New York, Feb. 22, German General Staff officers wearing civilian clothes arrived at Sofia and took over the best suites in leading hotels, while groups of students demonstrated in front of the Royal Palace against "German occupation," the Associated Press reported today from the Bulgarian capital, Road signs in German began appearing on posts along highways leading from the Rumanian frontier to the interior of Bulgaria, according to the despatch, The report added that the city police arrested nearly 50 radical agrarian leaders without explanation immediately after the first Nazi officers arrived, According to the Associated Press message, more anti-aircraft guns were mounted above the National Bank building, while Communist leaders were passing word among thousands of their followers in Bulgaria to "resist the Nazi invasion by nonce-operation and propaganda, but not Cafes, restaurants and hotels were filled with the wildest rumours, but apparently only King Boris and Cabinet Ministers know what is going on, the report stated—Domei,
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