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Wednesday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
December 20, 1939.
Hitler Hopes For 'Peace' Without A Big Offensive
HIS A
MADAME TABOUIS; WORLD-FAMOUS DIPLOMATIC WRITER, REVEALS TO-DAY THAT
FUTURE PLANS.
Consequently if, starting next spring, the Reich evacuated the left bank-temporarily, of course-they could be absolutely certain the country's war economy would auffer no harm.
He has for the first time given fiis 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 romain, on the defensive-for years, if necessary. But this new plan, like others, will fall, WHILE German threats to Britain are still unexécuted the Reich, in the last few weeks, has suffered a succession of setbacks of all kind the Anglo-French-Turkish Pact, Papal Encyclical, raising of the U.S. arms en- bargo, speeches by Molotov and Voroshilov affirming once more that the Soviet Union will not give the Reich military or material support, also that the Kremlin officially numbers Ger- many among the capitalist States it wishes to oppose.
The effect on the Fuhrer of this series of defeats can be.
gauged by reports I have received from neutral coun- teles, sald Madame Tabouls.
The war plans for the West we have heard sg much
about have undergone considerable changes,
It seems that the Fuhrer, while adopting towards Holland n similar attitude to that adopted by the Soviet to the Baltic States, now wishes to prepare his generals for A new plan.
This is of much Interest to us, especially after the Fuhrer's Munich speech, in which he admitted Germany was preparing for a five-years war-this being a public avowal of the fallure of that "Blitzkreig" by means of which he promised his people victory over the demo- cracies in less than six months.
IF AN OFFENSIVE FAILED
A few days ago, at a Council of War attended by the Fuhrer, some Rolchwehr chiefs and most of the Nazi Grand Council, General Reichenau spoke on “the capa- city of Germany's resistance in case of failure of an offensive in the West," in the course of which the Fuhrer several times expressed approval by voice and
esture.
Reichenau remarked that the discussion 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 certain Reich pessimista liked to say. Such failure, moreover, would be possible only if the Reich decided to launch a gen- eral attack in the West, which was not the case at
present.
He pointed out that before this would take place indus- trial and agricultural reorganisation of the Reich would 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- landespecially the north-east and south-cast reglons
of the Reich.
PEACE ON CONDITIONS He went on to show how such evacuation could be car- ried out without weakening the country's capacity for resistance.
The German armies could withdraw to the other side of the Rhine and remain there on the defensive for years. Relchenau explained. at length that such a defensive would lack at danger. This plan had been suggested by a group of German officers to Ludendorf in 1010, but the Kaiser had not dared to adopt it because the economic position thereby would have been greatly weakened.
Relchenau continued that if the German armies ever, did carry out such a withdrawal it should not affect the position of the Nazi regime.
With forces established in this defensive position the Nazi Government would accept peneo only on condition the Third Reich maintained the frontiers as existing in Autumn 1830, and also Its Nazi regime.
The Fuhrer agreed also when Relclienau stated that if 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 illusion 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 maintenance of a
a strong German Army as a bulwark against Com- munism.
Reports of this discussion deeply impressed Nazi circles,
for t
It is the first time the Fuhrer has given his advisers to understand that he will probably not dare to launch a general attack on the Western front, but that he considers he con, while remaining on the defensive, obtain that German peace for which he has for so many years asked the Third Reich to make such great sacrifices.
One may presume, therefore, that if the Fuhrer trents Holland as Stalin has treated Estonia, he will launch an air war against England while trying to effect "a moral conquest" of neutral countries.
He has just set up an organisation with A fund of £5,000,000 for distributing publicity to neutral coun- tries.
Under the direction of Dr. Gemsen, German publicity associations. have been formed in various neutral copitals, and newspapers are offered large sums of money on condition that they modify their polley in But the Fuhrer's new plan will fail as others have.
favour of Germany.
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