The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
TURKEY IS ASKED TO VISIT GERMANY
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stricken by German concentration less than 20 miles from Odrianople the big Turkish military base fl Thrace, and only 100 miles from the Dardanelles.
 All Turkish military schools were ordered today to move to Ankara No other extraoirdinary military preparations were evident, however.
 German troops yesterday were re. ported to have appeared all along teh Bulgar. Turkish border, but moi in large numbers.
 Today, however, the concentra. tions of Nazi columns in held.grey uniforms and clattering military equipment noticeably had increased
 It was said heer that Germany had given Turkey an implied warn- ing against allowing Britain to base troops upon Turkish soil.
 The implied warning was said to nave been contained in Adolf Hit- ler'S personal message to President Ismet Inonu ofA Turkey.
 Contents of this message have not been revealed here.
 However, 1t was said in German diplomatic quarters that the fnes- sage was believed to consist princi- pally of reassurances to Turkey that she had nothing to fear from Nazi occupation of Bulgaria or even Greece.
 The reassurance, however, was said to have been contingent or Turkish neutrality.
 If Turkey should allow Britain tt land troops on Turkish soil and utilize Turkey as Q base for opera tions against Germany, 1t was said the situation probably would be viewed in . different light by Der. lin.
 The attitude of Turkish ofacial, toward the Hitler message continued to be one of orly moderate interest They continued to insist that they were much more interested in Rus. sia's expression of disapproval or the Nazi occupation of Bulgaria than in Hitler's statements. According to reports from lstan. bull German troops now are disposed all along the Turk -Bulgar frontier but not, as yet, in great force.
 Interest continued to run higt regarding possibility of British counter measures against Germany such as bombardment of the Ru. rnanian oil fields and air attacks or German troops In Bulgaria. Moscow Sees Turkey In.
 Moscow, March 6.-(UP)-The Russian army paper. Red Star. to. day quoted foreign observers" as stating that Turkey may join the war If Germany takes salonika permitting British warships to tran- sit the Dardanelles and Britist, troops to operate from Turkish soil Red Star devoted two full col. unns to Q review oS the Balkan situation.
 The exhaustive review did not dis. close Russias position on the Baik- ans but asserted that foreign ob- servers" said that If Germany should take Salonika 1t was not excluded" that Turkey will come to the aid of Greece.
 Red Star said that, in event ol German. Turkish hostilities, Turkey plans to defend Its own territory.
 At the same time, Red Star said, Turkey will permit British warships to move through the Dardanelles to attack Germany from the Black Sea and to use Turkish territory on which to base British land forces. All these statements were attrib- uted to the same foreign observers.
 "Other foregin sources" were quot- ed as forecasting @ growing diplo- matic struggle by the Axis in an attempt to maintain Turkey and Jugoslavia in a neutral position. On Other Fronts London, March 6-(UP)-A Royal Air Force plane, striking at the long distance German bombing planes attacking shipping in the Atlantic and acting as the "eyes' of German submarines, shot down one of them and severely damaged another yes- terday, the air ministry said today. The British plane which account ed for the two German ones was a flying boat on patrol over the At- lantic.
 It was believed that both the German planes were members of the fleet which has been attacking Brit ish ship conveys.
 A communique of the cir and home security ministries said no bombings were reported in Britain ali day yesterday but raiders were believed to have flown over the VI. cinity of Liverpool. c northwest town, an east uaidlands town and a south coast town.
 The conamunique 'said anti-air' craft guns had destroyed two Ger man bombers Tuesday night. Axis Lost s,oee,eoo Tens London, March e--(uP)-Brttain asserted today that it and its allies had deprived Germany and Italy oi ei4 merchant ships totaliiag more than S,O0O,O0O tons since the var started and said at the same time that German claims of British mer- as.aak al,ir, lannaa had haan atflst tftl