THE BALKANS
THE LATEST
PROPOSED CONSULTATIONS. RUMANIA ACCEPTS PRINCIPLE. BULG ARIAN-HUNGARIAN CLAIMS (United Press Association. —Copyright.) (Received This Day. 1.30 p.m.) BUCHAREST, July 29. It is officially stated that Rumania agreed in principle to reach an understanding with Bulgaria and Hungary on the basis of the proposed consultations.
EFFECT ON SOVIET POLICY.
COOLING OFF WITH GERMANY. MANY OPPORTUNITIES NOW. (Received This Day, 1.20 p.m.) «■- LONDON, July 29. The Bulgarian and Slovak Ministers have returned to their respective countries. M. Gigurtu (Premier of Rumania) said': “We were received in the friendliest manner at Salzburg and Rome. Well-informed circles in Bucharest declared that the council of Ministers will initiate discussions in Bulgaria and Hungary dealing with economic, and cultural relations, besides territorial disputes. It is added that thqre is a conviction that no territorial changes will he made until the end of the war. It is generally believed that the Rus-sian-German policy of mutual understanding ended with the Russian occupation of Bessarabia, and that henceforth the S'oviiet policy will be mainly opportunist, influenced largely by the degree to which Germany commits herself in the total offensive against Britain.
M. Filoff (Premier of Bulgaria), in Sofia, described the conviersations with Hitler as extremely pleasant. He added: “Now everyone knows Bulgaria’s just territorial claims.” Dr. S.ano Mach (Propaganda Minister of Slovakia) said: “We -Slovaks were the first people co-ordinated in the struggle for realisation of the inspired plans of the Fuhtrer.
SOUTH AFRICAN TROOPS. ARRIVAL IN KENYA. ' HIS MAJESTY’S CONFIDENCE. (Received This Day. 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, July 29. A contingent of South African troops has arrived in Kenya. His Majesty sent a message of confidence. “With your help our cause will triumph,” he said.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 250, 30 July 1940, Page 6
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