Belgrade, Apr. 8.
With 4000 tons of bauxite (alumina ium ore) in her holds, the German freighter Ankara put out of Dubrovnik on Saturday bound for Trieste, from where her cargo is to be transported to Germany by rail.
The Ankara's trip, although carried out within Yugoslav and Italian territorial waters, may have far-reaching repercussions on navigation in the whole of the Adriatic, it was stated here yesterday evening.
Just before departure as the period of grace granted by the Yugoslav authorities expired, the captain of the Ankara made a last-minute request that he be given a naval escort and a pilot to help him in his voyage through the rock-studded territorial waters off the tortuous Yugoslav coast. This request was turned down by the authorities, but the German skipper was undaunted. He anchored a few miles out of Dubrovnik and secretly sent for a Yugoslav pilot, Vekarich. whom he bribed with 25,000 dinars, to steer his ship to Italian waters. Vekarich, in accepting the bribe, betrayed his profession, pilots in Dubrovnik stated—Havas.
"It is considered in Berlin that, owing to the war policy of the Western Powers, Norway and Sweden may no more be regarded as being neutral and it is emphasized in German circles that these countries are not showing effort to protect their the correspondent adds, "it is believed that the Allies are trying to encircle Germany by military intervention in Scandinavia. It is apparent that Germany is ready to strike very quickly and in the most unexpected way."
The Norwegian Premier, M. J. Nygaardsvold, and the Foreign Minister, M. Halvdan Koht, met early this morning, according to a dispatch from Oslo to the "Berlingske Tidende." Following a special summons, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Norwegian Parliament met at 10 am, According to the Scandinavian Telegram Bureau, Sir Cecil F. J, Dormer and M. Andre Bruere, British and French "Ministers respectively, called at the Norwegian Foreign Ministry at 7 &.m,—Reuter,
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