MUCH ALARM IN YUGOSLAVIA

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 13025, 2 May 1940, Page 5

MUCH ALARM IN YUGOSLAVIA

tR OOPS_M ASSING taWANP geß man UNITS iiJnpRONWEB lf( ,,r j>HK('AI : TIOXAPt^ 0.: v AIKOITEILIiAXKAX y\ I' *• ' _ London. April SO. , „ rpi} correspondent ol the T!» z fpress ot Croat Unlaw o ;0l!at(!( i-,via is alarmed at reports : r. ; P IS ° ‘ Italian military activity ; A nWnfl YiiKOslav frontier. Dr ' !l£ : suspension of German P eV " Italv is attributed to A traffic on Italian lines 1 ’ the Yugoslav border ■dW t 0 u-nrkers returning from Ipib'A feeing a trainload of reP t°iiK up It is also reported roouub * g]ie | ters a vc being " s \Sc ( f’at Flume and Trieste, ■ ;s! nopulation is nervous. i;i ; re l! iv authorities expelled sev,,rp,i more German tourists. .A«Sepratlons, m e reported :b l ! e j™Oorman flights over the 'J. rentier of Yugoslavia are fn he the main reason tor the iilie lv Government's announce-' Mf a hat foreign military 'planes "■tti ? the frontiers will be fired i;o! IJ a Belgrade message has informed Italy, and Hungary of this descend)’ eight German 'planes S he frontier in one day. tr ; Popoff, Bulgarian Minister, • A Sofia message, stated: I do any immediate danger threatfnnr neighbours, but if danger Buliria will 'be a loyal, jP mhPr of the Balkan family and do ?hiM to weaken-mutual confidence Necessary for Balkan prosperity.” London, April 30.

Tlie Government, as a precautionary move, is diverting British shipcir> from the Mediterranean. Xtie Associated Press learns from ihe most reliable source that the pi ecautions in the Mediterranean have ken taken because of the character of the pronouncements by responsible Italians and also of the attitude of ite Italian Press. , ■ Britain does not intend to continue she precaution's longer than is necessary. ■ . . The precautions mean that British merchantmen will use the Cape route. The announcement is regarded as a striking reply to Italy’s anti-Brit-ish propaganda. Mr R. G. M6nzies, Australian Prime Minister, who broadcast to lialy, must bring his ideas up to date, rays the "Giornale d’ltalia,” condemning his references to Italy as a neutral, “Italy is not neutral,” the paper declares. "She is allied to Germany and has her own interests to defend and she is reconstructed and organised to defend them vigorously. "Italy is determined to fight for her liberty in the Mediterranean,” the journal concludes.

.SUPPRESSION SOUGHT Rome, April 30. The phenomenal Increase in the j popularity of the Vatican newspaper "Osservatore Romano” is due to the i impartiality of its war news and pre;l Mation. This has resulted in SigJor Roberto Farinacci’s newspaper “Regime Fascista" asking whether - the time has not come to suppress j this paper—the servant of Italy’s ■; enemies and the obvious spokesman ' «the Jews." ii The Vatican newspaper’s circula(i m has Increased from 9000 to 200,I since,the outbreak, and is now. ( he largest in Italy. ■ London, April 30. j ...I!, 3 !n Norway are rapidly api J J hin S a crucial point, vitally afj n s not only the future course of |1 j3 f ts P m Sn ll t . he strategically imf tant Trondheim areas, but the j, territories rati ° nS in othei> Noi ’wegian if Mirf battle at present tali Uv m Germans in central Nor--1 the la test War Office r o*B 0 * 8 nofc take as official fighting in the • I \’licahvitt^ an<i last Snnda F night’s -1 %mand t^ raWal, the German High I* ‘ 3 Nav’^fi 1 J?? important successes 1 , 'wtj , o f%ff' lncludta * theoo- - s ®iu? in bas and °P dal - ret ®siabaloTrn I? an control of the i "WsS ? conn ' ms the Swedish ;! !: fied tho, man forces have oc- , Ac?ordL k ? yl town of Storen. I 0 a s P ec i a l German I o2/ n ! aique ' the forces occupy-v-ile troonc 31116 ■ from Trondheim, i wr? 8 up the gW i at nui 6 / trom otta entered i; aiid -day. frZ?i! lnd earlier claimed w the north and south, !3 H south m ? ade conta ct on the fin-eastward of Storen. British T , °. ndon - A F r il 30. ? rf e%ndlnt J, nited press Berlin Iv 1 1 a ? extract from appeaTi ll^ ll 116 “Allffemeine s! d Stafes hno to ? llggest that the P Pro tection’* S ■ <l l? let l y ’ taken over '■hpore in «, °t Australia and "writer ,j„ e , Ven t °f emergency. differenH reS p tbat America h She it not w a t y . from 20 years ? 9 **r- to o J aitln " llntil the end If ° Ut her plans;4 tai) Qot be rtlft U ? Ptson that BriDe defeated is no longer w i: "A Germ 1 f lent . ,s extra ct conJa P3ne Se a f v Vlc t°ry will work »foj 3 ho m the'if n r age and divert i Bl *t n L T J oh ? y of ‘keeping lj; M oVer the nvfu 3,ll ’- having :i Si^p 0 ?e." Ctlon of AustraU,LIKS crushed ).>t 8 Order^Q 0 / 1 tu n ’ A pril 30. “The i«i. h ® Pay Proudly jij 3 troont''? lable advaa ce ‘■o 3 £ n «ctsoiis £ llas established Vfca. Thu a i ee . n °elo and Sto ! rn Poweri he tn in n ention of '%? knepo I to bn ng Gerl heir belat ed , orw ay i s fina]]