RHINELAND FORTS.
FEVERISH REBUILDING. ... i REPORTED 150,000 WORKMEN. STRASBOURG. The German • language newspaper, "Elaesser," said 150,000 German workers ■were rushing two lines of fortifications to completion in the Rhineland. The article, signed "Retired Captain," aaid the first line of forts'covered the Eifel, Hnnsruck and Odenwald Mountains, and that the second - extended across the Taunus Mountains toward the Neckar Valley.' They formed gigantic pincers opened, toward France, the newspaper said. Old Fort Istein, opposite Mulhouse, "which was destroyed in accordance with the Treaty of Versailles, was being replaced, the article continued, while heavy fortifications were under construction near the junction of the Saar and Moselle Rivers. The- writer said the Nazis had adequate heavy artillery! to install in the forts, and observed the Krupp works "now is trying to sell its surplus to Turkey lor the Dardanelles."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 154, 1 July 1936, Page 17
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