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November 25, 1939.

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WOMAN ENTERS THE MAGINOT FORTRESS

By JOSE SHERCLIFF IN THE MAGINOT LINE. I HAVE scen one of the modern wonders of the world- one of the impregnable forts of the French Maginot Lie..

It surpassen the imagination of a Jules Verne or H. G. Wells, this underground city.

And it is only one of the scores that form the unbreakable barrier be tween France und Germany,

Imagine an undulating landscape, tufled with treen, rich, entangled; undergrowth.

That hill, which looks no differenti from my other, is a fortress, so akil- fully concealed that it is almost im- posible to find the entranco, ..

Ditch Trop

On top of this hill, which is rein- forced all over with ferro concrete many feet thick, in comething ilke n giant mushroom.

it is the cap of a gun tower, weigh- Ing 125 tons, which can be rntred by one man in less than two minutes when Bio alarm is given.

Anyone trying to approach too closely to other hidden gun loopholes will ind himself caught in a deep ditch into which hand grenades wiit: hall automatically,

The fort which I valted la "auto-; nomous."

That is to say, I is not connectad by underground gullerles with others, as are many Maginot Line fortifica- tions.

But it is in radio and telephone communication with the elabour. ing forts, with which I works syn- tematically,

Baffling Attackors

If an attack comes, the neighbour-

"Corporal" Jose

As the only woman over to But foot in the Maginot Line fortifications; I wOH mado an honorary corporal of the French Army

(writes Joso Shercliff). The honour was conferred on mo moro than 100 foot below ground; ntn Juncheon offered by the commanding ofeer of the fort to British Press corres-

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onel presented me with a

certificate promoting me to the honorary rank of "Brigadier de Tourello," with the promine that I

I should he promoted again. next time I came. Naturally, ho gave mo the RC- colade, minld applause from of

Beers and colleagues.

Germany will lose, said von Fritsch

COPENHAGEN.---Monocled

Con- eral von Frlikch who, as chief of the German Army, was sacked by Iller! In the army purgo of February 1030, In reported to have mild before leav- Ing for the front:---

"Germany will lone the war, I don't want to liva tó seo my Father- Innid amashed again. I would rother

shot at the front."

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Says He Saw Skipper

Shoot Seamán

GREGONI KORÇKI, first officer of the Polish steamer Wigry, slated at's Bouthend inquest, recently, thad he saw Josef Jarosinki, a member of the crow, shot dead by Drinitr Schreiber, the captain.

Police Burgeon Hoskins said he found three bullet was in the body, one in the head and two in the stomach,

The inquest was adjourned until November 9.

Earlier in the day Schreiber, who is 30, wan remanded at the police court accused of murdering Jarosinki,

The Chief Constable, Mr. A. J. Huni, said the evidence would be placed before the Fublic Prosecutor.

A serious disturbance on the ship, he explained, culminated in the shooting of Jarosink!,

An official of the Polish Consulate, acting as interpreter, sald Bohreiber desired ball,

The Chief Constable replied that the Polish Consal in London would not take the responsibility, but the owners of the ship, were prepared to provido a defence.

WHY HITLER MUST ATTACK IN WEST

By A Military Correspondent,

WILL Hitler attack? Where will ho attack? And when

Fritsch had always 1sten against Hitler's "adventures," - ralpe, that the German Army was not strong will he attack? enough to fight Britain and France, He advised litter against wor.

The Nazis will attack because they must attack. Thoy must lattack for throo reasons.

When, war broke out, Hitler re-, fured him n

command, Friinch 1. The German people want from their forward positions back to sited to go to the front, even in al peace. It is much too soon to say the Maginot Line-though person- post far below his colonel-general- that they are disaffected. But their ally I doubt whether they would! shile,

reaction to

rumours succeed even in this. the proco

There is a chance that they might News of the death of this former) shows how they would react if they army C-b-C, loading a "denth were told that the war was likely attack through Switzerland: I would ontrol in No

Iny odds of five to one against their Man's Land nor to last for a long time.

doing so. Warsaw, ling aroused bitter foaling H

The Swiss have mobilised. They among the German Offers Corps, where Fritsch was a favourite.

Ho Hitler was forced to announce that the one man who dared to My "No" to him win burted with a ninto funeral and the highest honours,

And then the coplain cominund- Ing flo fort unpinned from his Tunic the regimental burige. pimed it to my Jersey, mid Kinnek me on both chockn. Thus, for the first time in history,

an Englishwoman became corporal in the French Army, But perhaps the most charmint gesture of all was that of the men.

loft, soldier stepped up and presented me with a boy- quet of roses—the rent roues of the Maginot Line-in the name of the regiment.

fog forts will fire in a "baffic" aya-lightly higher than that of the air tem across each other so that the nt- facker does not know whence the de- fenzive firing comes.

Within this forleen live 100 men Three-quarters of the garrison are adways on duty, or on call,

Everything has been planned for efficiency and comfort. Many officers and me remain below ground for months on end, without needing to come up into the outer wir.

Everything is run by electricity, and threefold precautions, below and i above ground, have been taken to: enture continuous current in case of attack,

The air in conditioned-unlike tunt of the Siegfried Line, where the man have to breathe the same air all the time.

outside, so that, if there is a gua nt- tack, the poisoned air cannot enter, As soon as a pas atarm is given, hermollcally sealed doorg elangt to, and great electrically-rum Alters begin to circulate purified air.

A system of underground trains conveys everything through miles of intricate corridors--food," munitione, supplica.

Shells are transported direct to the guns by lifia.

Electric radiators maintain a given temperature.

In the kitchens, electric cookers provide meals for the men,

In the underground hospital, special lamps can be switched on at a second's notice in the event of u failure of current during a surgical

It is mainlained st 11 pressure operation.

2. German military publlestions emphasise the need for a quick vie will fight hard. tory, "a short, sharp war." Shor- tage of materials and Germany's economic position aro the reasons,

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3. The Nazis must attack because they have built up their position by an attack. And the Swiss can make It still more difcull by Gooding the) bonating of their strength, To All orders are given by telephone tuml on the defenalve is to admit valleys. Even if the Garmans did MARINA HOUSE

not attack that way, but went that you are not overwhelmingly straight for Belfort, the Juras in

or electric cable.

Pick Of The Army

strong

So they will attack.

winter will be a pretty difficult fump. Only the observer seen what is go-i

By the timo Swiss resistance were Very soon, for the reasons above, overcome-If it were ever overcome! ina vi'outilde. At his slitnal to the

ander's rooms, the various art- and one other: namely that winter at all-the Germans would have lost;

surprise lery control stations are called to and winter's cold and damp will all the advantages of a acilon and pass their orders to the soon be setting in, tampering opera-stroke.

But rooms.

every gun in the fort in spliting fire Within two minuten of an alarm, from turrets and loopholes, and the eighbouring forts are working in

unison.

tions.

Will they attack Belgium? Wicro? That is the real problem. In the end I belleve they will. gers and dimculties

The Germans know all the dan-) But the Belgians have mobilised. of a frontal Artificial floods, and still more the assault aimed at the Maginot Line Albert Canal with its deep banka But some of their General Staff will create very serious obstacles if Food is plentiful and good. The think it would be worth the risk.

restricted but

They think that they stand a the Germans attack Belgium through elanco to disorganise and paralyso Fortifications and the Ardennes a will be obstacles if they repeat their

alone.

men's quarters aro comfortable.

Holland.

The men who man the fort are the datenco by air attack 4814 methods and leave Holland

picked and highly trained.

Many of the officers have been on fortress duty for years.

"Only let the Germans come and break their teeth on the Maginot Line," they say. That is all we ask. They will get no further."

mass of tonics deals with resistance, motorised infantry ping up" and occupying the ground. I think that they will prefer to I is extremely doubtful whether wall till the spring and hope for a such tactics will avall against the dry summer before striking through Maginot Line. But they stand a Belgium., Also they will hope that better chance of driving the French an attack on Belgium will prejudica

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1870 Hope

I lay two to one against an attack un Belgium this year.

But by attacking on the present front the pessimists `will hoge to clear Germen all of French troopsi and prepar

n_further attack. The optimists hope to repeat the vic- tory of 1070, when the Prussians attacked on this front and achieved decisive victory within six weeks. I will

vill lay two to one on the Ger- mang attacking on the present front¦ and seeking to obtain further room for manoeuvre by an attack on

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The raids which have been a fea- ture of these last few days have been intended to obtain information from captured prisoners about the strength and disposition of the French forces. Their increasing number and growing Intensity suggest that the; attack will be delivered before very long.

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