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situation between Germany and
Yugoslavia now was hopeless.
the Germans said it did not
necessarily follow and then
listed the Nazi charges.
British Raj raiders were de-
clared today to have smashed at
Ave cities Of Germany and Ger
man-occupied territory, injected
a new type of high-explosive
bomb into aerial warfare with
devastating" results. an d
bombed and machine-gunned
German troops on parade.
While the Balkan crisis grew
hourly in tension-with an ulti-
matum from Adolf Hitler to
Yugoslavia expected at any
moment-the London air minis
try told of RAJ assaults on
Bremen, Emden, Bremershaven
and Gutenberg, in the Reich, and
the Nazi-held port of Rotterdam,
Holland.
Berlin said that British night
raiders, flying over western
Germany, bombed the Bethel
Charity Hospital near Dielefeld,
killing II patients and injuring
five.
NEW EXPLOSIVES
A London communique said
the new type explosive bomb
was introduced in the raid on
Emden, Nazi port and industrial
city.
Houses took to the air when
the bombs burst" the British
said. Masses of debris flying
through the air were outlined
against the flow of the fires
and the results appeared to be
devastating"
Raj Blenheims of the bomber
command. the air ministry said,
few low over the islands Of Ter
schelling and Ameland, in the
Frisan Islands, strafing Nazi gun
emplacements and troops on pa
rade with bombs and fusilladeS
Of machine-gun bullets.
A German destroyer was de-
clared to have been hit, causing
her to slew around" and halt
with q heavy list.
NEW LOSSES
British shipping losses for the
week ended March %, as report
ed by the London admiralty,
dropped lower than for the prev
ious three weekS-a loss Of II
ships totalling 1914 tons.
1T would be unwise, however,
to deduce that our troubles are
nearly over, or that we have
mastered this great menace to
our ultimate victory" a London
spokesman said.
In the Balkan trouble zone,
Germany completed the removal
Of her nationals from Yugoslavia
and shifted some $4,000 Nazi
troops to the Hungarian Yugo-
slav frontier within a few hours
after German Minister Viktor
Won Heeren took the 'last train"
from Belgrade.
Won Heeren departed eight
minutes before the midnight
deadline set for the evacuation
movement, leaving the Yugoslav
capital on q train jammed with
1000 German refugees.
FASCISTS FLEE
Italian nationals joined In the
exodus.
Reports were rife in Belgrade
that Hitler would demand that
fugaslavia dcmobilize her L.
100000 troops now under arms
and fulfill the Axis alliance
which the ousted regime of Re-
gent Prince Paul signed in vi
emma last Tuesday.
In Rome, steel-h e l m e e d
troops were stationed around
the Lugoslav legation and the
United States embassy as Q pre-
caution against demonstrations.
A semi-circle Of Nazi steel
pressed against the northern and
eastern boundaries of Yugo-
slavia today after thousands Of
Germans and italians streamed
out Of the kingdom by train,
plane, auto and boat.
German Minister Viktor Won
Heeren led q final group Of his
countrymen from Yugoslavia,
leaving Belgrade eight minutes
before the midnight deadline he
set for evacuation.
A. word came from Belgrade
that Yugoslavia had cemented
national unity last night in IN
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