Show RUSS REPORTED URGING NAZIS 1 TO 10 EASE BULGARIAN PRESSURE t k By CLYDE F FARNSWORTH Associated Press Cable Staff The military future of the Balkans may hinge upon a re report report report re- re port heard Thursday by diplomats in Bucharest Buchar that Bucharest that st-that that Soviet Russia has intervened with Germany on behalf of her little fr friend end of long standing Bul Bui- garia garla Russia according to this source has abandoned her seclusion from Balkan maneuvers and diverted German Gennan pressure for for fora a right of way into Greece r ece Other r reports report's ports were that Yugoslavia w whose ose geog- geog I I raphy makes her the second nazi choice holce of a route to aid Italy aid Italy Is u preparIng for the worst Coin Coincidental with this reported showing howing of Russia's hand was a aying lying flying trip from Moscow to Ancara Ankara Ankara An- An kara cara by the British ambassador dor to Russia Sir Stafford Cripps for fora a military diplomatic conference between British and Turkish leaders lead lead- ers rs British and Turkish leaders were authoritatively reported reported to have reached cached lull full agreement on problems problems lems ems affecting the Balkans and the fie eastern Mediterranean situa- situa tion lon British Foreign Secretary A Athony Anthony Anhony An- An thony hony Edens Eden's secretary said the joint diplomatic and political confer conferences con- con fer held this morning were so o successful that no further su such h meeting need be held Agreement had been reached on all 11 points he said Military experts of the two countries countrIes coun- coun trIes ries will continue their talks on technical details but diplomats diplomats' will not participate and Eden is expected to leave for Cairo Egypt Friday night unless there are unexpected unexpected un expected obstacles Later he will go to Greece Dispatches from Balkan capitals did id not readily link Cripps Cripps' journey to fo o the reported report d veering of German German Ger Ger- man pressure but the whole pi picure pic- pic ture ure of the Balkan situation was obscured by censorship and the secrecy of Balkan strategy Only a ago Russia was believed to have hav acceded to Germanys Germany's Ger Ger- many's demands on Bulgaria Observers were left to 10 draw their own wn conclusions from these and the he following associated developments developments develop develop- m ments ts 1 Yugoslavia's l-Yugoslavia's foreign minister Alksander Cincar Markovic Cincar-Markovic Markovic suddenly suddenly suddenly sud sud- denly was recalled from Budapest where he had gone to sign a Yugo slav Hungarian friendship pact and diplomatic quarters at Budapest Budapest Budapest Buda Buda- pest heard the recall was connected connect connect- ed with impending events of Importance im Im- importance between the axis and Yugoslavia However the Yugoslav Yugoslav Yugo Yugo- sla slav signed the pact before de de- de I Slavs Sian Speed Defense 2 Diplomatic 2 dispatches reaching reach reach- 1 ing lag Bucharest from Belgrade said the Yugoslav general staff had or ordered ordered ordered or- or dered a up speed-up of defense preparations preparations preparations prep prep- apparently in fear German German Ger Ger- man armies massed in Rumania might go through Yugoslavia Instead in- in stead of a. a f A 3 BerlIn dispatch to garian newspapers said Bulgarian German relations are afe expected to tobe tobe tobe be clarified in the next few days One version of the prospect was that Bulgaria is preparing to join the Rome-Berlin Rome axis 4 The 4 The German radio Thursday quoted the Berlin foreign office spokesman as saying there can be beno beno beno no question of German tro troops ps entering entering entering en en- Bulgaria The radio also Indicated Berlin Berlin Berlin Ber lin political circles were Interested interested interested inter inter- ested In the Turkish British-Turkish conference conference conference con con- ference at Ankara and quoted them themas as saying the future will show how all plans now being discussed in connection with the British foreign foreign foreign for for- eign ministers minister's journey w would uld operate operate op op- erate crate in practice Eden Waits Walts Cripps I 5 British 5 British Foreign Secretary Anthony Anthony Anthony An An- thony Eden and General Sir John G. G Dill chief of the British imperial im lm- lm penal general staff their aides and the British ambassador to Turkey Turkey Tur Tur- key awaited Sir Stafford Cripps Cripp s at Ankara meanwhile conferring g with Turkish Foreign Minister r Sukru and the Turkish high command Unofficial reports said the BritIsh British Brit Brit- ish ash were sounding out the Turks on a plan for regulating traffic through the strait of the Dardanelles Dardanelles Dardanelles Darda Darda- nelles which is vital ital to Russia a. a as asa asa a link between the Black sea and the Mediterranean 6 The 6 The organ of the Russian army Red Star summarized summarised the situation saying that both Britain and Germany were waging a diplomatic diplomatic dip offensive in the Balkans in an effort to draw nations into their rival camps |