Evening star., 1941-03-29
Reich Withdruws
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BACKGROUND

YugoSlauia signed pact ,Cith
driS last Tuesday, but Thursday
a military coup carried ont in
Belgrade overturned the gOUern-
ment ,Chich had done so. Yes
terday the YugoSlaD government
stated that it 1COuld neither rat
ity nor denounce the pact, and
Germany demanded more
clear-cut statement OF policy.
BY the Associated Press
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, March
29.-Yugoslavia today suspended
traffic of German barges and
other craft on the Danube River
as the German Legation ordered
German newspaper men to leave
the country, in apparent convic-
tion that the new Yugoslav gov
ernment will offer no acceptable
compromise to axis wishes.
Germany is depending heavily
upon the Danube for transporta-
ton of oil supplies from Ru-
mania, which she took over, at
least partly. for its oil resources.
Soviet Russia is reported to have
embargoed the export of oil to
Germany effective March l.
The Danube, after being
frozen all winter, is now coming
r1t
thawD
BritOns Ordered to Leave.
The British, apparently expecting
that Yugoslavia may become a the
ater of war, ordered women and
children to leave.
ut was reported in Budapest
by official Hungarian news agen-
cv that the Italian Legation in
Belgrade had begun preparing to
remove all Italians from the
country in event the present situ-
alton takes a turn for the
worse'D
The government. facing the pos
sibility of an internal rift with
Croat minority leaders, kept Ger
many waiting for an answer to her
renewed demands for a definite,
written statement of Yugoslav for
eign policy.
More than a score of German
newspapermen were involved in the
legislation order. and only two were
permitted to remain with the dip
lomatic staff
The order to newspapermen was an
extension of arrangements made
yesterday for the removal of all
3 ZOO of the economic experts, trade
delegates and other Germans here.
1t was said then that only diplomats
and persons with urgent" business
would remain.
Lufthansa Cancels Flights.
Equally as significant of the Nazi
attitude as this was the order of the
German commercial airline Luft-
hanSa canceling all flights over
Yugoslav territory.
Military operators took over tele-
phone communication in Belgrade.
The Yugoslav general staff con-
ferred with the German Minister
Viktor Won Heeren. German sources
said they sought to smooth the diff
culties caused by the popular dem
onstrations.
A German courier arriving from
Athens declared he saw the train
carrying former Regent Prince Paul
cross the Greek frontier yesterday.
Won Heeren was reported authori-
tatively to have delivered a new note
last night, apparently rejecting
Nazi dissatisfaction with the new
cabinets declaration yesterday that
Yugoslavia would be unable to full
fill the terms of her four -day-old
membership in the axis alliance
DR.. Vladimar Machek, the home
spun leader of several million Croats
and vice premier in this cabinet as
we'll as in that of deposed Premier
Dragisha Cvetkovich, appeared to
hold the key to the future develop
ment of the nations domestic and
foreign fate.
He deliberated with his lieutenants
in Zagreb for hours yesterday, but
early today was said to be still un-
decided whether to stick with the
cabinet of Premier Gen. DuSan
Simovich or retire into the opposi-
ton ranks in which he fought for
two decades until he won an agree
ment with Cvetkovich in 1899 for
Croatian home rule.
A Yugoslav Army of 200 1000 men
was massed on the Kingdoms north
ern and eastern frontiers, apparently
to back yesterdays decision of nom
compliance with the axis pact. The
question, however, of whether the
government would accede to NaN
wishes to fulfill all terms of the pact
(See YUGOSLAVIA, Page A-3)