ITALIAN THREATS
ULTIMATUM TO GREECE. REPORTED DEVELOPMENT. (United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received August 23, 1.55 p.m. LONDON, Aug. 23. The Daily Telegraph says reports from usually reliable sources reaching Belgrade to-night state that Italy has given Greece 24 hours in which to renounce the British guarantee of help in the event of attack. Hostilities will follow if Greece refuses. f , General Metaxas has confirmed that the Greek army is loyal. Turkish support seems assured.
AID TO GREECE. EVENT OF ATTACK. BRITAIN’S WORD STANDS. Received August 23, 1.10 p.m. ATHENS, Aug. 22. The British spokesman said that if Greece resists attack, the British Navy and Air Force will immediately rush her aid. The Official News Agency denies an allegation in the Albanian newspaper Tomori that the Greek authorities some months ago organised armed bands for the persecution of the Albanians. The News Agency added that the whole population of Greece is most friendly towards Albania.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 227, 23 August 1940, Page 8
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