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HITLER'S PLAN
IS THIS HITLER'S
FOR INVASION?
HERE have just appeared I in the "New York Herald-Tribune" two articles hy "A Diplomat Recently Arrived From Europe," who adopts the
of pseudonym Henry L. Moore.
They deal with events in France, Germany and Italy, just before Mussolini entered the war: and the second article concludes with an out- line of the Axis plan to invade Britain.
Among the statements mude during a discussion of happenings before the Italian entry are that it was a specch by Mr. Chamberlain at the beginning of May. in which Britain's unpreparedness was made apparent, which decided Hitler to launch his attack on Holland and Belgium-au at- tack which, though long worked out by the German General Staf in minutest de-. tail, had been delayed because of Goering's outright opposi- tion and the doubts of Von Brauschitsch, Hess and Himmler; that Mussolini, on the eve of the fall of Rey- naud's Cabinet, had been sore- ly tempted by an offer, secret- ly-made by Laval and Flandin, by which he would have secured without fighting, for them Tunis, French Somali- land, Jibouti and the Addis Ababa Railway, and represen}- tation on the governing board of the Suez Canal plus con- cessions including demilitari- sation of Malta which the French would persunde Bri- tain to grant; that the know- ledge that Italy was unpre- pared for war and would risk catastrophe if the conflict were prolonged made Muss0- lini hesitate until an indig-
The
"A Diplomat From Europe" ·
just arrived in the United States has there published what purports to be the inside story of Hitler's invasion of the Low Countries, of Italy's entry into the war, and of a joint Italo- German plan for the invasion of Britain.
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nant command accompanied by a promise to satisfy gener- ously all of Italy's longings came from Hitler, whereat the Duce's doubts were cast overboard; and that on hear- ing that Mussolini had jected all offers and was en- Francois tering the war, Poncet, the French Ambassa- dor at Rome, sadly remarked, "This is the first case in his- tary where a country offered the chance to receive all peacefully prefers to fight for it in a war which is dubious as to its outcome."
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The author of the "article" says that the final programme Itulo-German combined for action against Britain mapped out at a sceret con- ference between Hitler and Mussolini in Munich on June 18.
One of its aspects involved -pressure--upon Erunco,de- signed to bring about Spain's open adherence to the Axis, and to secure his assent to the expansion
of Mussolini'a
bases in the Balearics. the renewal of Italian bases in the Canary Isles, the strengthen. ing of Italo-German forces at Tangier, and the eventual utilisation of Cunta for a joint blow at Gibraltar.
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It has been "as yet impos- sible to secure more than an ambiguous declaration from
Franco or to supplant him with his amenable brother-in- law Suner. But, says the
of author, the centre the entire scheme is the plan for the operations against Bri- lain.
"So far the German people have neither seen nor tasted the fruits of Hitler's victories. The daily bombing raids of the R.A.F. are proving in- creasingly effective in deepen- ing the moral depression in react the Reich. Germans sharper than other European nationals to warfare their territory.
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"Therefore Ilitler must hurry. Without the seizure of the British Isles and the end of the blockade, his pre- sent conquest of Europe is fraught with menace to him- victory self. His great threatens to degenerate into catastrophe."
Here is the plan for invasion as sketched by this diplomat from Europe: "Wide preparations for invasion have already been made. At Calais and all along the shore, where the English Channel is nar- rowest super-heavy artillery has been installed.
"In all ports from Antwerp to Boulogne and down to Brest, Nazi troops, told off for Invasion, ure being concentrated. These Include 200,000 Italian troops, Transferred here mostly from the army of the Po. A great mony small ships are gathered here, also swift cutters and motorised rafts which can take heavy guns and tanks,
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"The rafts are able to shallow waters and to touch the very shores. Everywhere Nazi-occupied Continent, near the walers separating it from England, aerodromes have been built es- pecialty for troop-carrying planes.
"High speed experiments are being carried out with a new en- larged type of omohibian tank which can be lowed over part of its water route. At various points In Germany trials have been made in mass movements of light tanks and cannon by air. "The plan uperations and actual.
foresecs Banding two kinds-feinting The former category is meant to divert the attention and forces of the British. The Nazi and Fascist personnel attempting this task are not expected to sur- vive.
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"In actual operations, the Axis is also ready to fase, either in crossing the Chunnel or on landing, many of the vanguard detachments. the However, those who follow vanguard are expecled by the Axis on the n foothold staff to gain English shores and to make possi- ble further landings of t
artillery and all other
oment.
soldiers who survive the English fire on the first day will thus be the nucleus of a great army made up of a constant stream of reinforcements. Parachute landings are to be effected, parallel to the landings from the sea.
To this will be added the work of the troop-carrying planes, which are to land thanks to preliminary efforts of dive-bombers, and para- elentists. Everything, including gus, will be used by the Axis in this
Kamble. Italans are expected to be the
cannon fodder main the English in the Channel, the North Sea, and the Bay of Biscay. For this is the time when Musso- I must sacrifice-bundreds of. thousands of Italian Ilves, so prov ing that he is in truth the ally of the Nazi Reich.
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"The men participating in the irst operations, especially of the feinting type, are considered to be
Therefore doomed men.
ninety cent of them are to be Italians. "In the subsequent landings the percentage of Germans will grow, while that of Italians will diminish. If the operations succeed, the troops fighting well inland are to be over- whelmingly German.
"If Hitler wins the laurel wreath of victory, Mussolini's share will be hut a few dry leaves."
Last Stand of Jock Evans
By ROBERT : CASEY
HOTSPOT, Southeast England,, Sept. 17.-In the larger matters of threatened invasion by aerial bombs and artillery fire people have given little thought to Jock Evans upon whose thin breast nobody will ever pin any medals even posthumously.
He will never have a public funeral with muffled drums, muted trumpets and such like tokens of civic gratitude. It is most unlikely that he will ever have any funeral at all.
The future historian look- ing over this war with the proper perspective, without worry about his own comfort or his own skin, may consider this unimportant. But from where this observer sits in the rockpilo at the end of the trajectory, Jock Evans seems
than something more man who may have been over heroic and over-stubborn at the same time.
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So far as concerns the ole- ments that have made Eng- land to date, he was an architect's model for the spirit of the British Empire.
Jock Evans, to get on with It, was, in his most recent carger, an Air Raid Precau- tions warden, In a year's drill in how to put on the gas
mask, how to revive fainting women, how to direct people to the nearest shelter, he would never have shown more than ordinary aptitude.
In the years before the war he had done nothing to dis- tinguish himself. He had some sort of dock job where the dust hadn't been too good for his lungs. Because of bad eyes, and other deficiencies, he had been rejected for mili- tary service even at the end of the last war when medical examiners hadn't been so particular.
Jock Evans was on duty the night the big crump fell in the garden by the crossroads.
. He had stationed himself near the telephone kiosk on the edge of an outlying suburb where the artillery shells Still land each day when the town. He had had no is shelled. occasion to move from his post at midnight when the big crump fell.
The big crump was a time bomb--and a big one.
He told this to his chief in his report a minute later.
"Where is it?" Inquired his ' chief.
"In the garden," said Jock. Then the order "Get people out, emply nearby houses, and keep people away."
"Yes sir," said Jock Evans.
There have been some hints that in what followed after his report to Control, Jock didn't show any the Eame great judgment, but might have been said of Dewey if ho had run into a mine in Manita Bay.
He had been on duty most. nights in the past month, with seldom an all-clear. Ha had phoned to the contral control at 11 p.m. that he had acen a bright light some- where. His superiors, romom-self to warn off traffic. bering Jock, suspected it might be somebody with n too bright cigar,
Follows His Orders
Jock followed out his orders. In less than an hour he had evacuated the few homes in the immediate vicinity. Then he stationed him
There wasn't much to do until about 7 in the morning when workers and sightseers began to
pass afoot, on bleycles, and in automobiles. The odd feature of a community which is being con- tinuously, bombed is the inquisitive interest in lethol hazards. Jock himself Evans
suddenly found alone in a two-man job. The burb lay almost at the junction. of two lanes, giving access to it from four directions.
Mr. Evans solved this problem. as best he could. He roped off the street 100 yards behind the bomb, then took up his post at the
middle of the crossing.
Dozens of persons heard and heeded his coll during the next two hours"time bomb here, keep One of those away, keep away." who passed was the priest of the neighbourhood Anglican Church. to whom is owing the best descrip- tion of Jock Evans' last stand.
"My Duty Is To Stay"
"He hardly needed to point out the bomb," said the padre. "It was lying there in a grass plot It was and right behind him,
His evident he knew all about it. face was white and drawn but bla there wasn't any tremor In voice.
"I had told him to get away: from the corner, block off the streets with ropes. But he said, My duty is to stay here. Flease, alr. Don't set a bad ex- ample. I went to telephone for help
The bomb went off at s
19:10, blow a crater 40 feet wide. No trace has been found of Evans.
New York Post.
AMERICA'S STRENGTH
By Mack Johnson United Press Staff Correspondent
United States land, sea and air forces, are now well in excess of 900,000 and intensified recruiting campaigns may soon put the total at 1,000,000 or
more.
A survey by the United Press, on August 27, revealed total military and naval forces,-including-aviation,_of.
919,807.
Under the conscription measure passed by Congress, the army pro- poses to draft 400,000 men between 21 and 31 years by Jan, 1, 1941, and another 300,000 in April. The President recently signed leglain- tlun ciopowering him to order out the National Guard and reserve. officers.
The latest statistics on strength of the services show:
Enlisted Men Officers Total 143,747 10,780 154,410
Navy
Marihes
20,983
1,304 31,379
Navy Reserved
40,334
Marine
(x) 15 078
10.020
Army
280.000 14.000 300.000 2723,000
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National Guard
15,000 231,000 Army Reserve Officers 120,000 120,000 17,300 Entlated Teserves... 17,300°
Totals .......... 750,044 161,103 029,807 (X)-Includes oMeers on which specifie Agures unavailable.
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Although all are at peace-time level, the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and National Guard are be- strengths. The authorised Army's goat is 375,000 men, and is receiving more than 30,000 new re- crults each month. The National
strength Guard's authorised 235.000 men.
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"The Navy, which accepted 9,089 recruits during July, has an authorised strength of 170,000 men. It is planning to expand training centres at Great Lakes, IL, Norfolk, Va., Newport, R.I., and San Diego, Calif., to meet expan- sion for a "two ocean" navy.
These stations have been train- ing about 6,000 men per month but will be expanded to handle 7,000 by Oct. 1, and 10,000 by Jan. 1, 1041.
The marines have nearly reached their authorised strength of 32,000 enen. They recruited 7,106 during July.
War Department and budgetary officials are working on details of the costs of the projected National Guard mobilisation and conscrip- ilon programmes. It was estimated that congress probably would be asked to appropriate about $1,305,- 500,000 for the 935,000 guards- men, reserved officers, and draftoos, who would to service during the current facal year ending July 1, 1941, if present plans are approved. It was estimated that it would cost about $1,400 for each person drafted on the basis of the $21 monthly basic pay of enlisted men.
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