THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1746, sig. 109-4/1501

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- 4 - Rhl mountain range taken directly east of Koritza under fire. Krie material of all kinds was recovered again. The Jtaliens have withdrawn from Konitze (not to be confused with Koritze ) in the middle front section. The whole chain of Morova hills, which surround semicircular Koritzo, is in Greek possession. The city was heavily shot yesterday and a part is in flames. Official reports describe the fights on the Koritza front. Yesterday the city was attacked all day by British aircraft in low flight. Also the bomb attack on the ital. Main crossed signposted. Jm middle Pindos section the gridchen are hard on the remaining ital, armed forces. Jeute have arrived in London news about the accident request of 4 German merchant steamers to escape from the Mexican port of Tampico, the 4.ooo t steamer Phrygia was sunk by his man-made business, while the remaining three ships sought to reach the port as quickly as possible. The captain and crew of the Phrygia returned to the harbour in lifeboats of ebenfaßls. With the greatest dedication the captain declared that he had been pursued on his return trip, apparently by one of the destroyers assigned from America to England. Jn London is not known about it. The German ship Phtygia went down yesterday at dawn. All four ships belonged to the Hamburg-America-line, the ships probably carried a food load, which was probably intended for a German caper ship in the Caribbean S e. The American Marine Minister gave a speech on Thursday in which he announced what the US would not do: The ÜSA will not seek peace anywhere. A Jn-view published in Sunday Graphic, Colonel Nocks spoke of the intentions of the United States: Help for England is irrevocable. America regards the present war as an irreconcilable conflict between two different conceptions of life. The citizens of the United States are aware that everything they hold up and which is expensive to them stands on the screen. Our sacrificial readiness to protect these vital Jnteresses knows no borders: every help given to England is generally recognized by the people as an indispensable contribution to the defence of these principles. As far as our own fleet construction programme is concerned, there is not a single private or government-run shipyard in the United States, which would not be far ahead of the planned programme in the construction of new ships. Enemy drive in the USA announced yesterday that in the US a 50o pages long report on anti-American machinations of German agents and organizations will soon be published. This report will deal with the role of German consuls and secret organizations in the U.S., in the organization of a 5th Colon. A report on the activities of the Italian secret agents was also planned. Hitler must already prepare retaliatory measures for the revelations of the investigation committee. Among the emigrants who are brought from Bukovina to Germany according to the German-Russian resettlement agreement, cases of polio have aift. -5 -