The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-18

very insulting.
bismarck (Nazi minister in
Romeo says that Himmler Nazl
Gestapo caieftain) is playing a lone
game, and is trying to become
Germany's leader"
MAY 27-"Sorrentino, on his re-
turn from Russia, tells his impress
sions The brutality Of the Ger
mans is told so vividly as to make
one skept:cal of the charges. 1t
has reached the proportions OF a
continuous crime. Massacres OF en-
tire populations, rapings, killing OF
children, all matter of daily &C.
currence. Against this there is a
cold Bolshevik decision to resist,
and to fight to the end, certain Of
victory"
JUNE 2-"Mussol,ni has thought
of going to Libya, but he wouldn't
want a repetition of what happen
ed in Albania when they made him
witness an unfortunate battle.
PETACCI DOINGS
ARE INCREDIBLE
"Riccardi minister of trade)
speaks very critically of the Pc
tacci family and of the business
deals of DR.. Marcello Petacci
He showed me an interesting doc
ument. A marshal of the cara
b:nieri wrote to his superiors that
a certain gentleman is a crook
but is also the love of a certain
Petacci, a sister of II Duce's mis-
tress, and therefore can't be oIln
ished.' This is incredible!"
JUNE Al see Messe Qtalian
commander) on his return from
Russia. Like anyone else who
has had anything to do with the
Germans he detests them and says
the only way to deal with them is
to punch them in the stomach. He
tn INKS that the Russian Army still
is strong and well-armed, and that
any idea of its collapse is COM
plete Utopia"
JUNE 5-"Grandi minister Of
jrstice) tells me that the oath will
be introduced in the council Of
ministers tomorrow as a way Of
ascerta ming income in connection
with doubling the income tax.
This means that for the first time
in the history of our tax system we
are thinking of Furnishing tag evad-
ers.
This might be all right in some
countries, but not with us, where
everyone would be compelled tc
swear falsely. If we shut out eyes
to this, we would be ridiculous
If we applied the law, we would
have to enlarge our jails until they
required half of our budget. Revel
minister of finance), having taken
everything else from the Italians
wants now to take their honor.
JUNE 6j'The tax oath died be.
fore it was born. The provision
has been withdrawn"
JUNE 9-"Military intelligence
has uncovered an espionage cen.
ter in the German embassy. DR..
Sauer, cultural attache, has been
arrested and has confessed. He
made clear that he did not act for
money, but out of hatred for Ma
zism and Fascism. He gave mil.
itary information to the Swiss mil,
itary attache. A German colonel
an aid of Won Rintelen head Of
the Nazi military miss:on), was
also involved.
ADVANCE NOTICE
OF ALLIED PACT
JUNE 11-"Bismarck telephones
about an eventual alliance be.
tween the United States, Britain
and Russia, and about an Aneri.
can promise to open a second.
front against the Germans. (The
Anglo-Russian 20-year alliance was
announced June II in London.) This
is the injection to keep the Rus.
slams on their feet
JUNE 12.-"I learn that the
steamship Usodimare has beer
sunk by one Of our own subma
rines by mistake
JUNE 16.-'Luncheon with His
Majesty. .Serrano (SUner, Span
ish foreign minister) says that Bri
tain spends 10000, 1000 pesetas
(about $925,OOO a month through
Samuel Hoare british ambas
sador) in Spain for propaganda.
THE King comments: Expert
ence shows that much Of these
sums sticks to the hands of tAe
propagandists, and those who are
propagandized get only the crumbs.
God knows how many revolutions
there would be otherwise
JUNE 20-"Ben. Carboni comes
to talk about the inva sion of Malta
He is convinced we are going to
suffer a terrible disaster. Prepa-
rations have been childish. Equip.
ment is inadequate or lacking. The
landing troops will never land, or
if they do they are doomed to de-
struction. 1 am more than ever
Of the opinion that the Undertaking
will not occur" Ut didn't.
PETACCI'S ACCUSED
OF GOLD TRAFFIC
JUNE 2l-"Tobruk has fallen.