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13a Queen's Rd. Central
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P.O. Box 673.
Tel. No. 22157,
Wednesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH......
December 20, 1939.
Hitler Hopes For 'Peace' Without A Big Offensive
|ADAME TABOUIS, WORLD-FAMOUS DIPLOMATIC WRITER, REVEALS TO-DAY THAT MAHITLER, STILL IN A STATE OF INDECISION, HAS AGAIN CHANGED HIS MIND ABOUT
FUTURE PLANS.
He has for the first time given his advisers to understand that he fears to launch an offensive in the West. He is now inclined to listen to those who urge him to remain on the defensive-for years. if necessary. But this new plan, like others, will fail.
Consequently if, starting next spring, the Refch evacuntert the left Bank-tempurnzily, of esurre-they, emuli by absolutely certain the country's was economy would suffer no rin.
PEACE-ON CONDITIONS
HILE German threats to Britain are still ungsvented the Reich, in the last few werks, has sufferert a succession of setbacks of! all kinds the Anglo-French-Turkish Pact. Papal Encyclical, raising of the US armis me went go to show how such evacuation could be car- bargo, sperelen by Molotov i Voroshilov affirming once more that the Soviet Union will nl give the Beich military or material support, also that the Kremliu officially numbers Ger- many among the capitalist States it wishes to mmpose.
Thus effect on the Pohrer of this series of defeats com be Ratured by reports I have received from nvulnd eam- Tries, sald Martine Tabouls.
The way plan for the Wert we have heard so muche
about have undergone considerable changes,
It seems that the Führer, while adopting towards Hedlnge! a similar attitude in that adopted by the Soviet to the Baltic States, now wishes to prepare his generals for a new plan.
This is of nel: interest to us, especially after the Fuhrm's Munich speech, in which he admitted Germany was preparing for a five-years war-this being puldie evowal of the failure of that "Blitzkreig" by means of which he promised his people victory over the demo- reacles in less than six months.
IF AN OFFENSIVE FAILED C
A few days ago, at a Counell of War attended by the
Fuhrer, some Relchwehr chiefs and most of the Naz, Grand Counell, General Reichenau spoke on "the capa- city of Germany's resistance in case of fallure of o offensive in the West" in the course of which the Fuhrer several times expressed approval by voice and gesture.
Reichenau remarked that the discursion was taking place in the presence of the Fuhrer himself and dignitaries of the regime and army, and was therefore absolutely official and authorised. Otherwise a discussion of this nature would necessarily be considered a manifestation of "high treason."
He declared, in the case of failure of a Western offensive, the situation would not be so desperate as vertuin Rekh pessimists liked to say. Such failure, moreover, would be possible only if the Reich decided to launch a gen-
[ried mat without weakening the country's capacity for
resistance.
The German armies could withdraw to the other side of the Ruing and remain there on the defensive for years. Reichenuti explained at length, that such a defensive would lack all danger. This plņu had been suggested by n group of German ofleers to bulendorf 1018. but the Katser had ant dared to mlopf it became the econonte position thereby would have been prently wenitened.
Reichenau continued that it the German amics ever di carry out such a withdrawal it should not affect the poaillon of the Nival regine.
With forces established in this défensive position the Naz. Government would recept peare only on condition the Third Reich maintained the frontiers an existing in Autumn 1939, and no its Nazi regime. The Fuhrer agreed also when fleichenau stated thất it such a withdrawal was carried out the chances of obtaining from the democracies a real "German peace” demanded by the Fuhrer would continually increase.
BOGEY OF BOLSHEVISM
For Reichenau harbours the flusion that the Allies, fear- ing for spread of Bolshevisation and Russian military intervention with this aim, would be obliged to come to terms with the Fuhrer, and agree to the maintenonco of a strong German Army as à bulwork against Com- munism,
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Reports of this discussion deeply impressed Nazi circles, for it is the first time the Fulirer has given, his advisers to understand that he will probably not dare to launch a general attack on the Western front, but that he considera he can, while remaining on the defensive, obtain that Germon peace for which he has for so many
years asked the Third Reich to make such great sacrifices.
Onc presume, therefore, that if the Fulier treats Holland as Stalin has treated Estonia, he will launch an air war against England while trying to effect "a moral conquest” of neutral countries.
21 fund of
eral attack in the West, which was not the case at He has just set up an organisation, with present.
He pointed out that before this would take place indus+
£5,000,000 for distributing publicity to neutral coun-
trial and agricultural reorganisation of the Reich would ! Unes
be completed, and the entire industrial system trans- ferred from the left bank of the Rhine and exposed regions of the right bank to the well-protected hinter- Innd-especially the north-east and south-east regions of the Relch.
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the direction of Dr. Gemsen, German publielly | Basset associations have been formed in varlous neutral capitals, and newspapers are offered large sums of money on condition that they modify their polley in Invour of Germany.
But the Fuhrer's new plan will fail as others have.
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