ADVISED TO LEAVE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 April 1941, Page 5

ADVISED TO LEAVE

REFUGEES IN ISTANBUL TALK OF DISCOURAGEMENT IN TURKEY. NAZI PROPAGANDISTS BUSY. <By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) LONDON, April 14. British subjects in Istanbul, many of whom are refugees from the Balkans, have been advised to leave as quickly as possible. The Istanbul correspondent of “The ■Times,” in a dispatch yesterday, said that a feeling'of discouragement which is prevalent in Turkey is not surprising in view of the coincidence of the announcement of the voluntary evacuation of Istanbul with the German successes in the Balkans and Libya, which are exploited by German propaganda to create a feeling that German arms are invincible. Newspapers today advise the public to see the situation in its proper perspective, pointing out that Turkey is unlikely to become involved in the war unless her territories are attacked, but that the evacuation is a reasonable precaution in view of military developments upon the frontiers. Perhaps, from a strategic point of view, Libya worries the Turks more than Greece, as, in the event of her entering the war, Turkey reckoned upon strong British support from the Middle East, but that now seems problematic. The Ankara correspondent of “The Times” says there is a curious situation in Grecian Thrace, a narrow strip of which bordering Turkish territory has become a no-man’s-land. After the German invasion of western Thrace the Greek authorities evacuated the strip, but the Germans apparently were not desirous of approaching the Turkish border and stopped short of this strip, whereupon the Greek Government ordered its officials and gendarmes to return to their posts from Turkey, where they had taken refuge.

HUNGARIAN CLAIM

SUCCESS AGAINST YUGOSLAVS. (Received This Day, 9.30 a.m.) BERLIN, April 14. A News Agency report from Budapest says the Hungarians have broken through the second line of the Yugoslav defences in the Bacfca region and occupied two localities.

ON GOOD FRIDAY

DEFEAT OF HITLER DIVISION. YUGOSLAV MORALE GOOD. (Received This Day. 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 14. Imperial infantry on Friday repulsed an attack by the Adolf Hitler Division in Northern Greece, inflicting heavy losses. The Yugoslav morale continues good. They are still counter-attacking north of Nish. It is understood that the enemy has retaken Kragujevic.

MORE BRITISH TROOPS

ARRIVING IN GREECE. MANY ENEMY PATROLS REPULSED. (Received This Day. 9.30 a.m.) ’ ATHENS, April 14. The people have been encouraged by the arrival of further contingents of British Imperial forces. The Germans continue to test the strength of our lines. Many patrols have been repulsed with heavy losses.

entered Durazzo, the principal port of Albania. NAZIS IN BELGRADE. It now appears that; the Germans are in Belgrade. The Yugoslav-Allied communications have been completely severed by the German capture of Monastir. The invading forces in Greece have not yet launched a large-scale attack-. Athens radio says that so far the land activity has been confined to clashes between advanced motorised units.