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一拜禮號八十月十英港香 MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1940. 日八十月九

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ITALY MOVING NEARER

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CONFLICT WITH GREECE, REPORTS

Special to the "Telegraph"

ITALY IS MOVING TO WAR AGAINST GREECE ACCORDING TO “UNITED PRESS” MESsages receIVED IN HONGKONG TO-DAY FROM ROME, ATHENS AND OTHER CENTRES. ROME ALLEGES THAT GREEK AGITATION AGAINST ALBANIA HAS BEEN FERMENT- ED BY THE BELIEF THAT ENGLAND IS READY TO SEND TROOPS AND AEROPLANES TO TO AID GREECE.

British Bombers Take Full Revenge

BERLIN BLASTED: LIFE AND INDUSTRY DISRUPTED

Special to the "Telegraph”

LONDON, Oct. 27 (UP).-Life in Berlin has been seriously disrupted and portions of the city's vital industries are charred ruins as a result of the Royal Air Force's blasting counter-attacks-early this morning they unloaded cargoes of super- bombs on the German capital-according to the Air Ministry communique this evening.

The announcement claimed f that the German authorities have concealed the full extent: of the bombardment by clamping down a rigid censorship on re- ports of the night R.A.F. bomb- ing raids.

The new assault on Berlin early this morning occurred during wide ranging forays extending from 1ailand on the North Sea to Stettin on the Baltic, and from France to the coast of Norway.

Blazing Destruction

.

Titanic Air Battles Over South England

Enemy Raiders Repulsed

Special to the "Telegraph"

LONDON, Oɛl. 27 (UP),—Titanic air battles have been spread raging all day from the south of England up to the outskirts of Relays of British planes blazing destruction on utility plants London, shattering stubborn German drives against the capital and rallway yards in Berlin. Four-where to-night, the inky blackness is being broken by the dis- teen Nazi aerodromes in Germany, Holland, Belgium and France, a whole chain of "invasion ports" and two German naval bases were also at- tacted.

GALLANT

The Air Ministry also announced TROONSTADRON LEAT that "rollable noutral sources" have provided proof that "Berlin has

suffered severely from the many R.

A. F. visits place. the beginning of September" and also that it is known "that widespread damage has been done."

fire

Oct.. 27(Reuter);—

It is admitted in Rome that the threat of Italian "interven- tlon" against Greece is mounting rapidly. The Italians allege that Greek troops are massing at six points along, the Albanian frontier, and the situation is re- garded in Rome as being urgent that Mussolini pushed the clock ahead 24 hours yester-

of the Fascist

60

day and celebrated to-day's 18th anniversary march on Rome.

Students Demonstrate The Stafeani News Agency report- ed from Tirana that hundreds of Greek students at Jannina yesterday demonstrated against Italy and Al- bania, waving Greek dogs along the Greek-Albanian frontier,

the

It is also declared from Tirana that the Greek nuthorities have closed practically entire Albanian-Greek border and are refusing to permit Albanian farmers working on Greek soll to enter Greece.

An aeroplane, believed to have been British, flew over Southern Al- bania yesterday and distributed leaf- lots on Albanians, urging them to revolt against the Government, says another report.

Il Duce Rushes Troops SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

The National Broadcasting Cor- puration has intercepted a Nazl Radlo message declaring that Italy has decided to send reinforcements to tant flashes of defence guns..

Albania as a result of the clash with British Spitfires and Hurri-Greek soldiers on the frontier, says

a "Dome!" report from New York. canes have been in the air from

---The-Eaine-agency-reporta-from dawn to dusk intercepting re- Athens that a meeling between

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H. M. A. S. SYDNEY SINKS ITALIAN WARSHIP

Balkans Nervous

Over

New Turn

By Harold Peters UNITED PRESS STAFF CORRESPONDENT

BUDAPEST, Oct. 27 (UP)-Who- ther the Italo-Greek Incidents in Albania are a diversion in on effort to draw units of the British fleet from the East, or whether they are only a part of the war of nerves for keeping both the Balkons and the west at a tension until the Axis Powers are ready to make a real move, is

It bas subject of much speculation to-night. bas accomplished one thing: It shocked the Balkans from the

the

R.A.F. RAID peated waves of the German Italian and Greek omcers took place week by focussing the spot-light on

Death-Defying

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

tion.

parative case of mind with which they viewed the ever

events of the poal the potential dangers of their being drawn into the war.

luftwaffe" striking across the on the Greece-Albanian frontier at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. The const at a great height.

meeting was held at the request of Not a single enemy plane the Greek officer commanding the

It may, or may not, be significant that the Rome correspondents of the reached central London, official sector where firing took place carly Hungarian Government's newspapers LONDON, Oct. 28, (UP)—sources said, although a few Saturday morning.

to-day re-emphasized the Italion The Royal Air Force attack on bombs have been dropped in the two engihy communiques denying the British feet away from

The Greek Government has issued theme of the necessity for clearing 90 Minutes Bombing

Greece Berlin was said to have been outer metropolitan area. LONDON,

the Italian charges that Greek before Italy will feel secure in the Elght German planes have been soldiers were Berlin was for 90 minutes one of the carried out under conditions

responsible for the East. The same correspondents per- main targe a of RAF. activity over which forced the British planes destroyed to-day and six R.A.F. Albanian frontier Incident. The ceive the inter-relations between the

communiques claimed that Germany, extending from the Baltic down to 2,000 feet beneath low plunes are missing, the pilot of one

the Albanian incident, and Italy's re- being safe, the official cummunique Italian reports were without founda- coast to Leipzig and Cologne.

hanging clouds.

announcement of an offensive against states. Berlin had a taste of bonibs of the

Egypt. The 1,300 mile round trip carried heaviest calibre yet carried. A large the attackers across Germany to the

Repeated Raids

Tension Growing was caused in an aero-engine share of the Baltic where tons of over the coast of Kent to fan out in between Greece and Italy is growing.

Repeatedly the "luftwave" surged

Meanwhile tension in the relations factory in the north-west suburb

sation, big explosives were heaped on a broad attacks on Southeast England, And in the Menbit power

| refineries und hydraulic power plants

"Rouler" says that the mystery of which is one of Berlin's main sources at Polliz and Stettin where great fires TURN to Page 8, Column Three the frontier, in which it is said, two but British patrols were invariably the shooting on the Albanian side of of electric supply, while the Put-} lilzstrasse and Lehrter railway yards were started.

A 2,500-ton German supply ship is į

Albanian soldiers were killed and 33 were attacked with salvocs of high

off station at the French port of Brest wounded, while seven Greck soldier sunk explosive bombs dropped from a low Sported to have been

Norway.

was also "successfully attacked."

were captured, is deepened by a allitude.

At the suburb of Spandau, ten semi-official statement issued In Acro-Engine Factory

miles northwest of Berlin "a large Athens. The Air Ministry suld that docks Are was started" in an aero works. The Italian account of the incident Another British raiding force local-at Hamburg, Cuxhaven and Bremen In addition to power plants in is emphatically dented. It is stated ed the Brandenburg acro-engine) were attacked as well as railway ob-Berlin, bombs were dropped from a that no incident occurred on the factory at the Spandau suburb, ten|jectives

Bremen, Dortmund, low lovel In BAIVOCs 071 the frontier itself, but that Greek border miles north-west of the German Bruusels and the ports of Flushing Pullitzstrasse and Lehrter railroad posts on Saturday night heard firing TURN to Pago 8, Column Fiveland Antwerp. The electric power yards.

which apparently came from the Albanian village of Vernin two miles from the border.

The Greek commander of the seclor informed the Italian. ofcer opposite and asked for an interview to ascertain the facts,

•

Docks Attacked

Nazi Aeroplanes Chased Across City And Countryside By R. A. F.

By WALLACE CarroLL

UNITKO PRESS STAFF CORRESPONDENT

LONDON, Oct. 28 (UP)—Despite the efficiency of Royal Air Force fighters, London did not escape unscathed yesterday.

A time bomb exploded outside a large shop in the London area damaging a number of shops and a cinema theatre in which a man was killed.

An incendiary bomb razed part of a children's hospital in one of the Home Counties near London but officials said nobody was hurt. Other bombs fell near the nurses' quarters.

Greek Denial ATHENS, Oct. 27 (Router)-A further dental of Italian reports of incidents on the frontier has been Issued by a semi-official Greek new agency which says that the reports from Tirana transmitted by the Stefani agency are false.

The Stefani reports said that a Greek armed

entered band had

Albanian territory and had attacked

*Albanian posts near Kotilzs.

No Greek band has passed the frontier at any point. No band has been formed or could be formed. in Greek territory because the Greeks military and civil authorities have assured absolute order,

The dental Iso characterises the

Some circles profess to believe that comparatively easy victory--would be an Italian drive against Greece-a

undertaken only, in case of the utter Egypt, in order to give the Italian failure of a second drive against

public a quick success. It is pointed tactics of combining the out that lialy has specialized in these nerves in the press with the pressure on France's Alpine fanit last sum- mer, thus hindering full concentration of the French forces against the Germans.

war

THAILAND WAITING

For French To Move SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

awo...w

Two dramatic pictures show- ing the sinking of the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni by the Australian warship Sydney during an engagement in the Mediterranean, Top picture shows the Bartolomeo Colleoni with smoke pouring from her May Be Camouflage Similar strategy would be more

BANGKOK, Oct. 27 (UP).just before she sank, and below difficult against Britain due to the Since the last rejection of survivors from the Italian war- by the quicker mobility of the fleet; never- Thailand's demands for a read-ship being rescued theless, a series of diplomatic and justment

of the Indo-China Sydney. strategic actions alternating between the eastern and

Government Mediter-border, the ranean serve the purpose of the Axis Thailand has not communicated Powers to veil the real point they again with the French Govern- Intend to attack,

western

of

Hungarian opinion Interprets the ment, according to an official Vichy emphasis on peaceful settle-communique Issued to-night. refrain from petively entering the siders it the duty of the French "The Thailand Government con- ments as indicating that France will war. This impression is also con-themselves to examine Thailand's re- flrmed by Mr. Hull's sharp tone and quest in a sympathetic spirit and to the reported pressure of the United give Thailand justice in this respect," States directly on Vichy.

the communique stated.

Three Dictators And

"Puppet" To Parley

Special to the "Telegraph"

The night raid started slowly and somewhat later than usual. Several high explosive bombs crashed in working class houses in the outer London district and report that bombers exploded in the clusters of incendiary bombs followed starting several fires which were quickly ex-que Italian Houtenant freel

́ ́ NEW YORK, Oct. 27, (Domel)According to the “Asso- Quaranta and that the Greek clated Press", Mussolini loft Rome this evening for Florence, tinguished.

authorities are responsible for the incident, as purely Infantile inven- where, it is declared, he is to meet Marshal Petain. 'Single planes appeared to be coast at a great hoight. “ They | Ralders were reported over Liver Jon

Other reports say that General|ments, during the week-end were breaking through the defences desconded to the low flying pool and another town in the north-Grask Pance Efforts

Franco and Hitler, will also take part interrupted by the consora. and coming at regular intervals, clouds and dumped high explo- west of England. A tone raider SPECIAL TO THE: "TELEGRAPH!!

alve and incendiary bombs before dropped several bombs on a north- ATHENS, Oct 27 (UP)-Striving in the conversations.

He telephoned that it WILE most of them flying due west they fled to sea when the defence damaging many houses the raid Greece and Italy, the Greek Premier, Reynolds Packard of the United would confer to-day, but when be east coast town after nightfall, to avert open warfare" between In a dramalle story from Rome reported that Il Duce and Mussolini from the sea. Early in the barrage began bursting in their ending abruptly with the German General Metaxas, to-day dispatched Press describes how his telephone mentioned the place, the telephone evening planes crossed the east | midst.

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