TURKEY WILL FIGHT

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 January 1941, Page 7

TURKEY WILL FIGHT

NATIONAL READINESS GERMAN ADVANCE OPPOSED [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT.] (Received January 21, 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, January 20. “The Turks are ready to march,” says the “Daily Mail’s” Istanbul correspondent. “For the past 18 months, Turkey has been steadily preparing for war. Now she is ready as never before in history. This readiness is not only a question of arms, planes, and men, but also morale, which has been educated to the point where transition from non-belligerence lo war could be accomplished without dislocation of the country’s daily life. “Axis pressure and threats of misunderstandings with Bulgaria, the German occupation of Rumania, and Russia’s serpentine policy, have barely touched the surface of Turkish policy, which has not varied a fraction since it was publicly declared in October, 1939, when the Mutual Assistance Pacts with Britain and France were signed. Turkey wul enter the war if Germany attacks Greece. “If German troops march through Bulgaria for that purpose, Turkish troops will march at the same time to bar their way, acting as Bulgaria s ally, but if need be, as her enemy.

RUMANIAN IRON GUARD. LONDON, January 19. The Lyons Radio states that M. Horia Sima, Rumanian Iron Guard leader, is going to Berlin next week, accompanied by other Iron Guard leaders. GERMAN OFFICER KILLED. BELGRADE, January 19. Newspapers report the assassination at Bucharest of Major Doring, of the German General Staff, as the result of a cafe brawl. An ex-boxer of Greek origin is reported to have been arrested. JUGOSLAV SUPPLIES. LONDON, January 20. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Belgrade correspondent says: A Ministry of Supplies and Food has been created in Jugoslavia, as the result of the Government’s failure to check the increasing cost of living. The new Minister, M. Stojan Protich, was formerly a director of the Jugoslav National Bank.

EX-KING CAROL. LONDON, January 20. The “Daily Telegraph” says the Spanish Government assured King Carol that he would be allowed to leave the country if he furnished castiron guarantees against the possibility of his going to America or Britain, where it is feared he might start political activity. King Carol’s friends, therefore, approached the British and American Governments to obtain assurances that King Carol would not be given visas to enter either country. The British Government gave an assurance and King Carol’s advisers hope that Washington will give an official guarantee, although the immigration laws do not allow the barring of any individual from entering the United States.