ITALY’S OPPOSITION

Grey River Argus, 16 January 1940, Page 7

ITALY’S OPPOSITION

To Invasion of Low Countries THE MOVE BELIEVED UNLIKELY. (Received January 15, 7 p.m.) NEW YORK, January 14. The “New r York Times” Rome correspondent says: “The Italian Foreign Minister has been in a ferment throughout the day as the result of the Belgium and Holland developments. .It is certain that a German violation of Belgian or of Dutch neutrality will disturb Ttalian-German relations. The. Italians still believe that Germany does not intend to make any vital moves in the West, but that she may threaten' again to test the Allied reactions and to gain military information as to the Allied plans to meet an attack through Belgium and Holland.

Belgian Tension

EASES AFTER WEEK-END NO GERMAN MOVE. (Received January 15, 9.50 p.m.) BRUSSELS, January 15. The Belgian official outlook is now slightly more optimtistic, as the week-end has passed without any event. Troop trains are running all night. Some civilians are being evacuated from the frontier districts in the vicinity of Liege. Motor-cars, buses, carriages, cycles and horses have been requisitioned. Armed guards, are established at the public buildings. The Press Bureau has closed here and the General Staff of the Army are issuing all information. There has been unusual air activity. The public have been warned to be in readiness .for a black-out. Berlin Comment FALSE SCARE IN LOW COUNTRIES (Received January 15, 9.45 p.m.) BERLIN, January 15. Informed quarters in Berlin describe the precautions taken by Belgium and the Netherlands as "another epidemic of fears, based on false reports.”