NOW REGARDED AS INEVITABLE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 October 1940, Page 5

NOW REGARDED AS INEVITABLE

On Account of Nazi Military Occupation WIDESPREAD AND GROWING TENSION IN BALKANS GERMAN TROOPS MOVING DOWN DANUBE (By Telegraph.—Press .Association— Copyright.) LONDON, October 10. A rupture between England and Kumania is now regarded in London as inevitable. Informed circles m London, Bucharest and Berlin express the opinion that it may be a mattei ot hours. • • British subjects in Rumania have been urged to leave it they can or at least be ready to evacuate at the shortest notice. A large bonfire burns in the grounds of the British Legation, and the other British ' organisations are preparing for any A message picked up by New York radio from Germany stated that Bulgaria has rushed reinforcements to the Greek and Turkish frontiers and has ordered partial mobilisation. The Supreme War Council is in continuous session. A message from Athens says that General Carassos, assistant Chief of the Greek General Staff, with three military experts has gone to Berlin. The Turkish Press is most anxious regarding the military developments in Rumania. It is pinning hopes on Russia reasserting her interests in the Balkans. . Rumanians profess astonishment at the serious view taken by the British. General Antonescu has reiterated to the British Minister, Sir Reginald Hoare, that only German instructional troops are expected in Rumania, but German officers are appearing everywhere and are making extensive arrangements for billeting and food supplies. The Rumanian military authorities confirm that preparations are being made commensurate with the entry of large German forces. Yugoslavia is carrying out an extensive military review on the Albanian and Bulgarian borders, and also while German forces moved down the Yugoslavian section of the Danube Yugoslavs staged near Zagreb a mimic battle of 25,000 troops, 140 planes and many tanks. German troops have been passing down the Danube for two days at the rate of five or six barges every hour. The German radio announced that Rumania has banned the export of oil to Turkey. Another source reports that Turkey has informed Rumania that in view of Rumania’s failure to fulfil deliveries of petroleum Turkish cotton must be paid for in advance in dollars. President Roosevelt has ordered the Rumanian funds on deposit in the United States, estimated at 100,000,000 dollars, to be placed in a frozen credits account similar to those of other invaded countries.