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Grey River Argus, 16 March 1942, Page 1

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IN PARIS. (Rec. 10.0). LONDON, March 15. According to a Vichy report, the German authorities, in Paris, have announced the execution of seven Frenchmen, who “were condemned as- franc tieurs and for working together in committing repeated violence against members of the German Army.” i 1 NORWEGIAN CLERIC ARRESTED. STOCKHOLM, March 14. The Dean of Trondheim has been arrested under instructions from the Norwegian Government. ; SWEDEN'S NEUTRALITY. STOCKHOLM. March 14. The Swedish Government has seized six more newspapers, making a total of seventeen in three days. All had described cruelties in Norwegian prisons. The Swedish Minister of Justice stated that such descriptions caused misunderstandings ' among foreign powers. The Government acted in pursuance of its policy of neutrality. ‘ .. . APPEAL TO INDIA. BY CHINESE DIPLOMAT. (Rec. 9.55). NEW YORK, March 14. The Chinese Ambassador to U.S.. Mr. Hushih. has appealed to the people of India to light at the side of the Chinese for the sake of civilisation. He added: Chinese people will enthusiastically welcome India as an old teacher and a new comrade in arms. India and China should work together, fight together, and rebuild our cultural life together.” EXECUTIONS IN LJUBLJANA. LONDON, March 14. Information reached London that Italians have ordered mass executions in Ljublajana after an Italian agent killed a leading Slovene. Overfour hundred students and members of professions. were arrested, sixtynine of whom were charged with sabotage, and the remainder sent to a concentration camp. A military court sentenced to death 28, of whom 12 were shot, the rest awaiting execution. Forty-one were sentenced to long terms of forced labour, including 12 life sentences.