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- 4 - major difficulties come. Hitler stands there, with the prospect of a long war, which will surely end with a defeat, if he does not lead a decisive blow on the western front and there can hardly help the alliance with Slovakia. Another amerik. Spokesman explained: Hitler has taken himself militarily. And the German general staff has reason to worry. In Bucharest, 64 people were executed, who were responsible for the execution of Codreanus and l3 other members of the Iron Guard. In foreign countries, this was generally noted with horror and disgust. New-York Times: Jn Euroap is a conspiracy to assassinate the Kutlru, which is carried out with the same futility as the bomb attacks on London. The slogan is: murder in the name of the law, terror in the near-government and famine on behalf of a new distribution of the reicjts. Jn last night s ch directed extremely violent attacks of the brit. Luftwaffe against Cologne. The targets were freight stations and the railway network on both sides of the Hohenzollernbrücke. The Ministry of Aviation reports that the British machines have greatly inhibited the important traffic at this crucial point. The bridge and the railway lines are the main connection not only between the different districts on both banks, but also between North Germany and the provinces. Also much dés traffic with the occupied countries goes this way. It causes big fires on both bridge heads. In order to increase the traffic disruption, freight stations in other parts of Cologne were also attacked. Among them were the freight railway stations in the ?Quarter and the freight station of Eifeltor. Docks and shipyards were also hit on both banks of the Rhine, the Cologne power plant and the Humboldtwerke. The attacks were continued with minor interruptions throughout the night. Enemy Naschins tried to fly over the British coast several times today, but were always driven back, shot down today 5 fine diiche and 6 brit. fighter planes. Papen reportedly declared in Ankara that Germany did not intend to wage a Balkan war in order to raise Mussolini against Greece. In Turkey, however, one did not attach great importance to a German declaration and believes that Papen's promise has no great value beyond the next spring. Turkey therefore sets its military preparations and takes measures against the drive of a 5th column. From Athens: The Greeks have achieved further success on the whole front in Athens. After four days of bitter fighting, the Jtalians had to withdraw from their base of Argyrocastro. The Greeks have made many prisoners. The Italian forces are in full retreat to the Adriatic coast. In the northern section, too, the Greeks achieved successes. A great ital. Force is said to have been cut off from the cavalry in the northern part of the front and it is assumed that it will be very difficult to get through. ---.---.-