ARMY RESENTFUL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 33, 18 November 1939, Page 5

ARMY RESENTFUL

RUSSIAN ALLIANCE DISLIKED. ’’.''.../.1..,.* 1 .i. a h GREAT OFFENSIVE OPPOSED. n HITLER, CRITICISES GOERING. ' HOi>.»VV ‘If 1 ; (Received This Day,' 9.15 a.m.) ■ LONDQN, November T 7;. The Amsterdam correspondent of the ‘ ‘Daily Herald’ says that, diplomatic circles-' believe, that. Herr Hitler’s indecision. yegarding an offensive arises from the knowledge that even ja slight setback would lead to the army seizing power. The Nazi leaders are quarrelling over the results pi the Russian alliance. ; ‘ ' The Foreign Minister (Herr von Ribbentrop) is receiving la number; of anonymous letters threatening.his life because he sold Germany to Ml Stalin. “Le Matin’s” correspondent on - the Swiss frontier reports that General von Blomberg was shot after discovery of a plot to overthrow Herr Hitler. Tho correspondent adds that about 150 officers were arrested. It is reported that the German High Command and Admiralty 7 are strenuously opposed to a great offensive and ard urging a limited attack in order to allay tho miblic’s discontent. The impression is growing that the general staff demanded postponement of the offensive because they considered that Germany is at present incapable of coping with the material conditions necessary for operations on' a largo scale and this influenced the army’s decisions.

The Paris newspaper “Petit Parish ian,” which claims to have most reliable information goes so far as to say that the Nazi edifice shows signs of cracking. German generals know that General yon Fritsch sacrificed himself in Poland because qf despair that Herr Hitler had dragged the Reich into catastrophe. Marshal Gearing and Herr Himmler (Chief of tho Gestapo) are annoyed at Herr von Ribbentrop’s ascendancy and are reported to have conveyed to Herr Hitler unedifying information concerning the people surrounding Herr von Ribbentrop. Marshal Goering has not escaped Herr Hitler’s criticism and recently he was told that lie was incompetent to appeal for national sacrifices in a. contemplated speech, which Herr Hitler forbade.