FULL SUPPORT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 April 1940, Page 5

FULL SUPPORT

PROMISED BY THE ALLIES TO NORWAY NAVAL & MILITARY MEASURES BEING TAKEN. PRESS COMMENT. IN BRITAIN & ABROAD. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, April 9. The British and French Governments are already taking the naval and military measures necessary to help Norway repel the German invasion. They have both assured Norway that they will fight the war in full association with her. The British Cabinet, which met first at 8.30 a.m. today, will meet again at noon. The Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, this morning received the French and Norwegian Ambassadors, and the Prime Minister, Mr Chamberlain, received the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Attlee, and the DeputyLeader, Mr Greenwood. There can be no doubt that the German operations were planned and actually started even before the Allies laid minefields at dawn yesterday in Norwegian waters. Leading articles in the London evening newspapers express sympathy with the latest victims of aggression and the Allied determination to stand by them. The “Evening Standard” says Nazi Germany has torn up more scraps of paper. The “Evening News” says: “The world knows that Britain and France will come to the aid of Norway and Denmark and that in the end today’s wrongs will be righted.” The “Star” says Hitler has pushed his nose into a noose. The “New York Times" this morning denounced Germany's action in the strongest terms, and says that another free nation has been offered as a sacrifice to one man’s lust for power.

U.S.A. NOTIFIED BRITISH INTERESTS TAKEN OVER. LONDON, April 9. The Washington correspondent of the “New York Times” says that the State Department announced that Norway is at war with Germany.. The Washington correspondent of the American Associated Press says that the American Minister in Oslo, Mrs Harriman. cabled the State Secretary. Mr Hull, that the Norwegian Foreign Minister. Professor Koht. had notified her that Norway was at war with Germany. In response to a request the American Legation in Oslo is taking over British interests. ENTRY AT DAWN GERMANS ARRIVE .BY LAND AND SEA. LONDON. April 9. The Exchange Telegraph’s Copenhagen correspondent, says that when German troops crossed the Slesvig frontier the Danish garrison at Conderborg moved northward. At the port of Middlefart, at least one heavy gun was landed. Three large ships, which are probable transports, are anchored in the Little Belt. The Copenhagen correspondent of the “New York Times" says that German troops crossed the Danish frontier at 5 a.m. Three German cruisers landed troops at Middlefart, Denmark, at 5 a.m., and the adjoining streets were immediately occupied. INVASION OF DENMARK ALL BUT SMALL PART I OCCUPIED. (Received This Day. 9.25 a.m.) LONDON. April 9. A German wireless message at (5.45 p.m. claimed that, with the exception of a small part. Denmark is now occupied.