SHIPS DESTROYED IN NORWAY

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23535, 13 January 1942, Page 3

SHIPS DESTROYED IN NORWAY

Explosions Among 100 Transports SERBS HARASS GERMANS (Received January 13, 1.20 a.m.) (U.P.A.) LONDON, January 12. The Berne correspondent of the “New York Times” says that explosions occurred almost simultaneously in more than 100 German transports and supply ships in Norwegian ports. Some of the ships were sunk and many were severely damaged. Hundreds of German soldiers lost their lives. Port facilities were considerably damaged. Martial law has been imposed in Oslo, Stavanger, Bergen, Andalsnes, and Tromsoe to curb this insurrection. The perpetrators escaped, but an active search is going on for the leaders of their organisation, which is sworn to rid Norway of all its German occupants. The Madrid correspondent of the “Daily Mail” says that French patriot saboteurs during the week-end set fire to the Le Trail shipyards, near Rouen, where the Germans are hastily repairing Royal Air Force bomb damage. All the reconstructed slipways \wfre destroyed. Other saboteurs burned down German military storehouses at Rennes. Reports reaching Ankara from Jugoslavia now use the words “rearguard actions,” “retreat,” and “winter quarters in Belgrade.” While the brave Serb Army under General Michailovic, supported by guerrillas, harasses the Germans, it is now known that the Jugoslavs possess a small air force. General Michailovic is known to control hundreds of square miles of territory in central, western, and southern Serbia. The small air force under his command operates only in bad weather, when German aircraft are forced to stay on the ground. Reports from Greece say that the death-rate from disease and starvation is rising every day and the Germans and Italians are doing nothing to relieve the sufferings of the people. POISON GAS USED BY NAZIS Refugees in Austrian Prison Camp EXPERIMENTS CLAIM 700 VICTIMS (8.0. W.) RUGBY, January 11. The tale of oppression in Germanoccupied territories continues to grow in volume. From Vienna comes news of a particularly revolting practice indulged in by the Nazis. In the Mauthausen concentration camp 700 young Jews and anti-Fascists are stated to have fallen victims to poison gas experiments. Most were Dutch and Austrian refugees caught by the Nazis when they marched into Holland. The campaign against the Church in Austria has set in with renewed vigour. Religious instruction in schools has been practically suppressed, and Roman Catholic, parents persisting in demands for religious instruction have been admonished to "put national claims before petty religious problems.” . . . Oppression in Norway has been intensified. The village of Raudeberg, where a British landing took place, has been fined 10,000 kroner because German cables were cut in 35 places. The fine will be severely felt, as Raudeberg has only a few hundred inhabitants. Repercussions of the Nazi regime are felt even in neutral Sweden, where under a new clothes rationing scheme men are allowed only one suit, two shirts, one set of underwear, four pairs of socks, and five handkerchiefs during the next 18 months. FUTURE STATUS OF HOLLAND “TO BE INCORPORATED IN REICH” (Received January 12, 11.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, January 11. The Berne correspondent of the "New York Times” says that Seyss von Inquart, Nazi Governor of the Netherlands, declared in a broadcast address

that the Netherlands would be annexed to the Reich in the immediate future. . „ _ . , Anton Mussert, leader of the Dutch Nazis, has left for Berlin to consult with Nazi leaders regarding the future status of the Netherlands.

MILITARY TALKS IN U.S.

CHINESE MISSION TO ATTEND CHUNGKING. January 11. A Chinese military mission will soon leave for Washington to attend Allied military talks. WHEAT FOR SPAIN AGREEMENT MADE WITH THE ARGENTINE (Received January 12, 11.40 p.m.) LONDON, January 11. The Madrid correspondent of “The Times” says an agreement has been reached by which the Argentine is to send to Spain 171,000 tons of wheat in the next four months, making a total of 500,000 tons from the Argentine in less than a year. In view of the insufficiency of the Spanish crops last year, the British Government has agreed to facilitate the importation of large quantities of cereals. _