“WAR” ON BRITAIN.
INSIGNIFICANT REPUBLIC. (Rec. 3.5 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 18. A proclamation in San Marino has ended the 25 years’ war the tiny republic has waged on paper against Germany. . War has now been declared on Britain. The two captains-regent, addressing the cheering populace, declared that the army was in splendid fighting trim. It consists of 39 officers and 950 rankers.
San Marino, a small republic in the hills near Rimini, on the Adriatic, was founded, it is stated, by a pious mason of Dalmatia in the fourth century. It is ruled by two captains-regent and a council of sixty. The area is 38 .square miles, and the population about 16,000. A treaty with Italy was signed in 1930.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 250, 19 September 1940, Page 10
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120“WAR” ON BRITAIN. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 250, 19 September 1940, Page 10
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