NAZI TERMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23851, 30 December 1940, Page 7

NAZI TERMS

SHIPS FOR ITALIANS

MEDITERRANEAN BASES

ACTIVITY AT VICHY

(Received December 29, 5.30 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 2S

| The Lisbon correspondent of the Daily Express states that the Ger- | man demands which Marshal Petain it rejected included : (1) The French Navy and mercantile marine to lie placed at the disposal of Italy. (2) Germany to occupy the French Mediterranean naval bases of Toulon and Marseilles, -with a corridor leading r to them across unoccupied France. (•1) France to hand over Hizerta (the fortuer Fi'ench naval base in Tunisia) for the use of the Italian Navy. (4i Demobilisation of General Wcygand's North African and Syrian armies. Three Days' Discussion The French Mini-tor fur the Navy '(Admiral Darl.in) travelled from Vichy t to Paris, where he presented to the German Ambassador. Otto Abet/.. Marshal Petain's reply to the German demands. Abetz forwarded the French reply to the German Foreign Minister, Ribben- ■ trop. and a copy was sent to Hitler in if Northern France. The Vichy Cabinet agreed upon its =J. reply to the German demands after | discussions lasting three days. | The Daily Mail reports that there : was great 31 material activity at Vichy | when Admiral Parian arrived back : from Paris. | •• Admiral Darlan first hurried to Mar- | sha] Petain, with whom he had a Ions: 1 conference, and then hastened to con- | fer with the Minivers fyr War, | Finance, and the Interior. Aeroplane Shot Down The f»• rlin radio states that two influential members of the French Government, bound fn.iii Viehy to Morocco in an aeroplane, were shot down at La l.mea (a Spanish township ]ust outside (lihraltar) on Christmas Day. The Stuttgart, radio warned the French that Hitler was giving them a last chance to "collaborate with the victor in reorganising Knrope." If thev ■ did jmt seize the opportunity, it would go hard with them, the radio added, ■ ADVICE TO FASCISTS POISONING OF OPINION EFFECTIVE ACTION URGED |i, <]?«eived December 2!t, r } .p.m.) CTJEMOXA, Drr. 28 Speal dug .at a Fascist meeting. Roberto i' ;u :ua> 'i, Italian Minister Without port Julio, attacked "certain old men and h>.sternal <>ld gossips for & attempting to poison Italian public Opinion." j,. 1 ndenniu:n<£ tlie national frame. | Work is a crime ngaln.-t. tiie soldiers : fight i tig for an Axis :] he fidded. '"Vigilance against these p,. r . | sons must not be relaxed, but all this I can he halted if staunch Fascists know I W to act effectively at the opportune I foment. If yesterday we could suffer i persons, to-day we cannot."