MOSCOW REPORT ON BULGARIA

Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24270, 30 May 1944, Page 5

MOSCOW REPORT ON BULGARIA

NO CABINET FORMED; REVOLT SPREADING “TENSION HAS REACHED CLIMAX” (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 7 p.m.) LONDON, May 28. "The tension in Bulgaria has reached a climax,’’ says the Moscow radio. “Bulgaria has been without a Cabinet since the Premier (Bojilov) resigned on May 23. No Bulgarian politician of rank is willing to form a Government under the German occupation. "A revolutionary movement is spreading throughout the country,’’ adds the radio. "At many places con»scripted soldiers are joining partisan groups. Police are also reported to be joining the partisans, "Strikes have broken out in Sofia, Plovdiv, Trnovo, and other towns, in protest against requisitioning by the German garrisons. The police are slated to be treating the strikers with indifference, and they virtually ignore the orders of the puppet Minister of the Interior (Khristov). “Bulgaria is heading towards chaos because of the cowardly attitude of her rulers, who have yielded to Nazi demands and orders.’’ Effect of Allied Bombing "According to reports from the Balkans, the Allied bombing campaign in the late winter and spring resulted in a striking loss of sympathy for the United States and, in a lesser degree, for Britain,” says the Ankara correspondent of the “New York Times.” "At the same time Russia's popularity is increasing. Germany's slocks have not risen, in spite of propaganda efforts, The peasants of Hungary, Rumania, and Bulgaria apparently recognise that the Axis cause is lost. The Rumanians complain that the British and American raids—particularly the daylight attacks —are • causing great loss of life, whereas the relatively few Soviet raids against ports, such as Galati and Constanta, are not so costly. "The bombings are encouraging war weariness in both Bulgaria and Rumania and the present political crisis in Sofia is doubtless partially due to it.” NO CHANGES IN RUSSIA (Rec. 7 p.m.) LONDON, May 28. To-night’s Soviet communique again reports no material changes alohg the front. Warships of the Soviet Baltic Fleet have sunk a U-boat in the Gulf of Finland.