English Translation

910 -5 - On Romania's accession to the Three Powers Pact: It is now known that Romania' s oil area has suffered very badly as a result of the earthquake, and that great damage has been caused. Romania ́s economic significance for Germany has been greatly reduced by this, although it can still be useful as an area of march. If Jtalien is not able to reorganize his armed forces in Albania, it should be in the face of the Greek advance and the British offensive in the air and on water in an extremely difficult situation. Germany must then come to the aid of its incompetent ally and enter into a series of further adventures. These will only extend the war further, but will not bring Germany any closer to the victory. According to the march that Germany could take, the reports indicate that the Bulgarian Foreign Minister and Prime Minister are expected to be next in Berli. Turkey has taken its measures and imposed the state of siege in the districts of Jstanbul, Bosporus and parts of Asian Turkey bordering the Dardanelles. Jn Ankara was warned yesterday to King Boris not to engage in any adventures, It was also declared that there was no doubt that it would mislead the majority of Bulgarians not to be involved in the war. Two Turkish newspapers have responded to an official statement from Berlin, which stated that Turkey should finally decide to put its relations in order by following the new order: D e Turkey cannot join a new order of which it does not understand. Turkey's character and tradition are such that it forbids even the slightest victim of independence. Turkey refuses to grant any power the right to make itself a referee of European affairs, in which Turkey can also be interested. With regard to relations between Turkey and Russia, the two newspapers state that this is a matter that is almost identical, and that is generally regarded as a semi-official Turkish declaration. Reports arriving from Bucharest state that preparations are being made for a march through Yugoslavia by German troops. Communiqué from Cairo: Brit. Engines bombed the Italian port of Bari mot. Heavy fires were caused in the port area, near the main station and in the oil refineries. Tarant was also attacked again. S Jn last night the British Luf weapon carried out attacks against the whole Ruhr area. Aims were: the Rheinhafen Duisburg-Ruhrort, the Kruppwerke in Wannen.Eickel, plants for the production of synthetic fuel, railway sidings and freight stations in Gelsenkirchen, Dortmund and Lünan. A heavy attack was also carried out on an airfield near Bordeaux, from which the German combat aircraft are used against the shipping in the Atlantic. Further attacks were taken: Lorian, Cherbourg, Le Havre, Ostend and Vlissingen. Yesterday at day a factory near Solingen in the Ruhr area was hit, and an airfield near Amsterdam. A British machine was lost. -9-