Inten-formed that the Govern

the major part of occupied France and Foreign Minister respectively, the grant of an exit permit did not voluntary evacuation scheme, alates ing

the "Aftonbladet. except for the Channel ports and TURN to Page 5 Column Twoive any sort of official standing or the Berlin correspondent of the

ceptance.

de Gaulle should the proposals be ac-

7. If these conditions were accepted,

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The statement came in reply to of which is the greatest in history:**

of defending the Philippines Ho

other outlying Pacino powessions ment's 80-year-long good neighbou The alrrald alarm was sounded in including Guam, Wake and Midway polley was bared on the necessity for Kunming, from 9 a.m., until 3 p.m. Islands, "While these territories B7 TURN to Page 5, Column One