ALLIED LEADERS

New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24749, 24 November 1943, Page 3

ALLIED LEADERS

PROBABLE CONFERENCE SIGNS CONFIRM HINTS (Reed. 12.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON. Nov. '_': i More signs were given to-day that the Allied leaders, including Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, will meet soon. Mr. ('. 11. Attlee, deputy-Prime Minister, is mentioned as the Minister who will make a statement in the House of Commons on the loss of Kos and Leros. Previously when Mr. Attlee has been in charge of the House Mr. Churchill was out of England. The Washington correspondent of the United Press says that Marshal Chiang Kai-shek is expected to figure in international war conferences about which London despatches have been hinting, and which now have some official confirmation in Washington. WAR NEARING HUNGARY LONDON, Nov. 22 The Hungarian Minister of Propaganda, Dr. Stephen Antal, in a speech quoted by the Budapest radio, said: "The war front is approaching the frontiers of our country. The European nations in the spring will be faced with a great trial of strength. Hungary's two main tasks are to increase our country's military capacity and support, by all means, the resistance on the home front." VATICAN BOMB DAMAGE (Reed. 8.30 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 23 The newspaper Regima Fascist a says that bomb damage in Vatican City is estimated at 20,000,000 lira, which is about £'250,000 at the pre-war rate of exchange.