TRIESTE WATCH

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21962, 5 March 1946, Page 3

TRIESTE WATCH

YUGOSLAV ARMY TEN DIVISIONS TOUGHS RANGE CITY LONDON. March 3. While the Times’ correspondent in Trieste discusses the implications of the deployment of 10 divisions of Marshal Tito's Yugoslav Army, with tanks and artillery within a short marching distance of Trieste, Reuter’s correspondent in Trieste reports a denial by official Yugoslav sources that 10 divisions have been brought up. The Yugoslav sources said that some reinforcements had been brought up to deal with Croat terrorists and Slovene Nationalists and also pointed out that a Yugoslav division is much smaller than an American or British division. The Times corresponden says that the Yugoslavs have moved up to the “Morgan Line” in strength. He describes the count of 10 divisions as reliable information and says there are reports of increasing activity by gangs of Yugoslav toughs in ihe streets of Trieste where they are roaming by night. They, in effect, reinforce the powerful army that is just beyond the hilltops overlooking the c.ty.

The Italians in Trieste are already sending their wives to Italy for safety. The implications of the military position are obvious because only one American and one British division, both composed of unseasoned troopsare facing the Yugoslav forcss. The correspondent asks how will the Allies in. these circumstances enforce any decisions that are made by the commission of experts vno have been sent to recommend treaty ad lUStments.