NAZIS SWINDLE ALLY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 102, 27 October 1941, Page 7

NAZIS SWINDLE ALLY

Forged Notes Sent to Italy]

(Rec. 9 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 24. The Germans have circulated forged notes worth 50,000,000 lire in Italy, says the "Sunday Express." The Reichsbank last May printed an issue of this amount for the Bank of Italy. The Germans printed further duplicates of the same value. The first forged note appeared in Sicily, where an officer , of the Luftwaffe gave a shopkeeper a 1000-lire note which he said was part of his pay. Hundreds of other forgeries have appeared, and the Italians have secured proof that the swindle was the work of the Reichsbank. Despite a visit by an Italian mission to Berlin, the Reichsbank denied knowledge of the forgery.

formed an officer barked out an order, whereupon ten of the men were marched to the wall. Another order ] was given, a volley followed, arid the I ten fell. • ' SHOT DOWN IN TENS. By tens the butchery was repeated, till even the nerves of the firing squadwere affected. The cruelty persisted after death. Relatives were forbidden to place flowers on the grave. .. The correspondent adds that the French reacted angrily, bitterly, .and defiantly. Dawn of the next day revealed the names of the martyred added to those on the Nantes war memorial, and three large wreaths in the national red, white, and blue were placed alongside. It was six hours before the Germans removed. them.. A Vichy newspaper today said that rumours that Marshal Petaift wanted to hand himself over as a hostage' to prevent the execution of further hostages in Nantes and Bordeaux were neither confirmed nor denied'by Government circles. . It is revealed from Vichy that the fine of 10,000,000 francs on Bordeaux was collected today. SEVERE STEPS BY VICHY. The Petain Cabinet has approved a seyere measure for the suppression of .attacks against German soldiers, says a Vichy message. The Government is appealing to Germany to halt the reprisals, and Admiral Darlan reported that Marshal Petain's efforts "to end the tragic reprisals" have resulted in the Reich Chancellor granting a re-| prieve. An emergency decree provides for drastic punishment of eye-witnesses, accomplices, and those with information about acts against the German authorities who fail to inform the authorities. . ■ \ This measure is intended to break the public silence, which protects the patriots in spite of the offer of large rewards. General de Gaulle, broadcasting to France, directed all French men and women to stand still for five minutes at 4 p.m. on October 31 as a universal demonstration againsj the shooting- of hostages. "This immense national strike will show enemy traitors what a gigantic menace surrounds them," he said. "France is going to show the world that she doesn't belong to anybody but herself." IN SERBIA TOO. An official announcement in Belgrade stated that 200 Serbian hostages were executed following the killing of German soldiers on October 18. The Budapest correspondent of the! British United Press reports that firing I squads executed eight people, including three women, at a town near Belgrade for being in possession of arms. Eight men and seven women were executed at Zagreb for sabotage and also for distributing Communist literature. The Istanbul correspondent of "The Times" says the Bulgarian Government is expelling practically the entire Greek population from Thrace. Greek properties are being confiscated and distributed among the Bulgarian j settlers who are replacing them. j Berlin announced that six more Czechs have been executed at Brno, Moravia, for high treason.