DECLARATION NOT A PACT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 February 1941, Page 5

DECLARATION NOT A PACT

. It is officially stated in Sofia that the declaration is not a pact, and in spite of a reference in the preamble of the declarations to a Turkish-Bulgarian Pact of Perpetual Friendship, no pact of any kind was recently signed. The Bulgarian Foreign Minister, M. PopofT, said: "If the scope of the agreement is modest, at least it is proof of the sincere love for peace that animates the two countries." A message from Ankara reports that M. Saracoglu, after the signature of the agreement, said: “Small things can occasionally bring about great events and cause much good. This modest agreement can perhaps prevent complications in the Balkans." j Bulgaria, according to an unconfirmed report, has opened discussions with Yugoslavia regarding the territorial differences. The Hungarian Minister of Education has gone to Sofia with a large delegation to sign a cultural convention with Bulgaria. The Sofia correspondent of the. “Daily Express” says a reliable source | reveals that Germany has asked Russia to persuade Turkey to change her attitude toward German military action in the Balkans. The German Legation in Sofia announced that RussianTurkish negotiations are proceeding. The Germans are running many petrol trains from Rumania to Bulgaria. They will bring in 200 new railway oil-tankers this week.