The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-24
Jugoslav Leaders To
 Sign German Treaty
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(Continued any program of action because "if action comes 1t will come from the country en masse without the neces- sity of leadership"
 In this situation the position of the Serb Orthodox church was re- garded as most significant. The church is one of the most powerful elements of the country. Since the days of the rule of Turkey 1t has been identified with the struggle for Serbian freedom.
 With the church taking stand against the agreement with Ger many the opposition was given a network of support extending to the tiniest village and mountain hamlet. Apparently convinced that the 1 agreement with Germany must be | carried out at the earliest possible moment, the Jugoslav government | doggedly went ahead with its plans and stamped out recurrent sparks of cabinet opposition. Cabinet Is Killed
 Two new ministers were found to fill cabinet vacancies and after much hesitation a third cabinet member agreed to withdraw his res- ignation and stay in the govern- mert.
 The cabinet solution admittedly was patchwork affair which may not edure, but Premier Dragisha Cvetkovitch and Foreign Minister Alexander Cincar- -Markovitch ap- parently felt that no longer delay would be tolerated.
 A special train in Belgrade sta- ton got steam up ready to take them to Vienna where tomorrow they will put their signatures to a form of special agreement" with the Axis. An 11th hour furry was created by a rumor that Minister of Justice Mihalo Konstantinovic, one of the original trio which quit the cabinet, again had resigned after withdraw ing his rt tsignation yesterday. This rurnor proved incorrect.
 An official announcement said L1lht UllC NdCdllU CdbhlCO HOoNo AAoA been filled at noon by the swearing in of Ceslav Nitkovic of the radical union party, and Dragomir Ikonic, a democratic party dissident.
 Until the new report about Kon- stantinov started to circulate 1t had :, been believed that Premier Drag isha Cvetkovitch and Foreign Min ister Alexander Cincar-Markovitch would get away at D. m. ell a. m. EST) for Vienna to sign their pact with Germany tomorrow. Barring hitch which might come at any moment, informants said, Cvetkovitch seemed determin- ed to leave for Vienna.
 A special train was waiting to take Cvetkovitch, Cincar Markovitc, German Ambassador Victor Won ! Heeron, the chief of the foreign of- flee treaty department and group of newspapermen to Vienna for the pact signing.
 Opposition to Jugoslav coopera- ton with Germany was so angry and 70 widespread that neutral dip- 1omats regarded the entire ques- tion as still in the balance.
 Thpusands of messages of protest had reached the government; poli- tical, military, educational, social organizations had sent messages or held mass meetings demanding that the country fight rather than kneel to Germany and become route for war materials in an attack on Greece.
 It was reported that the cabinet substitutes had agreed at 8. m. to accept posts, and had confirmed their decision later this morning so that Cvetkovitch and Cincar-Mar- kovitch and could for Vienna to- night and sign a pact with Germany tomorrow.
 Political quarters were fully pre- pared for a last minute hitch, or for developments later that would show plainly the popular opposition to pact with Germany such as the government proposed.
 Most reliable informants said the Patriarch Garlic, head of the Jugo- slav Orthodox Church, who was re- ported to oppose the pact, had called an extraordinary council of bishops to consider the situation within the next few days.
 Greek sources denied report that Greece had warned the government that it would regard the pact as a hostile act.
 Public Grows Excited
 Public resentment aganist submis- sion to Germany was open and an- gry, and 1t seemed to be growing.
 Usually well informed quarters heard that three divisions of Brit ish empire troops including mech anized units were concentrating north of Salonika in the Vardar River Valley and had taken up po- sitions at hte Jugoslav frontier. Ac- cording to reports Free French, Po- hsh and Czech volunteers were with the empire force, which 1t was as- sumed would number about 55000 men.
 The firse violence in the political crisis was reported from Zagreb, where a bomb was exploded near a statue of King Peter l. Ie was be- lieved that croat extremists, were responsible.
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