BRAZIL AT WAR

Evening Star, Issue 24282, 25 August 1942, Page 3

BRAZIL AT WAR

NEW AMERICAN PLANES

REACTION OF AXIS POWERS

NEW YORK, Aug. 23. _ It was learned here that, as Brazil entered the war, Brazilian air force pilots arrived at Rio de Janeiro after a successful mass flight of 9,(W0 miles from the United States with 44 new American planes. The flight consisted of 25 Fairchild primary trainers and 19 cabin monoplanes, which will replace obsolete German Focke-Wulf trainers. After the introduction of the new trainers Brazil will commence the production of American craft in a Government factory. Broadcasts from Berlin, tome,- and Tokio, commenting in exactly the sane tenor on Brazil’s declaration of wap against Germany and Italy, sought to blame the United States for it. Axis broadcasts heard here minimised the provocation given to Brazil by the submarine actions off the coast, and ignored the outbursts of popular indignation in Rio do Janeiro. Berlin said Brazil yielded to United States blackmailing requests_ by declaring war, and added that since Brazil had already surrendered her military, facilities to,the United States, the declaration of war was without military significance. Tokio asserted that Brazil was influenced by “ dollar diplomacy.” The Montevideo correspondent of the ‘ New York Tmes ’ says Uruguay has granted Brazil all rights of non-bel-ligerency. thus enabling Brazilian warships and planes to use Uruguayan facilities, as in peace time. Officials emphasised that this was only the first of several steps that Uruguay intends taking to give tangible expression of her solidarity with Brazil.

PORTUGAL'S MESSAGE

FRATERNAL ESTEEM

(British Official Wireless.)

(Rec. noon.) RUGBY, Aug. 24. Sir Noel Charles, British Ambassador, in Brazil, has expressed the deep satisfaction of the British Government with Brazil’s entry into the war on the side of the United Nations. In a communique to the Brazilian Foreign Minister he stated, that the British Government was fully conscious of the signal contributions already made by Brazil to the cause of the democracies.

Stressing the solid blood ties which unite Brazil and Portugal, the Portuguese Government has sent the following message to the Brazilian Government:—“ At this moment, -when Brazil finds herself involved in war, the Government desires to express to her, in the name of the Portuguese people, the sentiments of fraternal esteem, moral solidarity, and sincere emotion, with which they think of their brothers in the attitude of sacrifice they have assumed in defence of what they consider to be their honour and their right.

AXIS SHIPS SEIZED

BRAZILIAN TANKERS TORPEDOED

LONDON, August 24.

Axis shipping in Brazilian waters has been seized by the Brazilian authorities. The vessels so seized include 57 German and 18 Italian.

Rio de Janeiro reports that two’ Brazilian tankers have been torpedoe’d while journeying between two Brazilian ports. Peru, Argentine, and Uruguay have granted Brazil non-belligerent rights.