CONTRABAND CONTROL
BITTER COMPLAINT
PRESS SUPPORT OF NAZIS
(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, May 13. s
A new outburst by the Press against the Allied contraband control has followed the publication of a report by the Bureau of Economic Warfare, which bitterly complains of the allegedly disastrous effect of it on Italian commerce, states a message from Rome.
The' Preps is also making frenzied efforts to sjupport the German allegations that ithe Allies were on the point of insvading Belgium, Holland, and Luxemburg when Germany intervened. -13.1'e Press does not allude to the Pope?s messages to trie invaded countoies.
Fascists obstructed the sale of the Vatican orgstn "Osservatore Romano" (whose circulation since the war began was recently reported to have increased enormously through Italy). They burnt copies on a railway station and threw readers Unto a city fountain.
Squads of young Fascists continue to plaster the \ streets of Italian cities with anti-Britiish posters. It is estimated that 1001000 are posted in Rome alone, and 20,000 were dropped from a private aeroplane. Militant Fascists patrolled the streets to prevent the removal of the (posters. A message from Cairo says that the Italian Minister, Count Mazzolini, has been summonedlto Rome.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 113, 14 May 1940, Page 7
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197CONTRABAND CONTROL Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 113, 14 May 1940, Page 7
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