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Show 10 A Sunday Morning Review Deals With Tenth Week of War Sea Activity Highlights Europes Row By Associated Press Sunday Allies reject Belgian Netherlands mediation proposal, saying next move up to Germany, demand reparation of injustices to Austria, Czecho Slovakia and Poland; Winston Churchill, British first lord of the admiralty, says allies will fight until Germany has had enough; Finns say negotiations with Russia are near breakdown unless Russia reduces demands; consular authorities advise American citizens in Belgium to be ready for any emergency. Monday Finns walk out on negotiations in Moscow, see little possibility of reviving talks unless Russian demands are modified; British report nazi air attack on Shetland islands repelled, two German merchantmen sunk; Germans declare two flying boats are destroyed in Shetland islands raid and probable hit registered on British cruiser; United States state department says German warships are to give freighter City of Flint clear passage homeward from Bergen, where craft unloaded her cargo. Tuesday Hitler turns down Netherlands Belgian mediation offer with polite No, says French British answers make proposal impossible; British destroyer sunk by mine, three British merchantmen and Norwegian tanker also lost; increased patrol activity reported along western front; Finnish officials urge citizens to remain away from Helsinki because Russian Finnish situation remains unchanged; pan American conference of treasury department officials ask closer economic unity among American republics in view of European war. Wednesday Soviet press attacks Finland in language reminiscent of campaign which preceded Polish invasion, says reactionary Finnish elements dream of spreading Finlands boundaries all the way to Russias Urals; Russians make new proposals; one British, one Greek and two Lithuanian vessels sunk, raising wars sea losses to 126 vessels; nazis say one submarine sunk 26,000 tons of enemy shipping and returned home with prize ship; French report 223,297 tons of German bound merchandise seized through November 10; 2000 Czech university students demonstrate against German protectorate government, 16 arrested. Thursday Nazi raider sinks British tanker in first attack of war in Indian ocean; Prime Minister Chamberlain discounts naval losses as price we pay for command of the seas; inspired statement says Germany is to wage offensive rather than defensive war to liberate Europe from unbearable yoke of British rule of might; German controlled radio in Prague announces members of the Czech legion patriots who fought in Poland would be shot, whether taken as prisoners of war or caught after returning home. Friday German firing squads execute nine students of Prague universities and academies as ringleaders in demonstrations in old capital of Czecho Slovakia, many others arrested, Czech academies closed for three years; allied supreme war council decides to pool economic resources of France and Britain; Englands west coast had first air raid alarm of war, but nazi plane driven off; German planes also visit Shetland islands and southeastern France; western front reports usual patrol activity, artillery duels; Britain calls for 20,000 men for home defense, 20,000 more women for service in auxiliary territorial units behind lines. Saturday The Netherlands passenger liner Simon Bolivar sunk in North sea by mine which British admiralty said Germans laid without notifying neutral shipping, more than 100 persons feared lost; Germans execute three more Czechs in Prague, puts five areas in Bohemia Moravia protectorate, including Prague, under martial law; French high command reports increased activity on western front; Japanese army announced 50 mile advance in four days in attack on Chinas lifeline, Chinese admit 30 mile advance. By Associated Press London Netherlands liner Simon Bolivar sinks in North sea with possible loss of 140 lives after striking mine which admiralty charged with laid by Germans; four explosions shake Piccadilly Circus area, British blame outlawed Irish republican army; air raid warnings, quickly canceled, scare Essex coast. Prague Germans execute three more Czechs, bringing total to 12; declare martial law in five areas of Bohemia Moravia protectorate. Paris French general staff reports increased activity on western front; army calls up 1939 conscripts. Hong Kong Japanese army announces 50 mile advance in four days in thrust at Chinas lifeline, Chinese say enemy advanced only 30 miles. Berlin Germany hikes working day in essential industries from eight to 10 hours. By Associated Press BERLIN German secret police disclose arrest and confession of man charged with planting bomb in Hitler assassination attempt; also announce capture of two British agents accused of plotting German revolution. LONDON Britain accuses Germany of illegal mine warfare, proclaims unrestricted sea blockade of German trade in retaliation; Japanese liner Terukuni Maru, largest vessel to sink on Englands east coast, where British charge Germans loosed mines; mines, torpedoes and enemy action account for 10 British and five neutral ships since Saturday, British report German scouting plane shot down on east coast. PARIS French announce three German planes downed on western front; two in flames. WASHINGTON United States notifies Britain she reserves all rights in neutral trade after British establish commercial passport system for American shippers. BRITONS NABBED IN MUNICH PLOT Secret Service Agents Held After Alleged Confession Of Munich Resident BERLIN, Nov. 21 An official announcement tonight said two alleged agents of the British secret service had been arrested on charges of complicity in the Munich bombing on Adolf Hitlers life. The announcement was made shortly after the Nazi secret police had revealed the confession of George Elser, 36, of Munich, to responsibility in the bombing. Elser was seized on the night of November 8 as he attempted to flee across the frontier into Switzerland, the announcement said. The others arrested were described as leading agents of Great Britain. Elser was said to have confessed to a special investigating commission after evidence had pointed to him as the person responsible for the bomb, which was a clock work explosive secreted in the beer hall in what Nazis said was an attempt to kill Hitler. |