SUPPORT FOR HUNGARY

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22851, 26 October 1939, Page 9

SUPPORT FOR HUNGARY

Assurances From

Italy

JUGOSLAVIA ALSO

TO HELP

Event of War With

Russia

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) (Received October 26, 12.15 a.m.) . BUDAPEST. October 25. Hungary is reported to have received assurances of Italian and Jugoslav aid if she has to fight Russia. It Is added that if Russia invades Bessarabia, Hungary will march into Transylvania, making the Carpathians a barrier against Communism’s movement further west.

GERMANY AND MEMEL

PRESSURE. USED BY

RUSSIA

LONDON, October 24,

Mr Otto D. Tolischus, correspondent of the “New York Times,” writes that such is the weight of the Russian pressure, according to wellauthenticated sources, that Germany has abandoned the fortification of Memel, which is within gunshot of Polanga. It is expected that Russia sooner or later will demand the use of Memel as a transit port. She has already advised the Germans to cease the hitherto rapid purchase of property owned by Lithuanians.

GERMAN GOVERNOR

OF POLAND

(Received October 25, 11.35 p.m.)

LONDON, October 25

The Berlin correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain reports that Reich Minister Dr. Frank has been appointed Governor-Gen-eral of the occupied Polish territory;

TRADE AGREEMENT SIGNED

JUGOSLAVIA AND ITALY

(Received October 25, 7 LONDON, October 24.

The Rome radio has announced that Italy and Jugoslavia have signed a commercial agreement providing for the exchange of Jugoslavian livestock and timber for cotton and other products.

POLES TO SERVE IN FRANCE

(Received October 25, 7 p.m.) LONDON, October 24. The Polish Embassy in London announced the general mobilisation of Poles in Britain for military service with the Polish army in France.

ARGENTINE MEAT FOR BRITAIN

(Received October 25, 7 p.m.)

LONDON, October 24,

It was announced in the House of Commons that an agreement had been reached covering the shipment of 200,000 tons of frozen beef and lamb from the Argentine during the period November 1 to January 31. •

GIFTS FOR N.Z. TROOPS

(Received October 25, 7.20 p.m.)

SYDNEY, October 25,

The newly-formed New Zealand Association of New South Wales, which, since the declaration of war, has been making soldiers’ comforts, has completed the first batch of articles, comprising pyjamas, socks, and balaclavas, which are now ready for dispatch to New Zealand troops when required.

NIGERIAN OFFERS OF

HELP

(BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.) RUGBY, October 24. The Colonial Office announces that native administrations in Nigeria made spontaneous offers of sums of money to assist His Majesty’s Government in the prosecution of the war.

The Colonial Secretary (Mr Malcolm Mac Donald), however, replied that, while the offers -were greatly appreciated, he thought the local needs of the administrations should come first, and that they should not deprive themselves of sums which might be needed to meet future requirements in Nigeria.