NEUTRALITY CRACKING

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 32, 7 February 1941, Page 7

NEUTRALITY CRACKING

BULGARIAN POLICY

NAZI INFLUENCE SEEN

TURKEY WATCHFUL

QUIET PREPARATION

(By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.)

LONDON, February 6

The Sofia correspondent of the "Daily Mail" says that King Boris and the Bulgarian Government are both attempting to evade war, but seem slowly to be losing control of the situation. The resignation of the Minister of Agriculture, M. Bagria noff, shows that the policy of neif, trality is cracking

Three divisions of newly calledup troops are being sent to the Greek frontier. ' The effect of this would be to draw off the Greek pressure on the Italians, for which reason the move is almost certainly the result of Ger-

man influence

Meanwhile, Turkey remains watchful and quietly continues to prepare.

The Istanbul correspondent of "The Times" says that President Roosevelt's representative, Colonel Donovan, after discussions with the Turkish Premier, Dr. Saydam, and the Foreign Minister, H. Saracoglu, and also military leaders left a good impression as a result of his clarification of America's attitude. Turkey sees no reason to relax her vigilance.

The newspaper "Ulus" urges Turkey to be fully prepared for war before the spring.

The Turkish general staff is confident that any frontal attack from Bulgaria against the Turkish ''fortifications in Thrace must fail, but it would be dangerous if they infiltrated across Bulgaria and took up positions on the Greek frontier. Discussing such a possibility, the newspaper "Yenisabah" declared that Turkey would act before the Germans reached the Greek frontier.