WAR IN THE BALKANS
ANTICIPATION OF ATTEMPTED NAZI DRIVE Powers Consulting Include Russia POINTED COMMENT IN TURKISH BROADCAST TWO MILLION BAYONETS GUARDING ROAD ACROSS SYRIA (By Telegraph. —Press Association. Copyright.) LONDON, October 12. Open lorries laden with German soldiers carrying bayoneted rifles rumbled through the streets of Bucharest at noon headed by cars filled with officers and flying regimental standards. Many of those watching removed their hats and some oi tne hotels unfurled the swastika. The German penetration of ie country is regarded as a fact and is now expected to reveal itself fully. , It is understood that British naval and military officers and staffs and also the commercial staffs are leaving immediately. The British legation, in urgently advising British residents to depart, is understood to have stressed that most roads from, today will be controlled by military elements. This is believed to refer to Germans. It is learned from the Rumanian Foreign Office that large contingents of German troops at the request of Germany will cross Hungary to Rumania, commencing today, being transported partly by road and train and others proceeding down the Danube.
The negotiations between Hungary and Rumania concerning the implementation of the Vienna award have been broken off. Both countries have appealed to Italy and Germany to arbitrate, each blaming the other for not carrying out its promises and persecuting minorities. The Cairo correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph’’ says it is believed that conversations aimed at stemming Germany’s drive eastward are proceeding between Britain, Turkey, Russia, Bulgaria and Greece. Greece continues to hasten her defence preparations. The visit of Greek army officers to Berlin has been cancelled. A message from Ankara states that the Turkish radio suggested that Germany’s moves in Rumania foreshadowed an advance by way of the Balkans across Syria to Egypt. This road, however, was guarded by 2,000,000 bayonets. It seems that the Balkans and even Russia are on the brink of war,” it added. “Let us wait for developments. A German attack would create many political complications and .would meet with the strongest resistance.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 October 1940, Page 5
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