ALERT TO DANGER

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 64, 17 March 1942, Page 3

ALERT TO DANGER

BRAZIL PREPARED FIFTH COLUMN ACTIVITY New Y’ork. March 14 The Rio de Janeiro correspondcn' of the New York Times says tha high official sources asserted thai Brazil is not contemplating a declara lion of war-against the Axis or arm ing Brazilian merchantmen a present. The future couse will be de termined not only by the furthe sinking of Brazilian ships, but alsi I by internal happenings. I The Government, alert to th ' danger of Axis Tilth column activities during the past 48 hours institutedrastic measures of repression, includ ' ing arrests- of Japanese farmers a 1 Bahia, the confiscation of illegal arms the detention of Germans at Fiori anopolis in possession of incriminat ing documents. Also the authoritie; decreed at 5 p.m. curfew in Rio ch Janeiro for Axis subjects. i Meanwhile the Uruguayan Govern I m°nt has reinforced the garrisoi along the Brazilian frontier to pre vent Germans in southern Brazil en ’ tering Uruguay to create unrest. I From Argentina comes disquietin' I news of pro-Axis disturbances. 1 Though Brazil has ordered all shin Ito seek the nearest ports, it is no ' considering a total stoppage of navi gation to the United Stales, which i | Brazil's only market to-day. It i I rumoured that the United States wil . replace lost Brazilian ships and i ’ also formulating nlans lo protec Brazilian shipping.