Rome, Feb 24.
Persistent rumours circulating in Bucharest today claimed that Turkey Small states near Germany were living in a perpetual nightmare of fear. "So little do the Nazis reck on neutral interests, that neutral ships are no longer safe from their attack, even when they are only sailing between neutral ports," the Prime Minister continued.
"Merchant vessels are sunk without warning, cargoes are destroyed and helpless crews turned adrift to drown or perish of exposure, and neural countries must not complain although—if to save from concentration camps 300 men illegally made prisoners Britain commits a mere technical breach of neutrality, taking no neutral life and touching no neutral property—the Nazis exhaust themselves in hysterical exclamations of indignation. But whatever outrages the enemy may commit, one thing is certain. We have no reason io fear the result of this struggle, however long it may last.
Atter referring to "that hard-bitten force" of British on the Western Front, Mr, Chamberlain declared that Germany had again been gloriously disappointed regarding the support accorded by the Empire.
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