THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 18, 1939
HITLER'S PERSONAL VANITY HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR WAR BY AMBASSADOR
London, To-day.
THE FINAL REPORT of the circumstances leading
GRAPHIC
to the termination of Sir Nevile Henderson's Em- SCOTTISH
bassy in Berlin has been issued as a White Paper
and deals with the events of August 30 and 31. AIR RAID
In his report, Sir Nevile expresses the conviction that
Goering would have preferred a peaceful solu-STORY
tion but Hitler's' decision alone counted. Dealing with Hitler's policy, Sir Nevile says that of two alternatives the most attractive from the point of view of his growing personal ambitions and of the clique nearest him, was war.
It is scarcely credible that he would have acted like he did if bloody war rather than bloodless victory had not seemed a fairer prospect for him.
One of Hitler's greatest draw- backs is that except for two visits travelled to Italy, he has never abroad.
Consequently, for his knowledge of British mentality, he relied upon von Ribbentrop, who is reported to have constantly given him false counsels while his successes in other spheres caused Hitler to regard him as a se- cond Bismarck-a conviction Ribbentrop probably fully shared!
which
OPPORTUNISM HIS OWN Even the most absolute Dictator is susceptible to his surroundings but calculations and Hitler's decisions, opportunisms were his own, says Sir Nevile who adds that Goering once told him: "It is the Fuehrer alone who decides. When a decision has to be taken none of us count more than the stones on which we are standing."
HITLER'S DELAY
Hitler's desire for British friendship is also apparent throughout in inci- dents recorded in the document which registers the opinion that Germany or- dered the advance into Poland on Au-" gust 25.
MURDER MAKES HEADLINES AGAIN!
...andtworomantic-minded, excitement - seeking report- ers are up to thair type- writers in mystery anew!
Subsequent delay was probably due to the desire to detach Britain from Poland.
Hitler had unlimited confidence in his Army and Air Force, however, and was certainly not averse to using them
in Poland.
the "In two months, he told me. war in the East would be ended. He would then hurl 160 divisions against the West if England was so unwise as.to oppose his plane."
PRESS REPORT
Sir Neville Henderson alludes to Hitler's friendly and reasonable de- meanour during the negotiations in the last days of August until August 29, when the press published an al- legation of the murder of six Germans in Poland.
This story was probably exaggerat- ed by extremists in the fear that he might be weakening.
The Interview that day, how. ever, closed with an honest har. argue about Hitler's constant en- deavour to win British friendship, his respect for the British Empire and his liking for Englishmen generally.
BUYING BRITAIN!
Sir Neville Henderson then turns aside to assess Hitler's character and mentality and remarks that like many Germans he combines admiration for the British race with envy at their achievements and hatred of their op- Dosition to Germany's excessive as- pirations
He courted Britain as repre- senting the aristocracy and the most successful of the "Nordic races."
He believed he could buy British acaufescence in his own far-reaching schemes by offers of alliance and guarantees for the British Empire.
His great mistake was his complete failure to understand the British sense of morality, humanity and free- dom. Reuter.
London, To-day.
NO PACT SIGNED BY TURKEY
Moscow, To-day.
An air of mystery stlil sur- rounds the Turco-Soviet negotia- tions in Moscow.
Sovlet circles state that al- though no pact has been signed, M. Barajolu's departure does not that negotiations have broken down. It merely means that the end of the first stage in the negotiations has been reached.
moan
The negotiations are expected to continue to-day when the Tur. kish Minister of Agriculture ar- rives here for the Russian Agri- cultural Exhibition.-Router.
At least two of four enemy FANTASTIC 'planes accounted for during yesterday's raid on the Firth NAZI RADIO
of Forth were shot down by
British fighters, which beat STORY
off the raiders in such a way that not more than half are believed to have returned to Germany, according to the Ministry of Information.
Apart from the four brought down by our fighters and anti-aircraft fire, too several are thought to have been crippled to complete the passage over the North Sea.
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London, To-day. The commander of the which sank the U-boat Royal Oak has gone by air to see Hitler, who is conferring a special honour, according to the German Radio.
The U-boat reached its base at 9 a.m. and met Admiral Raeder.
The commander, describing his ex- The defeat of the raiders was a team job in which a large share of the work ploit said: "It was quite a job to was taken by men who, a few weeks smuggle ourselves into Scapa Flow ago, were Scottish stock-brokers, law-through the British defences. yers and sheep-farmers.
No
down
pilot claims to have brought
a raider single-handed.
WINS A BET
the
"I saw two warships and..dis. charged two torpedoes, at once turning my boat and leaving har. bour."
The commander alleged that as he left port he heard explosions and saw a column of water rising from a One running fight began over
British ship lying farthest to the north Pentland Hills, shots from several air-and a moment later another ship ex- craft helping to cripple the German ploded and disappeared.
finally received machine, which knock-out from an Auxiliary Air Force pilot who had taken a bet that he would be the first member of the squadron to bring down a German.
a
As the U-boat left harbour the sea was lit by British searchlights and a number of depth charges exploded. Reuter.
***The only thing the German ra- One German machine, with one en- |dio announcer omitted to mention was gine out of action, flew for several that the commander gave the Hitler The miles at a height of 50 feet, banking. salute as the ship went down. round church spires and chimney tops. fantasy of the story is the suggestion The 'plane probably crashed before that the U-boat cruised smoothly out reaching home.-Reuter.
of harbour on the surface.
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UNFREEZING FISH SUPPLY
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London, To-day.
In order to meet a probable reduc- tion in supplies of British-caught fish caused by the Admiralty demands on fishing vessels, numbers of which are being armed and used to counter Ger- man attacks on merchant shipping; a comprehensive plan has been devised for augmenting supplies of frozen fish from Iceland.
Fish are caught in northern waters, filleted. – graded and frozen on the Iceland coast.
álan, envisages a great expan- Hupplies, of frozen füh ́ from
and Newfoundland.”“ ch the spo
claim
H.M.6. Southampton had phenomenal luck in the German air raid on Scotland, when a bomb actually hit her in the bowe but, glanced Into the Band Hera tha cruiser is photographed beating off a mark