UNFORGIVEABLE ACT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 February 1941, Page 5

UNFORGIVEABLE ACT

BULGARIA CHALLENGED I j BY ENTIRE .TURKISH PRESS. DEFINITION OF POLICY DEMANDED. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) . LONDON, February 12. A message from Istanbul says that the entire Turkish Press this morning challenges Bulgaria, insisting that she must unequivocally define her policy before it is too late and adding that the Bulgarian Government’s acquiescence in the penetration by German troops constitutes an unforgivable act, not only against the Bulgarian nation but also against the neighbouring Balkan countries. A Belgrade message says that usually reliable sources slate that more than 1000 German aeroplanes had landed in Bulgaria up to yesterday. Most of the Bulgarian aerodromes were occupied by German ground staffs. NIGHT RAID ON ATHENS ATHENS, February 12. Athens experienced its first nightbombing when Italian aircraft raided the port of Piraeus early this morning. resulting from the British-Turkish military talks. It is considered extremely likely that I the Turks asked Britain to endeavour to broaden the anti-Nazi front in the Balkans before committing themselves to a war outside Asia. Yugoslavia’s primary demand for acceptance of the British proposals would be a dellnite undertaking <>f military assistance from Britain. Pontoon bridges are being built across the Danube on the Bulgarian frontier, the 8.8. C. states, and forty troop trains arc said to be passing through Hungary every day, German planes are said to be arriving at Bulgarian aerodromes most of which appear to have been taken over by German ground staffs.