AXIS SCORNED

New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24134, 28 November 1941, Page 7

AXIS SCORNED

CONTEMPT FOR PACT RIOTS IN DENMARK CROWDS SING "TIPPERARY' (T?ec<l. 0.55 p.m.) LONDON", Nov. f 2< Riots lasted all day in Copenhagen owing to Denmark's signing of the anti-Comintern Pact. They began when crowds gathered at the palace and cheered the King, who is said to be opposed to the signing and to have threatened to abdicate. German troops cleared the square in front of the palace, while rioting occurred in various parts of the city, particularly in front of the Foreign Office, where the crowd shouted "Down with the traitor Scavenius," also out--1 .side the German Army headquarters, where they sang "Tipperary." The demonstrations continued far into the night. Tn Berlin, Ribbentrop, addressing the signatories to the anti-Comintern Pact, bitterly attacked President Roosevelt as the person mainly responsible for the war. He claimed that Britain would be the chief sufferer from the war because, even with United States help, she could not equal the strength of Germany and her allies. Britain's prospects, lie said, - were more than gloomy. - After the certain defeat of Russia, the economic and armaments potential of the Axis Powers, even without Japan, would be infinitely greater than Britain and America combined. Europe would then be able to participate in a .30 years' war without endangering its existence. When the main fighting services of Germany and her allies were employed against the British Isles, said Ribbentrop, Britain would be laid waste. Sooner or later Britain must be defeated. He denied that Germany was contemplating new peace offers and. also denied the possibility of a revolution in Germany. PETAIN OPPOSES AXIS (Reed. 6.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 26 According to the American Associated Press, reliable reports received in New York suggest that a hitch has developed in Franco-German negotiations, Petain opposing outright France's membership of the Axis.