Evening star., 1940-12-29
Censorship CIomped
As 300, 900 Troops
Head for Rumunio
BY the Associated Press.

BERN, switzerland, Dec. 29
Sunday The mass movement
of approximately 100000 German
troops across Hungary into Ru-
mania continued throughout the
night under the screen of new
ly imposed Hungarian censor
ship.
Reports from informed sources in
neutral Yugoslavia said today many
fresh German units had moved into
TimiSoara, in the Banat region of
Rumania on the Yugoslav frontier
less than 100 miles striking dis
tance from Belgrade, the Yugoslav
capital.
This NaZi movement, whatever its
out with thoroughness that ruled
out any possibility of bluff, in the
opinion of Balkan observers.
Pontoon bridge sections, light and
heavy artillery, field kitchens,
canned food stocks, medical sup
plies, and even spare railroad parts
moved southeast under the guard of
German railway police.
Equipment Is Moved.
Reliable reports said motorized
equipment of all sorts, including
tanks, infantry transport trucks,
ambulances and motorcycles, cross
&c Hungary atop flatcars.
Until yesterday it was believed
generally that the German move
meant either a further policing of
Rumania or a safeguard against
possible British moves northwaI&
from Greece. A Russian move south
through Moldavia also was not ex-
cluded.
But the reports out of Belgrade
not only gave credence to possible
pressure on Yugoslavia from the
Timisoara region. but said German
columns were piling up on the
frontiers of Yugoslavia in Southern
Austria.
A shift of Italian troops from the
Milan region toward Trieste and
other centers bordering Western
Yugoslavia also was reported by
these sources. The Trieste region
recently was raided by British
planes. 1t is in the Upper Adriatic
Sea. north of Albania, where the
Italians are lhard pressed by the
Greeks.
CensOrs Clamp Down.
The only authoritative estimate
OF the number of German troops
moving day and night through Hun
gary with their heavy equipment
came from Budapest just before the
censors tightened down on telephone
connections with Switzerland.
An Associated Press dispatch tele-
phoned from Budapest last night
began: Since the German forces
began moving through Hungary in
strength, censorship suddenly has
increased" At this point the Buda-
pest operator announced the line
had broken down"
Correspondents in the Hungarian
capital also have complained of
omissions in kilograms and radio
grams and inability to maintain
connections with other European
capitals.
From the outside looking in, the
censorship appears to lack official
recognition. Budapest operators in
siSt coldly that "Your party does not
desire to talk to you any more" or
your party's office and home tele-
phones have all broken down."
Eight-Day Censorship.
Authoritative reports from Buda-
pest said the censorship on German
troop movements would be enforced
"at least for the next eight days" 1t
was believed the mass of the 300 900
Germans will have crossed to new
posts in Rumania by then.
Most rail lines in Eastern and
Northern Hungary were reported
swamped with traffic moving con-
stantly, night and day, under the
direction of railroad police and the
German Army.
The Hungarian censorship also
was reported not only inspired by
Berlin's demands, but also to be con-
trolled by the Germans, at least in