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MEDITERRANEAN* PRECAUTIONS. LONDON, May I—Tlio Mcditojv runoau precautions mean tliat Uritish merchantmen will use the Cape route. The announcement is regarded as a striking reply to Italy's anti-British propaganda. ALARM IN YUGOSLAVIA. LONDON, May L—The Zagreb correspondent of the Associated Press says Yugoslavia is alarmed at the reports of intensive Italian military activity near the Yugoslav frontier. The virtual suspension of German coal trains to Italy is attributed to heavy military traffic on Italian lines leading to the Yugoslav border. Railway workers returning from Italy report seeing a trainload of tanks moving up. It is also reported that new A.11.P. shelters are being constructed at Fiume and Trieste, where the population is nervous. The Yugoslav authorities have expelled several hundreds more German tourists. German concentrations are reported near tho frontier.
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Evening Star, Issue 23564, 1 May 1940, Page 12
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