OCCUPIED COUNTRIES

Greymouth Evening Star, 6 March 1942, Page 6

OCCUPIED COUNTRIES

NEW SIEGFRIED LINE

(Recd. 1.35 p.m.) LONDON, Mar. 5. The Berlin radio declared that a new defence line, described as being like the Siegfried Line, is being built on the northern coast of France. Already 133 miles are.completed, with concrete emplacements, and bombproof blockhouses. It is clairned that the line will be proof against a possible parachutist attack. NORWEGIAN YOUTH LONDON, March 4. The Moscow radio stated that a message from Stockholm reports mounting anger among Norwegians against the compulsory enrolment ot children in the Quislingite Government’s Youth Organisation. It has compelled the occupation forces to close all Norwegian schools for a month to prevent disturbances. FOOD FOR GREEKS. RUGBY, March 5. Mr Dinglefoot told the Commons that a cargo of 2300 tons_of flour has been offered from the united States lor Greek relief. In view of the exceptional urgency of the need in Greece, the British and United States Governments have agreed to permit the passage of this supplementary cargo through the blockade. SERBIAN REVOLT. ~RUGBY, March 5. One thousand Serbians have been executed in the German effort to stamp out the revolt, which, although nearly duelled, is expected to break out anew in the Spring, states the Berlin correspondent of the “Tidningen.” These figures are derived from the statement that, for every murdered German, 100 Serbians are put to death. The magnitude of the insurrection can be gauged from the German statement that a further 10,000 insurgents have been killed in the fighting. So seriously do the Germans regard guerrilla warfare in Serbia that they have decreed that all forests and bushes are to be cut on both sides of the railways and highways, to a depth of 500 metres.