DIRECT APPEAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 October 1942, Page 4

DIRECT APPEAL

TO THE KING OF ITALY MADE BY THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK. “DON’T PERMIT SLAUGHTER TO CONTINUE. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.20 a.m.) NEW YORK, October 27. The Mayor of New York (Mr F. La Guardia) revealed that in a short wave broadcast to Italians in August, he appealed direct to King Victor Emmanuel to kick the Germans out. “Don't permit this slaughter to continue,” Mr La Guardia said. “There's still time to return to your friends. Millions of your former subjects, now loyal Americans, stand solidly behind the American Republic. “In their name I appeal to you. Let us stand together for peace and freedom as in 1918.” In a speech in Pennsylvania, Mr La Guardia urged that Hitler, Hirohito and Mussolini must be executed or placed in captivity prior to the peace conferences. ATTITUDE OF CATHOLICS. A Geneva message says the hostile attitude of Italian Catholics towards the war is mentioned by the newspaper “Regima Fascista.” In an article extolling the confidence of Italian soldiers compared with the pessimism of Catholics, the “Regima Fascista” suggests that: “Soldiers should visit the editors of the various Catholic newspapers in order to inspire the staffs with confidence in victory.” The Rome radio’s “pep talker,” Mario Appelius, declared: “The Mediterranean is once more in the front line of battle. Anglo-American strategists have finally chosen it as the leading theatre of their war. We will be disciplined. We will be satisfied with the news given us daily in our communiques.” A ghost voice interjected: “Why don’t your communiques tell the truth about your cities?” PANIC IN GENOA . ENTRANCE TO SHELTER JAMMED. CROWD TRAMPLES WOMEN & CHILDREN. (Received This Day, 11.20 a.m.) LONDON. October 27. The “Evening Standard’s” Berne correspondent quotes an Italian just returned from the bombed areas as saying that 10,000 people who rushed for one shelter in Genoa, during the R.A.F. raid on October 23, became jammed in the gates and a panic broke out. As the throng jammed into the restricted space, bombs began to fall in the port area. The crowd used its fists to get to shelter and women and children fell down and were trampled on. Troops at the entrance to the shelter made an effort to disentangle the mob before the situation got out of hand, but this only heightened the confusion, because someone shouted: “The soldiers are trying to get into the shelter!”