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1940. 日四廿月十

Here Is The First Message From Koritza Since Its Fall HOW THE CITY'S POPULACE WELCOMED GREEK FORCES

ITALIAN GEN. CAPTURED

Crack Regiment In Flight

Special to the "Telegrapk”.

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ATHENS, Nov. 22 (UP). It is reported that General Janini, Commander of the Farrara regiment was among the prisoners captured by the Greeks on the Koritza front where the latter smashed the Fifth Bersaglieri Regiment on the road to Premeti, capturing its flag.

DOVER IS

HEAVILY

SHELLED

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

Anti-Fascist Italians Stage Demonstration

Special to the "Telegraph"

KORITZA, NOV, 22 (UP). THIS IS THE FIRST. MESSAGE TO BE SENT OUT OF KORITZA SINCE ITS CAPTURE BY THE GREEKS. TO-DAY THE "UNITED PRESS" CORRESPONDENT WATCHED A DELEGATION OF KORITZA'S CIVIL AUTHORITIES, CARRYING A WHITE FLAG MET BY A DETACHMENT OF GREEK EVZENES WHO ESCORTED THEM TO THE greek Field HEADQUARTERS.

The city's Albanian Mayor formally requested the Greek forces to It is also reported that the enter the city where they found many streets in the Moslem quarter retreating Italiana on the completely gutted.

Koritza front include the Second

Regiment of the Bersaglieri, } The populace were overjoyed as they have been practically starving

is since the Greek started their siege of the city.

whose honorary Colonel Mussolini himself.

when the latter visited Rome.

It was this crack regiment As Greek infantry completed the occupation of which paid honours to Hitler Koritza, Greek cavalry, supported by armoured cars, 66

Crowds in the main square are pursued the retreating Italians in a northerly direction. LONDON, Nov. 22 (UP),-growing thicker every The German long range gung on thousands of Greeks pour in from the the French coast shelled the suburbs to celebrate.

As minute

Dover ares this afternoon. The No French Warships

bombardment began at 2.30 p.m. and is still continuing a half

hour later.

At Gibraltar

The shells are falling fre learned on good authority that there LONDON, Nov 22 (Reuter)—It is

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48-Hour Armistice For Christmas To Be Sought

Special to the "Telegraph"

LONDON, Nov, 22 (UP).—The Parliament is seeking, a worldwide armistice during Christmas Day

Members have notified their intention of asking Mr. Winston Churchill in the House of Commons shortly, if he will "invoke his good offices with the Vatican, or apme other neutral State, furthering a proposal to enable all peoples in all countries to commemorate the Christmas anniversary under more appropriate conditions than would otherwise be possible, and to ask if the belligerent nationa will agree to a 48-hour cessation of hostilities on the sea, land and air from noon December 24 until noon December 26, with or without the co-operation of China and Japan.”.

JAPANESE LOSE 986 PLANES

Official Chinese Claims

CHUNGKING, Nov. 23 (Reuter). — During the past 10 months of Sino-Japanese hostilities, 986 Japanese aircraft were, destroyed, including 308 shot down by Chinese planes, 236 destroyed on the ground, 164 brought down by A.A. fire, 136 shot down by ground forces and 97 destroyed by aerial bomb-. ings, it is officially claimed.

or"

These figures do not include damage to aeroplan machines which crashed behind, the Chinese lines.

British property has suffered the heaviest losses as the result of Japanese air attacks since the beginning of the war

[according to official estimates.

"We Have Always Loved Great quantities of war materials have been captured The Nazis"-Antonescu

in the vicinity of Koritza and in the city itself..

PRISONERS OF WAR DELIGHTED

Special to the "Telegraph

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ATHENS, Nov. 22 (UP)-Thousands of Italian quently. There is brilliant sun-is no truth in the report that a shine, but mist limits the French warship has surrendered in prisoners on the outskirts of Athens were Informed, of visibility in mid-channel.

Gibraltur.

It is known that a French ship the fall of Koritza to-day. No casualties or damage were re-: ported during a lull in the bombard-repatriating Frenchmen from Britain to Marselles may call at Gibraltar

ment.

Heavy explosions are heard in the direction of France and it is believed that R.A.F. planes are bombing the gun emplacements.

Berlin's Story

BERLIN, Nov. 22. (UP)—The -cloi-news-agency-reports that the German long range guns this after- noon heavily shelled "military objec- tives southeast of London."

Italy Needs Help

Against Greeks

Aggressor Humiliated ·

There was

Foreign property losses follow: British, $1,049,485; American, $1,- 486,889; Italian, $744,870; German, $150,000; Spanish, $30,000; French, $17,500; Swedish, $3,000. All these sums are in Chinese national cur- rency.

A spokesman of the Chinese air. force declared that these Ogures do not include property losses of foreign | governments and institutions but

cover only personal losses of foreign:

BELGRADE, Nov. 22 (Reuter).—Coinciding with the visit |of General Ion Antonescu, the Rumanian Prime Minister, to

Hitler, the Rumanian press to-day devoted much space to Ger-residents in China. A ST man-Rumanian friendship.

An official communique de- clares: "We have always loved the Germans and Rumania will

a spontaneous demonstration by anti-fight only for Germany even if

but it is added that this vessel is not Fascist Italians, who started

while Fascists who intervened

a warship and could scarcely have given rise to the erroneous report.

Treasury Tightens Control Currency

LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuler)—The Treasury, when grant- ing permission to make any payment to a non-resident of Britain,

is to make that permission conditional upon payment to be LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuter)-An made to a blocked account with a banker authorised to hold editorial in the Finnish newspaper, such accounts. "Arbetar Bladet," says that Greece

singing “Bandera Rossa," were roughly handled.

10-Mile Penetration SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH""

this should mean the collapse of

Rumania."

YUNNAN'S 34 RAIDS

Casualties And Damage

Dr. Tedt, the German expert on SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” road construction, is expected in

KUNMING, Nov. 22 (UP),—- Bucharest shortly and it is reported The Air Defence Ministry an-

that the Rumanian Government will

"A Long Talk"

Antonescu

In the

far,

He pointed out that the bombing of the US. gunboat Panay and the burning of British steamers during the Ichang bombing alone,' would bring foreign property losses much higher than those given,

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ROME, Nov. 22 (UP). The an-pass contracts to several German nounced to-day that so nouncement of the evacuation of companies for the construction of Japanese bombers have raided Koritza-und-the-withdrawal of the motor roads linking the centre of Yunnan 34 times and have. Italian defence line to the west of Rumania with the main Danube and dropped 3,362 bombs killing 704, the city indicates that the Greeks Black Sea ports.

CHUNGKING, Nov. 22 (Reuter).- have penetrated into Albania at least be bulit will be from Bucharest to troying 4,000 houses.

It is stated that the first roads to wounding 685 civilians and des-

Regarding the importance of the pro- 10 miles.

posal of China to secure 500, aircroft It is believed that the heavlast Galalz and Bucharest to Constanza.

They said that among the from the United States, the Chinese fighting of the Italo-Greek war pre-

foreigners killed were six military spokesman declared this. ceded the withdrawal in which, for LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuter). French, 24 Annamites and one afternoon that the importance of such the first time, the opposing forces After the meeting of Hitler and American pilot. Among the engaged in large scale bayonet and General Ion

were two German trench knife battles. The Italians presence of Herr von Ribbentrop this wounded

He emphatically agreed, are reported to have met the on-afternoon, the offelal announcement pilots. Among the foreign suggestion that once China was able secure 600 aircraft from the slaught in the shallow trenches which confined itself to stating that "a long properties damaged were the C.

United States the Chinese, army in The purpose of this regulation is to prevent trading in

hastily built.

talk was conducted in the spirit off. M. Hospital, the Catholic Blind jihe field would be able immediately has realsted effectively and it is ques-foreign currency of certain capital payments to non-residents.

The Italians carried out a rear cordial understanding existing be-

School and the Banque L'Indo-to launch a general offensive against guard action while the bulk of two tween the two states.

chine. effect a conquest,

the Japanese since lack of aircraft A sum so paid to blocked accounts |

Grandi In Berlin Many persons have already acted divisions were able to withdraw un- German help must pass by Bulgarle may be invested in securities specified voluntarily in the sense now prescrib-molested. The withdrawal occurs LONDON, Nov. 22 (Router).—| One of the Eurasia pilots, Walter was holding back an offensive, or Yugo-Slavia.

Military experts estimate, that the What will Turkey in a list to be published by the ed by the new regulation, and it is while the Italian offensive on Greece Count Grandi, the Italian Minister of Lutz of Leipzig who was wounded do?. Even if it were possible to chase Treasury,

ve a total nic strength.of Japanese have and interest on such not considered equitable that others is being reorganized under the Justice and former Ambassador to last October has passed all danger away the Turkish army from the securities will be dealt with in the should escape, by means of Command.of General Soddu.

3,000 aeroplanes, using about 1,200. Britain, is in Germany and is to see and is expected to leave the hospital aircraft in China and 400 in Man- Balkan mountain passes, what are same manner as other securities held technicality, obligations Imposed on:

Fires and Explosions

Hitler in Berlin.

churio, but following the withdrawul possibllilles of

CINFR To-day at Munich he was made en CORFU, Nov. 22 (Reuter).-Many

recently of large numbers of aircraft fires and explosions were observed honorary member of the German Thailand & D.E.I. from China for the southward expan

Ision and from here to-day and last night on Academy of Laws.

home defences the Greek mainland opposite.

there were

tionable whether Italy alone

tho

the

Dardanelles and the Bosphorus?

Marshal Graziani's offensive petering out on the Libyan desert sand. Hundreds of kilometres still remain before the Egyptian frontiers can be reached,

by a non-resident.

Another new regulations call on companies set up outside the sterling area but under the effective control of persons Inskle the United Kingdom, to notify to the Bank of England any gold, specified foreign currencies or American and other specified securi- antica that they may possess with a

view to, their being offered to the| Treasury for sume.

Malta stands on guard between Sicily and Libyn, and though bombed hundreds of times. it is still netivo base.

Laval In Paris

Technical Ownership

all residenta,

Night Raids

On Britain

6.30 p.m. Alarm For London

EPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Nov. 22 (UP).- The night alarm was sounded for The object of this regulation is to the first time in the London area Pierre Laval, the French Vice- secure for the state resources in gold to-day at 6.30 p.m.

LONDON, Nov, 22 (Router).—M.

news agency.

Italian African Bases Raided With Success

Lights were also observed during the night moving northwards towards the Albanian port of Santi Quartanto, where large numbers of Italian troops and supplies, were originally disem- barked for the war against Greece. It is believed that retreating Italion troops were destroying ammunition dumps and roads.

Greek Strategy

ENEMY FIRMS

New List Published

shortly.

Attaches Brooke-Popham's Job

600

at present C5, Japanese aircraft operating in China.

Once China, secures

500 fighters from the United States, supported by London, Nov. 22 (Reuter).-Thal- the fleet of bombers which China land and the Netherland East Indies already has but is unable to use be- are two countries with British naval cause she lacks fighter escorts, Ching and air attaches with whom Air will gain command of the air and, Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, therefore, Initiative. In and opera- Britain's Grst C.-in-C., Far East, will tions. maintain close touch.

case of necessity.

See Back Page For Further Late Nawa

Conditions In

Japan

Further Depressed

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A new and long list of persons It is understood that the Air Mar- LONDON, Nov. 22 (Router)-All to be regarded, for the purposes shat may take decisions affecting Premier and Foreign Minister, ar- and foreign exchange which are at Anti-aircraft batteries opened up, advinces, said a Greek military rived on a new visit to Paris to-day, the disposal of persons in the United at 7 am and raiders appeared to spokesman to-day, will be made in of trading, as enemies is publish- RAF. and army dispositions without accompanied by M. de Brinon, the Kingdom, but have hitherto escaped approach the city from two directions. accordance with a pre-determined ed in the Government Gazette prior consultation with White Ball in Vichy envoy to German-occupied the regulations owing to their being The AA, shells, burst liko starshells plan and Greek, forces will not be to-day.. France, states the official German technically owned by non-resident in a cloudless sky.

allowed "to be drawn out in certain The list, which is too long to be corporations,

At 8.20 pan. three formations of sectors by the fleeing enemy.

re-printed, contains names of persons bombers

pers passed over a town in the The taking of towns and positions and Arms in China, Japari, Thailand, cast Midlands heading south. They to create a good impression and for Argentina, Bolivia Brazil Bulgaria, dropped flares drawing intense A.A. the sake of good news is of secondary Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica Cuba, Are

At 8.10 p.m. raiders were over Importance.

Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Es- two Midlands towns...

The Greek Minister of National tonia, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Radio Berlin went off the air at Security sald to-day that in their Hayt, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, 7.10 p.m. indicating that the Royal retreats in this sector the Italians are Iran, Iraq, Kores, Kwantung Leared Air Force may be en route to the burning villages behind them. They Territory, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, German capital.

have shot a number of leading Mexico, Morocco (Spanish Zone), A letter from a foreigner in Japan states: citizens in various towns and have Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,

“You must have read of conditions in Japan. Liverpool at 7.30 p.m...

ngestruke vs Tag, Madeira. Portugueso East Africa, “The Consulates have advised all foreigners to leave before

Tonic Effect of Victory Portuguese West Africa, Rumanía,

"The people over here are nasty, heSalvador, Spalo, Canary Islands, the end of the year. LONDON, Nov. 22 (Reuter) CAIRO NOV (Beuter) The There was no daylight air activity victory of the Greek army her had a Femando Po and Spanish Guinea, "Living expenses have gone up by suspecting all foreigners to be uples. over the London district up to inte sonic effect on the whole population Sweden Switzerland Turkey. Uru- at least 100 por cent and there is a They actually stop foreigners and ask shortage of many things. We have them what is their nationality and if At Bon Ghazi a Customs shed and 21 and on hangars at Asmara,

atternoon to-day but two German of Cairo while the Creek population suby Venezuela, Yugo-Slavia,

ticket system for the purchase of they reply that they pre British or nirerafi wore reported to have been both here and in Alexandria are

sugar, eggs, flour, coal, matches, etc. American they give you a lecture on was hit and a bomb fell near during a raid on Port Sudan but there one of which was a Dormler bomberians and restaurants were tog

Italian bombers dropped bombs brought down in the Home counties, affed with joy j legen

Food For French There is such a shortage that even pollllies; but if you are German or three ships previously damaged, was no damage

Of Martinique

with our tickets we sometimes cannot tallan they will do anything for you. but the oxtant of the damage

surprised and ahot down over Burrey full off Greek & subjects rubbing

get the above. We are, allowed one Gallabat Arsa

Hurricane fighters.

shoulders with: British↑ Soldiers: and

NEW YORK, Nov. 22 (Reuter). fin (131⁄2 lb.) of sugar, per month for could not be fully observed.

The Standard Trading Co. and the Bailors & Flatoosting our gallant supply ship with American foods three of us, 3 to six eggs per week, Caro Trading Co. have lost business. Reconnaisance resulted in o obtain CAIRO, Nov. 23 (Reuter)-Patrol Mr. Douglas H. C. Taylor har re- comrades in the Creek Army, Kenji, salling for" Martinique to-morrow, 1:12 boxes of matches and one basket Most foreign firms have lost busines ing valuable data, biuroporto retire, activities in the Gallabat area of the sumed his oppointment pack to all next three daxilhere will Making this announcement, Mr of charcoal per month. We are and are just carrying on until te Low, clous prevented observation Budan are being miccessfully come the Board of Review, under war by Garraf #calebrations All Frost Summer Welles, Under Secretary of lucky if we can get these cach month, time comes when they will have to of the damaroy caused by: raids on Unued. There is no change on ether Revonia Ordizianowy with a from karavit be? sown mest high; and, Stube, said that the action was in #Frazer & Co. at Osaka are closing close down | The Standard-Vande Gura and. Mustawa on, November: 20 fronta,

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CAIRO, Nov. 22 (Router).—During an attack on Bennina Aerodrome, the control building was hit and a number of Italian aircraft on the ground are belleved to have been severely damag- ed, states to-day's G.H.Q. communique.

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Enemy, planes were reported over taken many others with them as host-Portugal, Azores: Cape Verd! Islands, |

Dornier Surprised.