Cairo, Oct. 20 While interest has naturally been aroused throughout the Near East by reports from Axis sources regarding impending German moves there is 3 Keneral disposition to take German hints of the possibility of a drive through Anatolia with increasing, Support is lent to this view by all reports reaching here from Turkey.
Two outstanding impressions are retained by a Reuter special corres Pondent who has just made a 1,800- mile tour from Istanbul across Syria and Palestine to Calro—frstly, Turkey's absolute determination. to) resist any violation of her security and secondly, the virtually impassable nature of Anatolia, especially in winter Kemal Ataturk realized that his republics "army" was. liable "tobe weaker" in" mechanized uriis" that those of the' rear" Western Powers and therefore not. ably" planned his Mrategle roads "accordingly but also deliberately omitted to construct cer= tain "Toads" where: they might. prove advantageous to an advancing enemy.
"The "Egyptian Gazette" emphastaes {hatin any drive through turkey the Germans would ud no oil and ite food and ammunition, while the trans= port of these necessities from Germany" would. be a superhuman Ysa With' the Danube frozen "over "for "The position of Greece and Turkey." "the "paper adds, is not desperate and if they stand together they. can, with. the' aid of Britain, wreck any plans Hitler may have. ins part 8¢"the world—-Reuter Greece Denies Demands Athens, Oct. 20.
The Greek Government Inst night denied reports that the Axis Powers have delivered a five point ultimatum (Goveroment circes here They" also denied rumours that feng ermed the reports "pure mythology.
of Greece hal abdicated United Press be operated by" dissent Hon Gaardists, has. recently been heard Rumania, warming M. Sima, the Tron Guard Teader sand Deputy' Pre mier, to "return othe motmtains whence he came." if he wishes to live.
An outery has started in the press at the rapidly rising cost of riving. Bread and other food has. risen about 100 por cent. and it is openly admitted that food is becoming searce. To meet complaints, the Government announced—iis intention organizing stores which will sell goods nly to registered customers—Reuter, German Soldiers Ave Even Ashamed (By Air soit)
Detroit, Sept. 8 "German "soldiers. in Denmark are well-behaved and the Danish people: have Title to do. with them," said Kua' Hansen, Danish-born naturved ""American who Rived Copenhagen for twenty" years. until the German invasion and occupation, just look through them as they were not there," he added, "and honestly, judging from the looks on some of these soldiers' faces, they are just plain ashamed of the whole business."
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