Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 April 1939 — Page 4

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FRENCH CABINET

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APPROVES NEW DEFENSE PLANS

Action Is Taken as Fleet Leaves Toulon Under Secret Orders.

Winners of Peace Poster

Contest

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tary measures the situation made necessary. : | “Premier Daladier had the Council approve additional means that must be taken in relation to foreign events. “Foreign Minister Bonnet retraced | France's diplomatic action during! the crisis and showed the constant | activity of our diplomacy, exercised La 3 in permanent collaboration with] = mcr gue nig oy nn, defined the essential © Jayne Huxmann (right) of Shortridge High School won the first principles of France's attitude in| award in the second annual poster contest conducved for local Rigy Europe's present situation. | school students by the Women’s International League for Pe an “The Council unanimously ap-! Democracy. Third award was given to Robert Bauer of Manual (left). : Second place was won by Joe Haramy's poster (below). Judges for the

declaration to be published | : : oy oe et by M. Dior in| contest included Wilbur Peat and Burling Boaz Jr.

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Mediterranean fleet were available. It was understood that the fleet was moving to destinations decided upon months ago under a French-British plan to concentrate ships at strategic bases and from there to police the entire Mediterranean. Easter Leaves Canceled

ATHENS, Greece, April 12 (U.

Already, it was learned, the Government had canceled Easter leaves of all Army men. Individual reservists were being called quietly to the colors. As in the instance of the fleet sailing. details were unavailable under a recent decree forbidding publication of military secrets. But an idea of the extent of the Army call may be gained from the fact that without any mass orders, few families in France had been unaffected.

the railroads under military authority in event of an emergency.

. These preparations were France's! ~ contribution to the British-French

program for halting the expansionist policies of Italy and Germany. The Maginot Line defenses opposite Germany had been put on war footing. Trained reservists had been stationed in front of and behind the main fortifications, in “sacrifice” positions where they would hold off an initial attack with almost no

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Though particular attention was paid abroad to French and British warship movements at the entrance to the Adriatic, it was understood here that the fleets were being stationed all over the Mediterranean under a general strategic plan. Ships Concentrate at Malta Main fleet units were reported going to French and British bases. with the heaviest British warships concentrating at Malta, between Sicily and North Africa, and lighter units in sheltered French North African ports. French naval movements seemed to be destined chiefly to strengthen French bases in the eastern Mediterranean and Tunisia. which would be the first in action in event of a forceful British-French retort to a further Italian move. Every French and British naval defense position in the Mediterranean basin was understood to be now

ITALY ORDERS SHIPS HELD READY TO SAIL

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i {wants from Italy to assure tran-

'quility in the Mediterranean.

P.) —A friendly declaration by the Italian Government failed to stem the Greeks’ anxiety today over Italian troop concentrations in the Dodecanese Islands and the rushing of new Italian fortifications in the Adriatic. It was understood that 25,000 Greek soldiers had been moved to

Warships Keep Up Steam

Ttaly's preparedness preparations) It was understood that the Cabi-|were understood to have included Greece net had made all prepartions to put, an order to Italian warships to keep reached

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i their engines ready for sailing or-| | ders at any time, and the stationing {of submarines at strategic points for Mediterranean patrol duty. | The Government communique | consisted of a statement which the Greek Minister delivered to the For-| | eign Office, saying: | “The Greek Minister has been eni trusted by the Greek Premier to ex-| {press the warmest thanks for the | communication which. was made to! ‘him’ 6n "April 10 by the Italian] charge d'affaires in the name of the Italian Premier. | “The communiciation contains catégoric assertions that the Fascist {Government will respect the integrity of Greece, including territorial las well as maritime frontiers.

| Predicts Friendly Era

| “His Excellency M. Metaxas (the Greek Premier) adds that acknowledging with complete satisfaction | Sig. Mussolini's assurances that he | had the conviction that no develop- | ments tending to disturb the tradi- | tional friendship which has always united the two countries can possibly arise, he sees the beginning of a

new period of cordiality by continu- | ation of this specifi collaboration.” | Premier Mussolini, after calling lout sufficient reservists to bring the

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the Albanian frontier, north of Janina. Another report was that and Great Britain had a specific understanding whereby British warships would be given free use of Greek harbors in gase of war in the Mediterranean, and Britain would supply Greece with 300 airplanes, a number of antiaircraft guns and a million gas masks. Greece would not be bound to go to Britain's aid if the United Kingdom were attacked, according to the report, but would accept Britain's aid if Greece were attacked. ‘ The Italian minister here made the declaration that Italy wished to have closer relations with Greece and disclaimed any intention of attacking this country. He said Italy was ready to give proof of its sincerity. Nevertheless, it was understood that 65.000 Italian troops had been dispatched to the Dodecanese Island of Leros and that another 35,000 had landed lately at Scarpato, also in the Dodecanese group. These islands are 50 miles northeast of Crete.

New Assurances Given

Greece by Mussolini

ROME, April 12 (U. P.).—Premier Benito Mussolini has assured the Greek Government that Italy has no territorial or maritime aspirations in Greece, it was announced officially today. A communique said the Greek Minister in Rome expressed to the

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___ THE INDIA CHARGE F.D.R. ‘INVITING’ WAR WITH REMARKS

Clark and Nye Protest After His Statement in Warm Springs.

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cealed it is impossible to spot it as ro a.” i At his press conference yesterday, President Roosevelt urged early action by Congress to make possible the barter of farm surpluses for tin and rubber held by Great Britain, Holland and Belgium. The proposal to fortify this country and Great Britain with much-needed war supplies was proposed by Senator Byrnes (D. S. C) and has received Administration and Congressional support. The President also made clear at his press conference that his farewell to friends In Warm Springs, Ga, Sunday night was an indirect warning to the totalitarian nations that they must reckon with the United States’ moral, if not physical, force in any major war. At the conclusion of his 10-day vacation in Georgia, he said: “I'll be back in the fall, if we don’t have a war” Asked to comment on that statement, the President referred correspondents to an editorial appearing in yesterday's Washington Post. He said the writer of that editorial seemed to understand what the farewell meant and that he would like to have it inserted in the minutes of the press conference so that posterity might know what his views were.

Not Casual Words

The editorial said Mr. Rosevelt's words were no casual utterance and concluded that a world war “can still be averted if the free nations are willing to show that they will take a stand before it is too late.” “Nothing less than the show of preponderant force will stop them (the dictators),” the editorial said, “for force is the only language which they understand. But, like less exalted bullies, force is to them a deterrent. “In using the collective ‘we’ the President told Hitler and Mussolini, far more impressively than he told Warm Springs, that the tremendous force of the United States must be a factor in their current thinking. . . . He made it plain that a war forced by them would from the outset involve the destinies of a nation which, as they fully realize, is potentially far stronger than

APOLIS | Russian Attitude Asked If Nazis Attack Rumania

Britain Seeks Pledge From Italy Troops Will Begin Leaving Spain.

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which Mr. Chamberlain is to make in Commons. As now drafted, it was understood that this declaration contained an exact, unequivocal statement defining British interests in the Mediterranean and the Balkans, and declaring that any power which menaced those interests or endangered the present status would be committing an unfriendly act against Great Britain. This would be tacit announcement of a British guarantee of support of Greece and Turkey in event of an attack by Italy, it was understood, even if the Government did not specify that it guaranteed those countries’ security, Renewed Determination The form of the declaration remained open pending replies from Greece and Turkey to telgraphic inquiries. For one day it had looked as if Mr. Chamberlain was reverting to his “appeasement” policy. But today there was an atmosphere of renewed determination to stop the expansionism of the dictators. This made all the more serious the position of Rumania. Britain has hesitated for days about guarantee of Rumania’s security. Now Rumania has told Britain that its position is serious, that 300,000 Hungarian troops on its Translyvania border and 100,000 Bulgarian soldiers on its Dobrudia border. Viorel V. Tilea, the Rumanian minister, was understood to have informed Viscount Halifax, Foreign Secretary, that unless its security is guaranteed, Rumanian Foreign Minister Grigore Gafencu, in a visit he is scheduled to make to Berlin Monday, must consider restoring good relations with Germany. In consequence, Lord Halifax has told Russian Ambassador Ivan Maisky that he regards the Rumanian situation as most serious and asked him what action Russia would take in case of aggression against Rumania—meaning by Germany. Developments included: 1. The French Mediterranean fleet sailed from the great Toulon naval base under secret orders. 2. France was exeptced to take precautions to strengthen her land and air defenses today. 3. Notices were posted in Warsaw informing reservists of six army classes to hold themselves in readiness for service in auxiliary arms such as labor battalions.

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4. Rumania was reported to have

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strengthened its forces on the Bul garian frontier,

5. Jugoslavia was reported to have called up men of two army classes in the provinces bordering on Albania. 6. Twenty-five hundred British troops left Palestine for Egypt. 7. It was reported that additional Italian troops had reached Spain. 8. Moorish troops were being sent from Nationalist Spain to Spanish Morocco and France reported that the Spanish Morocco frontier adJoining French Morocco was being heavily fortified. 9. It was reported that Turkey and Rumania had effected an agreement under which Turkey would open the fortified Dardanelles Strait, between the Black and Mediterranean Seas, to permit foreign warships and transports to pass to Rumania’s aid. Russia was said to have given its tacit consent, though previously it had opposed the opening of the straits to nonBlack Sea powers.

BURGOS, Spain, April 12 (U. P.). —Italian and other foreign troops will not be withdrawn from Spain

for at least several weeks, an official

statement indicated today.

NAZI PRESS ASSAILS "WAR TALK’ OF F.D. R,

BERLIN, April 12 (U. P.).—The Nazi Propaganda Ministry newspaper Der Angriff bitterly criticized President Roosevelt in an attAck on “war mongering.” “Is it true, Mr. President,” Der Angriff asked, “that war mongering and impending war are the last salvation for you and your position? “Is it true you see no other way out in order to retain power than to throw armaments profits to the opposition industrialists? “Is it true that it is not the international situation but your personal ties and personal affairs that move you to this despicable war-monger-ing which you pursue continuously?” Der Angriff said that “it was obvious that Mr. Roosevelt would hasten to the British war mongering encirclement policy with open arms, but we must term it gross irrelevance and impertinence when the head of a state can permit himself to pursue war mongering in this direct form.” The newspaper apparently referred to Mr. Roosevelt's remark recently regarding the danger of war in Europe, including the fact that he told Georgians he would be back at Warm Springs next fall unless there is a European war,

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MONARCHY FOR ALBANIA GOAL

Italy’s Plans Are Made as Work Is Started on New Constitution.

TIRANA, Albania, April 12 (U. P.) —The Constitutional Assembly today offered the crown of Albania to King Victor Emmanuel of Italy. A resolution adopted by the Assembly under the watchful eyes of Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano urged the Italian monarch to accept the ancient crown which was abandoned by King Zog I, ruler of “the sons of the mountain eagle,” when Fascist armed forces drove him into exile. Albania would have a separate government. Members of the Albanian Parliament, representatives of Albanian prefectures and delegates representing the professions and trades were selected to serve as assemblymen for the meeting. Italian troops yesterday reached Bilishte, the last southern Albanian

commune near the Greek frontier. Three Fascist militia battalions

region nearby.

Order Legation in U. S. to Quiet Down

WASHINGTON, April 12 (U. P)). -The new provisional government of Albania, it was learned today, has ordered its legation here to “quiet down” demonstrations of Albanians in this country against the occupation of their homeland by Italy. The order was issued in a cablegram from Tirana, Albanian capital, and was signed by Mihal Sher-

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POLISH RESERVISTS TOLD TO BE READY

WARSAW, April 12 (U. P.).—Notices posted throughout Poland: today notified certain reservists of the army classes of 1912 to 1917, ine clusive, to hold themselves in readiness for service in auxiliary arms such as labor battalions. The order affects those reservists unfit for the usual training when their classes were called for regular military service. Such notices are posted each spring, but while no figures were available it was reported that Poe land now, after strengthening its

defense forces, has more than 900,000 men under arms.

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