DECREES IN ITALY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 October 1943, Page 3

DECREES IN ITALY

BADOGLIO ESTABLISHING TRIBUNALS SAVAGE THREATS BROADCAST BY NAZIS. AGAINST ALL WHO ASSIST ALLIES. (By Telegraph--Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, October 10. The Badogilo Government is establishing military tribunals in the liberated areas to deal with civil and military offenders, it is announced from Bari radio. The crimes over which the tribunals have jurisdiction include communication with tthe enemy, abandoning his post by a commander during a battle, surrender to the enemy, and desertion by Italian soldiers whose units are disbanded and who fail to report to the Italian or Allied command.

The Rome radio at the same time broadcast German decrees under which the Nazis in the north of Italy prescribe death sentence against Italians Who aid the escape of prisoners of war or other prisoners, or who loot, death or 20 years’ imprisonment for possessing radio equipment, for causing damage, for persuading others to hamper the normal course of work, for slackig at authorised tasks, or for persuading others to slack, 10 years to life imprisonment for making contact with prisoners and internees or imparting news to them, for participating in unauthorised public meetings, for taking photographs, for publishing articles designed to tarnish tthe prestige of the Axis forces, or for teaching radio telegraphy, 10 years or more for disobeying orders or abandoning work, and five years or more for holding street meetings in a blackout. The Swiss radio stated that the Germans in Rome have requistioned taxis and suspended private motor traffic.

The Berlin radio announced that rationing of tobacco has been imposed in Rome.