The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-03-01
War


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ogny q Fascist and Naxisdoni.
mated areas of Europe.
Il may, howeves, mean bomb
ing attacks from Britain. Un-
confirmed reports n Sofia, Bull
Earian capital said the British
government had delivered n
ultimatum calling upon Bull.
garia to foreswear by midnight
tonight Is p. m. E.S.T.) any n.
tention Of giving German troops
. risht-ofIway or otherwiso
consider herself 1t war with
Britain. y
Gan authoritative source In
London said Britain had not
handed Bulgaria IN ultimatum.)
Virginia Gayda. authoritative
Fascist editor. declared that The
vienna signing confirms the
isolation Of Greece In the Dal-
kans." Writing In II Giornale
D'Italia Of Rome, he said too Il
was "a further step toward driv-
ing British influence complete
ly out OF Europe" and should ~
q warning to the United States.
Battered by closing earn.
paigns of the allies In the World
War, Bulgaria asked for IN
armstice Sept. 40, 1918.
She had become IN independ-
ent state March 8, 1879. Next
Monday is her independence
day. Her parliament, at orders
from the premier, is to meet to-
morrow to ratify the Vienna ac-
cord.
British general headquarters
in Cairo, Egypt. said 5000 pris-
oners had been taken In the
British drive In italian Eomali-
land. The communique also an
nounced British occupation Of
Bardera, q road junction town
120 miles north Of Gelib on the
Juba river.
Nazi warplanes crossed the
channel for q daylight raid. but
British reports were that they
were driven back before they
could reach London.
John G. Winant, The new
United States ambassador to
Britain, arrived in England.
landing by plane from Lisbon,
Portugal, at Bristol. DR.. james
B. Conant, president Of Harvard
university, and Benjamin Co
hen, new counselor Of the en-
bassy, accompanied him.
At the eastern pole OF the
three-way alliance, where Japan
pressed vigorously to fulfill her
Axis assignment as leader In the
Orient, authoritative sources
limited a final settlement Of the
Japane mediated frontier dis
pute between Thailand (Siam)
and French Indo-C China might be
announced today or tomorrow.
Bulgaria's signature on the
partnership agreement, alongside
those of Slovakia, Hungary and
Rumania, would clear the way
to the Turkish and Greek from
tier for German troops already
on the march in Rumania.
Ready to leave quickly for
Turkey, British Minister to So
fla George w. Rendel declared
his government would sever Dip
lomatic relations with Bulgaria
if German forces crossed the
Danube. He implied that Bull
garia might become . new battle
field between Britain and Ger
many II the Nazis took over.
There were reports in Balkan
diplomatic circles that the Ger
mans already were crossing the
Danube, but none we're seen In
Sofia and q German Legation
spokesman said Nazi columns
had not moved in.
Turkeys position remained
unclear. The Ankara government
announced after conferences
with British Foreign Minister
Anthony Eden that complete
agreement" was reached. Many
Balkan diplomats predicted,
however, Turkish troops would
fight only II their country were
attacked.
Greece, repeatedly under Nazi
pressure to talk terms with Pre-
mier Mussolini, fought on In Al
bania, announcing successful To-
cal efforts" and crediting . Brit
ish fighter squadron with down.
ing more than 80 Italian planes
without q single loss,
Continuous conferences be-
tween japanese, Thai and French
negotiators were reported under
way at Tokyo, where 1t was in
dictated that discussions over
peace terms were In the final
stages.
Previously there had been
signs that the negotiations were
deadlocked. Japan's ultimatum to
the French to yield large sections
of western Indo-C China to Thai
land to effect q settlement ex-
pired last midnight with no indi-
cation the French had replied.
Japan had backed up her ulti-
matum with q threat Of "forceful
action" but observers did not ex-
pect any steps would be taken