MIGHT OF NAZIS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 214, 11 September 1939, Page 8

MIGHT OF NAZIS.

GOERING SPEAKS.

Germany Ready For Peace-. Rests With Britain. Sj. SUPPLY OF RAW MATERIAL^ United Press Association.—Copyright BERLIN", September 10. "This is the proper place to address the German nation amid the anti-aircraft guns which are the backbone of our defence,"' said Field. Marshal Goering, addressing workers in an anti-aircraft gun factory. Assailing the British as hypocrites deluding the world with moral slogans Field-Marshal Goering said it wag in! conceivable that anybody should ever break through the Westwall. The German sea coast was protected sufficiently, and the English Grand Fleet could not penetrate for two reasons. First, it was menaced by underwater craft, and, secondly, by Germany's powerful air force.

"Three iron rings now enclose th» Poles and according to my last reports the Polish Army in the Eadom area ig beginning to surrender and is giving up thousands of arms," continued FieldMarshal Goering. "There has never been such a Tannenberg in war history. What is left of the Polish Army can no longer escape. Within a few days the remainder of the arrogant Polish Army will be taken prisoner. Soon Finish Poland. "We hope that 14 days after the beginning of the main job Poland will be finished. The last mopping-up job will be carried out within a few weeks. The German sharp sword will beat all. I hope Poland's example will be a good lesson for others. After Poland, 70 divisions will be brought to the west front. "The same applies to our air force. The air defence of England thought it could attack our harbours during the Polish campaign. It tried it once and lost half its squadron. Their claim thjit a German battleship was hit is incorrect. It waft hit by a falling British * aeroplane. If they still try leaflet flights I will not object. Should they change from leaflets to bombs, then retaliation will follow at- the same moment. The same effectiveness has been shown by our air force in Poland. Difficulty Solved. "After Poland is crushed the eastern border threat will be ended, but the difficulty has always been the two fronts, which is solved. If the enemy now attacks on one front we shall strike back with all Our force." Field-Marshal Goering added that the British reason for war was nothing but nonsensical chatter. Surely Britain should have said Germany's" demands against Poland were juit and urged her to give way quickly. But the Poles were of as little interest to Britain as the Turks. There was nothing more | important to Britain than herself. I "She lies to-dav in stating that she ! must war against brute force,"said Field-MaVshal Goering. "The nation dares to say this in spite of being built up by the naked oppression of innumerable nations and races. "They 6ay Germany Is mortally vulnerable in the economic, internal ana political spheres. When I started thfe Four-Year Plan my object was to fOffift a protection that could not be beaten. To-day I can say that Germany is the best armed State in the world. No Power commands such munitions as we do. No other Power has such expert* and united workers. We possess all we need to defeat our enemies. "The enemy asserts that a long war will weaken us, but it will make ttfc stronger. We certainly must be prepared for a hard time, but we will be unbeatable if we remain united. We can promise Britain that 1918 will never be related." Will For Peace. Addressing Mr. Chamberlain. FieldMarshal Goering said, "You cainiot doubt the will for peaco of the German people. It is great and deep. We are ready for peace. It rests with you. Will you give the word for life or death ? Then give it. We will accept the offer, but never again shall there be <a Versailles.

"The prospect of a blockade is different from the last war, when we were surrounded on every side by enemies. In the north they cannot blockade because they run against neutrality agreements, while in the east we have 110 enemy. If the British aseert we do not have raw materials they cannot assert that the Russians have not. There we are not sufficiently shut in. In the south, too, we still have Rumania, Yugoslavia and all the other countries. They reffl&ifl neutral because they are sensible. If they dared attack they would quickly learn what it meant to touch Germany. The British can, therefore, cut us off only from America, with whom static tics show our trade is pitiable. Want Nothing From French. "In any event we want nothing fro® the French. We will defend our frontlets like iron, but we shall not attack. If we are attacked we will hit back." After declaring that it was a lie that Poland did not receive the German demands before the war and that Herr Hitler was seriously upset at having to go to war, Field-Marshal Goering added: "We did not want war. We want nothing from France, whose frontiers we guaranteed for ever. If M. Daladier does not believe that, it is his affair. We do not want to shoot Frenchmen. We do not want to conquer Britain and France. We want peace. "Moral pliatter about the attack by violence of Nazi-ism means nothing to us> but don't confuse offers of peace with weakness. If you want peace, you ca* have it, Mr. Chamberlain.

"The Fuehrer oredered that open town# must not be bombed. I even refrained from attacking the most important mill* tary objectives because they were tO4 close to towns. We have given our word we will not kill peaceful people unnecessarily, but if people think they can d® that to us there will be terrible wu sequences."