The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-27
IIitler's Balkan Express Is Blasted From Right Of Way
Pro- British Elements Have Seized Power; Prince Paul Flees; Signers of
 Pact With Nazis Are Arrested
RUSSIA PLAYED UNDERCOVER
 PART IN SMASHING PACT
BY HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent)

United Press Stan CorrespondenO
 Pro.British elements seized power in Jugoslavia today and blasted Adolf Hitlers Balkan express from its carefully chosen right-of.way. The startling coup d. etat put 17-year-od King Peter the Jugo. slav throne and busted from office the men who only 4S hours ago signed the Axis pact in Vienna. Into leaders and cabinet ministers who few days ago quit their posts in bitter resentment at the deal with Hitler.
 NO DIRECT BELGRADE WORD
 There was no direct word from Belgrade regard. ing the coup and indirect word to the plans of Aatly that they would throw the Axis pact into th& discard But the character of the men who assumed power-representing the elements in JugoslaviA which had protested alignment with Germany moss bitterly-the shocked retcent attitude in Berlin and the .gleeful words of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, left small doubt as to the outcome
 JUcosLAvIA FINDS ITS SOUL
 There has been a revolution in Jugoslavia, Churchill told the National Union of Conservatives
 "Early this morning the Jugoslav nation found its soul" he sad pledgng Brtains all-out aid to the new regime and adding that he had doubt Amer ica would offer similar encouragement
 What the coup would mean in military terms was not yet clear.
 Germany suddenly found herself with 500,O00 men, more or less, in Bulgaria and Rumania with hostile nation on her long flank from south Germany to the Greek frontier.
 Jugoslav Army Mobilzed
 Jugosava's army between e7s,ooo and 1000 ooo men stands mobzed and ready for action Hitler decides to cut the Gordan knot of his dilemma by releasing his Panzer divisions in an attempt to win in Jugoslaya by trop failed to achieve by power diplomacy Events in Jugoslava overshadowed the big diplomatic bayhoo under way in Berlin The coup came less than 2 hours after tne arrival in Berlin for fourday round of ceremonies and conferences of Jpans foreign minister Yosuke Matsuoka
 Was Planned As Backdrop
 The Jugoslavian adherence to the Axis had been planned impressive backdop for the Matsuoka con- government to obtain the signature at Vienna before Matsuoka's arrival.
 The Nazi timetable did not call for spending tins on a military campaign against Jugoslavia. In fact the German Balkan plan of campaign clearly called for Jugo cooperation to the extent of using Jugosavas rail- roads and highways for the transport of supplies munitions and wounded soldiers.
 British Objective Is Near
 On the other hand with Jugoslavia's resistance the British immediately were presented with the possibility tna' they could achieve their long sought objective of common JugoSlav TurkiSh-G Greek front.
 If Jugosavia will stand and fight against German domination, Turkey has said she will do the same
 Such lineup would affect radically the fighting oods in the Balkans even if Germany still held an edge
 Russia Was Undercover Agent
 The sudden developments raised the question whether there substance than had been indicated prev ousy in reports that Russia was playing an game to encourage JugoSlav resistance"
 The Jugosav coup carried out by clements for the most part friendly to Russia we'll as to Britain.
 The actual sequence of events in Jugosava appeared to be somewhat as follows:
 Nazi Pact Caused It All
 Demonstrations and national tension had risen steadily since the signing of the Axis pact Tuesday at Vienna p Premier Dragsha Cvetkovtch and Foreign Minister Alex ander Cncar- -Markovitch. About 220 this morning coup deetat carried out in which the oppoSonstS, aiced by the antNaz army seized ano Cncar Markovch reported arrested Prince Regent
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