The Archive · 1940

Steady Nazi Reinforcements

Amsterdam, May 5.

Germany is steadily sending reinforcements to Norway by ship and plane, it is reported from Goteborg. Dally convoys of troup transports can be seen steaming towards Norway off the Swedish coast, pass Pope Exhorts Italians To Pray for Peace Rome, May. 5. "The hour has come for all Italians to pray for peace in the midst of the troubles of these days," declared the Pope in a sermon delivered at the Allies Fought Heroically In Norway Rome, May 5.

Contrary to the assertion in most Mahan "newspapers that the with. drawal of Allied troops from South Norway ended in "a rout." the "Giornale @'alia" said that the Allies fought heroically against carefully-trained German troops. This was admitted by the Germans themselves, the paper added, and the fact that the Allies effected a speedy withdrawal "without losses a considered a rout, However, paper continued, this docs not alter the fact thay the Allies sustained severe defeat, The ultra-Fascist press continued attack Britain and France, Thus, the Regime Fascista" declared that it fs too Into for the Allies to try fand reach an understanding with Moly. The conversations which the Western Democracies wish to open with Rome can have no useful result, the paper added. Tialy's stake in the present conflict is not only her me {erests, but also her honour and. her pledged word.

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