The Archive · 1939

Italians Mass Men On French Border

Warships Concentrate

Off Massowah; Troops Landed in Tripoli Paris, Jan. 18, Reinforcements of Italian troops on he frontier of Somaliland have been arriv by rail from Adagala for nearly a fortnight, according to the Djibouti correspondent of "L'Intransigeant.". The fresh troops, it is stated, are composed mostly of Askaris and Arabs.

The correspondent also states that he learns six submarines, ten gunboats, and the cruiser Bari are moored at Massowah, fortified Italian pert, and capital of the Italiar Colony of Eritrea—Reuter Sw it moves by Scotland Yard led o evidence supporting the official theory that the outrages were caused òy sympathisers with the Irish Republican Army, which is illegal The police believe that the explosions were planned in Ireland, and hat the bombs were manufactured here, and smuggled into England, All the bombing attempts hitherto have been directed against electric ity supplies.

An unexploded bomb was found yesterday in Ham's Hall Power Station, in Birmingham. This had been placed beneath the main power supply, and, if exploded, would have riged the whole of Birmingham nto darkness.

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