MORE GERMAN THREATS.
ANXIETY IN YUGOSLAVIA. SUGGESTION OF COUP. LONDON, April 17. The Belgrade correspondent of the Times says that reports of the Italian naval manoeuvres, coupled with reports of Italian troop movements in Albania, combined with the presence of large numbers of “German tourists” in Belgrade, have created d.sitinct anxiety in Belgrade. Reports front various sources support suggestions that the Germans may be planning a coup against Yugoslavia, using as a pretext the need of protecting shipping on the Danube. The correspondent adds that Herr Neuhausen, German Consul-General and self-styled Nazi gauleiter in Belgrade. in a.n abusive speech at a Press reception, said: “Germany will forbid the export of newsprint to Yugoslavia unless the Yugoslav Press changes its attitude and prints more news from German sources ' about events in the north. Moreover, the German Press will work up a violent campaign against Yugoslavia, and the Reich will lodge an official protest.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 119, 18 April 1940, Page 7
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