WAR NEWS IN BRIEF

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 May 1941, Page 7

WAR NEWS IN BRIEF

HUNGARIANS IN LONDON [BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.] RUGBY, May 21. M. Anthony Zailinysky, former secretary of the Royal Hungarian Legation in London, has stayed in Britain, when all the other officials obeyed the peremptory order to return to Budapest. In a letter to the Press which other prominent Hungarians join in signing, M. Zailinysky says: “We could not bring ourselves, when the decisive moment came, to return to our own country. We are convinced this cause will triumph. Equally, we believe the majority of our countrymen at home and abroad fundamentally share the civilised and liberal aspirations of the people of Britain.”

SPANISH MINISTRY. MADRID, May 22. The newspaper “Arriba,” commenting on the recent changes in the Spanish Government says: “They pave the way for historic action, which we await.” The “Arriba” welcomes the changes as stabilising the internal situation and declares they have resulted in the Falangists controlling propaganda, Press censorship, and edition. MAIL FOR PRISONERS. LONDON, May 21. British prisoners of war will get their mail more speedily as a result of an agreement reached with German postal officials. Under the new arrangement the mail will be carried by air, but at present the letters go to Lisbon and then by sea to Marseilles. CROATIA’S KING. ZAGREB, May 22. It is officially announced that the Duke of Spoleto will ascend the throne of Croatia as King Comislav 11. DANUBE CLEAR ISTANBUL, May 22. A Hungarian merchantman has arrived from Budapest, indicating that the Danube is now cleared of hulks which the Jugoslavs sank to block the river, during the German invasion.