UNHAPPY EUROPE

Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21534, 24 September 1941, Page 6

UNHAPPY EUROPE

OPPRESSION IN NORWAY BOY SCOUTS SUPPRESSED HOSTAGES IN BELGIUM (United Press asmi.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 24, 3.15 p.m.) LONDON. Sept. 23 A message from Oslo says that under official orders the Boy Scout organisations in Norway must immediately hand over to the authorities all uniforms, badges and flags. Failure to comply with the order will involve incarceration in a concentration camp. The uniforms will be altered and used for members of Quisling’s SS organisation. A Brussels message says that the German military commander has ordered the arrest of 25 citizens as hostages in connection with an incident at Toumai, where unknown persons, under cover of darkness, shot and killed a prominent Rexist, and also killed two German policemen and wounded another who rushed to the scene. It is announced that the hostages will be shot unless the perpetrators surrender or are discovered within 10 days. Norwegian Fugitives Killed A message from Gothenburg, Sweden. says aircraft of-the German air force near Bergen sank two Norwegian ships carrying people who were attempting to escape to England. One hundred of the fugitives were killed. The number of persons trying to escape from Norway is increasing, and several well-known people have succeeded. Germans Execute Women The British United Press states that at least 295 persons, including several women, have been executed by the Germans in the occupied countries since the beginning ol August. Most of the shootings occurred in Yugoslavia and Poland, but 41 people were slaughtered in Paris alone. JAPANESE MOVE THREAT TO SIBERIA CONCENTRATION OF TROOPS (United PrPs* Asmi.—Elec. Tpl. Copyright) (Received Sept. 24, 3.15 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 23 More Japanese troops in Manchukuo are reported to have moved to the Siberian frontier. The concentrations are said to be particularly heavy in the frontier region near Vladivostok. Significantly the press of Manchukuo, which recently warned that a long and difficult campaign in Russia lay ahead of Germany, now asserts that a Nazi victory is in sight. CERTAINTY OF VICTORY KING OF GREECE CONFIDENT GREAT TRIBUTE TO BRITAIN (Official Wireless) (Received Sept. 24, 3.15 p.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 23 King George of the Hellenes broadcast to the French people tonight from what he described as the “ great capital of the British Empire, which at present is more than ever the capital of the world’s liberties.” "The onslaught of the two Empires,” said King George, “ enabled them to prevail in Greece and Crete without succeeding in breaking the undaunted souls of Greece and the interests of the nation, for here it is that, in common with our Allies, we take decisions regarding our participation in the war. This will be carried on until final victory is won.” The King added: “ Anyone who has crossed the Atlantic, as I. have done, cannot but be impressed by the absolute control of the seas exercised by Britain and the United States. Anyone who finds himself today in this mighty outpost of civilisation, this gigantic and impregnable fortress into which this heroic island has been transformed, who has witnewsod the steadily increasing strength of Britain and her Allies, as well as the incomparable fortitude of the British peo--1 pie, cannot possibly doubt the cer- ! tainty of victory” BIG CHRISTMAS MAIL FORCES IN MIDDLE EAST (Official Wireless) (Received Sept. 24, 3.15 p.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 23 One hundred soldiers have been loaned to the Army Post Office to cope with enormous last-minute rush of Christmas postings to the Forces in the Middle East, India and Malaya. The latest figures of postal items reach more than 2,000,000 letters and cards and 250,000 parcels. NAZIS IN AFGHANISTAN REQUEST FOR EXPULSION (United Tress Assn. I-.lec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Sept. 22 The British hunt for enemy fifth columnists has been extended to Afghanistan, which Britain has requested to expel Germans, says the Daily Express. i It is expected that the request will !be granted. Germans are not us j numerous in Afghanistan as they j were in Iran.