APPEAL TO HITLER

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 14, 12 October 1942, Page 5

APPEAL TO HITLER

Desperate Quisling’s Action SABOTAGE DISCOVERY IN NORWAY

(By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Received October 11; 7,30 p.in.) LONDON, October 10.

The desperate Quisling has appealed directly to Hitler to intervene personally and act as mediator in the Norwegian crisis, says the “Daily Telegraph’s” Stockholm correspondent. In a secret letter smuggled through the Customs Quisling declared that he was unable to carry on as titular head of the Oslo Government unless Reichkommissar Terboven was withdrawn and the Gestapo excesses were checked. The Norwegian intermediary in Berlin .tried to deliver it to Hitler personally, but was referred to the Deputy-Fuehrer Bormann. Neither Hitler nor Bormann replied. The Swiss radio, quoting reports from Stockholm, says the discovery of large-scale sabotage directed against the submarine building yards at Trondheim led to a state of emergency in that district. The Germans arrested all the trade union leaders and former members of the Social Party. Thirtyfour Norwegians at Skien were arrested as hostages.

Twenty-one Norwegians have reached Lysekil after jumping' off a German ship off ' the coast. A considerable number of Norwegians weekly risk their lives by jumping into the sea from German ships in a bid for freedom. More than 1000 Norwegians have been arrested since the “state of civil siege” was proclaimed. Nine who were executed yesterday were charged with transporting explosives used for acts of sabotage. The quisling authorities claim that they were secretly storing arms for a “Dieppe raid” by British commandos. Strong-reinforcements of storm troopers were sent from Oslo to Trondheim, where the situation is apparently graver than was assumed earlier. They are arresting Conservatives as well as trade unionists.

COMPULSORY LABOUR Conscription Of Belgians

Authorized

(Received October 11, 7.30 p.m.) , LONDON, October 10. Berlin, radio reports that .the German military commander for Belgium and northern France has issued a decree authorizing the conscription of all Belgian men between the ages of 18 and 50 and'unmarried women between 21 and 39 for compulsory labour in either Germany or Belgium. In the first eight mouths of 1942 288,397 industrial workers were sent from Poland to Germany. The Moscow Information Bureau reports that Belgian women were killed at Charleroi when the police fired on an anti-German demonstration. The women carried Belgian flags and streamers inscribed: “Give back our husbands from captivity'' and “Give bread for our children." ■ German garrison troops tried to disperse the crowd, but were mauled. Police detachments were then brought up and opened fire.

NO AGREEMENT YET German-Danish Talks

(Received October 11, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, October 10.

Agreement has still not been reached between the German and Danish Governments on tlie demands made by the Germans, but the negotiations arc believed to be in the final stage, reports the (Stockholm correspondent of tlie “Daily Telegraph.” The terms of tlie compromise suggested by the Panes stop short of any step which might bring Denmark, into active participation in the war against the Allies. 'The ‘Stockholm newspaper Arbciaren” says Denmark is one of the occupied countries most suitable for an Allied second front, and it is no- to be wondered at that the Germans are becoming nervous. LONDON, Octooer 9. Reports that disturbances occurred last night in several parts of Denmark and that German soldiers are firing on Danish patriots are contained in messages from Stockholm. Details have been censored. The “Afton Tidmngen says that the German demands against Denmark include the dispatch of 30,000 volunteers to the Russian front and tae acceptance of the Danish Fascist leadei. Dr. Fritz Clausen, as a member of the Government. . The meagre news leaking thiou a u from Denmark suggests that the defenceless Danes will eventually oe forced to yield to some vital German demands, says the Stockholm correspondent of the “New York Tunes ■ Denmark is still undecided wnether to consent to arm her merchant marine. The passenger train and ferrv service between Denmark and Sweden was temporarily suspended after a ferry steamer struck a mine this morning. Six passengers were wounded and the ferry was .severelydamaged and beached on the Danis.i C °Mine-laying between Denmark and Sweden has 'been intensified lately, causing fishermen on the Swedish side to abandon fishing, TALKS IN PARIS Gravity Emphasized By Laval LONDON, October 9. A Vichy communique states that Laval today detailed to Cabinet the conversations he had in Paris with the occupying authorities regarding the speeding up of the recruitment ot labour for Germany. He- emphasized their importance and gravity. The British United Press correspondent in Vichy says Laval told the Cabinet that 133,000 Frenchmen must go to Germany for the factories before the end of October or there would be grave consequences for France. About 1500 labour volunteers are at present leaving daily for Germany. It is presumed that the •'‘consequences will be forcible mobilization of whatever workers Germany wants. EXECUTIONS OF CZECHS LONDON, October 9. Five Czechs were executed iu Prague today. According to official German announcements the executions in Prague and Brno during September totalled 84 Czechs, including six women. Altogether 286 Czechs have been executed in the three months beginning July 3, when martial law, after the attack on Heydrich, was ended.