Rome, Feb, 11, The Rumanian Minister in Athens, M. Radu T. Djuvara, has been relieved of his post, says a Bucharest telegram to: the official Mahan news agency.—Reuter.
London. Feb. 11.
Britain's rupture of diplomatic reiations with Rumania yesterday. im= mediately after the strong warning of Mr. Winston Churchill. Prime Mi ter, to Bulgaria, pointed to an carly climax in the Balkans. observers believed today, Balkan diplomats said they would not be surprised if Rumania soon found herself at war with Britain and that Bulgaria, if she connived with Germany, might also discover herself {in that position.
was doubted whether Britisn bombing of Rumanian oil elds would follow without a declaration of wer—and there was no sign that, was finminent. although it could nob be ruled out in view of the British state ment that Rumania was being used by Germany as a base for furtherance of military plans, Nazis Said Pouring Into Bulgaria New York, Fob, 11, Germans in civilian clothes have been pouring into Bulgaria in. the past few weeks, reports the "Now Yorle Times" Belgrade correspondent, One highly placed diplomat in Sofia estimated their number at thousands.
The Germans are rapidly taking over supervision of airports, Tt believed that some German antiaircraft guns have been set up reently and that German army trucks are in the country, Schools In certain districts have been suspended. The correspondent adds that the Bulgarian Army is concentrated in the south and south-east—Reuter, Base Said Established Attack "Imminent"
Reports of the establishment of a vig German railitary base at Bulgarian Tobrudja. including substantial am—unition stores. were believed to have been an important factor prompting the warning broadcast by Mr. Winston Churchill, to Bulgaria.
The activity of meny German of cers and airmen in civilian dress at Bulgarian alr fields also was known to have been on the Prime Minister's United Press.
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