VITAL MOVE UNLIKELY.
ITALIAN VIEW OF GERMANY. RELATIONS WOULD BE AFFECTED (Received This Day, 1.30 p.m.) f NEW YORK, January 14. The Rome correspondent o| the “New York Times” says that the Italian Foreign Ministry was in a ferment throughout the day as a result of the developments in Belgium and Holland. It is certain, he adds, that German violation of Belgian or Dutch neutrality will disturb Italy’s relations with Germany.
Italians still believe that Germany does not intend any vital moves in the vest, but may threaten again, to test the Allied reactions and gain military information of the Allied plans to meet an attack through Belgium or Holland. BELGIAN ARMY COMMAND. KING LEOPOLD AT THE HEAD. (Received This Day, 0.40 a.m.) BRUSSELS, January 15. As a sequel to the new stage of mobilisation, King Leopold has assumed supreme command of the Army. He has established general headquarters at the Ministry of Defence, which is now limited to administrative work.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 81, 16 January 1940, Page 5
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