NAZIS & BULGARIA

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 February 1941, Page 5

NAZIS & BULGARIA

N 0 OFFICIAL NEWS OF ENTRY BY TROOPS ENEMY PROPAGANDISTS BUSY. TREMENDOUS MOVEMENTS PREDICTED. While the latest reports front Sofia indicate that tin early entry of German troops into Bulgaria is imminent, the 8.8. C. states. Axis propaganda is directed meantime to suggest ing t hat I remen dons movements are imminent, in llie west as well as in (he Balkans. There are references to an intensified U-boat campaign and to an invasion of Britain as well as to measures to block the flow of supplies from America. The greatest immediate object of the Germans seems to be to create uneasiness in the Balkans. Antiaircraft guns have been mounted in the Bulgarian capital and the arrival of German staff officers is reported. Enemy propagandists are endeavouring to create an impression that the position of Greece is precarious. They are also spreading reports of a nonexistent British landing at Salonika. It is believed that Germany will seek to justify her action by declaring that the British have landed or are about to land at Salonika. It is being claimed, too, that the Turco-Bulgarian pact implies a change in Turkish policy, but the Turkish newspapers declare that Turkey feels precisely as she did when the AngloTurkish pact was concluded in 1939. CLOUD OF RUMOURS MORE STORIES OF DANUBE CROSSING. SCENES IN BULGARIAN PARLIAMENT. (By Telegraph—Picss Aisocialton—Copj right» LONDON, February 22. Whether a German march into Bulgaria has actually openly begun or whether the process of infiltration has been intensified in preparation for a march is not yet definitely able to be stated. The "Daily Express" says that messages picked up by its radio station at 2 a m. indicated that large German forces had been crossing the Danube River into Bulgaria in ‘lie last 36 hours and the movements were continuing. Tiie "Daily Mail" says that Hiller's march into Bulgaria has begun in fact if not officially. The Sofia correspondent of "The Times" says Bulgaria is living nervously through the last few days of her independence. The Germans are expected at any moment. The Sofia correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" : tales that General List has arrived m the Bulgarian capital from Rumania in order to direct the operations. List is regarded its a blitzkrieg expert who is notorious for his ruthless methods. He has been in Command in Rumania for the last month. The German staff has taken over a six-story building m Sofia Stones have been thrown at the British Legation Extraordinary scenes in tin* Bulgarian Parliament, illustrating the nervousness and the mistrust of the Government, occurred when many Deputies accused the Government of not informing the people of the developments when it was generally known that tile Germans; had prewired pontoons <-n the Danube.