CALL FOR UNITY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 October 1943, Page 3

CALL FOR UNITY

MADE BY YOUNG KING OF YUGOSLAVIA DAY OF DELIVERANCE NOT FAR OFF. ACHIEVEMENTS OF PEOPLE’S ARMY. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, October 8. llis first public reference to the disruption among’ the Yugoslavs was made by King Peter in a broadcast from Cairo when he called upon the Yugoslavs to forget ancient grudges, cease the present quarrelling and unite behind General Mikhailoviteh and the other leaders for the battle of liberation. "I am sure the majority of my people have been deeply concerned at the lack of harmany among the Yugoslavs 1 in their own country and outside,” he said. “Our dispute will profit only the enemy. There have been mistakes in the past and now we are paying for them, but the day of deliverance is not far off.” A war correspondent with the Partisans, or the People's Army, has sent a despatch to London telling of the determination of the men who are fighting to throw off the German yoke. The army has grown by tens of thousands since the collapse of the Italians, and in their ranks are fiery patriots who are waging war from the Adriatic Sea to the banks of the Danube. Fighting with a lack of arms, they have scored daring victories and withstood heavy reverses. The com-mander-in-chief is a mysterious figure known as Tiso, CZECH FORCES LANDING IN DALMATIA. LONDON, October 8. Czech forces which were recently transferred from the Middle East to Italy for an invasion of Montenegro have landed at Budva, in Dalmatia, 10 miles south of Cattaro. They are commanded by LieutenantColonel Ruzicka, and they were equipped and trained by the British in the Middle East. ' VERACITY OF REPORTS AFFIRMED BY FREE RADIO, BRITISH AND AMERICAN OFFICERS WITH PARTISANS. (Received This Day, 10.10 a.m.) LONDON. October 8. The Free Yugoslav radio, defending the veracity of patriot communiques, revealed that American in addition to British liaison, officers are with the partisans. It added. “Those best able to judge the truth of our communiques and the successfulness of our operations are the British and American officers who are with us. They have all the facilities to convince themselves about our campaigns.” _ , . , . The headquarters of the Yugoslav Army of Liberation states that the towns of Livno and Kupres, 45 miles north-east .of Split, have been captured; also the northern Croatian towns of Varazdinske, Toplice and Lubreg, on the railway near the Hungarian border. Operations are continuing.