Evening star., 1940-06-06
Nazed Belgian Cities Said to Be Retnno Randv to Norma
drive on France before entering the

drive on France before entering the
war.
The newspaper II Tevere said that
barring a miracle, it seemed thai
Frances fate will be decided in the
next few days"
After that, the newspaper wen,
on, the war will enter the th,ro
state, which will be more interest.
ing and will decide the war and the
destiny Of two empires'-the Brit.
ish and French.
Telephone communication with
foreign countries became more diff.
flcult. Calls to the long distance
office in Rome brought busy signals
for long periods.
Requires Notice Of Approach.
In declaring the 12-mile zone
around the coast of Italy and of
the shores of her possessions, in
cluding Albania, dangerous to navi-
cation, Italy required advance au-
thorization for approach of any ship
The power of Italys submarines
surface craft and air fleet backed
up the warning.
Ships now en- route to Italian ports
were warned to give port authori-
ties immediate notice of the day and
hour in which they would enter the
danger zone, indicating their ap-
proximate positions.
Two American boats which ar
rived at Genoa yesterday must con-
tlnue their schedule under the dam
ger zone surveillance. They are the
passenger and freighter ship Excali-
bur, booked to capacity by Ameri-
cans leaving Europe, and the
freighter Exmouth.
Thousands of Fascist soldiers de-
parted today to join 2,00OoO0 COM
rades assembled in Italy and along
the roads of her empire, expecting
a signal from Premier Mussolini
which would launch campaign for
the nations territorial aspirations.
1t is rumored that Ettore Mutt,
secretary OF the Fascist party, prob
ably will command the corps of
volunteer parachAltists being formed
along the lines of the German corps
Foreign Minister Count Galeazzc
Ciano and Alessandro Pavolini. Min
lister of Popular Culture, are expect
ed to assume posts of command in
the air force soon. Assistants will
take over their ministerial tasks.
New Blackout Preparations.
New blackout preparations. to-
gether with prohibition of the use
OF fire sirens and factory whistles
except for bombing alarms, were
ordered.
Italians expected to learn any
morning that their armies already
had marched across one or more
frontiers.
Newspaper dispatches from Athens
declared that Greece, sandwiched
between Italy and Turkey, was
nervous over war threat in that
corner of the Balkans.
A dispatch from Athens to the
newspaper II Messaggero insisted
that Turkey, which has mutual as
slstance pacts with Great Britain
and France, had asked permission
to land troops on Greek islands in
the Aegean Sea. The Turks have
denied making such a request.
Turkish troops were declared to
be concentrated and ready to en-
bark, while Allied vessels cruised
among the islands.
At Istanbul. the Turkish govern
ment last night ordered partial re-
moval Of citizens from the city and
spraying of wooden roofs with a
flreproof chalk mixture to lessen
danger from incendiary bombs.
A civilian mobilization order
needed only II Duces word to place
the entire nation in a state of war,
with women and minors substi-
tuting in farm, industrial and pub
lie service jobs for men called to
arms