Word: yugoslavic
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President Roosevelt had been set back. Day later, the Yugoslav leaders who had signed with Hitler were out of office, under arrest; King Peter II was on the throne. Crowds stood cheering, waving U. S., British and Yugoslav flags, before the U. S. legation in Belgrade. Youngish, thin-lipped Arthur Bliss Lane, U. S. Minister, had to push his way through overjoyed celebrators to carry his message to the new Government. Hitler, not Roosevelt, had been set back. But still bigger news for the long term was that U. S. foreign policy had begun to prove effective...
...Washington, Constantin Fotitch, short, shy and excitable Yugoslav Minister, rushed to see Sumner Welles, came out shining-eyed to cable his joy to King Peter II over "Your Majesty's ascent to the noble throne. . . ." Mr. Welles, less austere than usual, received the press, told the newsmen of the latest message to the U. S. Minister to Yugoslavia: that under the terms of the Lend-Lease Act, President Roosevelt would be able to send material aid to nations resisting aggression. It was a promise to the new Yugoslav Government that it could count...
...fact that the Yugoslav news overshadowed the arrival of Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka in Berlin also had its importance. Last week Washington opinion was that the Yugoslav coup had tipped the scales against a Japanese move toward Singapore and the South Pacific. Said hopeful Senator George, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: "Japan will not make the mistake made by Italy in assuming a prompt end to the war, and a termination altogether favorable to Germany, in view of the events of the last 30 days." U. S. foreign policy was at any rate beginning to take...
...several of these attacks may drive the Yugoslavs from the northern plains into the southern mountains, but there the Yugoslav lack of equipment will be a less serious disadvantage, and they might prolong their resistance a long time, especially if they fall back toward the Greek frontier, whence they can draw reinforcements and supplies. To do that, however, they must guard well their eastern frontier. Directly over the mountains from Sofia to Skoplje run a number of mountain trails. If the Germans can drive across the mountains they can cut off the Yugoslavs from their allies...
...immediate military importance of the Yugoslav overturn is that Germany can hardly attack Greece with ease or comfort without having Yugoslavia secure. If Germany has to conquer Yugoslavia first, she will have at best an ugly little campaign to fight, and afterwards nasty guerrilla warfare that will cost both time...