Evening star., 1940-05-06
War Extension
10 Southeast
Europe Looms
Turks Are Reported
Mossing on Greek
And BuIgor Borders
BY EDWARD KENNEDY

ny EDV AMI NENNEDy,
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent.
BUDAPEST, May 6.-Extension OF
the war to Southeastern Europe
seemed more imminent today than
at any time since the first days OF
the conflict.
Contributing to the belief of many
diplomats that a crisis may be
reached this week were the follow
Ing developments, officially uncon-
f1rmed in some cases but given gen.
eral credence:
l. Turkish troops were reported
massing along the Greek and Bull
garian frontiers.
2. German troop concentrations
were noted near the Yugoslav and
Hungarian frontiers, as we'll as the
shipment of Nazi tanks and war
materials into Eastern Slovakia, a
Reich protectorate.
3. Italian military activity near
the Yugoslav frontier and the
DOdecanese Islands.
Reds in Poland Reinforced.
4. Appearance Of Russian rein
forcements in former Poland near
the border of Ruthenia, which
Hungary obtained in the final dis
memberment of -Slovakia.
Authoritative Soviet Russian
quarters In Moscow denied the
reports that Russia had massed
divisions opposite Ruthenia.)
5. Publication Of German reports
that the allies are about to land
troops in Salonika, Greece.
1n London, official British
sources said there is absolutely
no truth" to reports that the
British intend to march troops
through GreeceD
6. The presence in the Aegean
Sea Of units of an allied battle
fleet, now based at Alexandria.
7. A new spy scare in Hungary, re-
sulting in the arrest of 200 persons
suspected of working for both
France and Russia.
Two Border Incidents.
Two border incidents involving
Italian and Yugoslav forces-both
week ago-and the heavy REIN
forcement Of italian troops on the
Yugoslav frontier were reported in
Ljubljana. Yugoslavia. Yugoslav
military quarters estimated that
Italy now has more than 300, 900
men massed north of Fiume.
One italian soldier was killed and
three seriously wounded when a
Fascist patrol attempted to disarm
q Yugoslav sergeant on Yugoslav
territory near Fiume, Yugoslavs as
serted. The Italians told q mixed
commission which placed RESPONSE
hility on them that they thought
the sergeant was on italian soil.
In the second reported incident
Yugoslav anti-aircraft batteries shot
down an Italian plane and charged
that its pilot, who drowned, had
been photographing defense works.
Uneasiness Manifest.
oICuoulCoS was uldAAlCSC tIlI Ou6ll.
out the southeastern capitals, in q
state of high tension for weeks past
and many diplomats, including
United States officials, sent pessi-
mistic reports to their governments
Belgrade verged on a panic for a
short time yesterday following a IA
dio announcement that removal Of
civilians from the city had been
recommended by the government
Fears were allayed, however. when
1t was a explained that the an
nouncement was a misleading re-
broadcast OF. a lecture on air raid
precautions.
Struggle Over Bulgaria.
Germany and Britain meanwhile
were reported engaged in 2 diplo.
matte struggle to obtain assurances
of Bulgarian support in event OF
trouble in the Southeast.
Both DR.. Karl Clodious, German
economic expert, and Sir Hughe
Knatchbull- -Hugessen. British AM
bassador to Turkey, were known te
have conferred with government Of
ficials in Sofia.
The nature of DR.. Clodius' pro-
posals was unknown, but Sir Hughe
was understood to have made Bull
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