EUROPEAN SABOTAGE

Grey River Argus, 7 October 1941, Page 5

EUROPEAN SABOTAGE

REPRESSION BY NAZIS Not Effective CZECH PROCLAMATION. • [Aus. & Assn.j LONDON, October 5 AH t STS C Allie° S P hfie On been part army two months ago, he said, London, and the go-slow campaign. ? ne f“®on MS* would 3; fold i at lot h ot us h in Britain.'but 1 can assure ycu^that - itjs * good pian. W The a Czech Under-Secretary for T-irrn Affairs (M. Rioka) said that Foreign Atla l rs T ._ ciC!tance were nosabotage an organised so sysiSSUuy E “s r i P n e ls O now‘conefn'traTod. in war inausuy 4-Lcif- otiv vpsist" ’ While Hitler was C e°nt tr meetffig ernment mee g German terrO rism. for ‘‘strict justice against and asked tor bmw i _ IS 1 aiSt- % S af o^w b X-itS er tbe7wedish a- m ?ion and terrorism. Sabotage was frequent. For , each German so Idler killed three civilians were shot without trial He also mentioned a large Communist) organisation which. distributed stencilled pamphlets that are hidden under tablecloths in cafes The distributors realise they are placing themselves in the gravest peril for all Dutchmen accused ot Communist activities are now hable to sentence of death. The Reich Commissar, when he introduced the death penalty—a measure inspired by fear of anti-German sympathy m the Russian war—declared that anyone carrying out Communist activr ities in whatever form gave undeniable proof of his sympathy wit Germany’s enemy. . , The German commander in Holland announced that a war court had dealt with the originators of the newly-discovered sabotage and espionage organisation. 1 Four of the principal accused were sen tenced t death Three were shot, while the fourth, because of “mental inferiority,” had his sentence commuted to penal servitude for life. DISCONTENT in ITALY. LONDON. Octobel- 5. “Reynolds News,” London, savs. A reign of terror is expected to follow Mussolini’s declaration that P ea 2? propaganda in Italy will be stamped out by the use of the hangmans rone. In a recent speech to the fascist Grand Council, Mussolini said that ipeace prfm.aganda would be treated as high treason. Contrary to custom, Il Duce’s speech was neithei reported in the Italian Press nor broadcast. He is reported to have raved about the wave of discontent sweeping Italy, also to have made violent attack on some of the Fascist leaders, whom he accused ot shirking their duties

FOOD FOR GREECE. (Rec. 7.30). LONDON. Oct. 5 “The Times” Istanbul correspondent says: There were difficulties over a Turkish relief shin carrying foodstuffs to Greece. These _ have now been .overcome*The ship is likely to make its first trip this week. VEILED THREAT TO NORWAY. (Rec. 1.30). LONDON. October 6. “The Times’’ Stockholm correspondent savs: Mr Terboven, in a speech said: “There are Norwegians foolishly looking to Britain for help. Britain wants to starve Norway. The Germans have brought food to Norway, though thev were not bound to do so under international law. It is a matter of complete indifference to

Germany if a few thousand or tens of- thousands of Norwegian men and women starve during the war.” TENSION INCREASING IN SEVERAL OCCUPIED COUNTRIES. (Rec. 7.30.) LONDON, October 5. A secret Czech radio reports that high German officials warned Herr Heydrich (new Protector of Czechoslovakia) to cease mass executions because of increasing tension among Czechs. Heydrich it is reported, ordered the officials not to interfere. He threatened to arrest thetn. The Ger-man-controlled Prague newspapers declare that many of those arrested were not wrecking' German w'ar supplies, but the Czechs’ own food supplies. The' Germans arrested the head of the Food Department in the Czech Puppet Government. Fresh arrests are reported throughout Norway. Thirty were arrested at Honefoss for sabotaging a factory, and others at Porsgrund, Fredrickstad and Sapsborg for sabotage or passive resistance. The “Brusseler Zeitung” complains of Belgians’ stubborn resistance to the German occupation, It publishes a decree providing for death sentences for Belgians enlisting in armies that ed this decree was necessary because are lighting against Germany. It statyoung men from occupied territories v/ere going to England’with the object of enlisting. George Debarcza, the last Hungaran Minister in London, has been dismissed from the Government service. The Tass Russian News tf'gency says: Reports from Berne give details cf widespread guerrilla activity in Yugoslavia. Several German officers were killed and wounded at Nish. A quantity of ammunition was destroyed at Cacik. Fifty Germans were killed v.'hen a troop train was wrecked at Kragujevac. Guerrillas attacked Gruz, disarming its garrison ano destroying its railway station. A ship at Samac was detained with five hundred Germans aboard, of whom two hundred were made prisoners. Railway stations at Dlin, Monshanica and Voimica v/ere blown up. Guerrillas attacked four hundred Germans in Kran, killing 30 and wounding many. LAVAL’S ASSAILANT. "VICHY, October 5. Marshal Petain commuted the sentence of death passed on Paul Calette for shooting Pierre Laval and Deat. Laval asked that Calette should not be executed.