SERBIAN DEFENCE
YUGOSLAV STAND EMPHATIC WARNING DEFIANCE TO INVADER DEMANDS BY AXIS MILITARY CONCESSIONS (Elec. Tel. Copyricht—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Oct. 15, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 14. The President of the Council of Yugoslavia, M. Tsvetkovitch, in a speech at Belgrade to-day said:—“We warn everybody that we founded Yugoslavia with blood and only so can it be taken from us. South Serbia is ours. Here we tight. No power on earth can take it from us.” The Belgrade correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain states that the Axis Powers are reported to be demanding military concessions and the abandonment of Y'ugoslav neutrality. A Balkans correspondent of the Daily Telegraph reports that the Italian press advises Yugoslavia to end the activity of British agents in Yugoslavia who are alleged to be carrying on- propaganda directed against the Axis Powers.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20378, 15 October 1940, Page 7
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