Late News MOVE TOWARD BALKANS

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 105, 27 January 1940, Page 12

Late News MOVE TOWARD BALKANS

Ominous Signs Seen

GERMAN DEMANDS TO RUMANIA General Weygand In Turkey Uy Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright (Received January 27, 1.15 a.m.) LONDON, January 26. A message from Ankara says that, coinciding with the arrival in Istanbul of General Weygand, Commander of the Allied Forces in the Near East, the Turkish Press stales.the opinion that the Danuhian and Balkans States will fight Germany and Russia at the first sign of aggression against a republc of South-Eastern Europe. Commenting on the report that Germany has sent troops to the Rumanian frontier, the Press declares that this is an ominous sign and that Germany is preparing to attack as soon as spring comes. It forecasts that the principal subject of discussion at the Balkan States’ conference on February 2 will be preparations for their common defence.

A message from Bucharest says that the Nazis arc believed to have intimated that they will be forced to seek other methods to secure Rumanian oil if the shipments are not forthcoming. Rumania can meet the German demands only by defying the Allied warnings, because Britain, France, the United States and other foreign interests own 80 per cent, of the oil industry. CALLED TO BERLIN German Envoys In Balkans The German Ministers to Rumania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Hungary have been summoned to Berlin for discussions, states a news agency message from Bucharest. — By radio.