FRIENDS WITH BOTH
GERMANY AND RUSSIA TURKEY FEELS SAI L FOR TIIE WINTER 1 PRESS CRITICISM OF BRITAIN j -Rec 12.30 pin.) London. Oct. 13. Turkey feels safe for the winter because she is now on friendly ! terms with both Germany and Russia, says the “Daily Mail's" Istanbul correspondent. A decisive German victory, however, would undoubtedly push her closer to Germany. The Turks eagerly await President Inonu’s speech on 29th October, when the Turks believe the iesult <»( the offensive against Moscow will be known. phnsise the cordiahty of Turkish Gerj America are to help I Russia before the spring and also comment on the British refusal to establish 1 a second European front and the failure | of the R.A.F. to bomb Berlin regularly, ! which would have an immense effect on neutral countries. : German propaganda is beginning to 1 build up a legend that owing to the I despatch of planes to Russia the R.A.F. lis not strong enough for more than ! routine raids against the Ruhr and the | Rhineland. i The Istanbul correspondent of the j “Daily Express” quotes M. Gcrcde, the Turkish Ambassador m Berlin, as sayj ing that Germany is printing Turkey's ! new note issue. Britain printed the last issue but a German bomb blew up the I ship taking it to Turkey in Piraeus harbour, scattering notes for miles, Street urchins stuffed their pockets with ' thousands of Turkish pounds.—U.P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 14 October 1941, Page 6
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