NAZI RADIOS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 76, 31 March 1941, Page 8

NAZI RADIOS.

BELGRADE ATTACKED. Reports Of German Troop Movements. United Press Association. —Copyright. (Reed. 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, Mar. 30. Germany is attacking Yugoslavia through her own, French, Hungarian, Bulgarian and Italian radios, emphasising "anti-German outrages" in Yugoslavia. The Lufthansa Air Company has cancelled air services to Belgrade. German troops are moving up the Bulgarian-Yugoslavian frontier and are sharing with the Bulgarians the duties of frontier patrols on the Turkish border. The Germans, with the most active support from Budapest, have circulated many rumours which are possibly designed to discredit all reports from British and American sources. Belgrade also emphasises to the utmost the increase in disunity between the Serbs and the Croats. They accused the police of being unable or not wishing to deal with disturbances.

Dr. Machek, Croat leader, is reported to be debating whether he will remain in the new Cabinet. He is leader of the powerful Croat Peasant party, which embraces almost all the 4,500,000 Croats in Yugoslavia. As a member of the expelled Government, he supported the signing of the pact with the Axis. The Belgrade correspondent of the British United Press says that Dr. Machek might prefer merely to have his party represented in the Government without retaining hie own position in the Cabinet.

Von Herren, German Minister in Belgrade, is reported to have told the members of his staff to use any weapon if attacked. Russia has telegraphed congratulations to the new Yugoslav Government which is "worthy of Yugoslavia's glorious past." State Of Siege. The new Yugoslav Government Im* still made no statement in more than general terms on foreign policy, but popular demonstrations continue against Germany and for the democracies. The Belgrade radio is reported to have announced that a state of,siege, which is a modified form of martial law, has been proclaimed in Yugoslavia. The people have been asked to obey the orders of the army and prevent the foreign element from taking advantage of the situation to cause trouble. According to the Belgrade correspondent of the British United Press, the German Legation burned its documents yesterday afternoon. The German Minister is reported to have been recalled to Berlin. All Germans except diplomats and those with urgent business are to return to Germany on Monday. It is now revealed that the German tourist bureau was wrecked on Friday night.