Word: dobruja
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Last week Balcic was part of the 3,000 square miles of southern Dobruja claimed by Bulgaria and ceded to her, in all but final title, by Rumania (see map). The area was taken by Rumania in 1913 after Bulgaria was beaten in Balkan War II. It is a land of dry hills and windswept steppes, remarkably fertile considering its poor watering. Its population, according to Rumanian claims, is 77,000 Rumanians, 143,000 Bulgarians and 129,000 Turks...
Britain's comeback was feeble but ingenious. The Royal Navy picked up three Rumanian vessels at Port Said. And London hastily recognized "the fundamental justice" of Bulgaria's claims on Rumanian Dobruja...
Russian Angle. Not too subtle was Great Britain's sponsorship of the Dobruja claim. Russia would like to be the Big Brother and Sponsor No. 1 of Bulgaria, and Russia wants all (not just the old Bulgarian part) of the Dobruja for Bulgaria so that the two nations may establish a pan-Slavic frontier. Now that Britain is powerless to stop Hitler in the Balkans, anything that Russia can do to stop him is fine & dandy in London...
...consisting of Rumania, Turkey, Greece and Yugoslavia, to which King Carol adhered even after his tumble into the Nazi camp, has in general been favorable to British and Russian interests. He had a good reason: the Entente served as a check on Bulgaria, which wants the Rumanian province of Dobruja. Hungary, which covets Rumanian Transylvania, last week opened a screaming press attack on Rumania because of Carol's "shifty" policy toward the Axis, to which Hungary clings. Finally, Russia handed King Carol a note stressing the desirability of a "popular Government" in Rumania. Having grabbed Bessarabia and Bucovina, Russia...
...From Rumania, Bulgaria, backed by Russia, wants the southern Dobruja without delay...