TURKEY’S HOPES

Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21517, 4 September 1941, Page 5

TURKEY’S HOPES

LOYALTY TO BRITAIN GREAT EYENTS EXPECTED PRESSURE BY GERMANY (United Tress Assn.—Elec. Tel. copyrlgnt) (Received Sept. 4, 12.5 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 3 Turkey expects great events soon which will prove her loyalty to Britain, says the Ankara correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. The departure of von Papen for Vienna yesterday is regarded as underlining the German threat to Turkey, despite the official explanation that he is about to undergo an operation. Turkey is believed to have played for time. The Turks expect a major Russian counter-offensive soon and hope it will tie the Germans up sufficiently to cause Hitler to drop the Turkish question. The economic prizes which von Papen dangled before Turkey before leaving suggest that Hitler has not given up hope of forcing Turkey to bend.

Von Papen announced that if Turkey dropped her British alliance Germany would buy her entire crop of tobacco, subsidise the erection of factories, guarantee oil supplies and inaugurate a Turkish-German Black Sea shipping service. Italy would grant Turkey Yugoslav port facilities, and cede a strip of Grecian Thrace. VON PAPEN MOVES INTERVIEW WITH HITLER (United press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyrign*) LONDON, Sept. 3 The German Ambassador to Turkey, von Papen, left Istanbul by air yesterday for Vienna. The visit is stated to be for health reasons, but it is expected that his arrival in Vienna will be followed quickly by an interview with Hitler. Von Papen was accompanied by his wife, which lends colour to the view expressed in some quarters that he may not return. A German delegation is expected 1 to arrive in Ankara today to begin negotiations for a new trade agreement. • ENEMY SHIPS SUNK ATTACKS BY SUBMARINES (Official Wireless) (Received Sept. 4, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 3 An Admiralty communique states: An enemy convoy has been followed and successfully attacked by one of our submarines in the Mediterranean. This convoy was proceeding down the Libyan coast to Benghazi, close inshore. Two large schooners were sunk. Enemy supply shipping was also attacked north-west of Sicily and it is possible that one ship was sunk. Shipping has also been attacked by our submarines in the approaches to the harbour of Benghazi.