BALKAN THREAT
' ITALY ADMITS MASSING TROOPS ON YUGOSLAV FRONTIER PRECAUTIONS BEING TAKEN. "BECAUSE OF BRITISH & FRENCH INTRIGUES.” By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON. May C. Reports from Yugoslavia, suggesting that Italy is reinforcing troop concentrations on the Yugoslav frontier, gained weight. when authoritative quarters, according tn the Associated Press of America correspondent in Rome, admitted that Itnly was taking precautions "because of British and French intrigues." TENSION INCREASED TWO FRONTIER INCIDENTS. ITALIAN SOLDIER KILLED I & PLANE SHOT DOWN. (Received This Dav. 12.55 p.m.) LONDON. May C. The Associated Press of America Ljubljana correspondent says the revelation of two frontier incidents has heightened the Italian-Yugoslav tension. One Italian soldier was killed and three were seriously wounded last week, when a patrol attempted to disarm a, Yugoslav sergeant in Yugoslavia. The sergeant resisted and threw a grenade. The second incident also occurred last week. A Yugoslav anti-aircraft gun brought down an Italian plane near Flume.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 May 1940, Page 6
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