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IS THIS HITLER'S
HITLER'S PLAN
FOR INVASION?
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HERR have just appeared the "New York
Herald-Tribune" two articles by "A Diplomat Recently Arrived From Europe," who adopts the pseudonym of Henry L. Muore.
They deal with events in France, Germany and Italy just before Mussolini entered the war: and the second arlicle concludes with an out- line of the Axis plan to invade Britain.
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statements made during a discussion of happenings before the Italian entry are that it was a speech 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-an ut- tuck which, though long worked out by the German General Staff 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 full 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 dis Ababa Railway, and repiésen- 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 conflict catastrophe if the were prolonged made Musso- lini hesitate until an indig-
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"A Diplomat From Europe"
just arrived in the United Statos 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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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 rc- jected all offers and was en- toring the
Francois Poncel, the French Ambassa- dor at Rome, sudly remarked, "This is the first case in his- tory where a country offered the chance to receive all pencéfully 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 for combined Italo-German action against Britain was mapped out at a secret, con- ference between Hitler and Mussolini in Munich on June 18.
Franco or to supplant him with his amenable brother-in- law Suner. But, saya
the author, the centre of the entire scheme is the plan for the operations against Bri. tain.
"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 decpen- ing the moral depression in tho Relch, Germans react sharper than other European nationals to warfare over their territory.
"Therefore Hitler 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- . self. His great victory threatens to degenerate into catastrophe." Franco, de-
One of its aspects involved pressure upon signed to bring about Spain's open adherence to the Axis. and to secure his assent to the expansion of Mussolini's 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 utmisation of Ceuls for
joint blow at Gibraltar.
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It has been "as yet impos- sible to secure more than an ambiguous declaration from
Here is the plan for invasion as skelehed 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 heen installed.
in all ports from Antwerp to Boulogne and down to Brest, Nazl troops, told off for invasion, re being concentrated. These include 200,000 Italian troops, transferred here mostly from the army of the Po. A great many small ships are gathered here, also swift cutters and motorised rafts which can take heavy guns and tanks.
Last Stand of
By ROBERT J. 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 futuro historian look- ing over this war with the proper perspective, without worry about his own comfort or his own akin, may consider this unimportant. But from where this observer site in the rockpile at the end of the trajectory, Jock Evans seems something moro than one man who may have been over- heroic and over-stubborn at the same time.
So far as concerns tho ele- 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 hin most recent carcer, an Air Raid Precau tions. warden.' In a year's drill in how to put on the gas
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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, ho had been rejected for mill- 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 fall in the garden by the crossroads.
Ho had been on duty most nights in the past month, with seldom an áll-clear. He had phoned to the central control at 11 p.m. that he had seon a bright light somo- where. His suporters, remem- bering Jock, suspected it might be somebody with a too bright cigar,
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"The rafts are able to shallow waters and to touch the very shores. Everywhere on the Nazi-occupied Continent, near the waters separating it from England, nerodromes have been built es- pecially for troup-carrying planes.
"High speed experiments being carried out with a arc forged type Amphiblan tank which
be towed over part of its water route. At various paints in Germany trials have been made in mass movements of light tanks and
by air. cannon
"The plan foresees landing two kinds-feinting operations of and actual. The former category Is meant to divert the attention and forces of the British. The Naz! 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 lose, elther in crossing the Channel or on landing, many of the vanguard detachments. However, those who follow
the vanguard are expected by the Axis stuff to gain a foothold en the Engilsh shores and to make possi- ble further landings of Infantry, tanks,
artillery and all other vital equipment.
"The soldiers who survive the English are on the first day will thus be the nucleus of a great bring made
of a constant stream of uip reinforcements. Parathute landings are to be effected, parallel to the Jandings 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- chutists. Everything, including gas, will be used by the Axis in this supreme gamble.
"The Italians are expected to be of maln the
fodder cannon the English In the Channel, the North Sen, and the Bay of Biscay. For this is the time when Musso- Tini must sterince hundreds of thousands of Italian lives, so prov- ing that he is in truth the ally of the Nazi Reich.
"The men participating in the Arst operations, especially of the teinting type, are considered to be doomed
ninety men. Therefore per cent. of them are to be Italtons. "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 lauret wreath of victory, Mussolini's share will be but a few dry leaves."
Jock Evans
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 is shelled. He had had no occasion to move from his post at midnight when the big crump fell.
The big crump was a time bomb-arid 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, empty 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 great judgment, but the same might have been said of Dewey it be had run into a mine in Manila
Bay.
Follows His Orders
Jock followed out his orders. In less than an hour he hid evacuated the few homes in the immediato vicinity. Then, he stationed him self to warn of trame.
There wasn't much to do until about 7in the morning when workers and sightseers began to
pass afoot, on bicycles, and in automobiles. The odd feature of a community which is being con- tinuously bombed is the inquisitive interest in lethal hazards, Jock Evans
found himself suddenly alone in a two-man Job. The bomb 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 call during the next two hours-time bomb liere, keep away, keep away." One of those who passed was the priest of the nelghbourhood 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 tho bomb," said the podre. "It was lying there in a grass plot and it was right behind him, ovident ha know all about it. His face was white and drawn but there wasn't any tremor in his volca,
"I had told him to got away from the corner, block off the streets with ropes. But he said, My duty is to stay, here. Please, go on, air. Don't set a bad ex-. want to talephone for ample help"
The bomb went off at 0:10, blew a crater 40 feet wide. No traco has been found of Evans,
New York Post.
Give the old boy another three min- utes, then make a noise like a siren'
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 naval total military and 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 3 years by Jan. 1, 1941, and another 300,000 in April. The President recently signed legisin- tion empowering him to order out The National Guard and reserve
offlcers.
The latest statistics on strength of the services show:
Navy
Marines
Enlisted Men Officers Total
Navy Reserver
Marine
Army
14,747 10,369 154,310 20,005 1,394 31,370 40,330
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(X) 18.070 - 13,070 ... 289,000 14,000 303,000
National Guard
220,000 15,000 237.000
Army Reserve Omeers 120,000 120.000 Enilated Reserves
Totale
17,500 -17T
750,644 103,103 919,807
(X)-Inchider offeers on which speelfe
Digures unavailablo,
Although all ure at peace-time level, the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and National Guard are be- law nuthorised strengths. The Army's goal is 375,000 men, and is receiving more than 30,000 new re crults each month. The National Guard's authorised strength Ja 235,000 men,
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The Navy, which accepted 9,089 recruits during July, has authorised strength of 170,000 men. It is planning. to expand training centrès at Great Lakes, IL, Norfolk, Va., Newport, RI., and San Diogo, Calif., to meet expan- sion for a "two ocean" navy, These stations have been train- ing about 5,000 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 men. They recruited 7,198 during July.
War Department and budgetary officials are working on detalls of the costs of the projected National Guard mobilisation and conscrip tion programmes. It was cstimated that congreas probably would be asked to appropriate about $1,805, 000,000 for the 935,000 guards- men, reserved officers, and draftees, 'who would seo service during the
current fiscal your ending July 1941, present plans are approved, It was estimated tilat it would cost about $1,460 for, each person drafted on the basis of the .421 monthly basic pay of enlisted men.
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