HOPES DASHED

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 October 1939, Page 8

HOPES DASHED

AFTER SPATE OF RUMOURS IN BERLIN ( NO PROSPECT OF EARLY PEACE. ; SIGNS OF WAR WEARINESS i AND ANXIETY. ; (British Official Wireless.) , (Received This Day. 11.35 a.m.) j RUGBY. October 11. I ' Reports from Berlin indicate that ] after yesterday's spate of wild ru- , mours, it is now realised that hopes of early peace must be set , aside. There are unmistakable £ signs of anxiety, war weariness j and bewilderment in Germany. ; c c

DALADIER’S SPEECH NOT CONCRETE ANSWER TO HITLER. ACCORDING TO HAMBURG PAPER. (Received This Day, 12.25 p.m.) BERLIN, October 11. The Hamburger Fremdenblatt” says ■ M Daladier's speech is not to bo re- ■ gardc-d as a concrete answer to Herr ; Hitler's proposals. It leaves room for discussion and possibilities of large- , scale peace co-operation. < ALLIES AGREED ' MR CHAMBERLAIN’S REPLY < APPROVED BY FRANCE ] AND DOMINIONS. 1 1 (Received This Day, 12.45 p.m.) LONDON, October 11. ( The Prime Minister (Mr N. Cham- ; berlain), has the approval of France i and the Dominions for his reply to ] Herr Hitler, on October 12. < , c GREAT MIGRATION ■ < i PLANNED BY GERMANY. IN SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE. LONDON, October 11. The British United Press states that it is reliably reported from Berlin that Germany is secretly negotiating the greatest migration in history in South-j Eastern Europe, involving the. transfer of 750,000 Germans from Rumania, 1 600,000 from Yugoslavia and 480,009 from Hungary, to Germany's eastern territories, including Poland. POLICE HEADS CONFER REGARDING TRANSFERS FROM ITALY. (Received This Day. 1.25 p.m.) LONDON, October 11. The British United Press Rome correspondent says Herr Himmler arrived in Milan for a conference with Signor Arturo Bocchini, head of the Italian Police. The object is reported to be > ' deal with an exodus of Germans from former German areas now incorporatcd in Italy.