BORDER TENSION

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 150, 26 June 1940, Page 7

BORDER TENSION

Clash Between Russia And Rumania Denied. SOVIET FRONTIER ACTIVITY. (Received 2 p.m.) BUCHAREST, June 25. It is officially denied that Russian and ■ Rumanian troops clashed on the River Dniester. Tho British United Press correspondent at Istanbul says it is authoritatively stated that Russia, is transferring troops from the Caucasus to her frontier regions, adjoining Rumania and Gerumny. Foreign military nnd diplomatic quarters in Budapest were informed earlier tlint Rumanian and Russian troops clashed nt several points on the Dniester frontier, and that over 100 Russian aeroplanes were making reconnaissance flights over Bessarabia. The Rumanian authorities refuse to comment on the reports. Several soldiers were killed when after an explosion at a munition depot a fire raged through an adjoining military carap. It was also reported from Zagreb, Yugoslavia, that Italian tanks arc at Scutari, Albania, which is said to have been declared a. military zone. Foreign observers speculated whether this had any connection with the reports of Russian movements. NAZI COMMUNIQUE. VICTORY AFTER SIX WEEKS. (Received noon.) BERLIX, June 25. A German High Command communique refers to an "incomparable victory after only six weeks' campaign in France." It "recounts that yesterday's fighting divisions, advancing to the Atlantic coast, reached Royal Angoulcmc. "More fortifications on the Rhine front and in Lorraine were taken. Aix-les-Bains was captured despite stubborn \ [By special arrangement Reuter's World of information. Is used in the co limitation of the overseas intelligence published in this issue, and all rights therein In Australia and Stew Zealand are reserved. Such of the coble news on this pace--.is is so headed has appeared in "The Times" and is sent to this paper by special permission. It should be understood that the opinions arc not those of 'The Times": unless expressly stated to be so.]