STRONG CONDEMNATION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 27 October 1941, Page 5

STRONG CONDEMNATION

BRUTAL GERMAN METHODS 1 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPEAKS Rugby, Oct 25. Strong condemnation of the brutal German methods in occupied countries was voiced in a speech to-day by President Rouse 'Celt Those who talked of negotiat- j ing with Hitler would do well to i take note of these events, he said. In a statement to-night the Prime 1 Minister. Mr Churchill, said that the British Government fully associated itself with the sentiments of horror and j condemnation expressed by Mr Roose- ! velt concerning the Nazi butcheries in | France Mr Churchill said retribution , for these crimes must henceforward be • one of tiie major purposes of the war. The Nazi atrocities in France and elsewhere, above ell behind the Oer- j man fronts m Russia, surpassed any - : thing since the darkest and most bestial !. ages of mankind They were but ai ! foretaste of what Hitler would inflict I' on the British and American people? ! if he could get the power—BOW. ; NATIONAL STRIKE CALLED FOR London. Oct 25 j i Genera’ De Gaulle, broadcasting to j ' France directed all French men and worntn to stand -till for five minutes; at 4 pm. on 31st October as a uni- 1 versa! demonstration against the shoot- ■

ingot hostages. show enemy traitors what a gigantic menace surrounds them," lie said. “France is going to show the world that she dosn't. belong to anybody bui herself ”—U PA. SERBIAN EXIT l HONS London. Oct 25 An official announcement in Belgrade .stated that 200 Serbian hostages were executed following the killing of German soldiers on 18th October. The Budapest correspondent of the British United Press reports that firing squads executed eight people, indud ng three women, at a town near Belgrade for possession of arms. Eight men and seven women were executed at Zagreb for sabotage and also distributing Communist literature. ”'I he Times” Istanbul . correspondent savs the Bulgarian Government is expelling practically the entire Greek popu: 1 1ion from Thrace. Greek properties are being confiscated and distributed among the Bulgarian settlers who are replacing them. Berlin announced that six mon Czech? have been executed at Brno Moravia, for high t reason.—U.P.A.