New Wave Of Unrest Sweeping Slave Lands

Northern Advocate, 29 June 1943, Page 3

New Wave Of Unrest Sweeping Slave Lands

(Rec. 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 28. A new wave of unrest is sweeping across Axis-occupied Europe. The Vichy Premier (Laval) is reported to be growing increasingly nervous of French resistance. Vichy radio said that special tribunals are being set up to deal with “terrorists.” Paris radio blamed terrorists for a fire which destroyed a big store containing food supplies. • In another area a Fascist militia leader was attacked with a Tommygun. The German Commissar for Holland and one of Hitler’s Party bosses (Fritz Schmidt) was killed this week in France. In Denmark, saboteurs set fire to a big clothing factory last night. Stocks of wool and other materials were lost and the factory was burned to the ground. Newspapers have reached London from Belgium reporting that three Belgians and one Frenchman were executed for blowing up colliery buildings at Lambusart, in Hainaut. The explosion put the colliery out of action. Greek Rail Link Blocked Greek guerillas effectively blocked the sole railway linking South Greece with Europe, according to reports reaching London. Several bridges were blown up and dynamiters blasted hillsides across the tracks. , A Greek Government official in London revealed that Greek guerilla officers frequently went to Cairo from Greece to confer with Allied military leaders. “There is no doubt that their movements will be synchronised with Allied plans. • They are striking at the heart of . Axis. communications ' in