DEEP DEPRESSION

Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 November 1942, Page 4

DEEP DEPRESSION

AND ANTI-GERMAN FEELING PREVALENT THROUGHOUT ITALY. BROADCAST BY AMERICAN MINISTER. (Bv Tele? r; >nh—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.40 a.m.) LONDON, November 15. The defeat of the Italian and German armies in Egypt has caused deep depression throughout Italy. Reports reaching London say secret societies are again active. AntiGerman feeling can be observed everywhere, and demands are being made for Italy’s withdrawal from the war. Many non-commissioned officers and soldiers have been arrested in Naples and Milan.’ Those arrested were shackled and transported to concentration camps. The United States Assistant-Secretary of State, Mr Berle, broadcast an appeal to the pconle of Italy to throw off their Nazi and Fascist masters and re-enter the brotherhood of civilisation, says a Washington message. Mr Berle said the United Nations were now within gunshot of the Italian shores. In this new military situation Italy must decide whether she will exhaust her remaining men as a servant of the decaying Nazi State, or rescue herself by revolution from the slavery into which she was delivered by bullies and cowards. Mr Berne added that the United Nations do not contemplate a punitive peace. Their aim is justice, and not revenge, and Italy’s nationhood is guaranteed by the Atlantic charter.