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五拜望 號一月一十英港香

1940 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER":

日二初月十

Stubborn Resistance

FORCES CONVERGE

Resistance By

By Greeks Is

Admitted; Italy And An Armistice

By REYNOLDS PACKARD

United Press Staff Correspondent.

ROME, OCT. 31, (UP).—ITALIAN FORCES ARE CONVERGING IN A PINCER MOVE- MENT TO-NIGHT UPON THE TOWN OF JANINA, THE FIRST IMPORTANT TOWN BEYOND THE GREEK-ALBANIAN FRONTIER, ACCÖrding to dispatches from ARGYROCASTRE.

FRANCE NOT TO FIGHT BRITAIN

M. Laval's Assurances

Special to the "Telegraph" VICHY, Oct. 31 (UP).-M. Pierre Laval indicated that France would have no part in against Britain.

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One column composed of Alpini, Bersaglieri and also Albanian regiments is circling fouthward towards Janina from the frontier town of Perta. The second column is heading direct for Janina from the region of the Albanian town of Konispoli. The Perta column is reported to have puded within ten miles of Janina and the Kenispoli column within five miles-at least one of them is expected to enter the objective before noon to-morrow. Another column_218. to-day fighting forward towards Phorina in northern Greece

war aided by acroplanes strafing mountain artillery,

He stressed that collaboration with Gerniany would be colonial as well as economic, but he emphasised tinta tion excludes all ideas of aggression:"

British Pilots Batter

Sea Ports

The Vichy Foreign Minister stated this when he received the press at the Hotel Matignon in Paris to-night.

WOULD DEMAND ABDICATION CE KING, diglian-quarters have declined to discuss Tik reported armistice between Italy and Greece, declaring that the Italian occupation will continue whether or not it is resisted. It is emphasised among most quarters here that the Italians would only consider overtures envisaging the abdication of the present King of Greece and the capitulation of General Metaxas and his followers.

He warned his bearers that negotiations between France and Reports from Ohrid state that! Germany would be very difficult as the Italians at dawn to-day long as military operations continued.

However, he declared that France occupied the small Greek village was preparing a precise answer to of Kastanani several metres to the German questionnaire und hoped the south of Konispoli and that to be able to give an answer soon. they also attacked the Greek

Florence Meeting

town of Melisopetru on the main ZURICH, Det. 31 (Reuter).--Deci-road to Janina where they were sions of capital Importance concern-repulsed by the Greeks.

Bad Weather ing France wore taken at the Florence meeting between Iller and Musso- Bad weather along the whole lini. These decisions, the agency battle line is reported i have LONDON, Oct. 31 (UP)-adds, are likely to be the subject of humpered operations through the -To-day's Air Ministry speech, which. Hitler will shortly night. At dawn heavy cannonding make at a specially convened meeting of the Reichstag.

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

communique says that yes terday, bombs were dropped on Cherbourg harbour, and last night on the docks at Hamburg, Flushing and the! naval base at Emden.

Rai's On Ostend

U.S. To Build Ships

For Britain

Won't Disclose Details

Yugo-Slavion of

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audible on the was border from the direction Albanian village of filista near

Prespal.

OFFERS TO AID GREEKS

Soviet Planes

Denial

Metaxas

ON JANINA

R.A.F. DID THIS IN GERMANY

Proving that the Air Ministry's claims regarding R. A.F. attacks on German cities are not wild imaginings, this picture taken by an American agency, shows Nazi firemen 'try- ing to fight the flames in a huge timber yard set ablaze by British incendiary, bombs in a recent raid on a north German town.

ICHANG TO BE EVACUATED?

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

CHUNGKING, Oct. 31 (UP),—–Banking circles have reported that large fires are raging in Ichang, indicating

possible Japanese evacuation.

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The Chinese, military spokesman, however, said that he had no information on the subject at the pre-

sent.

placing three vessels at the dis- 28 Missing

A Greek family living From Sunk

ATHENS, Oct. 31 (Reuter) Offers of aid from wealthy It was reported that at about 6 am. Greeks are pouring into Govern- Italian troops from the Albanian ment offices. town of Mesarie crossed the frontier

One woman ship-owner has and followed the main road to Junina, They atinekett a bridge across the written to General halted by River Vyasa but were Greek artillery and repulsed after an hour's fighting. Seventeen Italians posal of the nation. were killed and forty wounded, while four Greeks were seriously wounded. London has cabled £5,000 as a

The main concentration of Italian troops on the Greek frontier are suld contribution to the air force.

Many public and private bodies in WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (Reuter). to be at Mesurle, according to the

Greece have remitted large sums for -The fact that the Briish Govern-reports from Ohrid,

the same purpose. ment had ordered a large number of

Stories of brilliant feats of arms Ireighters from the United States was

by Greek soldiers are beginning to disclosed by Mr. Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Treasury, to-day, The Italians are reported to have reach Athens,

miles along the An entire division of Italian Alpine He said that he did not know advanced five whether the orders involved the con- Delving-Janina road despite strong troops are reported to have been held struction of a new shipyard in the Denele resistance, says United up for many hours in the mountains Elsewhere a Greek platoon, mukirs United States for exclusive British Press" message from Ohrid. The by only three Greek companies. use and declined to give detalls be- Rome newspapers assert that clever use of the sound, routed two yond saying that the British had Italian advance is proceeding steadily,

Italian companies. ordered a large number of one although they confess the Greates are standard-type freight ship.

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SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UP). The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Henry Morgenthau, said the British Government has placed orders with The Air Ministry also an-American builders for a "large num nounced: "A small force of her of new freight ships. coastal command Blenheim: planes last night struck at targets in Ostend Harbour.

"Our bombers. scored on the direct hits freely quays and shipping berths, The crews could see debris thrown high in the air.”

...Incendiaries Do Damage

LONDON, Oct. 31 (Reuter)-Muny tons of high explosive bombs and hundreds of incendiaries were dropp- ed last night on the German-oc- cupled ports of Flushing, Antwerp and. Emden, states the Air Ministry nows service,

The attack on Flushing began early in the evening and lasted just over an hour. Several sticks of bombs were dropped on Walcheren. Canal and the inner and outer harbouri, and though cloud and haze made it dif- ficult to see the full results of the bombing, one huge fire started be tween two docks was visible from 05 miles away.

Five-Mile Advance SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

Willkie's Boast

Of

War Aid For Britain

Special to the "Telegraph"

WILMINGTON, Del, Oct. 31 (UP)—Mr. Wendell Wilkie,

At Antwerp, explosions and fires the Republican candidate for the Presidency, asserted this even- were reported in the harbour area. ing that he could gear up production in, the United States for

At Emden, bursts were observed on aeroplanes and other munitions to aid Britain, much better than quay and in the harbour: one very could Mr. Roosevelt. bright fro was siarted while other

fires were seen to spread rapidly.

French Ship

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

U.S. Planes To Speed British Victory

Producers Great Efforts

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (Reuter).The United States Wor Department is reported to have planned the production of 12,000 additional bombers, largely with the help of the motor car industry.

This programme, estimated to cost $2,000,000,000, is stated by Independent sources to cover the 12,000 planes asked for by Britain.

Black Sea Interests

At Stake

It is believed that the War Depart- ment proposes the erection of two large factories to assemble the parts manufactured in motor car factories. Whether these will be operated by

No Soviet Promise the Government or by the aircraft or motor car industry is not yet decided,

To Turks 1,300 Planes A Month

ATHENS, Oct. 31 (Reuter), - WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (Reuter). Reports that the Soviet Union -The United States is at present sending Britain between 250 and 300, has promised to assist Turkey in planes a month, it is estimated, and the event of a German attack OTTAWA, Oct. 31 (UP). The Admiralty has listed 28 with every effort being made to speed on the Dardanelles are ridiculed

Agure should be here. steadily increased.

The Turkish view apparently missing and 16 rescued from up production, this

French commandeered

President Roosevelt's allusion in! the steamer St. Malo which was his speech at Doston last night to is that if the Soviet Union had sunk by enemy action last Satur-Britain's request for additional planes felt strong enough to challenge refers to the scheme broached by Germany she would have pre- British purchasing officials to day on the high seas.

Berlin Claim -

Treasury some weeks ago when they vented her establishing herself

to BERLIN, Oct. 31 (UP)-It is enquired if it would be possible for on the Black Sea coast.

According reports reaching 100 Warplanes Story

rellably reported that the British the United States to produce 3,000

Ankara from Moscow, Soviet officials LONDON, Oct. 31 (Reuter) merchant vessel Starstone, 5,700 tons plunes a month for Britain.

are already hinting that the Straits report that over 100 warplanes have has been sunk west of Ireland by

ure of no great interest; to the Soviet been supplied by the Soviet to Greece heavy calibre bombs. in the last few days is emphatically

Union anyway.

denied by the official Soviet agency, according to the Moscow radio.

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Another Mouth For Goebbels To Feed STOCKHOLM, Oct. 31 (Router). Frau Goebbels presented her husband with their seventh child-a daughter

-to-day, says a Berlin report.

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Two Bottlenecks Investigations have showed that this is hardly feasible and that it would require the establishment of Estimates nearly 40 new factories, were given for the production of about 1,800 planes a month, and a new British order for 12,000 planos, TURN to Back Page, Column 5

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Aberdeen Outrage

A little Chinese girl was done to hor father's hut at Aberdeen. while he Was away marketing vegetables. Police found the girl, Tsui Lan, nged 9, bound hand and foot with n bloodstained towel round her neck. The towel had apparently been used Some articles of clothing and a chleken were missing suggesting that robbery was the motive.

death yesterday morning in

POLISH CZECH CO-OPERATION Fear Of Massacre For Sabotage

MIDDLE EAST FRONT LONDON, Oct. 31 (Reuter),Close co-operation and collaboration RELIEVED BY PATROL CONTACTS tween the Polish and Crecho-Slovak Western Hemisphere" but said that people "who were in the same arena CAIRO, Oct. 31 (Reuter)—British fighting patrols were He addressed 10,000 people in the he would not stand for n policy of fighting for God against the devil”. One aircraft attacked a nearby centre of the city...

appeasement. He contended that the was urged by M. Jan Masaryk, the again active in the Kassala region of the Sudan on October 27 Ballway junction, where a large fire Neferring Mr. Roosevelt's specels at Roosevelt administration had been Czechu-Slavak Minister in London in fand 28, according to a British communique.

occurred.

Boston last night, Mr. Willkle sild, helping those very nations which the a speech to the New Europe Circle This communiquo adds: "On RAF, and the South African Air "If I am elected President, our Britain Raided

Italian basca and camps in Libya and production of planes will be so geared third term candidate says should be in London to-day,

M. Masaryk said: "We are not the latter day, a party, of the Force in the Middle East on six ns a gag. zuarantined," citing the recent ro- LONDON, Oct. 31 (Reuter)-up that a request for 12,000 pinnes ense of a shipment of machine tools doing any tabotage for the simple enemy was ambushed leaving 15 Enst Africa. Isolated enemy aircraft made a num-y Britain would not even be news to Russia, the "ally of Germany! reason that we would be massacred,

A stores dump was destroyed, a ber of attacks on various parts of the because it would be so insignificant."

but the whicels in Skoka do not re-dead and six prisoners in our country: aing mid-day, states an Air ·Willhie's Accusation Mr. Willkle added: "This is no volve quite as quickly as they did hands. The mechanical trans-military building was damaged or set things do not port vehicles were also wreekad. on fire, and warehouses were heavily BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 11 way to protect ourselves. As Presi- two years ago, ©Ministry by prowned in twa towns} (Reuter).An allegation that Preat/dent I will not help to mechanise the come out az bozutifully. Anlahed as Our casualties were nil bombed 'nt Bardia and Tobruk in Libya, at Teclezan, Keren and Lugh- In the odd counties and at points dent Roosevelt has been trying to in purposes. We shall feel well con

Red Army so that it can carry out they didnt van de dan

Thero is nothing to report from

farandi in Italian Somaliland and at and i the · Midlands, "appease" the Totalitarian Powers

M. Müteryk added that they were Egypt, Kenya and Palestine."

Maisawa. ling og sports eceived potato was made by Mr. Wendell Wilkie in no means of Aghting Laval just as much on Hiller Aviation Busy

United States,

1. Our aircraft returned safely, from “a sumali -number-of-his-campaign speech here to-day?ulu

the resultant damago Mr. Willkid promised to work for Mr. Willkie: mid apponsément was

LONDON, Oct. 31 (Router)A all these operations, concludes the [the "maintenance of peace in the the surest way to Wa

communiqué records attacks by the communiqué,

Bombe

In South

and that it was a terrible idea that

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the soul of France was going to be chained to Hifler's_dpple-cart,

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