Evening star., 1941-11-18
Fighting Against Axis
Reported Spreading
In YugosIavia
Rails in Croatia Guarded
From Sabotage; Villages
Burned in Montenegro
BY tie Associated Press.

BY tie Associated Press.
zAGREB, Croatia, Nov 18-In-
formation reaching here from
throughout Xis-dismembered Yugo-
slavia indicates a situation charged
with distrust. unrest, terrorism and
even, in some areas, virtual civil
war.
These reports are necessarily
fragmentary because of poor COM
munications and military control.
hut they add up to a picture of
turbulence.
Well-equipped soldiers of the
puppet Serb government, supported
by German occupation forces. are
described as engaged in desperate
fighting" with remnants Of Yogo-
slavia's army. rebellious Shetnik
guerrilla units and what are de-
scribed as Communist bands"
Even in norminally y-independent
Croatia. armored trains patrol the
railways in a fight against sabotage.
In the Black Mountains OF Italian
occupied Montenegro. villages have
been bombed and burned where an
tagonistic Montenegrins have re-
sisted the occupying forces.
"A spokesman in London for
the YugoSlav government-ln-
exile declared last week that, de-
spite mass executions OF 350O00
Yugoslavs. relentless mountain
warfare waged by 10000 guerrillas
had wrested most of Serbia from
the Axis)
Outbreaks in Macedonia.
Macedonia. absorbed by Bulgaria
after the Balkan campaign. virtually
Is sealed up as a news source, but
there have been reports OF out
breaks there, too.
Field Marshal Milan Medic, the
Serb Premier, himself has appealed
for a halt to the fighting. warning
recently that full-fedged civil war
was developing.
He named seven towns which al
ready had been laid in ashes as
result of the fighting. Advices re-
ceived here since then have reported
at least $50 rebels or Communists
killed and innumerable others
wounded battling government forces
Most of the clashes apparently are
centered in an area within a radius
of rs miles south and southeast OF
Belgrade and in the province OF
Macva west of the Serb capital.
Terrorists are pictured as so &C
tive that Serbian railways are almost
unusable except for main lines kept
open under strong military guard.
Attacks on German soldiers in
Serbia are said to have increased
despite retaliation in which hundreds
of hostages are shot for each soldier
assaulted, and the bodies Of the
executed often are left hanging In
public as an example.
814 Executions Listed.
There is no way of telling how
many Serbs have paid with theil
lives for these activities, but an un.
official computation based on oficia
announcements and Serb newspaper
reports showed 814 had been execut.
ed since June.
Officials in Croatia expect tina
winter will put an end to the fight
ing and raids on villages and rail
roads. The outlaws have operated
from mountains and forests and of.
flcials believe the cold will drive
them from their quarters and the
snow and bare forests will expose
their hideouts.
Travellers have reported thousands
of Montenegrins deported and helo
in Albanian concentration camps fol
opposing the Italian occupation
These sources said opposition lead
ers even spurned an effort of the
Italian command to confer, and sent
back word that rebel activity woulc
end only when the last Italian ha:
left the land
Anti-Italian demonstrations have
occurred in this Croat capital. At E
recent Zagreb meeting shouts o.
"Duce!" were drowned out by erie!
of 'Ante!" for Croat Leader Ant,
PaVelic,