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tributaries Drava this territory woul

ary, part to an 26 tia ruled by Cro ported by the Ger German rights w over the Danube Italy would annex western portion of bited mainly bi The dispute between Serbs Croats and unrest among the peas- to oblige her to enter the same camp. to Bulgaria. The

in Sofia have nev ants have an "influence 、 on Yugo- Yugo-Slavia and Bulgaria would be claim to Macedon Slavia's foreign policy, Prince Paul's promised annexations at the expense Yugo-Slavia in 15 treaty of "perpetul

friendship with Germany and Italy of Grecce, Yugo-Slavia receiving expediency and o

At the end nothing is intensely unpopular with the peo- Salonika and Bulgaria the Aegean a vassal Serbia an ple not only because it is contrary to coast east of it and a part of Turkish Croatia. Germany

whole Danube Ba their sympathies but because it is Thrace, while Italo-Albania would would dominate the ern Balkans, and th, directed against them. The dictator- take Northern Epirus and Corfu.

and Rumania woul submission and Tu ship, begun in January, 1929, because

If, however, Yugo-Slavia refuses threatened. of the quarrel between Serbs and these demands it would not be diff-

cult to disrupt the State. There is If Prince Paul Croats, lost its justification when Ser-

little reason to suppose that this would plan he can be co bian and Croatian parties agreed in lead to a quarrel between Italy and second. But if he

Germany. As long as Hitler re- he has to reckon wi 1937. But Prince Paul, terrified of frains from claiming direct access to In Serbia, unlike free government, which he identifies the Adriatic a common plan is pos- the Army has a tr

sible. Germany is interested in and has never rea. with Bolshevism, was determined to Slovenia, inhabited by a small people superiority of the

speaking a language of their own and The Yugo-Slav Arn maintain the dictatorship, and, look containing the main line from Vienna remained the -Serbi Cz ing for friends elsewhere, began to to Trieste. Formerly Austrian terri- strongly about

tory, it could be annexed outright as regards. Germany a rely on the Axis. The combined Op- a protectorate. Equally important extent, Italy as its e are the section of the Danube flowing bian officer takes f 'position was too strong for him if

through Serbia and the plains of its terest in Russia, he had had no foreign support, but

owing to its weakness in Serbia it was

insufficient to force his hand if rein- forced by the threat that the Axis Powers would allow no change to- wards democracy on their frontiers. At first the Axis Powers were useful to Prince Paul, but as time went on he became more and more dependent on them. German spokesmen assur- ed him that they required a strong Yugo-Slavia in Central Europe and that the policy of administrative cen- tralisation and suppression of "sub- versive" elements was in the inter- ests of Yugo-Slavia and of Germany. The truth is that this policy has con- sistently weakened Yugo-Slavia by creating discontent in Croatia and Serbia alike and has rendered easier the disruption of the State should the Axis decide on it. By now Prince Paul is in a delicate position.

and sure could be exerted on Rumania rest of Macedonia

The Axis Powers have two alterna- tive plans. Faced by the possibility of an Anglo-Franco-Russian alliance embracing Poland, Rumania, Turkey, and Greece, they must find a way of breaking through. This could be done Bul- by bringing Yugo-Slavia and garla into their camp. By this means they could control the Danube, water- way as far as Rustchuk and reach the Black Sea coast, indispensable to them in case of an attack against Southern Russia or in the direction Turkey-Bagdad. Formidable pres-

·THE ARMY OF TO-DAY'S ALL WET!--Torren able for Territorials and. Militia now under canvas- life. These Territorials in camp at Beaullen, Hante, whether they were in the Army or Navy. Photo sh rain-water from the tents. ~(Air Mall),

BETTER- BE

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"Cope: 1939, King Features Syndicate,

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