LATE MESSAGES
GREEK THANKS TO ANZACS
RUGBY, April 15
Speaking at the Anzac Day luncheon, the Greek Minister said: “I am glad to take this opportunity to express the deepest gratitude of my country for the brave and chivalrous help being given to Greece by forces of the Empire. lam particularly glad to see to-day, representatives of Australia and New Zealand, whose soldiers are fighting so heroically in Greece for the common ideal of liberty. The inspiring message by Mr. Menzies to his people was also a message to all countries, which love liberty. I ask him, as well as Mr, Jordan, to convey the grateful salute of Greece to Australia and N. Zealand.”
■ After referring to Lord Milne, also . Lord Birdwood, who were present, ■ the Greek Minister continued: “My ! country, after a heroic resistance of . nearly six months, is being overrun . by machines of Germany, which of- . fered a unique chance to the Italians ! of occupying abandoned towns and positions, and claim with impudence, ! victories which they had been un- ' able to obtain for many months by 1 themselves. My King, the Greek Government and the people, were faced with the alternative of surrendering their liberties without a fight, or defending them. They resisted, and with full knowledge of the ordeals awaiting them, gave everything , for liberty. ’ With head high, I address you to-day, because we have done our duty, and will continue to do. it till the final day of victory.” GERMANY AND FRANCE. RUGBY, April 25. Admiral Darlan is reported to have returned to Vichy, after a visit to Paris, which is believed in London, to be in connection with negotiations j for closer co-operation between the I French and German Governments. No information regarding the visit is disclosed, but a meeting of the French Cabinet was held on Darlan’s return. ' One of the most likely concessions the Nazis might offer is the reduction in the cost of Germany’s occupation of France, and should this be the case, it is probable that Darlan will describe such offer as a further example of Nazi “generosity.” But the French people will be disinclined to consider the matter in the same light, when the daily payment of , four hundred million francs to Gerj many is considered. Should any re- | duction in this daily burden be considered, it will only be because the | Nazis have found a payment of this sum is beyond France’s capability for an extended period of occupation, which the Germans ffiust now conI template. i U.S.A. GIRLS. 1 NEW YORK, April 25. ! Mrs Roosevelt, writing in the “Ladies’ Home Journal,” recommeids a year of compulsory service for girls, to be considered as part of the permanent home defence programme, and suggesting they receive the same subsistence and the same wage as men. She said she suggested the girls should fulfil their service largely in their own communities — hospitals, home economics, school courses, farm management courses, and optional courses in mechanical training in residential centres. She suggested the question be decided at the polls. LEMNOS OCCUPIED LONDON, April 25. An Italian communique states: The occupation of Northern Epirus is completed. It is announced from Athens that the Germans landed at Lemnos. The small local garrison resisted for over four hours. The legal Jugoslav Ministry is now established somewhere in the Middle East. The exiled Government intends to continue the struggle for the country’s liberation.
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