NET CLOSING IN

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 28, 13 November 1939, Page 5

NET CLOSING IN

THE BLOCKADE BY BRITAIN.

DEVELOPING EFFECTIVELY. HERR. HITLER’S DILEMMA. (United Press Association—Copyright.) NEYV YORK, November 11. Despite Mr H. Arehambauld’s suggestion that the general staff has insisted that any Attempt to break the Maginot Line would be suicidal, the YY’ashington correspondent of the “Now York Times” says considerable credence is placed in military circles on reports, which are regarded as very reliable, that the German General Staff is.actually urging Herr Hitler to strike on the Western Front regardless of losses. Horr Hitler is unable to reach a decision and is wondering whether the public would accept the loss of possibly millions of men in the attempt. The correspondent adds: “The implication of this is that the army strategists are more dubious than the politicians of Germany’s ability to sustain ia. long war. YY 7 ell-informed circles believe that the Allied blockade is developing more effectively. “The Nazi admit that any hopes of Russia supplying Germany are effectively fading. Tho United States Commerce Department in a survey declares that the already strained Soviet railways will be further overloaded in any attempt to transport -large quantities to Germany.” The Berlin correspondent of tho “New York Times” (Mr Otto D. Tolisehus), whose report objectively must be treated with reserve in so far as it may reflect the view Germany wishes to have accepted, declares that it is admitted officially that the hulk of the German troops are concentrated on the YY T estern Front, ready for an initiative. Such numbers as the YY 7 est Wall is unable to accommodate therefore. stretch famvise. Simultaneously, the Netherlands’, effort to obtain new assurances from Germany in respect of her'neutrality have been inconclusive. Tho correspondent adds: “Improbable as it sounds,, the delay in reaching an irretrievable decision may be attributed to the fact that diplomatic action on tho Belgian and Netherlands appeal is not yet completed. Influential people in several countries are attempting to halt the war in the conviction that a. continuance would leave Europe in danger of Bolshevism an argument which is finding substantial support in Germany.”