STRIFE IN BALKANS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 76, 26 September 1941, Page 6

STRIFE IN BALKANS

PEOPLE FIGHT BACK

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UPRISING IN GREECE

(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.)

(Rec. 2 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 25,

A Swiss message from Zagreb says that 46,000 Croat workmen, many of whom were miners, have been sent to Germany "because disorders and the destruction of transport have decreased productivity in the Bosnian mines." According to a report from Budapest, three Croat soldiers and also the former chief of the Ustasha terrorist organisation were killed

in a battle with guerrillas.

I;t is also reported that Serbian patriots are continuing to wage guerrilla warfare in the Mostar district.

A big band of patriots recently besieged a village and a battle ensued. The Istanbul correspondent of "The Times" says that, according to information from reliable sources, the situation in Greece is unbearable. The brutal behaviour of the Italian and ' German occupying forces is likely to cause riots and risings.

The Germans went to Eleusis to arrest a hidden British soldier. The population resisted and a pitched battle followed, with numerous casualties on both sides. The Germans shot seven of the inhabitants as a reprisal.

Germans and Italians compete for graft, selling food cards and other permits to the highest bidder. The discipline of the German troops is very loose. Many officers declare it is, time for the army to take over from "the madman," and make a reasonable peace.

The Greek population despises its „ quislingite Government and all are now united around the King as a symbol of freedom. .

The Norwegian news agency reports that over 2000 of 2339 doctors have resigned from the Nazified Norwegian Medical Association, despite \ a decree banning non-members from public appointments. -