BRITISH RESOLVE

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 2, 27 September 1939, Page 9

BRITISH RESOLVE

Strong Unanimity PURPOSE IN EUROPE (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 25. There is no division of opinion in the Press in support of the comment offered by the Ministry of Information regarding Signor Mussolini’s overture for peace—that, the war must be prosecuted with unflinching determination.

The newspapers recall Mr. Cliamberlain’s words: “Our purpose is to redeem Europe from the perpetual and recurring fear of German aggression and to enable the people of Europe to preserve their independence and liberties.”

The “News Chronicle” says: “The threat to the liberty of the small nations has not in any way been removed. On the contrary, many of the peoples of Europe are in imminent peril. Nor can we forget those who have already been crushed under the heel of the aggressor.” The “Daily Express” says: “The war we fight is not a war to exterminate Germany, but to exterminate Hitlerism. That is the cause for which we march into battle. It goes far beyond the question of Polish independence, though that matter, too, will be settled in good time.”

The “Daily Herald” says: “The defeat of Poland makes no difference to the determination of the British and French people. Tliey are resolved to make the world safe against aggression. To do that they will carry on the war till Nazism has perished for ever.” BRITISH MESSAGE Text Of New Leaflets For Germans (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 25. The following is a translation of the latest leaflets dropped by the Royal Air Force over Germany on the night of September 24:— TO THE GERMAN PEOPLE: Germans, note that, despite the German blood which has been shed in the Polish war, (1) Your Government’s hope of a successful Blitzkriez (lightning war) has been destroyed by the British War Cabinet’s decision to prepare for three years of war. (2) The French army crossed the frontier into Germany on September 6, or four days before German official sources admitted it. In the west British troops are largely standing shoulder to shoulder with their French allies.

(3) The British and French fleets have swept German merchant shipping from the oceans. Therefore your supplies of a whole range of essential war materials, such as petrol, copper, nickel, rubber, cotton, wool and fats have almost gone. You can no longer rely, as you did iu the last war, upon neutral supplies, because your Government cannot pay for them. (4) Night after night the British Air Force (Englishche Luftwaffe) has demonstrated its power by flights far into German territory. Germans, note!

UNREST IN GERMANY Special Police Formed An indication of the amount of unrest in Germany is given by the statement by the official news agency that special police have been formed to deal with propaganda posters and newspapers in the Reich. —By radio. GERMAN GIRLS CALLED UP (Received September 26, 10.30 p.m.) Berlin, September 26. The radio announced that “women aged between 17 and 19 years have been called up.” t EXPLOSION IN GERMAN FACTORY BERLIN, September 25. A mysterious explosion occurred in a factory at Hanover. Ten were killed.