The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-24
TURKEY CAUSES
 GREAT SENSATION
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 This last was interpreted in po- litical quarters as an implied invi- tationS to other nations to conclude non aggression agreements with Turkey similar to the Turkish Bull garian declaration.
 What Turkey Means
 They expressed the belief that the reference to Turkeys territorial in- tegrity or independence might prove to mean that the government would regard any attack in Turkeys zone of security as an attack on the country's independence.
 The statement was held to be a blow to German propaganda re- garding the Bulgarian Turkish dec- laration, particularly Turkeys al- liance with Britain had been weak ened.
 (Also the statement removed some of the importance from an Istanbul dispatch of the German official news agency that Baron Franz von Papen, the German am- bassador, had been host at a dinner last night to Sava Kiroff, Bulgarian minister. and the secretary general of the Turkish foreign office among others, and had extended felicita- tions on the non-aggression declar- ation. He was quoted as saying that Germany greeted the declaration sympathetically and was gratified to see friendly reltaions develop in the Balkans ''along the lines of new peaceful European order.D
 BuIgar Invasion At Hand
 London, Feb. 4-(UP)-Authori- tative British quarters expressed conviction today that a German in- vasion of Bulgaria was certain to come within few days and might even come today.
 No further doubt was entertained that what was regarded for time as mere threat to Greece in the massing of German troops in Ru- mania would soon become a direct attack unless Greece made peace with Italy.
 Prime Minister Winston Churchill conferred today with Rushdi Aras, the Turkish ambassador, at his off, ial residence at No. 10 Downing street.
 An unscheduled speech by Benito Mussolini, followed today by sur prise announcement that Adolf Hit Ter would speak late today to the German nation, increased belief here that big events were in the making.
 Turkey May Get Hit
 Further, opinion here was veering toward belief that Germany would make Greece merely a way station ona gigantic drive later against Turkey, Syria and the rich oil fields of Iraq.
 Military experts expressed belief that the Germna army would ad- vance into Bulgaria in two forces.
 One they expected to go through northwestern Bulgaria, occupying Sofia and continuing down the Struma river to the Greek frontier. They expressed belief that this force might send troops to the Vidin area of northwestern Bulgaria as a threat to Jugoslavia.
 A second force was expected to go in a southeasterly direction through the Shipka mountain pacs east of Sofia and then split one force going to the Turkish frontier, the other across tn Rodop moun- tains to the Aegean seat coast.
 Can't Forecast Hitler
 Despite their certainty that a German march into Bulgaria was now imminent, military experts confessed their inability to forecast Hitler's real intentions. For one thing they pointed to the open Ger man moves, all of which foretold an invasion of Bulgaria, as contrasted with the extreme secrecy with which Germany prepared to invade Den- mark, Norway, Holland and Bel gium.
 There were many here who still believed that Germany might make a move against unoccupied France or Gibraltar, or both.