Sabotage, Unrest Under Yoke Of Nazi “New Order”
(Rec. 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 15. Fresh instances of sabotage and unrest in the countries occupied or dominated by Germany are reported. A series of revolts has broken out in several parts of Yugoslavia. Bands of well-armed patriots are swooping down on Axis garrisons in Yugoslavia, inflicting heavy casualties and spreading fear, particularly among the Italians. Roads between Mcstar and the Adriatic have been closed owing to serious disturbances in the mountains eastwards of Dubrovnik. Bread queues are being formed in Hungary, where the food situation is serious. There is increasing discontent with Admiral Horthy’s administration. Hungarian hospitals and clinics are filleci with young men shamming illness, with the object of avoiding war service. Rumania Worried Rumanians are worried about the tone of the Hungarian press and it is reported that they desire to withdraw from Russia to prepare defence against Hungary. Frenchmen continue to reach England from France and French colonies for service under General de Gaulle. Latest arrivals include young men from Tahiti, Saigon. Morocco, Dakar and Martinique.
Two sergeants seized a German plane in occupied France and flew to Hampshire. Zagreb Explosion Evidence of sabotage and unrest is still accumulating from all parts of Europe. Four time bombs exploded in the Zagreb central telephone exchange, injuring Major Moehring, of the German signal corps and also a German lieutenant, four soldiers, an operator and six Croats. The explosion crippled the city’s telephone system. Machine-gun fire from a roof-top wounded six sentries in a Zagreb street. In addition, the railway track between Embrod and Sarajevo was broken by explosives for the fourth time. Major Clashes Reports from Zurich state that at least 1000 Axis troops, mostly Italians, have been killed since September 1 in clashes with patriot bands in the province of Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. One clash on the Adriatic coast resulted in 400 dead on both sides. The pro-Nazi leader Neditch, in a broadcast from Belgrade, said: “Outrages in Serbia are leading to civil war. All Serbs must do their utmost to prevent the despatch of a punitive expedition which would convert Serbia into ruins. “Serbs must join the army with which the Government will destroy all hostile political parties. The rebels must return to their homes, otherwise they will be destroyed.” Demonstrations described as subversive occurred in several secondary schools in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The Minister for Education threatened to close the schools concerned. Explosion in Helsinki An explosion in the harbour of Helsinki, Finland, awakened the population. A communique attributed the accident to the explosion of a depth charge on the deck of a ship, igniting the whole cargo of explosives. Two nearby ships were set on fire by burning oil. The Moscow radio says telephonic communication between Berlin and Budapest was interrupted following large scale anti-Nazi demonstrations in Budapest. The Swedish newspaper, “Gothenburg Tidningen,” says that the money and property of the Norwegian Craftsmen’s Union has been confiscated and that a supporter of Quisling has been made leader of the union. The inhabitants of Skien have been fined 50,000 kroner and forbidden to go out at night time following serious disturbances against members of a Quisling party. Norwegian Threats It is also stated that German soldiers and 50 Norwegians have been arrested in Norway. Broadcasting is limited to eight hours daily. The editor of the Quisling newspaper “Frittfolk” has been appointed leader of the press. The Nazi-controlled Government has decreed that Norwegian workers must make up the time through air alarms. The correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” at Zurich says that Nazicontrolled newspapers from Bordeaux to Bucharest disclose a state of unrest in occupied countries because it has reached such a pitch that it is realised that it would be useless to attempt concealment. Frenchmen Punished Special courts throughout France are imposing heavy sentences. At Montpellier and. Toulouse the courts have sentenced 10 Communists to terms of penal servitude ranging from two to 10
years. The Paris court has condemned a dozen Communists to imprisonment for from two to seven years. Two people were sentenced to seven years’ and five years’ imprisonment simply for possessing Communist propaganda. At Clermont-Ferrand a military court sentenced two soldiers to a year in gaol for abusing the army. A German officer in Paris shot in the leg a German non-commissioned officer who molested him. The Czech radio stated that the “go slow” week suggested by a recent London broadcast was a great success. “The Nazis will be furious when they realise the reduced output of steel, iron and coal,” the radio stated. The announcer suggested a general strike in the Skoda works. “The Germans would be helpless,” he said. “They cannot shoot everybody.”
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Northern Advocate, 16 September 1941, Page 6
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