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Mussolini’s Threat Causes Consternation Among German People

Berlin, Feb. 7—(AP)—Official quarters decline for the present to discuss the speech of Benito Mussolini, the Italian premier, the complete text of which has not yet reached Berlin. Undeniably, however, Mussolini’s words have caused general consternation, and it is hinted that no other statesman since the war has presumed to address a message of such a tone to another country with which it was on a foot of normal relations.

The address is considered a most untimely obstacle to calmer judgment respecting the mutual interests of Germany and Italy, to which the federal government has recently given much attention.

Though Mussolini’s threatening speech is considered unjustified, it is not denied that it was inspired by the speech of Premier Held before the Bavarian diet.

Posted inDaily News Maritime & Naval History

Nazi Cruiser Seizes Spanish Ship

German Commandant Refused To Surrender Freighter—Spain Must First Return Nazi Cargo

Warships of Many Nations Are on Watery Stage of Drama; Europe Is Watching Anxiously

GERMAN WARSHIPS ORDERED TO CONTINUE SEIZURES

Picture of the Spanish freighter "Marta Junquera"as seen from the starboard bow.

BY FRANCISCO FERNANDEZ

Santander, Spain, Jan. 4—(UP)—A Spanish coastal freighter and its captor, a grim German cruiser steamed together off the Bay of Biscay coast today, making history. Spanish loyalist authorities flashed a series of angry messages to the cruiser, demanding the little ship’s return.

Same Reply to Each Wireless

To each message, the German commandant wirelessed back imperturably that he would release the ship when Spanish authorities released the cargo and a passenger seized from a German ship, the Palos, during the Christmas holidays.

Europe Is Anxiously Watching

There seemed obvious danger of an incident that would necessitate all the coolness and resource of European chancelleries, now watching this situation anxiously, to prevent a spread of what is now only a Spanish civil war.

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Wild Boar Menace in Rhenish Prussia

COBLENZ, Feb. 5 — Judging by the number of letters from German civilians of the American occupied asking for special permits to carry firearms for hunting purposes, the wild boars in Rhenish Prussia more numerous this season than in many years. In fact, several letters written to the headquarters of the Third American Army stated that the wild boar menace this winter greater than any other year in German history.

Every day from various parts of the occupied territory letters into Coblenz from German civilians who have been deprived of their usual winter sport by the American decree forbidding civilians to have possession of either rifles or revolvers. In nearly every case the letters agree that the wild boars are overrunning the country, destroying crops and eating certain winter growing plants which should be preserved for the horses and cattle.