THE BALKANS

Grey River Argus, 2 January 1941, Page 6

THE BALKANS

HUNGARY’S CALL-UP German Troop Movements [Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.l (Received January! 1, 11.50 p.m.) LONDON, December 31. The British Associated Press Budapest correspondent reports:. Hungary is reported to have begun calling up thousands of troops, and to be planning a total mobilisation by January 15. The flow of German troops over the Hungarian and Roumanian railways has reached their capacity both daily and nightly. A Roumanian decree provides for daily air raid rehearsals from eight a.m. to ten p.m. Russian military activity has been renewed on highways from Lwow to the Slovak frontier.

German Scheme TO TAKE GREECE FROM BEHIND. (Received January 1, 11-55 p.m.) BUDAPEST, December 31., The latest rumour as to Germany’s B’alkan move is that it is connected with a gigantic scheme to take Greece from the rear by droves of parachutist troops from Roumariia, Germany .ilhus technically preserving the neutrality both of Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, while simultaneously utilising her air arm to the fullest from the Roumanian bases, which are at no point much more than one hour’s flight from Thrace. The whole scheme, it is said, would also serve as a rehearsal for Die attempt to invade Britain. It might m the initial stage, involve one hundred thousand parachutists, wlio could be provisioned from the air until they established a foothold. gf ITALIAN FRONTIER DEFENCES, (Received Jan. 1, 7-15 p.m.) ROME, December 31. A decree has been issuer authorising for the army an increase in expenses for Italian defences along the Alpine frontier with France, Switzerland, Germany and Yugoslavia. It also provides for the creation of a Commission to revise the expenses on the basis of the wartime price of materials. (Received Jan. 1, 1 p.m.) BELGRADE, December 3. The Yugo-slav Ministry of the Interior has decreed the dissolution ol trade unions and is forbidding further activities.