1939-04-25 — Page 14

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The author of this article, who has In Bulgaria the absorbing topics were in Jugoslavia an just returned from a tour of South- high taxation and the undemocratic spired something Eastern Europe, indicates the pos- character of the Government, coupled suspicious attitud sible effects in the Balkans of Hit-, with "cafe revisionism."

man shows towar ler's latest acts and examines the Greece, the only Balkan Power to cousin in the cit armed strength of the smaller Pow- show any immedinte concern over But, as a perso crs concerned.

Italian ambitions, had two aspects. due to the fact t CROSSED the Jugoslav frontier at Those outside the Government were ter's opinion o Rakek a few days after the depar- bitter and preoccupied with their griev- Munich prevailed Lure of Dr. Schacht from the ances against the dictatorial nature of lain, the Balkanı presidency of the Reichsbank had the Metaxas regime. Those within were believed, or chose plunged London and other capitals more aware of European events, and Hitler spoke in into a state of gloomy foreboding. For convinced that in any. Mediterranean said that he had the next six weeks, except for brief war it would be impossible for a coun- ambitions in Eur moments in Bucharest and occasional try which has so many potential naval TRADE NO] conversations with those who were bases as Greece to remain neutral. All this hope thinking beyond their frontiers, I was In spite of Gen. Metaxas's presumed have now been a to live in a world where Germany was love of Germany and things. German, results and to wh a dominant economic nuisance but no sentiment appeared to favour Great There is no cou worse, and where. the problems which Britain as an ally. But Greece wanted Europe that filled the foreground were "purely a more specific commitment than Bri- high value on fi domestic.

tish good will. One prominent tered the Germa ENTENTE REAFFIRMED Minister complained to me that Eng- one thing, to bec Even at Bucharest at the time of land was comparable to a great lady Czech terms anot the conference of the Balkan Entente, who liked a roomful of admirers to Even before ‚'in mid-Fébruary, pre-occupations were kiss her hand, but who would never strength of Ger

almost exclusively Balkan, There were take a lover,

was economic and doubts - as to which the visiting There was, then, until Germany's mental.` Even ministers apparently found themselves coup in Czechoslovakia, a spirit of 1915-18, has no lo reassured about the loyalty of Jugo- nonchalance in South-Eastern Europe rifled her of whes slavia, who is most inclined of the which almost baffled analysis. Its now makes late Balkan Powers to flirt with the Berlin- existence outside Government circles quality, of such e Rome Axis. The principal achievement may partly be explained by the censor- as armaments an of the conference was to reaffirm the ship on foreign news which all Balkan ther successes of inviolability of Balkan frontiers. Press bureaux use to prevent their Hungary will ha Bucharest itself was recovering from peoples from being worried by alarming 'pressure or brut the panic that set in after Munich and reports. Only watered versions of who, if they have the death of Codreanu, the leader of grave events are dispensed. It was also or ultimate survi Rumania's banned Fascist organisation, partly due to the moderate popularity resist, the Iron Guard. The Black Bourse, of the Czechs among their fellow-Slavs which dominates transactions in foreign exchange, had reacted from 2,000 lei to the pound to the relatively tight quotation of 1,600. (To-day the officially quoted rate is 650-670.) The Black Bourse is a barometer of Jewish hopes and fears. Tho only visible evidence of such fears was to be seen at Constanza, where boats sail for Palestine and the Middle East.

I found a boat crammed with Polish Jews booked for Haifa: their passports were in perfect order; but when there was a chance hold-up over the registra- tion of tickets they stampeded round the guichet like frightened sheep in a narrow lane.

THE CROATIAN PROBLEM In Jugoslavia the problem of the day was the settlement of the Croatian question - a question approached by only a few of those concerned with the aim of achieving internal unity in the face of a threat from outside. Serbs and Croats, all except a small minority, had, after the fall of the Stoyadinovich. Government, disinterred the arguments of 20 years' standing, and were hurling them at each others' head as if privi- leged to, do so without outside inter- ference until the end of time.

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A PIECE OF RIBBON WAS CUT AS SHOWN, NAMELY TWO SLOPING CUTS OF 13" and 15" LEAVING

A SHORT EDGE OF 1440 HOW LONG WAS THE LONG EDGE

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ON A SQUARE PLOT OF LAND

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