STOP PRESS NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21244, 15 October 1940, Page 4

STOP PRESS NEWS

BALKANS CRISIS FEVERISH ACTIVITY LONDON, Oct. 14 Troop i cf many nat'ons are concentrating in the Balkans. Shiploads of Italians are being transposed across tho Adriatic from Eari and Brindisi to Durazzo and Va'ona. Turkey has concentrated 400.000 troops on her Bulgarian border. Messages from Athens reflect the Greek alarm at the German and Italian moves in the Balkans. Greece fears an Axis pincers movement from A'ban a and Bulgaria. Italians have been warned to leave Greece immediately. American Press messages, referring to Russian troops concentrations on the Balkans border. say civilians have been evacuated from Cernauti. Three hundred Russian fighter planes many new hangers hove been built. The Soviet is also reported to be constructing new aerodromes in Bessarabia, where twelve Russian infantry divisions, as well as artillery and motorised units, are stationed. Concentrations of river craft, capable of carrying from twenty to thirty men each, are massed on the the Pruth river. Larqe fleets of Russian naval vessels are also gathered in tho Pruth and Danube rivers. Turkish newspapers stress a possible German threat to Russia. The official newspaper Ulus suggosts that Germany is possibly preparing a base to strike north of Rumania, to check any Soviet move southwards. The Istanbul newspaper Tan says that Russia would not allow the Dardanelles to fafl into other hands. Sources in Tokio state that Germany, alarmed at British diplomatic moves in Russia, is sending a mission to Moscow. THE SURMA ROAD PREPARING FOR RE-OPENING RANGOON. Oct. 14 War materials, including American gasoline, are being concentrated on tho Burma frontier, .n preparation for tho reopening of the Burma Road. At least 300,000 gallons of gasoline and 5000 trucks arc on the frontier, and 150,000 gallons and 1000 trucks in Rangoon. Chinese troops are gathering on tho frontier to escort the trucks. The authorities hope to increase the road s freight capacity from 300 to 600 tons daily. OIL WELLS AFLAME THREE IN RUMANIA It is reported from London that three largo oil wells in Rumania aro on fire and burning fiorcoly.