THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 9, 1940.
NAZI ADVANCE INTO RUMANIA
Number Of Troops Involved Screened By Censorship
BRITAIN DEMANDS EXPLANATION
Sir Reginald Hoare, the British Minister, has ask- ed the Rumanian Govern- ment for an immediate
Hungarian Breach
Of Neutrality
AXIS PROPAGANDA AND THE RUMANIAN elucidation of the situa- CENSORSHIP CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A COMPLETE SCREEN OVER THE NUMBER OF tion arising from the ap- parent intention of Ger- GERMAN TROOPS GOING TO RUMANIA, many to garrison regular THEIR PURPOSE AND DESTINATION. German troops at strate-
Reuter's diplomatic correspondent points gic points in Rumania.
date when
German out that this secrecy is a characteristic feature manin in any force is Thursday. of all important political moves of the Axis
until the object has been accomplished.
Earliest troops are expected to reach Ru-
They will probably arrive at the Danube port of Giurgiu.
British officials in Bucharest yesterday acknowledged that if Whether the troops are intend- German troops were garrisoneded as guards to the oilfields, as In Rumania their presence would probably be incompatible suggested in Berlin, as training with the maintenance of a Bri-troops, as Bucharest despatches
Gestapo agents have been conducting their characteristic -detivities ·In Rumania for some time,
The maltreatment of Britons re- state, or for the purpose of fulfill-cently arrested bears the hall-
mark of German methods.
tish misalon in Bucharest, Britain's position in Rumania ing the guarantee to Rumania, as thus depends upon the reply given some hint, the upshot will. un- by General Antonescu, the Dicta-doubtedly be that Rumania will tor, to Sir Reginald's representa- be under German control, military, tions-Reuter.
police and political.
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Hungary Involved
One interesting question is how the troops entered Rumania. It may well be proved that Hungary has followed the precedent set by Sweden and Finland.
SEIZURE OF
FRENCH SHIP
FOR DJIBOUTI According to a semi- official statement is- sued in Vichy, the French garrison at Djibouti is facing famine as the result of the British action in seizing the French s:s. . Esperance.
It is stated that the Esperance was inter- cepted by a British warship when en route from Madagas- car and taken to Aden where her cargo was confiscated-Reuter.
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HIMMLER GOING TO MADRID
Close secrecy is being observed in Madrid re- garding the forthcoming visit to the Spanish capi- tal of Herr Heinrich Himmler, the Nazi Ges- tapo chief, and General de Bono.
News of the intended Axis visit has been announced inconspicu- ously in the Spanish Press...
No comment is forthcoming. and correspondents cabling the news abroad are not permitted to give more than the bàrl? facts, as published by the newspapers in Madrid;
Reports of the movement of, German troops into Rumania are also given very little prominence,
Spanish correspondents in Berlin speak with one voice .of the close collaboration · between Germany and Rumania, but there is no speculation conflicting with the semi-official German state- ments regarding the reasons for the entry of the German troops.
Conelderable attention, on the kinds, claimed the main attention other hand, is being paid to the When unimpeded passage of
on the London Stock Exchange possibility of British-United German troops has been allow yesterday and prices made fur-States collaboration in the Paci- ed, Britain has registered ather headway. Coppers and vari- fic.—Router." formal protest. Incidentally, Gus miscellaneous minings im- Rumania's action is giving these proved. Rails were firm on ex- troops hospitality is an even pectation of an early announce-, greater breach of neutrality. ment of fair increases. Otherwise At one moment during the Po- the markets generally were lish campaign last year, it was quietly steady. Wall Street was suggested that the Germans were. concentrating troops on the rail- ways running from Poland into Rumania, but the quick advance of the Russian forces and their annexation of this portion of Po- ☀land cut off this line of communi-
cation for the Germans.
The Russians have since alter- ed the gauge of the railway to the broad Russian standard.
Fully Equipped
A Bucharest report states that the first contingent of German
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After arriving at Giruglu, the troops will proceed to the Pra- hovó and Buzau districts and to Targoviste, near Bucharest, where they will construct air base.
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Anti-aircraft guns will be up in the oil zones and at the ter- minus of the, oil pipeline at Giur-
German war material has been pouring into Rumania in
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The Finnish Diet sitting, af Helsinki yesterday decided to au- thorise the Government to con- clude
the agreement with At an east coast port in Canada U.S.S.R. regarding the demili yesterday, without ceremony, thetarisation and non-fortification of Royal Navy took over two more the Aaland Islands, in accordance groups over-age destroyers with a Bill tabled by the Gov- from the United States.-Reuter: ernment.
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TROOP TRAINS CROSS IN FROM TRANSYLVANIA
ACCORDING TO REPORTS received by
recent weeks in unprecedented Reuter in London, German troops to be sta- quantities. Its value has beentioned 'in Rumania crossed into Rumanian
60 high that the Rumanian
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Spirtualist mediums have been officially "recognised."
The Government regards them as persons with legitimate business reasons for visiting the restricted areas between Berwick-on-Tweed and Weymouth.
By restricting entry of persons to these areas, the Government had placed local Spiritualist chur-- ches in a difficulty." They were unable to cbtain the services of mediums, speakers, ̈and demon- strators.
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Two trains carrying a total of 4,500 fully equipped soldiers crossed the frontier from Transylvanian territory.
they
When questioned by the au- thorities, the report adds, stated that in the first instance they had come to Rumania. to defend the oil region and BC- condly they had come
in- structors to the Rumanian army. It is understood that fort. fication works at Giurgiu, In the oil region, and .Buzau are
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TERDAY THAT THE REOPEN ROA Special machinery has also arING OF THE BURMA rived from Germany for enlarg SATISFACTION BUT CERTAIN 'WAS "A"MATTER FOR DEE ing and levelling existing Ru- manian military aerodromes..
Official Statement !
LY WAS NO SURPRISE.
For what was the result of i closure but that' Japan Immo diately proceeded to arrest Br Only shortly before there- tish subjects right and left, h ported arrival of German troops, vade Indo-China and conclude the British Legation in Bucharest military pact with Germany, an had received a statement signed Italy.
prese
by Luca Sturdza, .... Rumanian Among Chinese, the Now the Ministry has agreed Minister for Foreign Affairs, de- news would arouse hopes that that Spiritualist "platform work claring "There is not A single new chapter in British policy. mrs." ng they are called, shall be German regular soldier on Ru-the Far East is now opening provided with special identity cermanlan soil to-day! The state one in close cooperation with th tificates bearing their photograph ment was confirmed by the War United States and China and, and the Union's 'scal.'
was to be hoped, Russia.-Reute
Ministry-Reuter,
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